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* SymbolicBlood: The Shinboku tree from "The Eternal Tree" had this trope applied to it. When the villagers that usually venerate it decide to cut it down and sell it to make ends meet, the tree first flowers red petals as if it could sense the danger coming towards it, and then is cut down senselessly. The Kouki that flowed out of it after it had been cut looked like the pooling blood of a hunted animal.
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* UnnamedParent: Very few parents in this series are named, usually being credited as '(character)'s mother/father.' [[spoiler:Among them, notably, is Yoki's, or rather, Ginko's mother.]]
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* OriginsEpisode: [[spoiler:"One-Eyed Fish", for Ginko.]]
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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: The fate of [[spoiler:Akane]] in "The Last Bit of Crimson". [[spoiler:She is finally released from the Oumagadoki, but all of her childhood friends are either old or dead while she hasn't aged a day, and on top of that she's had her memories wiped. Luckily, it's implied she might not be this for long, as an old lady who used to know her instantly recognizes her and takes her into the village.]]
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* EndlessDaytime: Those transported into the realm of the Oumagadoki are implied to be in a place like this. At least in Akane's case, she was trapped in an endless field with no one else present, against an eternally sunset sky for decades until she was pulled out.
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* CainAndAbel: Played with. The pair of brothers are one who's nicer and one with a violent temper, but they are shown to respect and love each other up until one of them accidentally kills the other's daughter. Enraged, the second brother pushes him down a cliff and then pretends the death was an accident.
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* CainAndAbel: Played with. The pair of brothers Shinobu and Shigeru are one who's nicer and one with a violent temper, but they are shown to respect and love each other up until one of them accidentally kills the other's daughter. Enraged, the second brother Shigeru pushes him Shinobu down a cliff and then pretends the death was an accident.
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* LivingShadow: Shadows made from the Oumagadoki ''mushi'' end up this way. They take on the form of a shadow with no body attached to it, and can switch places with anyone that stepped on them. In the meantime, they can also move and the person inside never ages until they are pulled out once again.
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* LivingShadow: Shadows made from the Oumagadoki ''mushi'' end up this way. They take on the form of a shadow with no body attached to it, and can switch places with anyone that stepped on them or whose shadows were touched by them. In the meantime, they can also move and the person inside never ages until they are pulled out once again.
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* CainAndAbel: Played with. The pair of brothers are one who's nicer and one with a violent temper, but they are shown to respect and love each other up until one of them accidentally kills the other's daughter. Enraged, the second brother pushes him down a cliff and then pretends the death was an accident.
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* LivingShadow: Shadows made from the Oumagadoki ''mushi'' end up this way. They take on the form of a shadow with no body attached to it, and can switch places with anyone that stepped on them. In the meantime, they can also move and the person inside never ages until they are pulled out once again.
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* CruelToBeKind: Ginko takes Aya into a part of the ''uro-''passageways used by mushishi so she can see how hopeless a labyrinth it would be to someone taken into a random section without guidance. Aya is forced to accept that her sister, sucked into them five years ago, is unlikely ever to find her way out, nor would she find the letters Aya continually sends through deteriorating cocoons. [[spoiler:However, the epilogue reveals that Ito ''does'' emerge from a silk weaver's tub of cocoons some years later with one of Aya's letters tucked into her clothing.]]
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** Ginko takes Aya into a part of the ''uro-''passageways used by mushishi so she can see how hopeless a labyrinth it would be to someone taken into a random section without guidance. Aya is forced to accept that her sister, sucked into them five years ago, is unlikely ever to find her way out, nor would she find the letters Aya continually sends through deteriorating cocoons. [[spoiler:However, the epilogue reveals that Ito ''does'' emerge from a silk weaver's tub of cocoons some years later with one of Aya's letters tucked into her clothing.]]
** "The Hidden Channel" has this happen to Yura. [[spoiler:Her father forcibly separates her from her ParentalSubstitte Sumi because he feared that Yura was getting too attached to the woman, to the detriment of Yura's relationships with everyone else around her. Sumi also decides to stop spiritually contacting her, since the Kairogi that facilitate their contact are slowly infecting them both the more Yura reaches out to her.]]
