“Bound for Bonfire Field” What I love about Mushishi is that almost every episode is the “best episode yet”. This episode was positively cinematic in its execution and proves once and for all that fire is bad. Ginko comes across a town that is covered in weeds that are actually a mushi. Against his warnings to the [...]
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The next eagerly-awaited OAV episode of Mushishi, entitled Bound for Bonfire Field, isn't quite up to the standards of other recent outings but highlights some unfortunate aspects of the human condition. The visuals, possibly because they are free from the constraints of a TV budget, are of a very high standard and the bleak, dystopian view of an entire field set ablaze is a sight that will linger long in the memory. ...
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This episode presented one of the simpler tales of Ginko’s travels, and regrettably suffered for it, opting to visit delightful visuals (truly delightful even by the standards of this show) upon us in lieu of the generally evanescent plot it is easy to expect. The only significant character who contributes to the flow of the [...]
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Another episode that was only average in comparison with Mushishi's previously sky-is-the-limit standards, "Bound for Bonefire Field" showcased one of the more deadly mushi Ginko has come across but failed to deliver the profound human empathy I've come to expect of this magical series.The main problem is this episode's frustrating central figure; a female mushishi who arrogantly spurns Ginko's advice in favour of brashly burning down a field to kill a poisonous mushi, there by destroying countless trees and massacring t..
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Mushishi returns with the same outstanding quality of its stories once more. This time has yet another happy ending. I really loved it. The case is like this: we have this village which has its own Mushishi. On one day, they run into a yet to be identified Mushi. It came from a vulcanic rock, [...]
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