| | |  | NARUTO | Home » » » Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 1 | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | This exciting prequel to VIZ's best-selling fantasy series FUSHIGI YUGI tells the story of the very first of the priestesses of "The Four Gods"-the Priestess of Genbu! As referred to in Volume 12 of FUSHIGI YUGI, Takiko Okuda was the first of the priestesses to enter "The Universe of the Four Gods." With this latest work from the pen of best-selling artist Yu Watase (ALICE 19TH), Takiko's full story is told. | | | Features: | |
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Yuu Watase | | Paperback:
| 200 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| June 22, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1591168961 | | Package Length:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 12 reviews |
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 Easily accessible by almost anyone who wants to pick it upNov 24, 2009
Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden is a prequel to the classic Fushigi Yûgi series that follows the story of Takiko Okuda, the girl destined to become the priestess of Genbu. Set 80 years prior to the original series, the part of this story that takes place on earth explains how a modern Japanese translation of "The Universe of the Four Gods" came to be.
In 1923, Takiko's father, Einosuke Okuda, comes home from a year-long stay in China to work on a translation of an ancient scroll. Within it is the tale of "The Universe of the Four Gods." If any virgin maiden were to read it, she could be drawn inside and forced to live out the tale as the heroine. Okuda returns to Japan upon the near completion of his work, only to find that his daughter resents him for his absence and his wife is at death's door.
Infuriated with her father's passive attitude toward his family, Takiko attempts to rip apart her father's translation of "The Universe of the Four Gods." But upon opening the book, Takiko is pulled inside, leaving only her hair ribbon and the book behind. Now those two objects are the only things connecting her with her home.
Takiko realizes quickly that she is inside the book, finding herself in the country of Bei-Ja as it sits on the brink of war with its neighbor, Qu-Dong. She helps save the life of a woman she finds chained to a rock, only to discover that she was a fugitive condemned to death. Much to her surprise, this woman is actually a man--and not just any man. He is Limdo, son of the Qu-Dong emperor, as well as the Genbu celestial warrior Uruki. Limdo's powers allow him to control wind, but only while in female form. He has no desire to fulfill his role as a celestial warrior. He even encourages Takiko not to take up the title of the Genbu priestess, for it would only lead to despair. Still, the chemistry between the two cannot be denied.
As in Fushigi Yûgi, Takiko hears about the legend of a girl coming from another world and decides to take on the responsibility of gathering the celestial warriors and summoning Genbu to save the country. Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden puts a new spin on the legend, or at least how the people perceive it. The priestess of Genbu is prophesized to appear at a time when the country is on the brink of collapse, so to some citizens, Takiko is a sign of impending disaster. Additionally, the warriors themselves have reservations about joining Takiko on her journey. They all have their own issues, from simply despising their fates to fearing their own powers and even dodging bounties on their heads.
Watase's art style has clearly evolved between the original series and the prequels, but she still maintains her effortless grace. Also, much like the original series, Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden requires a bit of maturity due to scenes that involve nudity and violence. Neither issue is taken for granted, nor have they ever been in Watase's works.
One of this prequel's perks is that the reader does not need to have read the original Fushigi Yûgi to understand Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden. Everything is explained. There are no references made to the priestesses of Suzaku or Seiryu from the original series. It appears that the story within "The Universe of the Four Gods" also takes place before the events Miaka and Yui experience in the original manga. This makes Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden easily accessible by almost anyone who wants to pick it up.
-- Courtney Kraft
 Hmmm.....Aug 15, 2009
The reason I put three stars is because its almost the same as the first fushigi yugi. Heroine falls in love with the first guy she meets.... ect. I hoped it was better than the first one but is was not to be. I love the art work though.....
