Mash Burnedead

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

He was abandoned when he was a child due to lacking a mark, meaning that he is unable to use magic. Regro Burnedead found him and raised him outside the big city, hiding Mash from society and teaching him self-defense. They lived a peaceful life together, until one day, when 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 a Divine Visionary.

Appearance
Mash is of average height and has a muscular build. He has black bowl-cut hair and pale skin with a slight tan. A fake mark made by Brad Coleman was place over his left cheek. When at Easton, he wears the standard school uniform of a white shirt, black trousers, red tie, brown shoes and black cloak. When training, he often wears white shorts, and black under armor. He is often seen wearing a stoic and blank expression on his face.

Personality
Mash is generally a quiet and kind boy. 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 out of almost every situation. Aside from his outright innocent thought process, he is incredibly blunt as he says things that would be considered rude to others, without a care in the world. He usually combines his bluntness with a sharp sense of wit. He firmly believes in his abilities so much so he downright told the headmaster himself he would "knock the stuffing out of [him]" with his fist. He makes this behavior even more evident throughout his school life, especially his encounter with Carpaccio Luo-Yang, in which he boldly stated that he never met anyone stronger than him with a look of boredom.

But while he is blunt, Mash is open to finding a peaceful solution to conflict. He doesn't particular find fighting stronger opponents very exciting despite his incredible strength as he wishes he could simply live his life without worry and just go home.

Equipment
Iron Wand: Mash's "wand" is an extremely heavy rod. According to a wand shop owner, not in a thousand years has anyone with strength or Magic, been able to lift it. Mash is able to forcibly change the shape of his wand with his incredible strength. The wand is sturdy enough to withstand Mash's inhuman strength and its mass seems to increase depending on the shape it takes.

Wrist Weights: Mash is constantly wearing magic wrist weights to limit his strength. According to his foster father Regro, Mash's muscles went out of control, which is why he told him to never take them off.

Cream Puffs: Mash always carries cream puffs, his favorite food, on his person.

Powers and Abilities
Muscles Magic (マスクルズ 魔法, Masukuruzu Mahō): Mash was born without a mark, so he cannot cast spells, instead, he uses muscle-based techniques to compensate for his lack of magic power. Through his impressive control over his own muscles, Mash is capable of clenching his abdominal muscles to prevent potential blades in his body from being taken out.

The feats he accomplishes with his non-magical techniques are impressive enough to make people believe he's actually using magic. Mash's control over his muscles increased further after his training with Meliadoul, allowing him to perform even greater feats, such as stopping Doom's blade with his ocular muscles, by clenching his eyelids.


 * Big Bang Dash (ビッグバンダッシュ, Biggu Ban Dasshu): Classified as Hamstring Magic. Mash adopts a starting position and starts to run at an inhuman speed.


 * Ballista Knuckle (バリスタナックル, Barisuta Nakkuru): Classified as Triceps Magic. Mash crosses his fingers then folds them into a fist and runs at an inhuman speed at his opponent to punch them.


 * Hell Fall (へル・フォール, Eru Fōru): Classified as Erector Spinae Magic. Mash grabs the enemy, flips them around and pile drives them into the ground.


 * Guillotine Kick (ギロチンキック, Girochin Kikku): Classified as Quadriceps Magic. Mash 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.


 * Hurricane Rush (ハリケーンラッシュ, Harikēn Rasshu): Classified as Full Muscles Magic. Mash 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.


 * Special Art Body Substitution Jutsu.PNGSpecial Art Body Substitution Jutsu: Mash quickly takes off his uniform so fast that the clothes do not realize they have been removed and thus remain in human form.


 * Barbarian Shot (バーベアリアンショット, Babearian Shotto): Classified as Brachioradialis Magic. Mash thrusts a target with his iron wand in cue stick form with immense force.


 * Barbarian Punch (バーベアリアンパンチ, Babearian Panchi): Classified as Deltoid Magic. Mash punches his opponent with immense force.


 * Python Choke (パイソンチョーク, Paison Choku): Classified as Biceps Magic. Mash chokes his opponent by locking his bicep around their neck causing them to pass out and hallucinate from hypoxia.


 * Big Three Dragon Dead Lift : Classified as Erector Spinae Magic. Mash digs his hands into the ground and proceeds to lift a huge portion of it.


 * Bio-Mechanics Cannon: Pronation : After fully understanding the mechanisms of his muscles, Mash punches his target with full force. This amount of strength is capable of creating multiple large holes in Innocent Zero's castle.


 * Unlimited Physical Mode (アンリミテッドフィジカルモード, Anrimiteddo Fijikaru Mōdo): Classified as Full Muscles Magic. Mash removes his wrist weights, unleashing his true muscle strength. In this form, Mash becomes fast enough to create afterimages of himself.


 * Unlimited Hammer (アンリミテッドハンマー, Anrimiteddo Hanmā): Mash strikes down his opponent with both arms.


