First of all, let me say this.  Fushigi Yugi might have actually gotten a higher rating from me if it weren’t for a certain something that this show liked to do.  That something was to create romantic trouble where none was required.  For instance, the main character and the quasi main character are in love, but every other episode, one of them decides to run away from the other one to prevent some type of trouble, even though the last time they did this and got back together, they promised that they would never do it again.  As I said, this happens about every other episode, for about 40 fucking episodes!  It got really annoying after awhile.

            Aside from that, if you need a quick and dirty explanation of the show, it’s about two girls who find a book that transports them into another world while someone else in their world reads through the book, detailing their adventures.  If you want a detailed explanation, too fucking back, go read a different review, I ain’t making any money here.

            The animation quality was better than I expected, especially concerning fight scenes.  Let’s say the animation was better than Shinesman.  The artwork was very spiffy, and the show had some cool lookin’ characters.

            On that note, I’d like to say that the old anime like Fushigi Yugi and Yu Yu Hakusho sure know how to make some kick ass characters.  I mean, there were a few characters I didn’t care for, but I still didn’t really dislike them.  And the guys I did like just kicked ass.  Since I can’t remember their names and I’m too lazy to look them up (I watched this show about three months ago and haven’t thought about it much since), I’ll just generalize the characters I really liked in the GOOD section.

            Another thing that needs to be mentioned about this show is that EVERYONE LOVES EVERYONE.  If you miss an episode or two, you’re likely to have missed about 3 new love triangles that just sprouted up.  But yeah, aside from the over drama between the two main-ish characters and how most of the characters fall in love with each other, this show has excellent action, great pacing, it’s not afraid to kill off main characters, great characters, a good story that you can’t really predict, good animation and artwork and a whole bunch of other stuff.

            Oh yeah, I was walking away from my ‘puter when I remembered something about the show, it’s damned funny!  The people who made Fushigi Yugi weren’t afraid to put humor all over a serious plotted show, even when the humor is really silly.  For instance, one of the main characters has the ability to change shape, so he disguises himself as the main bad guy and walks around.  But then he’s spotted behind the main bad guy and he screams, changing into a super deformed main bad guy, and runs off.  The guards then chase after him, yelling, “Quick, after the super deformed commander!”  Stuff like that, let’s just say that I laughed my ass off at this show a lot..