I Livestream Divination To The World Chapter 92 Discussion

Series translator here, hey!

This series is FASCINATING.

Are you familiar with the anime/manga Natsume Yuujinchou (Natsume's Book of Friends) ? It's kinda like that—except instead of Japanese youkai, we get Chinese gwuaiwu—literally 'strange creatures'.

The divination livestreaming is fun; you can just treat it as being part of the livestream audience and enjoy the dog blood show. Bring your melon seeds.

But for me, the really interesting part is what's happening between the livestream episodes. An Rugu keeps stumbling onto ghosts, living corpses, cursed people, heart-controlling insects, gods who need her help. She's a magnet for all manner of strange things! And it's very interesting to explore Chinese mythology and folklore every time she has a close encounter with yet another yin being — as opposed to yang beings, which is us, the living.

Is it scary? Well, sure. There are long-dead people who want to marry the living! But it's more the goosebumps kind of scary than full-on horror.

Is there romance? There should be. But it's definitely not the focus of the story and will appear much later.

Is it episodic? It starts that way, but there is obviously an over-arching plot judging from all the foreshadowing that's been happening.

Is it funny? F*ck yeah! A running joke would be how An Rugu keeps getting richer and richer without her really meaning to, and she is deadpan about it.

Well, An Rugu is deadpan about most things. Which just makes it funnier.

Other stories have characters made up by their authors—the characters in this one have their own wikipedia entries lmao. It's certainly a challenge to translate all the historical/religious figures and Daoism concepts but I am learning A LOT and having fun besides, so I hope you have fun too when you give this a try.

P.S. An Rugu is very OP. If you're not into protagonists who whack their opponents 'dead' with one blow, you may want to give this a skip.

P.P.S. Who knew that the Chinese concept of the Underworld reflects the bureaucratic ways of the government! Seems you can't escape bureaucracy, even in death :D