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Created by Yuuzo Takada, the author and artist of ''[[Blue Seed]]'' and ''[[All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku]]'', ''[[3x33×3 Eyes]]'' (pronounced "Sazan Aizu") ran in ''Young Magazine'' from 1987 to 2002, was collected in forty manga volumes of which nine were translated by Dark Horse Comics, and spawned an OAV series adapting the first five. Plans for a 2003 TV series were scotched by Japanese censorship laws.

In 2009, Yuuzo [[Revival|revived]] the series, making '''''3x33×3 Eyes Gaiden: Yggdrasil no Yadorigi'''''. Despite the ''Gaiden'' title, it really is a sequel set 7 years after the original ending<ref>Parallel with the time the original manga ended publication and started with this one</ref>, the series still is ongoing and details are scarce, as Yuuzo pretty much made only 3 introdutory chapters and put the series on [[Series Hiatus|hold]], no bigger plot was introduced aside Yakumo and Pai helping a girl from her [[Power Incontinence]], it just showed a little bit of the characters life-style now after 7 years.

Although Dark Horse's official translation has been canceled, a complete [[Scanlation]] project may be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20140418055201/http://www.sazanquest.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 here].

* [[Art Evolution]]: Yuuzo has come a long way in the 40 Volumes run, the last few volumes really shows a great evolution in his style; then 7 years later he came back with ''3x33×3 Eyes Gaiden: Yggdrasil no Yadorigi'', and his style evolved again. To elaborate, the first volumes had sketchy art and more realistic-looking character designs. The last volumes has much cleaner lines and more rounded anime-ish character designs.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Connery, {{spoiler|a.k.a. Bem Madurai, Benares' one and only pupil. At one point, he took over Yakumo's body and shows us [[Curb Stomp Battle|''exactly'']] [[The Fettered|what the latter should be capable of as a Wu]]. The [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] he gave to Yakumo is one of the biggest [[Took a Level Inin Badass|leaps in the latter's ability.]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]}}: {{spoiler|Haan. In volume 32, part of his spirit returns in a clone of himself. His soul, trapped in his original, mostly destroyed body, later joins his clone's body at the end, making him complete again.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Batman Gambit]]}}: {{spoiler|Parvati's plan to finally destroy Kaiyanwang for good involves her soul/consciousness being absorbed by him and bringing about the apocalypse. Her physical self and other personality later joins into the stream of consciousness released in the process along with Yakumo's corpse and basically turning ''invincible'' while ''drastically'' weakening Kaiyanwang at the same time. This works because many of the souls Kaiyanwang assimilates do not join him willingly, and the process that sets up the end of the world also weakened the bonds between his physical body and the souls he absorbed. As predicted, they all scrambled to get out at the only opportunity they have, taking almost all his power with them and transferring it all to Parvati and the newly revived Yakumo. Also helps set up a reset button to the whole apocalypse thing.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: if a Sanjiyan is directly harmed or their life is in danger, their Wu's strength and powers will temporarily increase tenfold and become limitless, all to protect their master. This has worked both for and against the protagonists. Also, do not create naked illusions of Parvati and send them at Yakumo while the real deal is watching {{spoiler|...though that's exactly what they wanted.}}

* [[Cast From Lifespan]]: The Juuma. They consume the life energy of the ones that summon them. Since the Wus are immortal, it's more of a case of [[Cast Fromfrom Hit Points]] for them.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Happens a lot, but the results are haphazard -- there's no telling whether the foe will do a [[Heel Face Turn]] or a [[Redemption Equals Death|redeeming]] [[Heroic Sacrifice]].

* [[Levitating Lotus Position]]: This is the default position for Kelarla whenever she appears, floating above the ground.

* [[Magikarp Power]]: Kuuyon, Yakumo's cutest and most useless looking summon, also happens to have the ability to ''eat any kind of magic''. In a universe where magical stuff forms a large part of the action, this ability tends to be extremely useful.

* [[Multinational Team]]: Pai is from Chinese Tibet, Ling Ling is from the then-British colony of Hong Kong, and Yakumo Fujii is from Japan.

* [[Revival]]: Yuuzo brough Sanzan back in 2009 with ''3x33×3 Eyes Gaiden: Yggdrasil no Yadorigi'', set 7 years after the original ending, which also is the real time between the last original manga ending publication and the begining of this new one.

* [[Series Hiatus]]: Yuuzo only made 3 chapters for 3x33×3 Eyes Gaiden, with no bigger plot introduced to make a cliffhanger, this way it is easier to maintain a hiatus for a long time.

* [[Split Personality]]: Innocent [[Genki Girl]] Pai and haughty hyper-[[Tsundere]] Parvati the Fourth. A common trait of aged Sanjiyan or those wearing a Shiva's Claw.

* [[The Dragon]]: Benares, Kayan Wang's Wu, also known as "Dragon God" or "Dragon King" - Not only a dragon to Kaiyanwang, {{spoiler|but a literal dragon as well.}}

* [[Time Skip]]: the four-year gap between volumes 2 and 3. There are several more shorter ones spread throughout the series' run. ''3x33×3 Eyes Gaiden'' gives a big 7 years skip.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Yakumo takes advantage of the [[Time Skip]] to take ''several''...and goes on to take more. By the end of the series, he's pretty much unstoppable.

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