Mushishi Volume 1

By Yuki Urushibara, William Flanagan (translator),

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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…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Mushishi Volume 1 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Priya Huq

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Mushishi is possibly my favorite comic of all time. It doesn’t just use the environment as storyteller, but tells stories about environments in a way you wouldn’t expect. Though it’s a series of stories about people and their relationships, neither are divorced from the world itself. I cannot recommend this series enough and it is a huge influence on my own work.

From Priya's list on graphic novels that use environment as storyteller.