History YMMV / Saiyuki

* EvilIsSexy: A lot of the villains qualify, the whole Kougaiji-ikkou, Chin Yisou, Kami-sama, Hazel, Gato, Ukoku/Ni Jianyi, and it goes on and on.

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: The cast for the Reload and Gunlock dub, since the original company did not pick up the following seasons, all the characters sounded unfitting in comparison to the original cast, but what really took the cake was [[Creator/LexLang Lex Lang]] being cast as ''Sanzo.''

* FridgeHorror: In ''Saiyuki Ibun'', Genkai's best friend Toudai is the only one not afraid of touching him. Touching Genkai reveals your future to him. Now consider Toudai's ultimate fate as revealed in ''Burial''. Genkai had to live with knowing all along the brutal way in which his best friend would die. Seems kinda merciful that [[MentorOccupationalHazard Houmei]] goes out of his way not to touch him now, doesn't it? To make things worse: it doesn't work. Genkai has a prophetic ''dream'' of Koumyou bequeathing the Maten Sutra to Koryuu ''without'' ever touching Houmei. He may not have been able to interpret it at the time but [[OhCrap once he realizes who the fey older dude with the braid is...]]
* FridgeBrilliance: Not that Ukoku really needed any more reason to try to RetGone Sanzo in Reload, but there's an even more pressing reason than Ukoku's love of mind-rape, wanting to win his bet with Koumyou, and trying to stop Sanzo interfering with his plans. Ukoku was obsessed with Koumyou, who was the only one who was ever able to get the better of him but refused to fight him straight out. He is extremely bitter that such a man died for some brat when he should have been able to defend himself easily from those bandits. Ukoku's conclusion is that Koumyou committed suicide by those attackers, in order to set Sanzo on his path. Ergo, RetGone -ing Sanzo would BRING KOUMYOU BACK TO LIFE.

* FoeYay: The anime (especially the first season) implies that Hakkai may harbor romantic feelings towards Yaone.

* MagnificentBastard: Dr. Nii arguably qualifies for this.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: There are 3 piano pieces that this anime produced that are especially noteworthy for the beauty of the compositions, to the point that many pianists cover them. The first two are arrangements of the opening themes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE5xrXIiKHY For Real]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Oj0SYVYYM Alone]], while the third is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-DXmpmRZU4 Hakkai's Theme]].

* FridgeHorror: In ''Saiyuki Ibun'', Genkai's best friend Toudai is the only one not afraid of touching him. Touching Genkai reveals your future to him. Now consider Toudai's ultimate fate as revealed in ''Burial''. Genkai had to live with knowing all along the brutal way in which his best friend would die. Seems kinda merciful that [[MentorOccupationalHazard Houmei]] goes out of his way not to touch him now, doesn't it?
** To make things worse: it doesn't work. Genkai has a prophetic ''dream'' of Koumyou bequeathing the Maten Sutra to Koryuu ''without'' ever touching Houmei. He may not have been able to interpret it at the time but [[OhCrap once he realizes who the fey older dude with the braid is...]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Gyokuman Koushu crosses this repeatedly, having started the release of minus-waves to revive Gyomaoh, and we later find that they were started on PURPOSE to make the youkai more violent so they would be more likely to bring her the scriptures that she needed to revive him. She still has more moments with implying that she plans to sacrifice her own daughter to revive Gyomaoh.

* FanNickname: The Sanzo-''ikkou'', an [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics honorific]] indicating a group, especially a group of religious pilgrims. Kougaiji, Lirin, Yaone, and Dokugakuji are often referred to as the Kougaiji-''tachi'', a group honorific with a connotation of "team".

* VillainDecay: Poor Zakuro didn't even make it to the end of the chapter before the decay started …
** Averted in the anime, where he was portrayed as a serious, if also [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] individual.

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that ''Franchise/{{Dragonball}}'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it, and there are quite a few. But the most hilarious of all, Frost's voice actor in Funimation's dub of ''Anime/DragonballSuper''? '''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]''''', the dub voice of '''''Saiyuki's''''' Goku, a major role reversal considering that Frost is the Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza, one of DB's most popular villains. [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: There are 3 piano pieces that this anime produced that are especially noteworthy for the beauty of the compositions, to the point that many pianists cover them. The first two are arrangements of the opening themes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE5xrXIiKHY For Real]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Oj0SYVYYM Alone]], while the third is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-DXmpmRZU4 Hakkai's Theme]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Kougaji's party thanks to they're being likable antagonists with their own personalities.
* EvilIsSexy: A lot of the villains qualify, the whole Kougaiji-ikkou, Chin Yisou, Kami-sama, Hazel, Gato, Ukoku, and it goes on and on.

