We then go back to Shun and Raskmoon. Raskmoon wonders is she imagined things as the cosmos she felt is gone. She thus returns to her duty and is about to execute Shun when she’s hit by a feather.

She tries to retaliate , but HE stops her arrows like it’s nothing.

He , the one said to be the strongest of the bronze saint , Phoenix Ikki !

Ikki tells raskmoon that he however is not the strongest saint , that Shun is much stronger, but because of his pure heart , she is able to stand there before him.

Unimpressed, Raskmoon attack pheonix , who sends her back her arrow and promptly defeats her.

Ikki tells her that her arrow was already weakened by Shun , and thus her wound wouldn’t be fatal.

He then makes sure Shun wound’s isn’t fatal either , and leaves saying that there are still things he needs to take care of , and leaves Athena in the care of his brother.

When Shun wakes up , he finds Phoenix’s feather and knows his brother protected him.

On their side , Athena arrive at a giant lake, Hecate tells her that this is where she will meet Chronos , the god of time , the one said to be the father of Zeus .

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Awesome , Ikki , FUCK YEAH !

As usual , Ikki makes random appearances and leaves as fast as he appeared. But that’s why we love him. Actually it’d probably feel awkward if he stayed for once. However I wonder what is this thing he still needs to do.

The last time he went to talk to Pandora , this time what could it be ? Maybe he went to see Artemis ? time will tell.

I am however wondering what is going to happen concerning our friends back in the 18th century and Saori, does that mean she’s going to go back in the past and be their Athena ? if true , does that mean it was always meant to be , and the circle is complete , everything that happens has happened and will happen again ? or will they this time break the chains of time ?

Can’t wait to see what Kurumada has in store for us.

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Like last time , raw courtesy of snk-seiya.net

The chapter begins as Callipso ask Raskmoon, captain of the commando unit to eliminate Saori as she feels she represent a danger for the 12 olympian gods enough as it is.

While on their way to Chronos , Shun expresses doubt concerning Hecate , but as to put his distrust aside as they are being followed by Raskmoon’s unit.

Shun stays behind to confront them and easily defeats them

Raskmoon then herself appear and deafeat Shun.

But as she is about to deal a fatal blow , she feels HIS comos

his fierce and burning cosmos

The Phoenix as returned !

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Fanboy mode On :  FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YEAH !

Ikki returns !

OMG , can’t wait for the next chapter , this is going to be EPIC !

Fanboy Mode off

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Thanks to snk-seiya.net for the scans

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