Gin's manga / #Good plot(7)

Are mushi insects, parasites, plants, viruses, or nature spirits? Described as "neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. An unseen river shaping the path of man, through their presence our life is changed." No one seems to know much about their origins, except that they've been around since the beginning of time. Possibly set in Meiji/late 19th century Japan, Mushishi is a series of related, yet separate short stories featuring Ginko, a mushishi. A mushishi or "mushi master" is a cross between a researcher/scholar/doctor/shaman who travels across the countryside searching for mushi in their many forms. Ginko wanders from town to town to find people, young and old who are affected by the mushi. He offers explanations, sometimes medication or direct intervention to try to cure the afflicted of their mushi-related problems.

Every Tuesday night, a mysterious man named, Ito, visits Kyosuke, who is a prostitute, and talks to him about silly things until dawn. One day, he brings a briefcase full of money and tries to give it to Kyosuke, telling him that he wants him to quit his job and do something he truly wants to do. Kuraka Sui brings forth a beautiful, dark story revolving around the gunsmoke and blood of the underworld. This is her very first BL, now in tankobon! Cage, a story about an S&M school of domination and control, is also included.

Plot: Includes: She Got Off the Bus at the Peninsula: Mitsuko Kunizaki has inherited a small grocery store from her grandmother. Being a single mother to a little boy, she intends to close it down and move on with life. However, in the solitary store that sits next to the last bus stop at the tip of a peninsula lie some long-buried memories that slowly reemerge as Mitsuko arrives at what used to be her home

A oneshot that appeared in Monthly Spirits 2014 11 to celebrate Ito and Kazuo being in an interview together.

My first love wasn’t granted. Because the person I loved was my father’s lover. Because I wasn’t able to let go of that love, I went out with those who are older and flirty. However, once, my university friend, Shinri showed me a face which intrigued me. “Anyway it won’t be granted.” My heart skipped whenever the always optimistic Shinri showed me the expression of giving up on love. That one side of Shinri which I had not known, made a fuss in my chest. — I, perhaps like this guy.

The year is 2022. Mankind has finally perfected virtual reality. And within the VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) Sword Art Online, there was a player called Kirito. While he was enjoying the world of SAO, he and the other 10,000 logged-in players all received a frightening message from the Game Master—that the only way to escape from that world was to clear the game, and that a game over within the game would mean their death in the real world. That was the frightening true story behind this game. Kirito was one of the first players to accept this “truth”, and began his solo play, refusing to form a party, as he threw himself into the never ending battles that lay before him…