YES it's Saiyuki. GAH, I loved the manga so hard (and Gaiden even harder) and I'm all but waiting for the next chapters of Gaiden to hurry up and make it's way into the mangaka's brain and out onto pages because it's angsty and angry and utterly delightful. *melts*

HERE IN CANADA, THERE IS A LACK OF SQUEE. I WAS WATCHING MERLIN ON MY IPOD THE OTHER DAY, AND SOME CLASS MATES WERE LIKE, WHAT CHU WATCHIN' AND I WAS LIKE, MERLIN AND THEY JUST STARED BLANKLY AT ME WITH AN INDULGENT SMILE. UGH.