ssjakira1's Full Review: Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play Vol. 7 - Goodbye...
Plot Details: This opinion reveals minor details about the movie's plot.
I guess I should go to bed after this volume of Fushigi Yuugi. Just kinda got into it after the last volume… I find it kind of interesting though, how this volume has 10 reviews and yet several before it (in fact, all of them) have so few...were people skipping ahead or something? So confused...
Watase Yuu is responsible for this girls’ anime, though I’m not familiar with anything else she’s done the way I am with a few other creators. But if you like you can look her up on the internet and see if there’s anything else you’d be interested in. Now that we’re in Volume 7, you’re really going to have to go back and check out Volume 1 because this series is one you really do need to see from the beginning. All the events are based upon things that have come before and you wouldn’t have any idea where you are, who you’re looking at, and what is going on. Besides, you’re really going to spoil things if you read on, unless you don’t mind.
Before Now: Miaka Yuuki is a 15-year-old schoolgirl who discovers an old book called Universe of the Four Gods after following a mysterious bird. She and her friend Yui are both eventually sucked into it and have become characters in the book, which Miaka’s brother Keisuke is now reading. Miaka has since met the protective Tamahome, near-perfect Emperor Hotohori, cross-dressing Nuriko, fox-like Chichiri, brash Tasuki, formidable Mitsukake, and musical Chiriko in the land of Konan. All six are chosen protectors of the Priestess of Suzaku; the Suzaku Seven. Yui has since met up with Nakago, a strange foreign general of the land of Kutou, who also happens to be one of the Seiryu Seven – giving Yui the title of Priestess of Seiryu. Miaka and Yui are now enemies…but in the end will they be able to be friends and escape the book?
Right, let’s take a look see at the next three episodes that are in this volume. However, since each episode slips right into the next one, the info I give you is going to be pretty basic, seeing as I don’t like dishing out spoilers.
Episode 20: Ooh, Tasuki’s mad – and he doesn’t even like girls because they’re so troublesome. That’s a big deal.
Episode 21: Miaka’s sad, it’s raining, and things are generally depressed. Naturally Miaka decides to do something ridiculously stupid again… Hotohori to the rescue! (again!)
Episode 22: Uh oh, this time Hotohori is angry and one to be reckoned with – and that makes him just that much more awesome. Cue the omg *gasp!*
So the music within the show is a little older, some saxophone for tender moments, which is amusing, and then there’s the opening and closing songs. They’re pretty good and can get stuck in your head – I was just humming one of them today. They’re both pretty upbeat and it’s hard for me to say which one I prefer.
Animation still = goodness. As usual, all the voices encountered before are the same and I’m enjoying/accustomed to them. Miaka does so much better when she’s got all that emotion in here. I’ve suddenly had an epiphany concerning Nakago – I think he might be the same VA that did D from Bloodlust…nope, I was wrong. But it’s close, in case you’ve ever seen that movie. And I really like Tamahome in his, ah, darkened state. He pulls it off really well. Oh, and Chiriko – he hasn’t said much up until now, but he works out very well.
There are times during the story when things are in the middle of being serious and something comedic happens, such as Chiriko asking if Miaka wants to hear a song and she acts all dopey and asks for something from Earth after what has just happened to her. Um, no. I suppose to keep things light, but sometimes it’s a bit awkward and unnecessary. I guess it’s because of the age group this anime sort of aims for, but it can be a bit annoying and sort of ruins the mood. The story is still progressing along nicely, but, ah, why is that, ah, kid on the cover for this volume? He’s sort of not in any of these episodes… (even though it’s kind of obvious who he is because of the opening credits…)
A brief warning for all you parents out there – I don’t know what you allow your child to see and not see, so I’ll just point out that there is a tiny bit of swearing, violence (including some blood and death), a bit of nudity, some sexual content, and a bit of cross-dressing (though Nuriko isn’t wearing a dress anymore – he’s still in love with Hotohori). So really, it’s up to you. I’m sure a 15-year-old can handle it (Miaka is 15 and Tamahome 17), but that’s not up to me.
There are 52 episodes on a total of 16 volumes, and things are getting quite interesting. But I’m starting to wonder, if I’m only on episode 16 and there are 36 more to go – what on earth is going to happen because they’re just a point where I can’t think of anything… Either way, I’m glad I’m borrowing these, because I’m too cheap to shell out that much cash. Besides, I’d get the DVD versions anyway just to get my hands on the subtitled version. I like to compare.
Volume 7:
20: Unreachable Hope
21: To Protect You
22: I'll Never Leave You
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