Audience reviews
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AntonyAV
Mushishi Zoku Shou builds on everything that made the first season so captivating. Each episode presents a unique story, full of creativity and subtle intrigue, with a perfect pace that lets you fully take in every small moment. I swear, episodes feel longer than they actually are! In a good way!
Ginko remains the calm, insightful guide at the center of it all, and the characters he encounters are memorable even in brief appearances. The visuals are stunning, with detailed, peaceful backgrounds and smooth animation, while the music perfectly complements the quiet, immersive atmosphere.
This season maintains the series’ mature, reflective tone and willingness to leave things open for interpretation. If you appreciated the first season, Zoku Shou delivers more of the same thoughtful, relax…
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Mushishi Zoku Shou S1 continues Ginko’s journey with the same quiet, contemplative tone that defined the first season. On the surface, not much seems to have changed: it’s still episodic, the music remains minimal, and the visuals are consistently focused on calm, living landscapes rather than anything flashy. But underneath, there's a sense of maturity in how the stories are told.
Each episode still stands on its own, but many of them feel darker and more complex than before. The problems faced by the characters aren’t just about the mushi they’re also about the choices people make in dealing with them. In this season, Ginko more often encounters people who choose to live with the presence of mushi, even when the consequences are harsh. Instead of asking for help, they try to survive in…
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The continuation of Ginko's journey. Another masterpiece of Mushishi series.
Still with the story telling and episodic style, this second season (part 1) of Mushishi is continuing Ginko's journey through Japan-like Island(s) to find and solve any Mushi phenomenon. Mushi, a basic form of life that exists without many people realizing it, but they can definitely feel their existences. Blessed (or cursed?) with the ability to see and understand Mushi, Ginko--a Mushishi--helped people he met during his journey with the Mushi that causing problems to clueless people around.
Compared to the first season, this second season felt more raw and slightly darker. Many people Ginko met choose to embrace the Mushi, instead of asking help to Ginko about it. It seemed like Ginko got double trouble from…
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Mushishi Zoku Shou
Is the first part of the second season, which was divided into 2x 10 episodes each. Relatively little has changed in terms of content. As before, you follow the various missions of Ginko, in which he is confronted from time to time with new Mushi problems.
And here again the following: The episodes are still not attached. If it weren't for the subdivisions of the seasons, you wouldn't even know that a new season had begun. And so it goes with the stories, only with one difference. The first season had better narratives than this one. Here, half of the stories had hardly any excitement or interest. They were practically empty in content, especially the last episode of this season was already an insult in my eyes. Content of about 8 minutes was dragged to 10 minutes in…
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Simple and gentle, Mushishi is a pleasant one-time view with little rewatch value. The stories presented are straightforward and quite predictable, some even banal, still it doesn't take away form their beauty which lies in simplicity. While lack of over arching plot is understandable due to the monster-of-the-week format i feel like neither the worldbuilding nor the main character whom we follow are fleshed out enough with entire focus on each episode's guest character which for the most part didn;t manage to impress me much. There is plenty of potential in development of either the presented world or the main character.
The visuals make for a satisfying presentation of the beauty and horrors of nature alike, aided with mediocre but climatic soundtrack one can fully immerse in the world…
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Usually I don't enjoy anime series with no plot, but this anime is one of a kind. Each episode has its own story; it could be tragic, bittersweet, or happy. You never know what could happen in the end.
In the series, you follow this man named Ginko on his adventure as a "mushishi." Despite him being a protagonist, however, he illustrates the quality of a side character. Instead, the patient and their relationship with the monster causing their symptom is usually the main focus. This type of storytelling is quite rare, but the anime was able to pull it off and create a beautiful masterpiece.
The art was also very beautiful. The sound and the visual created such a aesthetic feeling inside me. Sometimes I find myself pausing on certain scenes to enjoy the quality of the work. The studio an…
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Alright, back with Mushishi. I'm excited to talk about the things I love about this anime and also where I'm hoping it'll improve in the future, so let's get at it.
Art and sound are charming as ever. I don't think anyone would argue that Mushishi has its own special personality to it specifically because of the art and music. I do find a lot of the character designs to be too similar for my tastes much of the time, but hey. The scenery is always gorgeous.
