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Thanks to The Manga Obsession for the story summary!
There is a legend of the Tennyo Ceres, a goddess who was bathing on earth. A fisherman saw her in the water, and then stole her hagoromo ('robe'). Without the hagoromo, Ceres could not return to the heavens. The man agreed to return it to Ceres, but only after she married him. She later gives birth to a child who was then able to find the hagoromo. Ceres was once again able to return to the skies...or so the legend goes.
In present times, Aki and Aya, twin brother and sister respectively, are taken to their grandfather's home for their birthday party. Once there, Aya notices a tense atmosphere among her relatives. A man in sunglasses presents Aya with a package to open. Aki opens the box for Aya, and an old, whithered hand is revealed. Suddenly, images flash through Aya head and power overwhelms her as the hand shatters. Aya looks to Aki for help, and sees several wounds break out all over her brother. Her grandfather then demands Aya to be killed.
The hand was a test to see if the blood of Tennyo existed within Aya, for the Tennyo is out to destroy the Mikage family. Aya is indeed an incarnation of Ceres, but a surprised is that Aki is the reincernation of Shiso, the fisherman who held Ceres' hagoromo. The twins, once part of a happy, normal family, are now divided by fate.
That's the plot of Ayashi no Ceres, but the other main portion of the series is taken up by the triangle between Aya, Yuuhi, and Tooya. The later two are bishounen who risk their lives to rescue Aya in several occasions (just like another other anime/manga girl, she loves to run into danger). For those of you who got confused by the triangles, squares, spirals, and so on, of Fushigi Yuugi, don't worry--the romanic interests part doesn't get too much more complex than this triangle. And as with all Watase series, there are a ton of hilarious scenes that are must reads (especially with Q-chan involved).
Ayashi no Ceres has been fully published in English by VIZ Communications, please support Watase-sensei by purchasing the novel through the below links.
Volume 01
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