Urushibara Yuki - Mushishi, vol. 02 (Eng. trans.)

[oyceter]

Del Rey, why so slow?

I was pleasantly surprise to find this didn't overlap much with the anime (I'm up to episode 9 right now); I'd only seen one chapter before.

I like that we're getting more of a look at what being a mushishi means; Ginko finds another one in the first chapter. We later meet a woman who records information on mushi in what is currently my favorite part of this volume.

Ginko visits to tell her stories, and there is a room piled high with scrolls on mushi. Except sometimes, the words come to life..

I particularly love the image of the woman plucking entire sentences off the walls with chopsticks and re-securing them in her scrolls.

I'm still not quite sure how to describe the series. It's very episodic right now, with very little plot, and yet, it's very absorbing once you get into it.

Comments

[chomiji]

I think I may end up ordering vol. 2, although I really shouldn't reward my lack of blogging by buying even more manga ... . I understand from a friend who's been reading it in Japanese that the series continues to be episodic, but it's interesting enough that I want to continue.

[oyceter]

Bwahaha. It really is very good. It's still episodic, but I love the imagery and the otherworldliness of it so much.