What is Sanzo thinking?

[louiselux]

You know, in Chapter 22 of Even a Worm, where he suddenly has some sort of realisation. I had an idea.

I took snowyheart's advice and stared at pages 13 and 14. Sanzo describes the different sutras and what they can do, says he's never seen any of the others in action, then says that only the successor of a Sanzo can make them work, then... dun dun DUN! Sanzo realises something.

I think it might be that he has seen one in action: the Uten sutra that holds power over life and existence. Somehow it's Hazel's amulet. Meaning Hazel must be a Sanzo, either knowingly or unknowingly. Or Ukoku, because it must have something to do with him,  might have found some way of putting the power of the sutra into the amulet.

Huh. Does that sounds completely cracktastic?

Comments

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Yep, it does.

But weirdly plausible.

And what happens to all those sutras that are successor-free, like the one from the Sanzo that got eaten by the scorpion youkai? Does someone pick a successor for them?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Or, as per someone's theory, do they pick their own successor? A la the One Ring?

Anyway, my further theory goes: Ukoku visited both Master Filbert and Koumyou 10 years ago, whereupon they both died gory deaths, leaving their cute blond disciples to fend for themselves and Ukoku free to stalk them unhindered. Therefore: Ukoku has a thing for hot blonds. Um. Profound!

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Ukoku has a thing for hot blonds.
...isn't that canon? XD

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

The man has a serious thing. Koumyou, Kami-sama, Hazel, Sanzo. But good taste.

XD

[yukie1013.livejournal.com]

BRAIN SHARE XD

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

yay!

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Indeedy.

[yukie1013.livejournal.com]

I think it is XD

Koumyou, Sanzo, Hazel, Kamisama...eeeyup.

[yukie1013.livejournal.com]

Or, as per someone's theory, do they pick their own successor?

I personally think that's the case. The sutras seem to be - they seem to pick a bearer. Probably the Seiten will only react to Sanzo, and it likely - I can see the sutras having a limited ability to 'turn up' where they want to be. So the Seiten probably winds up at the door of Houtou daily, and Nii goes "..." and has to tote it back. XD

[nekonexus.livejournal.com]

So the Seiten probably winds up at the door of Houtou daily, and Nii goes "..." and has to tote it back. XD

*snickers* I could *so* see that. *squashes ficlet bunny*

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Me too. Let the bunny run free!

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

You win at meta. XD

[new-kate.livejournal.com]

Wow. I like this theory.
I actually think you're onto something, because all sutras but one are more or less accounted for. We know where Maten, Seiten and Muten are. And one sutra is possibly still buried in the desert (Kouten?). So that leaves the one that has not been mentioned at all...

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Doku, IIRC, dug out the buried one, so that's at the castle.

[hungry-worm.livejournal.com]

I thought Dokugakouji returned with the Sutra from the desert?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

The desert one was dug out by Dokugakuji, I think it says that in vol 8. So there's one Sanzo and one sutra that we don't know about yet. It'd be a neat plot turn if it was Hazel - it would mean that Ni has access to four sutras he knows that Sanzo is heading straight to him with the fifth one - no wonder he looks so smug. And so he wants Hazel to get rid of Goku so Sanzo has reduced protection.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Or Hazel to get rid of himself so he can grab the unmastered sutra. I suppose he wins either way.

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think you're right. How devious. <3

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Well, you know. Nii. XD

[andmydog.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Nii.

Y'all are just stirring the bunnies...

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

You say that like it's a bad thing. XD

[andmydog.livejournal.com]

Naw. Just your fault, is all. :D

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yes! He could easily be that sneaky and ruthless.

[snowyheart.livejournal.com]

(My first comment got ate, sorry if you get two of these...)

Whee, exactly! ^^! At first I took it to mean that Master Filbert was a Sanzo (or at least had super Sanzo powerz) but I didn't even think about the possibility of Ukoku having something to do with it...

Yay for Minekura!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

You thought the same thing? That gives me hope that it wasn't a cracktastic idea. It makes sense and frankly nothing else occured to me that wasn't even more crackified.

Minekura is so cool:D

[snowyheart.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad you thought the same thing too! I was pretty much afraid to declare it, because just my luck I'd be 100% wrong. But not if there's more than one of us! Mrahaha~