Lunar Cataclysm

Oh hey look , a new Saint Seiya post ~

Well after more than a year of Hiatus  , Saint Seiya The Next Dimension by Kurumada-Sensei returned to the Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine with 2 new chapters so far.

Part 13: "Izô And Ox"

The story begins after Dohko , Sion and Tenma return to the sanctuary where they are given a beating by the newly introduced Gold Saints Taurus Ox and Capricorn Izō for their reckless behaviour .

The new Saints both uses their signature moves  “Great Horn” and “Excalibur” .

After delivering the correctional beating , Ox and Izō start worrying about the fact that Hades already found a body to posses , yet Athena hasn’t shown any sign of having reincarnated yet.

Meanwhile Dohko , Sion and Tenma vows to become stronger and save Alone and Suikyō .

Ox and Izō then begging pondering about the mysterious Crateris Cloth and using it’s foretelling ability to locate Athena .

The chapter ends with a shift to the present ( 1990 , as in , when the last volume of Saint Seiya came out ) with the two familiar figures of Athena and Seiya .

Part 14: "Bracelet of flowers"

The chapter picks up where 13 left of  , with Saori attaching a bracelet of flower she’s made for an seemingly unconscious Seiya ( in a wheelchair) .

Shun then makes an appearance , and Saori explains that Seiya is in his current state because Hades curse keeps his sword into Seiya’s body , and keeps moving toward the Saint’s heart and as it is ,he will be dead in the next 3 days .

Saori then decides to go ask her sister Artemis for help  , Shun and her then teleport to Mt.Olympus .

Shun decides to wear his cloth should anything happen , but it turns out it went back to being his original Bronze Cloth . Athena explains that the Kamui’s born from the blood of a god transformed because their wearer elevated their cosmos to infinity and so to speak it was some sort of Illusion .

As they move forward , we shift back to 240 years in the past , where the Virgo Gold Saint Shijima tells Ox and Izō that he felt Athena’s Cosmos from a Distant future , coming closer to their time.

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Well , It looks like Kurumada is keeping the fact that every generation of Saint posses perform the same attacks as their elders like The Lost Canvas , but he changed the Gold Saints .

Izô , Ox and Shijima take now the place ( canonically ) of El Cid , Aldebaran and Asmita respectively. Although not much as been seen from these new Saints of Kurumada , I can’t help but shake the feeling that Teshirogi’s are cooler .

But now the real important business : Seiya , Shun and Saori. It seems that Kurumada is somehow moving forward with his story while going backward. Well not quite  , But the current event lead to think we are approaching a Tenkai-Hen route , which won’t be so much like Tenkai-hen ( which Kurumada Rage!quit on ) , all the while retelling the story of the previous holy war. And it looks like time travel might be involved.

And now for the raging : WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT THE F**************************CK ! THE GOD CLOTHS ! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! ;_; . The God Cloths are no more ( in the meantime )  , what’s that Plot device that makes Peter losing his power on heroes almost good compared to this ? D: . I mean , C’mon , they are obviously on their way to go and fight gods now , what are they planning on doing with their broken Bronze Cloths ? not to mention Mu is like , dead , so no one to repair those. and No I don’t really count on Kiki….at all ! GAH , What’s this Kurumada , I don’t even !

But on a more serious note , yes , I am completely sad to see the God Cloths go , but I know ( and Hope actually ) that they will come back soon as I mentioned , they will fight Deities now , they won’t last long without those. I’m not sure why Shun is all “ oh yeah , I totally dig ma old and cracked cloth that I have done so many battle with , woooo “ , but then again , it’s Shun..=/

I also like how they just left Seiya there . Alone , with an invisible sword in his body . lawl.

Onto waiting for the next Shōnen Champion issue