Analysis / Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden

Character Development through Personality Blood Types and Western Zodiac

• Watase took a lot of care in aligning the Celestial Warrior's assigned Chinese constellations to their western constellations, also assigning blood types to further enhance their personalities. This also extends to their priestess as well.
  • Hikitsu—The first aligned Chinese constellation of Genbu, and is a Blood Type-A Sagittarius; which explains his Sugar-and-Ice Personality as being responsible, collected, patient, and cautious, yet is willing to take risks and fearless actions once he makes a decision upon evaluation, and has areas in expertise that he's passionate about.
  • Inami—Second aligned Chinese constellation of Genbu, a Blood Type-O Capricorn; gives her a well-rounded character who is sociable and reliable.
  • Uruki—Third aligned Chinese constellation of Genbu, a Blood Type-O Aquarius; he has his own ideals and prone to bad temper, so his teammates has to put in lots of effort to make him adapt into the group, but once adapted he becomes well-rounded and cooperative.
  • Tomite—Fourth aligned Chinese constellation of Genbu, and a Blood Type-B Aquarius. He's highly sociable, and is the mood maker of the team, but like Uruki, he's also short tempered, impatient, and brash; add to being born less than two weeks apart from Uruki, they end up budding their heads with each other the most.
  • Urumiya—Fifth aligned Chinese constellation of Genbu, Blood Type-AB Aquarius. Their character sheet should be enough to tell their complex personalities.
  • Hatsui—Sixth aligned Chinese constellation of Genbu, and a Blood Type-A Pisces. He's highly cooperative, yet is very shy, indecisive, stutters a lot, and always opted to hide in his basket in times of distress.
  • Namame—The last Chinese constellation of Genbu, even though Watase never gave it a birthday, it's estimated western zodiac should align it to Pisces; giving it it's creative, witty, gentle nature with the love of participation.
  • Takiko—A Type-O Virgo. As the Priestess of Genbu and fellow teammate, she works very hard in solving problems for Hokkan one step at a time, and gives it her all to make her warriors not only feel comfortable in working together, but also be considerate in each of her warriors' personal concerns to give each of them the assurance they need to foresee the future prosperity of their country with their contributions.