The village of Chenzhou buries its musicians face-down. Nobody there considers this unusual, and nobody there will explain it to an outsider.
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Sign inDropped this twice and came back both times. Something about it doesn't let go.
The translation quality here is genuinely a cut above. Footnotes where they're needed and nowhere else.
Disagree slightly — I think it's meant to stay ambiguous until the arc closes.
Same read. The phrasing in the second half makes it pretty unambiguous once you catch it.
Started this on a whim last week and I'm now 90 chapters deep at 2am on a work night. No regrets.
You're going to love chapter 40 then.
Been saying this for weeks and getting downvoted for it, so vindication feels good.
Best thing I've read on this site all year. The premise sounds gimmicky and then the execution is anything but.
This is the comment that convinced me to start it, so thank you.
This is the rare one where the protagonist being competent doesn't kill the tension. The obstacles just scale.
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