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| “ | Hell isn’t where you go when you die, it’s what you become when everything you love has been taken away. | „ |
| ~ Sunny |
Sunny, also known as Sanzō, is the main protagonist of the AMC series Into the Badlands.
He is the former Regent to Baron Quinn, the most ruthless and savage Baron in the Badlands. Trained from his childhood to be a remorseless killer, Sunny became the most feared warrior alive. However, after his wife becomes pregnant and he takes a young boy named M.K. under his wing, Sunny becomes desperate to escape the Badlands and start a new life where he and his allies will be safe from those who would see them killed.
He was portrayed by Daniel Wu.
Appearance[]
Sunny's Clipper tattoos.
Sunny is a middle-aged man who goes through multiple outfits throughout the series, starting with the standard Clipper uniform of those who serve under Baron Quinn. The most distinguished part of his appearance are his 404 black line tattoos on his back symbolic of every kill he executed on Quinn's orders.
After becoming a member of the Bordeaux Mines, he wore a standard Picker outfit. Later he briefly served as Chau's Regent and thus had a while Clipper uniform standard of those who serve her. After abandoning being a killer altogether, Sunny wore different outfits interchangeably, primarily those with large and baggy clothing to serve as a form of armor or to help him carry his infant son Henry.
Personality[]
As a child, Sunny was trained to become a remorseless killer for Quinn. At one point, he genuinely enjoyed killing, even if it is was innocent people such as M.K.'s mother. However, years of blindly murdering countless people took a toll on Sunny, and by the start of the series he has become quiet and reserved. He is willing to do terrible things for Quinn, but he does show reservation over more extreme actions, and isn't willing to kill anyone who is within their borders, as he believes that his actions were for the sake of protecting the people in the Armadillo Territory. He is also the only member of Quinn's Clipper force that disagree or even outright disagree with him in certain cases without being killed due to the level of trust between them.
Sunny changes as a person after falling in love with Veil, despite the rules that Clippers are not supposed to have families. Once he learns she is pregnant with his child, something he always wanted but never thought he would have a chance for, he abandons his life as a Clipper and attempts to get himself and his family out of the Badlands. After Veil's death, he takes his newborn son Henry away from the warring Barons and protects him, now completely adverse to violence. While he is still cold and standoffish at times, he does open up more to having allies, such as becoming close friends with Bajie. In the end, he sacrifices himself to stop Pilgrim and make sure both his son Henry and the world as a whole is safe.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Martial Arts/Swordsmanship: Sunny's skill in combat is unrivaled by anyone who does not possess the Gift. The only individuals who can successfully match him combat are Baron Quinn, the Widow, and Pilgrim, and even then they are not able to completely overpower him if he is not already at an advantage such as being injured. Kannin claims that the reason for his superior fighting skill is due to his Gift being dormant inside of him.
- Pain Tolerance: Sunny showed a very high pain tolerance in battle, still continuing to fight to the very end even when he is facing Dark Ones. It often takes multiple opponents to knock him out, and only dies after being disemboweled by Pilgrim during the final battle for the Badlands.
- The Gift: Sunny possesses the most powerful Gift in the series, but it was locked inside of him by his sister Kannin when they were children. The capabilities of his Gift were shown in his final moments, as the Master claimed that with enough time it could resurrect him from death.
- Seeing Beyond: After being put in a coma by Cyan, Sunny has a dream of his wife and son in an alternate world where they lived happily on a farm. Sunny is somehow aware that his son has been named Henry despite having no way of knowing this knowledge. Considering the Master was capable of searching the world with her Gift, it's likely Sunny also possessed this ability to some level.
Quotes[]
Said by Sunny[]
| “ | Every force has its equal. Fear, peace, dark, light… one can’t exist without the other. | „ |
| ~ Sunny's philosophy on the Gift. |
| “ | Maybe all I've known is killing, but I know that's not all there is. | „ |
| ~ Sunny talking to Nathaniel Moon. |
| “ | Vulnerability isn’t a weakness. It’s what gives me the strength to keep going. It gives me hope. | „ |
| ~ Sunny abandoning Waldo's teachings. |
| “ | The best weapon is always the one you started with. | „ |
| ~ Sunny's skill with a boy bow. |
| “ | Goodbye, brother. | „ |
| ~ Sunny's final words after killing Pilgrim. |
Said about Sunny[]
| “ | No clipper in the Badlands is more feared, or more loyal, than Sunny. | „ |
| ~ Quinn's description of Sunny. |
| “ | Every time I talk to you, you threaten to kill me. It's just boring, you know? | „ |
| ~ Bajie talking to Sunny. |
| “ | You want me to get all riled up? Smack you in the face? Tell you what a bad man you really are? Well maybe you're not a good man... maybe there are no good men. But I've seen a lot of bad ones, trust me son, you ain't that bad. | „ |
| ~ Doc Cloud telling Sunny should not blame himself. |
| “ | I promise you, that I will take Henry out of the Badlands, mate. I will raise that little boy as my own son. I'll let him know that his father was a great man, and a great friend. | „ |
| ~ Bajie's promise to Sunny after his death. |
| “ | An evil buried long ago is about to return, one more powerful and insidious than any humans. Come, your work has just begun. | „ |
| ~ The Master speaking to Sunny and the last spoken line in the series. |
Trivia[]
- Sunny alludes to Tang Sānzàng from the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, of which Into the Badlands is loosely based on.
- Sunny's birth name, Sanzō, is the Japanese pronunciation of Sānzàng.
- Sunny's Gift appears to manifest in battle as he often will slightly defy gravity in the way he fights, something that is explained by the characters as him simply having superior fighting abilities.
External Links[]
- Sunny on the Villains Wiki
- Sunny on the Into the Badlands Wiki
- Sunny on the Villainous Benchmark Wiki
- Sunny on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
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