I watched the anime and read Yuu Watase's Fushigi yugi Genbu Gaiden. Personaly, I like Takiko Okuda the Genbu no Miko better thn Miaka. She's a bit of a tragic figure to me. Her mom died, she got rejected, her father wanted a son and now she is going to die!! (major spoiler) cryingcryingcryingcryingcryingcrying