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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 4 - Crimson Tears
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    #1 - Crimson Tears

    S1:E4

    The heroes visit the house of a young girl named Shun-Rey, who is waiting for the return of her boyfriend – the young apparition of a spirit. Sha Gojyo is surprised when he hears the name of this monster, Gee-Yen, which has the same as his missing brother-in-law. The townsfolk tell the heroes the monster that attacked humans in the forest looked like Gee-Yen. Shun-Rey runs to the forest.

    Director:Takashi Yamazaki
    Writer:Daisuke Yajima

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  2. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 5 - Pure Assassin
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    #2 - Pure Assassin

    S1:E5

    Cheer-Rat (Yaone), one of Kogaiji's followers, wants to please her master. She asks Kogaiji to issue an order to destroy Sanzo's party. Cheer-Rat feels indebted to Kogaiji, who saved her from the monster the "Demon with One Hundred Eyes". Cheer-Rat plans to poison the heroes at a restaurant but hesitates after they save her from two drunken thugs. Cheer-Rat still wants to help her master so she makes a plan.

    Director:Masaaki Kumagai
    Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya

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  3. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 6 - Mysterious Monk of the Talisman
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    #3 - Mysterious Monk of the Talisman

    S1:E6

    Visiting a small temple, the heroes hear a rumor of Rick-Do, a savior who destroys evil spirits and monsters. The heroes discover Rick-Do is actually Sanzo's senior fellow disciple and fortune-teller Rikudo (Shukett). Rikudo is possessed by a fetish talisman. In pouring rain, Rikudo attacks Goku, Sha Gojyo, and Hakkai.

    Director:Shintaro Inokawa
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  4. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 7 - Farewell at Dusk
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    #4 - Farewell at Dusk

    S1:E7

    When Sanzo is severely injured, Goku's head ring, which controls the balance of his magic, falls off. Goku can now deliver devastating blows. Rikudo realizes his disadvantage and flees. Goku loses control, become delirious, and attacks Sha Gojyo and Hakkai!

    Director:Masahiko Murata
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  5. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 8 - The Man Who Foretells Death
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    #5 - The Man Who Foretells Death

    S1:E8

    The heroes arrive at a town where a bazaar is underway. They meet a dubious fortune-teller named Chin-Ih-So, who uses mahjong tiles to tell fortune. Chin-Ih-So precisely reveals Hakkai's past. Suddenly, a giant crab, apparently a ghastly apparition, appears to attack the heroes but efore they engage in battle, a tiny girl destroys the monster crab. She is Lilin, the younger sister of Kogaiji. Soon, Kogaiji and his followers arrive to help Lilin.

    Director:Toshio Matsuhashi
    Writer:Daisuke Yajima

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  6. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 9 - Lethal Trap – Battle Feast
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    #6 - Lethal Trap – Battle Feast

    S1:E9

    The heroes and Kogaiji's band engage in a fierce battle. Kogaiji realizes the secret of Goku and his comrades' infinite strength in battle is the power of spirits – to fight for one's own is the best way to help others. The monster crab controlled by an evil sorcerer appears again. The parties agree to a truce to get rid of the monster crab.

    Director:Rion Kujo
    Writer:Daisuke Yajima

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  7. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 10 - A False Savior
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    #7 - A False Savior

    S1:E10

    Sanzo and his comrades arrive in a village where the residents believe their village was saved by the priest Sanzo. Thanks to this story, the heroes enjoy an enthusiastic welcome. However, a false party of Sanzo appears and the heroes are mistaken for imposters. The villagers jail the heroes, believing the bogus priest is the real Sanzo. That night, a monster assassin appears and the village is in a panic.

    Director:Takashi Yamazaki
    Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya

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  8. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 11 - Tragic Revenge – The Death Laughs
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    #8 - Tragic Revenge – The Death Laughs

    S1:E11

    Awakened from a nightmare, Hakkai thinks about the girl he loved. When Sha Gojyo talks to Hakkai, a puppet controlled by the fortune-teller Chin-Ih-So attacks him and injects Sha Gojyo with the seed of a blood-sucking plant. The seed cannot be removed because it is too close to his heart. Sanzo tries to save Sha Gojyo by shooting the seed out of Sha Gojyo's body with a spirit-blasting gun. Sha Gojyo survives. Goku and White Dragon go out to fetch water and disappear.

