Before life as we know it, there existed entities that don’t obey the laws of our reality-primordial beings known as mushi. In Japan, a man named Ginko wanders the land, investigating incursions by mushi into the human world-and by us into theirs. He is a mushi master…a mushi-shi. Includes Japanese volumes 5-6 in a premium casewrap hardcover featuring a new to English cover illustration.. Though invisible to most, tiny creatures known as mushi lurk beneath the surface of everyday reality. They exert a strange and occasionally terrifying influence on people’s lives, and only experts known as mushishi carry the knowledge of how to deal with them. A mushishi named Ginko wanders the Japanese countryside, following rumors of various unusual occurences- a young man who dreams the future; a child with horns growing from his forehead; a boy with the power to write creatures into being; and more… Upon its release in the 2000s, Mushishi earned global acclaim for its poetic episodic storytelling and delicate, beautiful artwork, winning the Japan Media Arts Prize, selection as a Best Manga by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, and recommendation as a top read for teens by the American Library Association.
