The Rabbit, the Raven, the Sun, the Moon and the Night Sky

[vraieesprit]

So I have been rereading Even A Worm recently, because mostly I have been indoctrinating a friend to the Saiyuki manga (since he liked the anime and I needed to show him how many more levels of awesome the manga was, especially this arc).

I got to thinking about some of the symbolism in the characters - specifically Sanzou, Ukoku and Koumyou.

Comments

[baka_kusuri]

I have nothing much of value to add but I agree, I'm quite intrigued with Ukoku; he's always been my fave chara (after Sanzo of course)! I've read/watched Saiyuki over such a long and fragmented period of time (with several re-visits here and there) that tying some of the underlying themes together is probably something I only do subconsciously so it was nice to read a well thought-out (and informative) summation like this :)