Saiyuki and more Saiyuki

My friend and I watched all 50 episodes of Gensomaden Saiyuki during the span of 2 Saturdays and 1 Sunday!  I'm now watching Saiyuki RELOAD and downloading Saiyuki RELOAD GUNLOCK. Obssessed much ;)?

When I had only watched a couple of episodes of the first series, my OTP was Gojyo/Goku.  After watching all 50 episodes, I can't see why I liked Gojyo/Goku so much before.  I'd say I like Gojyo/Hakkai, but, only in a pre-slash way.  I don't think they were sleeping together during Gensomaden, but maybe between Gensomaden and Reload, they do start sleeping together :D...I say not during Gensomaden because during the 49th or was it the 50th episode, they share a joke about the fact that this is the 2nd time Gojyo has to bring a man to his bed or something like that.

I'm not too fond of the Sanzo/Goku pairing, though.  It's probably because I feel the relationship is very unequal.  Sanzo seems to mostly treat Goku as a pet, an annoying but secretly loved pet.  And, well, I like my OTPs to be just about equal.  This does not mean that they should be the same in everything, but in that no one is treated as lower or higher than the other.  I mean, one can be smarter than the other, or one can be stronger, but in the end, they're still equal.  They should sort of balance each other out.  This is part of the reason I'm uncomfortable with Sanzo/Goku as a couple.  But, hey, if Goku becomes more mature, this might be a good pairing.

All in all, I liked Gensomaden better than Reload. Gensomaden had more substance, at least in the sense of the villains.  Reload is more about their journey.  I'm already at episode 15 and I've mostly seen filler episodes, cute epidoses (especially the Hakuryu one), but mostly fluff. But, one thing that I like better in Reload is Gojyo's costume :)!