“Salaryman discovers boy with magic skills taught by his late grandfather, yearning to mentor him despite age gap.”
Fantasium
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Salaryman discovers boy with magic skills taught by his late grandfather, yearning to mentor him despite age gap.
One day, a man who admires his magician grandfather but who choose the steady path of a salaryman for himself meets a lone boy at a client's casino. He sees the boy's wonderful card sense, and realizes that he has the skills of a magician. As it turns out, this boy was trained in magic by the man's deceased grandfather. Though astonished by this strange connection, the man feels an overwhelming desire to develop the boy's skills further. But the boy is much younger than he, so he has to be very circumspect about it…
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A Manga Publication
- Format 49 × 9 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 32m approx
- Published Aug 2006 – Dec 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M15005 catalog