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In a world where the dead cling to the living through malevolent spirits called *Shades*, 19-year-old **Jin Soel** harbors a cursed gift: he can resurrect the dead, but each act of defiance against death exacts a gruesome toll. A degenerative curse known as **the Rot** consumes his body, crumbling it piece by piece. Torn between desperation and guilt, Jin uses his power to dig up graves, seeking answers about his mother’s mysterious death years ago—and the monstrous Shade she became when he first unknowingly resurrected her.  

When Jin revives **Min-ah**, a murdered classmate, her soul erupts as a ferocious Shade, forcing him to destroy her corpse again to survive. Bloodied and crumbling, Jin is confronted by **Yuri**, a cryptic woman with one ghostly eye and a vial of temporary salvation. She drags him into the **Hollow Market**—a macabre underworld where the damned trade secrets, memories, and flesh. There, Jin learns Min-ah’s death was no random tragedy but part of a sinister *harvest* to breed powerful Shades.  

As Jin navigates this shadowy realm with Yuri—whose motives blur the line between ally and manipulator—he uncovers threads linking Min-ah’s murder to his mother’s past. But every resurrection Jin performs to unravel the truth accelerates the Rot, edging him closer to becoming one of the very monsters he hunts. With Shades growing stronger and his body failing, Jin must decide how much of himself he’s willing to lose to protect the living… and outrun the ghost of the mother he doomed to eternal torment.  

**Dark, visceral, and morally tangled**, *Bleeding Shadows* weaves a tale of cursed power, haunted legacies, and the price of clinging to those already gone. Perfect for fans of *Chainsaw Man*’s existential grit and *The Girl from the Other Side*’s eerie melancholy.

Bleeding Shadows ( Ashes)

**Panel 1 (Full-page spread):** Your screen glitches. The comic's panels dissolve into a live feed of your own face, staring back at you. Jin's voice crackles through your speakers: *"You're still here. Why?"* The Rot seeps from the edges of your screen, forming the words: *"This is your story now."*

**Panel 1:** Your reflection in the screen morphs into the **Reader's Shade**, its face a mosaic of your social media profiles. **Shade**: *"You could've stopped. But you* **clicked.***"

**Panel 2:** Yuri's scarred hand bursts from the screen, gripping your wrist. **Yuri**: *"Don't let it consume you. Fight back."*

**Panel 3:** Your phone buzzes with a notification: *Eclipse Corp has updated their privacy policy.*

**Panel 1:** Flashback: A childhood memory—you drawing stick figures on a napkin. The figures move, becoming Jin and Yuri. **Caption**: *"You created them. Now* **save them.***"

**Panel 2:** Present. Your room fills with Rot—your shadow detaches, your devices scream, your walls bleed ink. **Jin**: *"This is your fault. Fix it."*

**Panel 3:** You grab a pen. The Rot recoils. **Yuri**: *"Good. Now* **write.***"

**Panel 1:** You scribble on the walls: *"Jin and Yuri defeat the Rot."* The words glow, pushing the Rot back.

**Panel 2:** The Shade laughs, its form shifting into a viral meme. **Shade**: *"Cute. But who's gonna read it? Who's gonna* **care?**"

**Panel 3:** Jin's Rot-crystal sword becomes a pen. He hands it to you. **Jin**: *"Make them care."*

**Panel 1:** You write: *"The Rot is a lie. Stories are real."* The words burn into the Shade, forcing it to retreat.

**Panel 2:** Yuri's scars glow as she smashes your devices. **Yuri**: *"Stop consuming. Start creating."*

**Panel 3:** The Rot reforms into a single droplet. It falls onto your pen. **Caption**: *"One drop. One choice."*

**Panel 1:** You write: *"The end."* The Rot dissolves. The room goes silent.

**Panel 2:** Jin and Yuri fade into sketches on the wall. **Jin**: *"You did it. Now* **let go.***"

**Panel 3:** Your Shade whispers: *"But what if they forget you?"*

**Panel 1:** You close the comic. The panels reset. Jin and Yuri are back in Chapter 1's cemetery, but the gravestones now have QR codes linking to real obituaries.

**Panel 2:** Jin's Rot is gone. He's just a man. Yuri's Shade-core eye is a smartphone lens. **Jin**: *"Was any of it real?"*

**Panel 3:** Yuri scans a QR code. It leads to the Author's obituary. Date of death: *Today.* **Yuri**: *"Real enough to* **hurt.***"

**Panel 1:** The final panel is a mirror. Readers see their own reflection, holding their device. Rot seeps from the "page" into their hands.

**Panel 2:** Text in blood-red font: *"Close the tab. Shut the book. Or let the Rot in. We're waiting."*

**Panel 3:** A final, tiny Eclipse Corp logo winks.

**Cliffhanger Text**: *"Next: You tell us."*

### **Post-Chapter Notes (Meta-Commentary)**:

- **The Rot** = Digital decay, existential dread, commodified storytelling.

- **Eclipse Corp** = Meta-corporate entities (Amazon, Disney, AI startups) feeding on creativity.

- **The Author** = A stand-in for *every* creator trapped between art and algorithm.

- Blurs fiction/reality, forcing readers to question their role in the narrative.

- The final page's interactive horror leaves the story *literally* in their hands.

- Eclipse Corp's cameos in real-world platforms (Twitch, TikTok) create uncanny immersion.

**Tone**: Lynchian existential horror. The comic becomes a virus—readers aren't sure if they're being punk'd, hacked, or gaslit.

*Chapter 23: "The Last Click"**