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hotwaterandmilk · 7 days

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Series: Ayashi no Ceres Artist: Watase Yuu Publication: Sho-Comi Magazine #19 (09/1996) Details: Waku Waku Picnic Bag Source: Scanned from my personal collection

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skonksrus · 2 months

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Here's a good ol' Tasuki

#my art #fanart #fushigi yugi #fushigi yuugi #fushigi yûgi #ふしぎ遊戯 #yuu watase #tasuki #翼宿

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longestdistanceart · 1 year

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Fushigi Yugi group pic. I like to think of this as a gift to my 12 year-old self who loved this series and Yuu Watase's art!

#fushigi yuugi #yuu watase #illustration #fanart #art tag #character art #2023

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bbanimalstories · 1 year

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Yuu Watase, "Fushigi Yûgi", 1991

#my personal favorite fushigi yûgi art cuz liiiike why don't you all just kiss already #yuu watase #fushigi yuugi #fushigi yûgi #miaka yuki #tamahome #hotohori #90s manga #retro anime #shoujo manga #scans

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haveyoureadthismanga-poll · 5 months

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#Fushigi Yûgi #fushigi yuugi #yuu watase #1991 #90s #shojo #sho-comi #complete

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animenostalgia · 9 months

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Fushigi Yuugi art by Yuu Watase

#Fushigi Yuugi #Fushigi Yugi #90s manga #Yuu Watase #90s shoujo #manga art #Summer #Nuriko #Tamahome #Tasuki

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persephinae · 4 months

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#fushigi yuugi #byakko senki #yuu watase #LONGEST YEAH BOIIIIIII EVER

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animefeminist · 4 months

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Fushigi Yugi: Adolescence Apotheosis

SPOILERS for the entirety of the Fushigi Yugi TV series.

CONTENT WARNING for discussions of sexual assault and emotional abuse.

Editor's Note: Yuu Watase is x-gender and, per the US publisher of her work, continues to use she/her pronouns in translation.

Yuu Watase was only 22 when she started writing Fushigi Yugi, and it shows. For better and worse, it’s obviously the work of a young, inexperienced writer. It’s a raw, emotional, often frustrating narrative driven more by feelings than logic.

On the other hand, Watase’s youth gives her an insight into the teenage psyche that many more polished narratives lack. Fushigi Yugi uses isekai trappings and the relationship between Miaka and Yui to explore common sources of desire and anxiety for teenage girls along with their potential consequences, both positive and negative. By tapping into the mentality of its audience and providing reassurance in its conclusion, Fushigi Yugi serves the function of a fable or fairy tale.

Escaping Anxiety in Another World

At fifteen, protagonist Miaka and her best friend Yui face a major transitional period in their lives. Japanese students prepare for high school entrance exams in the equivalent of ninth grade, and the school they get into can play a major role in determining the rest of their lives. Despite an increased interest in sex, romantic relationships are considered a waste of precious studying time. Friendships are on the cusp of breaking apart because people may get into different schools.

Read it at Anime Feminist!

#fushigi yugi #fushigi yuugi #yuu watase #miaka yuuki #shoujo #shoujo anime #shoujo manga #articles

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shoujo-memory · 5 months

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