Setup for Gaiden spoiler wrote:
If you saw the flashback late in the Saiyuki anime when Sanzo was named Konzen and was a bureaucrat of sorts in Heaven, that's what Gaiden is about. Goku before he was locked away and lost his memory, and the earlier incarnations of the other three (Konzen, Kenren and Tenpou).
I don't remember offhand whether the manga gets into it much in the main series. Kanzeon Bosatsu tends to throw around references to Konzen & Co. whenever s/he shows up, because s/he knew them personally at the time and remembers their pasts even though they don't. Other than that, I don't remember.
Apparently their past is why Sanzo heard Goku calling in the mountain and was able to find/release him, as well as the reason why the four of them are friends in the first place. Don't know what actually happened yet, though, because it'll be a loooong long time till those books get released here. *sigh* (I know there are scanlations, but I like books.)
paizuri wrote:FYI, ADV has put out the original Saiyuki series in Region 1 and Geneon has released out Saiyuki Reloaded and Gunlock. So whoever you were talking to is a dirty dirty liar!
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