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Saint Seiya: Episode.G
File:Saint Seiya Episode G tankobon one.jpg Leo Aiolia on the cover of the first volume.
Genre	Adventure, Drama
Manga
Written by	Megumu Okada (岡田芽武)
Published by	Akita Shoten

Saint Seiya Episode G (聖闘士星矢 エピソードG, Seinto Seiya Episōdo Jī) is an ongoing manga published in the Champion Red magazine since December 2002. It is set 7 years before the events at the beginning of the original Saint Seiya Manga, and 6 years after the death of the Gold Saint Sagittarius Aiolos. Unlike the original series it is written and illustrated by Megumu Okada. Its status as canon or not is undisclosed.

In ancient times, the Titan Cronos (son of Uranus the sky and Gaia the earth) and his wife Rhea gave birth to six children. Five of them were swallowed by Cronos, and only one was saved, Zeus, hidden from Cronos by Rhea. Upon reaching adulthood, Zeus forces his father to vomit the other five gods. Zeus, along with his brothers and sisters, decide to battle the Titans for control of the universe. Cronos and the other eleven Titans lose the battle and are sent to Tartarus.

Thousands of year later, in Greece, the Pope visits the room of the recently reincarnated infant Athena, with a golden dagger.

Before he can kill her, the Gold Saint Saggitarius Aiolos saves her, and unmasks the Pope. Aiolos, horrified, flees. The Pope declares him a traitor to the Sanctuary, and has Capricorn Shura murder him.

This causes his younger brother, Leo Aiolia, to grow under the shadow of his "traitor" brother, suffering from all manner of abuse and scorn.

This leaves him with a grudge against the Gold Saints and Sanctuary as a whole, which causes the Pope and most of the Sanctuary to distrust him.

To make things worse, the enemies of Zeus, the Titans, are revived and begin to seek vengeance against him and the Sanctuary. This marks the start of Aiola's story and the battle of the Gold Saints against the Titans.

The tankōbon usually contain short gaiden, which tell the stories of other characters. Some have little relevance to the overall plot of Episode G, with characters that play no part in the main story.

In October of 2007, a new Gaiden series started being published with Episode G. This new Gaiden series is situated a few years before the main plot, and details the exploits of Saggitarius Aiolos in Egypt.^[1] A younger Aiolia and Garan also appear in this story.^[2]

Saint Seiya Episode G is different than its predecessor in that is drawn and written by Megumu Okada (岡田芽武). Masami Kurumada (車田正美) gave the original idea of the "Gold Saints' youth" to Okada.

Megumu Okada draws his characters much more stylised than Kurumada, with thin and slender bodies, big eyes, and little noses. One noteworthy thing about Okada's style is the amount of tone and detail he puts into his characters; everything is toned in some shape or form. Okada's style of storytelling has been criticized as being slow, under the claims that Okada uses entire pages for one single drawing. Comedy scenes are seen more than in the original manga and in these scenes the characters are drew in a super deformed state. Leo Aiolia's hair is red in this manga(though there is a plot-related explanation), so as to differentiate him from his older brother, Saggitarius Aiolos.^[3]

• Leo Aiolia

Leo Aiolia (獅子座のアイオリア, Reo no Aioria) is the protagonist of Episode G. He is a thirteen year-old Gold Saint, and the younger brother of Sagittarius Aiolos.

Ever since his brother's death, he has tried very hard to distance himself from his "traitor" of a brother, dyeing his hair red, and constantly training to surpass him. He holds a grudge against most of the Gold Saints for their part in his brother's death, as well the Pope (who is secretly Gemini Saga in disguise), and often engages in fights with them (such as when Deathmask hit Lithos), and disobeys the Pope's commands.

However, it is made evident that even though he resented his brother, and suffered immensely because of him, he still loved him very much. One example of this is his battle with the Titan Coeus. During the battle, he sees his brother's spirit, who offers him words of comfort and encouragement.

