Yuu Watase

In her first encounter, she meets the mysterious outlaw Limdo, a Celestial Warrior with a tattoo of the Chinese character for "woman" on his chest. Limdo can not only summon the wind as one of his special powers, but h e can also tranform into a woman!Takiko meets up with the bowman, Chamka, who is hunting Limdo. It seems Chamka is one of the seven Celestial Warriors as well...

Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden

Disciple

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 3

Kirsten Simkiss

This one wasn't particularly deep either. But there are definite lines in the sand being drawn. I'm not sure why both girls are so fixated on Tamahome, but he seems to be awfully popular.

First published in Japan by Shogakukan Inc.

Oracle

Fushigi Yugi, Vol. 2 (1st Edition)

This one is a little better than the first one in that we actually get a teeny bit of character development. I'll give it four stars.

Miaka's resolve has started to really form and we're starting to learn actual personalities of the characters. The art is consistent with the first book, which is pretty on it's own. They keep referring to Nuriko's sexual preference as a perversion, but that might just be because it's translated that way from Japanese and the translator just went with that for all of it's appearances. It bothers me a little, because I recall really liking Nuriko later in the series.

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top CreatorsProlific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. Happiness Is Just A Summoning Away Now that she seems to have gathered all seven of her Celestial Warriors, Miaka is ready to summon the god Suzaku, who will grant her three wishes. But Miaka’s former best friend, Yui, has become her mortal enemy, and Yui’s nefarious general Nakago has a secret plan…

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 6

The characters continue to become deeper and deeper, which is really nice. I had forgotten about the twist with Chiriko/Ameboshi. (This is my second read through of the book.) And the art continues to be lovely.

Rival

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 5

This is actually my second read through and this book has the first scene I actually remember. The characters' relationships are finally being tested, which is nice. It makes for good character growth. A lot of the relationships are still really shallow, but it's something that can be built upon. The thing I don't get is how Yui could blame Miaka for being raped. Even with the time difference between the book and the real world, there's no way Miaka could have done anything after escaping the book. By the time she got back, Yui would probably have been attacked already and Miaka probably couldn't have done anything. If two hours was months in the world of the old gods, I don't think she would have made it to Yui in time no matter what.

After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku.

Bandit

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 4

Yui's learning to be careful what she wishes for while Miaka collects her constellations. Six down, one to go! I really love how consistent and pretty the art is. It's very refreshing.

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top CreatorsProlific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. THE BELOVED ROMANTIC FANTASY SERIES CONTINUES! When Miaka was whisked away into the pages of a mysterious old book, she began a dual existence, divided between her life as an ordinary schoolgirl in modern Japan and her role as a priestess in a fictional version of ancient China. Priestess Miaka and her Celestial Warriors saved the earth from destruction, and in the wake of their triumph, Miaka believed that the world of the book was closed to her forever… but she was wrong! Suzaku’s Prophet The voice of the god Suzaku is invading Miaka’s thoughts, and she is given a new mission: to restore the balance of power between the four gods. To do it, Miaka must defeat a new foe—a rising, monstrous power with ambitions to take over all of the universes!

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 14

I really feel like the series should have ended with the 13th volume. This just seems like Yuu Watase is stringing on a series that didn't need it. The end of the 13th volume was just a perfect ending. This just taints that.

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top CreatorsProlific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. Goddess Nakago has entered the real world to collect on Yui’s promise to grant him the third and final Seiryu wish. But his wish may have the greatest consequence of all for Yui! Miaka summons Suzaku, but is it too late to protect her world and the world of the book?

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 13

Finally, the culmination of all the plot lines and all the love triangles and all the character development comes to a climax and the real world becomes the only world. It's great that Tamahome is in the real world now and gets to experience all of that with Miaka.

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top CreatorsProlific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. Shipwrecked! Now that the Seiryu Warriors have ruined their attempt to summon the god Suzaku, Miaka and her Celestial Warriors are forced to travel to a frozen northern country in hopes of gathering the sacred treasures that will grant them a second chance. Little do they know that they have made new enemies, ones who will stop at nothing to wreak their vengeance!

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 7

This one is pretty much just relationship drama. I'm still really bothered by Nuriko getting called a fag all the time, but that might just be the translator again. Still, it makes the story less fun when one of the supporting characters is being put down constantly for being gay/transgendered. (I really do believe that Nuriko would have a sex change if she were in the real world.)

R to L (Japanese Style). Tamahome's love for Miaka has broken Nakago's hold over him, and his memory has returned. Miaka, thinking she now has all seven Celestial Warriors, starts the ceremony to summon Suzaku, only to discover that one of the warriors is an impostor--he's really the Seiryu Celestial Warrior Amiboshi! But when the real warrior Chiriko is discovered, the ceremony will no longer work. Now Miaka must travel to Genbu to find another way to summon Suzaku with a sacred treasure called the shentso-pao. Meanwhile, Yui learns that she too must travel to Genbu to summon Seiryu!

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 3 (VIZBIG Edition)

Alex Landau

This volume got dark pretty fast and had more heart breaking moments than not. The art is lovely and holds up across the different chapters. I loved all the additional drawings outside of the main story. I can't wait to get my hands on further volumes so I can finish the story.

Zahra

Andrea Pozo

A classic shojo series now available in an omnibus format. Miaka Yûki is an ordinary junior-high student who is suddenly whisked away into the world of a book, The Universe Of The Four Gods. There she becomes the priestess of the god Suzaku, and is charged with finding all seven of her Celestial-Warrior protectors. A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top Creators Prolific shôjo ("girls") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from.

Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 1 (VIZBIG Edition)

Kelsey Munson

Jess

Marion Berg

Nicki

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top CreatorsProlific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. THE BELOVED ROMANTIC FANTASY SERIES CONTINUES! Just when Miaka thought her adventures as a priestess in ancient China were over, the god Suzaku reappeared to send her on a new quest. Miaka must reenter The Universe of the Four Gods and collect the seven magic stones that contain the lost memories of her soulmate Taka… or risk losing him forever! Bride Miaka has been fighting a battle across two different worlds to keep Taka, the human incarnation of her true love Tamahome, from vanishing. But what could it mean when Tamahome himself returns to confront Miaka and Taka? The answer to this riddle leads Miaka and the Seven Celestial Warriors to the stunning finale of the best-selling Fushigi Yûgi series!

Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden

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