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Yuu Watase
is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1989 at the age of 18 with the short story "Pajama de Ojama" (, "An Intrusion in Pajamas") and has since published more than 50 volumes of one-shots and long-running manga series. One of her most popular titles is '' Fushigi Yûgi''. In 1998, Watase won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the (girls') category for '' Ceres, Celestial Legend''. In 2008, she began her first (boys') serialization, '' Arata: The Legend''. Early career and methods Watase was born on March 5, 1970, in Kishiwada, Osaka. Watase developed an interest in drawing manga at a young age. However, Watase did not receive any formal training until after high school when she went to a private art school. There she was taught how to draw manga, but because her first short story, "Pajama de Ojama", had already debuted, Watase quit in the middle of it. Watase prefers to work with more traditional methods, because she believes the traditional methods have more feeling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceres, Celestial Legend
''Ceres, Celestial Legend'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. It was originally serialized in Shōgakukan's magazine '' Shōjo Comic'' from May 1996 to March 2000, with its chapters collected in 14 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. The series follows a high school girl, who learns on her sixteenth birthday that she is the reincarnation of an ancient and supremely powerful celestial maiden or angel ('' tennyo'') named Ceres, and her twin brother Aki the reincarnation of Ceres' former husband, Mikagi, is the progenitor of the Mikage family, who had stolen Ceres' robe. Ceres' spirit begins manifesting in Aya, and to save her brother she must find Ceres' long-lost celestial robe, while fighting against her family members who want to use Ceres's supreme celestial abilities for their own personal gain. Pierrot adapted the series into a 24-episode anime television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-gender
X-gender () is a third-gender that differs from M, for male, or F, for female. The term ''X-gender'' came into use during the later 1990s, popularized by queer organizations in Kansai, especially in Osaka and Kyoto. The term is used in place of ''non-binary'' and ''genderqueer'' in Japan. Prominent examples of people who define themselves as "X-gender" are mangaka Yūki Kamatani and Yuu Watase. In 2019, Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc. conducted an online survey, collecting 348,000 valid responses from people aged 20 to 69, not all of whom were LGBT. 2.5% of the respondents called themselves X-gender. Word origin The Japanese term ''X-gender'' is made up of an ''X'' indicating indeterminacy and the loan word ''gender'', which is borrowed from English but may have somewhat different connotations from the English term. The international terms "transgender", "genderqueer" or "non-binary" or their Japanese-language equivalents were historically rarely used for such gender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura-Gari
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. As the author's first boys' love (BL) series, it follows the relationship between a poor student and his aristocratic benefactor, who hides a dark secret. ''Sakura-Gari'' was serialized in ''Rinka'', a spin-off of Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Monthly Flowers'', from June 2007 to January 2010. Shogakukan collected its chapters in three volumes published from 2008 to 2010. The company issued a new edition of the manga in 2016. Synopsis Set in Japan in 1920, the story follows the relationship between Masataka Tagami, a poor student who wishes to enter Tokyo Imperial University, and Sōma Saiki, a tormented aristocrat with a sulfurous reputation. Sōma agrees to employ Masataka as a servant and house him while he prepares for the university's entrance exam. As Masataka grows closer to the beautiful Sōma, he uncovers dark and disturbing secrets about the Saiki family. Characters ; : An honest and prodigious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolute Boyfriend
is a Japanese manga series by Yuu Watase, first serialized in ''Shōjo Comic''. Chuang Yi licensed it for an English release in Singapore, with the first volume released in March 2005. Viz Media licensed the series for an English release in North America, serializing the series in its '' Shojo Beat'' manga anthology as well as releasing the volumes. The manga series was adapted into an 11-episode live-action drama series that aired in Japan in 2008. A 13-episode '' Taiwanese adaption'' aired in 2012, and a 40-episode South Korean adaptation aired in 2019 under the title '' My Absolute Boyfriend''. Plot Riiko Izawa never had a boyfriend and has been rejected by every boy she ever had a crush on. When Riiko returns a lost cell phone to an strangely-dressed salesman, she mentions wanting a boyfriend. Wanting thank her, he directs her to his company's website, Kronos Heaven. As Riiko visits the site, she finds it is a site to create someone's perfect lover. Thinking it is a ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice 19th
is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga written by Yuu Watase. It appeared as a serial in the manga magazine '' Shōjo Comic''. The heroine's name (Alice), and her encounter with a white rabbit (Nyozeka) starts the storyline. Watase has written that she thought of ''Alice in Wonderland'', by Lewis Carroll, in drafting the characters of Alice Seno and Nyozeka. From there she drafted her own story. From 2007 Viz Media released ''Alice 19th'' in English. The series, which is published in the traditional right-to-left format with foot-noted sound effects, spans a total of seven volumes. Plot The story follows Alice Seno, a fifteen-year-old girl forever in the shadow of her older sister Mayura, who excels in everything she undertakes. At her school Alice becomes known as "Mayura's little sister." Older girls, judging Alice too meek to retaliate, torment her relentlessly. Alice harbors a deep affection for Kyou Wakamiya, a handsome senpai and member – with Mayura – of the school ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imadoki!
