Friendship Put To Test: The Story Of Miyaka & Julie

I first saw this show in GMA 7, I can't get enough of waiting every Friday night just to watch this anime. It is the story of two friends who were transported to another place and time after their encounter with the book entitled "The Universe Of The Four Gods". A story of frienship, love, betrayal, bravery and their quest to complete all the Celestial Warriors to summon the Gods and grant them their three wishes. This is Fushigi Yūgi.

Miyaka Yuki and Julie Hongo were best friends who are getting ready for their entrance exam. They went to the national library and there they saw the book that transported them to ancient China. Miyaka was chosen to be a Priestess of Suzaku (Phoenix God) and was given the task to find the seven Celestial Warriors so that Suzaku can grant her three wishes. As the story goes, an incident happened to Julie that made her think that Miyaka left her because of a man. This resulted for Julie to accept the task to be the Priestess of Seiryu and fight Miyaka literally in a battle and in love. Miyaka was able to complete the Celestial Warriors as stated in the prophecy.

Tamahome - the first of the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku whom Miaka meets, comes into the story when he saves Miaka and Yui from slave-traders. Tamahome appears the strongest member of the Suzaku warriors. He is an adept martial artist, proficient unarmed and with weapons, and street fighter in addition to being able to channel his ki into energy blasts. When emotionally motivated, he is able to use his ki to increase his strength, speed, and reflexes in combat. Tamahome is also experienced in fencing thanks to being trained by Tokaki.

Hotohori - the fourth Emperor of Kōnan, Emperor Cai Pi has a reputation for his beauty and his narcissism. As one of the Celestial Warriors of Suzaku, he is able to summon a sword; as such he is a powerful swordsman and has been additionally trained in martial arts since childhood.

Nuriko - first appears disguised as "Kōrin" in Emperor Hotohori's harem, which Hotohori never visits except to welcome new maidens. "Kōrin" was in fact Nuriko's younger sister who died at a young age; he began behaving and dressing like her to keep her memory alive. Nuriko possesses superhuman strength and is later granted a pair of bracelets that transform into strength-increasing armbands by Taiitsukun.

Chichiri - a wandering monk, has trained for several years with Taiitsukun, the creator. He variously wields a shakujō staff, kasa hat, and kesa mantle to fight and employs various magical techniques taught by Taiitsukun, the first of which was the ability to form a barrier around himself.

Tasuki - is the former leader of the Mount Reikaku bandits. Extremely quick and agile, he particularly enjoys joking around with Nuriko, Tamahome, and Chichiri. Tasuki's primary weapon is a flame throwing Tessen, an iron fan used for fighting which is eventually upgraded to become a diamond fan that could only be used by Tasuki by Taitsukun. Additionally, he is skilled in judo, archery, swordsmanship, and is briefly capable of using ofuda. As a Celestial Warrior, he possesses superhuman speed and known as Genrou ("Phantom Wolf") because of his wolf-like appearance.

Mitsukake - the healer of Suzaku's warriors. He is soft-spoken and one of the most serious of the Suzaku Celestial Warriors. Mitsukake's fighting abilities are limited to his own strength, but as a Celestial Warrior, he possesses incredible healing powers at the cost of exchanging some of his own life force. He uses this ability frequently to heal minor injuries, but after healing life-threatening injuries, Mitsukake requires an entire day to regenerate his life force.

Chiriko - the youngest and the genius among the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku. Aside from his incredible intelligence, Chiriko also employs a leaf flute against his opponents.

In the course of the story they were able to summon Suzaku. Julie also realized the truth and once again reunited with her best friend, Miyaka.