She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. She likes all music, except heavy metal and old traditional music. She is known for her works Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, Ceres: The Celestial Legend, Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend. Hell hath no fury.or, in this case, Heaven, as it's a celestial maiden or ' ten'nyo' who's unleashing it! The search for Ceres' hagoromo or 'celestial robes' brings the action back to Tokyo - to Miyagi, specifically, where rumours of a spectral white dog ('figuring in the celestial legend!,' says Suzumi) prompt a transfer to girls-only high school for Aya, Chidori, and.Yûhi?! Connected to the dog's increasingly frequent attacks is a sweet and popular girl named Maya Hirobe, but why - and more importantly, how - is she involved? Is it possible that Maya is a C-Genome.and doesn't even know it?Ī Japanse shoujo manga-ka. 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!

Their 'birthday present' turns out to be a mummified hand-the power of which forces an awakening within Aya, and painful wounds all over Aki's body! Grandfather Mikage announces that Aki will be heir to the Mikage fortune, and Aya must die! But Aya has allies in the athletic cook and martial artist Yûhi, and the attractive, mysterious Tôya.Yuu Watase, the immensely popular writer/artist of the shôjo (girls) fantasy smash Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, has turned her creativity and wry sense of humour to the horror genre with her anime/manga hit Ceres: Celestial Legend. 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!Īya 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. 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/manga hit Ceres: Celestial Legend. Horror, Comedy, and Romance Made in Heaven

Hell hath no fury like a heavenly maiden.

Ceres by Yuu Watase