#zixia

[the-monkey-ruler]

Hello Silver, thank you for answering my previous questions. Is it just me, or does recent animated JTTW media have at least 1 OC for the usual JTTW cast to interact with? Would you say a particular animated adaptation of Lotus Lantern or MK:HiB kicked off the (small?) trend of giving SWK a child figure or protégé to interact with?

I mean that isn't anything really new that there is a new character added to the mix. I think that if a media isn't like a one-to-one retelling then there is high chances there is going to be a new character. Best and one of the earliest examples I can think of is Rinrin from all the way back from the 1960s.

I would actaully say the MOST popular additional character actually was long before Lotus Lantern or Hero is back, which is Zixia from A Chinese Odyssey by Jeff Lau

Out of all the characters that were made for a 2 part movie, i think she has been the most reused character ,considering her page on the movie filmography. She even got her OWN MOVIE in Taste of Love.

⓿⓿ Zixia Fairy (Character) Movies - Chinese Movies

I have spoken about how the Chinese Odyssey started the wave of JTTW romance movies, and with that a wave of many, many, many Significant Others and thus a lot of one-shot characters for these movies/shows.

I will say that while some romance movies can be done well I think the audiences have moved on from having the 'new character' made for the movies, started to pivot from romantic interest to child sidekick because of Hero is Back (2015).

Lotus Lantern 1999 set the idea, but we don't really get Sun Wukong and Liu Chenxiang interacting a lot, as that is more of a Liu Chenxiang veruse Erlang Shen story. Rather, I think that Hero is Back being such a huge financial success led to other movies giving Wukong more of that "tired dad/brother trying his best" energy. Which honestly, I think is the best thing that could have happened to him!

GIVE HIM MORE SIDEKICKS! A MILLION MORE! A MILLION GRANDKIDS! I WANT THIS MAN TO BE THE MOST GRANDPA/DAD/BIG BRO HE COULD POSSIBLY BE!

[journey-to-the-au]

More Chinese Odyssey study sketches because this current heat wave is cooking me with my focus. Honestly if the heat continues you might get more sketches and studies. (Maybe even some memes, as a treat)

[benibarasirayuri]

zixia（梓夏）メイド服

[the-monkey-ruler]

I've Been Reborn With the Monkey King's Golden Staff! (2017) 重生之老子有截金箍棒

Author: Island Project Illustrator: Island Project Publisher: Tencent Comics Format: Webcomic Genre: Fantasy Date: 2017 Number of issues: 323 Language: Chinese Adaptation: Modern

Summary:

In Han Feng's past life, he was framed for murder by his enemy and his lover was taken away from him. In his whole life, he was nothing but a loser. By chance, during his attempt to jump off a cliff, he crossed paths with a damaged golden staff, an artifact from the war of the gods. Thus. he was reborn into a new world where he could live as he wished with no one there to stop him.

The work uses the Golden Cudgel as the core prop, and runs through the complete narrative system of 221 episodes in the first season and 101 episodes in the second season. The main plot includes scenes of the protagonist using the Golden Cudgel to fight against the Poison Scorpion Organization and the final battle of the Heavenly Blade Hall. The second season introduces mythological characters such as the Six-Eared Macaque and Zixia to expand the side plot of the demon, immortal and demon world. The special cultivation system is shown through chapters such as 'Dual Cultivation! Golden Cudgel!' (episode 15), and the world view is integrated in the episodic dramas such as 'Lady White Bone's Affection' (episode 27 of the second season).

Source: https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/ive-been-reborn-with-the-monkey-kings-golden-staff

I've Been Reborn With the Monkey King's Golden Staff! (2017) 重生之老子有截金箍棒 — Journey to the West Media

Author : Island Project Illustrator : Island Project Publisher : Tencent Comics Format : Webcomic Genre : Fantasy Date : 2017

[the-monkey-ruler]

Hii, uh, i made a post saying this is a SWK x Y/N ad for a coffee shop, not sure how accurate that is (i also assumed it was perhaps a film?) maybe you can correct me ? 😅 Sorry to bother, thanks again

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@rinnie-roo This is DEF not an OC!

