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Ceres, Celestial Legend - Past Unfound (Vol. 2)

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In the 4th episode (Stolen Hagoromo)
A mysterious metamorphosis has befallen Aya. The being that now stands before them is a girl who has a totally different personality and appearance. Calling herself Ceres, she's determined to extinguish the lives of all the members of the Mikage clan with her incredible powers. Can Yuuhi bring Aya back from over the edge?

In the 5th episode (Tooya's Destiny)
Tooya manages to save Aki from a group of thugs and instructs him to return to the Mikage residence, but Aki refuses, disgusted by his own grandfather who would hunt down his own grandchild. Understanding Aki's feelings, Tooya brings Aki to the Aogiri residence instead, where he is joyfully reunited with Aya. One night, however, as Aya and Aki are sleeping in the same room, Ceres takes over and tries to murder Aki!

In the 6th episode(C Project)
In order to learn more about Tooya and the plor of Mikage, Aya, accompanied Yuuhi, decides to tail Tooya. As she enters the building, however, Yuuhi finds himself locked out, with Aya being trapped inside! As Aya explores the building's interior, Kaga confronts her. It seems that he wants to summon Ceres no matter what the cost!

Well, I don't usually do these, but the previous review is a bit off, and I figured it may need some correcting...

Ayashi no Ceres is a wonderful series. If you've noticed the Roman name of Demeter is used to name the Tennyo(which can be translated as heavenly maiden, the subtitling calls her an angel), I can't recall whether it plays an extremely important part, but the legend is actually a true legend in Japan, I believe... In which Ceres' Hagaromo(robe) is kept from her by the fisherman who is later called Shiso, I believe...which is something akin to "ancestor"... Anyway, I don't want to give it away...there are huuuge surpises in the end, and throughout the series you can expect to be completely confused and lossed if you don't pay close attention.

However, I don't really suggest seeing this just because you like Fushigi Yuugi. While the men are designed similiarly, and have the staple of Watase-sensei's brillian art, the plot is a lot more violent, sexual, and controversial...If you are extremely disturbed by insestuous references, and attempted stuff like that, do not see this.

It's also considerably more violent, and from what I saw on the first DVD, doesn't do the shoujo barbie doll nudity thing. There's also sex and the like...soooo, watch with discretion.

If you DO enjoy those things, then by all means, WATCH this anime! It has gorgeous animation, beautiful bishounens, riveting story lines, fast action, romance, heartbreaking scenes, and CHOPSTICKS! YES! Any man who fights with chopsticks is for ME! And if you reeeally like my Su-chan from FY, than watch this! Because Yuuhi with his headband on looks like grown up Suboshi! ::coos:: So gorgeous! And Touya, and Aki, and Wei, andandand Okay....just GO SEE! ::falls over::

This volume gives us more about the started romance with Toya and Aya. Aya still has no clue what's going on with Ceres, and no one seems willing to let her in on it. After a scene with Ceres and Aki, Aya runs after Toya, the only one left who might tell her what's going on. Toya and Aya go to Toya's apartment, and simply talk. Aya starts crying, and Toya puts his arm around her, then they sleep together (just sleeping, nothing else! ^^;;) I think this episode made the whole DVD wothwhile! After that ep, there's a really freaky scene where Aya's cousin, Kagami, tries to rape her. It was weird, but ah well. This DVD is really good, and maybe one of my faves out of the whole series. ^^;

Ayashi No Ceres is an incredible series whose story involves a Japanese legend of a heavenly maiden whose feathered robe, which she needs to go home, is taken by a man. I've seen the whole series and each episode provokes you to see the next one. The story is wonderfully told and unfolds beautifully. Every episode builds from the previous ones as even more of the story is revealed. The film is visually and mentally stimulating. The emotions it evokes are intense and wrenching at times. I've never felt so much for an anime. I'm absolutely in love with the series. If I could give this anime six stars I would. It really is a great story. Thank you, to the creators, for telling it.

I'm happy to see even more characters introduced. I can never tell what happens next. This series just draws me in. Highly recommended!!!

Ceres is a great ceres based on the manga by Yu Watase. It is about a girl named Aya Mikage who on her 16th birthday finds out that she is a descendant of Ceres. Ceres is a godess(I think) who's robe was stolen by a fisherman. She needed the robe to get back to Heaven and couldn't because he had it. So she married him and they had children(hence, Aya being a descendant). Well, she swears revenge. On Aya's birthday, her whole family assembles. They do a test to see if Ceres blood runs in her. It does and they try to kill her(some family) but she gets away. to complicate it more The fisherman's blood runs in Aki her twin brother. This series is beautifully animated and I recommend it to anyone who liked Fushigi Yugi.

I wish this was a book. There is love, betrayal, fantasy, loyalty, death, a quest, and a mystery. All in this series. I had to get all of the volumes and watched it several times. I think this story was somewhat based on a Japanese folk tale about an angel that was "captured" and forced to stay on earth. This story takes place in modern Japan, but the roots begin in old Japan. The English dubbing was very well done. The voices used for the characters are well suited for their personalities--Tommy Campbell--wow!If you'd like to see a part of the dvd before buying, check it out on YouTube. The music from the dvd is also beautiful.

When we left off last volume, Aya had just transformed into Ceres, the celestial being, after her mother tried to kill her. The mysterious red-haired Toya has also shown up to capture her, even though he seems to have feelings for Aya. Ceres swears to destroy the Mikage family, which includes Aki, Aya's brother, who just happens to be the reincarnation of the man that stole her celestial robe, which kept her from returning to Heaven. Unfortunately, the brother that she loves can do nothing to help Aya's personality reemerge, because Ceres' hate is so strong. It's up to Yuhi to change her back to Aya, and he does so by kissing her! The main villain, Aya's cousin, begins to assert himself in this volume. He wants to harness the power of Ceres for a secret project and is willing to harm Aya to get to Ceres.

I really like this show so far. I've never been impressed with Viz's 3 episode count on their anime though. To me, it's just not a good value. While there are a lot of mysteries, including Toya's anime cliche missing memories, the show is pretty clear in terms of plot and is never confusing. I like the characters even though most of the males mostly talk in quiet seductive tones, trying too hard to be the strong and silent type. The animation is pretty good, but the music could use some work. With Volume 2, I am even more intrigued with how all these conflicts are going to work out and I look forward to the next installment.