Yuu Watase

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  • Bibliography:
    90 Books
  • First Book:
    January 2000
  • Latest Book:
    August 2020
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Book List in Order: 90 titles

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 2: Oracle

    Transported to the Universe of the Four Gods, Miaka is saved from the Imperial Guards when she is proclaimed to be the Priestess of Suzaku. But now she must deal with the lovestruck Emperor and the ire of his would-be bride....

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 6: Summoner

    Change Your Perspective--Get BIG A Collection of Volumes 16 - 18! Final Volume! Miaka and Taka are searching for the seven stones that will bring back Taka's memory as Tamahome. Without the stones, the man Miaka loves will disappear forever! T...

  • The Art of Ceres: Celestial Legend

    The first English-language collection of works by one of the most popular anime and manga artists, The Art of Ceres collects Yu Watase's color and black-and-white illustrations from Ayashi no Ceres, including paintings and designs....

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 1: Aya

    Sweet Sixteen and Never Been Kissed Aya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration of their sixteenth birthday at their grandfather's home, but the funeral-like atmosphere tips them off that something's not right. Their "birth...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 2: Yuhi

    In the Line of Fire...and BrimstoneYûhi, a relatively popular guy at his school, has his life interrupted by the ominous premonition of his beautiful sister-in-law, Suzumi. She sends him to rescue spunky Aya Mikage, who is under a death sentence by...

  • The Art of Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play

    When best friends Miaka and Yui open an ancient Chinese book, they find themselves transported to the Universe of the Four Gods, a parallel world strangely like ancient China. Miaka is at a loss -- no fast food? -- until she is identified as a pr...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 3: Suzumi

    Kindred Spirits Suzumi, a prim and proper instructor of traditional Japanese dance, has a demure exterior but a confident, strong interior. She's also a descendent of a tennyo (celestial maiden). Her powers are nowhere near as powerful as Ceres' but...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 8: Friend

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 4: Chidori



  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 1: Priestess

    Change Your Perspective--Get BIG A Collection of Volumes 1 - 3! Miaka is a junior high school student studying for entrance exams for Johan High School, the top school in the city. Not academically inclined, Miaka would rather forget studying a...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 5: Mikage

    Grandfather Mikage is the head of the extended Mikage family as well as the leader of the multinational conglomerate, Mikage International. His family has maintained great power and wealth under his strict rule--creating a regime founded on a belief ...

  • Alice 19th, Volume 1: Lotis Master

    Alice Seno is a seemingly shy and meek girl who always seems to be outshined by her older sister Mayura. One day, Alice has an encounter with a mysterious and magical rabbit girl, and her life is turned upside down. Alice discovers that certain words...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 9: Lover

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Alice 19th, Volume 2: Inner Heart

    Kyô Wakamiya joins Alice Seno's endeavor to save her sister, Mayura, from the darkness. From out of nowhere, a mysterious handsome man named Frei appears to claim Alice as his fiancée and he too, offers his support to save Mayura. All three of the...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 6: Shuro

    Horror, Comedy, and Romance Made in Heaven! Yuu Watase, the immensely popular writer/artist of the shôjo (girl's) fantasy smash Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, has turned her creativity and wry sense of humor to the horror genre with her anime/m...

  • Alice 19th, Volume 3: Chained

    Alice Seno seems like a normal girl in high school. She's a bit shy, she's got a crush on a boy named Kyô, and she's got an older sister who is more popular than she is...pretty normal stuff, until Alice has an encounter with a mysterious and magica...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 7: Maya

    Horror, Comedy, and Romance Made in Heaven! Yuu Watase, the immensely popular writer/artist of the shôjo (girl's) fantasy smash Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, has turned her creativity and wry sense of humor to the horror genre with her anime/m...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 10: Enemy

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Alice 19th, Volume 4: Unrequited Love

    Jealousy makes the heart grow darker and Mayura's envy of Alice and Kyô's developing relationship makes her vulnerable to being devoured by Darva, dark mistress of the Maram words. Neo Lotis Masters, Alice and Kyô are the only ones who have...



  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 3: Disciple

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Alice 19th, Volume 5: Jealousy

    Alice Seno seems like a normal girl in high school. She's a bit shy, she's got a crush on a boy named Kyô, and she's got an older sister who is more popular than she is...pretty normal stuff, until Alice has an encounter with a mysterious and magica...

