Today's post is on Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, Volume 1: Priestess by Yuu Watase. It is 197 pages long and is published by Shojo Beat. The cover has the two main characters on it facing the reader. The intended reader is someone who likes historical fantasy, high fantasy, romance, and shojo stories. There is mild foul language, mild sexuality, and violence in this story. The story is told from third person close of the main characters. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- When best friends Miaka and Yui open the pages of an ancient Chinese books, they are transported into the Universe of the Four Gods, a parallel world to ancient China. Now, to escape schoolwork and family problems, Miaka fless to the parallel world, only to find a lot more danger and romance than she bargained for.
Review- This is a classic shojo manga that changed the genre and this volume shows why. It is very strong start to an epic story. Miaka wants to make her mother happy but Miaka herself is very unhappy with her life at this time. She is trying to pass a test into the great high school but she keeps failing and Miaka feels unloved. Yui is her clever, pretty friend who does understand her but does not know what to do to help her. Enter the Macguffin, the book that is legend of the Universe of the Four Gods, and they are temporally transported to the parallel world. The girls are now joined in some way that will have to explored as the story goes on. The romance is going to be really important I think because Miaka and Tamahome are already falling in love. The art is top notch, the story is very engaging, and the characters are great. I have not done this first volume an justice because everything is so good. I look forward to reading the next volume.
I give this volume a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
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