Aug 29, 2023
Yaoguai in this world have supernatural abilities, but their emotions are all too human, and they can suffer from ailments from emotional trauma, which can exhibit in supernatural ways. Tao Yao is a traveling spirit doctor who can heal these spirits if she understands the underlying trauma; really this is a story device for doing a deep dive into background story of the yaoguai. Although this show is about yaoguai, by using these poignant experiences we are looking at the human soul, with all the flaws. The side characters are the heroes of this story and the main focus of this show. They are laid
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bare for us, and we feel their pain or their relief. Over and over, my eyes tear up from how beautiful everything is.
The story has a general formula that it follows throughout the series. It is structured as a series of self-contained arcs which are, for the most part, 2 episodes long. The first part has our main gang traveling and encountering some new characters in strange circumstances, with a bit of mystery or trouble. The second part explores the central arc character's past and are generally the more emotionally moving parts. The way I describe it might sound repetitive, but each arc has been strong, with quality writing. I would call it "biepisodic", as you can rearrange the arcs without affecting too much of the story.
The arc characters get plenty of development for the arc they are in, but the main characters actually hardly get any development. So the side characters really are the stars of the show.
I'm currently watching season 3, and it's still going strong.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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