Mushi-shi

The Mushi Master Ginko sneaks onto an island all but completely locked away from the world. He has been led there by a young boy who must daily watch his friend die. A false idol at the heart of an in more » The Mushi Master Ginko sneaks onto an island all but completely locked away from the world. He has been led there by a young boy who must daily watch his friend die. A false idol at the heart of an inherited con, the girl child has sacrificed all or has been sacrificed to bring false hope to a new generation. Not all help is wanted just as not all travelers are welcome, and this mushi has been secretly treasured since time out of mind. A living god of a dead land, in sweet innocence she despaired not tragic death.« less

Trekking across mountains to a seaside village, Ginko finds his fellow hikers unsettling indeed. The first is a misplaced swamp which can inexplicably travel as if blessed with feet. The second, a mel more » Trekking across mountains to a seaside village, Ginko finds his fellow hikers unsettling indeed. The first is a misplaced swamp which can inexplicably travel as if blessed with feet. The second, a melancholy, green-haired beauty whose fate is bound to that of her companion. While she accepts that she will pass into oblivion along with the mushi into its source, guilt from a former deed drives Ginko to seek to turn the tides. Will the final journey of one prove the beginning or the end of the other?« less

Ginko travels back to a place he's been before, to check in on a man whose dreams carry portents of the future. In the midst of desolation Ginko finds grief, and rather than a mushi he must free this ... more » Ginko travels back to a place he's been before, to check in on a man whose dreams carry portents of the future. In the midst of desolation Ginko finds grief, and rather than a mushi he must free this one from guilt. Where dire advice was not followed the balance was lost. Prophetic vision warped to become living nightmare, fevered brow cradled in the pillow's embrace. Only in the sleep of death are the worlds merged and the pathway found, but what becomes of the host when the guest is no longer welcome?« less

A young girl has been locked away by her family, for fear of a disease without cause or cure. Her cousin refuses to abandon the sightless youth to her fate, worried that she will soon lose the light w more » A young girl has been locked away by her family, for fear of a disease without cause or cure. Her cousin refuses to abandon the sightless youth to her fate, worried that she will soon lose the light within as well. Drawn by the scandal of medical mystery like a moth to a flame, Ginko arrives as loyalty allows the contagion to spread. Too much time spent between the worlds, too little now left to save the girl. When fascination of the mushi invited them in across the threshold, the cure must be found in the curse.« less

The Mushi Master Ginko travels deep into the mountains, driven there by rumors of a young boy who possesses a rare gift. The ability to draw forth new forms of life with a simple paint brush. Work tho more » The Mushi Master Ginko travels deep into the mountains, driven there by rumors of a young boy who possesses a rare gift. The ability to draw forth new forms of life with a simple paint brush. Work thought best left to the gods, his grandmother cursed him to a life of fear and solitude shortly before her death. The youth cannot reconcile the world he sees with the reality he is told to be true. But when Ginko crosses paths with a restless mushi in the night, the full story is revealed only when two halves become a whole.« less