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| This was a really good episode. It was very interesting that his village didn't want him back. It kind of reminds me of Frankenstein. |
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| man that was fucking depressing... at least he has those two babies to keep him company now ZephSilver said: Death and rebirth. Not being able to let go of the past and embracing the present. This episode made me so uneasy. That ending made my jaw drop and gave me goosebumps. 5/5 agreed |
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| "And with death, comes rebirth" |
| 5/5 |
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| DAMNN This Episode was so Good.. |
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| I'm not sure what I'm supposed to take from this episode... Don't kill your parents? Bamboos in a bamboo forest all share the same roots. Together, they are one, or a family of successive generations. Magari-dake are mushi that live off these roots, posing as one of the family. They grow by sucking nutrients from the roots of the bamboo and, in turn, return elements to the roots that make the forest green, growing the forest and increasing its own numbers. Family can be a wonderful thing... but I think at some point or another, people consider their family to be a cage. Restricting them from the things they wish to do, or making life painful. Magari-dake caged you in, but at the same time provided precious life water that ensured the members of the family survived. It gives you life, and then bends you to its will. It is because you love them that you get so upset when they do something that hurts you.... And Setsu was upset enough to kill her Dad! Heebie Jeebies! Family can be beautiful and loving. Family can be cruel and manipulative. This episode had a lot. It was funny that Ginko couldn't get out of the forest. It was creepy that there were bamboo children, and frustrating that the Magari-dake trapped you in. It was heart-warming to see this family of three live together happily. It was heartbreaking to see Kisuke shunned by his sister. It was devastating to see Setsu and their child die. It was hopeful when new life sprouts... The climax of this episode, Setsu turning on her parent, is a testament to her love and perhaps also her guilt of keeping Kisuke trapped in the forest. Also Setsu and her child had a horrible death. They starved. They withered. Kisuke who had to see that... must have felt true agony and despair. |
| weirdest episode by far |
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| Best episode so far. I liked how involved Ginko was and the closed setting and story. The baby in the bamboo freaked me out. |
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| I'm not sure how she didn't see that coming to be honest...but at least this didn't have a depressing ending since it seems they were reborn. It's not gonna be the same but it's better than nothing. Also, fuck that guy's village and his sister. |
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| of course you’re gonna die when you cut down the only thing you can eat/drink ya dumb bitch |
| Aww, the mother and daughter were reborn in the end (or so it would seem to imply). Hopefully their speed of development is faster to catch up to the father bc they're half mushi half human :3 it'd be weird if the wife and kid were always super young in comparison but maybe that won't matter to him. Who knows :3 I'm disappointed the younger sister didn't welcome her brother back. Yeah, I understand how she feels, but what "suffering" did she had to endure? I don't think the other children from their childhood died by disappearing one by one back then. I assumed they found their way back to the village when they were separated from Kisuke and Setsu That whole village made his fond love and memory for his home crumble away cruelly upon his return after YEARS of reminiscing. Bastards. Setsu DIED for this shit??? What a waste. |
Kokoro_KotashimaJun 2, 2017 8:28 PM
| NTR'd by a bamboo tree lol. That was one weird but nice episode, that conclusion hurt hard, but looks like there is hope for them now that the mushi tree is back. |
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| Very similar episode to the previous one, with literal family roots and all that. Setsu chopping the tree was a pretty emotional moment. When she and her daughter died though... I was like "right, of course they died." That's classic Mushishi. At least they got "rebooted" or new hybrids rose from their remains (the specifics are unclear). The logistics of the hybrids' origins aren't explained, so it's possible that the tree just grew those babies and no one had to literally give birth to a bamboo seedling (that would probably hurt more than the average childbirth). We can't really apply the same logic to mushi as humans. That's also why there's no point in labeling the white tree as a father or a mother, because mushi don't bother with things like sex or gender. |
LeeTailorJul 22, 2017 2:48 PM
| Was this "the tale of the bamboo cutter" ? So how did that mushi impregnate the woman ? |
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| That was so freaking sad I even teared up when they said they dried up and died, I'm glad they came back at the ending. |
