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adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
So much action in this one! It's really lovely to see some of the history between people and how the world has developed into what it is today. There's a lot of prejudice going on between humans and sorcerers and while access to The Hole is limited sorcerers have been "practicing" on each other.
So, sorcery partners sign devil contracts every four years, on Blue Night (which lasts for three nights?), and they are supposed to take their magic to the next level(?). En has been searching for a sorcerer with the ability to manipulate time. We get the backstory on how Shin and Noi became partners (she was training to become a devil(?) and had to refrain from using magic for a year, Shin saved her during Blue Night but was going to die, so she saved him using her magic and they became partners. If she had become a devil they wouldn't be able to see each other anymore. Risu saves Noi from a box repressing her magic and she expels smoke to heal herself and he regrows his body. Caiman had been in the magic realm for a week and finds a job at a food joint and sneaks into En's mansion during Blue Night to find answers. He and Risu pass by each other and they glance back at each other significantly? En does some voodoo shit on Nikaido, fight happens, she grabs the mask she got from the devil Asu (since she's in danger?)that has the ability to enhance her magic. And then En opens a door/portal into his mansion and everyone falls in.
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism