I Get By in the Mortal World

Muddling Through Life in the Human World

My fate has been bitter, and I’ve lived worse than a dog. Just when life was finally starting to get better, someone said my body is that of a boy destined to die before 18, that I’m missing a soul fragment, and that I’m basically a fool! Half-human, half-ghost? Destined to be a calamity. After a loss that cut me to the bone, my heavenly eye awakened! I realized that in order to live enough in my limited lifespan, I have to follow my father, who is unlucky to the point of cursing heaven, earth, and even the air. I cheat, swindle, and steal; my dad drinks, eats, gambles, and chases women. Grave-robbing, spirit-summoning, deceiving rich women into raising ghosts, doing all kinds of dirty deeds—we do it all, and in the end I keep walking farther and farther down the road to a dog’s life……!