I Fell In Love With A Girl Who Died Before I Was Even Born

by Ryujin2xd

ContemporaryHorrorMale LeadMultiple LoversMystery

What if you discovered your whole life was a lie—and the truth was even stranger? The neon never turns off in Shin’yume.Even when the lights flicker, even when the streets rot, it keeps bleeding through the cracks. That’s where I met her. A girl who shouldn’t exist. She died before I was born. I was supposed to be trying to escape this place. Instead… I fell in love with the one thing that could trap me there forever.

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Current Rank

N/A

Peak Rank

#10

Followers

290

Story Timeline

Started

1y ago

Tracking

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#35 Contemporary

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#40 Horror

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Overview Views and follower statistics Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

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Rating Breakdown

Overall4.63

Style4.73

Story1.00

Grammar4.96

Character4.85

Streak History

#19

7/13/2026

Peak #50

#18

7/12/2026

Peak #49

#17

7/11/2026

Peak #49

#16

7/9/2026

Peak #47

#15

7/3/2026

Peak #40

Shared RS Climb

One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.

Rank updated 22 Oct 2026, 05:58 UTC

Entry forecast updated 22 Oct 2026, 05:58 UTC

Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1

Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1

Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.

Previously appeared on Rising Stars, but no supported current projection is available.

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 150+ chapters

Views

166k

1.2 follows / 1k viewslast 27d

beats 80% of similar stories

Followers

290

0.37 favs / follower

beats 89% of similar stories

Favorites

108

Traffic (last 27d)212 views/day

beats 32% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Coolingrecent 1.2/1k vs lifetime 1.7/1k

Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck

Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 150+ chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.