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Notes on Mushishi - Vol 1 & 2

This is the start of my personal notes on every Mushishi chapter (anime ep # in brackets). I’ve reread the manga over and over again looking for specific stories, so this is just for easier reference. 

VOLUME 1

1 - The Green Gathering (S1E1, The Green Seat)

Ginko learns of a boy who can create life by drawing or writing and decides to pay him a visit 

“The green here is so vivid it’s eerie”

A personal invitation to a banquet, presented with clear sake in a shallow green saucer - the exquisite scent of kouki, the water of life. 

The dull pain of being frozen mid-transformation, one foot out the door; realisation of emptiness, and yearning for a full exit from the world

Color seeping out of an untouched brush; power passed down the generations

Everything covered in moss where the kouki soaked in the ground

2 - The Soft Horns (S1E3, Tender Horns)

Ginko is summoned to cure villagers from hearing problems caused by Mushi, and to cure the village head’s grandson Maho, who has sprouted four horns on his forehead.

A quiet village deep in the mountains where even the wind does not pass; absolute silence on snowy nights, when even the sound of your voice disappears.

Bombarded with a flood of sounds, the spirit tires, and body weakens til death. The murmuring of a single Mushi is a microscopic sound, until made aware of the trillions of Mushi clamouring all over the world, calling to each other like echoes.

An intimate gesture of protection - the sound of your mother. A volcanic eruption seen long ago. The lava inside of you, dissolving everything.

3 - The Pillow Path (S1E4 The Pillow Pathway)

Ginko pays a visit to a man named Jin who has premonitions in his dreams as a result of a Mushi affliction caused by Imeno no Awai. 

4 - The Light in the Eyelids (S1E2 The Light of the Eyelid)

Ginko visits a girl named Sui, who is suffering from a Mushi affliction that has made her eyes sensitive to light.

“Behind your eyelid you have another eyelid.” 

There's a river of light flowing underground that illuminates even the pitch black; there has to be total, true darkness to see it. “Light particles come from very far away/ and they flow past me.” “Stretching out for eternity at your feet”

Ginko sitting on the opposite side of the river bank; a warning from a stranger.

“You spent too much time in the dark with Sui” ... Mushi that breed in the darkness. 

5 - The Traveling Bog (S1E5 The Traveling Swamp)

Ginko is traveling through the mountains to see his friend, Adashino. Along the way, he meets a girl named Io, who lives inside a swamp that is capable of moving by itself.

Ginko finding himself travelling in step with a swamp that sinks into the earth and then floats up over and over again, passing through the mountains

A girl sacrificed to save her village from a flood, wearing ceremonial robes; a bride presented to the water god, pushed off a cliff in a storm.

A large green thing that calmly rose up through the raging water; swimming at the bottom of a river that was overflowing its banks. It said, “You should continue to live.”

“When people drink them, their bodies become transparent... and then, they flow away.” Choosing to become Mushi is to exist between life and death; slowly wearing away at your human heart.

Following the journey of a ten thousand year old swamp to its death; moving towards the sea, the dying form of a liquid mushi. Accompanying it on its final journey.

“Swamps are born, eventually they stagnate, and when the universe they have contained within themselves ends... they get up on their own and start to move.”

VOLUME 2

6 - The Mountain Sleeps (S1E11 The Sleeping Mountain)

While traveling, Ginko passes through a town settled near a mountain. He learns that a Mushi Master is living on the mountain, but hasn't visited the village for quite some time, and every person who had been sent to find him has fallen ill and died.

“A smell both sweet and rancid that rises from the ground and touches each leaf. One by one. Coiling around them and choking their skin. A light vein, where the river of light flows.”

Ginko tapping into a mushi that acts as the mountain's nerves, sinking their wills into the plants and running around. 

“The water of life (...) Women bear children like cats or dogs; twins, triplets, or even quadruplets, abandoned in the mountains.”

A travelling Mushishi who puts his roots down. The one he loves committing an unforgivable act so that they can be married. Assuming the role of a slain mountain boar god; his bones will lie here. 

An aged man, summoning an immortal spirit to take his place of guardian forever - a necessary sacrifice to return the world to natural order.

7 - The Sea of Brushstrokes (S1E20 A Sea of Writings)

Ginko comes to a house which has a library full of mushi-related scrolls. There, he meets the girl who writes the scrolls, and hears the story of the curse that has been afflicting her family for generations.

