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[louiselux]

This has been on my mind far too often, so I have to ask. What the hell is Sanzo's slinky top and sleeves made from? Has Minekura ever actually said?

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Comments

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

What the hell is Sanzo's slinky top and sleeves made from?

Nylon! For that skree-skree-skree noise when his arms touch his torso!

I don't really see Sanzo as a black silk sort of person :-) (Running to read the fic now!)

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

I always figured silk because it was shiny and drapey and all-weathery but the Buddhist point is a point. (I clearly don't know enough about sericulture, woes.)

It seems to be the Sanzo uniform so I'm not sure how much our Sanzo's tastes would come into it.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

The process means that usually moth is killed before it can eat through its silk cocoon. So silk would probably be out for Buddhists.

It seems to be the Sanzo uniform so I'm not sure how much our Sanzo's tastes would come into it.

I bet he'd never wear any of it by choice - travelling halfway to India in flip flops (although I'm sure his monk sandals have a proper name) can't be fun. Although he might get things made in nicer fabrics.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Heee! Nylon - so easy for Hakkai to launder and it's drip dry too! No ironing, but very sweaty.

Sanzo would never been seen dead in an underwear cliche like black silk. And also it's just too nice for him.

[hungry-worm.livejournal.com]

Fanfic writers always write leather, but I maybe it's rather a rayon(?) kind of firm yet supple cottonwool weave? Leather would be hell to wash, stiffer and hot.
I've spent hours thinking about his clothing already, squinting at the pictures and guessing from the flow and way to rip, what it could be.
How far is the Saiyuki universe anyway, in terms of development? Do they have all sorts of synthetic fibres already?

I think his blackie is enough to cause a fetish. He makes it look so damn good (or the other way around, however you want to see it) :D

Of course this is all bull and we know the truth.. it's paint on latex, and Goku is forced to paint it on him every morning after his shower =)

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

How far is the Saiyuki universe anyway, in terms of development?
Well, they have credit cards and Marlboro cigarettes, but not the internet. I'd say the word is 'anachronistic.'

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Bwaha!

I think the leather must be pure fanon then-- it doesn't seem like Minekura has ever said what its made from. But probably cotton, because both leather and silk result in killing animal.

It's an inspired bit of design on her part to have something so erotic looking on someone so cold.

[hungry-worm.livejournal.com]

It's like fire and ice... the contrast makes it so much better...

[emungere.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but it looks worryingly like PVC. So shiny.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Too shiny. In the anime it just gets disturbing, because his chest beings to look like it's moulded from plastic.

[emungere.livejournal.com]

It could be one of those plastic breastplates with the muscles sculpted into it. Gojyo would mock him forever.

[lisa-bee.livejournal.com]

My practical guess would be something along the lines of spandex/microfiber.

My screw-practical-it's-anime guess would be really well-worn, thinnish leather.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Kid leather or something very supple like that could work.

[lisa-bee.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Would he wear leather?

[new-kate.livejournal.com]

In Gunlock he rips it and uses for bandages. Firmly points to not-leather, I'd say.
PVC! PVC! ahem.
As for syntetic fibers, well. They do have computers and cybertech. And yet, Yaone's stockings don't quite look like lycra. Then again, personal fashion choice?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Good point - unless he has fingers of steel. I'm going with cotton, possibly with a bit of lycra to make it snug. *g*

I can imagine Yaone picks out her 60 denier white stockings by hand, and fits extra rivets for the chain attachments.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, but damn is looks good! *stares at the manga and salivates unattractively*

[cicer.livejournal.com]

*it

My spelling skillz are pasted on, yay!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

*Hands you a hanky*

I have that problem too.

[snowyheart.livejournal.com]

I've always thought it was silk, maybe? Mmmm, silky...

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Silk would be pretty, although it involves killing moths so wouldn't be allowed, I think.

[snowyheart.livejournal.com]

True-and seeing all the comments against silk around here, I have to wonder if I'm the only one with a silk fetish appreciation!

Oh well, I suppose Sanzo could be wearing something else... *sigh of deep suffering*

[akisawana.livejournal.com]

Cotton. He'd just sweat to death otherwise. Cotton absorbs and wicks away sweat.
Also, that seems to be part of the "Sanzo's Uniform." (at least one other Sanzo wears it anyways.) Therefore it cannot be leather, or silk, or anything else that comes from the death or pain of another living creature (I stole this part from someone else on LJ, gomen nasai!) If it is traditional, it most likely uses traditional materials, which again points to cotton.
However, a source that wishes to remain unknown tells me it's pleather.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Ooh, good points. I hadn't thought through the implications of Buddhist belief on clothing.

Pleather - I knew it! Sanzo's such a pervert.

[red_squared]

Silk doesn't necessarily require the death of the silkworm. There is silk production in India, and no doubt China, where silk is woven from the discarded coccoons of silk moths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk#Animal_rights

That said, I'm all for it being chocolate body-painted on every morning :D

I've only just started reading Saiyuki, and found this post by googling for Saiyuki meta, if you're wondering why you have a comment on a post that is so old :)