Ayashi no Ceres
From Animepedia
| Revision as of 15:47, 10 November 2006 (edit) Regex (Talk | contribs) (→Links - --Changed categories) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 15:48, 10 November 2006 (edit) Regex (Talk | contribs) (Added links) Next diff → |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
| Ayashi No Ceres (妖しのセレス) (English "''Ceres, Celestial Legend''") is an anime and manga by [[Watase Yuu]]. | Ayashi No Ceres (妖しのセレス) (English "''Ceres, Celestial Legend''") is an anime and manga by [[Watase Yuu]]. | ||
| - | Ayashi no Ceres is manga and anime series by Yu Watase, who also created Fushigi Yugi. The manga is 14 volumes and the anime is 24 episodes. It was released starting in 1996 in the manga magazine Shojo Comic. | + | Ayashi no Ceres is manga and anime series by [[Yu Watase]], who also created [[Fushigi Yugi]]. The manga is 14 volumes and the anime is 24 episodes. It was released starting in 1996 in the manga magazine Shojo Comic. |
| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 10 November 2006
Ayashi No Ceres (妖しのセレス) (English "Ceres, Celestial Legend") is an anime and manga by Watase Yuu.
Ayashi no Ceres is manga and anime series by Yu Watase, who also created Fushigi Yugi. The manga is 14 volumes and the anime is 24 episodes. It was released starting in 1996 in the manga magazine Shojo Comic.
Plot
The story begins with the twins Aya and Aki Mikage on the day before their sixteenth birthday. Aya and Aki are hanging out with friends when a man tries to steal someones purse. Aya runs after the man and he throws the purse over the side of a bridge. Aya jumps after the purse and grabs it just as she realizes she’s too far and is going to fall. Before she hits the ground she is caught by a mysterious man, Tooya.
When they get home their parents tell them that they must go to their grandfathers house tomorrow after school instead of being able to hang out with their friends. The mood seems very gloomy about the whole deal. When they get to their grandparents house they see that the entire Mikage clan is there. Aya and Aki are then presented with a box, they open it to find an old decayed hand in it, Aya is grossed out by it and Aki confused. The hand then seems to explode causing several cuts on Aki. Aki begins to bleed profusely. Aya panics, screaming for the family to help Aki, none of them do and her father is passed a gun to shoot Aya. The family reveals its secret, they are the decendents of the orignal Mikage and a Tennyo, or a celestial being. Every generation there is a set of twins, the female is the “rebirth” Ceres the Tennyo, and the male is the “rebirth” of the orignal Mikage. The legend says that Ceres will bring about the fall of the entire Mikage clan so the female is killed on their sixteenth birthday, before Ceres is able to gain full power, and the male becomes the new head of the Mikage family.
Aya’s father is unable to kill his only daughter and is murdered by their grandfather. Aya transforms into Ceres sensing the danger and escapes. She is rescued again by Tooya and he sends her off with Suzumi Aogiri and her brother in law Yuuhi. Suzumi is also a descendent of a Tennyo, although she lacks the ability to transform, she has some psychic and telekinetic powers, and makes a protective charm for Yuuhi to wear to protect Aya.
Aya tries to visit her brother in the hospital only to be accosted by her mother who blames her for her fathers death. When her mother tries to kill her she transforms again into Ceres. Yuuhi rushes to save Aya, sensing that she’s in danger and finds Ceres, who explains that she and Aya share the same body. Ceres then attempts to attack Aya’s mother to punish them for taking her hagoromo, but Yuuhi prevents her. He then kisses her which triggers Aya to regain control. When Aya realizes whats going on she slaps Yuuhi for kissing her and rushes to her mother. Aya’s mother has fallen into a coma and Suzumi arranges for her to stay at the hospital until she comes out.
