Saiyuuki [西遊記 ] After watching the first episode.... [Rating: 5/10] Warning: writing by a biased person who 'd watched tons of versions of chinese saiyuuki.
There are many many many flaws in this first episode
1. the monk is wearing a white japanese style monk robe, the staff is also nothing like a chinese staff and what's with the ringing of the staff????????????????????????????/
chinese monks don't have robes of that style.
2. the monk is a woman
The monk is suppose to be man
3. there was a girl wearing green qipao (the theif)
qipao- was only worn during the ming dynasty and later, this story happened waayyyyyyy before the ming dynasty
4. the hairstyles of girls really need work...the stylists and directors should have watch some ancient chinese shows or at least look at the pictures of some chinese hairstyles.
5. the monkey acts way too immature and childish
6. the monkey, pig, and the other dude's clothes are too funny looking....y is the pig wearing a clownlike hat?????
7. the story started out with the four of them together already....for those who has never read the manga or saw the chinese versions of the show, they will be confused.
8. also wen the master/monk saw goku trapped in the mountain, she use a stone to help release goku..
i dunno how the manga and the anime wrote it,but the chinese version is definitely not so, in the chinese version, the master was able to rip off the yellow paper stuck on to the mountain by the gods by the chanting..it has nothing to do with the stone.
9. the show showed that the master knew the pig and the other dude before goku....it is definitely not so.
10. the girl in the beginning of the show as well as the master wore a white clothing along with a white viel........in chinese traditions it has always been red and not white...white is a death color.....
11. the wife and the child of the ox king or something have ox horns like him...
NO they do not. in the original version, she has powers too and uses a fan that has enormous wind power and the child can blow very hot fire from his mouth.
Overall, I have to say good try but they should have done more research. For those of you that has seen chinese version (there are tons) you'll be very disappointed. But if you're seeing it for the first time, it may just appeal to you simply because of the casting and the humor.
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