Travel back to the mystical Universe of the Four Gods in this prequel to hit the hit series Fushigi Yugi! When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of
The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors!
Takiko now knows where to find the remaining Celestial Warriors, but, with spies around every corner and the army of Qu-Dong on her trail, she may not survive the journey. When Tomite accidentally lets slip that Takiko is the Priestess of Genbu, she's kidnapped by villagers in order to be sacrificed to a dragon! And in a confrontation with the Celestial Warrior Hikitsu, Hikitsu's power over water may be more than the other Celestial Warriors can handle...and those who gaze into his eyes see more truth than they can bear!
About the AuthorYuu Watase debuted in the
Shôjo Comic manga anthology in 1989. She won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award with
Ceres: Celestial Legend. One of her most famous works is
Fushigi Yûgi, a series that has inspired the prequel
Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden. In 2008,
Arata: The Legend started serialization in
Weekly Shonen Sunday.