** Ginko takes Aya into a part of the ''uro-''passageways used by mushishi so she can see how hopeless a labyrinth it would be to someone taken into a random section without guidance. Aya is forced to accept that her sister, sucked into them five years ago, is unlikely ever to find her way out, nor would she find the letters Aya continually sends through deteriorating cocoons. [[spoiler:However, the epilogue reveals that Ito ''does'' emerge from a silk weaver's tub of cocoons some years later with one of Aya's letters tucked into her clothing.]]
** "The Hidden Channel" has this happen to Yura. [[spoiler:Her father forcibly separates her from her ParentalSubstitte Sumi because he feared that Yura was getting too attached to the woman, to the detriment of Yura's relationships with everyone else around her. Sumi also decides to stop spiritually contacting her, since the Kairogi that facilitate their contact are slowly infecting them both the more Yura reaches out to her.]]
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''Mushishi'' is a {{manga}} that ran for nine years, ending in 2008 in ''Monthly Afternoon''. It was adapted into an {{anime}} that ran for 26 episodes, ending in mid-2006. The spring 2014 anime season saw a sequel series, ''Mushishi Zoku-shou'', running for an additional 20 episodes. Three [=OVAs=] were also made: two in 2014 and one in 2015[[note]]The final one, "Suzu no Shizuku", is technically classified as a movie as it had a theatrical run, however it looks no different than any other episode[[/note]]. Most episodes are stand-alone stories, though a few interconnect with other episodes in an oblique manner.
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''Mushishi'' is a {{seinen}} {{manga}} that ran for nine years, ending in from 1999 to 2008 in ''Monthly Afternoon''. It was adapted into an {{anime}} that ran for 26 episodes, ending in mid-2006. The spring 2014 anime season saw a sequel series, ''Mushishi Zoku-shou'', running for an additional 20 episodes. Three [=OVAs=] were also made: two in 2014 and one in 2015[[note]]The final one, "Suzu no Shizuku", is technically classified as a movie as it had a theatrical run, however it looks no different than any other episode[[/note]]. Most episodes are stand-alone stories, though a few interconnect with other episodes in an oblique manner.
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* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Inverted in "The Milk of the Valley". Hyoichiro is fully aware that his birth was a factor in his mother's death, and nobody (least of all his father) blames him for it, but he feels it's his responsibility to make up for the loss of life and do right by his family by working the fields every day.
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** [[spoiler:The unfortunate couple who had to watch their Hitotake "children" burn down their house to get rid of all traces of the ''mushi'' were told by Ginko that a ball of mud was its "core", and that they could probably get the "children" back if they wait for it to open up in a few decades. In reality, after destroying the source of th Hitotake and vestiges would likely die in a day; the couple had already been through so much (including the wife previously being divorced for being barren and then three years of dealing with the "children" rapidly growing and then dying) that telling them wouldn't do them any good.]]
** Invoked in "The Sunrise Serpent". [[spoiler:Sayo forgets nearly everything after learning that her husband has another wise and family, but her son Kaji notes that she went back to her bubbly old self not long afterwards. Ginko guessed that her depression after discovering this allowed the Kagedama inside of her to eat any memories she didn't want to think about anymore.]]
** Invoked in "The Sunrise Serpent". [[spoiler:Sayo forgets nearly everything after learning that her husband has another wise and family, but her son Kaji notes that she went back to her bubbly old self not long afterwards. Ginko guessed that her depression after discovering this allowed the Kagedama inside of her to eat any memories she didn't want to think about anymore.]]
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** [[spoiler:The unfortunate couple who had to watch their Hitotake "children" burn down their house to get rid of all traces of the ''mushi'' were told by Ginko that a ball of mud was its "core", and that they could probably get the "children" back if they wait for it to open up in a few decades. In reality, after destroying the source of th the Hitotake and vestiges would likely die in a day; the couple had already been through so much (including the wife previously being divorced for being barren and then three years of dealing with the "children" rapidly growing and then dying) that telling them wouldn't do them any good.]]
