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Fushigi Yûgi: VizBig Edition, Vol. 5
Get It All--Get Big!, The 3-in-1 Edition!
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!
A Collection of Volumes 13 - 15!
Yui summons Seiryu and uses one of her wishes to make Nakago a god. 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. Suboshi follows Yui to Japan, intent on destroying Miaka for Yui. Simultaneous battles rage in both The Universe of the Four Gods and in present-day Japan, and Celestial Warriors die. But Yui is soon to discover that having her wishes granted comes at a great personal price…
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!
A Collection of Volumes 13 - 15!
Yui summons Seiryu and uses one of her wishes to make Nakago a god. 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. Suboshi follows Yui to Japan, intent on destroying Miaka for Yui. Simultaneous battles rage in both The Universe of the Four Gods and in present-day Japan, and Celestial Warriors die. But Yui is soon to discover that having her wishes granted comes at a great personal price…
600 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Yuu Watase
362 books1,166 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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May 4, 2024
Ehhhhh, I like the ending of the main story, but I'm not sure how I feel about the second act just yet.
March 20, 2024
Honestly, for a minute, I wasn’t sure if I actually knew the contents of Vol 14 and Vol 15 in this omnibus. But in fact, I did know it (kind of, I’ve only seen that OVA once) — and because I’m not as familiar with it, it feels like almost new for me, which is kind of fun.
April 28, 2011
Okay, I love this series. I've read the entire series, but I'm only going to review this one because it's the only one I have an objection about.
I'm not going to get too into the storyline, because the part I'm really reviewing is like two-thirds of the way through, when the second part of the series begins.
The first part was excellent. The best manga I've ever read. EVER. And I was uber excited to read the second part, because I was pretty sure she'd somehow get back into the book. I was right, but unfortunately I couldn't get into the second part nearly as much as I did the first.
Spoiler Alert:
Okay, well at the end of part one, Miaka beats Nakago and Seiryu because Yui, coming to her senses, uses her last wish as the priestess of Seiryu to free/summon Suzaku for Miaka. She is devoured by Seiryu, as we all knew she would be. But, when Miaka intertwines with Suzaku, she wishes for Yui back. She pops out of Seiryu's body in a bubble (naked) and managed to fall on Keisuke's friend Tetsuya (whom she hooks up with in part two, if I'm not mistaken, It's been forever since I actually read this.). I actually thought it was a good bit of comic relief. (=
Miaka then proceeds to seal Seiryu away and protect the people in ex-emperor Hotohori's country (oh my freaking God, I cried so hard when he died), and Tamahome, who was severely wounded while fighting Nakago but recovers somewhat when his powers are restored. He kills Nakago, blah blah blah, and they all gather for the end scene. Oh, and all the dead Celestial warriors temporarily came back as ghost thingies (I don't really know what they were) to help in the final battle.
They all say their goodbyes and crap, blah blah blah, and Miaka wishes for Tamahome to be reborn as a man of her world so that they can be together. At first, Yuu makes you think it didn't work because everyone (incuding Tama-baby, as Nuriko called him at the beginning of the series. I absolutely bawled when he/she died as he/she was my favorite character).
Then a bit later, Tamahome shows up as a man of her world, they reunite, end of part one. Yay, happy ending, all that. It should've stopped there.
In part two, it just went downhill. Tamahome became Taka and lost all his powers, and ultimately bacame a fairly boring character, and a total let-down for me, because he was just so awesome in the first part of the series. Also, the beautiful, fabulous artwork that I adored began to change. By the official end of the series, the faces were just plain horrible in MANY instances.
Plus, it just went too far. Sure, it gave a really, really great ending scene that made me cry, once again, but to me it just didn't mesh with the first half. I really wish Yuu had just quit while she was ahead, but I can't bring myself to hate it. It definitely wasn't anywhere near great, but I'm sure there are some of you who are screaming "I loved it, I loved it, what are you talking about?!?!?!?" If you liked it, good for you. For me, though it was a total let-down tacked onto the end of a fabulous series.
I'm not going to get too into the storyline, because the part I'm really reviewing is like two-thirds of the way through, when the second part of the series begins.
The first part was excellent. The best manga I've ever read. EVER. And I was uber excited to read the second part, because I was pretty sure she'd somehow get back into the book. I was right, but unfortunately I couldn't get into the second part nearly as much as I did the first.
Spoiler Alert:
Okay, well at the end of part one, Miaka beats Nakago and Seiryu because Yui, coming to her senses, uses her last wish as the priestess of Seiryu to free/summon Suzaku for Miaka. She is devoured by Seiryu, as we all knew she would be. But, when Miaka intertwines with Suzaku, she wishes for Yui back. She pops out of Seiryu's body in a bubble (naked) and managed to fall on Keisuke's friend Tetsuya (whom she hooks up with in part two, if I'm not mistaken, It's been forever since I actually read this.). I actually thought it was a good bit of comic relief. (=
Miaka then proceeds to seal Seiryu away and protect the people in ex-emperor Hotohori's country (oh my freaking God, I cried so hard when he died), and Tamahome, who was severely wounded while fighting Nakago but recovers somewhat when his powers are restored. He kills Nakago, blah blah blah, and they all gather for the end scene. Oh, and all the dead Celestial warriors temporarily came back as ghost thingies (I don't really know what they were) to help in the final battle.
