7.8/10340 votes#1 - The Green Seat
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/2005
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!
Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
8.1/10295 votes#2 - The Light of the Eyelid
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/2005
A girl named Sui has an unusual disease that causes pain in her eyes whenever she sees light. She has to be locked in a pitch black shed that has no light in it. A boy named Biki helps Sui by removing bandages, giving her food, and just talking to her. Biki's mother is worried about him getting the illness, so she tells him not to stay as long as he normally would with Sui. One day while Biki is talking to her, she tells him why she has that illness: There are Mushi in her eyes. Biki continues to take care of her until one night when he is reading by a candle, a strange pain comes to his eyes.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Aki Itami, Kinuko Kuwahata
7.8/10250 votes#3 - Tender Horns
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/2005
On silent snowy nights, when no sounds can be heard, many people go deaf in one or both ears. The doctors can't do anything, so they think it might be paranormal. Ginko looks into some of the villager's ears and he tells them that the cause is a Mushi called "Un". After dealing with their small problems there is one more person who has lost sound in both of his ears and his condition is very different than the other people's, as he has also grown four horns on his head.
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Writer: Yuka Yamada
8.2/10250 votes#4 - The Pillow Pathway
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2005
Ginko hears a rumor around town that a man is has prophetic dreams every once in a while. He suspects that Mushi are living in his dreams. He gives the man medicine to keep them under control and says he will come back when he has used about all of them. When Ginko returns, the village is deserted and torn up. Ginko finds the man alone in is house. The man then tells him about what happened while he was away.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Yuka Yamada
7.8/10230 votes#5 - The Traveling Swamp
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/2005
Adashino-sensei is looking to buy some of the items that Ginko has obtained on his journey. He especially wants the wine cup that was drawn by Shinra, But Ginko says it's too rare to be sold to collectors. He tells Adoshenei-sensei about the strange being he met while in the forest and he also explains how the swamp is moving towards the sea. This looks like the work of a Mushi...
Director: Kenichi Imaizumi
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
7.7/10212 votes#6 - Those Who Inhale the Dew
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/27/2005
Ginko is on another adventure as he is brought to a very peculiar island, by a young boy Nagi. Ginko is taken to see a girl, who the island inhabitants refer to as "Ikigami" and is said to be able to perform miracles however Ginko discovers that there is more to this.
Director: Akira Mano
Writer: Aki Itami
8.1/10213 votes#7 - Raindrops and Rainbows
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/4/2005
On a rainy day Ginko takes a rest from his travels and comes across a man named Kourou who seems to be obsessed with a rainbow. To pass the time Kourou reminisces in his past, with the events which led to him pursuing rainbows whenever they appear. Ginko explains to him that the rainbow which he is searching for is actually a Mushi known as "Koda" but there seems to be more to it.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Aki Itami
8.2/10209 votes#8 - Where Sea Meets Man
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/2005
Ginko is waiting along the sea shore, for a transport to get him across the bay when he meets a man called Shirou, who lost his wife under strange circumstances. Ginko seems interested and decides to listen to his story about how he lost his wife in a swarm of sea snakes, during fog. Ginko later comes back with information on the Mushi that caused the bizarre events.
Director: Toshinori Narita
Writer: Yuka Yamada
7.9/10189 votes#9 - The Heavy Seed
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/18/2005
While on his journey, Ginko stumbles upon a town which has yielded a great crop this year, thanks to their ancestors. However, it is said that someone must be sacrificed in exchange. Ginko finds this peculiar and decides to investigate further, by going to see the village "Saishu-sama" (chief mourner) who may have something to do with it.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
7.8/10187 votes#10 - The White Which Lives Within the Ink Stone
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/2006
Some kids enter Adashino-sensei's shed and find a lot of strange things, but there's one thing in particular that interests them. It's night and Adashino-sensei is called upon to look at one of the kids, a girl who has become bitterly cold, and the cause is a mysterious ink stone she touched. Luckily for Adashino-sensei, Ginko is passing through the village, and he shows him the ink stone, which he identifies it as a "Kumohami".
