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Mushishi

Also known as Mushishi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

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 existence, 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.



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.

Tags: Travel , Episodic , Environmental , Youkai , Seinen , Mythology , Rural , Eco-Horror , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Work , Demons

Niwa ni wa Ninin

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A collection of surreal oneshots with a garden theme.

1. Mansion Aquarium: A sick boy finds himself in an unusual situation.
2. Eureka Garden: A girl with a wild imagination is enchanted by a garden.
3. The Garden of Me: A young wife copes with a troubled marriage.
4. Two Guys in a Garden: A student gets way more than he bargained for when he visits his professor’s house.
5. A Gardener’s Day Off: A man has a peculiar encounter on his day off from work.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Anthology