By way of being a Saiyuki fic rec

[thuviaptarth]

Apparently, some people find the fact that Hakkai doesn't fight with a rake in Saiyuki an unacceptable departure from his namesake's behavior in Journey to the West. Me, if I were inclined to be upset about the differences, I would have picked something else -- like maybe the fact they're all driving a Jeep across Ancient China, that the gods have a golden Mastercard, that the pious priest becomes a bad-tempered chain-smoking bastard with purple eyes and the greatest Trickster figure in Asian mythology becomes a teenager who never stops eating -- but for some people, I guess it's the rake.

And for some people, apparently, it's people who can't deal with the rake. I'm not complaining.