$$In-depth on Tamahome$$
There's not much to tell about Tamahome. I mean, he only saved Miaka's life a few jillion times. Where, there was that time when he turned evil...(That was pretty neat.) Okay. Maybe I'd better clarify, for those of you who have no idea I'm talking about. See, Tamahome went to Kotou because...uh..I forgot why...Hold on a sec...Let me think...Oh yeah! I remember. He went cuz there was a Kotou assassin that warned Miaka, Hotohori, and Chichiri, that Kotou would attack Konan villages if they didn't give up Tamahome. Of course, everyone advised Tamahome not to go, even though Konan does have a weaker army that Kotou. Tamahome promised Miaka he wouldn't leave, but guess what? Yep. He left. Of course, Yui was quite happy. For a while. Then, she realized that she had no chance of ever getting Tamahome because he was hopelessly in love with Miaka. In a conversation with Tamahome, Yui's like, "WHY? Why did this happen to me? Miaka and I met both you at the same time." She runs off, crying, right into the arms of Nakago, who gives her a little pill and tells her to sneak it into some of Tamahome's food. At first, Yui couldn't do it. Then, while she was bathing one night in some river or something, Tamahome's says that he's leaving. Miaka had already found all of the other seishi, and he promised her he'd go. Yui, of course, knew she needed to take action fast, so she puts the pill in her mouth and kisses him. Tamahome blacks out and the what do you know? He's like totally evil!
Thus started his fight with Tasuki, whom he nearly killed cuz Miaka wouldn't let Tasuki hurt Tamahome. Later, when Tamahome returns to normal, Tasuki is still mad at him, which results in Tamahome getting fried at every opportunity. (It's pretty funny!) And to think that those two are best friends. It's sort of weird, isn't it?
Tamahome is and always will be the main hero in Fushigi Yuugi, which sorta pisses me off cuz, I mean, he's the one who gets all the powers to defeat Nakago and stuff. I mean, why him? But hey, it's my opinion and I know many people will disagree with me. Personally, I think it would have been better if he died at the end while fighting Nakago, but when Miaka goes back to her world, the born-again version of Tamahome, Taka, is still there. Truth to tell, I like Taka much better than Tamahome. It's hard to explain why. It's like they're two totally different people, even though they're really not. Even though Taka can't protect Miaka very well, he still manages to show that he REALLY REALLY cares for Miaka. Or maybe it's Miaka herself. She's so much more mature in the second OVA. And her relationship with Taka isn't half as sappy as it was with Tamahome. (Well, maybe that's towards the end...) Anyways, all this is my opinion, so if you think differently, that's fine. Just don't mail me death threats or anything like that, okay?
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