Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
#1 - Priestess
(October 2003)
Viz,
2003 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 9.95 USD; 13.95 CAD
- Pages
- 212
- On-sale Date
- 2003
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
-
1-56931-957-X
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- William Flanagan; Elizabeth Kawasaki (Shojo Edition Editor); Annette Roman (Managing Editor); Hidemi Sahara (Cover Design)
Issue Notes
First Printing October 2003. Second Printing May 2004.
[no title indexed]
filler / 6 pages
- Letters
- Typeset
Indexer Notes
6 pages of filler, including the blank inside front cover.
Modern Japan and a China That Never Was
text article / 1 page
- Synopsis
- The author explains that while the story that is set in ancient China was well-researched she also departs from history in some places for the betterment of the story itself.
[no title indexed]
Fushigi Yugi / filler / 1 page
- Script
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]
- Pencils
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]
- Inks
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]
- Letters
- Typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Hotohori; Tamahome; Miaka; Yui; Kang-Lin; Keisuke; Miaka's Mom
- Synopsis
- Character intros to the characters involved in this story.
Chapter One The Young Lady of Legends
Fushigi Yugi / comic story / 39 pages
- Script
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation); Kaori Kawakubo Inoue (Translation Assist)
- Pencils
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Inks
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Letters
- Andy Ristaino
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Yui; Miaka Yuki; Tamahome
- Synopsis
- Yui and Miaka find a book that will transport them to the past.
Chapter Two The Boy with the Demon Star
Fushigi Yugi / comic story / 30 pages
- Script
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation); Kaori Kawakubo Inoue (Translation Assist)
- Pencils
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Inks
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Letters
- Andy Ristaino
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Miaka Yuki; Tamahome
- Synopsis
- Miaka returns to the past where Tamahome rescues her from some slavers.
Chapter Three The Priestess of Suzaku
Fushigi Yugi / comic story / 30 pages
- Script
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation); Kaori Kawakubo Inoue (Translation Assist)
- Pencils
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Inks
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Letters
- Andy Ristaino
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Miaka Yuki; Tamahome; Keisuke; Miaka's Mother; Hotohori
- Synopsis
- Miaka helps Tamahome escape the palace dungeon but also learns that her way back to the present has been closed.
Chapter Four The Seven Constellations of Suzaku
Fushigi Yugi / comic story / 31 pages
- Script
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation); Kaori Kawakubo Inoue (Translation Assist)
- Pencils
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Inks
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Letters
- Andy Ristaino
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Keisuke; Miaka Yuki; Yui; Tamahome; Hotohori; Kang-Lin [Nuriko]
- Synopsis
- Miaka learns she must gather together seven special people to gain the power to return home. Tamahome and Hotohori are two of the seven and she finds Nuriko in this chapter.
Chapter Five Dangerous Love
Fushigi Yugi / comic story / 29 pages
- Script
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation); Kaori Kawakubo Inoue (Translation Assist)
- Pencils
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Inks
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Letters
- Andy Ristaino
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Miaka Yuki; Tamahome; Hotohori; Yui; Kang-Lin [Nuriko]; Miaka's Mother
- Synopsis
- Miaka tries to befriend Nuriko. Yui begins to experience things in the real world that are happening to Miaka in the past.
Chapter Six Hidden Love
Fushigi Yugi / comic story / 30 pages
- Script
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Yuji Oniki (English Adaptation); Kaori Kawakubo Inoue (Translation Assist)
- Pencils
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Inks
- Yuu Watase [as Yû Watase]; Andy Ristaino (Touchup)
- Letters
- Andy Ristaino
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Miaka Yuki; Tamahome; Kang-Lin [Nuriko]; Hotohori; Yui; Keisuke
- Synopsis
- Miaka and Tamahome encounter the local mob boss and Miaka professes her love to Tamahome.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Mysterious Play 1: Priestess
Fushigi Yugi -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Contents
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3.
Modern Japan and a China That Never Was
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4.
[no title indexed]
Fushigi Yugi -
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Chapter One The Young Lady of Legends
Fushigi Yugi -
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Chapter Two The Boy with the Demon Star
Fushigi Yugi -
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Chapter Three The Priestess of Suzaku
Fushigi Yugi -
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Chapter Four The Seven Constellations of Suzaku
Fushigi Yugi -
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Chapter Five Dangerous Love
Fushigi Yugi -
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Chapter Six Hidden Love
Fushigi Yugi -
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The Fushigi Yugi Guide to Sound Effects
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Samuels
- Ramon Schenk
- Bjorn Wallin
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