Mushishi
Manga
蟲師
1999/11/01
Character count153,766
Word count74,137
Unique words7,861
Words (1-occurrence)3,929
Unique kanji1,756
Kanji (1-occurrence)377
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volumes10
External Rating
85 %

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 existense, 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. (Source: Kodansha USA) 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.

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Genres
Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
Slice of Life
Supernatural
Tags
Travel
Episodic
Youkai
Seinen
Countryside
Mythology
Philosophy
Male Protagonist
Tragedy
Urban Fantasy
Work
Historical
Demon
Subdecks
Volume 1
Character count16,642
Word count8,149
Unique words2,045
Words (1-occurrence)1,255
Unique kanji866
Kanji (1-occurrence)323
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count18,145
Word count8,828
Unique words2,194
Words (1-occurrence)1,350
Unique kanji902
Kanji (1-occurrence)336
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count17,651
Word count8,710
Unique words2,078
Words (1-occurrence)1,236
Unique kanji853
Kanji (1-occurrence)295
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count15,965
Word count7,710
Unique words1,870
Words (1-occurrence)1,112
Unique kanji784
Kanji (1-occurrence)309
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count18,250
Word count8,763
Unique words2,132
Words (1-occurrence)1,249
Unique kanji859
Kanji (1-occurrence)292
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count19,329
Word count9,149
Unique words2,410
Words (1-occurrence)1,444
Unique kanji994
Kanji (1-occurrence)342
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 7
Character count11,908
Word count5,747
Unique words1,606
Words (1-occurrence)968
Unique kanji717
Kanji (1-occurrence)279
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 8
Character count10,891
Word count5,164
Unique words1,435
Words (1-occurrence)879
Unique kanji669
Kanji (1-occurrence)288
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 9
Character count12,032
Word count5,689
Unique words1,559
Words (1-occurrence)952
Unique kanji670
Kanji (1-occurrence)266
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 10
Character count12,953
Word count6,228
Unique words1,526
Words (1-occurrence)885
Unique kanji665
Kanji (1-occurrence)276
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary