Master of Yin-Yang

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2023

Author

Liam Lam

• 67: Black Yin Cloud
  Nov 27, 2023
• 65: Space Transformation
  Nov 26, 2023
• 64: Police Encounter Ghostly Phenomena
  Nov 26, 2023
• 63: Haunting in the Old Building
  Nov 26, 2023
• 62: Karmic Retribution
  Nov 26, 2023
• 61: Too Realistic
  Nov 26, 2023
• 60: The Ghost Hits the Wall
  Nov 26, 2023
• 59: The Value of Life
  Nov 26, 2023
• 58: He Gang's Story
  Nov 26, 2023
• 57: Retribution for the Shaved-Head Guy
  Nov 26, 2023
• 56: The Dying Person
  Nov 26, 2023
• 55: Fortuitous Encounter with He Gang
  Nov 26, 2023
• 54: The Tragic Experience of the Female Ghost
  Nov 26, 2023
• 53: Hua Tree Spirit on the Chaotic Burial Mound
  Nov 26, 2023
• 52: Falling into the Grave
  Nov 26, 2023
• 51: Ghost Classification
  Nov 26, 2023
• 50: Sending the Old Man's Soul to the Underworld
  Nov 24, 2023
• 49: City God Temple
  Nov 24, 2023
• 48: The Glowing Vertical Eye
  Nov 24, 2023
• 47: Bonding with Zombies
  Nov 24, 2023

Reviews

Community Reviews(1)

• E.T.LEERoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Master of Yin Yang grabs me from the premise and setting, but it exhibits many signs of being a machine translation (MTL) with minimal editing. That is the primary reason for my low rating and the only major impression I got before dropping it.
  Style: It shares many of its issues with other MTLs. The delineation and length of paragraphs is rarely sensible. Because the machine relies on context clues, words change based on the context they appear in - an electric bicycle becomes a scooter in the next chapter, and other such strangeness. Any artistic choices that don't properly convert to English go unexplained by the translator, such as the father's nickname. There is also little sense of flow (though human writers can struggle with this as well, so that's not too huge a deal.)
  Story: From what I saw, very novel. I'm a sucker for the setting of a (presumably) modern world where corpse-salvaging is still a notable profession. Elements of mysticism that have faded into mundanity... it's pretty cool!
  Grammar: I consider this Pass/Fail. It passes.
  Character: He Zhihui is a fascinatingly superstitious character from the outset, putting stock in which of his eyelids twitch as a sign of impending poor fortune. He is a passive protagonist in the chapters I read, or maybe just observant and cautious. I don't know enough about him to truly say, but he leaves an impression beyond 'wish fulfillment cardboard human'.
  In summary, I think there's a lot of value in this setting and vibe, but I personally cannot bring myself to read it due to the seemingly thoughtless style of translation.