** Invoked in "The Sunrise Serpent". [[spoiler:Sayo forgets nearly everything after learning that her husband has anotherwise wife and family, but her son Kaji notes that she went back to her bubbly old self not long afterwards. Ginko guessed that her depression after discovering this allowed the Kagedama inside of her to eat any memories she didn't want to think about anymore.]]
** Invoked in "The Sunrise Serpent". [[spoiler:Sayo forgets nearly everything after learning that her husband has another
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* OneSteveLimit: You'll see some subversions from time to time. For example, Volume 6 has two things named "Fuki"; however, one Fuki (from "Heaven's Thread") has the kanji for wind, while the ''mushi'' Fuki (from "The Hand That Pets the Night") has the characters for "rot" and "liquor".
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: "Heaven's Thread" shows that anyone affected by the Tenpengusa needs to have a tether to the mortal plane in order to keep existing. Seijurou and his love Fuki have to deal with the problems of the latter slipping in and out of the mortal plane after being touched by a Tenpengusa, and while his love for her keeps her from disappearing entirely, his uncertainty over her condition and his father disapproving of their coupling throws her out of wack. In the end, he slowly gets around it by marrying her and acting as if she was right in front of him for years before she finally reappears to the public.
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* BeautyMark: Amane, the wandering lute player from "Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune", has a tiny mole near the corner of her left eye.
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* ColdFlames: One variety of ''mushi'' featured, called the "kagebi," feeds off human body heat by appearing to its victims as an open flame. If a person huddles close to it for warmth, it slowly saps their heat from them until they freeze to death. Bizarrely enough, the flame of a kagebi can be used to cook food or boil water... which, when ingested, freezes the body from the inside, giving the unlucky victim a case of internal frostbite.
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* ColdFlames: One variety of ''mushi'' featured, called the "kagebi," feeds off human body heat by appearing to its victims as an open flame. If a person huddles close to it for warmth, it slowly saps their heat from them until they freeze to death. Bizarrely enough, the flame of a kagebi can be used to cook food or boil water... which, when ingested, freezes the body from the inside, giving the unlucky victim a case of internal frostbite. [[spoiler:ingesting the ''flames'' of the kagebi, however, can kill the hidane that's nested in the unlucky host's body.]]
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* GenkiGirl: Sayo, the forgetful, restless, ''mushi''-infected mother in "Sunrise Serpent".
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* IdenticalTwinIDTag: The twins Aya and Ito from "Pickers of Empty Cocoons" can be told apart by their hair - Aya has sideswept bangs while Ito's bangs are straight.
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** [[spoiler:The unfortunate couple who had to watch theirhair - Aya Hitotake "children" burn down their house to get rid of all traces of the ''mushi'' were told by Ginko that a ball of mud was its "core", and that they could probably get the "children" back if they wait for it to open up in a few decades. In reality, after destroying the source of th Hitotake and vestiges would likely die in a day; the couple had already been through so much (including the wife previously being divorced for being barren and then three years of dealing with the "children" rapidly growing and then dying) that telling them wouldn't do them any good.]]
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** In "Journey to the Field of Fire", Yahagi thinks doing this to the ''mushi'' will solve the problem. [[spoiler:It only happens to escalate into a bigger problem that kills several villagers and threatens her own life.]]
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** In "Journey to the Field of Fire", Yahagi Nohagi thinks doing this to the unknown plant-based ''mushi'' will solve the their weed infestation problem. [[spoiler:It [[spoiler:While it does stop the weeds from covering the whole mountain and getting to her village, it only happens to escalate into a bigger problem that kills several seven villagers and threatens her own life.life. Ultimately fire ''is'' the solution, but not in the way that anyone intended; the flames from the ''kagebi'' would be used to burn the Hidane seeds, thus preventing them from maturing and spreading.]]
