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KoB
May 1, 2009

RyuujinBlueZ posted:

If I remember right, it's a meta reason in that the artist originally intended to set the story in modern times, designed Ginko, and they decided that the stories fit better in a more mystical time but didn't want to change Ginko's look and just left it alone.

It does, nicely, have that effect of distancing him from the rest of the world though.

I think they said they wanted to keep his look to make him really stand out/be different from everyone else since Mushishi are strange to most people.

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KoB
May 1, 2009

Franz von Dada posted:

Or it's just a weird fantasy world where a lot of things can be possible so it doesn't even matter? :shrug:

I just started to read the manga, and the focus is clearly in the individual storylines and mushi-of-the-week. The setting and Ginko's clothes are there just to look cool and give the series a certain feel to it.

Youre right, it doesnt matter. But thats what the author came out and said. No need to get all upset about it.

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