    Director:Masaaki Kumagai
    Writer:Daisuke Yajima

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  9. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 12 - Wandering Destiny – Struggle in the Darkness
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    #9 - Wandering Destiny – Struggle in the Darkness

    S1:E12

    The fortune-teller Chin-Ih-So approaches the heroes. Hakkai destroyed his family. Chin-Ih-So plots to cause Hakkai to go insane. Sha Gojyo and Goku are injured. Sanzo supports Hakkai in a silent battle with a dark, psychic world. Hakkai tries shake off a twisted illusion but, he is trapped by Chin-Ih-So's trick and suddenly attacks and wounds Sanzo. If Hakkai reverts back to himself, the heroes will quickly die.

    Director:Shintaro Inokawa
    Writer:Daisuke Yajima

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  10. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 13 - Crude Counterfeit – A Fruit of Death
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    #10 - Crude Counterfeit – A Fruit of Death

    S1:E13

    Our heroes visit a temple where they grow a strangely shaped fruit. Two young disciples say they are taking care of the temple because the chief priest and all other monks left a month ago. Goku is hungry and reaches for the strange fruit. Sanzo senses something evil in the temple and the heroes decide to leave. Goku returns to prove nothing is wrong with the fruit of the temple but slips into a nightmare.

    Director:Masahiko Murata
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  11. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 14 - A Sweet Client – I keep My Promise
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    #11 - A Sweet Client – I keep My Promise

    S1:E14

    Sanzo and three boys arrive in a small, remote village. When Sha Gojyo leaves to find pretty women, he meets a young woman who tags along with him. The woman tries to persuade Sha Gojyo to destroy a monster that killed her parents. Sha Gojyo is led to the monster's hideout and senses something weird is going on inside but does not realize it is a trap.

    Director:Tomoki Kyoda
    Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya

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  12. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 15 - The Ill-fated Guy – Spell of Red
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    #12 - The Ill-fated Guy – Spell of Red

    S1:E15

    The heroes have to sleep outside in the rain. Looking up in the rain, Sha Gojyo remembers three three years ago, he helped a young man named Chogo-Noh, who was laying on the roadside.Meanwhile, the Trinity Gods order Sanzo to arrest the man who massacred many monsters, who is Chogo-Noh.

    Director:Rion Kujo
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  13. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 16 - Be There! – A Praise for Staying Alive
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    #13 - Be There! – A Praise for Staying Alive

    S1:E16

    Chogo-Noh flees into the woods to carry out his self-imposed mission. Suddenly, he is attacked by Crow-Man whose family Chogo-Noh killed. They fight and Crow-Man is shocked by Chogo-Noh's fighting spirit. Sanzo and Goku, who were tailing him, arrive and are followed by Sha Gojyo.

    Director:Takashi Yamazaki
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  14. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 17 - Garden of Eden – A Eternal Paradise
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    #14 - Garden of Eden – A Eternal Paradise

    S1:E17

    Sanzo and his comrades find numerous stoned monsters in a monsters' town called "Tofu-Gai" at the bottom of steep ravines. Goku, Sha-Gojyo and Cho Hakkai turn into stone statues because they are monsters too. Left alone, Sanzo asks a monster woman named Koran how he can save his friends. Koran introduces Sanzo to an old man called Muhan, who governs the town. Sanzo has to find a way to save his friends.

    Director:Masaaki Kumagai
    Writer:Daisuke Yajima

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  15. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 18 - Vice or Justice – The Truth of Justice
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    #15 - Vice or Justice – The Truth of Justice

    S1:E18

    Several monsters are missing. Yaone, a female warrior of Kogaiji, begins to investigate what is happening. Meanwhile, Sanzo and his three comrades find Tonpoo, an old friend of Sha Gojyo and Hakkai. Tonpoo tells the heroes he volunteered a militia called Fanron Troop, which consisted of humans tasked with hunting evil monsters. The same night, Yaone is captured by the captain of Fanron Troop when she sneaks into the camp.

    Director:Shintaro Inokawa
    Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya

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  16. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 19 - Don't go Alone – Desperate Girls
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    #16 - Don't go Alone – Desperate Girls

    S1:E19

    The heroes meet four beautiful sisters. Sanzo is reluctant to befriend them. Soon after they leave the sisters, the heroes discover the sisters want to kill them for saving the life of the eldest sister, who was possessed by a parasitic monster.

    Director:Masahiko Murata
    Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya

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  17. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 20 - Sandstorm – Trap of Quicksand
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    #17 - Sandstorm – Trap of Quicksand

    S1:E20

    A monster that ate the priest Sanzo Senior hides in the desert. The heroes go into the desert and fall into quicksand. The desert monster has set a trap because he believes he will get eternal life if he eats a priest of great virtue. The monster becomes enraged by Sanzo's arrogant and disgraceful manner. In an underground jail, Goku, Sha Gojyo and Hakkai are engaged in a desperate battle with incessant scorpions.

