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| 5 | [[folder: The Sanzo-ikkou]] |
| 6 | !The Sanzo Party |
| 7 | Our hotties and "heroes", the main characters of the series. |
| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | * BadassCrew: All 4 are adept at using their respective weapons, and also in hand-to-hand combat. When they participated in a village cage match to win some cash, they effortlessly defeated the local heroes. |
| 10 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Sanzo, Gojyo, and Hakkai all have this for Goku in varying aspects; Sanzo in an AloofOlderBrother sense, Gojyo in the most traditional form, and Hakkai in a moreso parental fashion. |
| 11 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Hoo boy, to put things one way, one of the fillers showed an image of them at their most traumatic memories: everyone but Goku was covered in blood. And that's just because Goku's memories of the covered-in-blood incident got erased. |
| 12 | * DeadpanSnarker: Even Goku gets in a jab now and then. |
| 13 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble |
| 14 | %%* MrFanservice |
| 15 | * TrueCompanions: They refuse to refer to themselves as friends, but none of them will allow any of the others to get hurt. |
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| 17 | !!'''Genjo Sanzo''' |
| 18 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/genjo_sanzo_infobox_present_0.png]] |
| 19 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 20 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki (JP), Creator/DavidMatranga (EN, original series, ''Requiem'', and ''Reload Blast''), Creator/LexLang (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock''.) |
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| 22 | A short tempered Buddhist monk who smokes and carries a revolver. He was abandoned as an infant and found by the Sanzo priest Koumyou, who raised him and named him Kouryuu. He was granted the supreme rank of Sanzo, guardian of one of the [=Sutras=] from the Dawn of Time, at 14, becoming the youngest to ever attain the title. Shortly afterword, Koumyou was brutally murdered in front of Sanzo and his [=sutra=] stolen, setting Sanzo on a quest to recover the [=sutra=] and avenge his master that has lasted his entire adult life. His behavior is classic {{Jerkass}} but he's the legitimate emissary of the gods and on the side of Good. |
| 23 | ---- |
| 24 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Tang Sanzang, his inspiration, is an extreme pacifist and NiceGuy. Sanzo is a foul-mouthed {{Jerkass}} [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold (hiding a caring heart)]] who is easily irritable, swears like a sailor and is not held with ThouShaltNotKill: He'll kill without remorse if it drives the lesson better. |
| 25 | * AffectionateGestureToTheHead: His way of showing affection and comfort to Goku. |
| 26 | * AloofOlderBrother: To Goku, despite the fact that they are not related. |
| 27 | * BadassPreacher: He's an authentic priest, though he's rather lax in his duties. |
| 28 | * BadassInDistress: More badass than his original, ever-gullible counterpart but still has quite a few JamesBondage moments. As the only non-youkai in the group, he is physically the most vulnerable. As the bearer of 20% of the source code for the universe, he's the ultimate target of most attackers. Result: Sanzo takes a lot of damage and the others frequently have to run interference for him. |
| 29 | * BadassLongRobe: Wears his Sanzo robes constantly. |
| 30 | * BerserkButton: Do ''not'' harm Goku in his presence. |
| 31 | * BigBrotherMentor: To Goku, when he's not being an AloofOlderBrother. |
| 32 | * CelibateHero: By WordOfGod, the one monastic vow he has never broken...but not out of piety. He just doesn't like being touched "that way". In fact, Sanzo recoils from pretty much any touch at all, with some degree of exception for his traveling companions, especially Goku. See [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory]] below for a possible explanation. |
| 33 | * ClosestThingWeGot: Sanzo's a horrible choice for a hero. He knows this. Everyone around him knows this. He's also got a better chance of surviving sanzohood than any of the other alternatives. |
| 34 | * DeathSeeker: Sanzo carries around ''immense'' survivor's guilt from watching his mentor die to protect him; he constantly pushes himself past his limits, taunts dangerous demons, and his weapon is a snub-nose revolver specifically so it's easier to commit suicide with if he had to. |
| 35 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Sanzou is caught by a scorpion lady, and is paralyzed by some sort of spell. Just barely able to talk, he manages to insult the woman enough that she starts beating him up... only for him to turn it around when it turns out the beating dispelled the magic and freed him. |
| 36 | * {{Determinator}}: There are multiple scenes where Sanzo is so badly wounded he clearly shouldn't even be conscious, and he still gets up and takes out the threat of the day. |
| 37 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: All four main characters get attention from other men but Sanzo kind of takes the cake. He gets admiring remarks even from dudes in bars and casual passers-by. The ''Requiem'' OVA's plot centers around his same-sex stalker. |
| 38 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His companions call him "Sanzo", which is his priestly rank/title. The closest thing he has to a personal name is "Genjyo". This comes back to bite him in the ass when the group meets Sharak in Tibet, as they can't really call him just "Sanzo" when someone else with that title is present but feel that "Genjyo" sounds like a stranger. They experiment with nicknames derived from it (Gen-tan, Gen-pyon), much to Sharak's amusement. |
| 39 | * GoodIsNotNice: A classic ZenSlap-delivering source of wisdom who couldn't care less if the truth hurts. |
| 40 | * TheGunslinger: Type A, The Trick Shot. He shoots Chin Yisou's seed out of Gojyo's body without otherwise harming him, even though the seed is right next to his heart. |
| 41 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Goku is his first companion, and whether or not he admits it, he cares very much for the kid, and had pulled a HeroicSacrifice to save his life. |
| 42 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's selfish, rude and aloof, but when his help is required, he would do what he needs to do. |
| 43 | * KnightInSourArmor: He's rather bitter at times, given his experiences. |
| 44 | * MasterApprenticeChain: Connects him to Ukoku and Kami-sama on the other side. |
| 45 | * MeditationPowerup: When the [[PaperTalisman [=sutra=]]] comes out, people are going to get ''owned.'' |
| 46 | * NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler: In the Burial Arc, the first time he ever killed another person, he shot a thug who was trying to rape him. There are many other implications of creepy attention based on his attractiveness as well. This puts Sanzo's responses to touch and to sexual advances in a different light.]] |
| 47 | * NunTooHoly: He's a priest who smokes, drinks and murders, and shows no respect to the gods. |
| 48 | * PaperFanOfDoom: Uses a paper fan to whack Goku or Gojyo if they're behaving too childishly. |
| 49 | * PhraseCatcher: Repeatedly described as being like or even just ''being'' the sun. This plays a part in a mysterious symbolic bet between Koumyou and Ukoku. |
| 50 | * RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Gojyo and Goku's Red |
| 51 | %%* SmokingIsCool |
| 52 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: The first anime series mostly depicted him close to the manga, but had a couple moments where his strength was greatly inflated, such as once when he blocked a punch from Goku's SuperPoweredEvilSide. |
| 53 | * TriggerHappy: He is more than willing to put holes on you if you piss him off, and he is a dead shot. |
| 54 | * WarriorMonk: Sanzo are trained to fight. |
| 55 | ----- |
| 56 | Sanzo's Previous Incarnation, '''Konzen Douji''' |
| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | * BridalCarry: He carries an unconscious Goku this way in an alternative hold while fleeing the Jade Palace with Kenren and Tenpou. |
| 59 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Konzen's androgynously beautiful and dressed in flowing silk that doesn't exactly scream "masculine". It's downright shocking to see his animated incarnation for the first time and then to hear Toshihiko Seki's deep voice when he speaks. |
| 60 | * HeadbuttOfLove: To Goku, while calming down the Seiten Taisei and in some official art. |
| 61 | * {{Jerkass}} --> JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His experiences with Goku lightened him up. |
| 62 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: Or at least “long since bored past the point of caring” bureaucrat with OCD. He never seems terribly impressed with Heaven’s regime but he’s very serious about his job--until Goku gives him something better to be serious about. |
| 63 | * PapaWolf: He really comes to love and care about Goku, even punching out his ''aunt'' to protect him. |
| 64 | * SeriousBusiness: Is obsessed with getting his name stamp exactly right on official documents. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | !!'''Son Goku''' |
| 67 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/son_goku_infobox_image_present.png]] |
| 68 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 69 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoichiroHoshi (JP), Kosuke Okano (JP, OVA series), Creator/GregAyres (EN, original series, ''Requiem'', and ''Reload Blast''), Creator/YuriLowenthal (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock'') [[note]] credited as Jimmy Benedict [[/note]] |
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| 71 | A being born from the Earth, and imprisoned 500 years prior to the series by the gods. He knew the past incarnations of the rest of the Sanzo party, but his imprisonment erased his memory. He was eventually let out by Genjo Sanzo, and since then followed him everywhere, though Sanzo never admits to caring for Goku. Is the most childish of the group and has a child-like enthusiasm for fighting. Of all the characters, Goku has probably changed the most over the course of the series. |
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| 73 | Has a SuperPoweredEvilSide that comes out if his diadem is ever removed, in which he attacks everything in sight and his enjoyment of fighting turns into a sadistic joy of inflicting pain on others. |
| 74 | ---- |
| 75 | * AxCrazy: Not only will his SuperpoweredEvilSide attack anything it sees, it's flat-out sadistic and will pummel enemies even when they can't fight back, and sometimes also bite them, which avoids being {{Narm}} because it results in a lot of blood. |
| 76 | %%* BadassAdorable: Oh so much. |
| 77 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Played with. In terms of physical and mental age, Goku is the youngest. Chronologically speaking, he's significantly older than the rest of his companions. |
| 78 | * BerserkButton: Do ''not'' harm Sanzo in his presence. |
| 79 | * BigEater: He hadn't eaten for 500 years during his time in captivity, so he's always hungry, and would eat a portion for 50 if the others would alow him. |
| 80 | %%* BloodKnight |
| 81 | %%* BreakTheCutie: Gaiden and the time he spent in the village occupied only by demons and met "The Girl". |
| 82 | * BulletCatch: Gato tried shooting him one of the times that his SuperpoweredEvilSide came out, and Goku caught every bullet fired at him (one with his ''[[NowThatsUsingYourTeeth teeth]]''). |
| 83 | * CharacterDevelopment: Goku slowly matures out of his innocence and naivety as the journey continues, but it's most evident after meeting "The Girl" in the Reload manga. |
| 84 | * CheerfulChild: Although not really a child, Goku is clearly the most cheerful of the Sanzo Party and always looks on the bright side of things. |
| 85 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Comes off a child mostly interested in food. Until he gets into a fight. |
| 86 | * DramaPreservingHandicap: Goku's SuperpoweredEvilSide is unbeatable, with the only things that can stop him being putting on his PowerLimiter, being restrained by the Maten Sutra [[spoiler: and in Gaiden it was revealed Kanzeon Bosatsu is actually even stronger than him]]. This would allow him to steamroll any enemy the Sanzo party comes across, but since he will attack anybody he sees, [[AwesomeButImpractical it's too dangerous to use]]. |
| 87 | * TheDreaded: His SuperpoweredEvilSide, which the rest of the Sanzo party displays more fear of than their actual enemies, with good reason. |
| 88 | * FirstKiss: Goku has his first kiss with "The Girl," it also serves as TheBigDamnKiss because immediately afterwards, the girl ''dies in an explosion'' and ultimately triggers Goku's maturity. |
| 89 | * FirstLove: Goku has his first crush on the unnamed demon girl. |
| 90 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Sanzo was the one who saved him from his cage, so Goku is now completely devoted to him. |
| 91 | %%* IAmNotLeftHanded |
| 92 | * ImmortalImmaturity: Goku's chronologically over 500-years-old and yet he acts very childish and innocent. He slowly starts growing out of his extreme innocence in Reload, but his childishness still shines through. |
| 93 | * {{Keet}}: Always enthusiastic about exploring new places, especially if it means trying out new foods. |
| 94 | * TheKirk: Goku is this to Hakkai's [[TheSpock Spock]] and Gojyo's [[TheMccoy McCoy]]. |
| 95 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Has no memories of what happened before he was locked in the mountain. The only thing he can remember is his name. |
| 96 | * LightningBruiser: His SuperpoweredEvilSide moves so fast other characters can't even see him, shrugs off virtually everything thrown at him, and has bent Gojyo's magical shakujou just by grabbing it. |
| 97 | * TheJuggernaut: His SuperPoweredEvilSide; he repeatedly almost kills the rest of the party when it comes out, and is only just barely stopped after [[NoSell no-selling]] everything thrown at him beforehand. |
| 98 | * MonkeyKingLite: It's a loose 'adaptation' of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. Of course Goku will be this. |
| 99 | %%* MoralityPet: For Sanzo, and Gojyo and Hakkai to a degree. |
| 100 | * TheNapoleon: Goku stands at only 162 cm or 5 feet 4 inches at the (biological) age of 18; he's about one head shorter than his traveling companions and has only been shown to be taller than Lirin (by only a couple of inches/centimeters) and children. And he's not happy about his height. |
| 101 | * NighInvulnerable: In his true form he can call on energy from the Earth to [[HealingFactor heal himself whenever he's injured]] (shown in his fight with Hakkai's true form) which makes him near immortal. |
| 102 | %%* ObfuscatingStupidity |
| 103 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: He' the smallest of the group, but also has the most brute strength. |
| 104 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Goku was locked away on Mount Gogyo for 500 years, making his chronological age 500+, even though he only looks to be in his mid to late teens. |
| 105 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Sanzo and Gojyo's Blue |
| 106 | * RestrainingBolt: His diadem, which is many times stronger than a normal youkai limiter and can only be remade by the Maten [=sutra=] or direct divine intercession. |
| 107 | * SealedBadassInACan: Goku was locked away in a solitary mountain prison for ''500 years'' before Sanzo freed him. |
| 108 | * SecurityCling: Does this to Gojyo on occasion, and mentally to Sanzo for validation of his existence after being released from his prison. |
| 109 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Goku is the Manly Man to Hakkai's Sensitive Guy and the Sensitive Guy to Gojyo's Manly Man. |
| 110 | * SuperPoweredEvilSide: If the PowerLimiter comes off when Sanzo's not around to run interference, FLEE. In the "Not Even a Worm" arc, we find out that not even [[spoiler: Hakkai's]] SuperPoweredEvilSide can stop Goku's in a straight-up fight. |
| 111 | %%* TagAlongKid |
| 112 | * TelescopingStaff: As expected from a Sun Wukong interpretation, Goku has the same type of Nyoibou as well. |
| 113 | * TheThreeFacesOfEve: Goku is youthful-looking, overly cheerful for a demon and isn't exactly bright, [[GenderInvertedTrope making him the Child.]] |
| 114 | * TooPowerfulToLive: His SuperpoweredEvilSide is that because if it wasn't, most of the fights in the series would be over in a few seconds. |
| 115 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: If it weren't for the merciful goddess replacing his broken power limiter when he did he would have killed Rikudo for almost killing Sanzo before Sanzo ever had a chance [[spoiler: and before this he goes from adorable little boy to killing machine once his power limiter breaks and he kills hundreds of people upon witnessing his best friend (And only one his age) commit suicide so close that his blood get on him, all so that way he would not be forced to kill Goku and used as a pawn in his "father's" plans anymore. Then later when it breaks again from his overwhelming fear of being alone again and the monks chasing him in the temple just days after Sanzo saved him from the cave he was trapped in for 500 years]]. |
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| 117 | !!'''Sha Gojyo''' |
| 118 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1561547457994.png]] |
| 119 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 120 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HiroakiHirata (JP), Creator/KoichiYamadera (JP, OVA series), Kayu Suzuki (JP, child, the first series), Masayo Hosono (JP, child, ''Reload'') Creator/IllichGuardiola (EN, original series and ''Requiem''), Creator/TonyOliver (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock''), Creator/IanSinclair (EN, ''Reload Blast''), Sam Foster (EN, child, the first series), Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (EN, child, ''Reload'') |
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| 122 | A half-youkai that grew up with an abusive mother that eventually tried to kill him, but his older brother Jien killed her right in front of him to save him. A cardsharp and womanizer who frequently gets into fights with Goku. |
| 123 | ---- |
| 124 | * AbusiveParents: His step-mother hurt him so badly that his brother would have to [[spoiler:sleep with her to stop her from harming him. He then killed her to stop the woman from murdering Gojyo]]. |
| 125 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Gojyo is described and seen as having blood red hair and eyes in the manga, in Gensomaden, his hair looks more like a purple while his eyes are still red; but his hair and eyes are still described as being blood red in the anime. The color of his hair is corrected in the Reload and Gunlock anime. |
| 126 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Though a lesser case than Hakkai; his origins, Sha Wujing, weren't exactly attractive, he was either a kappa/sand monster or whenever turning human, a bearded middle-aged man. Sha Gojyo, on the other hand, is a LongHairedPrettyBoy and a MrFanservice. |
| 127 | %%* BigBrotherInstinct: Though not related, Gojyo has this for Goku. |
| 128 | * BigBrotherWorship : As a kid he adored his older half-brother, Jien. |
| 129 | * BridalCarry: In episode 7 of Gensomaden, he carried and held an unconscious Goku this way after his diadem was put back on. |
| 130 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Proud of his muscles and likes to play the swaggering Lothario, but as a result of the abuse he endured as a child he's quick to defend children, and his kind heart likewise makes him a sucker for stray kittens, abused underlings and anyone with a sob story. |
| 131 | * ChivalrousPervert: See above; goes double for women with sad tales to tell, especially if they cry. |
| 132 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Gojyo's biological parents died [[spoiler: in a suicide pact]] when he was very young. He was raised by his [[KnightTemplarBigBrother older half-brother]] and WickedStepmother, both of them demons. |
| 133 | * FacialMarkings: Has a scar on his cheek from when his stepmother tried to kill him. |
| 134 | * HalfHumanHybrid: His father was a youkai ("demon"), his mother a human. |
| 135 | * HandsomeLech: He's good-looking, he knows it, and uses it to his advantage to flirt with and sometimes try to sleep with any pretty girl he sees. |
| 136 | * HeroicBastard: He's the child of an extramarital affair. |
| 137 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Acts like an old married couple with Hakkai, with the latter acting as his housewife until Sanzo and Goku recruited them. |
| 138 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rather abrasive, but he does care about his companions. |
| 139 | * TheMccoy: Gojyo is this to Goku’s [[TheKirk Kirk]] and Hakkai’s [[TheSpock Spock]]. |
| 140 | * MommyIssues: Despite her horrific abuse towards him, he loved his [[WickedStepmother stepmother]] very much. |
| 141 | * PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: [[spoiler: When his stepmother tried to kill him as a child, Gojyo didn’t fight back but instead silently offered his life to her.]] It was ''only'' with the intervention of his brother that he survived. |
| 142 | * RedHeadedStepChild: His red hair and red eyes are signs that he's a half-demon. |
| 143 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Hakkai and Sanzo's Blue, but Blue to Goku's Red |
| 144 | %%* SecurityCling: Does this to Goku on occasion. |
| 145 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Gojyo is the Manly Man to Goku and Hakkai’s Sensitive Guy. |
| 146 | %%* SmokingIsCool |
| 147 | * TheThreeFacesOfEve: Gojyo is flirty and physical, particularly where women are concerned, [[GenderInvertedTrope making him the Seductress]]. |
| 148 | * UrbanLegendLoveLife: In the manga, Gojyo is a notorious flirt, but he's yet to become romantically involved with any women in-series (never at all in the manga, and a single one-night-stand in the anime). This only fuels [[HoYay speculation]]. |
| 149 | ----- |
| 150 | Gojyo's Previous Incarnation, '''General Kenren''' |
| 151 | ---- |
| 152 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Kenren has black hair and eyes in the manga, in Gensomaden, he is portrayed as having the same hair and eye color as Gojyo; it is corrected in the Gaiden Ovas. |
| 153 | * BadassLongcoat: Wore one as part of his uniform. |
| 154 | * BigBrotherMentor: To young Goku. |
| 155 | * EatenAlive: [[spoiler:His death came about when one of the Naraku bear devoured his body so that it couldn't be used as evidence against the others.]] |
| 156 | * FourStarBadass: He was a high-ranking soldier. |
| 157 | * HouseHusband: Back in the day, Kenren was the one who kept Tenpou’s office clean and made sure he remembered little things like sleeping and bathing. |
| 158 | * RedOniBlueOni: Red to Tenpou's Blue |
| 159 | * WithDueRespect: Kenren is not exactly known for holding his tongue and he’s the first one to lash out against the Heavenly authorities... but the others immediately back him up when he does. |
| 160 | |
| 161 | !!'''Cho Hakkai''' |
| 162 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeep_107.png]] |
| 163 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 164 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida (JP), Saori Higashi (JP, child), Braden Hunt (EN, original series and ''Requiem''), Creator/SteveStaley (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock''), Creator/MicahSolusod (EN, ''Reload Blast''), Nyl Stewart (EN, child) |
| 165 | |
| 166 | Originally named Cho Gonou, he lived with his sister, who he shared a romantic relationship with. One day she was kidnapped by youkai, and Gonou proceeded to singlehandedly kill them all in the course of fighting his way to the youkai lord's castle, only to find - when he reached his sister's prison cell - that she had been raped, and not wanting to give birth to a youkai child, killed herself right in front of him. In the process, he got the blood of a thousand youkai on him and became a youkai himself. Later he meet with Gojyo and the two were found by Sanzo and Goku who were tasked to bring Hakkai for trial for his massacre of youkai. It turned out for Hakkai that as Buddhism forbids killing (not that it ever stops Sanzo), he is instead given a new identity as Cho Hakkai. He is generally the most polite and intelligent of the group, but even they find him terrifying when he's angry. Occasionally he removes his power limiters and fights as his youkai self, but does so rarely as it can potentially expose him to the influence of the Minus Wave. |
| 167 | ---- |
| 168 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: His origin, Zhu Bajie, is a ''PigMan''. Hakkai, on the other hand? An extremely attractive pretty boy with [[Creator/AkiraIshida attractive voice]] to match. |
| 169 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Hakkai has green eyes in the manga, he retains his eye color in Gensomaden, but in Reload and Gunlock, his eyes are a near black color. |
| 170 | ** Hakkai's vine-like youkai markings are green in the manga (and a darker shade of green in the Burial OVA), but are red in the Reload anime. |
| 171 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Hakkai is easily the most polite and soft-spoken member of the group. He's also a walking font of potential violence who will snap your arm with [[DissonantSerenity a sweet, absent smile]]. Even ''Goku'' gets nervous when Hakkai removes all three limiters, and for good reason. |
| 172 | * BrainyBrunette: The intellectual of the ikkou. He could have had his pick of college scholarships had he wanted to continue his formal education, takes correspondence courses (including lockpicking, which becomes very helpful), reads thick obscure books, and worked as a school teacher until Kanan's death. |
| 173 | * BrotherSisterIncest: In the ''Gensoumaden'' anime, Hakkai constantly states his deceased lover Kannan was like a big sister; while in the manga, ''she really was his big sister''. |
| 174 | * DissonantSerenity: Almost every time he fights. If he's acting otherwise his opponent is in big trouble. |
| 175 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: He single-handedly killed more than a thousand people (youkai and human) while still fully mortal. Armed with what looked like a fruit knife. Before he learned any ki attacks or healing. Imagine what he’s capable of now. Then go hide under the bed. |
| 176 | * EyeScream: In the manga, he tears out his eye and throws it at somebody. The anime "tones it down" to scratching the eyeball up while still in the socket. |
| 177 | * FriendshipMoment: Several times with Yaone throughout the series. |
| 178 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Goyjo. Knowing Hakkai, they probably DO have a china pattern picked out, whichever way you see their relationship. |
| 179 | * HighClassGlass: Wears one over his eye. |
| 180 | * HouseHusband: He's basically the caretaker of the group. |
| 181 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: Hakkai honestly didn't care about the discovery that Kannan was his biological older sister, he genuinely loved her romantically and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. |
| 182 | * IOweYouMyLife: How he feels towards Gojyo And Sanzo |
| 183 | * NeverGetsDrunk: He can drink anyone under the table without showing the effects. [[AllThereInTheManual An audio drama]] actually does show him rambling to Hakuryuu when it's just the two of them and claiming that he's had too much, however, indicating that it might be less about not ''getting'' drunk and more about having so much self-control that his behavior never changes. |
| 184 | * OnlySaneMan: Within the Sanzo-ikkou, he is by far the calmest of the four. |
| 185 | * PowerLimiter: His three earcuffs. |
| 186 | * RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Gojyo's Red |
| 187 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Hakkai is the Sensitive Guy to Goku and Gojyo's Manly Man. |
| 188 | * TheSpock: Hakkai is the Spock to Goku's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and Gojyo's [[TheMccoy McCoy]]. |
| 189 | * StepfordSmiler: He's always smiling, but not always happy give his past. |
| 190 | * SuperpoweredEvilSide: When he takes off his limiters, he gains more power but goes berserker, unable to tell enemy from ally. |
| 191 | * ThatManIsDead: Cho Gonou is dead. Hakkai is who he is now. |
| 192 | * TeamChef: He does the cooking. |
| 193 | * TeamMom: He always makes sure the others are well taken care of and looks over them. |
| 194 | * TheThreeFacesOfEve: Hakkai is sensible and even tempered, [[GenderInvertedTrope making him the Wife.]] |
| 195 | * WasOnceAMan: He's a demon who was originally human, but bathed in the blood of a 1000 demons he killed. |
| 196 | * YamatoNadeshiko: GenderFlipped with context and complete with Influence Judo - watch the group's antics carefully, and you'll see that while Sanzo is nominally in charge, if Hakkai wants something done, it happens. He'll also break your arm without ever losing his smile... but only if you're threatening innocents or his TrueCompanions. |
| 197 | ----- |
| 198 | Hakkai's Previous Incarnation, '''Field Marshal Tenpou''' |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | * BadassBookworm: He was a strategist, not a field soldier. Still managed to kill a crapload of soldiers who came after him. |
| 201 | * FourStarBadass: A high-ranking military man. |
| 202 | * RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Kenren's Red |
| 203 | * TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: He tells young Goku to call him "Ten-chan". |
| 204 | * TranquilFury: Rather than Hakkai’s loopier DissonantSerenity. Tenpou will go absolutely icy cold when he’s mad but without crossing over into smiling psychopathy. |
| 205 | * TrashOfTheTitans: Kenren keeps having to clean his office for him, because Tenpou will never do it himself. |
| 206 | |
| 207 | !!'''Hakuryuu / Jeep''' |
| 208 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kaoru Morota (JP, ''Saiyuki''), Creator/TaeOkajima and Eisuke Kotanizawa (JP, ''Saiyuki Reload'' and ''Gunlock''), Creator/MegumiToda (JP, ''Reload Blast''), Kelli Cousins (EN) |
| 209 | ---- |
| 210 | * DubNameChange: Hakuryuu's name in the manga was Jeep, but was changed to Hakuryuu in the anime due to copyright of the word. |
| 211 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Jeep is a white dragon who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can turn]] into a Jeep. [[{{Namedar}} Hakuryuu]] means "white dragon." |
| 212 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: He's a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent tiny dragon]]! He's a [[CoolCar Jeep]]! He's a [[Literature/DragonridersOfPern tiny dragon]] who [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} transforms into a Jeep]]! |
| 213 | %%* ParrotPetPosition |
| 214 | * {{Reincarnation}}: Jeep is likely the reincarnation of [[spoiler: Goujun, the Dragon King of the Western Seas]], who was not a conspirator in the celestial rebellion but became a casualty of it after leaving a written account of the events. |
| 215 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He's adorable when in his real form. |
| 216 | * SapientSteed: Though not a talking one. |
| 217 | * ShoulderSizedDragon: His dragon form is small enough to perch on Hakkai's shoulder. |
| 218 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the English dub of Gensomaden, there was a translation error and he was called "Hakuru," his name was corrected to "Hakuryuu" in the Reload and Gunlock dubs. |
| 219 | * TeamPet: His role, for the most part. |
| 220 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: He's a dragon that can turn into a Jeep. It doesn't get any cooler than that. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder: Kougaiji Party]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | !The Kougaiji Party |
| 226 | A band of four youkai that were unaffected by the Minus Wave, but for reasons that come from following Kougaiji they serve as rivals to the Sanzo party. |
| 227 | ---- |
| 228 | * {{Anti Villain}}s: Type IV, they could very easily be heroes in another series. In fact, more often than not, they end up working together with the Sanzo Party despite originally setting out to kill them. |
| 229 | * BadassCrew: They're among the best of the demons in terms of skill. |
| 230 | * BreakoutVillain: Due to their popularity, they got to make a number of extra appearances in the anime. |
| 231 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble |
| 232 | * PunchClockVillain: With plenty of EnemyMine. |
| 233 | * TrueCompanions: Far more so than the Sanzo Party. They’re called ‘’-tachi’’, “team”, for a reason. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | !!'''Kougaiji''' |
| 236 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakeshiKusao (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN, original series), Creator/TerrenceStone (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock'') |
| 237 | |
| 238 | A NobleDemon; son of the Youkai King, Gyumaoh, and often addressed as Prince. He has no interest in resurrecting his father and has nothing against humans or the Sanzo party, but as Gyokumen Koushu has promised to revive his mother if he helps complete her plans, he none the less aids her. |
| 239 | ---- |
| 240 | * BigBrotherInstinct: To Lirin. [[spoiler: Lirin remarks that he's more like family to her than Gyokumen or the father she's never met, and wonders whether his mother Rasetsunyo would accept her as a step-child.]] |
| 241 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: As "Barcode" Kougaiji, thanks to Nii. He goes up against Goku, who takes a beating when he assumes that this is yet another AffablyEvil run-in. And crazy!Kougaiji can wipe the floor with limiter-on-Goku.]] |
| 242 | * TheComicallySerious: Every now and again. |
| 243 | * FacialMarkings: His stripes. |
| 244 | * IveComeTooFar: His reasoning for going along with the attack on Sharak's temple, including killing civilians. |
| 245 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Genuinely cares for the other three party members but is reluctant to openly show it; gets upset when Yaone thinks she's failed him and attempts to commit suicide. |
| 246 | * MeaninglessVillainVictory: [[spoiler: After he's freed from the above mentioned BrainwashedAndCrazy he and his companions actually do get the better of the Sanzo party. But because the Sanzo party helped free him in the first place he lets them live.]] |
| 247 | * MommasBoy: Started out willing to do ''anything'' to reawaken her. |
| 248 | * NobleDemon: He tries. |
| 249 | * PlayingWithFire: His specialty is fire magic. |
| 250 | * [[Really700YearsOld Really 500 Years Old]]: His father was sealed 500 years ago. |
| 251 | * TooDumbToLive: Has some moments of this in the anime exclusives, most notably in one instance where he tried fighting Goku's SuperPoweredEvilSide despite nearly getting killed the first time. |
| 252 | * WarriorPrince: He's the prince of the Demon Lord and willing to put himself on the frontlines. |
| 253 | |
| 254 | !!'''Lirin''' |
| 255 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kaoru Morota (JP, original series), Creator/TomokoKawakami (''Reload'' and ''Gunlock''), Creator/HilaryHaag (EN, original series), M.A. Lovestedt (EN, ''Reload''), Creator/CindyRobinson (EN, ''Gunlock'') |
| 256 | |
| 257 | Kougaji's younger half sister. Can be best described as a female Goku; all energy and appetite; replace his relationship with Sanzo with hers with Kougaiji, minus that he treats her much better. A bit of an airhead. Has surprisingly large breasts despite her young appearance. Hero-worships her big bro to the extent that she characterizes herself as the prince's sister rather than the king's daughter, and is justifiably wary of her spiteful mother. |
| 258 | ---- |
| 259 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Downplayed. Kougaiji likes her a lot but she's quite immature and careless which can make her a nuisance. |
| 260 | * BigEater: A running joke being that she is easily distracted by food, even in the middle of a fight. Sanzo literally throws a steam bun to her in order to get her to stay out of a fight. |
| 261 | * CuteBruiser: At times is actually implied to be stronger than Kougaiji. |
| 262 | * DistaffCounterpart: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in series by the Sanzou Ikkou themselves who comment on how similar she is to Goku. |
| 263 | * FacialMarkings: Her (mirror image of Kougaiji's) stripes - figures they'd have similar youkai markings, given that they're blood-related. |
| 264 | * GenkiGirl: Very upbeat under normal circumstances. |
| 265 | * PerkyFemaleMinion: To her brother. |
| 266 | * PintSizePowerhouse: She's as short as Goku. |
| 267 | * [[Really700YearsOld Really 500 Years Old]]: Her father was sealed 500 years ago. |
| 268 | * SkilledButNaive : She's physically just as strong as her half-brother. But she's easily distracted by food so all it takes for the Sanzo party to beat her is offering her a snack. When she ''does'' fight, as seen during her encounter with Homura's ally named Shien, he notes that she has "mastery of the basics of combat" indeed but she's too inexperienced to pause an actual threat to him. |
| 269 | * TagAlongKid: Kougaji usually doesn't bring her along, so much as she tags along, mostly because Gyokumen Koushu doesn't give a shit about her. |
| 270 | * [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Tomboy]]: To Yaone's Girly Girl. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | !!'''Dokugakuji/[[spoiler: Sha Jien]]''' |
| 273 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Dai Matsumoto (JP, first series), Creator/JurotaKosugi (JP, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock''), Jason Miesse (EN, original series episodes 5-18), Mike [=MacRae=] (EN, original series episodes 20-50), Creator/PaulStPeter (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock'') |
| 274 | ---- |
| 275 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Even though they're now on opposite sides of the Minus Wave conflict, he's still worried about the welfare of his younger half-brother [[spoiler: Gojyo]]. And his un-vassal like concern for Kougaiji, who reminds him of his little brother, is motivated by his lingering guilt. He sees protecting Kougaiji as way to earn redemption for his previous failure. His breakdown in the manga when he thinks he cannot keep Kougaiji safe reflects this. |
| 276 | * BoisterousBruiser: He towers several inches taller than his prince and specializes in hand-to-hand and sword combat. |
| 277 | * ComfortingTheWidow: His incestuous relationship with his mother came about because of his resemblance to his late father and it was the only way to calm her down and keep her from abusing his half brother [[spoiler: Gojyo]] . |
| 278 | * CoolSword: With a wide, curved blade like a scimitar. |
| 279 | * FacialMarkings: His youkai skin markings appear on his forehead and across his nose. Even in the manga they're often omitted, though. |
| 280 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In chapter 4.6.2 (Episode 9) of Reload Blast, he takes a blow for Kougaiji, and dies from his injuries later in the same chapter.]] |
| 281 | * {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler:When he caught his mother trying to kill Gojyo, Dokugakuji killed her to save Gojyo’s life.]] |
| 282 | * ParentalIncest: With his mother, in order to protect [[spoiler: Gojyo]] from physical abuse. He was disgusted by this, but ultimately experiences more guilt over failing to prevent the abuse. |
| 283 | * ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:His response when Gojyo refers to him by his birth name, "Jien".]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | !!'''Yaone''' |
| 286 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoMinaguchi (JP), Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack (EN, original series), Creator/MelaLee (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock'') |
| 287 | |
| 288 | A chemist, apothecary and healer who was rescued by Kougaiji from being the next meal of the Centipede Demon, Hyakugan Maoh. As a result she is completely devoted to him and willing to die in his service. He has several times had to convince her that she's worth much more to him alive and using her medicinal skills. Variously shipped with him and with her colleague Cho Hakkai, though there's no evidence that she has romantic feelings for either. When the group is at home she often serves as Lirin's nanny/minder. |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * NaiveNewcomer turned ActionGirl: She tries when she first meets the Sanzo Party, bless her, but... She really just has no idea what she's up against. Next time, she takes on Hakkai. |
| 291 | * BloodbathVillainOrigin: In the anime. Nii states she killed her own parents, in addition to the fact that her town was razed by Hyakugan Maoh's forces and she was taken in as a potential dinner prospect. |
| 292 | * DamselInDistress: Oftentimes Yaone finds herself in trouble and has to be rescued either by Kougaiji or the Sanzo-ikkou. |
| 293 | * FriendshipMoment: With Hakkai several times. |
| 294 | * [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Girly Girl]]: To Lirin's Tomboy. |
| 295 | * IOweYouMyLife: To Kougaiji. Then, some major HeroicBSOD/VillainousBSOD-ing when Hakkai spares her as well, and pities her. |
| 296 | * TheMedic: She's basically the one who heals the others. |
| 297 | * MsFanservice: She wears a very revealing outfit that does little to hide her ample breasts. |
| 298 | * OneeSama: To Lirin. |
| 299 | * ShyBlueHairedGirl : Started out as this, though character development has made her less so. |
| 300 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Kougaiji. |
| 301 | * YamatoNadeshiko: Asks Hakkai to fight her like she's asking for a dance. |
| 302 | |
| 303 | !!'''Zakuro''' |
| 304 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (JP), Creator/RichardCansino (EN) |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Has yellow green-ish in the Manga, but it was changed to pink in the Anime |
| 307 | * DeathByAdaptation: In Gunlock. He's still kicking around in the Reload Blast anime. |
| 308 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: In Gunlock |
| 309 | * ButtMonkey: He's basically the butt of everyone's jokes. He accidentally helps Goku once and everyone calls him a traitor. |
| 310 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He's really not much of a threat. So much so that |
| 311 | * LargeHam: Part of why he can't win. |
| 312 | * LetsGetDangerous: When he does get serious. |
| 313 | * MasterOfIllusion: Capable of creating illusions. |
| 314 | * NoSenseOfDirection: Gets lost... and then runs into Goku, who also gets lost. |
| 315 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks rather big of himself. |
| 316 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: More like he has his bare chest constantly exposed. |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder: Antagonists]] |
| 320 | !'''Gyokumen Koushu''' |
| 321 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Shinobu Sato (JP), Kaytha Coker (EN, original series), Creator/WendeeLee (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock'') |
| 322 | |
| 323 | The youkai that aims to resurrect Gyumaoh, Gyumaoh's concubine and Lirin's mother. As a {{Foil}} to the Kougaiji Party, she appears completely evil, caring for nothing and nobody apart from achieving her goals, even her own family mean nothing to her. |
| 324 | ---- |
| 325 | * AbusiveParents: Her treatment of both Kougaiji and Lirin. She has yet to display any redeeming qualities. |
| 326 | * BigBad: She's the main antagonist of the series, even though most of her schemes are made possible thanks to Nii Jianyi's expertise. |
| 327 | * BitchAlert: The moment she's introduced, and several other shots afterwards actually, from the menacing music associated with her in the anime and the creepy stare she gives Kougaiji to her ruthless speech, her [[FemmeFatalons claw-like nails]] and her lascivious but contemptuous stance, you know she's just as much of a bitch as she appears to be. |
| 328 | * DepravedBisexual: It's heavily implied that she also has trysts with her assistant Dr Hwang. |
| 329 | * EvilMatriarch: To Lirin, who she sees as nothing else than a means to an end. |
| 330 | * FemmeFatalons: Has long nails to hint at her evil. |
| 331 | * HateSink: She is completely selfish, utterly spiteful and will sacrifice anything and anyone for her goals, even her own daughter. She's also a DirtyCoward who is too weak to do her own dirty work. |
| 332 | * KickTheDog: In both the actual series and some particularly brutal ones added in the anime. |
| 333 | * LadyMacbeth: She's technically the second-in-command to her husband and obviously plans to influence him to do more evil for her own personal gain. |
| 334 | * ManipulativeBitch: Towards Kougaiji, especially but towards almost everyone, even her assistants, especially Dr Hwang. |
| 335 | * MenUseViolenceWomenUseCommunication: Implied. Gyumaoh is a notoriously bloodthirsty and violent titan-sized warlord, whereas Gyokumen is a mere concubine whose power is entirely linked to how well she can manipulate him and who she can use to reach her goals. Without her entourage and her sexual link to Gyumaoh, Gyokumen would be pretty much powerless to obtain power by herself. |
| 336 | * TheMistress: She's Gyumaoh's official concubine and aims to usurp Rasetsunyo's place as his official wife. |
| 337 | * NoblewomansLaugh: A truly menacing one, to signify her bitchiness and her pretentiousness. |
| 338 | * NonActionBigBad: Doesn't act herself, relying entirely on Kogaiji and her scientists to do the work, a fact Kogaiji readily points out, much to her exasperation. |
| 339 | * ParentalNeglect: Couldn't care less about the welfare of her biological daughter, Lirin. |
| 340 | * SmugSnake: Looks and talks down to anyone she meets and acquaints with, no matter who they are. She even tried it on Homura and his sidekicks, but everyone has their limits: hadn't Dr Nii intervened JustInTime to prevent her from going all bad bitch on a man ''way'' stronger than herself, she would be history by now. |
| 341 | * TheUnfettered: This nothing she won't sacrifice to achieve her goals. Mass of innocent lives and even her own family mean nothing to her. |
| 342 | * WickedStepmother: To Kougaiji, who she despises as the son of her lover's official wife. |
| 343 | |
| 344 | !'''Dr. Nii Jianyi[[spoiler:/Ukoku Sanzo/Ken'yuu]]''' |
| 345 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka (JP), Tommy Drake (EN, original series), Creator/KirkThornton (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock'') |
| 346 | |
| 347 | An extremely eccentric yet very threatening and devious human MadScientist attempting to revive Gyumaoh for unknown reasons. As of the end of ''Reload'' is also known to be [[spoiler: Ukoku Sanzo, the heretical keeper of the Muten [=sutra=] and an old friend of Koumyou Sanzo...and possibly also his murderer.]] |
| 348 | ---- |
| 349 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: He's an oddball, but he's the biggest threat to the Sanzo party [[spoiler: and is capable of beating them single-handedly]]. |
| 350 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Almost literally (he wears bunny slippers around the labs and babytalks to a rabbit plushie), but do NOT mistake this guy for harmless due his eccentric behavior; he has plenty of KickTheDog moments in his pursuit of mad science. That's not even counting [[spoiler: the destructive power of the Muten [=sutra=] and the fact that he was able to use Buddhist magic to kill fellow monks with no more than a wave of his hand even BEFORE he was elevated to Sanzo.]] |
| 351 | * TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: It's heavily hinted at that his entire involvement with the Gyumaoh revival was part of a bet with the late Koumyou Sanzo.]] |
| 352 | * CreepyCrows: His symbol in the series, along with the darkness of night. [[spoiler: His Buddhist dynastic name is "Ukoku", "a crow cawed", after the bird that cried out when he killed his master.]] |
| 353 | * TheDragon: To Gyokumen Koushu. |
| 354 | * DragonInChief: His genius is what makes Gyokumen's ambitions possible. Without him she wouldn't pose a threat. |
| 355 | * DeceptiveDisciple: Killed his old master [[spoiler: Goudai Sanzo]]. |
| 356 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:End of the ''Reload'' manga. He loses one to Sanzo and rips the other out himself to find "True Darkness".]] |
| 357 | * HyperCompetentSideKick: Gyokumen Koushu may be the one that came up with plan to revive Gyumaoh, but Nii is the one that allows her plan the possibility of succeeding, and as a whole is far more crafty than she is. |
| 358 | * KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler:Ken'yuu rose in rank to Ukoku Sanzo by killing his master, Goudai. While his master had in fact declared that succession would be decided by a battle to the death, Ken'yuu had been specifically disqualified from participating. This results in Ukoku's strange heretical status: the Muten [=sutra=] recognizes him as its owner but he has never received the chakra mark that indicates approval from the gods.]] |
| 359 | * MadScientist: A biotechnologist who's quite insane. |
| 360 | * PsychoticSmirk: His default expression and it's actually quite disturbing. |
| 361 | * RetGone: [[spoiler: The Muten [=Sutra=] is capable of this.]] |
| 362 | * SmokingIsCool: He's very frequently seen cigarette makes him look quite cool although [[spoiler: he's more of an asshole than anything else]]. |
| 363 | * SmugSnake: Quite as much as his mistress, he's quite confident in his schemes. |
| 364 | |
| 365 | !'''Dr. Hwang''' |
| 366 | |
| 367 | Gyokumen's other assistant along with Nii Jianyi. Strict and uptight, she's also Gyokumen's lesbian concubine and a youkai who keeps her youkai ears hidden under her hair. |
| 368 | ---- |
| 369 | * LipstickLesbian: She's very feminine, wears only pencil dresses and heels and sports a neat and professional hairdo, instead of a steretypical TomboyishPonytail or a tank top. |
| 370 | * NervousWreck: Easily startled and ''very'' neurotic and uptight. |
| 371 | * PsychoLesbian: A variation. She's more of a ''neurotic'' lesbian. Despite her serious demeanour, she tends to panic easily and often flies into fits, which Nii Jianyi has a tendency to tease her about. |
| 372 | * TheRival: Defined as this by Nii Jianyi in terms of Gyokumen's affections, even though she's probably more in love with her than he is. |
| 373 | * ThreeWaySex: Defied. When Nii proposes this to her, she refuses angrily by slapping him across the face, hinting that she's no bisexual but a ''true'' lesbian. |
| 374 | |
| 375 | !'''Hazel Grouse''' |
| 376 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoichiTochika (JP), Shinobu Sato (JP, child), Creator/PatrickSeitz (EN), Creator/YuriLowenthal (EN, child) |
| 377 | ---- |
| 378 | * AccentAdaptation: He has a Kansai accent in Japanese...because he's from "The West". It gets changed to a mild Southern accent in English translations. |
| 379 | * EnemyWithin: [[spoiler:He's been possessed by the demon Valhalla since it killed his master when he was a child, though he doesn't know it. This is implicitly the doing of Ukoku Sanzo, who was visiting at the time.]] |
| 380 | * DeathByAdaptation: He dies in the anime adaptation, Gunlock. |
| 381 | * {{Foil}}: To Sanzo. They have a similar history, both having lost their mentors/father figures to youkai attacks and devoting their adult lives to vengeance. However, Hazel pursues his vengeance by seeking to eliminate youkai entirely, even those unaffected by the Minus Wave like young children. Hazel’s magic amulet holds out a kind of false hope because for every human life it restores it must destroy the soul of a youkai. Sanzo, while very willing to kill anyone youkai or otherwise who tries to impede his quest, has not simply generalized that hatred to the entire species. He’s seeking to shut down the Minus Wave and end the problem at its source, restoring the possibility of coexistence between humans and youkai. |
| 382 | * HomoeroticSubtext: With Gat. |
| 383 | * PutOnABus: At the end of Reload manga, having gained amnesia and lost his powers. |
| 384 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Hazel Grouse? Grosse? Glosse? In Volume 10 of the tankobon, there's a small flashback chapter that spells it as Hazel Grouse. |
| 385 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: He believes in the obliteration of all youkai, berserk or no, since his master's murder. |
| 386 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Less so in the Manga, but played straight in the Anime |
| 387 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: In the Party Drama CD |
| 388 | |
| 389 | !'''Gatty "Gat" Nenehawk''' |
| 390 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/BeauBillingslea (EN) |
| 391 | ---- |
| 392 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Gat was Hazel's first human victim, by accident. Hazel used his power to bring him back to life. Seems to have been an UnwantedRevival, since his tribe saw him as unnatural and thus he couldn't go back.]] |
| 393 | * {{BFG}}: Each one is about 3 times the size of Sanzo's little Smith and Wesson. Gat asks Sanzo, after Hazel's talisman is broken, to carry the guns once he can no longer be revived. Sanzo replies that they're guns only someone with Gat's strength could use: Sanzo would have to use both hands to be able to aim just one of them and the recoil would probably numb his entire arm, so he'd only be able to get off a single shot. One of them gets used quite dramatically in the climactic battle of ''Reload'', against Ukoku. Result: [[spoiler: The most successful attack against Ukoku yet--he’s probably lost an eye, maybe both. Sanzo does indeed have to use both hands and has to make his one shot count]]. |
| 394 | * BoomHeadshot: Tries this on Seiten Taisei. [[SuperSpeed It doesn't work]]. |
| 395 | * GentleGiant: Rather peaceful when not in a fight. |
| 396 | * GunsAkimbo: Dual wields two massive guns. |
| 397 | * TheGunslinger: Unlike Sanzo, Type B, The Vaporizer, with some elements of Type C (The Woo) use of GunFu. Gat's a very good shot but ultimately his style relies on the exceptional firepower of his huge pistols. |
| 398 | * MagicalNativeAmerican: Though by Hazel's magic rather than his own. |
| 399 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: In the Party Drama CD. |
| 400 | [[/folder]] |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[folder: The Heavens]] |
| 403 | !'''Kanzeon Bosatsu/The Merciful Goddess''' |
| 404 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisaWatanabe (JP, original series), Creator/ReiIgarashi (JP, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock''), Karen Coffer (EN, most episodes of first two seasons), Shawn Taylor (EN, some episodes of first two seasons), Melodee M. Spevack (EN, ''Reload'' and ''Gunlock'') |
| 405 | ---- |
| 406 | * AllPowerfulBystander: [[spoiler: If she really wanted to she could simply go stop Gyumaoh's revival herself, but she takes too much enjoyment in watching the Sanzo party's journey.]] |
| 407 | * CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: In Gaiden she dished out one against Goku's SuperpoweredEvilSide, defeating him with a single blow.]] |
| 408 | * GenreSavvy: Quite wise to how things will go. |
| 409 | * {{Hermaphrodite}}: In the manga, Kanzeon as a "perfected" bodhisattva is both fully male and fully female. In the anime, Kanzeon is portrayed as fully female like in Chinese tradition. |
| 410 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Despite being a {{Jerkass}}, even she's hurt seeing what happened at the end of ''Saiyuki Gaiden''.]] |
| 411 | * IntriguedByHumanity: While she's definitely arrogant, her ButtMonkey man-servant once implying that she's an egotist even compared to the other gods, she regards Earth and its dynamic, constantly changing inhabitants as far more interesting and compelling than static, eternal Heaven. Woe betide you if she finds you especially interesting...like the Sanzo-ikkou. |
| 412 | * JerkassGods: She sends the Sanzo party out for her own amusement rather than any desire to do good, and only rarely ever helps them. And believe it or not, she's actually one of nicer gods seen in the series. |
| 413 | * OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: The goddess Kanzeon Bosatsu is a female-presenting hermaphrodite, as noted by the author in a between-chapters illustration. |
| 414 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler: In Gaiden, she is convinced by Konzen to spare Goku's life. After Goku's friends died, she apolgizes for show she caused him to suffer.]] |
| 415 | * PhysicalGod: [[spoiler: In ''Saiyuki Gaiden'', she's shown to be even stronger than Goku with his power limiter removed.]] |
| 416 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She's a good who's been around for ages. |
| 417 | * StoryBreakerPower: Goku's SuperpoweredEvilSide is one normally [[spoiler: and she can overpower him in that state like he's an ordinary child.]] |
| 418 | * VaporWear: Her robes are see-through in the Manga, leaving her nipples clearly visible |
| 419 | |
| 420 | !'''Jiroushin''' |
| 421 | * ButtMonkey: The aforementioned hapless manservant to Kanzeon. |
| 422 | * OldRetainer: He's been in the Goddess' service for at least 500 years, is quick to tell the ikkou off for insufficient appreciation of her intervention, and refers to her in the most respectful terms possible, even as he picks up after her messes. |
