{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-05T08:17:02.201Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB chapters: full dialogue transcript embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language. 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As Dawon recalls being ostracized as a child for being the shaman's daughter while talking with her mother, in the present she learns that Soon-Ae has been manipulated, borrowed money, and disappeared, and decides to go to her house to save her.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"My Ancestor is Watching Me! Chapter 17 depicts a turning point where Dawon carries both the pain of her past and the reality that her friend Soon-Ae is in danger at the same time. As Dawon recalls being ostracized as a child for being the shaman's daughter while talking with her mother, in the present she learns that Soon-Ae has been manipulated, borrowed money, and disappeared, and decides to go to her house to save her.","key_events":["Senior Siah explains manipulation tactics via livestream and urges getting Soon-Ae out of the house.","Da-Won asks mother why others can't see ancestor spirits and about father leaving after ghost haunting.","Da-Won recalls childhood ostracism as the shaman's daughter, with rumors ghosts haunt those near her.","Da-Won and her friend go to Soon-Ae's house to intervene but are turned away at the door.","Friends discuss Soon-Ae's school absence, borrowing money, and suspected manipulation by Kim Taeheon.","Da-Won worries over being unable to reach Senior Daham and being mistaken for Suryun."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE.\nI'M IN CLASS 2 OF FIRST YEAR. WHAT ABOUT YOU?\n\nAH, HI...\nTHAT'S HER. THE SHAMAN'S DAUGHTER.\nSHE DOESN'T EVEN GO TO SCHOOL...\nSHE DOESN'T GO TO SCHOOL?\n\nTHE ADULTS SAY GHOSTS POSSESS PEOPLE WHO GET CLOSE TO HER.\nTHEY SAY HER DAD WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL TOO, UNTIL A GHOST POSSESSED HIM.\nAPPARENTLY, HE'S TRIED ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO GET RID OF IT, BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK...\nNOT BECAUSE OF ME...\n\nTHEY WERE\nALWAYS ATTACHED TO PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PLACE.\nMOM.\n\nCAN'T OTHER PEOPLE SEE ANCESTRAL SPIRITS?\nEVERYONE TALKS LIKE IT'S MY FAULT.\nDAWON.\nYOU'RE SPECIAL.\n\nIT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING OTHER PEOPLE WILL HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING.\nPEOPLE TEND TO CALL THINGS THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND BAD.\nTHAT'S WHY SOMEONE WHO RECOGNIZES THAT SPECIALNESS IS PRECIOUS.\nLike your dad...\n\nJUST AS MOM MET DAD,\nI HOPED THAT SOMEDAY, I WOULD MEET SOMEONE LIKE THAT, TOO.\nMOM, BUT...\n\nEVEN DAD EVENTUALLY LEFT US.\nIS THERE REALLY SOMEONE\n\nOUT THERE WHO WILL UNDERSTAND ME- NO, “US”?\n\nAH~ KIM SOON-AE, SERIOUSLY.\n\nSHE DIDN'T COME TO SCHOOL TODAY EITHER.\nSHE SAID SHE'D BE MY MODEL, THEN DISAPPEARED AGAIN.\nI SHOULD START SKETCHING SOON.\nFORGET ABOUT MY ASSIGNMENT FOR NOW,\nBUT WHAT IS SOON-AE REALLY THINKING? HER ATTENDANCE MUST BE ON THE VERGE OF GETTING HER IN TROUBLE.\n\nAS LONG AS SHE HAS HER BF♡, DOES SHE NOT CARE WHETHER SHE PASSES SCHOOL OR NOT?\n...IT CAN'T BE LIKE THAT.\nSOON-AE CAME TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY.\n\nWHAT?!\nYOU THINK SOON-AE IS BEING GASLIGHTED?\nYES...\nI'M ONLY SAYING THIS BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN...\n\nBUT...\n\nSHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS IN DANGER.\nESPECIALLY HER GRANDMOTHER,\n\nWHOSE ENERGY HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DRAINED BY THE SNAKE, LEAVING HER SHRIVELED UP...\n...GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.