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Writer: Yuka Yamada
7.9/10183 votes#11 - The Sleeping Mountain
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2006
Ginko arrives at a village where the men are in a heated discussion about the mountain. After learning of Ginko's identity they ask for his help to find another Mushi-shi called Mujika, who happens to be the master of the mountain. While on his trek through the mountain Ginko stumbles across a boy who's also looking for Mujika. Later they manage to find Mujika but this isn't the end of it.
Director: Takuya Igarashi, Kouichirou Sohtome, Tatsuya Nagamine
Writer: Aki Itami
9.0/10315 votes#12 - One-Eyed Fish
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2006
"Don't let yourself be blinded by fear and anger. Everything is only as it is..." A boy named Yoki, who's able to see Mushi, was found in the woods by some mysterious lady named Nui with only one eye. It turns out that Yoki was travelling with his mother when a mudslide crushed his mother and he was left all on his own. Yoki's leg later heals itself however he doesn't seem to have anywhere to go so he stays with the Nui and begins to learn some things about the Mushi known as "Tokoyami".
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
7.6/10177 votes#13 - One-Night Bridge
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2006
Just managing to cross the treacherous Kazura Bridge, Ginko meets up with a man on the other side who takes him to meet a lady called Hana, who fell from the same bridge 3 years ago. Even though Hana survived, all she does is sit under the sun and nothing else and nobody seems to know what's wrong with her. Hana is feared to be a "Tanimodori", which are people whose minds and memories are wiped clean and they die on the night that the "One Night Bridge" shows up. From the info gathered Ginko knows that Hana is possessed by a Mushi called a "Nisekazura".
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome, Ryo Miyata
Writer: Aki Itami
8.6/10218 votes#14 - Inside the Cage
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2006
While resting in a bamboo forest, Ginko is approached by an odd man named Kisuke, who tells Ginko that he has been lost in the forest for 3 years. Ginko seems to have also become lost, and decides to go off and figure something out about the forest. After managing to get out of the forest, Ginko figures out that it's the work of a "Magaridake".
Director: Kazu Yokota
Writer: Yuka Yamada
8.0/10177 votes#15 - The Pretense of Spring
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/2006
"When all are sheltering within, there comes an imitation of spring. Linger in bliss for too long and your flesh will soon be frozen..." Caught in a blizzard, Ginko is decides to look for shelter and finds a home where the owner, Suzu allows him to stay the night. The next day Ginko sees a boy, Miharu who seems to be fascinated by Mushi. Ginko learns that Miharu once disappeared into the mountains in the winter and then suddenly came back in spring, able to see Mushi. Miharu has been repeating this since and it may be caused by a "Harumagari" so in the end, Ginko decides to teach him more about Mushi.
Director: Akira Mano
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
8.0/10174 votes#16 - Sunrise Serpent
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/2006
It is spring, and Ginko is taking a boat through a river, when the boat's boy, Kaji, asks Ginko whether he could help his mother, who's forgetting things and can't sleep. At first glance it may appear to be progressive amnesia, however something isn't right.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome, Ryo Miyata
Writer: Aki Itami
8.1/10175 votes#17 - Pickers of Empty Cocoons
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/2006
"There are countless fissures in the physical world. Those who vanish like smoke are lost in such hollows. Without their memories, without their souls..." Ginko receives a letter in a cocoon, but it isn't adressed to him. Rather, it's addressed to an old accquaintance, Aya Tozawa, so he decides to visit her. Ginko is concerned about Aya, as she is still searching for her sister, who has been trapped in an Uroana for 5 years.
