a vibrant, textural, and excellent piece of ghostwork with the aroma of chicken rice while walking the veil between life and death. also incorporating buddhist practice as daily ritual was fabulous. I really enjoyed in particular how much was left to implication regarding the nature of the gui, which is a specifically chinese concept I have a fascination with after reading about the guigu guzhu from word of honor and recognizing the the 鬼 as オニ in jp. I think you did a spectacular work translating and conveying the nuances of culture here.
(at the same time, if you read closely, when the father says his hard work raising money for her liver transplant is wasted when he sees her (gui) at his stall, as well as the buddhist incense ritual, confirms her death, in my reading.)
I think the silent but perseverant familial love in this was really touching.
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Really liked how the relationship between the father and daughter is conveyed with the minimalist writing style
I really liked this, it was very warm <3 you built the scene so well!
This was good.
Such a heartwarming piece!
This was really sweet, thank you ;_;
lmao is this a sg/my reference?
Yeah, it’s set in Singapore.
a vibrant, textural, and excellent piece of ghostwork with the aroma of chicken rice while walking the veil between life and death. also incorporating buddhist practice as daily ritual was fabulous. I really enjoyed in particular how much was left to implication regarding the nature of the gui, which is a specifically chinese concept I have a fascination with after reading about the guigu guzhu from word of honor and recognizing the the 鬼 as オニ in jp. I think you did a spectacular work translating and conveying the nuances of culture here.
(at the same time, if you read closely, when the father says his hard work raising money for her liver transplant is wasted when he sees her (gui) at his stall, as well as the buddhist incense ritual, confirms her death, in my reading.)
I think the silent but perseverant familial love in this was really touching.