They all say their goodbyes and crap, blah blah blah, and Miaka wishes for Tamahome to be reborn as a man of her world so that they can be together. At first, Yuu makes you think it didn't work because everyone (incuding Tama-baby, as Nuriko called him at the beginning of the series. I absolutely bawled when he/she died as he/she was my favorite character).
Then a bit later, Tamahome shows up as a man of her world, they reunite, end of part one. Yay, happy ending, all that. It should've stopped there.
In part two, it just went downhill. Tamahome became Taka and lost all his powers, and ultimately bacame a fairly boring character, and a total let-down for me, because he was just so awesome in the first part of the series. Also, the beautiful, fabulous artwork that I adored began to change. By the official end of the series, the faces were just plain horrible in MANY instances.
Plus, it just went too far. Sure, it gave a really, really great ending scene that made me cry, once again, but to me it just didn't mesh with the first half. I really wish Yuu had just quit while she was ahead, but I can't bring myself to hate it. It definitely wasn't anywhere near great, but I'm sure there are some of you who are screaming "I loved it, I loved it, what are you talking about?!?!?!?" If you liked it, good for you. For me, though it was a total let-down tacked onto the end of a fabulous series.
October 20, 2021
Pros about this volume: The characters made me tear up and sad 😢😭, especially the ones who actually died in this series😵. The first part of this series is brilliant as it made you feel all the emotions 🤩. Artwork is still magnificent✍🏼. I love it how Yû Watase shows physical growth on her characters (like when Miaka moved on from being a junior high student to high school student). That transition is showcased beautifully when she changed her school, school uniform, and her hairstyle (even to the point of putting make-up 😊). It just goes to show the physical growth and emotional maturity of the characters. This is satisfying 😊.
One good thing I also find about Part 2 is the conflict and how the antagonist (Lian) is manipulating the student body to destroy Miaka's confidence. Those students calling Miaka "shameless" and implying that Taka is a "damaged good", I mean, "Wow!" that is brutally impactful to our protagonist. I don't like that it is happening to her, but without that conflict, it wouldn't even makeup for a good story.
Cons: Even if the author intended for Miaka to grow emotionally, I think that her growth is not something that is fully realized in Part 2 of the series, which is why I am docking 2 stars 😞. (Although, I am glad to say Miaka's cooking improved. At least now she will be able to fix Taka Sukunami some edible meal 😋.) However, she is still a damsel in distress 👩🏻🦰. Her whole speech about fighting for her and Tamahome's love 💖, I thought, "Okay, Miaka...we get it... You want to fight for both of your happy ending 🥱". That has ALWAYS been the case since Part 1. It has become a repetitive formula even in Part 2 😑. I couldn't care less 🙄.
Since we are now in Part 2, it is understandable that both the setting and characterization will change 😑. But with Part 2, the plot changed from "collecting Suzaku warriors" to "collecting Taka's previous memories as Tamahome". This "collecting the memories" theme is similar to TSUBASA RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE plot, as well as "collecting the Sacred Jewel of the Four Souls" plot in InuYasha.
These plot points becomes repetitive 😑 And the character drama went downhill when 1) Yui is no longer the antagonist (she was a very strong antagonist in Part 1), and when 2) the Suzaku warriors are no longer in the picture (The Suzaku warriors sometimes serve as comic relief in Part 2 of the series.) I believe those two things are the meat of the Fushigi Yûgi franchise. Also, in Part 2, the Suzaku warriors just became background characters to give way to the new antagonists. Without those two elements, the story feels nullified 🥱🙄😑.
One good thing I also find about Part 2 is the conflict and how the antagonist (Lian) is manipulating the student body to destroy Miaka's confidence. Those students calling Miaka "shameless" and implying that Taka is a "damaged good", I mean, "Wow!" that is brutally impactful to our protagonist. I don't like that it is happening to her, but without that conflict, it wouldn't even makeup for a good story.
Cons: Even if the author intended for Miaka to grow emotionally, I think that her growth is not something that is fully realized in Part 2 of the series, which is why I am docking 2 stars 😞. (Although, I am glad to say Miaka's cooking improved. At least now she will be able to fix Taka Sukunami some edible meal 😋.) However, she is still a damsel in distress 👩🏻🦰. Her whole speech about fighting for her and Tamahome's love 💖, I thought, "Okay, Miaka...we get it... You want to fight for both of your happy ending 🥱". That has ALWAYS been the case since Part 1. It has become a repetitive formula even in Part 2 😑. I couldn't care less 🙄.