Director: Kenichi Imaizumi
Writer: Yuka Yamada
7.8/10172 votes#18 - Clothes That Embrace the Mountain
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/2006
This story is about a mysterious genius artist named Kai who left his family to become better known for his talents and as a parting gift his sister made him a Haori (Man's Kimono). One day he got bored and made a Haura (painting inside the jacket) on his Haori. His master saw this and recognized his talents, so he gave Kai jobs with clients and he quickly started to become well known for his work but his fame came at a price.
Director: Osamu Yamasaki
Writer: Aki Itami
8.2/10174 votes#19 - String from the Sky
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/2006
Seijirou is fascinated by the stars and enjoys stargazing. One day he was by the riverbed with the village nanny Fuki when she notices a string coming down the sky and as she tries to pull all of a sudden she disappears, right before Seijirou's eye. Ginko is travelling through the mountains and is being followed by a peculiar girl. It turns out that it's Fuki, who has been exposed to a strong Mushi presence and can't be seen by anyone.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Aki Itami
8.6/10187 votes#20 - A Sea of Brushes
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/12/2006
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.
Director: Kouichirou Sohtome, Hiroshi Nagahama
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
8.7/10220 votes#21 - The Cotton Changeling
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/2006
A lady named Aki discovered a green stain on her wedding gown, one year later she gave birth to a boy who, now grown up, has the same marks on his body. It turns out that the boy was originally born not as a human but as some shapeless green blob, which then turned into a human. Her husband asks for Ginko's help yet he is unable to save her son because it's the work of a "Watahaki".
Director: Toshinori Narita
Writer: Yuka Yamada
8.1/10162 votes#22 - Underwater Shrine
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2006
"Give birth to me once more. I want to meet you once more. I want to see this beautiful ocean once more..." Ginko arrives on an island asking about the so called "Rebirths" but to no luck. At night he later meets a peculiar lady who happens to be able to see a strange light in the sea and she ends up inviting him to her home. She later explains to him what "Rebirths" are; when a person is about to die they can be taken deep inside the Ryuugu, where they are reborn.
Director: Kazu Yokota
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
7.8/10156 votes#23 - The Sound of Rust
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/28/2006
In a cold mountainous region, Ginko is wandering around the snow cover plain when he hears a sound ringing through the cold air and he also notices some rust on a tree. Ginko enters a nearby town to find the rust covering everywhere, including the people. The village chief tells Ginko that this is a sickness that has been affecting the town for 14 years that the people have been slowly losing the movements of the limbs and it's said that a girl called Shige is the cause of it.
Director: Osamu Yamasaki
Writer: Kinuko Kuwahata
7.7/10154 votes#24 - Journey in the Field of Fire
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/4/2006
"Build a fire - night comes... Light a fire - darkness comes... Hide the fire - flames arisen from corpses creep in..." Ginko meets another Mushi-shi, which happens to be a young lady called Yahagi and surrounding the village she lives in is a new variety of Mushi growing on the mountain's fields. It's becoming so bad that the village people are at risk and as a last resort they plan to burn the entire mountain but Ginko doesn't think that this is the right option.
Director: Toshinori Narita
Writer: Yuka Yamada
8.0/10152 votes#25 - Eye of Fortune, Eye of Misfortune
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/11/2006
"All that is in my world... is seem sound taste and touch. That is all. That is enough..." Finally able to reach a city, Ginko comes across a "biwa hoshi" named Amane, singing songs about Mushi and she is immediately able tell that he is a Mushi-shi. So she forces him to stay a night at an inn when she later reveals that she once saw a "Ganpuku" a very rare Mushi that will make the host see better and better until they die.
Director: Kenichi Imaizumi
Writer: Aki Itami
The Best Episodes of Mushi-Shi Season 1
Every episode of Mushi-Shi Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mushi-Shi Season 1!
Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.
Genres:AnimationDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Green Seat" is the best rated episode of "Mushi-Shi" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 340 votes. Directed by Hiroshi Nagahama and written by Kinuko Kuwahata, it aired on 10/23/2005. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Light of the Eyelid".