Fushi Yuugi : Genbu Kaiden

Review:


















Another Fushi Yuugi series which is the story of priestesss of Genbu and which the story told by the anime series.


Character:




















Main:

Takiko Okuda( Genbu no Miko )
Hikitsu( Equivocal )
Inami( Cow )
Uruki( Woman )
Tomite( Vacuum )
Hatsui( Camping )
Namame( Wall )
Urumiya( Ceiling )




Others:


Bohui/Hakei

The Crown Prince of Qu-dong (the land to the east, protected by Seiryu). He is evil, but always hides his intentions with a friendly attitude towards Uruki (in "Taki" form) and is bent on invading Bei-jia. Ziyi and Feiyan are under his command.

Ziyi/Shigi

A beautiful, yet cruel, boy. Always insists that Genbu must absolutely not be summoned. He kills The Oracle, Lady Anlu, Namame's guardian. His weapon resembles a whip, but is made out of what looks like nunchuku. He is constantly wearing a smile on his face (even when he is brutally killing someone) and it not one to be underestimated in battle. Speaks very politely, almost like a woman.


Feiyan/Hien

A violent, hot-tempered man whose arm was cut off by Uruki. Bent on getting revenge for having his arm cut off. Ziyi and Feiyan are commanded by Bohui to take "Taki" (who is actually Uruki's identity when he joins the Kotou army in his man form) and fight with him against the Genbu celestial warriors and priestess. Although Feiyan does not trust Taki (and later on it is revealed that Ziyi did not either), they do not throw him out of the army as Bohui is adamant that he should stay.


Hagas/Haagasu

While not necessarily evil, he fights against the celestial warriors of Genbu and has the ability to absorb their powers. He is not totally evil, as he is seen saving children during some of the battles. However, he has a goal to destroy the Genbu warriors, with Uruki in particular. Under the command of Uruki's father.


Boratte/Borate

Tomite's mother. The one who first accepts Takiko as the Genbu priestess followed by the rest of the village. She and the village people, the Ha tribe, might be the only ones who thinks that the coming of the Genbu priestess and the summoning of Genbu is a good thing. Takes an arrow for Takiko when it is shot at her during a raid of the village of the Ha tribe.


Ayla /Aira

Hikitsu's younger sister. Had been encased in ice for a year together with the beasts that had attacked the village of whence the Ha and the Kan tribe used to be placed. Finally, released from the ice when Tomite returned to the place to search for Hikitsu. Currently staying with Boratte. Makes moves on Tomite even though he froze her for a year.


Anlu/Anru

An Oracle protected by Namame. It took her a great deal of time to win his trust as he had been treated very cruelly by other humans when he attempting to fit in. She is killed by Ziyi and Feiyan's men as she continually provoked with her prophesy that "The priestess will definitely summon Genbu- Go away!". With her dying words, she reveals to Takiko the key in communicating with Namame (her necklace wich is made out of the same rock as him).


Story:






















In Japan of 1923, a 17-year-old girl named Takiko Okuda is living with her ill mother after recently moving to a small town. Her father comes home one day (he's never home, as he's a busy novelist), much to Takiko's chagrin. He apparently has been working on something called "The Universe of the Four Gods" and even after returning home, is obsessed with the book. Her mother eventually dies and Takiko becomes angry at her father for ignoring the two of them. These feelings, paired with her feelings of loneliness and uselessness at being rejected both in love and by her father, lead her to attempt to tear the book apart. However, it instead whisks her away to the country of Hokkan where all of her adventures begin.
















Japanese manga written by Yū Watase