Saiyuki Musical - First Part of ""Be There" Arc

[chomiji]

This is surprisingly addicting, even though I can't understand much more than the character's names and a very few words (like onna - "woman"):

Hakkai (well, Gonou in these scenes) is completely adorable, and the scene where he's telling his story to Gojyo is quite close to the manga, I think - complete with Gojyo holding up his pinkie yakuza-style to mean a woman when he asks about the person Gonou has lost.

Comments

[blue-hobbit.livejournal.com]

I had a whole comment written out on all the characters and what I lliked about them, and LJ just ate it :( *cries* Thanks a lot for posting this though, I didn't even know it was online and now you really made me want to watch the whole thing.

[chomiji]

Awww! I would have loved to know all about what you thought!

I like the Gojyo guy, although I haven't seen him do a real Gojyo Grin yet. He seems to be better at the serious expressions.

[blue-hobbit.livejournal.com]

Ok let's give this another try (and this time I'll save my comment before hitting "post"!). Actually I ended up watching the whole thing after you posted this, and I have to say I really fell in love with Goku. He can't have been much younger than the other actors, right? But despite that he still brought across all of Goku's childishness and excitement, I thought that was great. I really loved Hakkai too, that guy was just perfect for the part. Even without understanding anything, the way he talked seemed just very Hakkai-like to me.

But you're right, a Gojyo grin or really any kind of lighter moment would have been nice. I mean I loved all the angst and drama, but what's Saiyuki without the fun? Maybe that just got lost in the non-existant translation. But overall, I really liked it.