SERIES: Saiyuki

NOTES:
Anime - Manga
Ooh aah - a priest who swears, drinks, gambles, chain-smokes, and, oh yeah, shoots things. No wonder he's called the "ill-behaved priest". Of course, he does have his good points as well. He's charismatic, with a cool demeanour, and he's calm under pressure. He's tall, slender, and the kind of good-looking that people tend to call pretty. To top it all off, his birthday is November 29th, which makes him a Saggitarius (same as me) - how could he not be a fabulous person!? -_o

Okay, out of la-la land, and back to the facts.

Being a priest doesn't mean Sanzo is a big fan of gods or religion - he's not. He believes in nothing but himself. Appropriately, he's the bearer of the Maten Kyoumon (evil sutra), which preaches faith in oneself above all else. He wears this on his shoulders as part of his priestly wardrobe. Under the robes he wears rather sexy arm warmers and a high-necked body shirt O_O. He also sports a small, red chakra on his forehead.

Although his companions use it as if it were his name, Sanzo is actually a title, the highest any priest can acquire, in fact.

Sanzo isn't wandering around anime/manga land just to pretty up the place. Nope. He has a reason for being - Sanzo is on a quest to find the Saiten Scripture. He's accompanied on this quest by three powerful demons. You'll find more about that here.

With all his anti-social quirks (including an intense dislike of being touched), and his self-centered attitude, you might be thinking there's nothing Sanzo cares for but Sanzo. You'd be wrong in that. Sanzo is very, very fond of his gun and his cigarettes, and you rarely see a picture of him that doesn't include one or both of his favorite things.

Speaking of pictures (what a smooth segue!), please enjoy the images in Sanzo's gallery, which has now been expanded to include more pictures.

Yaoi
Personally, I'm not a fan of the popular pairing of Sanzo/Goku or Goku/Sanzo. It's the same problem I have with Omi and Nagi from Weiss Kreuz being paired with anyone apart from each other. They look too young to be fucking around with grown men. I prefer my men to partner-up with other men and, while Goku is something like 500-years-old, I can't get past the fact that he looks like a kid. So when it comes to reading, I prefer stories featuring the less popular pairing of Gojyo/Sanzo.