When comparing Mash Burnedead from Mashle: Magic and Muscles to Saitama from One Punch Man, it’s easy to see the similarities—they both use sheer physical strength to overcome their obstacles, often in comedic fashion. However, despite the similarities, Saitama would most likely stomp Mash with low difficulty.
Strength Comparison
Mash is undeniably strong. His feats include:
- Cracking the ground just by jumping.
- Floating by kicking the air.
- He’s also choked a person with diamond-hard skin and lifted a magical wand no one had been able to lift in over a thousand years.
- Mash’s physicality in a world dominated by magic puts him in a league of his own, and some have scaled his attack potency to possibly large country, continental, or even planetary levels. However, this is where the comparison with Saitama begins to fall apart.
Saitama has displayed feats far beyond any of Mash’s accomplishments. Let’s not forget that this is the man who accidentally destroyed Jupiter with a sneeze, a planet 1,300 times the size of Earth! He’s punched shockwaves so powerful that they obliterated countless planets and stars during his fight with Cosmic Garou. His raw strength operates at a cosmic level, far beyond anything Mash has demonstrated.
Speed
Mash is also incredibly fast. He was able to land thousands of punches on Domina, who was amped by the Wand of Beginnings and using advanced magic. His feats have been scaled from faster-than-light. However, Saitama blitzed Cosmic Garou—a being with near unbelievable speed—and literally created a constellation with his movement.
Saitama’s speed is almost immeasurable. Even when facing an opponent with the power of the universe, like Garou, Saitama was constantly growing faster and stronger with every exchange. He has no set speed limit.
Durability
Mash can endure a lot of punishment. He has tanked gravity spells that left craters, smashed through stone, and shrugged off attacks that would incapacitate most. Even after being cut to pieces, Mash kept fighting, showing remarkable resilience.
But Saitama’s durability is on another level. He tanked Gamma Ray Bursts from Cosmic Garou, which are the most powerful explosions in the universe and contain radiation levels millions of times stronger than nuclear blasts. Saitama has endured planet-busting attacks, cosmic explosions, and even the ravages of space without a scratch.
Growth Potential
Saitama’s greatest advantage over Mash is his infinite growth. In his fight against Garou, Saitama broke through his limiter, meaning there’s no upper limit to how strong he can become. The longer the fight drags on, the stronger he gets. His adaptive evolution lets him grow exponentially stronger after every exchange, meaning any opponent that pushes him only fuels his power.
Mash doesn’t have this kind of infinite potential. While he’s incredibly strong, his growth is more limited. Saitama, on the other hand, has transcended the idea of limits.
Final Verdict
The sheer gap between the two is insurmountable. Saitama operates on a cosmic level of power, speed, and durability, whereas Mash’s impressive feats are still grounded in his physical strength within a magical world. In a head-to-head battle, Saitama defeats Mash Burnedead without much difficulty.
Mash’s abilities are certainly impressive, but when compared to someone who can sneeze away Jupiter and evolve mid-battle, Saitama simply stands in a league of his own.