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ふしぎ遊戯 白虎仙記 [Fushigi Yūgi: Byakko Senki] #3
Fushigi Yûgi: Byakko Senki, Vol. 3
シリーズ累計2000万部突破！
白虎七星士・婁宿、覚醒ーー…！
鈴乃がカサルとカルムの兄弟に出会えた矢先、刺客から鈴乃を庇って、兄が倒れた。失意の中、カルムは七星士として目覚め、鈴乃は偽巫女ネイランの野望を阻止するため、巫女としての覚悟を決める。だが、新たな敵が鈴乃たちの行く手を阻み…？
異世界ファンタジー怒濤の第3巻！
白虎七星士・婁宿、覚醒ーー…！
鈴乃がカサルとカルムの兄弟に出会えた矢先、刺客から鈴乃を庇って、兄が倒れた。失意の中、カルムは七星士として目覚め、鈴乃は偽巫女ネイランの野望を阻止するため、巫女としての覚悟を決める。だが、新たな敵が鈴乃たちの行く手を阻み…？
異世界ファンタジー怒濤の第3巻！
168 pages, Paperback
First published December 10, 2024
About the author
Yuu Watase
354 books1,175 followersYuu Watase (渡瀬悠宇) is a Japanese shoujo manga-ka. She is known for her works Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, Ceres: The Celestial Legend, Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend. She likes all music, except heavy metal and old traditional music.
She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. Because of her frequent use of beautiful male characters in her works, she is widely regarded in circles[which?] as a bishōnen manga artist.[citation needed] In October 2008, Watase began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.
Her name is romanized as "Yû Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase".
She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. Because of her frequent use of beautiful male characters in her works, she is widely regarded in circles[which?] as a bishōnen manga artist.[citation needed] In October 2008, Watase began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.
Her name is romanized as "Yû Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase".
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February 10, 2026
Review to be adjusted once series is complete
I am glad that the Byakko Senki prequel is finally back from its hiatus. Watase has grown a lot as both a storyteller and an artist since she first penned the original Fushigi Yûgi series. I think for many it's a sense of nostalgia but I read the original years after its first publication. I enjoyed it in parts but it was also littered with bad cliches. She then brought us the Genbu Kaiden prequel several years later which I enjoyed a lot more. Now we finally have this series which first chronologically after Genbu Kaiden but before the original.
So far, much like Genbu Kaiden, it is a much more refined work than the original; we have beautiful art, less forced humour and higher stakes. The setting and character relationships feel more organic and leave you wanting the next volume. In this series, we follow Suzuno who gets sucked into the world of the four gods at a very young age only to be tossed out again! She grows into her teenage years plagued by a sense of loss and dreams of tigers. She is torn by wanting to get on with her life and sensing the book of the four gods will come for her again.
I am glad that the Byakko Senki prequel is finally back from its hiatus. Watase has grown a lot as both a storyteller and an artist since she first penned the original Fushigi Yûgi series. I think for many it's a sense of nostalgia but I read the original years after its first publication. I enjoyed it in parts but it was also littered with bad cliches. She then brought us the Genbu Kaiden prequel several years later which I enjoyed a lot more. Now we finally have this series which first chronologically after Genbu Kaiden but before the original.
So far, much like Genbu Kaiden, it is a much more refined work than the original; we have beautiful art, less forced humour and higher stakes. The setting and character relationships feel more organic and leave you wanting the next volume. In this series, we follow Suzuno who gets sucked into the world of the four gods at a very young age only to be tossed out again! She grows into her teenage years plagued by a sense of loss and dreams of tigers. She is torn by wanting to get on with her life and sensing the book of the four gods will come for her again.
February 17, 2026
4 stars - The artwork is beautiful, as always, and I love to see how things are developing towards the ending that everyone knows is coming. Tatara has been a wonderful surprise - instead of the usual Watase hot MMC, we've seen him at different stages as he's grown up. And Tokaki is lot like Namba from Hana Kimi, not just an old letch like in the original Fushigi Yugi!
I think this series would be best binged, especially since the gap between manga releases has been so random. I'm excited to read book 4!
I think this series would be best binged, especially since the gap between manga releases has been so random. I'm excited to read book 4!
March 6, 2026
I love how this series continues to surprise me, even after all this time. Because we have already met many of these characters, it can seem easy to anticipate the roles they will come to play in the story. And yet, Karm being the one to step into the Celestial Warrior role when Kasal is mortally wounded genuinely threw me, but in a good way! It's a unique experience to get to see your eventual romantic interest/lead grow up with the story, and Watase balanced the stirrings of those feelings beautifully with the instinctual protectiveness of the warrior role. I'm just really excited to see how Karm/Tatara and Suzuno develop toegther. Much of this can just be chalked up to experience, but Watase has finessed their character work — Takiko felt more well-rounded than Miaka and Yui, while Suzuno builds upon the foundation of all those who came before and balances the brave face with the trauma and terror she would naturally feel given all she's suffered.
December 6, 2025
Such beautiful art. The story is moving along at a good pace. I’m glad to be reading more of Watase’s work.
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