| A truly mysterious episode, it reminds me of the story of Princess Kaguya in some ways and in the narrative I also read a sort of message. I'm so happy that in the end everything goes well, hurray! |
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| Imagine getting NTR'd by bamboo. It's gotta suck. |
| Bamboo babies are very familiar to me because I've seen a lot of different tales on the Legend of Princess Kaguya and this was a very nice episode. The crying and pulsating bamboo shoots still looked weird though~ Setsu was so considerate and apologetic for causing her husband's incidentally brought by the very strange circumstances surrounding her and her daughter's birth that she cut off the only lifeline they had so he could reunite with the villagers. They ended up shunning him, rendering Setsu's sacrifice void but it made him realize that they're all the friends and family he needed all along...right until the part where they died of malnutrition. It was really tragic but I was very glad that they became reborn when the bamboo Mushi decided to come back to the forest. It's definitely something to tell kids before bedtime. |
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| Sad and dramatic - arguably my favorite type of episode. Y'know that overall theme has been picking up lately (especially evident in the previous episode), which to me is a good thing. I've been feeling like the concept of 'mushi' is implemented as a mere plot convenience. A lot of points aren't explained too well, and I feel that the episodic nature of the series isn't beneficial to the establishment of what's actually going on in a Mushishi episode. I'd go in-depth here, but I don't wanna come across as a ranty type of person. That aside, the previous two episodes slightly changed my view on the series. |
| another heartbreaking episode |
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| In the end it turned out that he hadn't been living in a "cage" but in a sanctuary. |
IshitatesoApr 26, 2019 10:36 AM
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| This is another episode that I really like, in which so many concepts are fused, and what is shared by so many other episodes seen previously is seen: the love that women have for loved ones, which leads them to make extreme gestures also to their detriment. The finish is so beautiful, because it doesn't leave with a bitter taste, as often happens in the episodes of this anime series. I love this anime, it's boring to say, but I like to repeat it once more. |
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That guy's gonna have a complicated family tree... |
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| A very touching episode but a little weird and hard to understand at certain times . |
| SHIT. That was emotional. This man, i will say has a will of steel i swear. Separated from his village and finding out that his wife and child were half Mushi, this guy was cool about it. I'm sure anyone who saw their wife give birth to a bamboo seed would have fucking booked it, but this guy stayed. Humans do have limits though, and i guess the small home sickness was enough for everything to go down hill, but they guy literally watched as his wife and child withered away like trees and still clung on. I guess this guy was more emotionally strong compared to the last dude. But FUCK why does Ginko always have to have the hard gigs? What's this? Secound time he returned back to someone he helped and everything has gone south? Dude needs a vacation i swear. also when the white bamboo tree was cut down and then fucking scuttered away on its "legs". Pure nightmare fuel. The thought of a fucking tree scuttling towards me like a centipede, using it's branches as legs isn't ideal. |
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| Man this show is so fucking good. |
| Ok. Now it seems like this show has become just pain. First the Ginko backstory, then the guy falling off the bridge and turning zombie and now this... I love this show but man its too much sadness. |
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| I keep telling myself 'It can't get better than that', yet it keeps outdoing itself, the symbolisms, messages, emotions, all so potent and powerful. Glad to live in a dimension where this series exists. |
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| Okay, so basically, someone played an innocent prank on Ginko and as such he decided to ruin their whole family. Cool! |
| OωO |
| Well normies would think that Setsu and her husband are having sex, while I think the baby comes from the bamboo mother or whatever it is. |
| A bittersweet ending indeed |
| Why do they have to make every Mushi looks creepy? |
| Oh bro... Don't tell me they are back to life again... |
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| Lovely episode - what a bittersweet story. |
| Such a strange concept for this one, but it ended up working so well towards the end. |
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| There have been a lot of sad endings the past 3 episodes so having a decent good one is refreshing. I'm hoping Ginko finally find a method to save people/characters instead of waiting and letting them pass away. Sad endings are great, but good endings are so as well. I'm getting tired of seeing sad endings. |
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