Superpowers, single female lead, mystery, urban fantasy, intangible cultural heritage;
Lu Bai inherits his grandfather's shadow-puppet theater, along with the position of Shadow Keeper passed down through the Lu family for generations.
Other people's shadows stay under their feet. His can stand up and fight.
The shadow warrior strikes a pose and makes his entrance, the shadow general holds the line with a halberd, and the female warrior sheathes her twin blades: a whole cast of shadow-puppet spirits lives in his repertoire.
In the corners of the city, sinister shadows formed from lingering obsessions seep through the cracks between the bricks: an old mirror that laughs on its own, an extra person appearing in a group photo, an old man who has guarded a theater stage for forty years...
Other people would run for their lives at the sight of such things. Lu Bai can only roll up his sleeves and perform each tale to its end.
Luckily, he has Su Tang, a female reporter braver than the sky, following him with her camera to record events, gather evidence, and hand him an ice-cold soda when the job is done.
The curtain rises, and the shadow puppets take the stage.
Someone has to put these worldly obsessions to rest.
