Another great Shojo classic by Fushigi Yuugi mangaka which i should have been reading for a long time ago. Watase Yuu Sensei had a great talent at incorporating mythologies at her works and for Ayashi no Ceres she take good spin on the celestial robe tale. Ayashi no Ceres storyline has the formula of your standard Shojo series where some bishies are fighting over the main heroine.
Since Ayashi no Ceres was intended for mainstream audience at the time, the main heroine character is probably designed to be insufferable just like Miaka from Fushigi Yuugi. However Watase Yuu managed to perfectly capture the image of a Divine Beauty in this series through Ceres, a resurrected Celestial Maiden who is hellbent to destroy her descendants due to some betrayal by her consort and reclaim her lost Hagoromo in order to return to the Heaven.
To me the main strength of Ayashi no Ceres comes from Ceres, a seemingly tragic heroine who tread on the path of vengeance due to complicated relation with her former lover and the last two volume concludes her story quite well. Overall Ayashi no Ceres is another good read if you enjoy Fushigi Yuugi.
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