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“Emotionless magician's pupil Ouka Namae experiences deadly affection in sinister circumstances, revealed in deluxe omnibus.”
When a Magician's Pupil Smiles
魔法使いの弟子が笑う時。
6.9
11,295 rank · 1,818 readers · 17 favorites
Shounen
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Emotionless magician's pupil Ouka Namae experiences deadly affection in sinister circumstances, revealed in deluxe omnibus.
Ouka Namae, a magician's pupil, is incapable of feeling emotion. That is...he's almost incapable. One circumstance in particular does bring his feelings to the surface, but the result of such an occasion is unimaginably sinister...Ouka's complete story of deadly affection unfolds in this new deluxe omnibus! (Source: Yen Press)
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7.0
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What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 2.00
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Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Mar 2018 → Nov 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Genre : Supernatural, Mystery, Shounen I found this manga, Mahoutsukai no denshi ga Warau toki today and I already read around chapter 5, I know it's still to early for a review but I really want...”
- 5 “tl;dr: A character focused manga with characters that are almost all offputting. This story in terms of tone and atmosphere felt like it made no sense. Magicians in this world are in general...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 14 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 52m approx
- Published Sep 2013 – Sep 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M28449 catalog