Stray Saiyuki thoughts

[louiselux]

Stray thoughts about the latest Saiyuki chapters:

The last time someone nearly got them all killed it was Gojyo, and Sanzo punched him for it. It was Hakkai and Goku at risk back then as well (I'm thinking of the gourd).

Also, Gojyo does CPR! You have to wonder where he learnt that.

Why *does* Sanzo run away - is he in shock?

Hakkai's actual youkai weapon is his vines. I love this idea hugely, but not sure why. Maybe because it's such a surprise? It's better than centipedes at any rate, as emungere pointed out. Also, has he been secretly been practising?

The echoing of Be There: Hakkai lying face down with his face hidden in his arm, just as Gojyo first found him and then later with the two panels of them looking at each other. Gojyo's hair covers his face, which has the effect of cutting everyone else out and making his smile into something intensely private between the two of them, which is possibly why it's so affecting.

Comments

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

You know, viridian5 commented waaaay back how odd it was that Sanzo had forgotten/repressed meeting Kami-sama, as the event was so trivial in retrospect-- is Ukoku fuzzing Sanzo out?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's the case - Sanzo seems so confused in this chapter and it's not like him.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

And he's so focused and determined when he first takes off.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Overall, Sanzo doesn't seem to remember much of Ukoku, which is odd considering he was another Sanzo. In the Kamisama arc, when the four are talking about whether or not Kamisama could really be a Sanzo, Sanzo says he doesn't know any other Sanzos. He just talks about the sutras and how the might be 'one or two' other Sanzos out there, based on how many sutras there are. He doesn't bring up Ukoku at all, which I always thought was really weird. It does make me wonder if Nii is messing with Sanzo's memories.

[elihice.livejournal.com]

It really does, and there's also this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/Elihice/ipno.jpg). It's a random comment, but Minekura does not do random.

[nekonexus.livejournal.com]

He does say, when he does remember Ukoku -- that he tries to forget things that piss him off. I forget where it is, though.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

The holes there seem really, really suspicious.