Saiyuki links and a scan
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louiseluxVolume 5 of Saiyuki = so gay!
The first half is backstory, describing how the four first met. Gojyo seems to be unable to stop himself flirting with anyone and everyone, even at inappropriate such as waking up the seriously wounded stranger whom you've dragged home and have put in your bed.
Hakkai, or Gonou as he is still known as at this point, wakes up for the first time after his murderous rampage.
I really wish this page was in colour - the first thing he sees is Gojyo hanging over him, his bright hair and red eyes backlit by a lamp. You can guess that he's instantly reminded of all the blood he's just spilled, and in fact, a few pages later he tells Gojyo that his hair and eyes kept him grounded in the reality of what he'd done and stopped him from going insane to escape the horror. His hair and eyes remind Gonou of blood. Gojyo's hair and eyes remind Gojyo of blood too, and have since his own mother tried to kill him. As far as we know, no one has ever needed Gojyo or told him that he was important before and his obsessive sleeping around seems to be his way of distracting himself from his need for emotional contact with another human being. Gojyo becomes genuinely attached to Hakkai. He takes him home and looks after him, which on the surface seems a very odd thing for a young man like him to do. It made me think he must be lonely and that he wants someone to care for, which is not at all the image that Gojyo likes to project to the world. Later, when he thinks Gonou is dead, he cuts off his hair in mourning, incidentally making himself look very cute. Sanzo, in his caustic way, says that it won't make any difference.
Of course, Gonou isn't dead, but Sanzo lets him think so. On his own, Gojyo seems to come to terms with what he is. Sometime later he's staring at the red apples at a market stall, thinking that his hair and eyes will always be that colour, when someone picks up an apple and says, 'these are such a beautiful red, aren't they?' (the fangirl in me died happy at this point). It is Gonou, who has been let off by the gods and has been allowed to start a new life with a new name: Hakkai.
Hakkai, after his trial, goes back to Gojyo and asks to stay with him. He tells Sanzo that Gojyo needs someone to remind him when garbage days is, but perhaps there's more going on and it's Hakkai that wants to be looked after too? I admit I like to think so. He trusts Gojyo, after all.
Gojyo gets close to Hakkai, but he flirts with calculated annoyance with Sanzo.
Some links I've used to find Saiyuki translations and scans:
Forever Manga Scans - Saiyuki. You need an ID to sign in.
Scans of Saiyuki Gaiden - The One Where They're In Heaven
Translation of Gaiden - doesn't cover the whole thing, but starts about half way through. I used it to find out what happened where the scans (see above link) stopped.
Saiyuki Reloaded - the new manga
The first half is backstory, describing how the four first met. Gojyo seems to be unable to stop himself flirting with anyone and everyone, even at inappropriate such as waking up the seriously wounded stranger whom you've dragged home and have put in your bed.
Hakkai, or Gonou as he is still known as at this point, wakes up for the first time after his murderous rampage.
I really wish this page was in colour - the first thing he sees is Gojyo hanging over him, his bright hair and red eyes backlit by a lamp. You can guess that he's instantly reminded of all the blood he's just spilled, and in fact, a few pages later he tells Gojyo that his hair and eyes kept him grounded in the reality of what he'd done and stopped him from going insane to escape the horror. His hair and eyes remind Gonou of blood. Gojyo's hair and eyes remind Gojyo of blood too, and have since his own mother tried to kill him. As far as we know, no one has ever needed Gojyo or told him that he was important before and his obsessive sleeping around seems to be his way of distracting himself from his need for emotional contact with another human being. Gojyo becomes genuinely attached to Hakkai. He takes him home and looks after him, which on the surface seems a very odd thing for a young man like him to do. It made me think he must be lonely and that he wants someone to care for, which is not at all the image that Gojyo likes to project to the world. Later, when he thinks Gonou is dead, he cuts off his hair in mourning, incidentally making himself look very cute. Sanzo, in his caustic way, says that it won't make any difference.
Of course, Gonou isn't dead, but Sanzo lets him think so. On his own, Gojyo seems to come to terms with what he is. Sometime later he's staring at the red apples at a market stall, thinking that his hair and eyes will always be that colour, when someone picks up an apple and says, 'these are such a beautiful red, aren't they?' (the fangirl in me died happy at this point). It is Gonou, who has been let off by the gods and has been allowed to start a new life with a new name: Hakkai.
Hakkai, after his trial, goes back to Gojyo and asks to stay with him. He tells Sanzo that Gojyo needs someone to remind him when garbage days is, but perhaps there's more going on and it's Hakkai that wants to be looked after too? I admit I like to think so. He trusts Gojyo, after all.
Gojyo gets close to Hakkai, but he flirts with calculated annoyance with Sanzo.
Some links I've used to find Saiyuki translations and scans:
Forever Manga Scans - Saiyuki. You need an ID to sign in.
Scans of Saiyuki Gaiden - The One Where They're In Heaven
Translation of Gaiden - doesn't cover the whole thing, but starts about half way through. I used it to find out what happened where the scans (see above link) stopped.
Saiyuki Reloaded - the new manga
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Date: 2004-11-08 01:55 pm (UTC)