unordered list of things that make fushigi yuugi an iconic anime. full of spoilers
its main theme is about the relationship between teenage girls and fiction they project onto in order to cope with and process reality. which seems like it is arguing on one hand that at some point they do have to face the real world and acknowledge their 2D husbandos are just that...
but then it still ends with Miaka's 2D husbando being reincarnated IRL so they can get married. it was the funniest thing i have ever seen.
F in the chat for Yui, Miaka's real world friend who is also the most important driving force of the plot and foil to her, and whose relationship with her is what the whole isekai is meant to reflect. The epilogue does not explore this literally at all.
like there is a heavy implication Yui and Miaka will end up at different high schools because Yui is a better student, and Yui having problems processing this because of some strong possessive feelings; but in the end they just end up at the same high school anyway... along with . the fucjing . 2D husbando
there is a crossdressing genderweird bishie in the emperor's harem who is in love with him. the emperor refuses to take a wife until after they die, and then he marries a woman who looks exactly like them.
don't worry both of these individuals are still also in love with Miaka
the episode where the genderweird bishie dies is basically called "Episode 33: Sorry Nuriko Dies In This One" before the fight even starts.
they are the only one with this treatment btw everyone else just gets killed off one after the other in the last like 5 episodes for no real reason
the obligatory "Old Wise Man" who looks upon the young teenage antics with wisdom and compassion looks like this:
origamiaround
yousharknotpass
dailybridgerton
stormborns
snowghoul