The story and premise, as usual, are used wisely when paired with the brilliant writing. I enjoy that Mushishi is always able to come up with new means to tell a story involving mushi. I've said this in previous reviews, but each episode is like a mini film. The characters and their current issues are brought together so cleanly, whi…
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And IT IS BACK!
After many years of nothing, one of my absolute favorites is back, and somehow they've managed to retain the art style, the story, the music, everything almost exactly how it used to be. The only noticeable change is that the drawing are ever so slightly clearer.
Story: The story continues from where it left off, again following the mushi-shi called Ginko. The episodic format makes its magic once more, building up and resolving stories in single episodes without ruining anything. Mishishi is love, Mushishi is life!!
Art & Sound: As mentioned above, the only noticeable change was the somewhat clearer drawing. The art is still as splendid as it was years ago, with its own way of drawing the characters. The music still fits like a glove, playing beautifully in the background.…
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ENGLISH THEME AGAIN:
The anime itself is beautiful, introduces you to another world and has deep cultural and spiritual roots. It shows old Japan and that's something I'm a sucker for. The old everyday lives and co-existence with spirits is a beautiful and cultural part of Asia. So much so, the choice of opening songs is extremely shitty compared to ending themes in all the seasons. All the ending theme songs are beautiful Japanese traditional music but for some reason the opening songs are all unrelated English love songs and that's a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT. Using any beautiful ending theme or a Japanese song would have fit the anime. This was the only sad part about the anime.
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Another amazing adventure...
Mushishi Zoku Shou! An anime about exploration, weird happenings, and more mushi. The story is weird because there really isn't any concrete "story" here. Like the first season, this anime follows an episodic type format, where no two episodes have the same happenings. Again, we follow Ginko in his mysterious travels to uncover more interesting mushi that may be causing some unwanted troubles. This time around it felt a bit more serious, with a slice of darkness added. While the entire anime has a very distinct, serious tone to it. I can't help but notice a very slight tonal change, as many events that take place feel much darker than the first time around.
But if there's one thing that hasn't changed, it's the art & music. The music has always had a very my…
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✦Story
Well, it's a episodic type of Anime. Point of it is main character traveling the world, helping people whilst learning about him over time. That is all you need to know regarding story of Mushishi. And ofcourse the part where the world of this anime consists of "mushi" the somehow spirit of everything in the world. Rain, wood, water, handcraft or anything basically. Where mushi can cause all sorts of efffects on human and nature itself. Mushi is basically nature in a more "spiritual" form. This is basic thing to know to enjoy this anime.
Now, aside general plot of this Anime, I shall comment this season (or both zoku on this manner), would be that this season felt a bit toned done. Whilst first one was darker, creepier and more mysterious this felt more of a more family-friendly ve…
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“The world is filled with life unknown to man.”
Before I had the chance to watch this, I have high expectations. I was hoping this season won’t fail to liven up the splendor of the first one. And after watching, I was dumbstruck. It totally exceeded my expectations.
What makes it interesting?
One major point is that it maintained the relaxing atmosphere as that of the first season. The stories in each episode are more profound. Compared to the first season, this one touched a much deeper connection among the groups of living things; human, animals, plants and mushi’s. Some of the episodes have a darker air on it. The art was more detailed and even the background scenes seem realistic. I was gaping at the scenery since it somehow draws me in.
The only thing that bugs me is that Ginko,…
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Mix a few of these episodes in the original Mushishi, and hardly anyone would notice the difference. That’s not a compliment. The original Mushishi had mainly novelty value. It was a deeply flawed show with a brilliant premise. Next Passage doesn’t do much but gets more steam out of it.
The fact it’s still fun speaks volumes of its premise. The appeal of Mushishi was its weirdness. It’s both because it’s so far away from Western thought, and because weirdness is integral to its themes. Nature isn’t a benevolent or a destructive force. It just exists, indifferent to us and we have to learn to harness it. The mushi and the mushishi are an expression of this idea.
