Urushibara Yuki - Mushishi, vol. 08-10 (Eng. trans.)

I am so glad Del Rey released the rest of this series, even if it is in a slightly clunky omnibus format. (It is very hard reading the omnibus when you are desperately trying not to crease the spine!)

For anyone who hasn't read the series, it's largely a collection of short stories about Ginko finding various people influenced by mushi—strange little beings that have all sorts of odd effects—and attempting to help them. It's a very easy series to get into, as you don't have to read x number of volumes to wait for good plot to kick in, and the first volume is a good sample of what the entire series will be like.

The series ends as well as it begins; not much is different from the beginning because the story is so episodic, though it's nice to get a slightly more in-depth look at Ginko in these three volumes. Other than that, the strengths remains the same: Urushibara's delicate sketchy art is still gorgeous; the stories are still disturbing, beautiful, weird, and bittersweet; and the world is still as fascinating as ever.

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I always wish I had more to say about Mushishi.