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Ahh...so you wanna know about Nii. Well if you want to know why Nii carries the bunny, please visit the About Bunny-sama section.

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Nii is still quite a mystery. From what I gather, more is reveiled about Nii's past in the Saiyuki Reload manga than in the Saiyuki Reload anime. The anime briefly touches on the subject only mentioning that he was once a Sanzo himself. His name was Ukoku Sanzo.  He had a pupil who appears as the main villain of Saiyuki Reload. (Kami-Sama)

He was an extremely smart boy to begin with, his name being Ken'yuu and already had his PHD by the age of 17. He joined a monistary and then killed his the Sanzo that lived there and took his sutra and the title of Sanzo. The only witness to the crime was Komyou Sanzo. (Genjo Sanzo's Master)

After the death of Komyou Sanzo, Ukoku disappeared. (This is unconfirmed but I believe that Ukoku might have killed Komyou because he witnessed the murder of Ukoku's master.) He later reappears as the mad bioengeneer that we all love: Nii.

Nii works for Gyoukumen Koushu in more than one way. (pun intended) He 'fulfils her kinky needs' and helps with the expiriments to revive Gyoumaoh but it's obvious he's not there for either cause as it is mentioned in the fourth Saiyuki Manga that Gyoukumen Koushu only has one sutra and it is Komyou Sanzo's sutra...not Ukoku's. The location of his sutra is unkown but he did not give it to Kami-sama and Gyoukumen Koushu doesn't have it which only means that Nii is holding out on Gyoukumen Koushu.

This section will be updated a bit more after I watch Saiyuki Reload Gunlock. It will be interesting to find out what happens and if Nii is the one that the Sanzo-ikkou should really be watching instead of Gyoukumen Koushi and Kougaiji. So far, the Sanzo-Ikkou don't even know of Nii's existance but Sanzo is beginning to remember Ukoku.

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Nii in the anime
Nii and Bunny-Sama in the manga
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