Of spirits, demons, and gods.

Oh gawd now I have a new manga fandom. I fell in love with Mushishi after like, half of vol 1. It talks about little things in life that people tend to overlook and ignore... with mythical explanations. It's totally my type of entertainment. *love~*

I also started watching Majintantei Nougami Neuro. I was just a little overwhelmed by the manga art so I decided to watch instead. But I heard the manga's better and it's still ongoing even though the anime's ended so I think I'll still read the manga in the end.

Now I'm also starting to read Pandora Hearts.

So why is it that I suddenly expanded my otaku habits when O levels is just 4 weeks away, I wonder.

Anyway.

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Mushishi... tells about these "creatures" or "beings" that are not human nor animals nor plants. They're unlike anything people have seen before.

If you look at the artery system of your arm, there are thin arterioles at your fingers. The four fingers represent the animals, and the thumb represents the plants. Humans are at the the very tip of the middle finger, the farthest away from the heart. If you trace back along the arterioles, they'll join back into one artery, eventually the branches of arteries join back together, and soon, it's difficult to differentiate between plants and animals. As you move along the arm, that's where the microorganisms like algae and amoeba are. It gets closer and closer to the heart, the source of life, the beginning of living beings. Finally, close to the heart, there lies the "mushi".

Some of them are invisible, some can pass through walls, some float, some crawl, some imitate the looks of others, some people refer to them as 'ghosts', some as 'spirits' or 'gods' or simply the unexplainable. All in all, most of them are dangerous.

Ginko, a wandering mushishi or mushi master, roams the land curing strange plaques involving the mushi.

The first chapter tells about a boy with "God's hand", the ability to bring anything he draws to life.

The second chapter tells about the mushi "Un" which eats sounds. It mostly gathers in snowcapped mountain tops as snow absorbs sounds. It resides in the snail-like, spiral structure in the internal human ear. Hence, you get the painful feeling in your ears in total silence as the "Un" eats all the sound in high mountain tops. It also tells about "A", the mushi which eats silence. It causes people to hear things they don't usually hear, like the falling of the snow on soft ground, or the hundreds and thousands of whispers that mushi make. Every sound seems amplified as silence is eaten, it'll drive you nuts.

The third chapter tells about the mushi "Imenonoawai" which resides in dreams. It sometimes makes dreams come true. Not daydreams, but dreams you have in your sleep, so it may not necessarily be a good thing. What's more, you can never get rid of this mushi. The man who was infected with this parasite mushi led a really depressing life.

The fourth chapter tells about the mushi "Manakonoyamimushi" which resides in darkness. Closing your eyes isn't true darkness, nor is switching off the light and drawing the curtains and locking yourself up in the room at night. True darkness can only be attained if you close your second eyelid. This mushi breeds in the true darkness and appears in the form of a stream of beautiful light. The person who is able to close his or her second eyelid and sees that stream of light too much will find it painful to see daylight, and eventually, will not be able to open his or her eyes anymore.

The fifth chapter tells about the mushi "Suiko" which makes up a swamp. The swamp keeps migrating from place to place in search of the sea, and when it finally gets to the sea after thousands of years, the "Suiko" is disintegrated and dispersed towards the sea. The "Suiko" is always trying to end its own life that way. This mushi is translucent and live in old water veins, ponds and wells. When accidentally drunk, the person will no longer be able to breathe above water, and his or her body will slowly turn translucent. If not treated, he or she will melt and flow away like water.

There's 5 chapters in every volume. I read volume 2 as well but I think it's better if you go read it yourself cause it's GODAMN INTERESTING. I just don't know how to make good summaries :(

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Majintantei Nougami Neuro is about this bird-like demon from hell named Neuro who consumes mysteries. He consumed all the mysteries of the underworld but wasn't satisfied, and so went up to earth in search for more delicious mysteries. He made acquaintance with a girl named Yako whose dad was murdered in some mysterious way. He made Yako pose as an expert schoolgirl detective even though he's the one doing the analyzing cause he doesn't want his life to be intruded or something. So basically all Yako does is get controlled by Neuro to point a finger at the culprit.

"Hannin wa.... anata!" *dramatic music here*

Oh god this is so Tantei Gakuen Q/Detective Conan/Detective Kindaichi/*insert whatever detective show here*. Who gave these detective shows this idea?

After all the explaining Neuro would take a chance to eat the cloud of mystery surrounding the culprit's heart (by stuffing the culprit's head into his demon bird beak) and then the culprit would become weak and powerless and go confess everything.

Happy end.

Sounds kinda cheesy, but I heard it gets really good in the later parts so I'm gonna continue this series slowly.

Neuro, huge craving for mysteries.
Yako, huge craving for food.

What gluttons for a demon and a schoolgirl v.v

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Ah well. There's school tomorrow and I haven't done any work this weekend. I only played Atelier Iris 2 on friday night too. It'll probably take me another weekend or two before I finish it. After that I'll take a break from games until after O levels.

I'm gonna go read Pandora Hearts now so... till next time :D