Mushi-Shi - Volume 2
Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi."1. To reenact the phoenix with water in place of flame, miracles tarry on the breath of the dying. When a single day carries the weight of a lifetime, one will choose to live on the other side of time.2. The seed of a man driven mad by fading beauty. The search for a mimic of an illusion. While not a one should live only for the sake of living, false errand proves no better excuse for waste.3. A marriage caught in the birth of a legend. Both will lose something already mislaid, guilt will leave one to endure. But where the semblance of love must be left behind, sorrow and solace await.4. One man, responsible for a village destroying itself, unaware. The cycle of life and death, the equation unbalanced, requires knowing sacrifice. Here, eternal repentance will bear the greatest fruit.