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The Best Episodes of Mushi-Shi

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Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 12 - One-Eyed Fish
    9.0/10(369 votes)

    #1 - One-Eyed Fish

    S1:E12

    "Don't let yourself be blinded by fear and anger. Everything is only as it is..." A boy named Yoki, who's able to see Mushi, was found in the woods by some mysterious lady named Nui with only one eye. It turns out that Yoki was travelling with his mother when a mudslide crushed his mother and he was left all on his own. Yoki's leg later heals itself however he doesn't seem to have anywhere to go so he stays with the Nui and begins to learn some things about the Mushi known as "Tokoyami".

    Director:Kouichirou Sohtome
    Writer:Kinuko Kuwahata

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  2. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 21 - Cotton Changeling
    8.8/10(261 votes)

    #2 - Cotton Changeling

    S1:E21

    A lady named Aki discovered a green stain on her wedding gown, one year later she gave birth to a boy who, now grown up, has the same marks on his body. It turns out that the boy was originally born not as a human but as some shapeless green blob, which then turned into a human. Her husband asks for Ginko's help yet he is unable to save her son because it's the work of a "Watahaki".

    Director:Toshinori Narita
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  3. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 14 - Inside the Cage
    8.6/10(261 votes)

    #3 - Inside the Cage

    S1:E14

    While resting in a bamboo forest, Ginko is approached by an odd man named Kisuke, who tells Ginko that he has been lost in the forest for 3 years. Ginko seems to have also become lost, and decides to go off and figure something out about the forest. After managing to get out of the forest, Ginko figures out that it's the work of a "Magaridake".

    Director:Kazu Yokota
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  4. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 20 - A Sea of Writings
    8.6/10(229 votes)

    #4 - A Sea of Writings

    S1:E20

    Ginko arrives at a secluded place, to meet an old acquaintance, who seems to be in charge of a large volume of archival, confidential text. Ginko is allowed to read it, and discovers it is the work of Tan'yu, a writer. Tan'yu is the descendant of the Karibusa family, being born with a black mark on a part of their body.

    Directors:Kouichirou Sohtome, Hiroshi Nagahama
    Writer:Kinuko Kuwahata

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  5. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 13 - Lingering Crimson
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Lingering Crimson

    S2:E13

    At dusk, about to go home after playing with her friends, a young girl named Akane found a shadow without a caster. On that same day, she disappeared. Several years later, Ginko is told the story of Mikage, a girl who appeared with no memories at Akane's village shortly after the vanishing of the latter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  6. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 14 - Hidden Cove
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Hidden Cove

    S2:E14

    Yura and Sumi, the former's caretaker, were close friends. Eventually, as they were moved apart, Yura could still feel Sumi's presence. However, whenever that happened, she'd become like an empty shell, worrying her father. As Ginko comes to know of the case, he proceeds to offer them advice, as the condition is caused by a mushi that can connect people's minds.

    Director:Tomihiko Ohkubo
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  7. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 4 - The Pillow Pathway
    8.3/10(301 votes)

    #7 - The Pillow Pathway

    S1:E4

    Ginko hears a rumor around town that a man is has prophetic dreams every once in a while. He suspects that Mushi are living in his dreams. He gives the man medicine to keep them under control and says he will come back when he has used about all of them. When Ginko returns, the village is deserted and torn up. Ginko finds the man alone in is house. The man then tells him about what happened while he was away.

    Director:Kouichirou Sohtome
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  8. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 19 - String from the Sky
    8.3/10(214 votes)

    #8 - String from the Sky

    S1:E19

    Seijirou is fascinated by the stars and enjoys stargazing. One day he was by the riverbed with the village nanny Fuki when she notices a string coming down the sky and as she tries to pull all of a sudden she disappears, right before Seijirou's eye. Ginko is travelling through the mountains and is being followed by a peculiar girl. It turns out that it's Fuki, who has been exposed to a strong Mushi presence and can't be seen by anyone.

    Director:Shintaro Inokawa
    Writer:Aki Itami

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  9. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 8 - Where Sea Meets Man
    8.2/10(251 votes)

    #9 - Where Sea Meets Man

    S1:E8

    Ginko is waiting along the sea shore, for a transport to get him across the bay when he meets a man called Shirou, who lost his wife under strange circumstances. Ginko seems interested and decides to listen to his story about how he lost his wife in a swarm of sea snakes, during fog. Ginko later comes back with information on the Mushi that caused the bizarre events.

