It's actually pretty innovative. Essentially Mushishi is a take of the
classical "solve supernatural phenomena weekly", which normally takes
storylines from classical myths and children's stories. Mushishi does
that too from time to time, but it pushes it one step further other
times. As in, it creates a myth that sounds like a normal myth, then
explains the mushi behind it. What do I mean? Oft these myths have a
normal scientific explanation behind them, like the swamp gas and the
blue flames. Mushishi often goes the other way around, taking a
scientific explanation, and creating a myth from it to be explained with
mushi. I am sure that's been done before, but I'd say it's still pretty
innovative.
That aside, people generally like the music (UK
indie rock artists for openings? that's fucking cool for an anime, you
must admit), people generally like the art (though there isn't much
animation), people generally love the atmosphere, the characters, the
pacing. I must say, the recurring characters really are charming and
well written. However, no matter how nice, these aspects were probably
not up your taste, so that was it.
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