He then remembers a day of training with his brother. He was arguing with his brother over a new attack, he, Aiolia, had developed. Aiolos told him that, while his attack was insanely powerful, it also drained most of his cosmo and left him nearly dead. Aiolos then told him that he should "seal" the attack, and to only ever use it again to protect Athena, or the ones he loved.

Aiolia then snaps out of it, and unleashes the attack, "Photon Burst", which defeats Coeus, and would have destroyed him, if Hyperion had not saved him. Aiolia dedicates the attack to his brother, saying that he created it to protect him.

Aiolia later shows his mettle again when fighting Cronus, the titans' king. He professes his belief that humanity is not worthless and that the titans have no right to interfere in their lives, and despite being severely wounded, manages to defeat Cronus with his "Photon Burst".

The female Titans, however, stop Aiolia's attack from completely annihilating Cronus, and Cronus is freed regardless.

However, Aiolia did manage to destroy Cronus' power and memory, so that the new form he assumed was childish and had no idea of who he was.

Aiolia holds his loved ones very close to his heart, more specifically his servants Lithos and Garan, considering them his family. In fact, Garan in one instance says the whole reason Aiolia became stronger was not just because of himself, but because of his desire to protect everyone and everything dear to him. Aiolia had mastered the 7th sense, so he is able to move at the speed of the light. Although the original series doesn't mention any peculiarity in Aiolia's Cosmo energy, Saint Seiya Episode G states that his Cosmo is materialized through the form of electricity. For this reason, his attacks would all be lightning-based. This manga explains the Lightning Bolt as a shot of electricity into a vacuum space created by multiple previous punches, so this technique would travel at the speed of the light in vacuum.

Techniques:

- Lightning Bolt

- Lightning Plasma

- Lightning Fang (ライトニングファング, Raitoningu Fangu): Aiolia sends his Cosmo energy into the ground, then it erupts as many pillars of electricity. This technique can be used to defend himself against incoming attacks, to attack his enemies or to paralyze targets.

- Photon Burst (フォトンバースト, Foton Bāsuto): Aiolia's strongest attack. Although immensely strong, it demands a high amount of time to be prepared and leave Aiolia exhausted after used. It consists of three movementes: Invoke, when Aiolia expels his Cosmo energy into the area creating many orbs of photon; Drive, when the photons are directed at his enemy, entering its body through the skin; and Burst, when the photons explode, destroying the target inside out. Since it attacks the enemy from the inside, it negates the hardness of armors.

• Sagittarius Aiolos

Sagittarius Aiolos (射手座のアイオロス, Sajitariasu no Aiorosu) is the older brother of protagonist Leo Aiolia, and a very prominent figure in the story, despite having been killed years before the start of the plot.

Aiolos was an extremely brave and righteous Saint, and this is largely the reason for his bad reputation which haunts his younger brother throughout the story; by catching Gemini Saga disguised as the Pope, and stopping him from murdering the newly reincarnated infant Athena, he was sentenced to death by the false Pope. He was a friend of Garan's, who eventually became a servant for his younger brother, Aiolia. Garan and Aiolia once had a stand-off, after the Gold Saint caught him attempting to steal Athena's holy blood.

Other pieces of Aiolos' past include him destroying Typhon's spirit as it awoke; as well as single-handedly defeating the Sun Army, Horus' warriors.

In various parts of Episode G, Aiolos' spirit appears from time to time to guide his little brother, despite the former's resentment of him. In a flashback, it was Aiolos who forbid Aiolia to use a newly developed attack, the "Photon Burst", as he deemed it to be too dangerous of a technique.

Techniques:

- Infinity Break (インフィニティブレイク, Infiniti Bureiku): This technique allows Aiolos to shoot an infinite number of light darts that pierce anything upon contact. With this attack, Aiolos destroyed Horus' army.

• Virgo Shaka

Shaka is one of the Twelve Gold Saints, and a very powerful one too. He has very a keen sense of Cosmo and capable of using it as a substitute for his almost always closed eyes. Once or twice, he is the very first one in the Sanctuary who senses some dark Cosmo at work within it. And it was him too, besides Mu and Dōukō^[4], who knew the true identity of the current Pope, although it is yet to be revealed how.

