Yuu Watase

Yuu Watase is a Japanese mangaka who debuted in 1989 at eighteen with the short story "Pajama de Ojama" and has since written both one-shots and long-running series. She is best known for Fushigi Yûgi, a fantasy romance adventure, and in 1998 won the shōjo category of the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award for Ceres, Celestial Legend. Her Absolute Boyfriend is a contemporary romance with magical realism elements. In 2008 she began her first shōnen serialization, Arata: The Legend.