Until Death Do Us Part [Kougaiji/Yaone] (Saiyuki)

[illianaka]

Title: Until Death Do Us Part
Author: D-chan
Fandom: Gensomaden Saiyuki
Pairing: Kougaiji/Yaone
Spoilers: all throughout the dub and sub of the Gensomaden Saiyuki anime and manga.
E-mail: mirai_dchan@yahoo.com
Thanks To: iapetusneume

Comments

[janegray]

I am glad to see that, among so many ship manifestos, there is one KogaijiXYaone ^_^.
I love them together, it's so obvious they deeply care for each other.
Yet, many yaoi fangirls annoy the hell out of me saying that Kogaiji obviously is into Dokugakugi X(.
Don't misunderstand me: I am a yaoi fangirl as well. But I am also enough open minded to like as well both het and yuri pairings, as long as I like the characters. I just can't stand it when my fellow yaoi fangirls start scorning every pairing that is not m/m, calling the female characters "clingy bitches" because they dare to think that the obviously gay guy may be interested in them X(. Yaoi pairings can be very good, but they are not necessarily better than het pairings.

Anyway, there is a small mistake in your essay:
In the attack on the place over five centuries ago, a seal was placed on her as well as Kougaiji and Gyuumaoh.
You forgot to mention that Lirin and Gyukumen Koshu were sealed as well. Gyuumaoh had been dead for 500 years, so Gyokumen Koshu had to be pregnant of Lirin before that. There is no way in Hell Lirin and Gyokumen are older than 500 years, so they had to be sealed along with Kougaiji, and were freed by whoever/whatever freed him.
Sure, Goku is older than 500 years despite the fact that he looks like a young boy, but that's just because whoever had imprisoned him in the cave had put on him a time-stopping spell (indeed, in Burial he says that he had never felt hungry while he was trapped, but he felt hungry after he got out).

There is also a part I don't agree with:
Kougaiji rescued her out of personal gain
No. Just no.
Of course, he didn't do it because he had instantly fallen in love with her, I do agree that it's impossible for the basis of their relationship to begin here.
Still, to claim that a good boy like him had saved her life just out of personal gain is too much. He didn't do it because he was in love with her, but because he has always been a kind person, and his good heart wouldn't have allowed him to just stand by while a poor innocent girl was taken to a well-known rapist and murderer.

[illianaka]

The mistake was noted. I'll have to remember that beta-readers are really a good thing outside of fanfiction. ^^;

Also, the part you disagree with--you're right. It wasn't personal gain, and I worded that badly. I meant to imply it was supposed to appear to be personal gain ("seemingly out of personal gain") and it can, to many outsiders look that way. Again, a beta-reader would have caught that.

Thanks for the comment. <3 And for catching the mistakes. It was muchly appreciated.

[janegray]

Thank you for the essay, it was a real pleasant reading ^_^