Unlike other Saints, his religion is Bhuddism, which believes in natural order, changes, and rely not too much on gods. And probably due the fact that he believes in change at fundamental level, Shaka is willing to serve the current Pope, regardless of his true identity, as long as he appears to Shaka as a good person. His attacks are religious. They mainly involve Bhuddism's natural laws, meditation, illusion, attack nullification, and perfect dimension.

Gemini Saga even implies that Shaka could be the strongest Saint, as he mentioned that Shaka was the only person who could freely control the power of the "Supernova" (a power of a star explosion).

Techniques:

- Tenma Kōfuku

- Khan

• Aries Mu

The Aries Saint who lives in Jamir, Thibet, and is always depicted in every version like a Hindu, with two large distictive dots instead of his eyebrows. He appears calm on the outside, but this calm outlook belies his unmatched ferocity in battle. He is a descendant of the People from the Lost Continent, and thus grant him his ancestors's distictively powerful trait: the brute psychokinesis; allowing him to teleport himself away from attacks, bind his enemy, or even send him out of existance. The inheritted technique, Stardust Revolution, is so powerful that it can destroy a Hecatonchire in one single blow. Even Aiolia himself, upon witnessing these techniques, described them as beyond imagination^[5]. His battle master is none other than the former Pope himself, Aries Shion,^[6] who is a descendant of the People of the Lost Continent also.

Aries Mu is also one and only Cloth Smith in this generation, capable of repairing the damaged Cloth, the special techniques of which involves psychokinesis and are known only to his people.

Techniques:

- Crystal Wall

- Starlight Extinction

- Stardust Revolution

• Capricorn Shura

The new Saint Seiya Episode G shows a version of Shura that conciliate both previous versions: here, Shura is a very loyal Gold Saint, but when he discovers the truth about Gemini Saga, he is attacked by the Genrōmaōken^[7], a technique that controls the mind of its victim. According to Saga's will, Shura starts to follow his orders, but remains loyal to Athena at heart.

Techniques:

- Excalibur

- Double Excalibur (ダブルエクスカリバー, daburu ekusukaribā): This technique was only used in Saint Seiya Episode G. It consists in two vertical sharp blasts shot from Shura's arm in opposite directions. Unlike the normal Excalibur, Shura doesn't need to move his arm in order to perform this technique.

• Taurus Aldebaran

In Saint Seiya Episode G, Aldebaran is depicted as an easy going person that likes to buy little souvenirs^[8]. He is also shown as someone that has strong faith in his beliefs and learns from his past errors, seeing them as steps and not as sins. Due to that, he was able to easily defeat the Brabeus Talanton that was smashing Leo Aiolia and Capricorn Shura with the weight of their sins.

Techniques:

- Great Horn

• Aquarius Camus

Camus also appears in Episode G. Here, he is portrayed as a very calm and honorable saint, protecting several soldiers of the Sanctuary various times.

He at one point faced one of the Titans, Current Oceanus. He exposes more of his beliefs, telling the Titan that, if gods like him had the right to toy with humans' lives, that it was only fair that humans had the right to choose which gods they wanted to worship.

He said that gods like the Titans, who did not comprehend the value of life, were unable to truly appreciate the immortality they possessed, and that gods like them did not deserve to be worshipped.

Techniques:

- Diamond Dust

- Koliso

- Freezing Coffin

- Aurora Execution

• Gemini Saga

Gemini Saga (双子座のサガ, Jiemini no Saga) serves as a central antagonist in Episode G, and the cause of many tragedies that have plagued the Sanctuary, including Sagittarius Aiolos' supposed betrayal, Athena's disappearance, among others, though this information remains undisclosed to most of the Sanctuary.

Saga was once a powerful, kind, and honorable Gold Saint, and one of the most powerful contenders for the position of Pope (Shion, the former Aries Saint, was getting on in years, and would soon retire, passing the position to someone else).