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* AmnesiaDanger: Sayo, the forgetful mother from "Sunrise Serpent", [[spoiler:has fallen victim to a ''mushi'' that slowly eats away all of her memories -- including her ability to recognize basic bodily functions. It is a permanent and irreversible process reminiscent of both the rarely explored anterograde amnesia ''and'' retrograde amnesia; should the memories run out, the host will probably be killed. Sayo manages her condition by attending to her loom so she doesn't forget her husband, and later, taking up a job at a tea house where she can converse daily with travelers and hear stories of their travels, creating a constant supply of new memories.]]
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* AmnesiaDanger: Sayo, the forgetful mother from "Sunrise Serpent", [[spoiler:has fallen victim to a ''mushi'' that slowly eats away all of her memories -- including her ability to recognize basic bodily functions. It is a permanent and irreversible process reminiscent of both the rarely explored anterograde amnesia ''and'' retrograde amnesia; should the memories run out, the host will probably be killed. Sayo manages her condition by attending to her loom so she doesn't forget her husband, and later, later (at least in the anime's explanation), taking up a job at a tea house where she can converse daily with travelers and hear stories of their travels, creating a constant supply of new memories.]]
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* RetGone: Happens to [[spoiler:Mujika]] in "The Mountain Sleeps". [[spoiler:As an aging and injured Mushishi, he decides to sacrifice himself for the village under his protection, letting himself get eaten by the Kuhcinawa mushi who devours Mountain Masters and [[KlingonPromotion assumes their role]]. On one hand, this means that the mountain and village have a more permanent and experienced guardian spirit that can control its energies better than a human could; on the other, being devoured by the Kuchinawa means that every instance of their existence on Earth is wiped away. Tragically, only his apprentice Kodama and Ginko are [[RippleEffectProofMemory spared]] from that, since they were on the mountain when it happened.]]
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* RetGone: Happens to [[spoiler:Mujika]] in "The Mountain Sleeps".Sleeping Mountain". [[spoiler:As an aging and injured Mushishi, he decides to sacrifice himself for the village under his protection, letting himself get eaten by the Kuhcinawa mushi who devours Mountain Masters and [[KlingonPromotion assumes their role]]. On one hand, this means that the mountain and village have a more permanent and experienced guardian spirit that can control its energies better than a human could; on the other, being devoured by the Kuchinawa means that every instance of their existence on Earth is wiped away. Tragically, only his apprentice Kodama and Ginko are [[RippleEffectProofMemory spared]] from that, since they were on the mountain when it happened.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: On two separate occasions Ginko tells a village ''mushishi'' that they should evacuate their people as a way of dealing with a crisis. Both times the ''mushishi'' in question rightly point out that the village will starve if they abandon their crops. Beyond this practical consideration, Ginko fails to understand the emotional attachment the villagers have to their land, which while an understandable kind of dissonance between a perpetual wanderer and settled agriculturalists, doesn't win him any points. Especially after he insults the villagers from "Journey to the Field of Fire".
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* WhatTheHellHero: On two separate occasions Ginko tells a village ''mushishi'' that they should evacuate their people as a way of dealing with a crisis. Both times the ''mushishi'' in question rightly point out that the village will starve if they abandon their crops. Beyond this practical consideration, Ginko fails to understand the emotional attachment the villagers have to their land, which while an understandable kind of dissonance between a perpetual wanderer and settled agriculturalists, doesn't win him any points. Especially points (especially after he insults the villagers from "Journey to the Field of Fire".Fire").
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* AmnesiaDanger: Sayo, the forgetful mother from "Sunrise Serpent", [[spoiler:has fallen victim to a ''mushi'' that slowly eats away all of her memories -- including her ability to recognize basic bodily functions. It is a permanent and irreversible process reminiscent of both the rarely explored anterograde amnesia ''and'' retrograde amnesia; should the memories run out, the host will probably be killed. Sayo manages her condition by either attending to her loom so she doesn't forget her husband (manga) or taking up a job at a tea house where she can converse daily with travelers and hear stories of their travels, creating a constant supply of new memories (anime).]]
