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.

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[cicer.livejournal.com]

I wondered about the limiter too. It seems like after he got hit by the lightning it was suddenly back on, which was odd. Was there some kind of magic affecting him, as Seiten Tensei? Some kind of imbalance between the earth ans sky rectifying itself that resulted in Goku getting re-limitered? I did wonder is Kannon had something to do with it, though. Hm.

In the scorpion arc it seemed pretty clear to me that Sanzo put it back on. He grabbed Goku, fired up the Maten sutra, put his hand on Goku's brow, and BAM! Blast of sutra-magic and a shiny new limiter.

And then when he stops and doesn't know why he's running, perhaps that's one of the effects of the Muten Sutra (void, nothingness)? If a youkai weapon can manifest so differently from the ones we've seen, maybe a sutra's power also can.

Oh, THAT'S an interesting idea. Hm. What are the boundaries of the sutra? What can they do, and how do they manifest? Are they capable of that? Very, very interesting idea....