Urban Tales of Demons and Spirits

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A tale of urban demons and spirits, the mysterious exorcist and I.

Do you believe that supernatural creatures exist in this world?

I’m an ordinary college student while he’s the handsome and powerful demon exorcist from the mysterious old manor.

Our paths had never crossed before and yet, our fates became intimately entangled after one chance meeting.

The knocking on the coffin in the dead of the night, the little girl weeping inside the box-shaped structure, the good friend of mine who was cursed…

Together, the mysterious exorcist Mr. Wen and I embarked on a path into the world of the grotesque and motley.

Gradually, I realized that I had developed special feelings for him that went beyond friendship…

But, the problem is I’m a man!

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都市妖鬼录
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solomaize
solomaize rated it
February 7, 2018
Status: c23
Honest, I thought my friend lied to me about this being BL, just to lure me in to read a horror. Try not to read this at night, alone, with the lights out. Not gonna lie, I almost pissed myself.

Anyway, on to the good stuff. It's refreshingly not focused on the leads romance. There is no romance at the moment. But instead you are given a goofy friend, clear headed love interest for said friend, a strange boss, a snobish cat and a really normal MC.

The story is really engaging... more>> with a mix of humor and drama. You will also be introduced to some little known Chinese beliefs and tradition. Not usual for modern BL.

As long as the horror is kept to a minimal, I'm hooked. <<less
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Anra7777
Anra7777 rated it
December 5, 2018
Status: v3c11
I really liked this story at first. The first two arcs or so gave me nightmares. I liked the MC. But I think there were two points where I started liking the story less.

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One was at the start of the school trip arc. The starting scene with the family in the car felt so cliché to me, especially since the previous arcs had felt fresh. The second was the meeting the MC's family arc. I couldn't understand how the MC could accept his mother so smoothly and without doubts or resentment after years of abuse.

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While I haven't had a problem with the story points, per se, other than the one mentioned, I've grown to like the MC less and less, to the point where I almost can't stand him.
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I have two problems with him. First, he recklessly makes naïve promises he has no way of knowing if he can keep but believes in himself through the power of... idiocy, usually forcing the ML to clean up the mess. Second, he rushes into danger like an idiot. He does the s*upidest thing he can every time.

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It doesn't help that he has the exact same argument with the ML Every. Single. Arc.

Part of the appeal of the story initially was that it felt like there is a secret about the MC that only the ML knows. This potential plot point, however, seems to be going nowhere. Another problem is that the ML is kept so mysterious, I feel like we still don't really know him, so I don't have particularly strong feelings towards him, other than
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being slightly grossed out that he had a one sided affair with MC's aunt.

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At this point, I'm not really enjoying the story. <<less
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Lalala45
Lalala45 rated it
October 11, 2019
Status: v2c67
This novel gives me a complicated feelling. The story was intersting. The translator did a good job too. But the thing that makes me annoyed is the MC.

I dont like the MC.

I dont like the MC.

... more>> I dont like the MC.

#important thing should be repeated three times#

The MC is really the typical MC. Yes. In those shojo stories. Except it is a he. The MC was 'innocence' or dumb (but some times he become smartass. I really dont get it T-T. I swear!!!), kind, help people who come or not come to him, dont listen to other, getting into trobles when people, esp. ML told him not to... and was saved by ML in the end. Arguing with the expert ML, when he didnt know about sh*t..., etc.

THE MC IS ANNOYING! this is my opinion, kay...

As I said, A TYPICAL MC.

*Now I understand why there are so many transmigration novels. Please someone, transmigrate to this novel. This is really necessary*

For someone who is okay with this then go ahead. For people who dislike this kind of MC you can skip it.

But anything else aside the MC is interesting for me. Moreover it's already completed <<less
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Efu-sama
Efu-sama rated it
October 8, 2019
Status: V2
To be honest, I should just give this one a Two stars, but for the sake of (should have been) interesting plot and cases and the hard work of the translator who finished this story, I give it a Three stars!