This is based off one of the most popular JTTW movies to ever come to light A Chinese Odyssey which is something I have talked about before.

The woman in the picture is Zixia, a candlestick of heaven, who's performance in the movie was so popular that she even made an appearance in nearly 10 other movies. She is without a doubt a fan favorite considering that even nearly 30 years later she is considered the BLUEPRINT to Wukong romantic interests.

This is legit the movie that made Wukong Romance movies a THING she was so popular. Before the 1995 most JTTW movies were action/adventure which was great but this was the movie that made Wukong a tragic hero. He experiences heart break and lead a whole generation of new JTTW fans adoring him and even learning to Bio of Wukong which lead to Immortal Demon Slayer which lead to Black Myth Wukong.

[the-monkey-ruler]

Once Upon a Chinese Classic (2010) 越光寶盒

Director: Stephen Chow Screenwriter: Stephen Chow Starring: Sun Li / Ronald Cheng / Athena Chu / Gigi Leung / Guo Degang / Eric Tsang / Huang Bo / Patrick Tam / Gillian Chung / Huang Yi / Ada Choi / Alex Fong / Sandra Ng / Louis Fan / Yuen Biao / Stephy Tang / Wu Jing / Stephen Chow / Kenny Bee / Guo Tao / Lian Jin / Wang Xuebing / Yu Qian / Yuan Qiu / Yuen Wah / Xu Jiao / Lam Chi Chung / Lee Kin Yan / Lam Suet / Edmond Leung / Yuen Cheung Yan / Li Na / Ai Mengmeng / Yu Rongguang / Leung Siu Lung Genre: Comedy / Romance / Fantasy / Costume Country of Production/Region: Mainland China / Hong Kong, China Language: Mandarin / Cantonese Date: 2010-03-18 (Mainland China / Hong Kong, China) Duration: 86 minutes Also known as: Just Another Pandora's Box / Once Upon A Chinese Classic IMDb: tt1612143 Type: Crossover

Summary:

The reckless Rose Fairy (Sun Li) longs to find a lifelong love like the Zixia Fairy, so she steals the Purple Sword that witnessed the eternal love from the Sun and Moon Lamp and comes to the mortal world, hoping to find the true lover who can draw the sword. The bandit Qing Yi Se (Zheng Zhongji) just wants to be a bandit, but unexpectedly pulls out the Purple Sword of the Rose Fairy. After that, the two accidentally travel through time and space through the Moonlight Treasure Box and experience the Battle of Red Cliff. During the days of traveling through time, the Rose Fairy expresses her love to Qing Yi Se who draws the sword, but Qing Yi Se, who wants to embark on the journey of traveling through time and space again, only flatters the Rose Fairy. After using the Rose Fairy to take back the Moonlight Treasure Box from Cao Cao (Guo Degang), he resolutely abandons the Rose Fairy and returns to the past alone. However, when he met the Rose Fairy again, Qing Yi Se found that love had already taken root in his heart...

This film is inspired by the classic film "Moonlight Treasure Box", with 58 stars joining in and re-interpreting the wonderful clips from many films in recent years, which is very funny.

Source: https://mov-10.chinesemov.com/2010/Once%20Upon%20a%20Chinese%20Classic

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[the-monkey-ruler]

Dark Journey to the West (2013) 暗黑西游记

Date: October 28, 2013 Platform: PC Developer: Shanghai Yiyu Network Technology Co., Ltd. Publisher: Shanghai Hardtong Network Technology Co., Ltd. Genre: Role-playing RPG Theme: Fantasy Type: Reimanging

Summary:

The game tells the adventure story of Sun Wukong who has been reincarnated for five hundred years, which shakes the three realms of human, god and demon. Players can play the role of Sun Wukong who has been reincarnated as human, and finds his lost memories, love and destiny during the long journey.

