Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)
 
Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003 and the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2006.

Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi." The stories of the Mushi and the people they affect are all linked together by a traveling Mushi-shi, or "Mushi Master," who seeks rare Mushi sightings and uses his shaman-like knowledge of Mushi to help the affected people. 
 
What are the Mushi and what do they want? 
 
(Source: Funimation)

New 2-chapter special running in Afternoon Magazine's January and February issues.

They existed long before anyone can remember. They are simple and strange in nature, not resembling any other plant or animal in this world. In ancient times, people revered these bizarre creatures and called them "Mushi." 
 
People once again began to believe in the existence of these "Mushi" when they began affecting their lives in inexplicable ways. 
 
The one who connects the world of "Mushi" to the world of humans—they were called the "Mushi-shi." 
 
All life exists not to hinder others in this world. 
 
They are simply there to live as they were meant to. 
 
(Source: Aniplex of America)

The anime adaptation of the final Mushishi manga arc. Ginko stumbles upon a young girl in a mountain with branches and leaves growing out of her body. He later realises that she is the lord of that mountain but finds it strange that a human like her was chosen as the lord. He later meets her older brother who has continued to search for her ever since she disappeared while she was accompanying him on a stormy day. The story is about that girl, Kaya, and how she is torn between continuing her duty as a mushi lord and returning back to her loving human family.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Unaired episode of Mushishi Zoku Shou bundled with anime's third Blu-ray/DVD volume. 
 
Adapts "Odoro no Michi" (Path of Thorns) manga chapters.

Second season of Mushishi Zoku Shou.
 
Ghostly, primordial beings known as Mushi continue to cause mysterious changes in the lives of humans. The travelling Mushishi, Ginko, persists in trying to set right the strange and unsettling situations he encounters. Time loops, living shadows, and telepathy are among the overt effects of interference from Mushi, but more subtle symptoms that take years to be noticed also rouse Ginko's concern as he passes from village to village.

Seven years since the rare solar eclipse occurred, Adashino continues to assist those in medical need. After visiting a patient at a beachside home, the tactful doctor notices a shadow resembling a bird. This spontaneous sighting leads Adashino to reminisce about a story Ginko once told him about a Mushi that assumes the same form. Such a revelation, however, may lead to false optimism.
 (Source: MAL Rewrite)

1. Kaseki no Ie: Mineral Kingdom (House of Fossils)
 2. Yuki no Kanmuri: White Kingdom (Crown of Snow)
 3-13. Shoukei Zacchou
 14. Kusahibari
 15-16. Mushishi (pilot)
 17. Mar-man

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