The fact that I got into collecting cels from
Fushigi Yuugi when the prices had exploded was
bad enough. The fact that I'm very picky when
it comes to art and Fushigi Yuugi art was
actually drying out was worse. The fact that
the only characters I really like collecting are
Hikou and the Seiryuu seishi makes me a
collector asking for bankruptcy.
So I'm still in a state of shock to have
stumbled upon as many nice ones in my first year
of collecting (well, still not as shocking as my
Transformers find, but that's American animation
XD). The two they genuinely surprise me with
their finds are my Suboshi and Hikou cels. Not
only they ridiculously rare, but they also cost
Chao-chan a pretty penny.
However, as much as I love my Suboshi, I have to
say Hikou wins the cake. I've seen a couple
from my Seiryuu sequence hanging around, as well
as cels of Suboshi from other scenes, but I have
only seen two cels from the flashback sequence
in the OAV, and only one other from the
television series, and one of them doesn't even
have anything more than Hikou's arm in it.
So here's Hikou, in sable-toned flashback glory,
confessing his love to Kouran.
-Pitten |