Fushigi Yuugi
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Fushigi Yuugi

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Mysterious Play, Curious Play
Japanese: ふしぎ遊戯
English: Fushigi Yugi
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 18
Chapters: 106
Status: Finished
Published: May 1992 to Jul 1996
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Drama Drama, Fantasy Fantasy, Romance Romance
Themes: Historical Historical, Isekai Isekai, Reverse Harem Reverse Harem
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Sho-Comi
Authors: Watase, Yuu (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.631 (scored by 1091110,911 users)
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Ranked: #21062
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Popularity: #796
Members: 23,934
Favorites: 981

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Synopsis

While visiting the National Library, junior-high students Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo are transported into the world of a mysterious book set in ancient China, "The Universe of The Four Gods." Miaka suddenly finds herself with the responsibility of being the priestess of Suzaku, and must find all of her celestial warriors for the purpose of summoning Suzaku for three wishes. However, the enemy nation of the god Seiryuu has manipulated Yui into becoming the priestess of Seiryuu. As enemies, the former best friends begin their long struggle to summon their respective gods and obtain their wishes...

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Background

Fushigi Yuugi was published in English by VIZ Media from December 10, 2003 to April 11, 2006. A 3-in-1 omnibus edition was released under the Shojo Beat VIZBIG imprint from January 20, 2009 to June 15, 2010.

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Reviews

Jan 14, 2021
After nearly two years of reading this series I have finally finished! Starting when I bought the first volume at my library to reading half of it online, scrambling to find later chapters, and ultimately just buying the vizbig versions. Through this series I have concluded that Yuu Watase is one of my favorite manga authors. Her works are stunning in terms of art and the stories are always so interesting, well planned out, and dramatic. Fushigi Yuugi is considered “The Mysterious Play” and from the start, all the way to the end, Watase does not let up once on the adventures and angst of ...
Mar 11, 2023
Mixed Feelings
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This is a hard one to rate as there were some good and some bad things about this anime. I'll list some of both the good and bad.

1. I enjoyed the friendships that were formed along the way. Though some of them came a little later than others, they felt genuine and I shed some tears when we lost a few of them.
2.There were some funny moments, sad moments, moments that infuriated me, meaning the story was able to bring out many different emotions.
3. I liked Miaka as the lead and wanted to see her succeed.
4. I liked the romance.

Those are some of the good ...
Nov 7, 2012
This is a review that I wrote on mangafox some years ago, under my username 'lady_ribbon". The reason I'm posting it here is because its still so true. (Some parts have been slightly edited).

I have heard a lot about this manga, mostly from raving, insane fangirls who can't type or use punctuation properly. Despite that, I wanted to read it since I love historical anime/manga, and this one seemed really popular.

I was so positive I would love it to pieces.

I was utterly wrong.

I have read all 18 volumes, watched the anime fully, and the O.V.A's. I'll keep my ranting to the manga though, since this ...

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