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Mushishi ![]()
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Description
From Kodansha:
Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.
Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Med... More...
Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.
Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Med... More...
Type
Manga
Related Series
Associated Names
Bug Master
Mushi-shi
Trùng Sư
Знаток Муси
กีฏจารย์กับอาถรรพ์แมลงพิสดาร
蟲師
충사
Mushi-shi
Trùng Sư
Знаток Муси
กีฏจารย์กับอาถรรพ์แมลงพิสดาร
蟲師
충사
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Latest Release(s)
v.3 c.11 by shakyamuni scans over 3 years ago
c.35 by J.A.C. Group over 14 years ago
c.34 by J.A.C. Group over 14 years ago
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c.35 by J.A.C. Group over 14 years ago
c.34 by J.A.C. Group over 14 years ago
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Status
in Country of Origin
10 Volumes (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1)
Ends at Vol 6, Chap 26 (S1) | Vol 10, Chap 50 (S2+Movie+Special)
Ends at Vol 6, Chap 26 (S1) | Vol 10, Chap 50 (S2+Movie+Special)
User Reviews
N/A
Forum
5 topics, 15 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (890 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.72 / 10.0
Bayesian Average: 8.72 / 10.0
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Last Updated
March 27th 2024, 1:21pm
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Genre
Adventure Drama Fantasy Historical Mystery Seinen Slice of Life Supernatural
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Categories
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Hoozuki no Reitetsu
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Uryuudou Yumebanashi
Hamuko Mairu!
Hoozuki no Reitetsu
Recommendations
Author(s)
Artist(s)
Year
1999
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Afternoon (Kodansha)
Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Del Rey (Defunct / 8 Vols - Complete)
Kodansha USA (8 Vols - Complete; digital)
NewPOP (5 Vols - publishing)
Kodansha USA (8 Vols - Complete; digital)
NewPOP (5 Vols - publishing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #419 
(+218)
Monthly Pos #1260(+132)
3 Month Pos #1912
(-39)
6 Month Pos #2235(+270)
Year Pos #2782(-220)
(+218)Monthly Pos #1260
(+132)3 Month Pos #1912
(-39)6 Month Pos #2235
(+270)Year Pos #2782
(-220)List Stats
On 1417 reading lists
On 1996 wish lists
On 1260 completed lists
On 92 unfinished lists
On 648 custom lists
On 1996 wish lists
On 1260 completed lists
On 92 unfinished lists
On 648 custom lists
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over 17 years ago
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Set in sketchy lineart and carried out in a dreamy, ethereally measured pace, Mushishi is unlike all that genre-cliche manga out there. You want epic battles, cool weapons, cute romances, raging drama, etc? It's probably best to look elsewhere.
What Mushishi does, and does brilliantly, is set up a world that its protagonist, Gin, takes the reader through step-by-step. With stately pace and beautiful depictions, the reader is immersed into a world quite unlike our own. This isn't done with melodramatic flair; rather, Gin's usually unruffled attitude really drives home the point that this strange place IS his home, he and everyone else he encounters belong in it, and the reader is the outsider getting a glimpse into it.
It's the creation and exploration of the world inhabited by mushi that makes Mushishi so fabulous.
What Mushishi does, and does brilliantly, is set up a world that its protagonist, Gin, takes the reader through step-by-step. With stately pace and beautiful depictions, the reader is immersed into a world quite unlike our own. This isn't done with melodramatic flair; rather, Gin's usually unruffled attitude really drives home the point that this strange place IS his home, he and everyone else he encounters belong in it, and the reader is the outsider getting a glimpse into it.
It's the creation and exploration of the world inhabited by mushi that makes Mushishi so fabulous.
Fascinating settings and concept, thought-inducing, with a supernatural flavour, all of it handled in a sober, quiet way. I've watched the anime for this too, and I'd recommend both versions.
no plot but very good story and very interesting main char.
and less dramatic?
are you sure man
this is pure drama
usually touching.
and less dramatic?
are you sure man
this is pure drama
usually touching.
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