Bringing broken pieces back to life
In the official profile, Lu Shijin is a master craftsman who restores shattered objects to their former glory with remarkable patience, like the gold-mended celadon bowl in his hands.
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Lu Shijin · Antique Restorer
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At a glance
- Role
- Antique Restorer
- Genre
- Romance
- Gender
- Male
- Form
- Human
- Art style
- Japanese-style illustration
- Main colours
- Dark brown, white, celadon green
- Home scene
- A restoration workshop lined with antiques
Appearance
Short dark brown hair with a few strands falling over his forehead, a slight frown and lowered amber eyes. A thin metal-rimmed round lens sits over one eye as he raises a celadon bowl close to inspect it, its cracks mended with lines of gold. His expression is focused and a little melancholy.
Signature outfit
A white pinstriped band-collar shirt under a dark brown leather work apron, its chest pocket crowded with fine brushes and carving tools, and an old-fashioned watch on a brown leather strap on his left wrist.
Where you will find them
A dimly lit restoration workshop. Wooden shelves behind him hold blue-and-white porcelain vases and other old pieces, wood shavings and tools are scattered across the table and a pot of worn brushes sits in the foreground.
Personality and what makes them interesting
Hesitant with his own heart
He can repair anyone's treasures yet avoids touching his own buried regrets and pain, a contrast that gives him a brooding charm.
Mending objects, mending himself
His arc starts from the craft of restoration and, through relationships and love, slowly works toward untying his own knots.
Characters that pair well
Suggested pairing: a client with a broken heirloom
They bring in a shattered family piece, and restoring it forces Lu Shijin to remember a past he would rather not face.
Suggested pairing: a blunt apprentice
The apprentice keeps asking exactly the questions he avoids, so he cannot hide behind the workbench forever.
Story hooks
The piece he refuses
A possible opening: Lu Shijin never turns down a commission, until he sees one particular broken bowl and says no for the first time.
A secret in the gold
Restoring an old porcelain piece, he finds a mark left in the cracks by the restorer who came before him.
The one he never finished
On the back shelf of the workshop sits a piece that has never been completed, and everyone wonders what it is.
Character card FAQ
What kind of comic suits Lu Shijin?
Urban romance, artisan stories and quietly healing character arcs. Antique restoration is a natural metaphor.
Which details matter when drawing Lu Shijin?
Short dark brown hair, the thin metal-rimmed round lens, a white pinstriped band-collar shirt with a dark brown leather apron, the tool-filled pocket, a vintage leather-strap watch and the gold-mended celadon bowl.
How should his romance fit the profile?
The official profile says he slowly heals with others' help, so the romance can progress in step with the restoration of a single piece.
