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Bandit (Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 4)

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Fushigi Yugi is about a bouncy eighth grade girl named Miaka. She's just a regular junior high school girl trying to get through exams, but one day she goes inside a restricted library and opens up a book called The Universe of the Four Gods. She gets transported inside the book and finds herself in Ancient China. She had to get out of the book, so she has to find the seven oracles. On her mission she falls in love with a handsome seventeen year old guy named Tamahome. He's caring and does the best for his family by earning as much money as possible - but at first when Miaka tells her feelings for him, he rejects her and says doesn't feel the same way.

Eventually Miaka discoveres that the beatiful emperor of Hong-Nan, Hotohori, is in love with her. By then Tamahome also discovers he had fallen in love with Miaka, so it form a love triangle. When this is all happening, Miaka is able to get in her own world...but then her best friend, Yui, who is the one who saved her gets stuck in Ancient China. A day passes by, then Miaka goes back to the restricted library to seek for Yui. She transports back into Ancient China, and she finds out a lot of bad things had happened to Yui during that time. Even though it was only a day in the present time, it was months in the other world. Yui sides with another country, and this forces them to become rivals.

This is a good book that has a mixture of romance, friendship, comedy, horror, action and adventure all in one great series. A must-read!

Fushigi Yugi is a wonderful story. Two Japanese school girls, who happen to be the best of friends, are pulled into ancient china in a book. Miaka Yuki is the Priestess of Suzaku, and very kind and loving. However, Miaka's best friend, Yui, becomes Miaka's rival, the Priestess of Seiryu. Yui becomes rather twisted and evil and is bent on taking revenge on Miaka by stealing away Tamahome.

In the 4th volume, Bandit, Miaka needs to find the 3 remaining Celestial warriors of Suzaku so that Tamahome will return to her. But now she finds that this task is much more difficult than she thought. One warrior is a bandit, and, DEAD?!? Miaka travels to find a rumored doctor that can ressurect the dead. But on their way back from finding this doctor, Miaka catches a plague that slowly leaves it's victims to die slow and painfully. Will will Miaka do?

FY 4... the beginning part of this story is a bit confusing, but the end makes up for everything. The story of Nioh-an and Shao-huan sent shivers up my spine, and their dialogue was SO SAD!!! By the way, if you're a Tasuki fan you should like this one. Also, this volume contains ALL of Mitsukake's story in the ENTIRE series. That and the fact that two new celestial warriors are found make this volume an indispensable one in the FY story. Read it! You'll enjoy it. ^_^

Yu Watase packs a lot of story in this volume. Included are the introductions of Tasuki and Mitsukake. There is adventure, horror, romance and plot development.

Having previously read the first three novels, I had no doubt the fourth novel would be just as good. It exceeded my expectations. The manga seems to get better and better with each volume. Personally, this is my favorite volume since the bandit Tasuki is introduced (my favorite character). Miaka continues her quest to find the remaining Suzaku Senshi and runs into all sort of trouble. I highly recommend this volume as well as the rest of the series. Money well-spent.

Volume 5 was action packed, interesting, moved the plot along well, and was very enjoyable to read. Has been the best in the series so far. Worth every pretty penny.

Yu Watase, Fushigi Yugi: Bandit (Viz, 1992)

The fourth installment of Fushigi Yugi has Miaka and crew searching for the last three Constellations of Suzaku. We get two stories here; the first takes them into a bandit camp, the second into a town stricken by plague. As the story's ramped itself up and some of the major pieces have fallen into place, there's more focus on the action in the stories, and things are getting faster-paced and building to the first of what is likely to be a number of climaxes. A fun series, well worth your time. *** ½

*Out of all the manga I read from this series, I like this one the best cause of Tasuki. Tasuki is my favorite character cause, he's always sarcastic and is always ready to kick... But its all good! Fushigi Yugi is serious must have for the anime otaku (otaku- japanese word for obsessed fan).

I think the title says it all. Once again Yu Watase has created a Masterpiece. THis has got to be favorite out of all the Fushigi Yugi novels because no one is fully disrobed! WOW! Also, Nuriko's ,um, *ahem*, yah, is not addressed all that much. Also, Tasuki and Mitsukake are a couple of my favorite characters. I love Tasuki's entrance...*sigh* Anyway, I recomend this book. There is one point where Miaka's in danger of losing something precious, and it is (as the others are) not suitable for young children.

Ok, now taking into consideration that this book is totally great, in fact so great that i can't even tell you the 1/8th of it. So i will introduce you to tama-home he is really to-die-for, and to think, manga artists get paid to draw him all day... anyway tama-home was (and occasionally still is) always looking to make some cash, not because he is greedy, but to help his family. When he meets Miaka, a girl from today, who opens a book and goes to this other land, he is brusqe, but after she goes home for a while, (3 months) then he realizes how much he loves her, which is a good thing because miaka fell for him a bit a go...
So BUY THESE BOOKS! TAMA-HOME rules!...