Mushishi
Manga
蟲師
1999/11/01
Character count154,180
Word count70,496
Unique words8,353
Words (1-occurrence)4,275
Unique kanji1,781
Kanji (1-occurrence)380
Difficulty Average
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 count16,681
Word count7,752
Unique words2,095
Words (1-occurrence)1,331
Unique kanji866
Kanji (1-occurrence)323
Difficulty Average
Volume 2
Character count18,208
Word count8,371
Unique words2,239
Words (1-occurrence)1,412
Unique kanji902
Kanji (1-occurrence)336
Difficulty Average
Volume 3
Character count17,689
Word count8,269
Unique words2,152
Words (1-occurrence)1,308
Unique kanji853
Kanji (1-occurrence)295
Difficulty Average
Volume 4
Character count15,993
Word count7,367
Unique words1,947
Words (1-occurrence)1,193
Unique kanji784
Kanji (1-occurrence)309
Difficulty Average
Volume 5
Character count18,315
Word count8,363
Unique words2,197
Words (1-occurrence)1,317
Unique kanji859
Kanji (1-occurrence)292
Difficulty Average
Volume 6
Character count19,385
Word count8,793
Unique words2,520
Words (1-occurrence)1,534
Unique kanji994
Kanji (1-occurrence)342
Difficulty Hard
Volume 7
Character count11,930
Word count5,461
Unique words1,659
Words (1-occurrence)1,035
Unique kanji717
Kanji (1-occurrence)280
Difficulty Average
Volume 8
Character count10,917
Word count4,807
Unique words1,460
Words (1-occurrence)902
Unique kanji669
Kanji (1-occurrence)288
Difficulty Average
Volume 9
Character count12,064
Word count5,404
Unique words1,616
Words (1-occurrence)1,018
Unique kanji670
Kanji (1-occurrence)266
Difficulty Average
Volume 10
Character count12,998
Word count5,909
Unique words1,569
Words (1-occurrence)929
Unique kanji665
Kanji (1-occurrence)276
Difficulty Average