\n\nI'VE SEEN SOON-AE GO THROUGH COUNTLESS RELATIONSHIPS,\nBUT THIS TIME, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.\nNORMALLY, WHENEVER SHE'S DATING SOMEONE, SHE CONTACTS ME LIKE CRAZY TO BRAG ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND.\nThough she never actually meets me...\n\nBUT THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF BRAGGING ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND,\nSHE BORROWED MONEY AND THEN DISAPPEARED.\nBY THE WAY, DID YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK?\nNO...\nSEE?! I TOLD YOU SOMETHING WAS WRONG.\n\n...WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS?\n...ARE YOU WORRIED BECAUSE SHE HASN'T PAID YOU BACK?\nWell, 300,000, won is a lot of money...\nNO! THAT'S NOT WHAT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.\n\nEVEN THOUGH SOON-AE WAS BOY-CRAZY, SHE WASN'T THE KIND OF PERSON WHO'D RUN OFF WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY.\nKIM TAEHEON MUST HAVE TOLD HER TO DO THAT, TOO.\nSOON-AE IS BEING MANIPULATED BY THAT DEVIL...\n\nI'M...\nSO WORRIED ABOUT HER...\n\nAND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I CAN HELP HER AS A FRIEND...\nMINA'S ANCESTRAL SPIRIT...\n\nI DIDN'T NOTICE IT BECAUSE IT HAD SUCH LITTLE PRESENCE ALL THIS TIME,\nBUT ISN'T THAT SOON-AE...?\nMINA...\n\nDAHAM ~~!!\nARE YOU HERE?\nWHAT IS THIS?\n\nWHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE SOME KIND OF SHAMAN'S SHRINE HERE?\nSENIOR SIAH...\n\nSENIOR DAHAM ISN'T HERE.\nWE HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE DOING A FORTUNE-TELLING OR ASTROLOGY STUDY SESSION THIS WEEK, BUT WHERE DID HE GO...\nSERIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S AN AVOIDANT TYPE WITH WAY TOO MUCH WATER ENERGY...\n\nANYWAY, FORGET THAT.\nTELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.\n?!?\nWAAAH... SENIOR SIAH...\n\nAHH...\nI DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TELL HER\nNewTube ancestral spirit...?\n\nHMM!\nGASLIGHTING! THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW ALL ABOUT.\nTHEIR METHODS ARE OBVIOUS. FIRST, THEY'LL TRY TO CUT YOU OFF FROM EVERYONE AROUND YOU.\n\nSOMEONE WHO USED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU SUDDENLY STOPS, RIGHT? RIGHT?\nTHAT GUY IS PROBABLY TRYING TO CONTROL HER EVERY MOVE NOW,\nSO THERE'S A HIGH CHANCE THEY'RE LIVING TOGETHER.\nSO THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS GET SOON-AE OUT OF THAT HOUSE.\n\nBUT HOW...?\n\nTHAT'S FOR YOU GUYS TO FIGURE OUT NOW.\nSHE'S YOUR FRIEND. YOU COULD EVEN LIE DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DOOR AND MAKE A SCENE...\nHUH? WHY ISN'T HE ANSWERING?\nSuccess doesn't Come overnight\nWHERE ARE YOU?\n\nOKAY, DAHAM. I'LL GO THERE.\nSENIOR DAHAM...\n\nHE HASN'T EVEN CONTACTED ME...\n...MY HEAD IS A COMPLETE MESS.\n\nSOON-AE'S SITUATION IS ONE THING,\nBUT WHO IS SURYUN, AND WHY DID HE MISTAKE ME FOR HER...?\nALL KINDS OF WILD THOUGHTS ARE RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD.\n\n...I ALMOST WISHED HE'D AT LEAST MADE AN EXCUSE.\nBUT THE FACT THAT HE SAID NOTHING IS DRIVING ME CRAZY.\nLET'S GO.\n\n...WHERE TO?\nSOON-AE'S HOUSE.\n\nWHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO BY JUST BARGING IN THERE?\n\nWE CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND AND DO NOTHING. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.\nIF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN AT LEAST LIE DOWN LIKE SENIOR SIAH SUGGESTED...\n\nWHAT?\nWHY ARE YOU HERE?\n\nGO BACK HOME.","bubble_count":114,"pages_count":41,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"My Ancestor is Watching Me!","spoiler_summary":"My Ancestor is Watching Me! Chapter 17 depicts a turning point where Dawon carries both the pain of her past and the reality that her friend Soon-Ae is in danger at the same time. 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