Gin's manga / #fantasy(234)

Are mushi insects, parasites, plants, viruses, or nature spirits? Described as "neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. An unseen river shaping the path of man, through their presence our life is changed." No one seems to know much about their origins, except that they've been around since the beginning of time. Possibly set in Meiji/late 19th century Japan, Mushishi is a series of related, yet separate short stories featuring Ginko, a mushishi. A mushishi or "mushi master" is a cross between a researcher/scholar/doctor/shaman who travels across the countryside searching for mushi in their many forms. Ginko wanders from town to town to find people, young and old who are affected by the mushi. He offers explanations, sometimes medication or direct intervention to try to cure the afflicted of their mushi-related problems.

After recently moving to Onomichi, Hiroshima, high school student Tasuku Kaname is thrown into despair at the possibility that he may have been outed for being gay. Convinced his life is over, his despair turns into shock when he sees a woman jump out of a window of a nearby house. Tasuku races to the house in a panic only to discover that it's a public meeting lounge owned by the woman he saw before. Tasuku comes face to face with the woman as she walks past him unharmed, but not before she implies that she had been watching him from afar. Confused, Tasuku follows her up to the top of a steep hill where she offers to briefly listen to what's on his mind. Although Tasuku doesn't go into too much detail, he later accepts her invitation to come to the lounge to meet others with similar troubles.

An earnest little demon ends up in dire straits as he's summoned by a human with a libido rivaling that of a devil. A college student Satoru Shiiyama had a crush on Jun Mariya ever since middle school, but the object of his affections dies in an accident. In the midst of his grieving, Satoru accidentally summons a demon and gets a once-in-a-lifetime offer: "In return for your life span, I'll grant you a wish." Having lost all hope, Satoru agrees. Just what is the wish that he made...? This is a heart-warming(?) love story between a selfish, lustful guy and an honest, cute little demon.

For generations, the Kagurazaka family have possessed the power to speak with the messengers of Inari, a power that has been sustained through the centuries by intermarriage with women of the Ujou family. Having waited long for his bride, Rio, the current heir to this power, is shocked to find himself abandoned by his bride-to-be when she elopes with another man. Shortly after, her younger brother Nagi presents himself to the shrine as her replacement, declaring “As a man, I can’t produce offspring, but I can have sex”. A story of family scandal involving an emotionally wounded young man and the conflicted heir to the shrine.

In the midst of a blazing hot summer beset by water shortages, middle-school girl Chinami faints from heat exhaustion. Upon waking up, she finds herself in a mysterious town by a beautifully pristine river whose waters hide many secrets...

A Buddhist monk who feels more at ease with monsters than with humans is travelling through a haunted countryside together with a Spider monster.

When Haruma found a dilapidated shrine, he remembered his late grandmother’s warnings about always showing respects to the gods and fearing the repercussions, decided to clean it and leave an offering behind. Later that night, the god of the shrine, Aoba, pays him a visit…

When a boy appears out of nowhere in your room claiming he was a succubus, what do yo do? Shimizu, the Fallen Angel, knows the answer. A story about an insecure succubus and a sadistic Fallen Angel.

A man sets out on a journey to go away from his repetitive and boring life. He finds unbelievable things, terrible things. Note: This manga contains cannibalism.

Mizuki is a modern-day vampire who lives with some debauched eating habits, controlling his bloodlust with a bodily fluid that's a little whiter than blood. He always finds his meals outside his personal social circle, but when he loses control of his bloodlust, he accidentally assaults Sakura, a younger student from his college...! Mizuki's reason and instinct waver as he suddenly discovers a "delicious delicacy." This is an exceptionally addictive debut comic from Machi Suehiro!!