  • Fushigi Yugi Series 11: Fushigi Yugi, the Mysterious Play: Veteran

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Imadoki!, Volume 1: Dandelion

    Imadoki! (Nowadays) follows the trials and tribulations of a budding horticulturist as she makes her way down the winding road to friendship. From Yuu Watase, one of Japan's most beloved shôjo artists, Imadoki! packs comedic charm and heartfelt anti...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 8: Miori

    Aya thought she was a normal teenager until she discovered that she can transform into a vastly powerful "heavenly maiden" named Ceres...But Ceres is furious and out for revenge! ...

  • Alice 19th, Volume 6: Blinded Soul

    Alice Seno seems like a normal girl in high school. She's a bit shy, she's got a crush on a boy named Kyô, and she's got an older sister who is more popular than she is...pretty normal stuff, until Alice has an encounter with a mysterious and magica...

  • Imadoki, Volume 2: Magnolia

    Imadoki! (Nowadays) follows the trials and tribulations of a budding horticulturist as she makes her way down the winding road to friendship. From Yuu Watase, one of Japan's most beloved shôjo artists, Imadoki! packs comedic charm and heartfelt anti...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 4: Bandit

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 12

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Alice 19th, Volume 7: The Lost World

    Alice Seno seems like a normal girl in high school. She's a bit shy, she's got a crush on a boy named Kyô, and she's got an older sister who is more popular than she is...pretty normal stuff, until Alice has an encounter with a mysterious and magica...



  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 13

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Imadoki, Volume 3: Nowadays Daffodil

    Every club needs to take a field trip, and Tanpopo's Gardening Committee is no exception. Koki gets a tip that his elusive older brother may be living incognito in Hokkaido, so the rest of the group packs their bags and heads north with him. Tanpopo ...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 9: Progenitor

    "Naughty Girls Who Hit Their Husbands Must Be Punished..."Shocked to learn (from Aki, of all people!) that the entire "Tôya Mizuki" personality is false--a fiction, a cipher without a past of any kind--Tôya struggles to find his own identity. If he...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 5: Rival

  • Imadoki, Volume 4

    When Koki's mysterious older brother Yoji shows a blossoming interest in her, Tanpopo finds him hard to resist. In order to give her feelings for Koki a rest, Tanpopo quits the Gardening Committee, and without her the club falls apart.Tanpopo has her...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 10: Monster

    Their search for the celestial robes or "hagoromo" resumed, Aya and Yûhi transfer to (yet another) new school. But, here, their problems are more serious than just making new friends. Aki--or, should we say, the "Progenitor"--is on campus and making...

  • Imadoki, Volume 5

    Just as Koki and Tanpopo are about to confess their true feelings for one another, both are called away on family emergencies! Realizing how much her ailing grandparents need her, Tanpopo is faced with a heartbreaking choice: staying by her family's ...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 11: Maiden

    Whatever You've Done, Whoever You AreReunited with her beloved in both passion and purpose, Aya decides to join Tôya in the quest for his real memories. A visit to an island where Aya spent a summer in childhood promises one of their first real ...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 14

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 15: Guardian

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....



  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 7: Castaway

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 12: Toya

    The impenetrable haze of Tôya's amnesia has always kept his past shrouded in mystery...until now, as his elusive memories begin to return. There was the island...the girl with the seashell...the name "Mikage." Tôya and the others go into full rescu...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 16

    After finding a mysterious book, Miaka and her friend Yui are transported to a strange world that is reminiscent of ancient China, where they befriend seven Celestial Warriors and try to return home through the help of the god Suzaku....

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 13: Ten'nyo

    Hell hath no fury like a heavenly maiden.Horror, Comedy, and Romance Made in Heaven Yuu Watase, the immensely popular writer/artist of the shôjo (girl's) fantasy smash Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, has turned her creativity and wr...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 17

    When Tenko steals the four stones Miaka has collected, she begins to lose hope of ever retrieving Taka's memories. Then Tenko manipulates Miaka and Taka's friends to drive a wedge between them and ensure their defeat....

  • Absolute Boyfriend, Volume 1

    Rejected way too many times by good-looking (and unattainable) guys, shy Riiko Izawa goes online and signs up for a free trial of a mysterious Nightly Lover "figure." The very next day, a cute naked guy is delivered to her door, and he wants to be he...

  • Ceres: Celestial Legend, Volume 14: Hagoromo

    On Aya MIkage's 16th birthday, what she thought was a normal celebration turns into a real-nightmare when her own family attempts to kikk her and imprisons her twin brother Aki. Aya learns that she possesses the blood of the tannyo(celestial maiden),...

