History Manga / SazanEyes

* BleachedUnderpants: The picture between chapter 1 and 2 clearly hints at the fact that Takada Yuuzo used to draw hentai manga.

%% * CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Reverse Hahn and Clone Parvati.]]

* HeroicBSOD: Happens to Yakumo and Parvati a couple of times. [[spoiler:Reverse Hahn got the worst of it thanks to CloningBlues.]]

%% * PinocchioSyndrome: Pai straight, and Yakumo in the curse-version.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Pai is very, ''very'' devoted to the concept. Parvati... not so much. [[spoiler:This is also the reason for their PinocchioSyndrome -- Humans built a civilization by working together, something that demons are stated to be incapable of to this degree.]]

%% * IHaveTheHighGround: Parvati in the manga.

!!''3×3 Eyes'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* BleachedUnderpants: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/3x3_eyes/v01/c002/4.html The picture between chapter 1 and 2]] clearly hints at the fact that Takada Yuuzo used to draw hentai manga.

* MustNotDieAVirgin: [[spoiler:Yakumo and [[DefrostingIceQueen Parvati]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/3x3_eyes/v38/c001/19.html slept together]] before Parvati leaves for the humanization ritual.]]

Created by Yuuzo Takada, the author and artist of ''Manga/BlueSeed'' and ''Anime/AllPurposeCulturalCatgirlNukuNuku'', ''3×3 Eyes'' (pronounced ''Sazan Aizu'') ran in Young Magazine from 1987 to 2002, was collected in forty manga volumes of which nine were translated by Dark Horse Comics, and spawned an OAV series adapting the first five. Plans for a 2003 TV series were scotched by Japanese censorship laws.

In 2009, Yuuzo [[{{Revival}} revived]] the series, making ''3×3 Eyes Gaiden: Yggdrasil no Yadorigi'', in which despite the ''Gaiden'' title, it really is a sequel set 7 years after the original ending[[note]] parallel with the time the original manga ended publication and started with this one[[/note]], the series still is ongoing and details are scarce, as Yuuzo pretty much made only 3 introdutory chapters and put the series on [[SeriesHiatus hold]], no bigger plot was introduced aside Yakumo and Pai helping a girl from her PowerIncontinence, it just showed a little bit of the characters life-style now after 7 years.

* ArtEvolution: Yuuzo has come a long way over 40 volumes, the last few of which show a great evolution in his style. Then 7 years later he came back with ''3×3 Eyes Gaiden: Yggdrasil no Yadorigi'', and his style evolved again. To elaborate, the first volumes had sketchy art and more realistic-looking character designs. The last volumes has much cleaner lines and more rounded anime-ish character designs.

Although Dark Horse's official translation has been canceled, a complete {{scanlation}} project may be found [[https://mangakakalot.com/read-ma6kl158504881248 on the Web]].

* OneHundredAndEight: Referenced through a demon that needs 108 paper talismans to bind it into the world.

There is also a [https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/GURPS_3x3_Eyes fan created RPG supplement for the GURPS system].

Although Dark Horse's official translation has been canceled, a complete {{scanlation}} project may be found [[http://www.sazanquest.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 on the Web]].

* ArtEvolution: Yuuzo has come a long way in the 40 Volumes run, the last few volumes really shows a great evolution in his style; then 7 years later he came back with ''3×3 Eyes Gaiden: Yggdrasil no Yadorigi'', and his style evolved again. To elaborate, the first volumes had sketchy art and more realistic-looking character designs. The last volumes has much cleaner lines and more rounded anime-ish character designs.

* BadassGrandpa: Connery, [[spoiler:a.k.a. Bem Madurai, Benares' one and only pupil. At one point, he took over Yakumo's body and shows us [[CurbStompBattle ''exactly'']] [[TheFettered what the latter should be capable of as a Wu]]. The TrainingFromHell he gave to Yakumo is one of the biggest [[TookALevelInBadass leaps in the latter's ability.]]]]

* {{Badass}}: Yakumo, Benares, Parvati when she gets serious, etc. Interestingly, while Yakumo is definitely {{Badass}} enough to utterly destroy cities if he ever felt like it, he's almost always OvershadowedByAwesome. Usually by Benares.

In 2009, Yuuzo [[{{Revival}} revived]] the series, making '''''3×3 Eyes Gaiden: Yggdrasil no Yadorigi''''', in which despite the ''Gaiden'' title, it really is a sequel set 7 years after the original ending[[note]] parallel with the time the original manga ended publication and started with this one[[/note]], the series still is ongoing and details are scarce, as Yuuzo pretty much made only 3 introdutory chapters and put the series on [[SeriesHiatus hold]], no bigger plot was introduced aside Yakumo and Pai helping a girl from her PowerIncontinence, it just showed a little bit of the characters life-style now after 7 years.

Created by Yuuzo Takada, the author and artist of ''Manga/BlueSeed'' and ''Anime/AllPurposeCulturalCatgirlNukuNuku'', '''''3×3 Eyes''''' (pronounced ''Sazan Aizu'') ran in Young Magazine from 1987 to 2002, was collected in forty manga volumes of which nine were translated by Dark Horse Comics, and spawned an OAV series adapting the first five. Plans for a 2003 TV series were scotched by Japanese censorship laws.

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler:Haan. In volume 32, part of his spirit returns in a clone of himself. His soul, trapped in his original, mostly destroyed body, later joins his clone's body at the end, making him complete again.]]
* [[spoiler:BatmanGambit]]: [[spoiler: Parvati's plan to finally destroy Kaiyanwang for good involves her soul/consciousness being absorbed by him and bringing about the apocalypse. Her physical self and other personality later joins into the stream of consciousness released in the process along with Yakumo's corpse and basically turning ''invincible'' while ''drastically'' weakening Kaiyanwang at the same time. This works because many of the souls Kaiyanwang assimilates do not join him willingly, and the process that sets up the end of the world also weakened the bonds between his physical body and the souls he absorbed. As predicted, they all scrambled to get out at the only opportunity they have, taking almost all his power with them and transferring it all to Parvati and the newly revived Yakumo. Also helps set up a reset button to the whole apocalypse thing.]]
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Reverse Hahn and Clone Parvati.]]
* CityInABottle: Amala; for bonus points, the bottle is in the PhantomZone.

* CuteLittleFangs: Pai, very much so.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Pai, Hua Shi, Uukai, and plenty others.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Parvati
* DesignerBabies: The God Citizens of Amara.

* DragonLady: Ms. Huang
* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding]]
* [[spoiler:EverybodyLives]]: [[spoiler:With the exception of those already dead before the final arc and a certain ancient Sanjiyan. Even [[BigBad Kaiyanwang]] is implied to live on in the cloned Parvati's body, and [[TheDragon Benares]] with him/her, though they are shown to be more benevolent this time around.]]

* FirstEpisodeResurrection: And ''how.''

* IHaveTheHighGround: Parvati in the manga.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Invoked, but apparently, not very successful to pilot a plane.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Ran Pao Pao in her monster form.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Again, the Wu.
* PhantomZone: The Voidspace.
* PinocchioSyndrome: Pai straight, and Yakumo in the curse-version.

* SheCleansUpNicely: Pai in the first chapter.
* SoulJar: Any Sanjiyan with a Wu.

* {{Tsundere}}: Parvati, Uukai.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Neither Yakumo nor Pai.

* SeriesHiatus: Yuuzo only made 3 chapters for ''3×3 Eyes Gaiden'', with no bigger plot introduced to make a cliffhanger, this way it is easier to maintain a hiatus for a long time.

* MultinationalTeam: Pai is from Chinese Tibet, Ling Ling is from the then-British colony of Hong Kong, and Yakumo Fujii is from Japan.

The anime series has become a cult classic in the US, and was a staple of anime viewing in TheNineties. It was [[DuelingDubs dubbed twice]] into English. StreamlinePictures dubbed the original 4-episode OVA series in 1995 and released it to VHS. When they went out of business, OrionPictures picked up the 3-episode sequel series and dubbed the first two episode with the same cast before ''they'' went under. [[{{Geneon}} Pioneer]] finally picked up both series in 2000, redubbed them with a new star-studded cast, and released them to VHS and DVD with all the episodes intact. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes All of these releases are out of print]], but Pioneer's [=DVDs=] are still pretty easy to find on the second-hand DVD market.

* ShamgriLa: the Seichi (Holy Land/Sacred Land), a pocket dimension accessible through worldgates called "Konron." It can be a pretty dangerous place.

The anime series has become a cult classic in the US, and was a staple of anime viewing in TheNineties. It was [[DuelingDubs dubbed twice]] into English. StreamlinePictures dubbed the original 4-episode OVA series in 1995 and released it to VHS. When they went out of business, OrionPictures picked up the 3-episode sequel series and dubbed the first two episode with the same cast before ''they'' went under. [[{{Geneon}} Pioneer]] finally picked up both series in 2000, redubbed them with a new star-studded cast, and released them to VHS and DVD with all the episodes intact. All of these releases are out of print, but Pioneer's [=DVDs=] are still pretty easy to find on the second-hand DVD market.