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Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 1: Priestess
by Yuu Watase
This series is so highly regarded, being one of the major pioneers for the 90s shoujo isekai trend (similarly to Sailor Moon's influence on the mahou shoujo subgenre), and Fushigi Yûgi was also a major influence on the very first otome game, Angelique. So it's safe to say that my expectations were (and still are) pretty high. And my first impression was... pretty good honestly.
First off, I just want to mention how pleasantly surprised I was to see how silly and comedic the story and characters were from page one. I guess I'm just so used to the more dark and serious fantasy/scifi series, so it was so refreshing to have characters making stupid faces and throwing tables at each other.
As for the story and characters themselves, well I'm a sucker for an interesting take on isekai stories (i.e. not the generic crap that we've been drowning in for years now), and being transported into a book is high on my list of worthy subjects, I mean I AM on Goodreads lmao. I also find the ancient China location to be interesting (probably due to all the danmei).
Miaka is a fun protagonist. I like that she's determined, but not super airheaded, and seems like someone who cares a lot about her friends and family. Tamahome is charming and funny (definitely prefer his sheared hair), what's-her-face-palace-lady is kind of a psychotic brat so far (hopefully she'll improve), and the emperor is hot (nothing else to add there sorry hahaha).
I'm excited to see what this series will do!
First off, I just want to mention how pleasantly surprised I was to see how silly and comedic the story and characters were from page one. I guess I'm just so used to the more dark and serious fantasy/scifi series, so it was so refreshing to have characters making stupid faces and throwing tables at each other.
As for the story and characters themselves, well I'm a sucker for an interesting take on isekai stories (i.e. not the generic crap that we've been drowning in for years now), and being transported into a book is high on my list of worthy subjects, I mean I AM on Goodreads lmao. I also find the ancient China location to be interesting (probably due to all the danmei).
Miaka is a fun protagonist. I like that she's determined, but not super airheaded, and seems like someone who cares a lot about her friends and family. Tamahome is charming and funny (definitely prefer his sheared hair), what's-her-face-palace-lady is kind of a psychotic brat so far (hopefully she'll improve), and the emperor is hot (nothing else to add there sorry hahaha).
I'm excited to see what this series will do!