It’s also a unique take on fantasy, one we don’t see enough. Instead of grand heroic stories, Mushishi is personal. The plights…
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Having written a short review on Mushishi with vague statements (it's in the first season of Mushishi), I feel like writing a full fledged analytical (self proclaimed :v ) review on the series as well. I'm not giving a spoiler warning because it's not really possible to spoil Mushishi like that. But, this review will contain plot points from within the series. So it's better if you've already watched it. This will take a really long time. Alright, let's get to the point.
What is mushi? To put it simply, they are the most primitive lifeforms. They're unlike any flora or fauna we're familiar with. But, they're not creatures from outside this world, rather they are the basic living beings. These entities are the closest to life itself. To be more precise, they derive directly from the essenc…
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(This review is completely my opinion, but any constructive criticism to better myself as a writer and critic is greatly appreciated)
It's time again. My first and only review on this site was on the first season of Mushishi. I wrote that review over a year ago and in that review, I referred to Mushishi as one of my favorite shows of all time. Has that statement changed? Well...no. I re-watched the first season before coming to Zoku Shou, and it captivated me all over again.
That's enough about the past though, time to get onto the main reason you're reading this. The second TV installment in the magnificent Mushishi series, 8 years after the first season: Mushishi Zoku Shou.
Story-10
As most people should know by now, the stories of Mushishi are told in an episodic format with (general…
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My very first review on MAL was of the 2005 anime Mushishi. I mentioned in that review that it was one of my favorite anime of all time Then I found out that there was a 2014 continuation that would be seperated into two 10 episode seasons,2 specials, and a conclusion movie. The subject of this review will be the first 10 episode season of this new saga of mushishi.
Mushishi Zoku Shou(next passage) season 1 is the continuation of the 2005 anime based off the manga by Yuki Urushibara. The subject is pretty much the same as it's predecessor with this show being mainly episodic in nature and basically follows a wandering expert on the forms of life known as mushi as he attempts to solve different cases involving them.
Normally when we think of mushishi in general we think of relaxation. Th…
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This show is a fantastic show for various reasons, one being it was a real nice breather from all the other shows I have seen. The show itself is none other than anything I have watched or even heard of. The concept of the show is this man wanders around, village to village to see if people need his aid from these creatures called Mushi. Mushi are being not familiar to us, they can not be seen by regular people, and are not classified as plant nor animal. At times Mushi might enter into peoples lives and either improve them or destroy them, and that's where the plot for this show comes to life. This show is a nice change of pace and it is a very relaxing show to watch.
PLOT:
Our main character is one of what seems to be very little of people who can actually see these beings, and because…
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Mushishi: Zoku Shou is the next season of Mushishi and a lot like the 1st season I loved it such a good series. No real story to keep track of it is basically a bunch of stories put together. I love the way the anime is put together really gets you hooked because it is something new every episode something fresh to catch your attention. I recommend this anime to anyone who likes fantasy style anime this anime is honestly incredible and still one of my top watched because of how every episode is filled with something interesting there is not a single episode I'd want to skip or think should be taken out. This is the prime example of a perfectly rounded anime good story, animation, characters, and overall nice feel everything brings you into this anime more and more with every episode.
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I've got to admit, by the end of episode 9, I was ready for the series to end. This may be because I had been watching this anime in long sequences and being an anime with single episode arcs, it's not really an anime that is good for watching in long sequences. When I watched Mushishi, I would watch a single episode and then play video games and read. I suspect that made me enjoy it more then I would have if I watched the episodes back it back. It may also be that the stories in Mushishi were more interesting, perhaps because they were more intense or maybe just because Mushishi was more novel the first time around. What ever the reason, I find myself not wanting to watching the next season. Know that this anime is more of the same of Mushishi, same great music, same melancholy tone, same…
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There is a common saying that lightning never strikes twice at the same place. We can apply the same analogy to how a sequel of a classic never reaches its predecessor's quality. However, both statements are far from the truth; it’s just that we don’t often see both happen very often. But when we do see it, it's nothing short of magical.
What transpires in the discussion of Mushishi Zoku Shou is how it can keep the spirit of the original series alive and well. When you get right down to it, there isn’t any need to try anything new or different to the sequel to make it seem fresher. This is how Mushishi structures into different story arcs centered on its mythological lore of Mushi. The arcs supply a deeper meaning to the characters as we learn about the different types of Mushi we come ac…
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