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* AmnesiaDanger: Sayo, the forgetful mother from "Sunrise Serpent", [[spoiler:has fallen victim to a ''mushi'' that slowly eats away all of her memories -- including her ability to recognize basic bodily functions. It is a permanent and irreversible process reminiscent of both the rarely explored anterograde amnesia ''and'' retrograde amnesia; should the memories run out, the host will probably be killed. Sayo manages her condition by either attending to her loom so she doesn't forget her husband (manga) or husband, and later, taking up a job at a tea house where she can converse daily with travelers and hear stories of their travels, creating a constant supply of new memories (anime).memories.]]
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* AmnesiaDanger: Sayo, the forgetful mother from "Sunrise Serpent", [[spoiler:has fallen victim to a ''mushi'' that slowly eats away all of her memories -- including her ability to recognize basic bodily functions. It is a permanent and irreversible process reminiscent of both the rarely explored anterograde amnesia ''and'' retrograde amnesia; should the memories run out, the host will probably be killed. Sayo manages her condition by either attending to her loom so she doesn't forget her husband (manga) or taking up a job at a tea house where she can converse daily with travelers and hear stories of their travels, creating a constant supply of new memories.memories (anime).]]
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* AcquiredSituationalNarccissism: Kai, the focus character of "The Coat That Holds a Mountain", eventually becomes a renowned illustrator over the course of ten years. Throughout his rising popularity, he originally was very homesick and treasured a homemade overcoat his elder sister gave to him as a parting gift (even using it as the basis for the cloth painting that earned him a real apprenticeship), but as he grew he started turning away from his hometown. The worst case was when he received a letter from his sister, but thinking it was just another one of his commission requests or fan letters he burns it without even reading it. [[spoiler:It was actually a letter detailing how their home got caught in a landslide, and he didn't realize this until he returned well after three years when he lost all motivation to paint.]]
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* AcquiredSituationalNarccissism: AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Kai, the focus character of "The Coat That Holds a Mountain", eventually becomes a renowned illustrator over the course of ten years. Throughout his rising popularity, he originally was very homesick and treasured a homemade overcoat his elder sister gave to him as a parting gift (even using it as the basis for the cloth painting that earned him a real apprenticeship), but as he grew he started turning away from his hometown. The worst case was when he received a letter from his sister, but thinking it was just another one of his commission requests or fan letters he burns it without even reading it. [[spoiler:It was actually a letter detailing how their home got caught in a landslide, and he didn't realize this until he returned well after three years when he lost all motivation to paint.]]
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** "In the Cage" ends with the implication that [[spoiler: Kisuke's ''oniko'' wife and daughter were reborn as babies thanks to a new Magaridake taking residence in the bamboo thicket they live in]].
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** "In the Cage" ends with the implication that [[spoiler: Kisuke's ''oniko'' wife and daughter were reborn as babies thanks to a new Magaridake taking residence in the bamboo thicket they live in]].
** "The Sea Palace" has a whole island that functions on a reincarnation system thanks to a local ''mushi''. Once a person is on their deathbed or critically injured, they or their family members take them out to sea to drown. Once in a while, the sea will pop up "fish eggs" that a female family member can ingest to give birth to a healthy child that eventually looks and acts like the deceased with none of their memories. [[spoiler:What's actually happening is that a ''mushi'' lives underneath the water, and when people send down the soon-to-be-dead to drown, the ''mushi'' eats them while they're still alive and converts them into a fish egg-shaped embryo. Ginko had very little information on ''how'', exactly, this works at the time, since very few reports on this ''mushi'' exist.]]
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** "The Sea Palace" has a whole island that functions on a reincarnation system thanks to a local ''mushi''. Once a person is on their deathbed or critically injured, they or their family members take them out to sea to drown. Once in a while, the sea will pop up "fish eggs" that a female family member can ingest to give birth to a healthy child that eventually looks and acts like the deceased with none of their memories. [[spoiler:What's actually happening is that a ''mushi'' lives underneath the water, and when people send down the soon-to-be-dead to drown, the ''mushi'' eats them while they're still alive and converts them into a fish egg-shaped embryo. Ginko had very little information on ''how'', exactly, this works at the time, since very few reports on this ''mushi'' exist.]]
