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• Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Inverted, as Ginko wears modern clothes in a feudal setting.
• Crowning Music of Awesome: The soundtrack is beautiful. Even the short, simple main theme is profoundly emotional to listen to.
• Ensemble Darkhorse: Adashino.
• Fan Nickname: Ginko is sometimes referred to by the fans as "Pimp-ko" for his almost superhuman ability to attract women.
• Fridge Brilliance: Ginko's remarks in Episode 20 about being unsure how much longer he'll survive seem reasonable enough given his line of work, but take on a whole new level of meaning when you remember that he is most likely fated to turn into a Tokoyami one day like Nui.
• Nightmare Fuel: This show practically runs on this, especially in later episodes.
  • Any episode where Body Horror is involved... especially the second episode. Dude... her eyes!
    • This is even worse in the episode "Eye Of Fortune, Eye Of Misfortune", which is basically the evolution of that episode.
  • Same with purple squicky stuff coming out of the forehead, or pink clouds from the ears and mouth.
  • Or rainbows that make you hallucinate and attach to your body. That's right, even rainbows are terrifying in this story.
  • Also strings that float in the sky, that are actually fishing lines for huge flying Mushi to grab food with.
  • Then there was the story about the guy whose dreams become reality. Especially the part where he dreams of a plague that turns the rest of the villagers to dust. Shudder...
  • The "dog" that the boy draws in the first episode. It comes to life, still appearing as a poorly made child's drawing. To say the least, the thought of seeing something like that actually walking around gives me the willies.
• Paranoia Fuel: So much. Two examples being Episode 4 (Had a nightmare recently? It may become reality) and Episode 17 (Don't. Ever. Close. Any. Door. Or be in any completely closed place. Not even for a second.)
  • This is mostly because the Mushi and their effects seem to be based on everyday weirdness, generally stuff that in reality has perfectly reasonable explanations, but here are caused by Mushi. The mushi themselves are reminiscent of the weird dust specs (often called 'floaters') that get stuck on your pupils and float about.
• Stoic Woobie: Ginko -- but this depends on how much you hate the idea of being a wandering exorcist of sorts for the rest of your life.
• Stupid Sexy Flanders: Ginko has been known to have this effect on male fans, even Jason Miao.
• Tear Jerker: Quite a few stories. Check the page.
• The Woobie: Most of the side characters qualify.