Reviews

Can an anime that has an interesting story, a well outlined main character and quite the originality not be enjoyable? Well, Mushishi certainly isn't. Mushishi only seems to be useful when you have insomnia problems and want a fast remedy to literally make you fall asleep. Not once while watching anime have I felt the feeling Mushishi left upon me; and I certainly don't want to experience it again. It's as if the series is trying to implant upon the viewer Ginko's personality itself – thus leaving the audience to feel old, tired and lifeless. A single episode of Mushishi might destroy all the lust for living you have piled upon yourself in a whole week –making watching any more of it a real burden. It's as if you go to the zoo to see a big, exotic, dangerous animal –but all that animal does is eat and sleep all day. In the beginning, you might find the animal itself fascinating –but at the end of the day, you leave with a disappointed 'after all it's quite boring and troublesome' expression on your face.