A large dark crypt; an enormous library of scripts recording ancient history

Scribes cursed with immobility and marked for death, the only way to quell the Mushi is to seal them with words. A tradition of inviting travelling Mushishis to feed the writers myths in order for them to expel their words, physically manifesting them, an excruciating process for survival of self - and if not, the survival of your descendants. Plucking words and returning them to order, duty. Little by little, a receding scar. 

8 - They That Breathe Ephemeral Life (S1E6 Those Who Inhale the Dew)

Ginko's services are requested by a boy named Nagi, who lives on a distant island, to investigate the case of Akoya, a girl revered by the people as a "Living God".

A brief moment during the spring tide is the only time you can get to the island; only safe one day per month to take a boat out. a barren island with little soil, villagers surviving with moral support from their god. 

Tapping the center of the forehead with a needle, a curlicule of a mushi spiralling out

“When i was the Ikigami and aged when the sun set i could always shut my eyes and fall asleep feeling satisfied (...) But now my legs tremble at the immense amount of time ahead of me.” Living Mushi's life cycle of a single day - every second of every day experienced fresh, so much wonder you can't keep up. “My heart was always satisfied.”

When faced with tragedy, the girl finally chooses to return to the state of suspension - the luxury to forget and detach from mortal burden.

9 - Rain Comes and a Rainbow is Born (S1E7 Raindrops and Rainbows)

Ginko encounters a man named Koro, who has a strange habit of pursuing rainbows, and helps him find one particular rainbow that he is looking for - the Kouda.

A father delirious for rain - a strange man running around happily, and a mysterious rainbow dancing in odd shapes. A body that thirsts - “I miss that rainbow so much… I can’t stand it.” 

A boy who runs away to escape the burden of a dying father; to prove his worth and his father’s.

Ginko who must travel constantly, taking a break by finding purpose in small goals - You can’t live only for the sake of living; rest is essential. 

A natural phenomena created from light and imbued with kouki - “There's a reason they occur, but they have no purpose - existing only to keep flowing. Nothing can affect them, but they affect those around them, and then they leave.”

* 10 - The Veil Spore (S1E21 Cotton Changeling)

A couple summons Ginko to investigate their sick child, Watahiko, who has developed green spots all over his body. The father explains that the child didn’t look human when born - instead, it was a strange green mass that swiftly escaped. A year later, he found a baby under the house.

A wedding procession that passes through a forest - “A green stain on my cotton wedding gown.” A boy born green and formless, that slipped out and under the house. The main body; a mat of spores spreading under the house, dirt that wriggles under the sun.

One year later, it sends out a human-mushroom; every half year, the same child born again and again. Harmless children joined together at the root, that exist only to collect nutrients, that die and spit out seeds. “Mushi that wear the skin of your dead child.”

The human instinct to kill everything we don’t understand.

A baby with a body that grows faster than the mind. Children that evolve rapidly - “After learning words i forgot how.. I forgot how.” The primal instinct for survival lost. The cost of intelligence.

The Watahiki, when faced with danger, disconnects its children from the root, in an attempt to save at least the seeds - the children change form and enter a long dormant period.

An organism that strays from its recorded life cycle. 

Not that I’m doing this for public consumption (who even is going to read all this) but anyways FYI I’ve got structured notes on the next volumes in my drafts & if I ever get round to finishing all of them they’ll be tagged as #mushishi notes 

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Gakuen Alice - Recap

For when you wanna find a specific story but don’t wanna have to reread the whole thing

Volumes          Story Arcs

1 - 2                 Getting in GA, Class B, Abilities class

3                       Central town, Reo arc

4 - 5                  Festival, exams, Kaname

6 - 8                  Investigating Stolen Alices (chasing after Z)

9                        Xmas party

10 - 12              Hana Hime arc

13  - 15             Valentines’, Graduation, Sports festival

16 - 17              Body switch, run from the ESP

18 - 21              Mikan’s parents’ past

22 - 24              Battle with the ESP

25                      2nd Xmas party

26 - 28               Final battle

29 - 30               Aftermath

ALSO: Info tidbits

Junior high uniform (girls / guys)

Middle school uniform (girls / guys)

High school uniform (girls / guys)

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Natsume Yuujinchou - Highlights

Recently got into natsyu so here’s a compilation of my personal favourite chapters, complete with vaguely poorly written descriptions. I absolutely love this manga so this is reference for rereading certain stories ;;

