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''Ayashi no Ceres'' (''Ceres, Celestial Legend'' in English), by [[Yuu Watase]], draws on ancient Japanese myth and mixes it with a cynical modern perspective to produce a dark yet compelling tale of a young girl caught up in supernatural events beyond her control or understanding. It starts with twins Aya and Aki Mikage being driven to their grandfather's house on their 16th birthday. On arrival, they are made to view a family relic; the mummified hand of the clan's founder. Wounds appear on Aki; when Aya asks why no-one is helping him, her grandfather orders her death.

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* [[Big Fancy House]]: Yuuhi and Suzumi's house, [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] included

* [[Bifauxnen]]: Shuro Tsukasa, raised as a man out of fear of her powers manifesting

* [[Birth Death Juxtaposition]]: {{spoiler|Aya found out that she was pregnant with Toya's child right when he was about to be shot dead by Mikagi. [[Subverted Trope|Only]] he got better. [[Your Days Are Numbered|Well,]] [[Bittersweet Ending|kinda.]]}}

* [[Birth-Death Juxtaposition]]: {{spoiler|Aya found out that she was pregnant with Toya's child right when he was about to be shot dead by Mikagi. [[Subverted Trope|Only]] he got better. [[Your Days Are Numbered|Well,]] [[Bittersweet Ending|kinda.]]}}

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The mostly happy ending is rendered bittersweet by the last minute reveal that {{spoiler|Tooya is going to die soon, leaving Aya and their unborn child behind.}} Not to mention, {{spoiler|Aki cannot be saved, so he ''has'' to die so Mikage will be stopped.}}

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Played completely seriously ''and'' creepily.

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* [[Falling Into His Arms]]: Sort of.

* [[Fighting From the Inside]]

* [[Finger Suck Healing]]: Yuuhi to Aya.

* [[Finger-Suck Healing]]: Yuuhi to Aya.

* [[First Girl Wins]]: [[Gender Flipped|male version]]. Tooya was introduced before Yuuhi, during which time he had already [[Shut Up Kiss|stolen]] [[First Kiss|a]] [[Sacred First Kiss|kiss]] and indefinitely her heart. First ''Guy'' Wins seems to be a recurring theme throughout [[Yuu Watase|this mangaka]]'s works.

* [[First Girl Wins]]: [[Gender Flipped|male version]]. Tooya was introduced before Yuuhi, during which time he had already [["Shut Up" Kiss|stolen]] [[First Kiss|a]] [[Sacred First Kiss|kiss]] and indefinitely her heart. First ''Guy'' Wins seems to be a recurring theme throughout [[Yuu Watase|this mangaka]]'s works.

** This also applies somewhat to Aya, since Chidori could never fully win over Yuuhi since he was always pining after Aya.

* [[Forceful Kiss]]: Aya and Touya's first kiss. How Yuuhi changes Ceres back to Aya...and the majority of Yuuhi and Aya's kisses. [[The Woobie|Poor Yuuhi]].

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* [[Shojo]]: One of the more cynical series, [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|as mentioned below.]]

* [[Shown Their Work]]: To write this story, Watase went researching to places related to the ''hagoromo'' legend like Miyagi, Tochigi and Okinawa.

* [[Shut Up Kiss]]: A LOT.

* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: A LOT.

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Significantly on the cynical side, at least by Watase's standards.

** SPECIALLY by Watase's standards. And she seemed to like that side, since she has rarely leave to the other one ever since this manga. I.e., compare the original [[Fushigi Yuugi]] to its ongoing prequel [[Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden]].