Phantom Skeleton Painting Chapter 78 Discussion

Hidden gem!

Like heck, why is no one kind enough to translate this I want to punch the wall T__T

Partial review since I'm at chapter 78... and slowly losing interest...

No, noーthe problem is me, not the story (lelz). At this point, the main characters are already together and my heart is already considering it a happy ending despite the remaining 40++ chapters I still need to read lol~ Don't mind me xD Sigh... that's why I love slow romance. I love the confession to be near the end or 20 chaps before the ending...

Anyways, onto the points I like: great refreshing premise. A mix of horror and intrigue. I like the "secret org"-ish type of premise combo. I like the main characters too, especially the MCーa very unique character with a very heartbreaking backstory. Same also goes with the ML. I applaud the pace and story execution of each case. Very, very scary and intriguing... with funny inserts from the characters. Horror x humor = golden combo. HOWEVER, on the romance department, it's... dry. I mean, like the author's other novel (Fantasy Farm), it's a little not 'convincing' enough for me. Hint is scarce. There should be at least the when and the why's. Like ya know, I don't believe in love at first sight (not that they do on this story tho) but at least I know there has to be the why's. Finding someone as beautiful is so shallow so there has to be a deeper reason why you are attracted to someone, right? Was it their personality? Behavior? Principles and convictions? So more or less you can pinpoint the instance when you fall in love and why do you think it will last. There's an anchor. It's not just skin-deep. So yeah, sadly, on MC's part, I went "WTH?! O.O Wait a minute!" but on ML's part, I get it. That aside, I still enjoy the whole story because the premise is so interesting.

The story revolves around the strange things happening around MC (Lin Banxia), which started when he moved in to his new cheaply bought house and had to seek help from his only neighbor, the ML. From then on, he was dragged (and sometimes voluntarily lol) to many strange cases that are usually handled by ML as a job.

Just a WARNING though: for those with a faint of heart, lots of mentions of self-mutilation, self-harm, su*cide, ab*se, gore (I will try to update the tags). It's not depicted in an alarming level though (enough to cause nightmares), but please proceed with caution nonetheless.

So yeah, so far so good. I liked it very much. Will try to update this review once I'm done reading. Highly recommended!