Dead Soul!

 Death is something I have never been scared of or seen as a negative thing, it is the end game for all anyway. But one thing I have been uncomfortable with is horror stories or movies. I have watched them but it is not my go-to genre and I have avoided them in the past.

A couple of weeks back I was just browsing through the temporary Netflix account and came across this series called 'The Dead Boy Detectives' and I got curious, about cool-looking boys trying to solve mysteries for the dead souls and started to watch. It ended up being one of my favorite series in recent times. 

It is about 2 boys Charles & Edwin who died unnatural deaths decades ago and ended up escaping hell/heaven and opening a detective agency to help lost spirits solve things that bother them. When the mystery is solved, it helps the spirits to the last journey and releases them from this 'ghostly' state. 

Each episode is a new case with a few continuing till the end making it interesting. Each case is different from spirits stuck in a loop to sea monsters to bullying to psychic powers, to immortal witches, etc. Even though I have no clue about most of this ghostly thing, I did like it, it was not too much to digest. What makes it interesting is that Edwin is from the early 1900s, Charles is from the 80s and the humans Crystal, Niko are from today showing the stark difference in thought processes. 

But what made me like it so much was the connection they showed between these 2 boys and their accomplices. The friendship, the untold issues and how it affected them, the love between a spirit and a human, the care between friends, the extent to which someone will go to help a friend, the complex emotions, etc.

Certain scenes just made you feel so good, I can't believe ghosts could have that effect on me. 

Like, ghosts cant feel any living thing. And when Charles kisses Crystal, he says 'I could feel it inside', like it touched his soul. That is so true, you don't need to be around to feel things in reality, they can happen if you are aware of yourself. 'Being there in spirit' is so true.

Or when Edwin gets to know about Charles internal issues.

Or the scene when Charles consoles Edwin when he opens up to him. How being a friend was enough for that day, rest all can be figured out.

The best one was the conversation between Charles and Crystal in the end, it made me cry. I was like, not this, it is so perfect, tears just rolled down my cheeks. 

Definite recommendation!