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Ghost Teller

Title : Ghost Teller

Creator : QTT

Genre : Horror

Category : Webtoon

Summary : You think your ghost stories are scary? Try listening to these stories from the ghosts themselves.

Status : Season 1 (Completed, 38 chapters)
Season 2 (On-going, prologue as of this date.)

Update : Every Sunday

Beautiful art with memorable stories.

The concept has a lot of promise. It’s a story where ghosts share their tales on human’s cruelty, just like how humans talk about horror stories with friends.

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Going through a rotation of story-telling, each characters put on different values and morals on the table within their narratives. All of them had one thing in common; displaying corrupted behaviour of humans, which is shown by the various settings.

It’s interesting to read this Webtoon, to see how nasty people can be, and how life isn’t always sunny and rainbow. Ghost teller play around society problems, those that indeed are happening in real life, and this add a terrifying effect to the story. The truthfulness of the situations really pull me in.

All the main characters are ghosts, so it feels like they are reminiscing their lives when they still alive. One true thing is that their stories are related to them, but they aren’t necessarily the victims in the narration. The difference in perspective adds a colour to the story in general, and that’s good.

Ghost teller is something that I would like to reread if I have the time, because of how well done it is. This story makes me feel a lot, and one of it being sympathy. None of the characters deserve the terror of living, and I want to give each of them a warm hug.

If you have nothing to do and want to experience goosebumps, please give Ghost Teller a try.

Bungou Stray Dogs Season 3

Title: Bungou Stray Dogs Season 3

Creator: Kafka Asagiri (Writer)
Sango Harukawa (Illustrator)
Bones Inc. (Anime adaptor)

Genre : Action, Comedy, Mystery, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural

Category : Manga, Anime

Summary : Following the conclusion of the three-way organizational war, government bureaucrat Ango Sakaguchi recalls an event that transpired years ago, after the death of the former Port Mafia boss. Osamu Dazai, still a new recruit at the time, was tasked with investigating rumors related to a mysterious explosion that decimated part of the city years ago—and its connection to the alleged reappearance of the former boss.

Due to circumstances out of his control, he is partnered with Chuuya Nakahara, the gifted yet impulsive leader of a rival clan known as the ”Sheep,” to uncover the truth behind the case and shine a light on the myth of Arahabaki—the god of fire who might just lead Dazai to the case’s solution.

Meanwhile, in the present day, it is business as usual once again for the Armed Detective Agency. Their peaceful break will not last for long, however, as enemies old and new gather their strength and prepare for another face-off.

Status : Completed (12 episodes, aired from 12.4.2019 to 28.6.2019)

Contain spoiler. Read at your own risk.

Believing in Dazai no matter what situation is the best decision to survive in Bungou world. I don’t care if he’s dying, I know that everything would go as he predicted.

The first three episodes revealed Dazai’s early days in Port Mafia, and how he met Chuuya. The rest continued where it ended from season two, where new troubles arises with the reappearance of Fyodor. For better understanding, watch Bungou Stray Dogs : Dead Apple before season three. It’s the prelude to the arc.

Season three give us a lot of new information, the few that I like include:

– how Chuuya come to exist. It always made me wonder, why Chuuya can use Corruption, which is an ugrade of his ability while others don’t. Now that it’s all out, I just wonder why nobody worship that man. He’s literally a god. Hmm. Most likely nobody bother about his backstory, so it remain untold to majority.

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– what Atsushi’s headmaster actually think about him. This contradict my point, but I hate, really, really hate this reveal. It made me furious, to know that Atsushi spent his life believing his headmaster hate him, and traumatised him for life, and we spent two seasons hating this man, just to be inform that he actually did it all for love. You freaking kidding me now? How do I feel about this?

– how Armed Detective Agency, Port Mafia and the Special Operations Division are the essential organizations that keep Yokohama safe, and how without either one of them, there will be hole on the defence of their beloved city. I always think Port Mafia and Agency are each other’s enemy, and that Fukuzawa and Mori hate each other. But they are kind of in a truce.

– how there’s fight between Ranpo and Chuuya, but they didn’t show it. They entered a book due to Poe’s ability. It might be a boring case to Ranpo, but I’m willing to see a frustrated Chuuya trying to deal with the situation.

