- #1
This isn't something you should read if you're looking for romantic plot, serious supernatural plot, or entertainment industry plot. It contains all of the above, but is not developed sufficiently to be a satisfying read.Some of the reasons my rating fell:- Not enough romance: after presenting the zhulong as a potential love interest, it was basically kicked aside, with only sudden bouts of insanity causing their relationship to develop. Even then, all of a sudden MC became a lifelong partner of ML, without any emotional development at all. MC doesn't even seem to feel any love for zhulong, just regret, reverence, and care for a child. (I'm basically 3/4 into the story but the number of time ML appeared doesn't even account for 1/4, and if you want to count the number of times ML is sane and capable of speech, that proportion falls even lower) - The sudden development of the entertainment industry route: MC was thrown into a idol survival show, with what feels like 3 chapters covering the entire season from audition to championship. Nothing eventful happens in this arc, and the pacing is so fast paced I just skim through it and don't miss anything. (The author could have developed MC's entertainment job from the start while having him juggle working for the anomaly handling bureau, and the pacing would have been better) - The netizen's comments: part of it is my bias, but netizen comments are overused and tends to add nothing to the story than blowing farts/praising the MC. It tones down the serious aspect of the horror/mystery solving plot when netizens cut in to criticise/brainwash themselves that ghosts and monsters are fake.A part of the story that is done decently is the mystery/supernatural plot:- I like the different supernatural cases MC encounters, from a death game, cursed mobile phones, ghosts that materialise based on your imagination, and cursed objects that cause side characters to encounter the spooky. There is potential for developing the scp route (like making use of the female ghost who haunted the singer, and the human soul trapped in the game), but that wasn't the focus of the author which disappointed me, especially since the author went with so many tropes that had potential to become a great plot, but it ended up just scratching the surface, barely going deeper.