Aki over hears people at the Mikage mansion plotting to kill Aya and he heads out into the rain to find her. Tooya saves Aki this time from a group of thugs. He allows Aki to visit Aya for the night. After falling asleep Aki is woken up by Ceres strangling him accusing him of stealing her harogomo. Tooya again saves Aki and takes him back to the Mikage mansion. Yuuhi finds Ceres again and kisses her to return Aya to control. Aya then runs after her brother and Tooya. She demands to be told whats going on and Tooya takes her to his apartment where Aya breaks down crying. She realizes that she has fallen in love with Tooya.
Aya is captured by her cousin Kagami and she realizes what his plan has been the entire time. He is obsessed with Ceres and wants to extract her genes to create a superior human race, what he calls the C- Project. He attempts to extract it from a quiet girl, Urakawa, at Aya’s school by having a hired teacher woo her and slip her drugs with Cere’s DNA. Urakawa then believes Aya to have told everyone about her and her lovers relationship and sets the school on fire. Tooya runs in to save her and admits his love for Aya. When Urakawa throws a bolt of fire at Aya it is Yuuhi who takes the hit and falls. Ceres then takes control and tries to reason with Urakawa. Urakawa is unable to defeat Ceres, her lover, the teacher, yells at her and reveals that he never really cared for her. She ends up setting both her and her lover on fire.
Suzumi is then captured by the Mikage clan and they threaten to use the C-Project drug on her. Aya and Kyuu run to the home to save Suzumi. For the first time Aya willingly transforms into Ceres to save them. They save do end up saving Suzumi and Aya decides to work with Ceres to achieve her goals.
Aya and her friends are visited by a small young looking girl named Chidori, that asks Yuuhi to bring the girl that he was flying with to her brother so that he can fly too. It was always her little brother’s, Tochigi, dream to fly. While at the hospital they investigate the illness that is spreading around and Aya tries to get Tooya to admit his love for her. Ceres does end up taking Tochigi flying, but is hit and begins to fall. It turns out that Chidori is also a Tennyo and has a crush on Yuuhi.
Aki feels the other spirit in him attempting to take hold, so he writes a letter to Aya explaining everything that the Mikage family is doing and has it delivered to Aya through Tooya. The other spirit in Aki finally awakens causing him to kill his grandfather and demand to be taken to Aya, who he calls his wife Ceres.
While in search of the harogomo they find a girl named Miori that bears an uncanny resemblance to Aya. She claims that Tooya is her childhood friend and lover and that Aya must leave him with her now. Aya reluctantly does so, and in her grief cuts her hair off and hides allowing Ceres to take full control. Ceres goes to find if Tooya is friend or enemy and when she is held at knife point by Tooya, Miori appears and transforms into a Tennyo as well and blames Aya for all that has happened to her. Miori attacks Ceres calling for Aya to come out, but Aya is still grief stricken over loosing Tooya. Tooya learns that the past with Miori was a lie and escapes to tell Miori. Aya returns to herself and Miori learns the truth. Miori decides to get the ultimate revenge on Aya, and commits suicide right in front of Aya standing on the street below the building they are on. In the last second Yuuhi attempts to shield Aya from seeing and holds her tightly.
Chidori and Tochigi are then kidnapped by Kagami and his men. Yuuhi and Tooya go to save them. As they are leaving a guard attempts to shoot Yuuhi and Chidori takes the bullet. As she is dying she attempts to tell Yuuhi that she loves him, but dies before she could. Tochigi appears without Tooya, they assume Tooya is dead and escape. Aya realizes she is pregnant with Tooyas baby and is approached by Kagami and his men. Hoping to preserver her life and the life of her child she goes with them back to the laboratory. There she sees all of the Ceres clones that Kagami has made, but they soon all start to die. Aki then runs into Ceres and demands that she tells the truth, that she was not forced by him to do anything. Aya demands the true story from Ceres and she tells her. Tooya is captured by Aki, who is fully controlled by the original Mikagi, and shoots him to death. Alec not wanting them to dissect him for their experiments throws his body into the sea.
