Asian myths and ghost stories tend to always hit the spot for me, but somehow there are barely anything written in the genre. Based on the premise and first pages, many readers probably skipped it out of impatience. The story is intentionally written as a romance at first. The romance plotline does continue, but it is never the main genre here: horror is. I am rarely impressed by horror in general, but this one made me chill many times. Something about the pacing, the writer is really skillful: the story keeps unfolding over and over without uncovering the mystery.
The balance between school romance and horror mystery is so well done, that it ought to become a classic one day. I was reading it along Berserk, and I must say I am shocked how Berserk was less impressive in comparison (Berskerk is still god tier work, but not as special in modern day as I expected based on the hype).
I do not want to spoil anything, it is one of the most unique stories I've ever read, exceptionally memorable. If you stumbled upon it, you should read it. It is one of the works where you just feel blessed the author decided to share their vision with the world.
P.S. there is a dorama on viki.com (free with ads), but it tells only part of the plot. It was quite nice, actually.
