My work is said to be ‘positive and enthusiastic’ but there is actually another side to it… Even if it’s over-the-top, there would have to be ‘love.’ Some of her musings in volume 1 indicate a departure from the traditional shojo (girl’s) comic:

In volume 1, page 25 (1:25) she writes about how she will use Ceres to tell a story that she first thought of when she was still in high school, but it would be a “different kind of horror” story. Watase writes a series of sidebars throughout the books where she talks directly to readers about what is on her mind at the time of writing. Her parents are led away by her other relatives and an uncle tries to strangle her. Then Grandfather Mikage tells Aya that she must die to save the family. Their present is a mummified hand that covers Aki with bloody slashes. Then she and her twin brother Aki go to their grandfather’s house for a party. She’s swept out of the path of an oncoming car by a mysterious stranger. Then on her way home with her friends she falls from a pedestrian bridge over a highway, yet she floats – not falls – to the ground. But all I got was a bunch of dorky horror movie crap!' She goes to a fortune teller, but is angered by what she hears, 'They say her predictions are dead-on. Olsen, Lillian, Translator.Īnnotation: On her sixteenth birthday, Aya Mikage experiences some very strange and frightening events. Simultaneous battles rage in both The Universe of the Four Gods and in present-day Japan, and Celestial Warriors die.'This volume contains the Ceres, celestial legend installments from Part 1, issue 1 through Part 1, issue 6 in their entirety'-Added t.p.

Suboshi follows Yui to Japan, intent on destroying Miaka for Yui. She then sends Miaka back to the real world to separate her from Tamahome, but Tamahome holds on to Miaka, and the couple is sent to present-day Japan together. Yui summons Seiryu and uses one of her wishes to make Nakago a god. Following the legend in the story, Miaka becomes the Priestess of Suzaku and must find her seven Celestial Warriors before she can save the kingdom and return home.Read the shojo manga that started it all! Fushigi Yûgi, the best-selling series from beloved creator Yuu Watase is now available in a VIZBIG Edition-three of the original graphic novel releases collected into one volume, including color artwork and new bonus content! Get It All-Get Big!, The 3-in-1 Edition!įifteen-year-old Miaka Yuki is transported into an ancient Chinese kingdom by an old library book, The Universe of the Four Gods.

Priestess by Yuu Watase