Both the thought-provoking manga/anime Mushishi and new manga Jigoku Kurayami Hana mo Naki feature characters who can interact with Japanese folk creatures, ghosts and other supernatural apparitions known as youkai. But while Mushishi doesn't shy away from disturbing stories, Jigoku takes the concept to a much darker level, journeying quite literally to the gates of hell.
While not referred to as such, Mushishi's youkai - known as Mushi - are occult creatures in their own right that few people can see or interact with due to their ethereal nature. The gifted few who can are called Mushishi. The series' protagonist, Ginko, is such a person, and helps people suffering from the Mushi that plague them while on his travels. One of the more disturbing stories that almost reaches Jigoku's dark nature revolves around a type of youkai known as Mushi Watahaki that enters pregnant women and takes the place of their child. That Jigoku takes things further shows just how challenging it can be.
Jigoku Kurayami Hana mo Naki centers on a very different type of youkai that only homeless college dropout Toono Seiji can see. When he looks at certain people, Toono doesn't see an actual person, but rather a monstrous, terrifying beast. He later learns that what's happening in these instances is that the person's sin is manifesting as a youkai that represents their misdeeds in some way. For example, every time Toono saw his kleptomaniac aunt as a child, he would see a youkai with numerous birds eyes on its arm. This was a manifestation of Dodomeki, a youkai that expresses itself in the form of similar markings made on the arms of female pickpockets.
Toono only learns this after falling under the employment of a man named Saijou Shiroshi, who serves as a proxy agent for a demon lord. People who have committed horrific crimes are naturally drawn to Saijou's giant mansion, where Saijou first exposes their crimes before proceeding to drop them into the fiery pit of hell. Saijou, intrigued by Toono's power, asks that Toono serve as his assistant to help him identity his client's sins more quickly so he can expedite their damnation. Many of the people who visit have carried out some horrific acts, like the woman who drove her mother and fiancee to suicide. When sending her to hell, Saijou ensures she meets the same fate as her victims.
Even though only a few chapters in the manga Mushishi revolve around disturbing Mushi, the people Genki visits are either the victims of or are experiencing anomalies as a result of these youkai and require help. In Jigoku, it is the humans who are committing horrific acts against other humans, and the youkai that Toono sees only represent those atrocities they have perpetrated. Additionally, rather than saving or helping humans in some manner like in Mushishi, Saijou's goal is to do the exact opposite by damning his clients to hell for all of eternity. Both shows deal with hidden ecosystems of youkai and the way they deal with humans, but where Mushishi is about helping those people, Jigoku Kurayami Hana mo Naki is more often about making sure they suffer the punishment they deserve.
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