    Director:Toshinori Narita
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  10. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 26 - The Sound of Footsteps on the Grass
    8.2/10(199 votes)

    #10 - The Sound of Footsteps on the Grass

    S1:E26

    Taku is a peculiar young boy who has always wondered who the people were that always passed by the mountains during the rainy seasons. One day he meets a boy named Isaza, while catching fish. It seems that not only Taku can see the Komiyaku in the mountains however Isaza seems to know a lot more about the mountain than him. "The world is filled with life unknown to man..."

    Directors:Kouichirou Sohtome, Hiroshi Nagahama
    Writer:Kinuko Kuwahata

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  11. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 4 - The Hand That Caresses the Night
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #11 - The Hand That Caresses the Night

    S2:E4

    A young man has the power to lure animals to him using a scent issuing from his hand. He inherited this power from his father, and it makes hunting easier. But it makes the meat from his prey taste foul. More serious is the risk of losing his mind to the power and confusing family with prey. There's a cure, but will the boy be willing to give up his power?

    Director:Nobukage Kimura
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  12. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 7 - Cloudless Rain
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Cloudless Rain

    S2:E7

    A woman afflicted by a water-type mushi decides to make use of her condition to help those in need.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  13. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 9 - Valley of the Welling Tide
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Valley of the Welling Tide

    S2:E9

    Ginko falls unconscious on a snowy mountain. He is helped by locals who somehow manage to grow their fields despite the weather, mainly because of a worker with unabated stamina. But at what cost does this vigor come?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  14. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 11 - Cushion of Grass
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Cushion of Grass

    S2:E11

    After his encounter with Nui and before becoming a mushishi, young Ginko moved from place to place, due to his condition of attracting mushi. At one point he found himself instructed and cared for by a mushishi named Suguro, in the lands of a dying Mountain Lord. Ginko wonders about his place in the world and the natural order, as Suguro worries that the new Mountain Lord hasn't yet appeared.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  15. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 12 - Fragrant Darkness
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Fragrant Darkness

    S2:E12

    A man feels something vaguely familiar, yet terrifying, as he smells the scent of flowers at night. As an old man, walking through the woods, he finds a tunnel, and is compelled to enter it. While going through it, he reminisces about important events in his life up to that point, but it seems there is something he can't quite recall. Perhaps long ago, the visit of a traveler looking for shelter on a rainy day, might help shed light on the unsettled feeling he has.

    Director:Yasuyuki Fuse
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  16. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 15 - Thread of Light
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Thread of Light

    S2:E15

    A young boy named Gen troubles his father by being too rough with other kids, who pick on him due to his absent mother. The child, too strong for his age, also claims to be able to see strange creatures that no one else sees. As Ginko arrives at Gen's place, the story behind Gen's strength is revealed as the mushishi recounts the day he met a woman who'd woven a mysterious seamless garment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  17. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 16 - Sea of Otherworldly Stars
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Sea of Otherworldly Stars

    S2:E16

    Izumi is alone in a world that mirrors our own. Having forgotten how she came to be there, she remains trapped while her family searches in vain. Her father believes she has been kidnapped, while her mother and sister Mizuho believe that she is still inside the house, even though they cannot see her. Ginko crosses into the other world to try to save her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  18. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 20 - Tree of Eternity
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Tree of Eternity

    S2:E20

    A restless man, Kanta, on his way home to his wife and young daughter (Futaba), sits down to rest in a forest. He is tired and thirsty so he eats a red fruit that was lying on the ground near him, and gives thanks to the plum. Some time after this, he starts having vivid memories both in his dreams and while awake of times going back before his birth. He goes looking for a huge tree but finding it does not make him happy.

    Director:Kouichirou Sohtome
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  19. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 7 - Raindrops and Rainbows
    8.1/10(255 votes)

    #19 - Raindrops and Rainbows

    S1:E7

    On a rainy day Ginko takes a rest from his travels and comes across a man named Kourou who seems to be obsessed with a rainbow. To pass the time Kourou reminisces in his past, with the events which led to him pursuing rainbows whenever they appear. Ginko explains to him that the rainbow which he is searching for is actually a Mushi known as "Koda" but there seems to be more to it.