– how the twists of finding Pushkin and Fyodor blown my mind. In Dazai we believed, and he successfully caught Fyodor by the end of the series. I already knew he will, so it’s the process I’m interested in. Proud to say that I’m not disappointed at all.

While there’s not so much character improvement happening on the main characters, the Guild experience changes. Poe become a good acquaintance of Ranpo and Agency, and Lucy work at the café below Agency’s office. Seeing them on the good side give me a good feeling. Francis amuses me, because he learn how to live without luxury, but it’s scary how fast he built his name again. I’m afraid of his mind.

Overall, it’s a satisfying season. I would like to have more, but this will make me content for a good while.

Prison Boys

Title : Prison Boys

Creator : ESC-APE by SEEC

Genre : Mystery, Adventure

Category : Game

Summary : It’s at the end of Taisho era.
The main character, Tetsu Akatsuki witnesses an incident in 12-Story Prison which is one of hub of Secret Police…

The closer he gets to the truth, the more he finds that the dark of 12-Story Prison is deep.

Holding your own sense of justice in mind, solve the mysteries together with your partner!

The mystery novel adventure game about the justice and friendship between Tetsu and Nagi, who put their lives at risk.

Released : 21 June 2017

Intense. Thrilling. Adventurous.

Prison boys is a lot of things but boring. The concept, the characters, the plot, the music all blend into one to make the player fully invested into the game.

The game is set in the historical year of Japan, in between World War 1 and World War 2. I love a historical setting, especially when it was done right and well. The feeling of going back to the old era was refreshing.

The characters are all great, with distinctive features to differentiate everyone, whether it’s from their appearances or personalities.

I have come to be fond of everyone, especially Tetsu and Nagi. They had been together since children, and it hurt me whenever I got bad endings, where either of them would suffer, causing the other one pain too.

Yamato is the character I’m most proud of. His character development is so clear, and I’m so happy for him. I have doubted Mitsuru, and trusting him is not an easy task. He looked like a darker version of Oikawa from Haikyuu. (They just got similar look, I can’t shaken the feeling.) Some other characters just went beyond my expectation, and I really loved that kind of twist.

The plot is fine. I like the concept of it, and the theme is good too. The characters carried the story so well, and that’s why it’s interesting. Some endings just shook me so much. One of the final bad ending made me devastated, but became my most favoured ending yet.

I’m satisfied by the real ending, and while I don’t want to spoil anything, just know that the characters deserved that ending so much. They did their best.

Of course I can’t talk about Prison Boys without mentioning the puzzle part of it. The game is a combination of visual novel and puzzle, and SEEC production did great in creating the balance. The story is so intense, and so do the puzzles. They are doable, though some are just giving me headache. Did I managed to solve them all? Yes. Did I get help from outsider *cough*game cheat *cough* because I’m stuck? Also a yes.

I forget to tell that this game is a Japanese game, translated into English by same production. The translation is clear and understandable. There are some minor mistakes, but they don’t bother me too much.

My most favourite aspect of this game would be the background musics. They fit the theme of the historical setting, and are great to get me to feel the story more.

The only disadvantage of this game is the ticket system of it. Yes. To proceed to the next stage, you will need a ticket to be able to read it. No ticket, no new point. It made me frustrated, because player is given only five tickets a day. Of course, the option to buy more tickets is always there, but I don’t have the money, so there’s that.

While I don’t like it, it made the game more stressing. I couldn’t wait for next day to start, so that I can continue the story. It had been one of thing I anticipated in the morning for a few weeks now, but since I’ve finished it, I felt so empty. I still have another SEEC game that I’m playing currently, but that’s for later.

Overall, I like what this game offers, and it’s a great game to spend your time with. Whether or not you have played a visual novel or puzzle/escape game before, giving this game a try wouldn’t be regretful.

