Fushigi Yûgi: VizBig Edition, Vol. 3

by Yuu Watase

Fifteen-year-old Miaka Yuki is transported into an ancient Chinese kingdom by an old library book, The Universe of the Four Gods. 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!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Romance, Comics Manga, Shojo, Young Adult

600 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2009

About the author

Yuu 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".

Reviews

[Alexa (Alexa Loves Books) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This omnibus edition packed a punch, that's for dang sure.

[Eulercauchy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, Nuriko! What more is there to say?

[BeckyisBookish · Rating 4 out of 5]

THE DRAMA IS SO INTENSE

[elle · Rating 3 out of 5]

actual rating: 3.5

my reaction thread:
* tf just happened w tamahome’s family
* maam sir lust aint the answer
* omfg he rlly asked her to stay with him and not go back and she actually agreed why are yall so horny
* delicate = womanly??? wat (ok imma stop being woke)
* WHY IS EVERYBODY SUDDENLY IN LOVE WITH MIAKA
* holy shit is nuriko gonna die in this volume pls no iM NOT READY
* NO FUCK
* yall they gonna start to die one by one FUCK THIS
* “I can’t tell if it was womanly or manly but that sure was a noble way t’die.” “No... gender has nothing to do with it. Nuriko was just Nuriko.”
* dis bitch is still alive? HNGGGGGG
* yall really straight up telling me that the solution to their problem is hETEROSEXUAL INTERCOURSE? EYE—
* i get it kissing without consent is a thing here
* HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FOOK
* omg he’s gonna rape her nOOOO
* chapter 53 is titled “defiled love” wtf so he raped her?? SO IT IS TRUE THAT SHE HAS TO BE A VIRGIN OMG
* i lowkey feel like he did not rape her and he just you know made it seem like that,,,, same thing with yui
* “show me your body” YALL THEY HORNY HORNY
* oh shit they doing it HOLEY

[Clint Read-Brittian · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG! I totally forgot what had happened in these Volumes. OMG! My heart wasn't ready! I def can't wait to continue! OMG!

[Shia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loving this series so much!

[Mindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

TW: (Attempted) Rape, and discussions around rape.

I have to say, I do not remember Nuriko's arc going in this direction. Ugh! My heart! I do remember Tamahome's arc very well, however, so I guess my heart doesn't hurt too much. That's good, right? Right?!

Overall, I loved learning more lore behind the Four Guardians and meeting more celestial warriors. (2 Genbu and a few more Seiryu)

I believe this is the halfway mark! I cannot remember the last of the Seiryu warriors for the life of me, so I wonder if we'll meet them soon?

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much sadness in this volume....
Death and possible sexual assault....


The author is really going out of her way to put barriers in Miaka and Tamahome’s relationship....


I really love the Suzaku warriors. I’m always laughing when they are getting in trouble... Miaka makes me laugh the most. She’s so adorably funny.

[Haley · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are just some character deaths you never get over, even if it has been over two decades since you first experienced it.

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

It wouldn't be a story with a "priestess" if someone didn't suddenly go "oooh hey! female purity" - yawp, enter the "girls must be virgins" cliche .... and we all know what that means! Another attempted rape for drama *headdesk* (complete with side-order of Idiot Heroine Runs Off Solo Because Reasons even tho it's known fact the weakest of enemy could rip her to ribbons by merely sneezing)

Start up that death clock countdown as the plot decides Celestial Warriors from either side now far more expendable!
____
On a positive note: Nuriko having female pronouns warms my cynical heart. Good choice, editor!
Also island of amazons women warriors that violently destroy men was an interesting lil stop on the way

[Marianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

My gosh! All the emotions are just flowing in: sadness, anger, bitterness, sympathy! My tears couldn't stop flowing! I know this is a 90's series, but it is such a classic masterpiece! Yû Watase referenced a lot of Chinese history and even traveled to several China cities -- I bet she used those as inspiration to build the Fushigi Yûgi world! Incredible series, and this volume multifolds the emotions in a package!

[Danyka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I watched and loved the Anime version of this since I was a kid. It also landed on my favorites.

For now, I got no plans for buying a copy.

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

My babies 😭