Yuu Watase: From Beloved Manga Artist to Exploited Victim

In honor of Yuu Watase’s 35th year anniversary, let’s travel down memory lane to see how influential she became in the anime & manga world. follow me :)) 🧸 Instagram ↠   / itsbasicboi   🛍 Tik Tok ↠   / kawonaike   🌹Letterboxd ↠ https://letterboxd.com/basicbo1 🐤 Twitter ↠   / itsbasicboi   🎮 Anilist ↠ https://anilist.co/user/basicboi 🦋 Blue Sky ↠ https://bsky.app/profile/basicboi.bsk... 🌺 Second Channel ↠    / @kaysscatteredthoughts   support me :)) 🎫 Donate ↠ https://ko-fi.com/basicboi ☁️ Patreon ↠   / basicboi   🍒timestamps 0:00 ↠ intro 2:32 ↠ who is yuu watase 4:07 ↠ the early years 7:03 ↠ fushigi yuugi 11:10 ↠ ceres celestial legend 16:10 ↠ the shift to romcoms 19:15 ↠ the in-between years 21:17 ↠ foray into shounen manga 26:45 ↠ the future of yuu watase 💻 sources 💻 ✦ Background on Yuu Watase http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive... https://web.archive.org/web/201109271... https://web.archive.org/web/200705152... https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/cul... https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/201... ✦ Yuu Watase Interviews http://mattbrown.me/ad/interviews/vie...    • Video   https://web.archive.org/web/201003222... ✦ Fushigi Yugi gets new manga chapter and pop-up store with new art to celebrate 30th anniversary https://soranews24.com/2022/09/29/fus... ✦ Queering the harem: queerness in reverse harem manga and anime https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... ✦ Ceres Celestial Legend Receiving The 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho... ✦ Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Ceres: Celestial Legend https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/hous... ✦ Mangaka Yuu Watase Blogs About Editorial Harassment https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte... https://ameblo.jp/wataseyuu/ ✦ Shueisha Says Female Jump Editors Need to 'Understand the Hearts of Boys' https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte... ✦ Yuu Watase Came Out As Non-Binary https://x.com/wataseyuu_/status/11304... ✦ Yuu Watase's Fushigi Yūgi: Byakko Senki Manga Returns in May 2024 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news... ✦ Fushigi Yugi Creator Yuu Watase Celebrates 35th Anniversary with Art Exhibition https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/late... 📬 video requests ↠ https://forms.gle/JwWUG5n2CmLQh5m69 💌 for collab & business inquires: [email protected]