Fushigi Yuugi: Eikouden

If you want to see what a OVA looks like, look for the following: 1) An unlikeable heroine 2) An unoriginal story 3) Was originally a fanfiction Trust me, there are good fanfictions out there that would be good enough to be a pretty decent spin off of some kind. However, FY Eikoden is a terrible fanfiction. Mayo Sakaki is very unlikeable. Now girls would be able to relate to her more if she wasn't so god damned psycho while having this crush on Tamahome. Yui was more believable, but Mayo is downright psycho. Threatening to commit suicide because some boy doesn't like you? Geeze, and I thought Yuiwas jerk. Yui was believeable in the sense that she was: 1) Extremely heart broken 2) Wanted revenge for being left behind by who she thought was her best friend 3) Admitted that she was wrong when she found out that Nakago was only lying to her. I really felt that I could relate to Yui more then Mayo. I don't know who said that Mayo was believable but trust me, you're wrong. The story could've been way better. At first, it would seem interesting. Espeically when you're all "oh, a new girl gets into the book? I'd like to see how this turns out." But then you're set up for disappointment. The story would've been interesting to read as a fanfiction by itself. Espeically if the writing itself if good. But as an anime, it's just unenjoyable. And moving onto the fact that it was originally a fanfiction. I have read better fanfiction then this crap. Way better. There are so many fanfictions that deserve to be published and turned into an anime; which is rather depressing. FYE has all the traits of not only a bad fanfiction but also a bad anime. I loved the first Fushigi Yuugi indeed, but this is just a mockery.

I have been a fan of Fushigi Yuugi for a decade now (mostly fandoming Genbu Kaiden) and although I've seen this load of crap before, a recent reviewing inspired me to write a review. The reason I sat through this horror again in my life is because I had made piratemirage watch this OVA for the enjoyment and LULZ. Anyway, onward to the review. Story 1/10 Terrible. The emphasis of the whole "return" is focused on a new character, Mayo, who is pretty much the summation of every entitled, sob story, hateful, whiny, clingy, vengeful and annoying fangirl who has ever watched the series and lusted afterTaka/Tamahome while wishing they could push Miaka out and place themselves into the book. That pretty much sums up the whole plot of this OVA, I kid you not. Mayo - the embodiment of this - goes into the book as the new miko and even becomes the pregnant container of Tamahome and Miaka's love child. Evil is present, some non-canon plotlines are introduced and completed and Suzaku is summoned for like the fourth time. The end. Art 4/10 The animation itself is pretty good. The CGI is TERRIBLE and takes away from the good that was the animation. Sound 10/10 Fushigi Yuugi always has had good music. Character 1/10 Mayo is a prick. All the Suzaku Seishi lose their coolness (by a lot) when they forgive Mayo for being a prick. Enjoyment 10/10 Because we laughed AT the OVA, the enjoyment is rated very highly. I mean, come on. How can you not laugh at the CORNINESS that is Chibi!Mitsukake speaking with a man's deep voice, Baby!Chiriko talking as if he was a child (it is frightening to behold) and the inconsistencies like Hotohori's spirit arising from a sword during a fight despite the fact that he had already been reincarnated. Horohori's man pose, and the "fight" scene with his "brother" were also legen, wait for it, dary. Seriously, take this thing with the mentality of making fun of it and OMG, will you have a field day.

Having read Fushigi Yuugi recently, a friend of mine suggested watching this for laughs and I have to say that it was incredibly dreadful. The character of Mayo was horrendous. She felt like a complete Mary Sue, only inserted because they wanted to make more money off the franchise. She was whiny and not appealing at all with how much hatred she had. The other characters weren't incredibly bad, seeing as Miaka was not very active in this. The story was lacking. They made up back story to characters and completely broke canon. It did not make any sense. They should have just left it offwhere it had ended before. Then, there was the CGI. I have seen a few things that were animated and had CGI thrown into them and this was just like them. It looked cheesy and did not need to be in there. They should have just taken it out all together. The only good thing was that it was good for laughs, not because the story is funny, but as long as you have a good sense of humor, you can pick out the little things that make no sense to laugh at. Overall, I feel as if this was a waste of time watching. There were very few redeeming qualities to it.

Fushigi Yuugi Eikoden seems to catch a lot of flak because of its origins as fanfiction. I don't know much about that really, and to be honest I don't care. More power to the fan who managed to get her story noticed, published and animated. What I do know is that most people who review Eikoden seem to focus their criticisms on what a pathetic character Mayo Sakaki is. In this viewer's estimation, that's not actually a fair judgment to make. And here's why: They don't give her enough screen time to get fleshed out and actually give us a chance to decide if she has anypotential or not. Looking at things from a casting perspective, Eikoden's real problems stem from the fact that there aren't really any characters available to tell any kind of decent story with. From the first episode, four of the seven Suzaku warriors are still dead following the events of the TV series. Miaka falls into a coma early on, and the new character Mayo is even less involved in unfolding events than Yui was in the early parts of the television series. What this leaves us with in terms of story is exactly what we've seen in the previous FY OVA's: Tamahome, Chichiri and Tasuki wandering the countryside in search of their reincarnated fellow warriors, finding them one by one and listening to the stories of their new reincarnated lives, while weak random monsters that vaguely resemble the four beast gods attack them and Mayo observes their progress through a crystal ball and curses the fact they they aren't dead. The whole OVA is just structured wrong. For a four episode series there is way too much backstory and recycled footage from the TV series, and not enough participation in current events from the new characters Eikoden introduces. There are plot holes everywhere, the advancement of the story feels forced, and the fight-monsters-and-collect-things motif that runs under everything in Eikoden seems a far cry from what the Fushigi Yuugi TV series was all about. If you only watch the Fushigi Yuugi TV series, you're probably not missing anything. The OVA episodes only seem to get worse and worse the more of them you watch.

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