The Artist Who Paints Dungeon Chapter 70s Discussion

5/5 very biased rating due to this series ticking most of my preferences. this series is mainly slice-of-life cooking, fantasy, mystery with horror comedy following afterwards (misunderstood MC trope).

basically, this story is about how MC 'died' and woke up thirty years later, only to find out that the world had changed (now there are hunters and dungeons)... and he also had become a painting. he was enjoying his life inside the painting world (cooking, farming, creating things) annnnd before he knew it he was auctioned off to a guild leader's gallery. thus MC, being a cutie potatie he is, decided to 'greet' his new housemates, labelling his existence as a 'ghost'. he began interacting with the outside world that way, and that's how he was labeled as a 'haunted portrait'....

personally, I really like this because:

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◦ it's slice-of-life. it's a cooking slice-of-life that I never expected with the title and summary, esp with that 'haunted portrait' bit! I initially thought it was about an OP MC with cute pet transversing through dungeons or sth but I got splashed with slice-of-life immediately in chapter 1. I was like ??? holy, is this the legendary horror slice-of-life cooking? never thought I would find one in my life!

◦ non-human protagonist! a very biased trope ig, but yes. I love it when MC is non-human. animals are kinda meh since it's way too common but non-living things >>>>

◦ misunderstood protagonist trope, misunderstandings that create comedy for readers and horror for characters (I looove this trope so much).

◦ mystery, fantasy, horror, slice-of-life, supernatural, comedy. what did u expect with all my favourite genres lined up holy shit. this story is literally 95% of what I like got mixed in as a whole.

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this story is slow (very slow) as MC took his time cooking, farming, etc, but this series is way more than just MC being a haunted portrait. I believe it'll delve into Gio's relationships with the guild, his ex-students, and more.

here is a little excerpt of the story:

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People imagined all sorts of things because of his stiff expression, gloomy atmosphere, and overly polite speech. They thought he might have lost a loved one or have done something dangerous in the past...

It was a misunderstanding.

'What should I eat today.'

Seo Gio was just a pig potato.

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I became interested just after reading chapter 1, though I became more interested in ch 3 (that was like the real opening of this novel seriously), the chapter that made me 'ah I seriously need to drag more people down this hole' is when MC get a tour of the city.

if you're contemplating to read this, just try reading it and judge it by yourself hehe c:

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and if I'm being super honest the MC is sooo cute, like seriously cuteeee. also despite my high rating, there are cons in this story too. It's just that I could ignore them since the story was just that good.

firstly, there are some parts where it's too much onomatopoeia play and I was so confused because of that. second, the kinda choppy author's writing style, might not just be used to it though, as at certain times it's quite annoying www.

third and the most glaring one in my opinion. this series tend to have quite an info dump in some chapters with detailed breakdown of conversations, while it was fun, it might be quite repetitive and too much for some—also, there are chapters where the author answer the questions in narrative (only reader knows), especially this one huge question about MC's identity that was being answered in the narrative.

I was so ??? with this point as I tend to prefer following MCs finding the answer of the mysteries themselves, so I personally would've liked it more if the author let us knew when MC knew instead of dropping it on the narrative (though this con is a personal bias as some might actually prefer knowing than not).

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p.s: I read this on Naver btw and I bought the chapters myself so if you're asking me where I read it, I could only refer you to the original serialization site (naver).