The Monkey King Sun Wukong led the demons of Huaguo Mountain to resist the tyranny of the Heavenly Court and became a powerful force. The Jade Emperor urgently asked the Buddha of the Western Heaven to set up a plan to control Sun Wukong, erase his memories, and allow him to reincarnate in the mortal world for five hundred years. Five hundred years later, Fairy Zixia, who had a long relationship with Sun Wukong, stole the moonlight treasure box and went to Huaguo Mountain to try to recall Sun Wukong again. The Bull Demon King was once one of the demon kings who had a sermon with Sun Wukong, but at this time he had been instigated by the Western Heaven. He snatched Zixia away from the middle of the journey and wanted to force her to get married. Zixia searched for an opportunity to escape, and went to the Water Curtain Cave after great hardships and opened the Moonlight Treasure Box. With the opening of the Moonlight Treasure Box, the world is in chaos and the three realms are shaking, and the story of the players has just begun

Source: https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%9A%97%E9%BB%91%E8%A5%BF%E6%B8%B8%E8%AE%B0/6277325

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[the-monkey-ruler]

Is there any adaptation where SWK does stay happy with his love interest?

There is surprisingly not a LACK of SOs that do end up with a Wukong but just that you have to be willing to accept it as "Wukong" so to speak.

But otherwise, it is very rare that there is a universe Wukong ends up with a love interest… mostly cause a lot of adaptations are based in the middle of the journey, they are Retellings, hence the return to the status quo is only to be expected, or that it is afterward, where Wukong becomes Victorious Fighting Buddha.

In most circumstances, adaptions that would have Wukong with an SO and have the circumstances where they are able to get together are without a doubt going to be more Alternative Universes where the setting is completely different or Appropriations where they are more character-inspired than anything else.

Trying to make a list of Every Significant Other that DIES (this list is only for Wukong, not Sanzang, Bajie, or Wujing though those exist as well)

Green - Retelling Blue - Continuation Purple - Alternative Unierse Pink - Appropriation

DIES

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995) 西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣 - candle stick lady dies but comes back to life, but they def don't get together

Journey to the West (1996) 西游记 西遊記 - Wukong not interested in spider girl but she still uncultivated back to spider

My Son Goku (2003) ぼくの孫悟空 - remake of Tezuka's Alakazam the Great, Rinrin dies in this one.

Spring Brightened Zhu Jiumei (2011) 春光 灿烂 猪 九妹 - all a dream Wukong gets with femme Bajie

The Grow (2012) 金箍棒传奇 - Wukong's staff turns into a woman and back to a staff

Monkey King (2014) 西游記之大鬧天宮 - lady fox dies by DBK

The Monkey and the Banshee (2016) 猴王与女妖 - White bone demon dies of broken heart cause of Wukong

Taste of Love (2015) 紫霞 - Chinese Odyssey clone

Immortal Demon Slayer (2017) 悟空传 - woman dies by Queen mother

Monkey King and Million - Journey to the West Sidestory 6: Fall in Love with Monkey King (2017) 西游外传之爱上美猴王 - jade rabbit falls for him and dies I think?

The Legend of Sun Wukong (2017) 悟空前传 - Chinese Odyssey clone

A Chinese Odyssey: Million Years (2017) 大话西游之爱你一万年 -Chinese Odessey clone

Winning Buddha (2017) 斗战胜佛 - reincarnated into the next life, his crush dies so he can become Wukong again

Journey to the West: Rediscovering the Power of God (2017) 西游记之再显神威 - Wukong and Iron Fan are reincarnated in the next life and get together, so they technically did die

Monkey King and Million Demons City (2018) 齐天大圣·万妖之城 - I'm pretty sure that flower demon dies

Till We Meet Again (2018) 千年来说对不起之 - flower girl dies in the story, meet in the next life

The Monkey King: The True Sun Wukong (2019) 美猴王之真假孙悟空 - dragon girl dies and turns into the Ruyi Staff

Monkey King - The Volcano (2019) 齐天大圣火焰山 - flame spirit girl BECOMES HIS FIERY EYES

