Conceptually Frameworked
I don't think that always happens and in Mushishi results can vary widely. I think that comes under Forbidden Chekhov's Gun.
Of course in this case, yes, there are worse fates than living a relatively peaceful life over and over. Even though it may wear away at their souls. But hey, we saw them change events. I doubt that boy's childhood can be changed but the future end of the timeline seems more open to change.
"Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes."
Just flowing with it.
So that marks the end of the second season. Excellent final episode.
And Summer next year, we're getting a movie to wrap up the final chapters of the manga! ![[awesome]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minis/award_star_gold_3.png "[awesome]"){kind=small}
United Earth
Discovered show on Netflix, am amazed.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
(Bump. Sorry.)
Discovered gifset of show on Tumblr, immediately looked it up and watched the first episode, am amazed.
(I'm talking about Mushishi, but not its season 2; that all right?)
The backgrounds are the best thing. The characters, especially the human ones, look like artificial intrusions on a collection of soul-prostrating landscapes. (But no one minds Bambi, which does the same thing.) The music is brilliant - creepy in a tranquil way, which actually is a good description for the whole episode.
Welcome, new believer. Keep us posted on your thoughts!
After seeing the latest episode, I think I noticed something; sometimes, whenever Ginko tells a client not to do something which involves a mushi, something happens that results in that person relying on the mushi, which often have dire consequences(not sure if being trapped in an endless time loop would be that dire, though, except that the future would never be seen).