Eleceed

Title : Eleceed

Creator : Jeho Son, ZHENA

Genre : Fantasy

Category : Webtoon

Summary : Jiwoo is a kind-hearted young man who harnesses the lightning quick reflexes of a cat to secretly make the world a better place – one saved little child or foster pet at a time. Kayden is a secret agent on the run, who finds himself stuck in a body of a…um… decidedly fat old fluffy cat. Together, armed with Jiwoo’s super powers and Kayden’s uber-smarts, they’re out to fight those forces who would let evil rule this world. That is, if they can stand each other long enough to get the job done.

Status : On going (16 chapters as of this date)

Update : Every Thursday

Badass fluffy cat? ☑️
Lovable protagonist? ☑️
A fantasy setting with superpowers? ☑️

If you are craving for some action cat story with good plot, then this is for you.

Eleceed is humourous and thrilling at the same time. The plot is easy to follow, but I’m not going to say it’s boring. Both the creators made a good job in keeping the readers’ interest in place, be it on the intense moments or the funny ones.

What I love about Eleceed is the interaction between Jiwoo, the main character, and a human-transform-into-cat Kayden. Starting off with harmless concern of a cat lover upon meeting a bleeding cat, now they are on the term of friends looking out for each other (kind of). Surely, their relationship improved over the chapters, and I’m happy for the development.

Jiwoo is an innocent young man, whose heart so pure I want to protect him like my son. He reminds me a lot of Atsushi from Bungou Stray Dogs. His honest and youthful personality got me, and not to mention his light colour hair. The way they act are almost similar too. They both have big determination to protect what they love, and they will take every action it need even if it cost them their life.

Kayden has a big ego, even if he’s in a fat cat body. He calls himself the great Kayden, claiming to be a strong Awakened being. (A human with super power is called Awakened. Both Jiwoo and Kayden are ones.) It’s hilarious to see him discovering his new life as a cat, finding out that the cat body is affecting him more than he prefers it to be.

Anyway, I’m anticipating where the story will bring me to, because so far it flows so good. Do read the story for the great Mr. Kayden.

Journey in Blue

Title : Journey in Blue

Creator : ILNeGeAr

Genre : Heart-warming, Slice of Life

Category : Webtoon

Summary : A travelling artist driving in blue car met his destiny on a rainy day, and together they went to the ends of the earth.

Status: On going (16 chapters as of this date)

Update: Every Sunday

I don’t usually put any expectation when I jump into a new story. I let the surprise element carry me into the tale. If I like it from the first chapter, it’s a yay for me. And if I don’t, then I’ll read a few more chapters before deciding to follow it or not.

Journey in Blue falls into the first category. The art style is cute, adorn with a soft colouring. It built a calming atmosphere, fitting to the introduction of our main character. Mauve, a travelling artist listened to a radio channel on his journey. Oddly enough, the radio host talk as if he is narrating Mauve’s day, predicting what’s going to happen, like a forecast do with weather. Only that, he is accurate with his telling, and Mauve seemed to be tuning in on the radio.

It doesn’t make sense, how a random radio channel is talking about this one traveller, which coincidentally has a similar day to our main character. I’m thinking of how are they related to each other, and I first thought the radio host is a God. (Let me tell you a spoiler; he’s not.)

The story is a fun journey of destiny and coincidences, weave with a relaxing mood. Join Mauve’s blue car to ride in the adventure.

Opening the first page

Hello everyone. I’m Sasa, the owner of CharmtheEye. I’m a student to be, and will enrol into my first semester next month. In the hustle of handling this and that for my university life, I finally decided to settle down onto a blog once again. My commitment has always been a problem, and I can’t guarantee how far will this one hold on, but I’m willing to grow it up as much as I can.

The idea for this blog came from my hobbies. I love reading and watching stuffs, from books, comics, fan fictions, and Webtoon, to anime, cartoon, k-pop and k-drama. As much as I like them, I would want to talk about them too, but most of the time I don’t, because what I spend my time with is not the same with what my friends do.

I still want to talk about what I read/watched, and decided that blogging is a way to do that. Not only I hope to improve my writing skill, I also want to attract people to pick up and enjoy the pieces like I did.

Hence the name of the blog, CharmtheEye. I want my readers to be charmed by the stories I loved the same way I did, and hope they will appreciate them too.

That’s all for my first post. Thank you for reading my introduction, and may you be satisfied with what you see on this blog.