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. The manga is five volumes long. It has been licensed in North America by Viz Media. Plot Yamazaki Tanpopo moves from Hokkaidō to Tokyo in order to begin high school in an entirely new environment. When she goes to see her new school, Meio Academy, she meets a young man who is replanting a Tanpopo (dandelion) flower. At school the next day, Tanpopo is not only amazed by the modern facilities but also that she is in the same class as the young man she met the day before: Kugyou Kouki, the son of the owner of Meio. When she greets him, Kouki pretends not to know her and she is shocked that he would act so differently from their previous meeting. Meanwhile, the students at the school discover Tanpopo is a commoner from the country side and begin to bully her. In an effort to change the social hierarchy of the school and also find some new friends, Tanpopo cheerfully starts the "Planting Club". Soon, she attracts the atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appare Jipangu!
is a manga by Yuu Watase. Set in Japan during the Edo period, it follows the life of Yusura, who as a baby, was found under a cherry tree with the "Kongoumaru" (a staff that turns blue when people are sad) by her side. Now fifteen years later, Yusura has become the "hikeshiya" (or "extinguisher of sorrow") and uses the Kongoumaru to 'absorb' people's sadness and hit it back at the people that caused it. Characters ; :As a child was abandoned by her birth parents and found under a cherry tree. Now the "hikeshiya", she goes around healing people's sadness with her Kongoumaru (金剛丸). Although she loves her adoptive parents, Yusura is still trying to find her birth parents. :Hot-headed and tomboy-ish, she dresses like a boy, and the inability of new characters to identify her gender serves as a running joke through the series. Later she falls in love with Samon. She is 15 years old. Kongomaru was her staff. ; :A member of the royal family, he is the son of the ''daimyō''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shishunki Miman Okotowari Kanketsu Hen
is a Japanese manga created by Yuu Watase and serialized in the manga magazine ''Shōjo Comic''. There are two sequels to this manga, ''Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari'' and ''Shishunki Miman Okotowari Kanketsuhen''. Plot summary Following the death of her mother, Asuka Higuchi travels to Tokyo to search for her long lost father. When she meets up with her half-siblings completely by coincidence, she learns that even they have never seen or even met their father. Asuka comes to stay at the Sudou residence with her younger brother and sister in hopes they will be one day reunited with their estranged father. Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari After learning that Yashiro-sensei's true name is Takashi Sudou, Asuka has at last found her biological father. However, the three siblings also discover that Yashiro-sensei is actually the father of only Asuka and Kazusa; Manato's father was the real Yashiro and he has no blood relation to either Asuka or Kazusa. Takashi Sudou took on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byakko Senki
The White Tiger (), is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West (). It represents the west in terms of direction and the autumn season. It is known as ''Byakko'' in Japanese, Baekho in Korean, and in Vietnamese. Seven Mansions As with the other three Symbols, there are seven astrological "Mansions" (positions of the Moon) within the White Tiger. The names and determinative stars are: See also *Byakkotai The was a group of around 305 young teenage samurai of the Aizu Domain, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869) on the side of the Tokugawa shogunate. History The Byakkotai was part of Aizu's four-unit military, formed in April 1868 in the d ... References {{Chinese constellations Chinese constellations Chinese gods Chinese legendary creatures Mythological tigers Tigers in popular culture Four Symbols Onmyōdō deities Animals in Chinese mythology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genbu Kaiden ''
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Genbu may refer to: * Black Tortoise, a Chinese constellation symbol * Genbu (''YuYu Hakusho''), a fictional character in the series ''YuYu Hakusho'' * Genbu (''Fushigi Yūgi''), a fictional character in the series ''Fushigi Yūgi'' * Genbu, a fictional monster in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI. * Genbu Kururugi, a fictional character in the series ''Code Geass'' * Genbu, the guardian of the North Gate of The Imperial Palace in the series ''Accel World is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by . It has been published by ASCII Media Works under its Dengeki Bunko imprint since February 2009. The series has spawned three manga series; ''Accel World'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
