Just want to add some background info on the Ghost Marriage topic.
To maybe enhance gameplay?
(As someone mentioned the game is made by a Taiwanese Studio)
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Ghost marriage:
(aka:
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(
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),
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, necrogamy)
While it can be translated as: "marrying" the dead
there's a lot of ghostly cultures, rituals, and evil-deeds tied to it.
Since this game is based on "dating" females,
the correct term of this would be "
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",
which is when a
living guy marries a
(deceased) female spirit.
(And is true of most of the ghost marriage occasions, as explained below)
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The reason why it's
mainly girls is due to:
- Patriachy Culture - All "girls" within the family must find a husband
- Religious Belief - that (any) spirits without worship will turn into "evil" ghost
and women without a husband has no "altar" of worship within the family's crest
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These "Ghost Marriages" are also often held by wealthy families
(as it cost some money to go through the whole process)
One common way for "female spirit" to find a husband is by setting a "trap"
unsure
While it may look like a regular
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(Monetary Gift; usually handed out during Chinese New Year / celebration),
It usually contains "
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" as a form of (forced/spiritual) contract for the marriage
(as seen in the calligraphy on the CG)
+ possible
female hair,
fingernails of the deceased body.
Once picked up, your name will be matched to see if you and the girl are a good fit.
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Once you pass the "test", you'll then be forced to decide on a time when you want to get married.
The marriage usually held around midnight dusk before sun-rise or at dawn when it's dark.
You wear "black gloves", and go in "black carts",
and undergo the marriage ceremony with the dead.
(The Doll-like figure is called
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(aka paper-pulp) used to represent the female spirit)
Congrats! you are no longer single!
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While these all sound like myth, it still occurs quite often in Asian society (check wikipedia references)
There are some that are also of "good-will",
such as when either the male or female died from an accident right before the planned marriage date.
However, such occasions aren't really what this game/ ceremony ritual is implied.
(I think? Fyi... I haven't played the game yet, though the "setting" of the story sounds quite interesting)