On Thu, 15 May 1997, Mike Noakes wrote:

On Thu, 15 May 1997, StarKnight wrote:

I'm not entirely certain, but the second oav series seems to indicated that
they originally came from another dimension. There are almost no other
sanjiyan left, only Pai and the villian of the piece, Kayan Wang. All of
the other sanjyain have either been killed by Kayan or changed to a human
by the power of the statue of humanity. Originally, about 200 years ago,

	Is it absolutely certain that there are no others left on the 
world aside for Pai and Kayan?  And... they're powerful, right?  What 
kind of abilities does a sanjyain have?

Try god-like.  Sanjiyan can make humans invincible and immortal (they
can't die and if they're blown to pieces, decapitated, or otherwise
dismembered their pieces come back together) such beings are known as "wu"
and they're supposed to be a sanjiyan's bodyguard.  They have a high level
of psychic power and can summon/control powerful spirits.
 

I haven't seen the last of the second OAV series yet, but somehow Pai is
his only obstacle to Kayan Wang's awakinging, so he tries to kill or
contain her. That's about all I know, aside from the nit picking details,

	Hm.  So in other words, her turning into a human would be a _bad_ 
thing - at least as far as the rest of the world is concerned...

No it's actually a good thing.  He needs Pai's powers to fully awaken.
That's one of the reasons Pai is trying to become human.  To deprive Kyan
Wang of her power (I think it's because Kyan Wang found away to drain
another Sanjiyan's power with the statue of humanity but I'm not sure).