    Director:Kouichirou Sohtome
    Writer:Aki Itami

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  20. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 16 - Sunrise Serpent
    8.1/10(210 votes)

    #20 - Sunrise Serpent

    S1:E16

    It is spring, and Ginko is taking a boat through a river, when the boat's boy, Kaji, asks Ginko whether he could help his mother, who's forgetting things and can't sleep. At first glance it may appear to be progressive amnesia, however something isn't right.

    Directors:Kouichirou Sohtome, Ryo Miyata
    Writer:Aki Itami

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  21. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 17 - Pickers of Empty Cocoons
    8.1/10(214 votes)

    #21 - Pickers of Empty Cocoons

    S1:E17

    "There are countless fissures in the physical world. Those who vanish like smoke are lost in such hollows. Without their memories, without their souls..." Ginko receives a letter in a cocoon, but it isn't adressed to him. Rather, it's addressed to an old accquaintance, Aya Tozawa, so he decides to visit her. Ginko is concerned about Aya, as she is still searching for her sister, who has been trapped in an Uroana for 5 years.

    Director:Kenichi Imaizumi
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  22. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 22 - Shrine in the Sea
    8.1/10(200 votes)

    #22 - Shrine in the Sea

    S1:E22

    "Give birth to me once more. I want to meet you once more. I want to see this beautiful ocean once more..." Ginko arrives on an island asking about the so called "Rebirths" but to no luck. At night he later meets a peculiar lady who happens to be able to see a strange light in the sea and she ends up inviting him to her home. She later explains to him what "Rebirths" are; when a person is about to die they can be taken deep inside the Ryuugu, where they are reborn.

    Director:Kazu Yokota
    Writer:Kinuko Kuwahata

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  23. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 25 - Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune
    8.1/10(191 votes)

    #23 - Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune

    S1:E25

    "All that is in my world... is seem sound taste and touch. That is all. That is enough..." Finally able to reach a city, Ginko comes across a "biwa hoshi" named Amane, singing songs about Mushi and she is immediately able tell that he is a Mushi-shi. So she forces him to stay a night at an inn when she later reveals that she once saw a "Ganpuku" a very rare Mushi that will make the host see better and better until they die.

    Director:Kenichi Imaizumi
    Writer:Aki Itami

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  24. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 2 - The Light of the Eyelid
    8.0/10(355 votes)

    #24 - The Light of the Eyelid

    S1:E2

    A girl named Sui has an unusual disease that causes pain in her eyes whenever she sees light. She has to be locked in a pitch black shed that has no light in it. A boy named Biki helps Sui by removing bandages, giving her food, and just talking to her. Biki's mother is worried about him getting the illness, so she tells him not to stay as long as he normally would with Sui. One day while Biki is talking to her, she tells him why she has that illness: There are Mushi in her eyes. Biki continues to take care of her until one night when he is reading by a candle, a strange pain comes to his eyes.

    Director:Sinpei Miyashita
    Writers:Kinuko Kuwahata, Aki Itami

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  25. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 15 - Pretense of Spring
    8.0/10(216 votes)

    #25 - Pretense of Spring

    S1:E15

    "When all are sheltering within, there comes an imitation of spring. Linger in bliss for too long and your flesh will soon be frozen..." Caught in a blizzard, Ginko is decides to look for shelter and finds a home where the owner, Suzu allows him to stay the night. The next day Ginko sees a boy, Miharu who seems to be fascinated by Mushi. Ginko learns that Miharu once disappeared into the mountains in the winter and then suddenly came back in spring, able to see Mushi. Miharu has been repeating this since and it may be caused by a "Harumagari" so in the end, Ginko decides to teach him more about Mushi.

    Director:Akira Mano
    Writer:Kinuko Kuwahata

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Best Episodes Summary

"One-Eyed Fish" is the best rated episode of "Mushi-Shi". It scored 9/10 based on 369 votes. Directed by Kouichirou Sohtome and written by Kinuko Kuwahata, it aired on 1/15/2006. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cotton Changeling".