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ふしぎ遊戯 [Fushigi Yûgi]
Series · 18
books · 1992-1996

Books in series

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#1

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 1: Priestess

1992

When best friends Miaka and Yui open the pages of an ancient Chinese book, they are transported into the Universe of the Four Gods, a parallel world to ancient China. Now, to escape schoolwork and family problems, Miaka flees to the parallel world, only to find a lot more danger and romance than she bargained for.
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#2

Oracle

1992

Transported to the Universe of the Four Gods, Miaka is saved from the Imperial Guards when she is proclaimed to be the Priestess of Suzaku. But now she must deal with the lovestruck Emperor and the ire of his would-be bride.
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#3

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 3: Disciple

1992

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top Creators Prolific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. The Mysterious Disciple Miaka Yûki is an ordinary junior high school student who is suddenly transported into the world of a book, The Universe of the Four Gods . Surrounded by enemies with mystic power, she can only rely on her Celestial Warriors and a mysterious monk, a disciple of the oracle, to help her fulfill her quest! Miaka’s best friend, Yui, also enters the book, but suffers a fate much crueler than Miaka’s.
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#4

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 4: Bandit

1993

When best friends Miaka and Yui open an ancient Chinese book, they find themselves transported to a parallel world. Trapped in the Universe of the Four Gods, Miaka is identified as a priestess who must save an entire empire.
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Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 5: Rival

1993

After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku.
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#6

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 6: Summoner

1993

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top Creators Prolific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. Happiness Is Just A Summoning Away Now that she seems to have gathered all seven of her Celestial Warriors, Miaka is ready to summon the god Suzaku, who will grant her three wishes. But Miaka’s former best friend, Yui, has become her mortal enemy, and Yui’s nefarious general Nakago has a secret plan…
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Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 7: Castaway

1993

Now that the Seiryu Warriors have ruined their attempt to summon the god Suzaku, Miaka and her Celestial Warriors are forced to travel to a frozen northern country in hopes of gathering the sacred treasures that will grant them a second chance. Illustrations. Rated for older teens.
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#8

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 8: Friend

1994

Now that the Seiryu Warriors have ruined their attempt to summon the god Suzaku, Miaka and her Celestial Warriors are forced to travel to a frozen northern country in hopes of gathering the sacred treasures that will grant them a second chance. Rated for older teens.
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#9

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 9: Lover

1994

Series Description: Fushigi Yugi features a modern girl magically transported into an ancient Chinese epic fantasy. When they open an ancient Chinese book, best friends Miaka and Yui are transported to the bizarre and dangerous Universe of the Four Gods. In a world with no fast food and no friends, they must find the seven Celestial Warriors and tap the power they hold. Attacks by ninja emissaries, an excursion into the court of the enemy, and Yui's sudden transformation into the Priestess of Seiryu put the two to the ultimate test A much-loved member of the Celestial Warriors of Suzaku has given his life for the sake of a treasure left behind by the god of the North. The Shentso-Pao is one of the keys to summoning the god Suzaku and having Miaka's most cherished wishes granted. Even if she passes the trials and obtains the treasure, can she hold onto it with the murderous Warriors of Seiryu close on her heels?
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#10

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 10: Enemy

1994

Convinced that she can never summon the God Suzaku and get her wishes granted, Miaka runs away from Tamahome and her celestial Warriors, straight into the arms of her enemy Amiboshi.
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#11

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 11: Veteran

1994

Miaka est une collégienne insouciante comme les autres. En attendant le grand amour, elle mange beaucoup et travaille dur pour rentrer dans un lycée réputé et faire plaisir à sa mère. Mais sa vie bascule lorsqu'avec son amie Yui, elles se retrouvent propulsées à l'intérieur d'un livre dont elles deviennent malgré elle les principales héroïnes. Miaka en tant que prêtresse du dieu Suzaku, doit l'invoquer pour sauver le pays de Kônan et découvrir le moyen de rentrer chez elle.
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#12

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 12: Girlfriend

1995

La joven Miaka viaja a un reino de fantasía mediante un libro mágico.
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Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 13: Goddess

1995

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top Creators Prolific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. Goddess Nakago has entered the real world to collect on Yui’s promise to grant him the third and final Seiryu wish. But his wish may have the greatest consequence of all for Yui! Miaka summons Suzaku, but is it too late to protect her world and the world of the book?
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#14

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 14: Prophet

1995

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top Creators Prolific shôjo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. THE BELOVED ROMANTIC FANTASY SERIES CONTINUES! When Miaka was whisked away into the pages of a mysterious old book, she began a dual existence, divided between her life as an ordinary schoolgirl in modern Japan and her role as a priestess in a fictional version of ancient China. Priestess Miaka and her Celestial Warriors saved the earth from destruction, and in the wake of their triumph, Miaka believed that the world of the book was closed to her forever… but she was wrong! Suzaku’s Prophet The voice of the god Suzaku is invading Miaka’s thoughts, and she is given a new to restore the balance of power between the four gods. To do it, Miaka must defeat a new foe—a rising, monstrous power with ambitions to take over all of the universes!
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#15

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 15: Guardian

1995

Miaka must reenter The Universe of the Four Gods and collect the seven magic stones that contain her soulmate Taka's lost memories . . . or else risk losing him forever. Illustrations. Rated for older teens.
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Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 16: Assassin

1996

As enigmatic exchange student Lian slowly takes control of the minds of everyone in school, his agenda becomes clear: he is training an army of assassins to kill Miaka. Illustrations. Rated for older teens.
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#17

Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 17: Demon

1996

An enormous explosion rocks Taka's apartment complex with Taka is inside, and as fire engulfs the building, an image of the demon god Tenko appears in the flames Could Taka have been injured in the blast, or, worse, have fallen into Tenko's clutches? When Tenko steals the four stones that Miaka has already collected, is all hope lost for the return of Taka's memories? And will Tenko's manipulation of Taka and Miaka's friends slowly drive wedges between them and ensure their defeat?
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Fushigi Yûgi

The Mysterious Play, Vol. 18: Bride

1996

The Neverending Story meets Romance of the Three Kingdoms in this praised shojo (girls') manga. When classmates Miaka and Yui open an ancient magical Chinese book, Miaka is transported inside, beyond the reach of schoolwork and family problems, into the Universe of the Four Gods. Heralded as the legendary Priestess of Suzaku, she becomes involved in romance and court politics, and must find the Seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku to fulfill a prophecy and find her way home.

Author

Yuu Watase
Author · 118 books

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".

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