    Director:Tomoki Kyoda
    Writer:Daisuke Yajima

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  18. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 21 - Selfish Dream – Reckless Run to Ruin
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    #18 - Selfish Dream – Reckless Run to Ruin

    S1:E21

    Five Sutras who are possessed by Sanzo and his comrades are needed for reviving Gyumao the Bull Satan. Trailing the Sutras, Kogaiji, Son of Bull Satan, crosses the desert and meets the heroes. Goku wants to help Sanzo, who is greatly weakened by scorpion poison but Kogaiji challenges him to a duel and proves to be an extraordinary warrior. Goku fears he cannot defeat Kogaiji with his normal power.

    Director:Rion Kujo
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  19. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 22 - Devastation – The Outcome of a Deadly Duel
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    #19 - Devastation – The Outcome of a Deadly Duel

    S1:E22

    Goku takes out his head ring, which controls his infinite power; his sense of judgment vanishes, and he cannot recognize his friends and his enemies. With cruelty and violence, Goku begins to attack whoever he sees. No-one can stop Goku's devastating power but Sanzo manages to get up in front of Goku.

    Director:Hitoyuki Matsui
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  20. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 23 - Scapegoat – Reward of Subordination
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    #20 - Scapegoat – Reward of Subordination

    S1:E23

    The heroes arrive at a Village with big canons sticking into the sky. They are surprised by a ceremony that offers a sacrifice to an evil monster that rules the residents. Hakkai is stunned by the young woman who is chosen as a sacrifice because she looks exactly like his dead girlfriend Kanan. The monster must be destroyed before the woman is sacrificed.

    Director:Masaaki Kumagai
    Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya

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  21. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 24 - Mother – Crimson Bond
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    #21 - Mother – Crimson Bond

    S1:E24

    Goku and Sha Gojyo enter a village in search of food, and meet a young mother named Yan-Min, who is hugging a new-born baby. The baby's eyes and hair are red like Goku's. Yan-Min's husband is a human-looking monster; the villagers despise her for having a monster's baby. A man called Nijenye is interested in the sadness and hatred spawned in her heart, and plans to use her secret feeling for his own purpose.

    Director:Keisuke Onishi
    Writer:Daisuke Yajima

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  22. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 25 - Tomboy – Frightening Assassins!
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    #22 - Tomboy – Frightening Assassins!

    S1:E25

    Lilin, the young sister of Kogaiji, appears to challenge the heroes. Her trick is "Operation – Meat Bums on the Road", which fails to induce the heroes but surprisingly it works on three stupid monsters, who are defeated by Lilin and become her followers. Ordered by their new boss, they keep meddling in the heroes ways.

    Director:Masahiko Murata
    Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya

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  23. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 26 - Calling – No One Hears Your Cry
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    #23 - Calling – No One Hears Your Cry

    S1:E26

    One of Kogaiji's troops, "Iron Demon Troop", assaults Sanzo and his comrades. The troop is destroyed by our heroes' overwhelming power. The troop's leader Rashu and a few soldiers survive. Rashu sets a trap to capture Sanzo and Goku in their armor. Goku and Sanzo cry inside their armor.

    Director:Tomoki Kyoda
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  24. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 27 - Advent – The Evil God of War
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    #24 - Advent – The Evil God of War

    S1:E27

    Our heroes encounter new enemies from the heavens: Prince Homura, Zenon and Shien, who re neither human nor monsters but call themselves gods. Prince Homura is seeking Sanzo's Sutra of Dark Power. The gods say they know the heroes' previous existence.

    Director:Hayato Date
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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  25. Saiyuki Season 1 Episode 29 - Unexpected Defeat – Fall of Castle Houto
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    #25 - Unexpected Defeat – Fall of Castle Houto

    S1:E29

    The Celestial army destroys the monster-warriors and soldiers in Castle Houto. Kogaiji and his followers are surprised by this defeat but Kogaiji realizes the three self-professed gods are his father Gyumao-Bull Satan. Kogaiji goes to the underground laboratory where an experiment with resurrection is underway. With Dokkakuji's help, Kogaiji fights against the Celestial army.

    Director:Rion Kujo
    Writer:Katsuyuki Sumisawa

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Crimson Tears" is the worst rated episode of "Saiyuki". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki and written by Daisuke Yajima, it aired on 4/25/2000. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Pure Assassin".