Mushishi

An atmospheric tale about Ginko, a traveling mushi master who investigates phenomena caused by primitive lifeforms called mushi and seeks ways for humans and mushi to coexist.

Genre:: 幻想 / 怪異 / 旅 / 人間ドラマ
Medium:: Manga / Anime

Official · Streaming · Buy

Official site ↗

Read this work

Digital / print

Digital edition蟲師 Print book蟲師 10

PR: These links may be affiliate links.

Add to cross timeline →

Browse the complete data index

Mushishi — Timeline14 events

Ginko's childhoodMajorOfficialSource confirmed

The boy Yoki meets Nui

A boy named Yoki meets the one-eyed mushi master Nui beside a pond, lives with her, and notices that its fish also have only one eye.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第12話眇の魚Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 12 synopsis. ↗

Next event →

ヨキぬい出会い蟲沼幼少期時代不詳

Ginko's childhood — after living with NuiMajorOfficialSource confirmed

Yoki begins traveling as Ginko

After an encounter with the pond's mushi costs Yoki an eye and his earlier memories, he takes the name Ginko and leaves the area.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第12話眇の魚Ch. — Events of TV Episode 12; the official page identifies the boy, the one-eyed woman, and the pond's fish. ↗

Next event →

ギンコヨキぬい改名旅立ち記憶喪失幼少期時代不詳

Ginko's youth — during his travelsMajorOfficialSource confirmed

Ginko meets travelers who follow the light veins

While traveling as a boy, Ginko joins Isaza and others who move from place to place by following the light veins of life.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第26話草を踏む音Ch. — Marvelous's official BS Fuji Episode 6 synopsis. ↗

Next event →

ギンコイサザ沢旅光脈筋出会い少年時代時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — date unknownMajorUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko visits Shinra, bearer of the divine left hand

Ginko visits Shinra Ioroi in a remote mountain home and investigates his power to bring left-handed drawings to life and the girl living there.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第1話緑の座Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 1 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコ五百蔵しんら廉子調査神の筆蟲成人後時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — date unknownNotableUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko investigates mushi living behind the eyelids

Ginko investigates symptoms caused by mushi that live behind the eyelids and steal light, beyond which lie true darkness and a river of light.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第2話瞼の光Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 2 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコスイビキ治療視覚光脈成人後時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — snowy season, date unknownMajorUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko investigates widespread hearing loss in a mountain village

As villagers in a snowbound mountain community lose their hearing, Ginko investigates mushi that consume sound within the silence.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第3話柔らかい角Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 3 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコ真火集団発症聴覚調査成人後冬時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — date unknownNotableUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko visits a man afflicted by prophetic dreams

Ginko visits Jinsuke, a man whose life has been controlled by a mushi that gives him prophetic dreams.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第4話枕小路Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 4 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコ甚助予知夢調査蟲成人後時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — date unknownMajorUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko follows a girl traveling with a living swamp

Ginko follows a living swamp moving through the mountains and Io, a girl surrendering her humanity to remain with it.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第5話旅をする沼Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 5 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコいお生き沼追跡変容成人後時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — date unknownMajorUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko examines a girl who repeatedly dies and returns

On an island cut off by the tide, Ginko investigates Nagi, a girl worshiped as a living god because she repeatedly dies and returns.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第6話露を吸う群Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 6 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコナギ島死と再生信仰成人後時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — rainy season, date unknownNotableUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko travels with a man pursuing a strange rainbow

Ginko meets Koro, a man who has devoted his life to pursuing a strange bundle of light appearing after rain, and seeks its true nature.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第7話雨がくる虹がたつCh. — Marvelous's official Episode 7 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコ虹郎虹旅調査成人後雨季時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — two and a half years after a wife's disappearanceMajorOfficialSource confirmed

Ginko visits Shiro, who waits by the sea for his wife

Two and a half years after losing his wife at sea, Shiro still waits on the shore when Ginko arrives to investigate the phenomenon at the sea boundary.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第8話海境よりCh. — Marvelous's official Episode 8 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコシロウみちひ失踪海調査成人後時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — autumn, date unknownMajorUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko investigates the link between harvests and the Mizuha tooth

In a village blessed with harvests after disasters, a Mizuha tooth marks someone for death each autumn, and Ginko investigates the past sealed by its ritual leader.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第9話重い実Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 9 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコ祭主豊作瑞歯祭祀成人後秋時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — date unknownNotableUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko traces the origin of an inkstone that causes illness

Learning that an inkstone causing strange illness was made from a mushi fossil, Ginko visits its artisan and investigates its history.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第10話硯に棲む白Ch. — Marvelous's official Episode 10 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

Next event →

ギンコたがね硯奇病調査成人後時代不詳

After Ginko reaches adulthood — date unknownMajorUnknownSource confirmed

Ginko investigates a hole opened in a sacred mountain

Entering a sacred mountain to investigate a strange opening in its slope, Ginko encounters the elderly mushi master Mujika.

Vol.TVアニメ蟲師第11話やまねむるCh. — Marvelous's official Episode 11 synopsis; its order relative to other adult-era stories is unknown. ↗

ギンコムジカ霊峰異変蟲師成人後時代不詳

Related timelines

About data reliability: This is an unofficial, fan-made site. All rights to each work belong to their respective owners. It is an index and guide to the official works, not a substitute for them.