The Best Episodes Directed By Hiroshi Nagahama

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(26 votes)

   #1 - The Shadow That Devours the Sun

   S0:E21/4/2014

   The mushi are said to become uneasy during an eclipse. Tanyu sends Ginko to monitor a village for the appearance of a mushi that causes a neverending eclipse. Her foreboding is justified when the village is enveloped in darkness...

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Path of Thorns

   S0:E58/20/2014

   Should darkness rise from the depths of the cavern, the boundary between and man and mushi will vanish. Life itself will become bereft of death, and the natural order will crumble. The world as we know it will be no more. Mishappen beings and taboos unique to man lie in wait along the path of thorns...

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   7.9/10(15 votes)

   #3 - Episode 1

   S1:E19/29/2024

   As Shuichi urges Kirie to escape the town with him, the real "spiral" horror begins.

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   7.9/10(7 votes)

   #4 - A Sea of Writings

   S1:E203/12/2006

   Ginko arrives at a secluded place, to meet an old acquaintance, who seems to be in charge of a large volume of archival, confidential text. Ginko is allowed to read it, and discovers it is the work of Tan'yu, a writer. Tan'yu is the descendant of the Karibusa family, being born with a black mark on a part of their body.

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Banquet at the Forest's Edge

   S2:E14/5/2014

   A sake brewer once lost his way home and chanced upon a strange ceremony. There, he tasted a sweet, glowing sake that he's never been able to forget. Years later, his son has followed in his footsteps and is trying to brew a sake to match his dad's. When he, too, encounters a late-night ceremony, he pretends to be part of it, meeting Ginko during the occasion.

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   7.6/10(5 votes)

   #6 - The Sound of Footsteps on the Grass

   S1:E266/18/2006

   Taku is a peculiar young boy who has always wondered who the people were that always passed by the mountains during the rainy seasons. One day he meets a boy named Isaza, while catching fish. It seems that not only Taku can see the Komiyaku in the mountains however Isaza seems to know a lot more about the mountain than him. "The world is filled with life unknown to man..."

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   7.5/10(11 votes)

   #7 - The Green Seat

   S1:E110/23/2005

   Shinra, a boy living in a forest with mysterious powers, calls for Ginko, The Mushishi, to help him with his problems. While Ginko is staying with Shinra, he tells him all about Mushi and his powers. Later on, while walking in Shinra's house at night, Ginko finds a Mushi... But this isn't an ordinary Mushi, it's Shinra's grandmother!

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