Within the shop was Red, Tang, and Pigsy. "I’m here!" He called dashing through the doors. With energy that he usually only had when staying up until unreasonable times with Mei, he gathered his clothes and quickly got ready, dashing down to the noodle shop just in time. He checked the time and leapt out of bed.
Left alone, and confused, not understanding why they got mad when he had just wanted to play a game. "I’m sorry," He whispered, hardly able to hear himself over the roaring flames.Īnd so, Red Son was sealed. He opened them just enough to get one last look at his son. it would be cruel to leave a child alone here forever."ĭBK squeezed his eyes shut before he started crying. "At least, until he can control his power. Great Sage’s gaze softened as he looked back at DBK. "There is no other choice," He said, his face hardening into a determined look. He swept his gaze over the three others there, lingering on DBK for a moment. The Great Sage watched with a solemn expression. Red Son fell into another fit of rage - or was he simply trying to play, as a normal baby would want to? - his flames burning brighter and higher than they had before. "Sorry!" He yelled apologetically, but no apology could save DBK’s son. "Monkey King!" DBK roared, unable to yell all the insults and scoldings he had in mind, his tongue caught by rage. The ceremony had been disrupted, and now there was little chance of starting it up again. It’s a quest story about a virtuous, principled monk and a band of misfits who fight or outsmart demons and survive supernaturally perilous terrain.Ĭontinue reading “Journey to the West (Monkey King) Taiwanese Playing Cards” →Īll past tarot and oracle deck reviews on this site.Īrchive of all book reviews in the Mind, Body, Spirit category.DBK watched with wide, worried eyes as Wukong stumbled, then fell over. Pigsy, a philandering and gluttonous warrior general banished from Heaven’s army after he offended Chang’er, the moon goddess, is also tasked to accompany Tripitaka, as is Sandy, another former warrior general in Heaven exiled to the mortal realm due to anger management issues. At the end of the journey, the horse becomes a bodhisattva and is restored to his original white dragon form. White Dragon Horse, a banished dragon spirit transformed into a horse, serves as Tripitaka’s steed. In exchange for helping the monk on his quest, the Monkey King will not only be freed, but will achieve enlightenment. Kuan Yin frees the Monkey King, a trickster figure with magical abilities, from his incarceration, who was punished by the Buddha and imprisoned after he stole peaches of immortality from Heaven. It’s about Tripitaka, a Buddhist monk from China’s ancient capital (think: somewhere in the central north of the modern-day country you’re familiar with) who is tasked by Kuan Yin to journey to India to receive Buddhist scriptures. Journey to the West is a Chinese epic from the 1500s. While I don’t have that, and don’t know if one exists, I do have this very cool Journey to the West themed deck of playing cards. I was listening to her chat with Wai here where she talked about wishing there was a Journey to the West tarot deck.