I feel like this film did something for me that the previous episodes of Mushishi haven't done yet, and I liked it a lot. The writing for this series is always something special, but for this film, we get to see a side of the Mushishi profession that we haven't really gotten to see before. You get to see the extent to which this world can flourish at the farthest reaches of mushi. I also liked that this film seemed to give us the first sense of continuity that we've seen from the series to date, which is exciting. I always find it difficult to reviewthis series because it always boils down to me saying that the writing is crafted extremely well. In particular, for this film, I'm glad the story decided to sway into an unknown area because it is quite possible for Mushishi to feel a bit repetitive after a while. All in all, I'm ready to see how this film affects the future, if it does at all.