I Opened a Zoo: Is Raising Divine Beasts Really a Good Idea?

[Lighthearted laughs + healing pets + passionate action + suspense + episodic mini-stories] Jiang Wan is so broke she can't even afford instant noodles. While telling fortunes from a stall beneath an overpass, she suddenly inherits a zoo on the verge of bankruptcy. She thinks she'll be stuck as a miserable zookeeper, only to discover that all the employees are monsters: The white tiger lifts weights and works out by day, then secretly livestreams at night. The nine-tailed fox is obsessed with TV dramas and has even made itself an idol account. The parrot has a tongue as sharp as an esports troll's and argues with people online every day. The panda looks impossibly adorable, but secretly beats up badly behaved kids. And the koi is even more outrageous, doing the books better than a finance director. To keep this motley crew fed, Jiang Wan returns to her old line of work: By day, she sells tickets and entertains visitors with “special effects shows” (which are actually real monsters). By night, she takes jobs exorcising evil spirits, livestreams ghost hunts, and sells merchandise on the side (her talisman goods are flying off the shelves). Evil spirits in ancient paintings, weasels demanding titles, nursery rhymes at an abandoned amusement park, a conspiracy surrounding an influencer's wishing pool, and more. She thinks she'll just keep muddling through the chaos, until one day she discovers an ancestral forbidden book belonging to the Jiang family beneath the zoo. It lists the true names of every employee, but on the final page, someone has crossed out a name in blood. “Wanwan, stop looking into it.” The parrot suddenly falls silent, the white tiger averts its eyes, and the nine-tailed fox's fur stands on end. Jiang Wan: ... Great. Now even the divine beasts are putting on an act for me, huh?