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Edit : actually I try to read it further, but the further I read the more irritated I felt! Damn it, every interaction just felt too damn amazingly forced out! forced out to make a drama, forced out to make a hint. Seriously! Even a Quick wear or Quick transmigration story would have an even better plot and not forcing out interaction just for the sake of drama. Even the interactions between MC and ML are forced out! seriously! too forced out, too awkward, the MC is so conceited! too dumb, too arrogant, too annoying, and the whole things he said are too weird, seriously too forced out. It's seriously a f*cking cheap web novel. Even some fanfictions are much better than this.

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This story, tells A boy who possessed a strong spiritual power, meeting some exorcist and embark on some adventures and case solving. But what disappointed me was how annoying the MC is. No, it's actually because the MC is lacking personality. He's too 2D. The author is not good at building his character and ended up making him quite bland.

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I understand for a boy with childhood trauma will likely be hard to trust another person. I understand that a boy will likely have a naive thought such as saving every single person. But I couldn't understand how the boy (MC) doesn't learn from experiences, seriously!

The MC is truly annoying. He's described as a kind boy with something like a tsundere personality (character who cant express their goodwill very much). But, somehow I feel like the author just forced it out, by making some interaction between ML and MC that (TRY) to make MC appears like a cute tsundere. But No, instead of it, because that feels so forced out, in the end, it just turned out to be so dumb and annoying.

The MC got angry at the ML so very easily! Fuming at the ML at every slight argument, making the ML ended up sighing helplessly while trying to explain everything patiently to the MC. That's so annoying. Seriously, boy, you should think it straight! The ML has already explained soooo many things, that even I as a foreigner, not a Chinese, understand the concept of demon, supernatural, and others that the ML tried to explain from the earlier chapters. Why didn't the MC ponder about it even just for a while? Instead, he keeps ignoring the things that have been told to him, was unable to understand, couldn't grasp the relation over things, and eventually always got mad at the ML because of his own s*upidity. Seriously, whyy :" (

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The first time I felt so disappointed at the MC was at the second case of the story, when they tried to solve about a living demon, a mu*derer who tried to kill a little girl.

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The ML clearly saved the MC who was almost got himself killed by the living demon when he barged in at the wrong momentum. But instead of feeling grateful, the MC was mad at the ML because he thought the ML didn't really care about the little girl's well-being, whether she'd be alive or not.

Seriously, if you're upset about it then just try and ask the person involved, not just only pondering about it on your mind! But the MC didn't say anything, he just ran away, left the ML without trying to understand his method, or without trying to ask about the right momentum he should've come. He just stubbornly, adamantly, thinks that ML is bad and unwilling to help people, without understanding the ML's reason and his goal in every case. Aaaand that repeats for so many times ahead!

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Also, for the MC's character foundation, his basic personality formed by his childhood :
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The MC has a chaotic childhood, child abuse problems, and was mentally damaged by his mother who pestered him to act like a girl. Even though he has such a complicated background, surprisingly the author doesn't give a hint or foreshadowing about his past. It's just suddenly happened, at some chapter when his mother calls him, the scenes about his past were suddenly revealed.

Isn't that such a waste? He has a complicated childhood, if the author gives some foreshadowing at the earlier chapters before the SUDDEN revelation, that would be much more interesting. Like for example, the MC was supposed to have long hair and wore dresses in the past, then when at the beginning of the story the MC has already changed into a short-haired, it would be good if at first, the MC still came with a long hair but wearing a male dress, and then we'll be given a scene where he cut his hair with some thoughts for foreshadowing of his past.

Or maybe a scene where the MC has to buy clothes on his own in the new town for the first thing he did upon arrival, for foreshadowing that in his luggage it was full of female dresses from his mom while no male clothes were available.

But no! none of the foreshadowings were there! His complicated past just suddenly came to light upon one phone call, just like that. The only scene (that maybe count as) foreshadowing was when the MC accompanied his female friend buying lipstick he had recommended a well-matching lipstick color to her. And then the Weasel (a demon) suddenly asked him "are you gay? because you know a matching color of lipstick, you should be gay then---" or something along the way.

Seriously, are you f*cking kidding me?? Just picking a matching color counts as being gay? Isn't that too much? I mean, even my brother at home has always been nagging at me to pick a matching lipstick color, and he's not even slightly gay! A damn straight as ramrod guy who loves big b**bs! Knowing a matching lipstick color for a guy means that guy likes to observe many girls around, so, that kind of guy usually knows about what lipstick makes a girl looks pretty or match their age and facial shape.

