I'm so glad you found and commented on this ... it was early days for me on LJ, and it was depressing to have no comments on it at all. I usually speak with sanada via e-mail instead (we met through her hana-mi.net translations site, because she did a bunch of SDK translations, and that was my first manga fandom), and except for her, I had no one with whom to talk Saiyuki back then ... .
Yes, that is great line, and he's so miserable on Goku's behalf, later. I think he sees (without knowing it, consciously) parallels with his own childhood situation when Jien left. In fact, I've been hatching a story, very slowly, to be called "Three Days," on what happened between the time Gojyo carries the two of them off the street/battlefield and when Goku wakes up, from Gojyo's point of view.
No, Hazel's not humanizing Hakkai yet - but I really think his intention may have been honorable when he stepped forward with his amulet. He's starting to see some worth in some youkai. But Gojyo was too far gone with worry and protective instincts at that point to even consider that idea.
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Date: 2007-11-20 03:57 am (UTC)I'm so glad you found and commented on this ... it was early days for me on LJ, and it was depressing to have no comments on it at all. I usually speak with sanada via e-mail instead (we met through her hana-mi.net translations site, because she did a bunch of SDK translations, and that was my first manga fandom), and except for her, I had no one with whom to talk Saiyuki back then ... .
Yes, that is great line, and he's so miserable on Goku's behalf, later. I think he sees (without knowing it, consciously) parallels with his own childhood situation when Jien left. In fact, I've been hatching a story, very slowly, to be called "Three Days," on what happened between the time Gojyo carries the two of them off the street/battlefield and when Goku wakes up, from Gojyo's point of view.
No, Hazel's not humanizing Hakkai yet - but I really think his intention may have been honorable when he stepped forward with his amulet. He's starting to see some worth in some youkai. But Gojyo was too far gone with worry and protective instincts at that point to even consider that idea.