GinYuu

GinYuu is the het ship between Ginko and Tanyuu Karibusa from the Mushishi fandom.

Canon
Tanyuu is a descendant of a woman who has agreed to seal a Mushi inside her body. Because of that, one in every other generation of the Karibusa family has carried this Mushi inside them. The Forbidden Mushi, unlike any other, destroys all things indiscriminately. The family member who gets to inherit them has a part of their body turn ink black and useless. They are called the Scribe and are the ones responsible to suppress them. The solution is to write down the stories of other Mushi that a Mushi-shi, people who can see Mushi and travel from place to place to attend to situations that involve it, tells them. The Mushi would slowly come out of the affected body part as ink and be sealed in a script.

Tanyuu is the fourth Scribe in her family, with the curse being located on her right leg. She lives in a lone house in the wilderness with an old Mushi-shi, Tama. She has been staying with Tanyuu since she was born and was the one who taught her the way to suppress the Forbidden Mushi. Over time, Tanyuu has grown sick of those stories because most of it was only about killing. Even though they are causing her pain, Tanyuu nonetheless respects them because they were only killed out of fear.

Ginko, a Mushi-shi, has heard of Tanyuu's condition and travels to meet her. Tanyuu is initially hostile to him, thinking that another death story awaits her. But unlike his fellow Mushi-shi, Ginko tells her of a non-killing one. He gets Tanyuu's attention, and she later permits him to see her story archives after rejecting his request earlier. Tanyuu asks him to visit her now and then so that Ginko can tell her more stories of Mushi and living things coexisting. He smiles and replies that he would be happy to.

As promised, Ginko visits Tanyuu again but goes to read the archives instead because he was informed that she was resting. When Tanyuu wakes, Tama goes to Ginko to inform him but is met with a warning from him that bookworms are eating the scrolls and the seals are breaking down. As he tells her so, characters from the scrolls escape and head out of the basement. The two call out for Tanyuu, so she once again seals all the Mushi.

Later, Ginko tells her more stories, and Tanyuu, needless to say, writes them all down. He tells her not to overdo herself when she asked for more as it has been a tough couple of days. Tanyuu asks Ginko if he will stay with her until the end, and he then assures her that he will. Ginko requests Tama to take the futon out so Tanyuu can rest, but Tanyuu instead requests that he take her out for a walk. As he carries her on his back, Tanyuu tells Ginko her worries that she may not be able to get rid of the Mushi before she dies and that her descendants will also inherit the birthmark.

Ginko asks her what she wants to do if her foot heals. Tanyuu wishes to travel with him and meet all the Mushi he was telling her about. She laughs, saying that she might already be an old woman if that ever happens. He looks at her and says nothing. When he turns his back on her, she explains that it is a joke. Ginko agrees as long as he is still alive by then, considering that he can be eaten by a Mushi any day. Tanyuu assures him that he will live.

Quotes
"There's only one woman alive who can drown in a sea of letters. Even as the Mushi are eating her body, she loves them. Only one woman does that... just one."

- Ginko's thoughts about Tanyuu

Fanon
Mushishi is a story with an episodic plot, meaning each new episode introduces new characters every time. With that being said, Tanyuu only appeared in one TV episode and two special episodes, so not much information can be said about the pair. Fans find their relationship to be beautiful and tragic at the same time since both are forced to have a symbiotic nature with Mushi; Tanyu is bound to a certain place because of the one residing inside her body, and Ginko can’t settle down in one place because he tends to attract them. This means that they can’t live together despite of them wanting to travel together in the future.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Ginko/Tanyuu tag on FanFiction.net
 * Ginko/Tanyuu tag on FanFiction.net
 * Ginko/Tanyuu tag on FanFiction.net

FAN ART

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