Ha. Personally, I don't think you have to look that hard at all. And it's not a real secret that Sanzo holds a grudging fondness for the whole of his little motley crew. But Sanzo wouldn't be Sanzo if he were to be nice to them! Forsake not Westley's wise line from The Princess Bride: "Well, I can't afford to make exceptions. Once word leaks out that a pirate has gone soft, people begin to disobey you and then it's nothing but work, work WORK all the time!"
XD
Anyway. Yup, Goku's 18. Doesn't really matter what he looks like, though I think he looks older in the manga. And about the shotacon... forsake not also the historical and cultural context. This takes place in, what, 7th century China? Ignoring the anachronisms, I'm pretty sure both homosexuality and what we consider paedophilia were both common. People often forget that things were different in other time periods. Or, if they choose to remember, they simply tack on their own values to the situation. "Gasp! They're male, nude and not ashamed of it! PURITAN CENSORSHIP POWER MAKE-UP!"
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Date: 2004-08-20 10:38 pm (UTC)XD
Anyway. Yup, Goku's 18. Doesn't really matter what he looks like, though I think he looks older in the manga. And about the shotacon... forsake not also the historical and cultural context. This takes place in, what, 7th century China? Ignoring the anachronisms, I'm pretty sure both homosexuality and what we consider paedophilia were both common. People often forget that things were different in other time periods. Or, if they choose to remember, they simply tack on their own values to the situation. "Gasp! They're male, nude and not ashamed of it! PURITAN CENSORSHIP POWER MAKE-UP!"
... yeah. Anyway. XD