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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 Worst Episode
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    Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 16 - Sunrise Serpent
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 1 - The Green Seat
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #2 - The Green Seat

    S1:E1

    Shinra, a boy living in a forest with mysterious powers, calls for Ginko, The Mushishi, to help him with his problems. While Ginko is staying with Shinra, he tells him all about Mushi and his powers. Later on, while walking in Shinra's house at night, Ginko finds a Mushi... But this isn't an ordinary Mushi, it's Shinra's grandmother!

    Director:Hiroshi Nagahama
    Writer:Kinuko Kuwahata

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  3. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 26 - The Sound of Footsteps on the Grass
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 10 - Depths of Winter
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Depths of Winter

    S2:E10

    On his way to answer a summons, Ginko is trapped on a mountain that has been sealed by the mountain lord, and is experiencing an eternal winter because of some trapped snow-mushi. Why has the mountain lord sealed the mountain, and how will Ginko escape this eternal winter?

    Director:Kouichirou Sohtome
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  5. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 19 - Mud Grass
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Mud Grass

    S2:E19

    Shigeru's daughter (Yuri) is found dead in the mountains. A painful skin infection breaks out in his village. Ginko can cure the disease of the villagers but Shigeru has a much more serious case. It turns out that he and the son of his deceased brother brought back the mushi causing the problem to the village when they broke a taboo.

    Director:Tomihiko Ohkubo
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  6. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 18 - Clothes That Embrace the Mountain
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Clothes That Embrace the Mountain

    S1:E18

    This story is about a mysterious genius artist named Kai who left his family to become better known for his talents and as a parting gift his sister made him a Haori (Man's Kimono). One day he got bored and made a Haura (painting inside the jacket) on his Haori. His master saw this and recognized his talents, so he gave Kai jobs with clients and he quickly started to become well known for his work but his fame came at a price.

    Director:Osamu Yamasaki
    Writer:Aki Itami

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  7. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 25 - Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 13 - One-Night Bridge
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #8 - One-Night Bridge

    S1:E13

    Just managing to cross the treacherous Kazura Bridge, Ginko meets up with a man on the other side who takes him to meet a lady called Hana, who fell from the same bridge 3 years ago. Even though Hana survived, all she does is sit under the sun and nothing else and nobody seems to know what's wrong with her. Hana is feared to be a "Tanimodori", which are people whose minds and memories are wiped clean and they die on the night that the "One Night Bridge" shows up. From the info gathered Ginko knows that Hana is possessed by a Mushi called a "Nisekazura".

    Directors:Kouichirou Sohtome, Ryo Miyata
    Writer:Aki Itami

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  9. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 20 - A Sea of Writings
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 24 - The Journey to the Field of Fire
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #10 - The Journey to the Field of Fire

    S1:E24

    "Build a fire - night comes... Light a fire - darkness comes... Hide the fire - flames arisen from corpses creep in..." Ginko meets another Mushi-shi, which happens to be a young lady called Yahagi and surrounding the village she lives in is a new variety of Mushi growing on the mountain's fields. It's becoming so bad that the village people are at risk and as a last resort they plan to burn the entire mountain but Ginko doesn't think that this is the right option.

    Director:Toshinori Narita
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  11. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 11 - The Sleeping Mountain
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #11 - The Sleeping Mountain

    S1:E11

    Ginko arrives at a village where the men are in a heated discussion about the mountain. After learning of Ginko's identity they ask for his help to find another Mushi-shi called Mujika, who happens to be the master of the mountain. While on his trek through the mountain Ginko stumbles across a boy who's also looking for Mujika. Later they manage to find Mujika but this isn't the end of it.

    Directors:Takuya Igarashi, Kouichirou Sohtome, Tatsuya Nagamine
    Writer:Aki Itami

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  12. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 15 - Pretense of Spring
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 23 - The Sound of Rust
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #13 - The Sound of Rust

    S1:E23

    In a cold mountainous region, Ginko is wandering around the snow cover plain when he hears a sound ringing through the cold air and he also notices some rust on a tree. Ginko enters a nearby town to find the rust covering everywhere, including the people. The village chief tells Ginko that this is a sickness that has been affecting the town for 14 years that the people have been slowly losing the movements of the limbs and it's said that a girl called Shige is the cause of it.