| 423 | * PleasePutSomeClothesOn: You'd think Jiroushin would be used to Kanzeon's "clothing optional workplace" attitude after several hundred years. |
| 424 | |
| 425 | !'''Nataku''' |
| 426 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In the first anime, he is colored with gold eyes and purple hair; in the manga and ''Gaiden'' the colors are reversed. |
| 427 | * EmptyShell: He becomes this as a result of [[spoiler: his failed suicide, after being ordered by his father to kill Goku.]] |
| 428 | * FacialMarkings: Has one on his forehead. |
| 429 | * ForgottenChildhoodFriend: To Goku. |
| 430 | * TykeBomb: He was created to be a weapon. |
| 431 | |
| 432 | !'''Li Touten''' |
| 433 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoruInaba (JP) |
| 434 | ---- |
| 435 | * AbusiveParent: To Nataku, emotionally/verbally/physically/probably sexually. |
| 436 | %%* FacialMarkings |
| 437 | |
| 438 | !'''The Three Aspects/The Sanbutsushin''' |
| 439 | * HugeHolographicHead: The way they appear in the Temple of the Setting Sun. |
| 440 | * MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio: They represent the three "bodies" of the Buddha--Truth, Bliss, and Manifestation--but the character designs look more like they represent the Masculine, Feminine, and Androgyne genders. |
| 441 | * TheOmniscient: Supposedly. There's some suggestions that the Aspects are just following orders from higher deities like Kanzeon. |
| 442 | |
| 443 | !Toushin Taishi Homura |
| 444 | * DualityMotif: Homura has one golden eye, and one blue one, as a result of his [[HalfHumanHybrid father being a human]]. |
| 445 | * OverTheShoulderCarry: In episode 47 of Gensomaden, he carries an unconscious Goku this way. |
| 446 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Sure, he wants to bring an end to everything in existence, but he's so sweet and vulnerable, and so many undeservedly terrible things have happened to him. |
| 447 | |
| 448 | !Shien |
| 449 | |
| 450 | !Zenon |
| 451 | |
| 452 | [[/folder]] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | [[folder: The Sanzo Priests]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | !'''Houmei/Koumyou Sanzo''' |
| 457 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The description used in ''Ibun'' is “a little stray cloud off in his own world”. Koumyou claims to be less reliable than the moon. He’s got a real thing for paper airplanes and forgets to hide the pipe and the booze from the other monks. At one point he quotes ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' to explain his strategies. |
| 458 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As a novice, Houmei was known as “the demerit monk” for his chronic rulebreaking and laziness. He was also stronger in Buddhist magic than any of the other sanzo candidates. As Koumyou Sanzo, he’s still blowing off lectures and sneaking alcohol…while also being the youngest person ever to reach that rank and the only one ever to be entrusted with ''two'' [=sutras=]. |
| 459 | * MasterApprenticeChain: Learned from Jikaku as a novice, and transmitted his teachings to his successor, Genjyo Sanzo. |
| 460 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: Dies so Genjyo can become a Sanzo. |
| 461 | * MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Ukoku has suggested that Koumyou’s death in a youkai attack [[spoiler: may have been intentional, as he was more than strong enough to fight such intruders off. This raises the possibility that Koumyou knew the effect his death would have on Genjyo and set him on that path on purpose.]] |
| 462 | * TheOnlyOne: Two of his closest friends (Tenkai and Goudai) stick him with their own problems (the Maten [=Sutra=] and Ukoku, respectively) when they die, because they believe him to be the only one who will not collapse under the karmic burden. |
| 463 | * ValleyGirl: Houmei talks more like a Nagoya schoolgirl than a grown man—using cutesy nicknames and honorifics (i.e., “Momo-chan”), referring to oneself in the third person, and using “boku” and “anata” pronouns are all young, girlish verbal traits in Japanese. |
| 464 | |
| 465 | !'''Toudai/Goudai Sanzo''' |
| 466 | * TheBigGuy: Tall. |
| 467 | * KlingonPromotion: He promoted the successor would gain his possession through killing. |
| 468 | * MasterApprenticeChain: He was Jikaku’s student and transmitted his teachings to his successor, Ukoku. |
| 469 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: Of the DeceptiveDisciple[=/=]SurpassedTheTeacher variety. It gets messy. |
| 470 | |
| 471 | !'''Genkai''' |
| 472 | * BlessedWithSuck: Genkai’s prophetic talents were exploited by his parents and he foresaw the deaths of many, but could not protect his parents when they were in danger. |
| 473 | * OracularUrchin: Genkai’s body stopped growing very early and he’s about the size of a 4 year-old. |
| 474 | |
| 475 | !'''Jikaku''' |
| 476 | * ArcWords: Jikaku was the first to make the comparison between Ukoku as “the dark of the night” and Koumyou as “the light of the moon”. The full significance of the comparison is still unclear. |
| 477 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: Jikaku's a senior monk at a major temple the first time we see him in ''Saiyuki Ibun'', and was the abbot of Keiun (the largest monastery in China) before Genjyo Sanzo. But what's MORE interesting about him is that he met at least 8 sanzo priests in his lifetime (3 unnamed former sanzos, Koumyou, Goudai, Genkai, Ukoku, and Genjyo). |
| 478 | * MasterApprenticeChain: Jikaku instructed both Koumyou and Goudai as novices. In turn, Koumyou taught his successor Genjyo and Goudai taught his successor Ukoku. Genjyo and Ukoku are now on opposite sides of the Minus Wave conflict. |
| 479 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: Don’t ever teach Genjyo Sanzo a valuable lesson if you want to survive to the end of the story arc. |
| 480 | * RetiredBadass: He was retired when Genjyo met him. |
| 481 | [[/folder]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | [[folder: Other Characters]] |
| 484 | |
| 485 | !'''Sharak Sanzo''' |
| 486 | * ActionGirl: She's a little gruff for a LadyOfWar. |
| 487 | * AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler: Simultaneous activation of the Maten and Koten [=sutras=] in close proximity, even without any intent to synchronize them, results in a powerful resonance. (This is a confirmation of the earlier explanation for splitting the sanzos up as much as possible.) Sharak and Genjyo agree that the potential effects are unknown and dangerous...but they both totally want to see what happens.]] |
| 488 | * CelibateHero: [[spoiler: She (forcefully) rejects Hassan's come-on and tells him she's not a woman--she's a sanzo.]] |
| 489 | * CoveredWithScars: Bears scars on her body. |
| 490 | * DistaffCounterpart: To Genjyo, although she'd probably argue that he is her SpearCounterpart, since she's an Experienced Older Woman. |
| 491 | * FunctionalMagic: The use of resonators to extend the protection of her Koten [=sutra=] to the entire region. |
| 492 | * LonelyAtTheTop: Goku's explanation to Hassan for the immediate rapport between Genjyo and Sharak. It's the first time either of them has met someone else who understands the heavy responsibilities of the sanzo priesthood. |
| 493 | * TheGunslinger: She's got a LARGE pistol and an automatic rifle she slings across her back quite casually when going out to protect the villagers. |
| 494 | * TheSiege: On the orders of the Sanbutsushin, she's been holding down the fort for years now waiting for the ikkou to make it West from Chang'An. |
| 495 | |
| 496 | !'''Hassan''' |
| 497 | * ImaginaryLoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Hassan feels threatened by the immediate rapport between Sharak and Genjyo. Goku reassures him that there is nothing romantic or sexual about it from Genjyo's end--it's just the first time either sanzo has met someone else who understands the responsibilities of the job.]] |
| 498 | * JustFriends: [[spoiler: The reason Hassan feels threatened. He's been in love with Sharak since they were novices in training together. Unfortunately for him, she seems to see relationships as a distraction from her duties.]] |
| 499 | * TheLancer: He would seem to be Sharak's. |
| 500 | [[/folder]] |
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