The Westward Movie (2020) 西行纪之再见悟空 - killed by her own father, the Jade Emporer

Great God Monkey (2020) 大神猴 - princess of all demons falls for him and dies

Tears of No Regret (2020) 斗战胜佛之大圣之泪 - fallen star woman that keeps messing up her life

The Monkey Is Back (2020) 混世四猴：神猴归来 - Dude.... he just not into you~ but yeah random woman dies but I think she comes back to life

God Of High School (2020) 갓 오브 하이스쿨 - Femme Sanzang and Wukong but she dies and he has to eat her to defeat big bad

The Regrets of Journey to the West (2021) 大话西游之遗憾 - another dead dragon girl

A Chinese Odyssey 1 (2022) 大话西游：至尊宝 - Chinese Odessey clone

A Chinese Odyssey - Origin (2022) 大话西游之缘起 - Chinese Odessey clone

Legend of Wukong (2022) 悟空传 - Immortal Demon Slayer clone

Journey to the West: Marble Mountains (2022) 大梦西游之五行山 - demon hunter dies and Wukong is placed under the mountain

Wukong (2022) 悟空传 - Chinese Odessey clone

LIVES

Punishing Son Goku (1954) 殴り込み孫悟空 woman falls in love with Wukong but he wasn't interested in her... so maybe that why she lives Alakazam the Great (1960) 西遊記 - lives and he married a monkey girl Rinrin

SF Saiyuki Starzinger Movie Edition SF (1979) 西游记 剧场版 SF西遊記 スタージンガー - Femme Sanzang and Wukong in scifi universe

Dragon Ball (1986)ドラゴンボール - Goku "Wukong" gets married to Chichi "Iron Fan"

Monkey Magic (1998) モンキーマジック- femme monkey lives but they don't get together

Shinzo (2000) 爆裂战士マシュランボー - Wukong and femme Sanzang marry

Journey to the East (2002) 都市东游记 - Wukong and femme Sanzang get together

RWBY (2013) 红白黑黄 - Sun Wukong's SO lives but does not end up with him

Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (2015) Miraculous, les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir - Wukong inspired character has a girlfriend

A Chinese Odyssey Part Three (2016) 大话西游3 - ret-con of previous movies to have Six Ears go on journey and Joker never becomes Wukong to stay with Zixia

A Korean Odyssey (2017) 화유기 - Wukong and femme Sanzang end game

Dream Journey 2 Princess Iron Fan (2017) 大梦西游2铁扇公主 - Wukong loses his memory and becomes someone else, falls for Princess Iron Fan, but gets his memories back later

New Journey to the West: Unexpected Jingxi (2017) 新西游之意外晶喜 - accidentally knocks up White Bone Demon but he aint sure the baby is his

Journey to the West The Legend of the Merman (2017) 西游鲛人传 - gets with a mermaid after the journey

The Monkey King’s Daughter (2018) 猴王的女儿 - gets with Gaunyin's daughter I think?

The New Legends of Monkey (2018) 新猴王传奇 - Wukong and femme Sanzang end game

Three Eyes Broken Sky (2019) 三眼哮天录 - more of an Erlang Shen reborn as a girl and Wukong hits on her

Ultimate Westward Journey (2019) 终极西游 - Wukong falls for femme Sanzag in the next life

The Legends of Changing Destiny (2023) 凌云志 - Wukong and Sansheng Mu get together ??? not sure

This is all the one that I am AWARE of at the moment but as you can see a lot more Retellings/Continuations are where Wukong's SO dies and this is mostly for the case of keeping the status quo and moving on with the original plot. They are more like additions of the OG story that let Wukong have his character moment.

It is far more with Alternatives Universes or with other Continuations that there are more 'alive at least' SOs, some in the case of reincarnation or being in a different setting for the plot otherwise. Some of them don't even end up WITH WUKONG (most likely save their lives).

Just depends on what you are watching but traditionally Wukong does not have alive SOs for the sake of the plot/character development, while in other he has them alive where he is less Sun Wukong or is it taken out of the xiyouji context.

If you have any more please let me know cause a lot of plot summaries just DONT include any mention of a romance subplot. I can only imagine WHY.