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Mushishi

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Mushi-shi
Japanese: 蟲師
English: Mushishi
Spanish: Mushi-shi
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 50
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 8, 1999 to Aug 25, 2008
Genres: Award Winning Award Winning, Fantasy Fantasy, Mystery Mystery, Supernatural Supernatural
Themes: Adult Cast Adult Cast, Historical Historical, Iyashikei Iyashikei
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Urushibara, Yuki (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.701 (scored by 2049420,494 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #582
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #179
Members: 87,584
Favorites: 2,932

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Synopsis

Mushi: the most basic forms of life in the world. They exist without any goals or purposes aside from simply "being." They are beyond the shackles of the words good and evil. Mushi can exist in countless forms and are capable of mimicking things from the natural world such as plants, diseases, and even phenomena like rainbows.

This is, however, just a vague definition of these entities that inhabit the vibrant world, as to even call them a form of life would be an oversimplification. Detailed information on mushi is scarce because the majority of humans are unaware of their existence. So what are mushi and why do they exist? This is the question that a Mushishi, Ginko, ponders constantly. Mushishi are those who research mushi in hopes of understanding their place in the world's hierarchy of life.

Ginko relentlessly chases rumors of occurrences that could be tied to mushi, all for the sake of finding an answer. It could, after all, lead to the meaning of life itself.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Mushishi was awarded the Excellence Prize for manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003. In 2006, the manga won the Kodansha Manga Award in the General category.

The series was published in English by Del Rey Manga from January 30, 2007, to July 27, 2010, with the final 3 volumes being released as a 3-in-1 omnibus. Kodansha USA later re-released the series digitally. It was also published in Spanish by Norma Editorial in 2007; and in Polish by Hanami from April 1, 2015, to November 28, 2017.

Characters

Ginko
Main
Karibusa, Tanyuu
Supporting
Nui
Supporting
Adashino
Supporting
Maho
Supporting
Sui
Supporting
Kaoru
Supporting
Ioroi, Shinra
Supporting
Kaya
Supporting
Shino
Supporting

Reviews

Nov 1, 2024
Yuki Urushibara, you beautiful person! This has to be the most serene, calm and beautiful work in all of manga I have read till now. I honestly put the author in the same category as someone would put Kentarou or Isayama.

Mushishi revolves around our main guy Ginkgo who happens to be a stoic backpacker and a doctor of paranormal beings. On his journey he meets people infected by these beings while being possessed by symptoms that might include something as simple as a disability to straight up ghosts, alternate dimensions, clones, time travel and what not.

The charm of Mushishi is that there are ...
Jun 17, 2022
Story: N/A
This is purely anthological with no overarching plot. I can't give an overall rating really because the anthology covers psychological horror, pure fantasy, fairy-tale like chapters and others that vary in how compelling they are. However, I think that it's generally high quality. My only complaint in the story department is the repetitiveness of it. It generally follows that trend of: Ginko arrives at village, someone has issue, Ginko solves it then he leaves for the next village. Some buck this trend but it's prominent chapter structure. In addition, some chapters cover the same general idea however there usually is enough to differentiate to ...
Jun 8, 2021
Mushishi is a historical manga, and I believe it fulfilled every requirement the genre demands. It conceived the idea of Mushi, a living form that was very close to what was the essence of life. They were hardly perceptible, yet it didn't mean they weren’t around. Following their traces was a man expertising in those species, a Mushishi. He collected the remainings of a world that would soon be forgotten, while occasionally encountered the incidents between human and those unbeknownst kinds. He would stop by, talk, lend a helping hand and once again set off, and those actions were rinsed and repeated over the course ...

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