Mushishi Zoku Shou Brief Review

Waw,,
been so long since i wrote here.
hope my fingers has not dull yet.. but yappari.. it's kinda lil weird.

anyway,,
i've been wandering in Anime1 lately, and found a couple of very interesting anime.
one of them, the new release of Mushishi series : Mushishi Zoku Shou.
it only has 10 episodes though,, at first i didn't believe it to be just that short, and then i found out that they'll be making the second season of Mushishi Zoku Shou.

for me, Mushishi Zoku Shou is not an average anime. i mean, slow paced, no hardcore action whatsoever, just.. an adventure. about a Mushishi who's been helping others, human and Mushi, through his journey.
or maybe i have fell for Ginko san? damn.
like one of the girl he helped once said, "you're not half bad looking" and Ginko just "eh?.." haha.. lol

one of the most touching episode is "Hi Teru Ame", or in english, "Cloudless Rain".
it's about a girl who's interacted with a rain mushi, or water-type Mushi when she was a child.
since then, the rain has been pouring down wherever she goes. before realizing she has 'it', the rain already ruined her village and killed one of the villagers.
when her parents doesn't have enough food to feed their family, they sent her to other village. and then, so come the rain. she overheard her uncle said that maybe she's the one bringing the rain.
being hurt, she ran to her village. when she get there, she found out that the village already going back to normal. she was so happy, but as she move a step forward to her village,, the rain comes.
so, instead of going home, she wandered, alone, going to places where rain was needed, stay there until the rain comes, and wandered again.


when she met Ginko san, she was told that there's no cure.the only way to break free from the Mushi is to wait for the Mushi's life span to run out. but, Ginko san can't predicted when it'll happen. eventhough Ginko san said it's getting near because it took more time for the mushi to create the rain around her.
the other thing is, the Mushi has taken control of her body pressure, so she never sweat nor shed a tear. so, eventhough she felt like crying, she can't.


at last, when the girl blamed herself for the lives she took (because of the rain), Ginko san said,

"You will have to shoulder the burden of those lives.  But you were not at fault, and neither were the Amefurashi.  It was just an unfortunate twist of fate.  Still - you've figured out a relatively good way to coexist with the Amefurashi.  It isn't all bad."

and so.. the girl left her village, leaving a man who's already asking her to marry him, and wandered alone, pouring rain to those who need it. just like Ginko, i guess. traveling around while helping others. if i'm not mistaken, Ginko too, can't stay in one place for long, or he will attracted the mushi, and causing troubles for him and the people around him.

damn, you should just see the series for yourself.
all of them, all 10, are an epic deep episodes that shows fear, hate, hope, and love. they're just.. deep.

Ginko, Mushishi

The girl who can't shed a tear

can't wait for the second season to come. awesome.
and oh! almost forgot,, the opening song.. just.. arrggh.. words can't express it.
first time hearing it, it brought me memories of how i feel when i watched mushishi before. check it here, Lucy Rose - Shiver.