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: In the "In the Cage" chapter, Kisuke ended up lost in a bamboo thicket for three years, with his only solace being his building a home with his wife and daughter. He longed to return to his birth village, but he was unable to, because he was actually magically compelled to stay in the thicket thanks to the water secreted from the Magaridake ''mushi''. Setsu, his wife, realizes that ''she'' is the reason he is stuck in the thicket (as she's a human-mushi hybrid made of the same substance as that ''mushi'') and cuts it down so he won't be compelled anymore. The ''instant'' he returns home, his family rejects him and his daughter, saying they're cursed. [[spoiler:[[YankTheDogsChain And then both wife and daughter die in half a year, because their life force was tied to drinking from the Magaridake.]]]]
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: In the "In the Cage" chapter, Kisuke ended up lost in a bamboo thicket for three years, with his only solace being his building a home with his wife and daughter. He longed to return to his birth village, but he was unable to, because he was actually magically compelled to stay in the thicket thanks to the water secreted from the Magaridake ''mushi''. Setsu, his wife, realizes that ''she'' is the reason he is stuck in the thicket (as she's a human-mushi hybrid made of the same substance as that ''mushi'') and cuts it down so he won't be compelled anymore. The ''instant'' he returns home, [[YouCantGoHomeAgain his family rejects him and his daughter, daughter]], saying they're cursed. [[spoiler:[[YankTheDogsChain And then both wife and daughter die in half a year, because their life force was tied to drinking from the Magaridake.]]]]
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: In the "In the Cage" chapter, Kisuke ended up lost in a bamboo thicket for three years with his wife and daughter. He longed to return to his birth village, but he was unable to, because he was actually magically compelled to stay in the thicket thanks to the water secreted from the Magaridake ''mushi''. Setsu, his wife, realizes that ''she'' is the reason he is stuck in the thicket (as she's a human-mushi hybrid made of the same substance as that mushi) and cuts it down so he won't be compelled anymore. The ''instant'' he returns home, his family rejects him and his daughter, saying they're cursed. [[spoiler:[[YankTheDogsChain And then both wife and daughter die in half a year, because their life force was tied to drinking from the Magaridake.]]
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: In the "In the Cage" chapter, Kisuke ended up lost in a bamboo thicket for three years years, with his only solace being his building a home with his wife and daughter. He longed to return to his birth village, but he was unable to, because he was actually magically compelled to stay in the thicket thanks to the water secreted from the Magaridake ''mushi''. Setsu, his wife, realizes that ''she'' is the reason he is stuck in the thicket (as she's a human-mushi hybrid made of the same substance as that mushi) ''mushi'') and cuts it down so he won't be compelled anymore. The ''instant'' he returns home, his family rejects him and his daughter, saying they're cursed. [[spoiler:[[YankTheDogsChain And then both wife and daughter die in half a year, because their life force was tied to drinking from the Magaridake.]]]]]]
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: In the "In the Cage" chapter, Kisuke ended up lost in a bamboo thicket for three years with his wife and daughter. He longed to return to his birth village, but he was unable to, because he was actually magically compelled to stay in the thicket thanks to the water secreted from the Magaridake ''mushi''. Setsu, his wife, realizes that ''she'' is the reason he is stuck in the thicket (as she's a human-mushi hybrid made of the same substance as that mushi) and cuts it down so he won't be compelled anymore. The ''instant'' he returns home, his family rejects him and his daughter, saying they're cursed. [[spoiler:[[YankTheDogsChain And then both wife and daughter die in half a year, because their life force was tied to drinking from the Magaridake.]]
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Women seem attracted to Ginko for his reliability and helpful, caring nature. In particular Suzu in "Pretense of Spring" likes him because he's good with her little brother Miharu, who also reckons she got lonely without a man around the house. Masumi from "Mirror Lake" out and out flirts with him after her issue with the Mizukagami ''mushi'' is resolved.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan:
** Women seem attracted to Ginko for his reliability and helpful, caring nature. In particular Suzu in "Pretense of Spring" likes him because he's good with her little brother Miharu, who also reckons she got lonely without a man around the house. Masumi from "Mirror Lake" out and out flirts with him after her issue with the Mizukagami ''mushi'' isresolved.resolved.
** Setsu of "In the Cage" ended up falling in love with her childhood friend, Kisuke, because he was the only person who accepted her mushi-human origins and considered her a normal girl.
** Women seem attracted to Ginko for his reliability and helpful, caring nature. In particular Suzu in "Pretense of Spring" likes him because he's good with her little brother Miharu, who also reckons she got lonely without a man around the house. Masumi from "Mirror Lake" out and out flirts with him after her issue with the Mizukagami ''mushi'' is
** Setsu of "In the Cage" ended up falling in love with her childhood friend, Kisuke, because he was the only person who accepted her mushi-human origins and considered her a normal girl.
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The series is now available on [[http://www.hulu.com/mushi-shi Hulu]].
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The series is now available on [[http://www.hulu.com/mushi-shi Hulu]].
Hulu]]. See also ''Neko ga Nishi Mukiya'' by the same author, a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts set in the modern day.
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Ginko is a ''mushishi'' -- a person who can see the small pseudo-nature-spirit entities known as ''mushi'', which both mystify and plague mankind. With little more than his wits and experience to guide him, Ginko [[WalkingTheEarth walks the earth]] (or more specifically Japan) helping humans who have become unpleasantly entangled with the ''mushi''. The ''mushi'' themselves are rarely sentient and occupy a nebulous zone between things that can be identified as life forms and things that cannot, such as a swamp that travels from location to location, or tiny heat-absorbing microbes. Usually the motivation for the ''mushi'' is as simple as survival or reproduction, such as a sound-eating ''mushi'' infecting a human, causing deafness. However, because of their mystical properties, they tend to cause a variety of troubles when they interact with humans.
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Ginko is a ''mushishi'' -- a person who can see the small pseudo-nature-spirit entities known as ''mushi'', which both mystify and plague mankind.mankind, and whose profession is to investigate them. With little more than his wits and experience to guide him, Ginko [[WalkingTheEarth walks the earth]] (or more specifically Japan) helping humans who have become unpleasantly entangled with the ''mushi''. The ''mushi'' themselves are rarely sentient and occupy a nebulous zone between things that can be identified as life forms and things that cannot, such as a swamp that travels from location to location, or tiny heat-absorbing microbes. Usually the motivation for the ''mushi'' is as simple as survival or reproduction, such as a sound-eating ''mushi'' infecting a human, causing deafness. However, because of their mystical properties, they tend to cause a variety of troubles when they interact with humans.
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* RetGone: Happens to [[spoiler:Mujika]] in "The Mountain Sleeps". [[spoiler:As an aging and injured Mushishi, he decides to sacrifice himself for the village under his protection, letting himself get eaten by the Kuhcinawa mushi who devours Mountain Masters and [[KlingonPromotion assumes their role]]. On one hand, this means that the mountain and village have a more permanent and experienced lord of the mountain that can control its energies better than a human could; on the other, being devoured by the Kuchinawa means that every instance of their existence on Earth is wiped away. Tragically, only his apprentice Kodama and Ginko are [[RippleEffectProofMemory spared]] from that, since they were on the mountain when it happened.]]
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* RetGone: Happens to [[spoiler:Mujika]] in "The Mountain Sleeps". [[spoiler:As an aging and injured Mushishi, he decides to sacrifice himself for the village under his protection, letting himself get eaten by the Kuhcinawa mushi who devours Mountain Masters and [[KlingonPromotion assumes their role]]. On one hand, this means that the mountain and village have a more permanent and experienced lord of the mountain guardian spirit that can control its energies better than a human could; on the other, being devoured by the Kuchinawa means that every instance of their existence on Earth is wiped away. Tragically, only his apprentice Kodama and Ginko are [[RippleEffectProofMemory spared]] from that, since they were on the mountain when it happened.]]