I know the author tried to foreshadow that the MC has something with cosmetics in the past, but it just... failed.

Furthermore, the person who thought that the MC is gay because he knew a matching lipstick color was a f*cking demon! for the n-th time, SERIOUSLY!? A demon actually cares about a human's problem of being gay lesbian transgender or whatever? Shouldn't a demon be like, doesn't really give a damn about gender? because you know, who cares a lot about such topic are only humans after all. Besides, when the demon suddenly accused him of being gay, that sounds truly ridiculous! Even though the Demon was curious about it, shouldn't the interaction would be like, more casual, considering he's a demon and he SHOULD NOT understand human affairs. For example, the interaction could have been written this way:

"oi, you know a good lipstick, you played with your moms' often back then right"---playfully asking.

or,

"not bad, kiddo! you know how to woo a girl with your taste in lipstick. you damn lady killer, "----still playfully teasing.

and then the MC should answer it with

"that's not what you think..., "---smiling.

or,

"what? of course, I'm a man among men after all. Are you feeling like you want to bow on me now as your senior?"----playfully, considering his past that he wants to erase and wanting to prove as a man, wouldn't that be more realistic?

Besides, the weasel is a demon, a f*cking demon I repeat. He should have a proud and arrogant demeanor. But every interaction just shows him as a s*upid pet, not a single trace of him actually a demon, forgetting his base character, making him lack of personality, sigh....... again for the n-th time, SERIOUSLY....!?

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the MC is supposed to come to the countryside in order to escape from his past, trying to break the shackle called his mom. But the whole stories, the whole scenes, the whole narration, the whole self-thinking, when he's in the town, not a single of it have a foreshadowing of him trying to escape from something and trying to enjoy his life a bit more. None of it!

If not for the sudden narration from the author saying he's actually coming to the town to run away, I won't ever understand it. Even the revelation of his past doesn't make a big surprise for the reader, like it's just some description to keep a story going on, to give another excuse.

I know the author is trying to make some scenes (somehow) look like a foreshadow, but the author truly doesn't know how to make a good foreshadowing, and instead failed miserably, making it into a bland narration.

Another one, the mother is supposed to be some psycho, a woman with a mental case, she can be unreasonable and brutal, and suddenly turn soft in a second. She should be a nightmare for the MC, the biggest fear and shame in his heart, and should make their relationship a love-hate one, because he knows how his mother has suffered, and he knows everything his mother do to him are the form of her twisted love, but he also wants to break free from her.

Their relationship should be complicated and will make their interaction full of foreshadows. But, no! their interaction just turns out to be a madwoman and a timid yet want to rebel child. The mother's personality has no depth at all. The author failed to make her psycho personality shine!

I know the author tried to make the MC's past as complicated to make the story interesting, but he/she failed to express it properly. Like I said, every personality has no depth, every interaction felt too forced, and she failed to take advantage of the plot to make a foreshadow that makes the reader would feel excited, curious, and finally surprised when the truth comes out.

P.S this is the longest review I've ever wrote here T_T It almost looks like a one-shot story itself. but what can I do, I have so many complaints! I can't help it. I felt so dissatisfied, because I know so many loopholes and so many places for foreshadowing, and yet the author really failed my expectation. I feel like wanting to cough up a barrel of blood T_T Cursing the author who actually has interesting ideas and yet doesn't understand how to take advantage of it <<less
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periperi
periperi rated it
February 18, 2019
Status: Completed
I actually read this like about a year ago.

This is one of my favourite genres. I liked each arc of the story, the supernatural/fantasy elements and the cast.

I took away 1 star because of the ending.

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I'm not even sure if it's a HE... It reminded me of xxxHolic ending where MC never ages while his friends aged as he waits for ML. It's one of the saddest endings I've read and dammit I wanted that HE for them so bad especially after finding out MC and ML's past.

