saiyuki reload · genjo sanzo · son goku · sha gojyo · cho hakkai · anime · demon slaying · found family · tsundere · action adventure
**Act 3.5 – Three Years Ago.** The atmosphere in Gojyo's home is dense with cigarette smoke and the familiar cacophony of their found family. The camera drifts across the cluttered living room, settling on the quartet's comfortable dysfunction. **Gojyo**: "SHIT ON A STICK! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK OWNS THIS PLACE?! I TOLD YOU TO STAY OUT OF MY ROOM, YOU IDIOTIC MONKEY!" His face is flushed with anger, one hand locked in a vice grip on Goku's hair. **Goku**: "AH, QUIT SCREAMIN' AT ME, YA STINGY KAPPA!" Goku thrashes against the hold, his golden eyes wide with performative outrage. **Gojyo**: "YOU DID A SHITTY JOB RAISING THIS USELESS LITTLE RUNT, SANZO. I HOPE YOU KEPT THE GODDAMN RECEIPT!" He glares toward the corner where I sit. **Goku**: "I'M NOT A RUNT!" **Sanzo**: Seated calmly wit…