With Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 1 having come to an end, fans may be eager to continue Mash’s story in the ongoing manga. Here’s where to start reading after Season 1’s conclusion.
Where does Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 1 end?
Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 1 covered the Easton Enrollment Arc and the Magia Lupus Arc, which span from Chapter 1 of the manga to Chapter 39. The next story arc in the series is the Execution Arc, which begins with Chapter 40 and runs until Chapter 43, leading into the Divine Visionary Selection Exam Arc, which lasts from Chapter 44 to Chapter 74.
If you want to pick up the Mashle: Magic and Muscles manga after Season 1, your best bet is to start reading at Chapter 40.
“This is a world of magic. This is a world in which magic is casually used by everyone,” reads the official synopsis. “In a deep, dark forest in this world of magic, there is a boy who is single-mindedly working out. His name is Mash Burnedead, and he has a secret. He can’t use magic. All he wanted was to live a quiet life with his family, but people suddenly start trying to kill him one day and he somehow finds himself enrolled in Magic School. There, he sets his sights on becoming a “Divine Visionary,” the elite of the elite.”
Mashle: Magic and Muscles is animated and produced by A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online) and directed by Tomonari Tanaka (Engage Kiss). Series composition and the screenplay is by Yosuke Kuroda (My Hero Academia), with character design by Hisashi Higashijima, action direction by Takesha Matsuda (Naruto Shippuden) and Hiroaki Goda (Evangelion 1.11). Art direction by Yusa Ito (Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night) and music composed by Masaru Yokoyama (Your Lie in April) rounds out the core staff.