Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | ふしぎ遊戯 |
| Romaji: | Fushigi Yuugi |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Apr 6, 1995 [29 years 9 months ago] |
| Ended: | Mar 28, 1996 [28 years 9 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST |
Led by the illusion of a phoenix, two friends enter a restricted room at the library where a mysterious book titled, "The Universe Of Four Gods" falls at their feet. They pick up the book and begin to read it when they are suddenly transported into the book. The boundaries between fiction and reality become hazy as they meet new friends, enemies and loved ones.
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Episode 1: The Girl of Legend
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-04-06
Instead of finding textbooks to study with, Miaka Yuki finds an old book which turns out to be rather absorbing--literally.
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Episode 2: The Priestess of Suzaku
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-04-13
An encounter with the Emperor of Konan leads to Miaka discovering her purpose and her destiny in this new world.
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Episode 3: The Seven Stars of Suzaku
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-04-20
Miaka must find the seven Celestial Warriors, and she already has two. The third soon reveals himself, but it's not a joyous occasion.
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Episode 4: Missing Love
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-04-27
Miaka comes to understand Nuriko's true feelings, and in assisting him, learns Hotohori's true feelings as well. But Tamahome's true feelings are still elusive.
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Episode 5: Bewildered Heartbeat
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-05-04
In order to return her to her own world, the Celestial Warriors accompany Miaka to a mountain where Taiitsukun, a being said to control the universe, is said to reside.
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Episode 6: Even If I Die...
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-05-11
Trapped in a mirror, Miaka faces herself in an all too literal way. When her shadow steps from the mirror to torment her friends, Miaka must make a difficult choice.
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Episode 7: Going Home
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-05-18
Taiitsukun reveals herself to Miaka and the others, and reveals the way to return Miaka to her home. However, not everything goes as planned.
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Episode 8: Brief Parting
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-05-25
Miaka returns home, only to find herself restless. She struggles with deciding where she belongs. And Yui seems to have disappeared... but where to?
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Episode 9: Enemies Unseen
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-06-01
Back in the world of the book, Miaka visits the home of Tamahome. However, Miaka soon learns that things have changed, as an assassin from another country targets her.
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Episode 10: Looking For Yui
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-06-08
Troubled by advice from Chichiri, and in search of the missing Yui, Miaka travels to Kuto alone, leaving Tamahome with an aching heart.
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Episode 11: Priestess of Seiryu
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-06-15
Miaka is the Priestess of Suzaku, and it turns out that Yui is the Priestess of Seiryu. So much has changed, but the two are still friends... right?
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Episode 12: Only You
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-06-22
Though distraught over Yui's pain and rage, Miaka commits herself once again to assembling the Suzaku Seven... and to Tamahome.
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Episode 13: For the Sake of Love
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-06-29
Tamahome gives himself to the Kuto Empire in order to buy Miaka time to find the other Suzaku Seven. Miaka's search doesn't go smoothly, however.
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Episode 14: Wolf in the Fortress
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-07-06
Miaka searches for the fifth of the Celestial Warriors among bandits, but ends up being taken hostage by a strange man with a wolf-like appearance.
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Episode 15: The City of Resurrection
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-07-13
It seems that Tasuki, the fifth Celestial Warrior, is dead. Miaka pursues a rumor about someone with the ability to resurrect the dead, but falls gravely ill.
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Episode 16: Battle of Sorrow
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-07-20
Miaka must die in order for the healer Shoka's powers of revival to work. Hotohori makes one last plea to a reclusive doctor, where he learns the truth about Shoka.
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Episode 17: Magic Flute
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-07-27
After days of fruitless searching, an attempt on Miaka's life reveals the seventh of the Suzaku Seven, the flute-playing Chiriko.
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Episode 18: Love Trap
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-08-03
With the help of Chichiri's powers, Miaka and Tamahome make a promise to meet so they may be reunited. Yui refuses to let Tamahome go.
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Episode 19: Shattered Love
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-08-10
Miaka escapes from prison following Yui's ambush, and searches for Tamahome. Unfortunately, when she finds him, she'll almost wish she hadn't.
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Episode 20: Unreachable Hope
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-08-17
Tamahome is not the same Tamahome that Miaka knows and loves any more. With her heart torn apart, Miaka must say goodbye, and leave him with Yui and the Kuto Empire.
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Episode 21: To Protect You
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-08-24
Hotohori attempts to comfort Miaka as she struggles with her broken heart, desperate to forget about her love. But Tamahome won't be forgotten so easily.
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Episode 22: I'll Never Leave You
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-08-31
Tamahome and Hotohori clash, fighting to the death. But the love between Tamahome and Miaka creates a miracle, making possible the impossible.
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Episode 23: Shadow of Intrigue
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-09-07
With Tamahome finally back to normal, all of the Konan Empire begin the preparations to summon Suzaku. However, they remain completely ignorant of Nakago's trap.
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Episode 24: Resolution
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-09-14
The Celestial Warriors and the Priestess begin the ceremony to summon Suzaku. But then, Nakago's cunning plans to disrupt the ceremony are revealed.
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Episode 25: Love and Sorrow
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-09-21
Taiitsukun shows up to reveal that not all is lost, and there still remains a method to summon Suzaku. However, what she tells to Miaka in private will change everything for her.
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Episode 26: Star Festival
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-09-28
Miaka and the Suzaku Seven prepare for their trip to Hokkan, the land of Genbu. Before they go, Tamahome visits home again, but finds only pain.