1: The Cat and The Book Of Friends - sweet lonely spirit 2: The Dew-God’s Small Shrine - tiny old fogey,, the one who shrunk w time 12: A Chick Hatches - adopt a bird thing 30: A Place to Go Home to - dream of his past :-(( 32: The Little Ones - fluffballs 41: the god, enshrined - natsume pretends to be a mountain god to win a wargame 42: The thing that lurks in the storeroom - taki’s grandfather could see youkai but got old n cannot see/remember anymore… sad sad 44: he loses an important photo of his parents n his friends r 4eva 45/46: the door of memories - childhood sadsad 47: the stand-in - youkai with ability to mimic voices gets natsume to read him a letter from engaged girl in past 48: Tree Of Promise - old woman shrine thing 56: mischievous rain - youkai returns towel 59: the doll mishap,, kind forest quiet youkai special 12: mid ranks get natsume medicine ;’) 60/61: lying eyes - i thought this is chap 42 idk 63: following a narrow path - tiny noble soldier youkai 64/65: it must not be bound - big hairy youkai sees taki 68/9: A Day That Will Someday Come - youkai n human forbidden luv :-( 72: The Sealed Room - self explanatory 75: it blooms tomorrow - rock washer 78: the days eater - natsume turns into a kid 81: REBUILDING THE TINY HOUSE FOR THE GOD oh i love this one 84: fix/return tiny porcelain youkai 85/6: face of the noren - the inn!!! 87: his friend’s pov ?? nice guy 88/9: tell me your name - kind story of reiko n friend n gentle spirit

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Oh wow I can’t tell you how happy I am that someone’s actually messaged me! It’s felt a bit like fruitless effort so far because no one’s really responded. 

Also I’m totally open to pairings! Which manga and which pairing are you interested in?

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Ouran High School Host Club - Chapters 1-12

Hello everyone! This is the first installment of the chronological list of important events that happen in OHSHC. 

I might not be very accurate so please message me to inform me of any mistakes!

1 -  First sight of OHSHC

1 - Haruhi knocks over the vase

1 - Haru differentiating the twins

1 - Haruhi's gender is discovered

2 - Tamaki trying to stop Haru's first kiss

3 - Kyoya's Fiance???

3 - Host Club Movie

4 - Tamaki dressed as Haru

5 - Twins arguing

5 - First introduction of Nekozawa

5 - Haru's acknowledgement by twins

6 - Tamaki scolding Shirou (middle school boy)

8 - Finding Haruhi's weakness

9 - Nekozawa's real appearance

9 - Haruhi's fear

10 - Introduction of the Zuka Club

12 - Haruhi's childhood (7 yr old)

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OHSHC - Haru

A compilation of Haru's important moments

1 - First sighting

1 - Makeover

2 - Flashback (right before entering OHS)

3 - In depth profile

5 - Acknowledged by the twins

9 - Fear of thunder

20 - Hikaharu date

27 - Scary about cooking

35 - Bossanova sees Haru in her undergarments

40 - Tamaki kisses Haru on the head

43 - Haru and Mei's friendship 

44 - Scary about cleaning

45 - Kaoru admits to Hani (KaoHaru)

50 - Kaoru spells it out for Hikaru (HikaHaru)

52 - Kaoru kisses, confesses to Haru

55 - Haru worries over twins, Tamaki

57 - Haru's "heart rejection syndrome"

57 - Haru realises that she loves Tamaki

58 - Haru bumps into Kousaka (lawyer)

59 - Hikaru admits to Tamaki

61 - Hikaru confesses to Haru

62 - Haru distressed over Tamaki’s obliviousness

62 - Haru rejects Hikaru

63 - Haru kidnapped

65 - Haru's lookalike 

67 - Tamaki admits to Kanoya

68 - Haru explains to Tamaki

72 - TamaHaru accidental kiss

75 - Haru told to quit by Tamaki

76 - Haru chats with Kousaka

76 - Haru reverts back to messy self

76 - Haru understands Tamaki

80 - Haru confesses to Tamaki

81 - Haru confesses to Tamaki (reiteration)

81 - TamaHaru kiss

82 - First date (TamaHaru)

82 - Haru leaving for America

83 - Farewell party

83 - Fans knew Haru was a girl all along

83 - Haru leaves 

83.4 - Haru in Boston (18)

84 - Haru in Boston (Spain extra, it's been 3 months at Boston)

83.6 - Marriage (married by the time Haru was 20)

83.6 - 1st year college  (BosaMei extra)

83.7 - 1st year college  (Ootori ghost extra)

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