Well, Mushi-shi is one of the anime i think is underrated by everybody. When i show it to my Dad, he said it's boring. When i show it to my best friend, he said it's shitty. And so on and so on. Every people, i showed this anime will say it's boring. But i find myself quite fascinated by this anime, so read on, please.
From what i think, this anime is really similar to "Kousetsu Hyaku Monogatari","Jigoku Shoujo", and last but not least "Jigoku Sensei Nube" and if you want it American style, the "Supernatural" series, except the MC goes solo and kicks ass in this anime.
If people found this anime to be boring, i'd say some of the episodes are, even i fell asleep in one of the episodes. But i really like the MC, Ginko. He really amazes with his calm and careful approach to the source of the problem. Rarely shows any signs of fear, and rather he shows amusement in the face of danger. I guess what really pulls me to this anime is the way Ginko carries himself through the problem.
Definitely the anime for you if you like calm MC
The music in this anime brings the vibe of old japanese era with extra creepy feeling. The OST, i'd say is doing their job nicely by adding a certain emotion to the anime.
The artstyle and graphic animation, is just fine. Don't really love it, but i guess i can't imagine this anime going with other artstyle (Like SAO for instance ^^). So it's fine i guess
The main cons of this anime though, is the lack of storyline. It's just all about Ginko travels around and solving problems along the way. Ginko meets several new character along the way, but they're just acting like some kind of bonus, and didn't really matter if you just forget them. Similar to "Supernatural", but "Supernatural", have more solid storyline, they have a main enemy, at least. But Mushishi just don't have it.
I've watched the "Mushishi Zoku Shou" and the second season of it. And the my review is still the same. Cause the creator of this anime never heard of climax, rising action, and denoument.
Das ist der Erste
Friede!
**I've made several mention of other anime and things in this review. If you liked this anime or you're just curious. It won't hurt to check it out**