The projects funders believe this to be a failure and demand Kagami stop and hand over all that he has. Kagami refuses and moves everything to his boat to continue, along with his cloned hagoromo. Aya finds out that Tooya was killed and has her necklace she gave him returned as proof. They all go after Kagami and Alec points them to where his boat is. As they arrive on the boat there is a huge light that emerges from the sea and a man with wings flies towards the boat. The guards on the boat attempt to shoot him but find that it does no good. The man, everyone sees, is Tooya.
He tells Aya that he is the mana, the hagoromo, that Ceres has been looking for. That he must give up his life to return to her. She tearfully tells him that she is pregnant with his child and that she wants to live with him. Aki becomes the full reincarnation of the Mikagi and goes looking to kill both Tooya and Aya. He finds Tooya and they engage in a fight with Tooya falling into the ocean, he then comes across Aya and stabs her through the chest. Tooya comes back and gives Aya the mana to save her life. Mikage has fused with the created hagoromo but it is destroying him. Mikage attempts to kill Ceres but is held back by Aki who has separated himself from the Mikage. Aki begs Ceres to kill Mikage and himself so that there can be peace again. She does and both Ceres and the Mikage ascend away. Ceres askes Mikage if he had ever really loved her, and Mikage replies “was there ever any doubt” to which Ceres replies “I loved you too...”. Aya and Tooya settle on Hachijou Island, but they all realize that Tooya is not long for this world. Tooya approaches Yuuhi and explains to him that he will die soon, and that it is Yuuhi’s responsibility to care for Aya after he is gone. The realize that finally the cycle is over, and they have a chance at a new beginning.
Characters
- Aya Mikage (御景妖)
Aya is a 16 year old girl who loves singing and being in the spotlight. She finds out on her 16th birthday that she is the reincarnation of the Tennyo Ceres. This turns her life upside down as her family begins to hunt her. She falls in love with a mysterious man named Tooya, who comes and goes at strange times.
- Aki Mikage (御景明)
Aki is Ayas twin brother and the reincarnation of the head of the Mikage family. Aki’s random personality transformations between himself and Mikage cause some very strange behaviors to surface. He is obsessed with Ceres and keeping her on earth and with him, and also is confused about what is going on around him.
- Tooya (十夜)
Tooya is named because he grew from a boy to a man in 10 nights. The literal translation of his name means “ten-night”. His origins are a mystery and he is employed by the Mikage family, he was implanted with fake memories at one point by one of Aya’s cousins.
- Suzumi Aogiri (梧納涼)
Suzumi is also a descendent of a tennyo. She married Yuuhi’s brother, but was widowed when an accident claimed his life. Suzumi now takes care of Yuuhi. She senses that Aya is a descendent of a tennyo and is in danger and sends Yuuhi to rescue her.
- Yuuhi Aogiri (梧雄飛)
Yuuhi is the brother in law of Suzumi. He was bound by magic to protect Aya by Suzumi. He lives with Suzumi, mostly because he does not get along with his other brothers or his father. Its also found out that Yuuhi is in love with Aya.
- Ceres (セレス) and Mikage
Ceres is the tennyo that mothered the Mikage clan. She descended from heaven and took off her harogomo, or featherd coat, to bathe and it was stolen by Mikage. When their village was attacked Mikage found himself unable to stand up to the men and became disheartened. So Ceres gave Mikage the power to defend himself and their family from anyone. This corrupted Mikage and he kept Ceres as a prisoner, hiding her harogomo so she may never leave him. Ceres keeps being reincarnated, along with Mikage, in twins born every generation. Usually the family will make the male twin the head of the clan, and kill the female twin. Ceres is on a quest to find her harogomo and return to heaven, and will reveal herself in Aya’s body whenever Aya becomes threatened or emotional. The only proven way to return Aya to her body is when Yuuhi kisses her.
