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“Apprentice Asarella forms a blood pact with the Devil, sparking a love triangle with her secret admirer mage master.”
Masca
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7.61
2,480 rank · 2,372 readers · 38 favorites
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Synopsis
Apprentice Asarella forms a blood pact with the Devil, sparking a love triangle with her secret admirer mage master.
The Devil's Castle is a dark and somber place, until the good-hearted apprentice Asarella stumbles into this abode on a goodwill mission, against the wishes of her master, the Arch-Mage, Eliwho. Things sour quickly, and soon Asarella is bound in a blood pact with The Devil. Little does she know that the mage harbors a secret love for her, which will only complicate her training to prepare her for the apocalyptic battle to come, and which sets up the most unusual love triangle of any place or time. (Source: CPM)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 4
σ 2.49
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.49 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.67
Running avg · Feb 2009 → Apr 2019
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “It was a great story, I loved it, I reccomened reading it, but you'll be in for some heartbreak, The story is great, the characters are mostly great, their intresting, however I hate aserella, I...”
- 10 “Masca begins as a tongue-in-cheek fantasy love story, but its effort to amuse only makes it look somewhat ridiculous. The silly costumes of the characters (which do not fit the setting) even add to...”
- 4 “The more time goes by since I've read this, the more I regret ever reading it in the first place. A little summary of this review: World building- 3/10 Art- 6/10 Plot- 3/10 Characters- 6/10...”
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 77 × 12 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 16m approx
- Published Jan 1997 – Jan 2004
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M3008 catalog