Tanpopo certainly is a naive character, but not as bad as some people make her out to be. It is by no means perfect, but there's something very loveable about it. No, it's just the style and execution that bring together a lot of aspects I associate and like about manga from that time period. In fact, I read it quite a bit after it's publication and it is by no means one of the works that originally got me invested into manga.
There is something nostalgic about it, and by that I am not even referring to having read this a long time ago. While Imadoki has a plot like many others of its kind and you can guess the love interest from page one, I've actually always really enjoyed this manga. One student in particular has caught her attention: Kugyou might be the untouchable elite student, but Tanpopo knows of his secret love for gardening and is sure they can form a friendship around that. Tanpopo doesn't give up that easily though and tries to face things with optimism. She soon finds that her plan to make many friends won't be easy as everyone looks down on her because of her more simple background. Tanpopo moves to Tokyo to attend a top school which largely consists of wealthy students or ones of influential families. In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex), her name is romanized as "Yu Watase".Īt its core, this is your standard shoujo manga about a naive country bumpkin who finds herself out of place at her new elite school. Her name is romanized as "Yû Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend her name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In October 2008, Watase began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Because of her frequent use of beautiful male characters in her works, she is widely regarded in circles as a bishōnen manga artist. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series.
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.
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