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“Apprentice serves shut-in witch master in peaceful days hiding world-threatening secret.”
You Are the Cindery Witch That Will Not Die.
君は死ねない灰かぶりの魔女
6.81
12,804 rank · 2,601 readers · 9 favorites
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Apprentice serves shut-in witch master in peaceful days hiding world-threatening secret.
I'm a magic apprentice. "My master," who has been living under this same run-down roof with me, is a shut-in girl who proclaimed herself to be a great witch. Despite sounding all high-and-mighty, my defenseless master loves to watch her disciple cooking for her. Our daily lives, filled with happiness, go by quietly. However, little did I know that behind that quiet, happy daily life is a terrible secret that involves the fate of the world... (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 2.83
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.83 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Apr 2021 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The author does a great job differentiating this story from generic isekai tropes, and the art effectively captures the unsettling monstrosity of the characters. However, the premise relies on a...”
- 9 “The story features brilliant puzzles and foreshadowing regarding the 13 Witches and 13 Curses, successfully subverting typical isekai tropes to reach a much higher narrative standard....”
- 3 “The art is truly fantastic, and the series initially showed promise with an interesting, albeit ambitious, premise. Unfortunately, the execution is severely hampered by a disjointed genre mashup, a...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 8 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 04m approx
- Published Jun 2020 – Jul 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55638 catalog