mushishi posting because I’m feeling a lot about the fact that ginko is repeatedly witnessing his own mistake getting thrown into his face in different situations and each have different outcomes
his role has always been the same from when he was a child to when we witness him in the series and his nature is always wrapped in this uncertainty of “will I be able save them or will I not?” and that’s really not up to ginko at all— it’s up to the people he’s supporting through the changes posed by the unbalance in the nature of their region
“do not let hate or anger cloud your vision, we all are simply living and being as we are” (nui to yoki)—> “remember, there is not a place in this world where we don’t belong” (suguro to ginko) and ginko himself saying “you may be a bit jealous of me, but truthfully I am envious of you” (to mujika)
these are such notable quotes because they reflect the main message that ginko tries to get across his whole career, which is that things due to happen will happen and there’s no changing that- but what we as people can control or change is how we deal with it/treat others around us dealing with different things under the same umbrella
ginko represents neutrality like nui does, so he goes around helping people mitigate the effects/consequences of certain actions, mindsets, societal rules, etc on themselves and others while also dealing with a major change himself
to wrap this post up, ginko doesn’t have all the answers, nor does he go around acting like it, and I think that’s beautiful because it’s important to keep in mind that no matter how advanced we are as a species and society, sometimes we over complicate things for ourselves and it really is that simple, we just can’t seem to accept that because of the pride we have as a whole in being advanced so we lose to the simplicity of nature
people are constantly reaping what we sow and ginko is a human too— he isn’t a mushi or some saint or messiah like a few of the people he’s come across in the series label him and other mushishi as. he’s literally just a guy trying to find a comfortable place in the world and to understand his existence
in a lot of ways, he’s a reflection of humanity as a whole in my opinon and I might elaborate on that later idk
me, completely unprompted, in the middle of my workday with a class of 4-5 year olds: remember, there is not a place in this world where you do not belong
also me: you’re not nerdy enough to understand
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