#Ukoku

[adagiospace]

The Boys and The Old Men (Winter ed.)

Sanzo-ikkou illust was made for @monthlyminekura holiday prompt list.

[saiyuki-ing]

Group Photo!

The cast gets a group photo, but maybe they shouldn't have asked the Magnificent Zakuro to take the picture

[sakuplumeria]

To all Saiyuki fans, Mods and some friends have been hosting some Saiyuki events and we want to know your opinion for future events...

If you would kindly fill this short interest check survey~

THANK YOU! Reblogs are very appreciated

[navy-s-forest]

[Saiyuki] 🌗

All the rabbits you destroyed came to me, so how have you lived through the years since I was gone?

[returntoclear]

とある旅先、寝る前に宿でくつろいでる月闇

🌕「私の経文を見て何か面白い発見はありましたか？」 🐦‍⬛「ん～…今のところは なぁんにも」

[saiyukiitaliaandinternational]

Month of Saiyuki (day 15)

Who is your favourite character in Saiyuki and why?

Him, the evil, bastard, genius crow/raven:

How can't you hate love him? On a more serious note he is one of few Anime/Manga villain that gives me genuine uncanny, dreadful feeling of despair and fear on a subtle level I rarely experienced if not in lovecraftian horror products. And the fight against Genjo proved what I felt...

I never thought that an apparently demented-looking mad scientist could hide such horrific power (Mutenkyo) and nature, he's a fine specimen when it comes to psychopathy or psychopathic traits mixed with narcissistic ones. Excellent individual to study and analyse, the concept he brings even from a Buddhist perspective is captivating, albeit he fully deserve the nickname "heretical" because of his embracing of Nihilism (one of the two extremes to avoid according to Buddhism), misuse of Mutenkyo (I hardly believe previous Sanzos of Mutenkyo lineage ever used the sutra the way he uses), the way he obtained the Sutra and other wicked visions of life. Considering that he's based on Usou Zenji (Crow’s Nest Zen Priest) the Ch'an Master who teaches Heart Sutra to Sanzang, his sutra might be, conceptually speaking, linked to Heart Sutra, my most favourite Mahayana sutra of all, so this makes Mutenkyo extremely interesting.

And it's extremely interesting how Ukoku reverses the deep meaning of both the fictional sutra and possible, real-life sutra in a more mundane and horrifying way that nullify everything and everyone. I still have to understand what truly happens to the victim that gets erased by the sutra's power because if it means the sutra erases the victim from existence as if they were never born, never remembered, this means (always in a Buddhist perspective) that even the Buddha nature present in every sentient being (in Buddhism a sentient being is a being that possesses a mind, sem chen in Tibetan) gets erased and with it the possibility potentially to transcend the conditions of saṃsāra and attain Buddhahood. If it's so, then it's enough to make a Bodhisattva shit bricks...

A very underrated villain, in my opinion, in the cosmos of Japanese fictional villain and more broadly in the villain scenario.

[sixie]

Two sketchy men of science and medicine clad in all black walk into a bar...

[tnasketching]

Day 19 : candle

Oh man do I struggle with drawing Nii's haitcut. And his lab coat doesn't event look like it. But he might be the type to like specific aesthetics while working on his projects.

[adagiospace]

月闇 2023

Here are some preview from the log. This year is noticably less than 2022 log but sure it's gayer

This year I finally saw Mine-sensei's drawings by my own eyes, my dream come true, I shipped myself to Japan, not just my doujin!!! Sensei's drawings.. Sensei's Koumyou and Ukoku.. so beautiful I cried inside 😭😭😭

Congratulations for 25th Anniversary for Saiyuki! I'll be back for 30th anniversary!

Thank you 2023, to the next journey we go.

Compelete log -> [Pixiv]

[saiyuki-ing]

Their Journey So Far!

The Sanzo party has met a lot of colorful characters on their travels! It's been about 15 years since I've read the original Saiyuki manga, but even then, I couldn't fit every memorable character here

[lycanr0t]

bought a doujin for the first time in probably close to 10 years because of that damn. moth. love and light or whatever

[navy-s-forest]

SAIYUKI

【Jequirity】🌗&🈳☯️

愿君多采撷，此物最相思

🐉Happy Chinese Loong Year🐉

[sakuplumeria]

So I was rewatching this Gunlock episode when Sanzo was drown… and I just had to confirm the manga…

All this time I remembered Koumyou found Sanzo in the river alone… He was actually with Ukoku that time?!??

Okay my brain is working so hard right now…

>>> see replies, that might be Shuuei not Ukoku because the timeline don't fit with it being Ukoku. He's not even Ukoku at that time, Koumyou met Kenyuu when Kouryuu was already in Kinzan

[saiyukiitaliaandinternational]

"If you were the moon and I were the night… I wonder… which one would be swallowed up?"

Photos taken by me last month.

[jadepgraphicart]

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's my gift for Minekura Fan Valentine's Exchange (hosted by @minekura-fan-events), for Mei 🖤

[alex-just-vibing]

me when ship stuff that u have blacklisted Isn't Fucking Tagged So I Have To See It Even Though I Have It Blacklisted For A Reason