蟲師 / Mushishi Series by Yuki Urushibara, Masato Fujisaki, Pascale Simon

THEY HAVE EXISTED SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. Shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze, these deadly creatures, mushi, came into terrifying being. And they still exist and wreak havoc in the world today. Ginko, a young man with a sardonic smile, has the knowledge and skill to save those plagued by mushi . . . perhaps.

DARK MOUNTAINMushi, a terrifying primitive life-form, take countless shapes–most of them deadly to the human race. Enter Ginko, a mushi expert, known as a mushishi. Though his laconic smile and soft-spoken manner don’t seem imposing, he represents the human world’s greatest defense. When a fellow mushishi disappears, Ginko must search for him on a mushi-infested mountain, putting his own life on the line!

They live on the shadowy border between the possible and the impossible–ancient life-forms known as mushi. Rare is the individual who can see them, but those with that special ability, the mushishi, can counter the creatures’ deadly effects on humans. After a young boy is orphaned in the forest, he is saved by a reclusive female mushishi. But the lake near the mushishi’s home holds a deadly secret, and the boy must find out what it is before his only friend is lost forever.

Nebulous and unseen, existing in a state somewhere between life and death, mushi bring nothing but pain, suffering, and destruction to humans. A small community of wandering healers and naturalists known as mushishi protect humans from the ravages of these malevolent entities. Ginko, with his green eye and white hair, is a mushishi. But when Ginko tries to help a boy who seems to have found spring in the middle of winter, he and the boy both become victims of the life-sucking creatures.

Imagine being blind–but that nebulous creatures called mushi allow you to see farther and better than any human, even into another person’s future. Ginko, whose lifelong task is to understand the many kinds of mushi, encounters such a woman and becomes entangled in the shocking future she sees for him.

A father disappears and his son, a hunter, inherits his father’s power to lure animals to their deaths, quietly and entranced. But this ability poisons the mind and the body. Can mushi master Ginko cure the son before he shares his father’s fate, or will the young man turn his deadly powers on his would-be savior?

Ginko is sent on a fact-finding expedition to discover what the head of an ancient clan of mushishi is doing in an isolated, abandoned Japanese village. But the answer may be more than Ginko can handle: the Ragged Road he is investigating leads to mushi that can leave a man worse than dead!Includes special extras after the story!

Ginko poursuit inlassablement son périple à travers la campagne japonaise. Impossible pour lui de rester très longtemps au même endroit car sa présence attire toute sorte de mushis pouvant représenter un danger pour son entourage. Suite à une blessure, Ginko est en convalescence dans une famille de paysans. Il remarque que Hôichi, l'homme qui l'a recueilli se comporte d'une étrange façon. Pour Ginko, c'est l'oeuvre des mushis et il met Hôichi en garde... moreGinko poursuit inlassablement son périple à travers la campagne japonaise. Impossible pour lui de rester très longtemps au même endroit car sa présence attire toute sorte de mushis pouvant représenter un danger pour son entourage. Suite à une blessure, Ginko est en convalescence dans une famille de paysans. Il remarque que Hôichi, l'homme qui l'a recueilli se comporte d'une étrange façon. Pour Ginko, c'est l'oeuvre des mushis et il met Hôichi en garde. Le jeune homme suivra-t-il les conseils du mushishi ? less

MANGA GANADOR DEL PREMIO A LA EXCELENCIA DE LOS MEDIA ARTS AWARD Y EL KODANSHA MANGA AWARD.En el nostálgico y mágico Japón rural de principios del siglo XX, el maestro de insectos Ginko recorre el país estudiando a los misteriosos insectos y ayudando a los humanos a vivir más armoniosamente con estas curiosas criaturas. Un manga aclamado por crítica y público que nos muestra el lado más mágico de la Naturaleza.

Gen est encore jeune mais déjà très costaud, au point d'inquiéter son père sur sa force et son envie inexorable de se battre. Dans cette atmosphère tendue, Gen, comme sa mère autrefois, se sent incompris par son entourage familial. L'apparition de Ginko, fin connaisseur et chasseur de mushi, aidera-t-elle l'enfant à régler sa différence... moreGen est encore jeune mais déjà très costaud, au point d'inquiéter son père sur sa force et son envie inexorable de se battre. Dans cette atmosphère tendue, Gen, comme sa mère autrefois, se sent incompris par son entourage familial. L'apparition de Ginko, fin connaisseur et chasseur de mushi, aidera-t-elle l'enfant à régler sa différence. Dans ce 10e tome, les mushishi sont à nouveau mis à l'honneur au travers de cinq histoires qui mêlent avec efficacité fantastique et nonchalance, traits bien connus des inconditionnels de la série. less

Ginko is a master of the ephemeral life form known as Mushi. Their influence can be as visible as a mountain never giving up its winter to allow for spring, or as subtle as a prank played in a child's game. To some they are a curse; to others they offer unimagined possibility. Read the final three volumes of Ginko's journeys in this one remarkable edition!