Since we are now in Part 2, it is understandable that both the setting and characterization will change 😑. But with Part 2, the plot changed from "collecting Suzaku warriors" to "collecting Taka's previous memories as Tamahome". This "collecting the memories" theme is similar to TSUBASA RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE plot, as well as "collecting the Sacred Jewel of the Four Souls" plot in InuYasha.
These plot points becomes repetitive 😑 And the character drama went downhill when 1) Yui is no longer the antagonist (she was a very strong antagonist in Part 1), and when 2) the Suzaku warriors are no longer in the picture (The Suzaku warriors sometimes serve as comic relief in Part 2 of the series.) I believe those two things are the meat of the Fushigi Yûgi franchise. Also, in Part 2, the Suzaku warriors just became background characters to give way to the new antagonists. Without those two elements, the story feels nullified 🥱🙄😑.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 16, 2017
Anyway, I'm gonna start off with the dumbest criticism first - Viz's presentation! (again)
Way to take that artwork and position the logos to cover up the damn important (altho at this point spoilery?) detail of ring on his hand! (yeah yeah, can see Miaka's hand but really... resize something 5%, shift line down a few pixels more? Too mainstream?)
Pages upon pages of Sound FXs notes make their return yet again, but this time buried in that ocean of random letters one can stumble upon a couple of REAL NOTES! (mostly explaining like 3 bad puns of something dumb Miaka said)
And lastly, hello editor? Why did the "magic wish word" change? Yes, in the anime it was always KAIJIN, but guess what - in the last volume it was something else! (unless Seiryu was trollin & gave Yui a different vocal cue just to annoy everyone)
Way to take that artwork and position the logos to cover up the damn important (altho at this point spoilery?) detail of ring on his hand! (yeah yeah, can see Miaka's hand but really... resize something 5%, shift line down a few pixels more? Too mainstream?)
Pages upon pages of Sound FXs notes make their return yet again, but this time buried in that ocean of random letters one can stumble upon a couple of REAL NOTES! (mostly explaining like 3 bad puns of something dumb Miaka said)
And lastly, hello editor? Why did the "magic wish word" change? Yes, in the anime it was always KAIJIN, but guess what - in the last volume it was something else! (unless Seiryu was trollin & gave Yui a different vocal cue just to annoy everyone)
October 14, 2023
I truthfully wish that Yuu Watase hadn’t felt the need to continue the series beyond the end of the Suzaku and Seiryuu story. That would have been a perfectly satisfactory ending, with Tamahome being reborn into the human world. But to suddenly decide “oh gee I seem to be suddenly missing some memories of my time as Tamahome” just to introduce a dark god who was only very vaguely acknowledged once in the original tale? It feels like an unnecessary was to drag out the series.
(I felt the same way with the anime, when they made up an entire unrelated first OVA, then kind of adapted this storyline into the second OVA. It just felt like a cash grab.)
(I felt the same way with the anime, when they made up an entire unrelated first OVA, then kind of adapted this storyline into the second OVA. It just felt like a cash grab.)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 14, 2020
The ending of part one was great. Nice happy ending. Very sweet how everything turned out. Made me emotional.
Oh but that’s not the end! That’s just the end of part one (yay no more Yui being a mega b)...
We really didn’t need to continue to part two but it is nice to be able to see the Suzaku warriors again and to see more of Miaka and Tamahome’s (or now Taka’s) relationship.
Oh but that’s not the end! That’s just the end of part one (yay no more Yui being a mega b)...
We really didn’t need to continue to part two but it is nice to be able to see the Suzaku warriors again and to see more of Miaka and Tamahome’s (or now Taka’s) relationship.
March 22, 2012
Omg, this is much much better then the other 2 bind-ups the pace was too fast for my liking in the last 2 this one was perfecctttt <3 i have the last bind up i can't wait to dig into it!
April 7, 2013
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.
For now, I got no plans for buying a copy.
June 15, 2025
This is the moment I realize I've never finished Fushigi Yugi before. So volume 13 ends the primary story arc, but there's another one that follows on its heels. From volume 14 to the end, we're primarily based in the real world - with some bouncing back and forth into the Universe of the Four Gods. I never knew this was a thing! I mean, I knew about Tamahome, but I thought this arc was all part of Ceres! So color me intrigued to learn that I have something brand new to read from this special literary universe. I have never read an omnibus so quickly before!
June 25, 2024
Quite difficult to rate. The first third (the end of part 1) was really great, but the other 2/3 (beginning of part 2) were not great. Tamahome became super boring, Yui let her hair grow, the school drama is too insane. The bits in the Universe of the Four Gods were far better, but still not the peak of Fushigi Yuugi. Honestly I don't think part 2 is necessary reading, unlike part 1.
July 11, 2012
The story just keeps getting better and better!
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