 * Punch Squared (スクアッドパンチ, Sukuaddo Panchi; Lit. Squared Punch): Classified as Unlimited Biceps Magic. Mash, while in his Unlimited Physical Mode, punches a target twice then repeatedly punches them with the number of punches each turn is the last amount squared.


 * Weakness Mode (ウイークネス モード, Uīkunesu Mōdo): A "state of perfect lethargy". In this mode, Mash is able to utilize the contraction of his muscle fibers. This allows his body to become as flimsy as paper, making it extremely difficult to hit. It is even able to avoid Doom's attacks at 100% power. The greater the gap between contraction and a state of rest, the greater the kickback. Doom says it is a flawless state of offense and defense.


 * Gaia Burst (ガイアバースト Gaia Bāsuto): Classified as Finger Extensor Magic. An extremely powerful flick that is even capable of dispersing dark magic. The technique is named after Gaia, the greek primordial goddess of the earth.


 * Divine Punishment (天誅 Tenchū; Lit. Heaven's Punishment): Mash adopts a starting position and starts to run at an inhuman speed and then throws a powerful punch right into his opponent's face.


 * Galaxy Crash (ギャラクシー・クラッシュ, Gyarakushī Kurasshu): Classified as Whole Body Magic. Mash performs a powerful suplex on a target, crushing the ground underneath.

Sports Expert: Mash is incredible knowledgeable of many techniques used in different kinds of sports, such as feints. He also knows how to perform advanced gymnastic techniques.

Immense Strength and Speed: 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 can also throw objects at high speed and power with excellent accuracy. Mash is inhumanly strong even with his wrist weights on, which prevent him from using his full strength. At full power, Mash becomes fast enough to generate afterimages with his movements. Mash became immensely more powerful after undergoing muscle training in a mindscape guarded by an enigmatic god, who seemingly transferred all the effort to Mash's physical body.


 * Flight: Another feat of Mash's inhuman speed and muscle strength is the ability to "fly" by moving his legs fast enough to propel him mid-air.

Immense Durability: Mash's body is extremely durable, capable of taking much more damage than normal humans. His durability is even greater than that of a goddess, as seen in his battle against Carpaccio Luo-Yang.

Immense Endurance: In addition to his offensive power, Mash possesses incredible endurance, able to keep on fighting, despite severe injuries. He is able to continue his fight with Domina Blowelive despite having a large piercing wound on his torso, which was inflicted to him by the latter. Astonishingly, Mash is capable of moving around and launching a kick at a target even after having his heart ripped out of him, albeit only for a short duration of time.

Inhuman Reflexes: Mash can react to spells and any other attack at extreme speed. By touching a wall behind him, Mash is able to perceive Margarette Macaron's movements by taking advantage of the fact, that the sound she generates travels faster from the ground to the wall behind him, ultimately allowing him to dodge her attack. According to Kaldo Gehenna, to pull off such a feat would require otherworldly reflexes.

Inhuman Senses: During his fight with Doom, Mash demonstrated his incredible senses as he weighed Doom, and his mirrors clones in order tell which one was real.

Relationships

 * Regro Burnedead: Regro is Mash's adopted father. They care for each other like any father and son.
 * Lemon Irvine: Lemon has a massive crush on Mash, although he only sees her as a friend.
 * Finn Ames: Mash is Finn's dormmate. Mash sees Finn as a true friend and has gone to great lengths to protect him from bullies.
 * Lance Crown: Lance first met Mash while he was attempting to study, and subsequently challenged him to a battle for a coin. After Mash defeated him, they became friendly rivals, with a deep respect for each other's abilities.
 * Tom Knowles:
 * Dot Barrett:
 * Abyss Razor:
 * Rayne Ames:
 * Wahlberg Baigan:

Battles

 * Mash Burnedead vs Brad Coleman
 * Mash Burnedead vs Claude Lucci
 * Mash Burnedead vs Lloyd Cavill
 * Mash Burnedead vs Farman Cregos
 * Mash Burnedead vs Lance Crown
 * Mash Burnedead vs Silva Iron
 * Mash Burnedead vs Abel Walker
 * Mash vs Andrew Orore
 * Mash vs Abyss Razor
 * Mash vs Rayne Ames
 * Mash vs Abel Walker (Rematch)
 * Mash vs Cell War
 * Mash vs Orter Mádl
 * Mash vs Carpaccio Luo-Yang
 * Mash vs Kaldo Gehenna
 * Mash vs Margarette Macaron
 * Mash vs Cell War (Rematch)
 * Mash vs Orter Mádl
 * Mash vs Lévis Rosequartz
 * Mash vs Domina Blowelive
 * Mash vs Doom
 * Mash vs Innocent Zero

Trivia

 * In the official English translation, Mash’s second name was originally written as ‘Vandead’. However, it was later changed when series creator Hajime Komoto clarified that it was spelt ‘Burnedead’.
 * He loves cream puffs, but he also enjoys fruits and meats.
 * 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.
 * He prepares a protein shake every day at 3pm based on homemade ground bean powder.
 * Mash is clueless in matters of attraction and romance due to his sheltered upbringing.