  • Fushigi Yugi, Volume 18

    The Neverending Story meets Romance of the Three Kingdoms in this praised shojo (girls') manga. When classmates Miaka and Yui open an ancient magical Chinese book, Miaka is transported inside, beyond the reach of schoolwork and family problems, into ...

  • The Art of Fushigi Yugi

    The Art of Fushigi Yûgi features the detailed artwork of fan-favorite, Yuu Watase. An 18-volume hit manga series, Fushigi Yûgi combines elements of fantasy, science fiction, humor and romance. Watase is the popular artist and creator behind many be...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 8

    R to L (Japanese Style)This exciting prequel to VIZ Media's best-selling fantasy series, Fushigi Yûgi, tells the story of the very first priestess of the Four Gods--the Priestess of Genbu! When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father'...



  • Absolute Boyfriend, Volume 3

    Another woman has kissed Night, reinitializing his system to accept her as his new girlfriend. Riiko hunts down the apartment where Night is staying with his new lady, frantic to find him before he is fully "imprinted" and she loses her chance with h...

  • Absolute Boyfriend, Volume 4

    While out on a date with Night, Riiko meets Toshiki, a boy who looks like her first crush from elementary school. Even though she's with Night, Toshiki seizes the opportunity to steal a kiss from Riiko....

  • Absolute Boyfriend, Volume 5

    A miniature version of Night has returned to Riiko while his full-size body gets repaired--but now Soshi has decided to move in with them! Can a mini Night prove to Riiko that his love is just as real as Soshi's?...

  • Absolute Boyfriend, Volume 6

    Activate him with a kiss. Go all the way, and he's yours forever.Rejected way too many times by good-looking (and unattainable) guys, shy Riiko Izawa goes online and signs up for a free trial of a mysterious Nightly Lover figure. The very next day, a...

  • Absolute Boyfriend, Volume 2

    Riiko needs money after giving all she had to help pay for Night, so she finds a job at the same place Soshi works. Not wanting Night to worry, she doesn't tell him about her new job, but Night finds out anyway. What's even more worrying to Night is...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 1

    In a world where humans and gods coexist, Arata is the unfortunate successor to the matriarchal Hime Clan-unfortunate because if he's not cross-dressing to hide his gender one minute, he's fleeing for his life the next! When Arata winds up in the mo...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 2

    Framed for the assassination of Princess Kikuri, Hinohara is sent to prison island Gatoya, where the fearsome warden Tsutsuga awaits him. Will Hinohara be able to awaken his Hayagami in time to escape?...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 3

    Hinohara manages to escape his captors, and now he must make his way back to the Amawakuni capital. In order to get there, however, he has to first cross the region ruled by the treacherous Kannagi!...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 4

    Hinohara becomes more resolved in his mission now that he knows he is the rightful wielder of the powerful Hayagami called "Tsukuyo." However, Kannagi comes after Hinohara, intent on taking Tsukuyo for himself!...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 5

    Hinohara is surprised to learn that Kotoha no longer believes he's Arata of the Hime clan. Meanwhile, a group within the Twelve Shinsho sets in motion a diabolical plan to eliminate Hinohara!...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 6

    Hinohara discovers to his horror that his tormentor Kadowaki has followed him to Arata's world. Recalling his suffering, Hinohara flies into a rage that triggers his transformation into a demonic entity!...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 7

    While on his quest to help Princess Kikuri, Hinohara goes up against Yorunami, the Shinsho who controls water. But when Yorunami kidnaps Hinohara's beloved Kotoha and threatens to kill her unless Hinohara submits to him, what will he do?...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 8

    Hinohara and his companions arrive in a town ruled by Kugura, the Shinsho who controls wind. But since Kugura's palace is forbidden to men, the group concoct a plan to infiltrate the place. in disguise!...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 1

    In her first encounter, she meets the mysterious outlaw Limdo, a Celestial Warrior with a tattoo of the Chinese character for "woman" on his chest. Limdo can not only summon the wind as one of his special powers, but h e can also tranform into a woma...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 2

    During their journey Chamka and Takiko come upon a burning house. Chamka tries to save a young girl's life and demonstrates his special power: to freeze things in ice! The effort weakens Chamka however, and he must stay in the village to recuperate. ...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 3

    Takiko has found three Celestial Warriors, but four remain hidden. While she and her friends journey to the Oracle Anlu, who may have the power to locate the remaining warriors, Limdo travels undercover with the army of Qu-dong. At Turning Point Rock...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 4

    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'...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 5