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
THANK YOU YU WATASE!May 18, 2006
(SPOILERS INCLUDED)
I want to start off by sayin that I'm so happy that Yu Watase made this manga. It can be enjoyed by both female and males, it has a lot of action-adventure and drama to it, and the lovy dovy stuff definetly isnt as much as the original. I always wanted to know more about the Priestess of Genbu, since she was the first priestess to get pulled into the book, and yet we know so little about her. To everyone that doesnt know yet, her name was Takiko Okuda and her Father Einosuke brougth the Universe of the Four Gods from China to Japan around 1923.This story is very much more mature and darker than the original Fushigi Yugi. Takiko is a 17 year old girl who moves to Morioka from Tokyo because her mother wanted to move back to her hometown since she's dying. Anyways she hasnt seen her father in like a year and then he finally comes home with the Universe of the Four Gods, he is obsessed with the book, and continues to translate it, ignoring both his daughter and sick wife. Takiko's mother ends up dying, so she goes to her father, who has just finished translating the book. She is filled with rage, since he hasn't stopped working on the book, and it seems that he doesnt even care about his own wifes death. Takiko tells her father that she know he wished she would have been a boy, and he says "perhaps if you were a boy maybe i could have..." and right after he says that, takiko in her rage grabs the Universe of the Four Gods and is about to start to rip it when shes pulled into it. She end up in Bei-jia a.k.a Hokkan, the Land of Genbu. She is on a snow-covered mountain, this is were she finds Uruki of the Genbu Celestial Warriors, he is a man, but when using his power, he turns into a woman, and he's chained to a wall. He is supposed to be put to death since he has killed 1000 men(most of them being assassins sent to kill him). Takiko goes up to him(he's in his female form) and just as she does, snow demons come out of the ground to feast on the humans. Takiko grabs a stick(mind you she is very skilled with the Naginata) and she trys to fight them, in order to defend Uruki who she doesnt even know. Right when she is about to be killed by the group of demons, Uruki uses his wind powers to kill them all. He is very weak after spending the night chained to the wall, and has a fever. Takiko takes him(still in his female form the whole time) to a inn, where she lays(not sex!) with him to reduce his fever. After she does, they wake up the next morning and he's in his male form. She starts freaking out, and talks about how now no one will ever want to marry her now. He thanks her and she asks him what is the animal on the wall panel, which is Genbu(a turtle mixed with a snake). He tells her about the legend of the Priestess from another world, and how everyone looks at the Priestess and Celestial Warriors as a bad omen. Since the Priestess appears when the country is on the brink of collapse. Qu-dong a.k.a Kutou whos guardian is Seiryu, is invading Bei-jia trying to conquer it since it is the biggest country of the four. We also find out that Limdo is Uruki's birthname. A bounty hunter is after Limdo and is at the inn. He trys to kill Limdo, but fails. Later on Limdo and Takiko are surrounded by a bunch of people who want to kill Limdo. When they are about to attack, Takiko blinds them all by giving off her Legendary Silver Light, which she doesnt even know how she did. Limdo escapes, and Takiko is taken away by the bounty hunter who we find out is Tomite of the Celestial warriors. Remember him from the original, he and Hikitsu guarded Takiko's Shinzaho even after dying 200 years earlier. Thats how vol.1 ends. It's a very good manga, so give it a try! Also thanks for reading my long review!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Hands down one of the best shojo titles outMay 17, 2006
Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden is probably my favorite Yu Watase title up to date. Takiko, the female lead, is a strong young woman who is not afriad to do what she knows is right and doesn't back down. She can handle herself and will fight to protect what she holds dear. When I first picked up the title, it wasn't because I was a huge fan of the original Fushigi Yugi. Honestly, Miaka irritated me with her generally weak and helpless behavior. To me, it seemed like she always needed to be saved. However, I could not have been more pleasantly surprised when I realized in just the first volume that Takiko was a strong, deep character with many layers to her personality and her fair share of human flaws. All in all you realized very quickly that Genbu Kaiden is significantly darker and aimed towards an older audience than most of Yu Watase's other works. Definitly a manga for you if you're a fan of the creater's work and are becoming immune to the Imadoki-style fluff. The romance in this manga is much more alluring and mature.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Really worth the read.Jan 30, 2006
Being a really big fan of the Fushigi Yugi series that I was really excited that Yuu Watase started a new project after she said that the story was "finished". It is finished but she always wanted to write the prequels, The Genbu and Byakko stories. Genbu Kaiden is the story of the priestess of Genbu. Her father was actually the one who wrote the book, thus the beginning of the tale. I really do hope that they make the story into an anime series. As it's an awesome story. Has more bite than the original anime series as it's more mature. We all know what the ending will be, but it's really cool to find out how the story gets there.
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