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Overall the romance part is on the light end (def just shounen-ai) but people who enjoy this kind of genre (supernatural, case based, mystery) will enjoy it. <<less
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Soleus
Soleus
June 24, 2018
Status: v2c13
In my opinion this novel is like BL version of XXX Holic. It quite predictable (if you read this after watching xxx holic I say) but I like where it is going. There is a mystery to it and obviously MC and ML has a past (previous life) relationship (which differs it from xxx holic and more to 'Betrayal Knows My Name'). It seems that in prev life MC is a woman?

I really love novels that focuses on their traditional beliefs, reincarnations, painful waiting for their loved ones and etc...... more>> Oh and don't forget about ghosts and devils. You can learn new things about ghosts and devils when MC is given new tasks by the ML.

I have high expectation for this novel especially about the MC and ML relationships about how they met, what happen to them previously and all.

And...

The ML is really cold to the others than the MC [ T.T ] And has a lot of secrets.

Thank you translator for translating this novel. I really regret didn't learn Chinese. If not I will just finish it in one go. T.T <<less
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veihakase
veihakase rated it
January 7, 2018
Status: v5c23
Haha.. Something that my reader soul would love! Again! We got a supernatural, mystery BL story. So far, it really drags you into the story which involves imagination of beings not from here. I wouldn't a spoil anything from the recent chapters published but I can tell that this would be interesting (haha Mr. Wen) though it might be a personal bias for the genre but it's looking good ^∆^) / Check it out :) (Now) lel~

Edit: I like how the events were explained in a tale true... more>> to its genre, say for example on why there are a lot of rumours about schools being a graveyard in the past and etc. I like how everything fits together. XD <<less
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Rustle silver butterflies
Rustle silver butterflies rated it
March 31, 2020
Status: v1c9
I dropped this at the beginning because it's boring and ordinary. MC usual student who faced with different mistifical things and met handsome exorcist. They will be interact and slowly fell in love. It's probably interesting and exciting, especially if you like exorcism and spirits. But I honestly tried but I can't read more than 10 chapters. MC annoying, I don't read many but characters like him really s*upid and dull. He doesn't fun and amusing, he doesn't smart or strong. He just boring and I don't want to read... more>> about him. He is too bland and not alive. I don't know he's like MC in anime, he acts just because plot require. I confident he will be kind, naive and honest, will be commit s*upid illogical acts. I hate this, I don't watch anymore because I hate this kind of behavior. Because I can't sympathize such characters. <<less
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Kikiji
Kikiji rated it
August 27, 2019
Status: v2
This was a so-so story that I didn't mind reading but eventually the protagonist started annoying me too much. The plot is almost entirely driven by his do good mentality. As of where I am now, I can see that to the MC, Gu Yu, the world is black and white.

Showcase #1: Regarding the ML. The ML is more experienced and practical. He may not be the ideal person (and I can see why Gu Yu sometimes have issues with his decisions and choices) but in the end, the ML... more>> always has a purpose and thought process behind what he does. His advice is reliable and accurate, but also misleading when his goals differs from his clients. Gu Yu has experienced many times where he would impulsively ignore the ML's advice and do his own thing (though the ML is also in the wrong for always being so cryptic and never explaining it fully to Gu Yu) but in the end 90% of the time, Gu Yu is either saved by the ML, realizes he's right, or both. Yet at the start of the new arc they play the same game over again in which ML refuses to help someone, Gu Yu labels him as a bad person for not wanting to help someone, despite the fact that he should know by now from his past experience that ML isn't being as harsh as he seems and should have his reasons for his refusal.

In short, it irritates me that the MC has no respect for someone else's priorities and choices when his views of what's good and bad come into play. The first time can be excused. The second time can be brushed off. But when the third and forth time comes, it's clear that he hasn't learned anything.

(Can't say the ML is an angel either since, as I said before, he doesn't explain anything to Gu Yu until after everything is done! Are you asking for misunderstandings!?) <<less
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Bourbon
Bourbon
September 11, 2018
Status: c6
I had difficulty reading this as I am a coward but ive read all fics in the yaoi and shounen ai page...

I cant read anymore as I have a very vivid imagination... but

The story is very engaging, ill push myself to read more soon, its really good! Its such a shame not to finish it. My legs wont stop trembling so I have to stop frequently xD
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