    In the midst of a heated battle, Takiko is transported back to her own world. There, all the problems she escaped through her father's book are waiting for her: her mother's funeral, her father's disapproval, and her reunion with Mr. Ohsugi, her firs...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 6

    Takiko has found another Celestial Warrior-in a house of ill repute! But the proud, bitter Inami has no interest in following the priestess, and she intends to test Takiko's mettle in a duel. Can Takiko's skill with the naginata withstand a f...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 7

    Seven Celestial Warriors have been found. but Takiko has just learned that eight are needed. To win the arrogant, powerful Hagus over to her side, Takiko promises to rescue his twin brother, Teg, who embodies the lost half of his Celestial po...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 9

    Back in her own world, Takiko tries to forget about The Universe of the Four Gods. Determined to live the life of an ordinary girl in Tokyo in 1923, she returns to her father's home and concentrates on being a loyal daughter--and, soon, a dutiful bri...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 9

    While on a mission disguised as a girl, Hinohara becomes utterly dismayed when Shinsho Kugura takes a liking to him. Meanwhile, Hinohara's rival Kadowaki shows up and initiates a showdown! Will Kadowaki manage to best Hinohara?...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 10

    While Hinohara visits the Hime clan, he is declared the second coming of a past king and the true ruler of Arata's world! Despite the many obstacles that fate puts before him, Hinohara forges ahead. But then, he encounters his strongest foe yet-th...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 11

    While Hinohara battles Yataka, he learns that Yataka harbors a deep hatred for Princess Kikuri. As Yataka’s memories flood Hinohara’s mind, the true reason behind his bitterness is revealed. How will Hinohara untangle this complex matter of past ...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 10

    Takiko has returned to the Universe of the Four Gods! As the Celestial Warriors search for the scroll of the Four Gods, Takiko uncovers the truth about the prophecy that turned Uruki and his father into bitter enemies. But while they begin a new chap...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 12

    Hinohara was once friends with his tormentor Kadowaki, just as Shinsho rivals Kannagi and Akachi used to be close comrades. Now all Kadowaki wants is to make Hinohara submit to him, and he’ll go to any length to make this happen. But when Kadowaki ...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 13

    An action-packed shonen fantasy from the acclaimed author of Fushigi Yûgi! In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Him...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 11

    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! While Takik...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 14

    On the exile island of Muroya, Hinohara learns of a terrible incident that occurred there over half a century ago and now threatens to occur again! His weapon, the god sword Tsukuyo, may be the only way to stop history from repeating itself, but unle...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 15

    In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Hime Clan may take this position, but the lack of females born to this family mean...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 16

    The first shonen series by acclaimed author Yuu Watase, creator of Fushigi Yûgi and Absolute Boyfriend! In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 ye...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 17

    In a mythical world where humans and gods co-exist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Hime Clan may take this position, but the lack of females born to this family mea...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden, Volume 12

    The time has come for Takiko to assume the powers of the priestess and summon Genbu. As war and disaster break out around her, she must choose the three wishes that will save the Universe of the Four Gods. But according to prophecy, to summon a god t...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 18

    In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Hime Clan may take this position, but the lack of females born to this family mean...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 19

    In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Hime Clan may take this position, but the lack of females born to this family mean...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 20

    In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Hime Clan may take this position, but the lack of females born to this family mean...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 21

    In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Hime Clan may take this position, but the lack of females born to this family mean...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 22

    In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years. Only a girl from the Hime Clan may take this position, but the lack of females born to this family mean...

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 23

    Arata is unable to forgive Kadowaki for making his close friend submit. In order to overcome his dark feelings of hatred, Arata chooses to relinquish Tsukuyo. However, as the battle to rule heats up, Arata is targeted relentlessly....

  • Arata: The Legend, Volume 24

    Arata Hinohara's greatest foes, the Six Sho, have challenged him at every step on his quest. This has now led to a potentially deadly confrontation between one of the most powerful of the Six Sho, Ameeno, and Ameeno's son, Nasake, one of Hinohara'...

  • Fushigi Yugi: Byakko Senki, Vol. 1

    The final Fushigi Yûgi story in the Universe of the Four Gods begins!The year is 1923. Suzuno Osugi’s father Takao warns her to stay away from The Universe of the Four Gods, telling her it’s a book that only men can touch. Takao worked with late...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Yuu Watase has published 90 books.

Yuu Watase does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Fushigi Yugi: Byakko Senki, Vol. 1, was published in August 2020.

The first book by Yuu Watase, Fushigi Yugi, Volume 2: Oracle, was published in January 2000.

No. Yuu Watase does not write books in series.
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