Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden
Ξ October 23rd, 2007 | → 2 Comments | ∇ Anime |
It’s been a while that I haven’t updated this blog. I’ve been busy in the past few weeks and I haven’t got the time to write something interesting.
However, I came across this one interesting manga while looking for some interesting anime titles in mangavolume.com. It’s entitled “Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden”, a prequel to the famous Fushigi Yuugi anime.
The lead character in the story is a 17-year-old girl named Takiko Okuda, who is living with her ill mother after recently moving to a small town. Her father comes home one day (he’s never home, as he’s a busy novelist), much to Takiko’s chagrin. He apparently has been working on something called “The Universe of the Four Gods” and even after returning home, is obsessed with the book. Her mother soon dies and Takiko becomes angry at her father for ignoring the two of them. These feelings, paired with her feelings of loneliness and uselessness at being rejected both in love and by her father, lead her to attempt to tear the book apart. However, it instead whisks her away to the country of Hokkan where all of her adventures begin.
There are differences from the original FY and this one. Some of them are:
* While the priestesses of Suzaku and Seiryu are regarded as saviors who show up when the country is in trouble, Takiko and her warriors are feared as bad omens whose appearance itself brings misfortune.
* The Genbu bunch had several assassins sent after them; also, while Miaka had the luxury of consulting Tai Yi-Jun, Takiko does not, although Tai Yi-Jun has helped them in some tight spots.
* Takiko is far more aggressive and inclined to fight than the more naive and optimistic Miaka.
* Miaka immediately feel for Tamahome and confessed her feelings while Takiko and Uruki took longer in developing feelings for one another, allowing for a more mature relationship to form by the time they admit their feelings for one another.
The ending will also be different from the original FY where the characters lived happily ever after. It is expected that Takiko will be murdered by her own father to prevent her from being consumed by Genbu. I regret that it have to be that way but I guess it just have to be if the conclusion will follow the one in the original FY.
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