@apc Fushigi Yûgi was not Yuu Watase's first work, but close to, and by far their most-popular one. We still live in a world with FY actively publishing (Byakko Senki, in Monthly Flowers), just as we have not yet been released from the even larger modern resurgence of the isekai genre. (Though this one shucked off its shoujo power fantasy roots.) Kind of hilarious that Watase's shounen isekai, Arata the Legend, is almost completely unknown and uncared-about in comparison to FY, despite running for 15 years, to 2023. I guess it's true, you never forget your first! https://animethemes.moe/anime/fushigi_yuugi/OP1-NCDVD480