yes! The woman that dozed off from exhaustion i think is from the novel world(not sure since the novel never mentioned a woman..)
the mc went to a pop up store, won first place in the raffle which trigged him to be dropped into a ghost story(the world where ghost stories exist). He’s a big fan of the archive/novel(?) and he has an advantage since he read most of the ghost stories and remembers it(with the help of his phone.) but his biggest flaw is being scared of anything slightly horror, even an image of a ghost will keep him up at night.
hope this explains some things, i’m not sure if i messed up anything. free feel to ask for more clarification ^_^
apologies, iirc the woman is just like a flashback to the novel where she’s part of the scene of the metro train. it explains how people got onto the metro train in the novel, this has nothing to do with the current plot besides giving a short summary/description of the ghost story. it also provides hints to the mc like the irregular station names and how to get off it safety.
Ghost stories are under daydream because it appeared before. this is one of the witness’s account on what happened when she was on the train. Once again, i cannot be 100% sure i included everything, hopefully this can explain a bit.
can someone explain the bg of the mc cuz at some point it was a woman goin home from work while dozing off from exhaustion but then there's the mc who loves horror n loved the og work that current world is based on but current mc despises horror n can't stand it like idk if the translation is just wonky but the set up is kinda confusing me