Mash Burnedead

Mash Burnedead is the protagonist of the Mashle series and a first-year student at Easton Magic Academy.

Appearance
Mash is of average height and has got a muscular build. He has black bowl-cut hair and a fake mark made by Brad Coleman. When at Easton, he wears the standard white shirt, black trousers, red tie, brown shoes and black cape. When away from school, he often wears white shorts, and black underarmor.

Personality
Mash is generally quiet and kind. However, if he sees someone hurting his family or friends, he gets incredibly angry.

He is also extremely innocent and obedient, making people abuse those qualities, but thanks to his strength he can twist almost every situation.

He is also very blunt and says things that would be rude to others, without a care in the world. He also firmly believes in his abilities so much so he downright told the headmaster he would knock the stuffing hell out of him with his fist.

History
He was abandoned when he was a child because he didn't have a mark, meaning that he is unable to use magic. Regro Burnedead found him and raised him like a father outside the big city, hiding Mash from society and teaching him auto-defense. They lived a peaceful life until one day Mash goes to the city and a policeman discovers him. After that event, Brad Coleman notices that Mash doesn't have a mark and goes to Mash's house to find him. Once there, Brad hurts Regro and after an intense fight with Mash, they accord that Mash will go to the magic school in order to maintain their peaceful life. Mash agrees and in that process, Mash set his goal to become the Divine Visionary.

Abilities and Powers

 * No Mark: Mash was born without a mark, so he cannot use magic.


 * Inhuman Strength: Mash possesses an incredible amount of physical power. He's able to lift extremely heavy weights with immense speed in many different ways and block powerful magic spells by simply swiping his hand. He also has highly trained senses, and the ability to throw objects at high speed and power with excellent accuracy.

Spells


 * Hamstring Magic: Big Bang Dash: He adopts a starting position and starts to run at an inhuman speed.


 * Triceps Magic: Ballista Knuckle: He crosses his fingers then folds them into a fist and runs at an inhuman speed at his opponent to punch them. Even if he can't use magic his physical abilities make Lance Crown think that he has physical enhancement magic.
 * Full Muscles Magic: Hurricane Rush : He twists his body and folds his right hand into a fist. He then pushes forward and pummels his opponent with a series of blows that sends them slamming into walls.
 * Erector Spinae Magic: Hell Fall : He grabs the enemy, flips them around and pile drives them into the ground.
 * Quadriceps Magic: Guillotine Kick : He buries the enemy up to their neck by grabbing them from below and dragging them down, then winds up and kicks them in the face.
 * Forearm: He attacks with his forearm muscle
 * Quadriceps: He attacks with his quadriceps muscle
 * Pectorals: He attacks with his pectorals muscle
 * Iliopsoas: He attacks with his iliopsoas muscle

Equipment

 * Iron Rod: Mash's "wand". It is an extremely heavy rod that Mash can forcibly change shape with his strength.

Relationships
Regro Burnedead

Regro is Mash's adopted father. They care for each other like any father and son.

Trivia

 * In the official English translation, Mash’s surname was originally written as ‘Vandead’. However, it was later changed when series creator Hajime Komoto clarified that it was spelt ‘Burnedead’. This mistake was likely due to the katakana that Komoto used not having a direct translation into English.
 * He loves cream puffs.
 * He has a name for almost all of his muscles. These names include Kevin, Mike, Tom, Kim, Yatada, Koji and Satomi.
 * The barbell that he uses weighs 4.6 tons.