Ep. 5: Ginko investigates a mysterious watery creature following a young woman near Mirror Lake
Aired on May 3, 2014
Ginko observes a young woman being trailed by an enigmatic aquatic entity. As her health deteriorates, her relatives attribute her condition to romantic longing. Ginko identifies the supernatural mushi responsible for her ailment. He presents the woman with a critical choice: surrender her physical form to the creature or expel it to survive. This decision determines her fate, forcing her to weigh the allure of the mushi against the will to live. The narrative explores the tension between supernatural influence and human agency as Ginko guides her through this perilous situation.
Episodes
- Ep. 1 · A brewer's son seeks to recreate his father's legendary sake at a mysterious forest ceremony.
- Ep. 2 · Ginko encounters a disaster omen near a secluded girl and her father by the sea.
- Ep. 3 · Ginko investigates a boy cursed with perpetual snowfall in a perpetually snowy village.
- Ep. 4 · A young man inherits a scent-based power from his father that attracts animals but ruins meat taste.
- Ep. 5 · Ginko investigates a mysterious watery creature following a young woman near Mirror Lake
- Ep. 6 · Ginko encounters a sensory-deprived woman over eighty who has served the caretaker's family for generations.
- Ep. 7 · A woman with a water-type mushi uses her affliction to aid others
- Ep. 8 · Ginko encounters a young man linked to wind-creating bird mushi on a boat
- Ep. 9 · Ginko collapses on a snowy mountain where locals farm using a tireless worker's energy.