    Director:Osamu Yamasaki
    Writer:Kinuko Kuwahata

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  14. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 1 - Banquet at the Forest's Edge
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Banquet at the Forest's Edge

    S2:E1

    A sake brewer once lost his way home and chanced upon a strange ceremony. There, he tasted a sweet, glowing sake that he's never been able to forget. Years later, his son has followed in his footsteps and is trying to brew a sake to match his dad's. When he, too, encounters a late-night ceremony, he pretends to be part of it, meeting Ginko during the occasion.

    Directors:Kouichirou Sohtome, Hiroshi Nagahama
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  15. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 6 - Floral Delusion
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Floral Delusion

    S2:E6

    Ginko meets a woman with a striking beauty that lacks all five senses and according to the man who takes care of her, is over 80 years old and has lived in his family for generations. While investigating the mushi responsible for it, Ginko discovers an even darker secret involving the two.

    Director:Ryo Miyata
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  16. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 18 - Lightning's End
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Lightning's End

    S2:E18

    Multiple lightning strikes have been observed hitting the same tree, and Ginko investigates. He meets a strange boy who attracts lightning to himself due to a mushi's influence. His mother believes he is doing it to spite her and struggles with the fact that she doesn't love her child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  17. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 2 - The Light of the Eyelid
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #17 - 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:Shinpei Miyashita
    Writers:Kinuko Kuwahata, Aki Itami

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  18. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 3 - Tender Horns
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Tender Horns

    S1:E3

    On silent snowy nights, when no sounds can be heard, many people go deaf in one or both ears. The doctors can't do anything, so they think it might be paranormal. Ginko looks into some of the villager's ears and he tells them that the cause is a Mushi called "Un". After dealing with their small problems there is one more person who has lost sound in both of his ears and his condition is very different than the other people's, as he has also grown four horns on his head.

    Director:Tatsuyuki Nagai
    Writer:Yuka Yamada

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  19. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 14 - Inside the Cage
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 2 - The Warbling Seashell
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #20 - The Warbling Seashell

    S2:E2

    Near a village by the sea, a girl lives with her father on a secluded crag. She wants to make friends, but her father, for some reason, doesn't want her associating with the village people. When Ginko arrives, he finds a mushi that's an omen of disaster. Will the girl's father be able to forgive past events and help the village?

    Director:Kouichirou Sohtome
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  21. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 3 - Beneath the Snow
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Beneath the Snow

    S2:E3

    Ginko visits a village where it snows most of the year to study snow mushi. He finds a boy with a strange affliction that causes snow to fall on him perpetually. He's become insensitive to the cold, and warmth is painful for him. It's dangerous for him to expose himself to the cold so much, but he doesn't even seem to care.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  22. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 5 - Mirror Lake
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Mirror Lake

    S2:E5

    Ginko encounters a young woman being followed by a mysterious, watery creature. The woman becomes weak, and her family believes it to be lovesickness. Ginko reveals the truth of the mushi attached to her, but the woman must decide whether to give up her body to the mushi, or to dispel it and continue living.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  23. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 8 - Wind Raiser
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Wind Raiser

    S2:E8

    While on board a boat, Ginko meets a young man who has developed a connection to a flock of bird-type mushi able to create wind.

    Directors:Kouichirou Sohtome, Ryo Miyata
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  24. Mushi-Shi Season 2 Episode 17 - Azure Waters
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Azure Waters

    S2:E17

    Ginko encounters Yuuta, a boy who is excellent at swimming and fishing but has webbed hands and cold skin. After discovering the boy's unnatural affinity for water, he sets out to treat the rain mushi causing his strange behavior.

    Director:Yasuyuki Fuse
    Writer:Hiroshi Nagahama

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  25. Mushi-Shi Season 1 Episode 9 - The Heavy Seed
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #25 - The Heavy Seed

    S1:E9

    While on his journey, Ginko stumbles upon a town which has yielded a great crop this year, thanks to their ancestors. However, it is said that someone must be sacrificed in exchange. Ginko finds this peculiar and decides to investigate further, by going to see the village "Saishu-sama" (chief mourner) who may have something to do with it.

    Director:Kouichirou Sohtome
    Writer:Kinuko Kuwahata

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Sunrise Serpent" is the worst rated episode of "Mushi-Shi". It scored 7.2/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Kouichirou Sohtome, Ryo Miyata and written by Aki Itami, it aired on 2/12/2006. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Green Seat".