Mushishi

The Mushi Master Ginko travels deep into the mountains, driven there by rumors of a young boy who possesses a rare gift - The ability to draw forth new forms of life with a simple paint brush.

A young girl has been locked away by her family, for fear of a disease without cause or cure. Drawn by the scandal of medical mystery like a moth to a flame, Ginko arrives as loyalty allows the contagion to spread.

Ginko is summoned to a remote village where the villagers are stricken with a sudden loss of hearing.

Ginko travels back to a place he's been before, to check in on a man whose dreams carry portents of the future. In the midst of desolation Ginko finds grief, and rather than a mushi he must free this one from guilt.

Guilt from a former deed drives Ginko to seek to turn the tides on the fate of a green-haired beauty whose fate is bound to that of her companion, a misplaced swamp which can inexplicably travel as if blessed with feet.

Ginko sneaks onto an island all but completely locked away from the world. He has been led there by a young boy who must daily watch his friend die.

Forced to seek shelter as temporary reprieve from the rain, Ginko meets a man chasing rainbows out of desperation rather than hope.

Ginko's path crosses that of a forsaken soul waiting along the shore, waiting for the young wife lost several years before.

Ginko is sent to a village blessed with abundance in a year of strife - Or rather cursed, for what should have been the death of many will mean the death of only one.

The doctor friend of Ginko's needs his help. While out on a call, three village children broke into his storage shed and stumbled upon an artifact of deadly consequence: An ink stone.

Ginko is sent in search of another Mushi Master, this one the guardian of a mountain, neighbor to a village.

A mountainside tragedy leaves a young boy alone, to be rescued by the Mushi Master Nui. His incessant curiosity drives his quest to learn about the other plane of life which exists all around them.

Ginko travels to a remote village, summoned by a letter of plea. When the mother of a young girl demands he release her daughter from a curse, his denial drives her to drastic measure.

Ginko is joined by a man who has been unable to escape the shadowy confines of a bamboo forest for several years. He has married the "bamboo child" of local lore and together created a life all their own.

Driven to seek shelter from a snowy storm, the Mushi Master Ginko is drawn into a yearly mystery of a boy who hibernates every winter.

A boy worries for his mother, her mind left addled in the early spring sun. Ginko finds in the dark of night a mushi that thrives on memories, its appetite for the things most cherished.

The arcane arrival of a broken message sends Ginko to visit the source, a sad remnant barely clinging to life and desperate hope. Ginko must use the mushi to silence a fool's errand.

Ginko, led by a painting alive with mushi, follows an artisan traveling back to find his home.

A servant with high aspirations reaches up and disappears into the sky. For a time she resides in the shadow world of the mushi. Found by Ginko,he explains to her suitor she is now linked to both worlds.

A family renowned for two things: An exhaustive archive of the records of Mushi Masters and a black birthmark, a curse that's survived through the generations.

Ginko must urge the parents of shapeless mass taking on the form of a human child to put an end to its short life.

Ginko travels to an island to investigate the legend of the uminaoshi, people who have died and been reborn.

Ginko's wanderings are driven off course when he comes across a strange sound echoing through the frozen mountains. Following the source back to a village, there he finds the people plagued with a rust that all can feel but none can see.

Rumors of a new kind of mushi have brought Ginko out to visit another master, one who's been studying the discovery for some time. But upon his arrival, Ginko is disturbed to find the villagers preparing to destroy the mushi.