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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
This is like one of the FEW (i mean damned rare okay!) animes that I've ever (& will probably) watched in my life and I like it so damned much!! It's probably a very old anime (came out in 1992, i think), and I remember having watched a few episodes on AXN previously. I'm addicted! Anyone's watched this before too?
The title's Fushigi Yuugi and the story's a little complicated (think time-travel, love triangles, betrayal of trust, misunderstandings), but I think it's worth the time. I would love to be in the female lead's place; she's got 2 (or more) damned hot guys head over heels in love with her, caring for and protecting her.
Rooting for you two!
I feel very geeky suddenly. Gahhh.
*updated: long introduction ahead (taken off animeinfo.org)
FUSHIGI YUUGI
Miaka Yuki, the main character, is an aspiring high school student who wants to get into the high school of her choice along with her best friend, Yui Hongo. Miaka is a bit clumsy, has a tendancy not to study very hard, and is easily distracted (especially by food, which she wolfs down whenever she has the chance). She definitely does not start out as the most far-sighted person in the world, and her behavior suggests that. By the end of the story, though, Miaka has grown and changed so much, aware not only of her priorities in life, but also of the value of life itself, as well of her friends and companionship.
The one event that changes Miaka's life forever is her magical journey into the world of a book called "The Universe of the Four Gods". One day, as Yui drags her off to the library in order to return a book, Miaka catches the sight of a beautiful bird with bright red feathers as she drools over some vending machines. Following it to the restricted area of the Library, both Miaka and Yui look in vain for the bird - but instead find an open book (The Universe of the Four Gods) emitting a soft red glow.
As the two begin to read the pages, they find themselves in the ancient Chinese world they had just been reading about, and are almost kidnapped by bandits. However, they are saved just in the nick of time by a handsome young martial artist named Tamahome, who then demands payment for his services. When he doesn't get it, he leaves the two stranded in the middle of nowhere. Yui is then somehow pulled back into the real world, and has no choice but to continue reading about poor Miaka, who is now left all by herself in the strange world of the book.
Miaka finds soon enough that she has companions in this new world, as she takes on the position of "Suzaku no Miko" (Priestess of Suzaku) in order to get home. Suzaku, god of the southern land of Konan where Miaka ends up, is said to grant any three wishes to the priestess who summons him. In order to do that, however, Miaka must first gather together the "Suzaku Seven" - the embodiment of the legendary celestial constellations that make up Suzaku in the night sky, of which Tamahome is but one. In her journeys to accomplish this, Miaka finds romance, pain, happiness, despair, and most of all, the reality of life, as she finds that the obstacles that oppose her goal may come from the most unexpected of places.
sidenote: as you can see, I am too lazy to come up with something of my own. Anyway, Tamahome and Miaka falls in love, Miaka & Yui turn enemies, the 2 girls fall in love with the same person and things get complicated (how else is the story going to continue right).
tama FTW!!
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ANIME, YOU CAN VISIT: http://suzaku.pandorinadesign.com/cast.htm
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