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Episode 27: Tombstone Oath
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-10-05
Suboshi, the twin of Amiboshi, wants revenge for the death of his brother. Horrified by the fate of Tamahome's family, Miaka resolves to fight against Seiryu.
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Episode 28: Part 1 Digest: The Ancient Path
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-10-12
As Miaka and the Suzaku Seven travel to Hokkan, the story pauses to reflect on the events that lead up to this point.
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Episode 29: Mysteries Afoot
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-10-19
Back on Earth, Miaka's brother Keisuke researches the origins of the Universe of the Four Gods, and discovers something startling. He communicates with Miaka, who must make a choice.
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Episode 30: The Flash of Battle
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-10-26
A sudden attack on the ship leaves Miaka, Nuriko, and Tamahome trapped in a cave. When they rejoin the others, the Seiryu warrior Soi confronts them, but Miaka repels the attack. Finally landing in Hokkan, the group learns about the Shinzaho.
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Episode 31: Whirlpool of Doubt
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-11-02
Miaka and the Warriors search for the Shinzaho in the city of Touran, and Tamahome may have the answer. Meanwhile, Miaka struggles with whether she should return home, or keep her love.
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Episode 32: To Die for the Star of Suzaku
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-11-10
Nuriko fights off the bestial Ashitare, and at the same time, Tamahome confronts Yui. After, Nuriko consoles Tamahome on his doubt, while Nuriko affirms who he really is.
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Episode 33: Nuriko, Eternal Farewell
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-11-16
Nuriko opens the door to the Shinzaho, but not without a cost. A happy occasion is tainted by a grief too powerful to bear.
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Episode 34: Guardians of Ice
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-11-23
Within the cave of the Shinzaho, the Suzaku Warriors are confronted by a pair of two hundred year old ghosts of the Genbu Warriors. Miaka must prove herself worthy of the Shinzaho.
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Episode 35: Hell's Mirage
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-11-30
The Shinzaho is stolen from Miaka by someone once thought dead. Miaka's guilt prompts her to take responsibility in a somewhat unusual manner.
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Episode 36: Trampled Love
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-12-07
Acting on a bad feeling, Tamahome races to find Miaka. He instead finds Nakago, who gloats about what he has taken from the Priestess of Suzaku.
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Episode 37: Bewitched Warmth
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-12-14
Tamahome's kindness is too much for Miaka to bear after her encounter with Nakago. She runs away from him and her life, and then encounters a familiar face.
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Episode 38: Dawn of the Heart
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-12-21
Carrying pain in their hearts, Miaka is tempted to forget everything, while Tamahome is tempted to abandon hope for himself.
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Episode 39: Bewitched Illusions
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1995-12-25
Reunited again, Miaka and Tamahome have but a moment to embrace before the illusionist Tomo of the Seiryu Warriors attacks. Miaka is trapped in a dream, but it's far from a nightmare.
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Episode 40: Deceptive Love
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-01-04
Caught in Tomo's fantasy world, Miaka is shown a world of love, kindness, and happy things. Will Miaka surrender to this pleasant dream, or will she remember what she truly loves?
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Episode 41: Sunlight of Rebirth
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-01-11
After defeating Tomo, Miaka and the Suzaku Warriors recover in Sairo. But rather than relaxing, Tamahome begins to distance himself from Miaka, driving a new wedge between them.
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Episode 42: Unbreachable Wall
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-01-18
It seems the love Tamahome and Miaka have for one another is destined to end. However, while the two chase after one another, the Seiryu Warriors move to take the second Shinzaho.
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Episode 43: Farewell Reunion
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-01-25
Tatara of the Byakko Seven reveals not only the second Shinzaho, but the truth about what becomes of love between Warrior and Priestess.
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Episode 44: Moment of Battle
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-02-01
Chiriko has been possessed by the evil Miboshi, and the Suzaku Seven must fight one of their own. Meanwhile, Yui prepares to summon Seiryu.
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Episode 45: Divergent Light
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-02-08
Yui summons Seiryu and then makes her first wish. In the aftermath, everything changes, both in love, and in war.
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Episode 46: Boy of Fact and Fiction
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-02-15
Although Yui wanted to separate Miaka from Tamahome by returning to Earth, somehow Tamahome has come through as well. Meanwhile, the situation worsens back in Konan.
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Episode 47: Repose of the Soul's Light
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-02-22
The real world is no place for a character in a book, and Tamahome searches for the meaning of his existence. Meanwhile, in Konan, Mitsukake knows exactly what his purpose is.
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Episode 48: Even Wagering on This Life
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-02-29
After being saved from Suboshi by Tamahome in the real world, Miaka is able to speak with Hotohori, one last time.
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Episode 49: Wedding Celebration
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-03-07
Miaka is finally able to tell Yui about Nakago's treachery, just in time for Nakago to appear in their own world.
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Episode 50: Atonement
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-03-14
Nakago stands before Tamahome and Miaka on Earth. Tamahome struggles valiantly, while Yui struggles with her own inner doubt.
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Episode 51: Entrusted Hope
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-03-21
With the seal broken, Miaka makes use of Yui's sacrifice to summon the beast-god Suzaku, and uses its power against Nakago.
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Episode 52: For My Loved One
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 1996-03-28
The Suzaku Seven reunite with the Priestess. The final battle begins against Nakago. Will this story have a happy ending?
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