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that ''Franchise/{{Dragonball}}'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it, and there are quite a few. But the most hilarious of all, Frost's voice actor in Funimation's dub of ''Anime/DragonballSuper''? '''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]''''' the dub voice of '''''Saiyuki's''''' Goku, a major role reversal considering that Frost, the Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza, one of DB's most popular villains. [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that ''Franchise/{{Dragonball}}'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. But the most hilarious of all, Frost's voice actor in Funimation's dub of ''Anime/DragonballSuper''? '''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]''''' the dub voice of '''''Saiyuki's''''' Goku, a major role reversal considering that Frost, the Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza, one of DB's most popular villains. [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that ''Franchise/{{Dragonball}}'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. For starters, Creator/VicMignogna's roles as Broly and Burter and Creator/MonicaRial's role as Bulma. But also in ''Creator/DragonballSuper'', we have Goujun [[note]]Well his first voice actor, Kazuhiro Yamaji[[/note]] as Hit the Japanese version and [[Creator/JasonDouglas Homura]] as Beerus in the Funimation dub, to make this even funnier Frost's voice actor in that dub? '''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]''''' the dub voice of '''''Saiyuki's''''' Goku, a major role reversal considering that Frost, the Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza, one of DB's most popular villains. [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that ''Franchise/{{Dragonball}}'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. For starters, Creator/VicMignogna's roles as Broly and Burter and Creator/MonicaRial's role as Bulma. But also in ''Creator/DragonballSuper'', we have Goujun [[note]]Well his first voice actor, Kazuhiro Yamaji[[/note]] as Hit the Japanese version and [[Creator/JasonDouglas Homura]] as Beerus in the Funimation dub, to make this even funnier Frost's voice actor in that dub? '''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]''''' the dub voice of ''Saiyuki's'' Goku, a major role reversal considering that Frost, the Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza, one of DB's most popular villains. [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that ''Franchise/{{Dragonball}}'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. For starters, Creator/VicMignogna's roles as Broly and Burter and Creator/MonicaRial's role as Bulma. But also in ''Creator/DragonballSuper'', we have Goujun [[note]]Well his first voice actor, Kazuhiro Yamaji[[/note]] as Hit the Japanese version and [[Creator/JasonDouglas Homura]] as Beerus in the Funimation dub, to make this even funnier Frost's [[note]]The Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza[[/note]] voice actor in that dub? '''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]''''' the dub voice of ''Saiyuki's'' Goku [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that knowing that ''Franchise/{{Dragonball}}'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. For starters, Creator/VicMignogna's roles as Broly and Burter and Creator/MonicaRial's role as Bulma. But also in ''Creator/DragonballSuper'', we have Goujun [[note]]Well his first voice actor, Kazuhiro Yamaji[[/note]] as Hit the Japanese version and [[Creator/JasonDouglas Homura]] as Beerus in the Funimation dub, to make this even funnier Frost's [[note]]The Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza[[/note]] voice actor in that dub? '''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]''''' the dub voice of ''Saiyuki's'' Goku [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that knowing that ''Franchise/Dragonball'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. For starters, Creator/VicMignogna's roles as Broly and Burter and Creator/MonicaRial's role as Bulma. But also in ''Creator/DragonballSuper'', we have Goujun [[note]]Well his first voice actor, Kazuhiro Yamaji[[/note]] as Hit the Japanese version and [[Creator/JasonDouglas Homura]] as Beerus in the Funimation dub, to make this even funnier Frost's [[note]]The Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza[[/note]] voice actor in that dub? '''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]''''' the dub voice of ''Saiyuki's'' Goku [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that knowing that ''Franchise/Dragonball'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. For starters, Creator/VicMignogna's roles as Broly and Burter and Creator/MonicaRial's role as Bulma. But also in ''Creator/DragonballSuper'', we have Goujun [[note]]Well his first voice actor, Kazuhiro Yamaji[[/note]] as Hit the Japanese version and [[Creator/JasonDouglas Homura]] as Beerus in the Funimation dub, to make this even funnier Frost's [[note]]The Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza[[/note]] voice actor in that dub? ''''[[Creator/GregAyres GREG AYRES]]'''' the dub voice of ''Saiyuki's'' Goku [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that knowing that ''Franchise/Dragonball'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. For starters, Creator/VicMignogna's roles as Broly and Burter and Creator/MonicaRial's role as Bulma. But also in ''Creator/DragonballSuper'', we have Goujun [[note]]Well his first voice actor, Kazuhiro Yamaji[[/note]] as Hit the Japanese version and [[Creator/JasonDouglas Homura]] as Beerus in the Funimation dub, to make this even funnier Frost's [[note]]The Universe 6 counterpart to Freeza[[/note]] voice actor in that dub? Creator/GregAyers the dub voice of ''Saiyuki's'' Goku [[note]] and previously voiced Guldo in the dub of ''Anime/DragonballKai'' [[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that knowing that ''Franchise/Dragonball'' is loosely inspired by ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', it was pretty much inevitable that voice actors from this series would end up voicing in it. Fast forward to the mid 2010's and we have ''Creator/DragonballSuper'' Goujun [[note]]Well his first voice actor, Kazuhiro Yamaji[[/note]] as Hit the Japanese version and [[Creator/JasonDouglas Homura]] as Beerus in the Funimation dub.