Mushishi 3

Mushishi 3

Pages

504

Rating

3.90

Year

2026

Description

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.

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 occurrences: 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...

Endorsements

Winner of the Japan Media Arts Prize.

Selected as a Best Manga by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs.

Recommended as a top read for teens by the American Library Association.

Inspired two TV anime adaptations in 2005 and 2014 and a live-action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of AKIRA.