What Does A Priest, A Novelist, And A War General All Have In Common?

Greetings, fellow readers~  (^^)/  This blog post is a bit out of the blue, but is also amusing (to me at least).  As the title states, what exactly do those three have in common?  Who am I even talking about?

The Priest: Genjo Sanzo of 'Saiyuki'

 

The Novelist: Eiri Uesugi of 'Gravitation'

 

The War General: Nakago of 'Fushigi Yuugi'

 

Let's start with the obvious: the blonde hair.  And yes, that's their real hair color too! At some point in each of their manga or anime, their hair is mentioned to be quite unnatural.  In 'Saiyuki', Sanzo's hair is referenced as being like the sun by fellow teammate Goku.  In 'Gravitation', Eiri had told Shuichi that because of his blonde hair and other foreign features, he was taken to New York for a while.  In 'Fushigi Yuugi', Nakago had explained that because his tribe had blonde hair and blue eyes they were shunned by the rest of the population. 

 

All three have a pretty cold personality towards everyone.  From icy glares to mean remarks, these three are pretty rough around the edges.  In the case of Sanzo and Eiri, it is usually one super annoying companion that irritates them to no end.  Nakago didn't seem to have anyone who truly annoyed him as he was just using everyone to get ahead in life.  However, as annoying as those people are to them, the three cared for them deeply:

 

 

Things weren't always peachy for these three.  In fact, their personalities are all due pretty much to the same traumatic experience as a child.  Because they are all so beautiful, they've all experienced some sort of sexual abuse.  I came to realize that these three have that much in common after I read a chapter of 'Saiyuki RELOAD' where we delve some more into Sanzo's past.  Let's start with him. 

 

This is Sanzo at the tender age of thirteen.  At that time, his name was Koryuu (as Sanzo is just a title).  He was found by a river as a baby, causing him the nickname 'Koryuu the River Rat'.  But that didn't bother him as long as he had his master, who was a Sanzo priest.  Tragedy struck one night when his master was killed, and through that unfortunate circumstance he was deemed the 31st Sanzo of China.  Fastforward four years and Sanzo is now traveling across China in search for his master's killers.  Unfortunately, he was was ambushed by some mountain bandits.  Once he was cornered one of the bandits grabbed Sanzo by the hair and smirked while saying: " You know...up close he looks like a girl" thus getting laughs from the other bandits who had replied that he's got a werid hobby.  At that moment Sanzo knew what he was in for, and through conflicting emotions he shot the guy point blank.  The other bandits took off and Sanzo was safe, but the thought of almost being attacked and having to kill a human still plagued him for a long while after. 

At age sixteen, Eiri was very different from what he is at twenty-two.  He was bright and energetic.  Due to his non-Japanese features, he was taken to New York by a friend named Toma who introduced him to a writer named Yuki Kitazawa.  To Eiri, Yuki was a major role-model.  He always loved being around him, and it was because of Yuki that he got into writing himself.  But one night a drunken Yuki had brought some other guys over and gave them ten dollars to do basically do whatever they wanted with Eiri while he watched.  But like Sanzo, Eiri knew what he was in for and shot not only the other guys, but his master too.  That was when Toma came in and tried to calm down the traumatized boy.  It is because of this incident that Eiri suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and ironically takes on the pen name of Eiri Yuki.

Nakago may seem like your typical maniacal man, but he had his reasons.  During his youth, Ayuru Gi (his real name) was part of a tribe of unusual people for ancient China as they all had blue eyes and blonde hair.  It was tough back then as the emperor of the Kutou region had pretty much ordered the extinction of his tribe.  He and his mother were taken prisoner by the emperor's army.  One day, he was in search of his mother, and happened to see her being assaulted by some of the Kutou army soldiers.  This let him to use is celestial power for the first time.  He totally annihalated the soldiers, but his mother was also a victim as well.  Nakago was immediately brought to the emperor who was intrigued by the boy's power as well as his looks...  Thus for several years, Nakago became sort of a plaything to the Kutou emperor. 

 

There are many other similarities that these guys share such as being all within their early twenties and being pretty tall.  Both Sanzo and Eiri smoke while both Sanzo and Nakago are from China.  Goodness, with all these similarities you'd think that they'd be related...  XD  Well, this has been another random post~  Until next time.  (^__^)/