Mushishi isn't an anime you watch because it's exciting. Mushishi is an anime you watch because mysterious and emotionally powerful. It very much reminds reminds me of a fairy tale in that it's about small groups of characters and their strange circumstances. There is no epic scale, no world that is at stake. At most, a single village is affected by the proceedings. Yet, this scale makes what goes on very powerful. Having a single peasant being harmed in an age without running water and where all a person is likely to see is their village makes the hardship all the more difficult to bear. Many episodes don't have a happy ending although some do. Life is hard in this beautiful and dangerous world and people do there best to survive, find happiness, and cope with the supernatural. It's not exciting but it is wondrous. It's certainly unlike any other anime I've seen. It's probably worth watching for that reason alone, but know that the individual stories and charters are also very good.
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