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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Even Goku gets in a jab now and then.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: The Sanzo-''ikkou'', an [[Japanese Honorifics|honorific]] indicating a group, especially a group of religious pilgrims. Kougaiji, Lirin, Yaone, and Dokugakuji are often referred to as the Kougaiji-''tachi'', a group honorific with a connotation of "team".

 

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do ''not'' harm Goku in his presence.

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Goku, when he's not being an [[Aloof Older Brother]].

* [[Closest Thing We Got]]: Sanzo's a horrible choice for a hero. He knows this. Everyone around him knows this. He's also got a better chance of surviving sanzohood than any of the other alternatives.

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: His mentor, Koumyou Sanzo.

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him Sanzo]]: It's his priestly rank/title. The closest thing he has to a personal name is "Genjyo".

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] / [[Ho Yay]]: With Goku. Whether he likes it or not...

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]

* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Connects him to Ukoku and Kami-sama on the other side.

* [[Paper Fan of Doom]]

* [[Purple Eyes]]: Remarked on in-series as being both exotically appealing and deeply unsettling.

* [[Sexy Priest]]: But call him one and your ass is toast.

* [[Smoking Is Cool]]

* [[Warrior Monk]]: Duh.

 

and his previous incarnation

 

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Konzen's androgynously beautiful and dressed in flowing silk that doesn't exactly scream "masculine". It's downright shocking to see his animated incarnation for the first time and then to hear Toshihiko Seki's deep voice when he speaks.

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: Or at least “long since bored past the point of caring” bureaucrat with OCD. He never seems terribly impressed with Heaven’s regime but he’s very serious about his job--until Goku gives him something better to be serious about.

* [[Papa Wolf]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] / [[Ho Yay]]: With Sanzo. Reincarnation means it's not just THIS lifetime, either.

* [[Keet]]

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: His [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] moves so fast other characters can't even see him, shrugs off virtually everything thrown at him, and has bent Gojyo's magical shakujou just by grabbing it.

* [[Morality Pet]]: For Sanzo.

* {{spoiler|[[Nigh Invulnerable]]: in his true form he can call on energy from the Earth to heal himself whenever he's injured (shown in his fight with Hakkai's true form) which makes him near immortal.}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]

* [[Restraining Bolt]]: His diadem, which is many times stronger than a normal youkai limiter and can only be remade by the Maten sutra or direct divine intercession.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Goku is the Manly Man to Hakkai's Sensitive Guy and the Sensitive Guy to Gojyo's Manly Man.

* [[Simple Staff]]: Although dismissing Nyoi-Bou as "just a stick" is a big mistake.

* [[Soichiro Hoshi]]

* [[Abusive Parents]]: ...and how.

* [[Big Brother Worship|Big Half-Brother Worship]]: As a kid he adored his older half-brother, Jien.

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]

** [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: In the manga Gojyo is a notorious flirt, but he's yet to become romantically involved with any women in-series. This only fuels [[Ho Yay|speculation]].

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] / [[Ho Yay]]: With Hakkai. They are very very married but it could be in the ‘’Leave It To Beaver’’ way with separate twin beds.

* [[Hiroaki Hirata]]

* [[Redheaded Hero]]

** [[Curtains Match the Window]]

* [[Redheaded Stepchild]]: Quite literally.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Goku and Hakkai's Sensitive Guy.

 

previous incarnation

 

* [[Badass Longcoat]]

* [[House Husband]]: Back in the day, Kenren was the one who kept Tenpou’s office clean and made sure he remembered little things like sleeping and bathing.

* [[With Due Respect]]: Kenren is not exactly known for holding his tongue and he’s the first one to lash out against the Heavenly authorities…but the others immediately back him up when he does.

* [[Eye Scream]]: In the manga, he tears out his eye and throws it at somebody. The anime "tones it down" to scratching the eyeball up while still in the socket.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] / [[Ho Yay]]: With Goyjo. Knowing Hakkai, they probably DO have a china pattern picked out, whichever way you see their relationship.

* [[House Husband]]

* [[I Owe You My Life|I Owe Gojyo And Sanzo My Life]]

* [[Was Once a Man]]

* [[Three Faces of Eve|The Wife]]

* [[Yandere]]

 

previous incarnation

 

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]

* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]]: He tells young Goku to call him "Ten-chan".

* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Rather than Hakkai’s loopier [[Dissonant Serenity]]. Tenpou will go absolutely icy cold when he’s mad but without crossing over into smiling psychopathy.

 

=== '''Hakuryuu / Jeep''' ===

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: He's a [[Our Dragons Are Different|tiny dragon]]! He's a [[Cool Car|Jeep]]! He's a [[Dragonriders of Pern|tiny dragon]] who [[Transformers|transforms into a Jeep]]!

* [[Parrot Pet Position]]

* [[Momma's Boy]]: Started out willing to do ''anything'' to reawaken her.

* [[Noble Demon]]

* [[Takeshi Kusao]]

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Has some moments of this in the anime exclusives, most notably in one instance where he tried fighting Goku's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] despite nearly getting killed the first time.

* [[White Magician Girl]]

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]

* [[Yuko Minaguchi]]

 

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]

* [[No Sense of Direction]]

 

 

* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]

* [[Ravens and Crows]]: His symbol in the series, along with the darkness of night. {{spoiler|His Buddhist dynastic name is "Ukoku", "a crow cawed", after the bird that cried out when he killed his master.}}

 

== '''Hazel Grouse''' ==

 

== '''Gatty "Gat" Nenehawk''' ==

* [[BFG]]: Each one is about 3 times the size of Sanzo's little Smith and Wesson. Gat asks Sanzo, after Hazel's talisman is broken, to carry the guns once he can no longer be revived. Sanzo replies that they're guns only someone with Gat's strength could use: Sanzo would have to use both hands to be able to aim just one of them and the recoil would probably numb his entire arm, so he'd only be able to get off a single shot. One of them gets used quite dramatically in the climactic battle of ''Reload'', against Ukoku. Result: {{spoiler|The most successful attack against Ukoku yet--he’s probably lost an eye, maybe both. Sanzo does indeed have to use both hands and has to make his one shot count}}.

* [[Gentle Giant]]

* [[Guns Akimbo]]

== '''Kanzeon Bosatsu/The Merciful Goddess''' ==

* [[Genre Savvy]]

* [[Physical God]]: {{spoiler|In ''Saiyuki Gaiden'', she's shown to be even stronger than Goku with his power limiter removed.}}

* [[Jerkass Gods]]: She sends the Sanzo party out for her own amusement rather than any desire to do good, and only rarely ever helps them. And believe it or not, she's actually one of nicer gods seen in the series.

 

== '''Genkai''' ==

* [[Oracular Urchin]]: Genkai’s body stopped growing very early and he’s about the size of a 4 year-old.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: She's a little gruff for a [[Lady of War]].

* [[Badass Long Hair]]: Down to her thighs. It's like a modified [[Hime Cut]] although with some pretty impressive cowlick action.

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: To Genjyo, although she'd probably argue that he is her [[Spear Counterpart]], since she's an Experienced Older Woman.

* [[Functional Magic]]: The use of resonators to extend the protection of her Koten sutra to the entire region.

 

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