Unbeknownst to the majority of the Sanctuary, however, Saga had an evil, malevolent presence lurking within him, which only his twin brother Kanon knew of. After Kanon finally rubbed this in his face, and revealed to him his dark intentions of taking over the Sanctuary, and ruling the world with an iron fist, Saga declared his brother to be pure evil, and locked him away in Cape Sunion, a watery prison designed to contain Athena's enemies.

However, his words of Saga's evil haunted him still. Some time later, he was summoned to the Pope's room along with his fellow Gold Saint, Sagittarius Aiolos. The Pope declared Aiolos to be his successor. Later that night, Saga met Pope Shion on top of Star Hill, the highest point of the Sanctuary, and murdered him, finally letting his evil consume him, and took the Pope's identity for himself.

He then proceeded to try and kill the infant Athena, only to be stopped by Aiolos. For this, Saga declared Aiolos as a traitor to the Sanctuary, and ordered Aiolos' friend, Capricorn Shura, to dispose of him. Since then, Saga has impersonated Shion, using his control of the Sanctuary to further his ambitions.

He conspires with Cronus to free the Titans, and it was the King of the Titans who gave him the golden dagger which he attempted to kill Athena with. He is shown as a very morally complex character. The two sides of Saga's personality, as in the original manga, are constantly arguing.

At one point in the story, when Cronus arrives at the Sanctuary to reclaim his Megas Drepanon, Saga reverts to his "good" side, and battles him. The Titan king, despite his arrogance, admits to Saga's incredible power, telling him that it was precisely for this reason he chose him to further his ambitions. He is hit by Cronus' Teleos Oracle, which places a curse on him, poisoning his existence and dooming him to a fate of lies and decadence. This does not deter Saga in the slightest. He almost succeeds in killing Cronus with the very same dagger the Titans' king gave to him, but his "evil" side takes over before he can finish him off and escapes.

A connection is established with the Greek god of war "Ares", something which is inexistent in Masami Kurumada's original work^[9].

Techniques:

- Another Dimension

- Galaxian Explosion

- Genrōmaōken

• Pisces Aphrodite

Saint Seiya Episode G shows us Aphrodite seven years before the original happenings of the story. Already a Gold Saint, Aphrodite is depicted as a self-centered and merciless person able to kill his opponents even if they are humans. Aphrodite is also depicted as thinking about beauty in fights and calling victory the greatest beauty that crowns the strongest warrior^[10]. His participation, until now, was very short. After the Titans gate being discovered on , he was sent by the Pope of the Sanctuary to cover the entry of the Cronos' Labyrinth with his deadly roses.

Since Leo Aiolia rushed into the Titans' world before, the Pope's plans were ruined. Even so, Aphrodite saved a defenseless Aiolia from the attacks of the Titans' followers. After some argument between the two Gold Saints (since Aiolia was against Aphrodite bloodlust), the Gigas Anthrakma Zugilos appeared. Aphrodite saved himself and Aiolia from Zugilos' deadly mace (that could destroy anything alive with its vibrations) and then killed the Gigas. After that, he traveled back to the Sanctuary and left behind a carpet of vines and white roses protecting the exit of that world (to avoid an invasion against the Sanctuary).

In Episode G, Aphrodite is shown as a narcissistic person. This could be explained due to the fact he is seven years younger than in the original timeline.

Techniques:

- Royal Demon Rose

- Piranha Rose

- Bloody Rose

In Saint Seiya Episode G, Aphrodite is able to create and manipulate large rose's vines. So far, he used them to refrain and strangle his targets, create massive vine blades and to create deffensive cocoons to protect and heal his or another person's body (through his Cosmo energy).

• Cancer Deathmask

A proud-to-be evil, and is not afraid at all to admit it^[11]. Deathmask is very cunning and will use any means to achieve his end, even if it means playing dirty. He is rather rude, proud, violent by nature and can threaten or raise his hand against woman without feeling any guilt^[12]. He kills heedlessly, and mercilessly when he's on mission, considering each kill a trophy of his greatness, and thus fills his Cancer Temple with the dead's deathmasks, from which came his name. Most people, or even a Gigas, consider the echoes of the dead in his Temple horrifying, yet Deathmask considers it praising. He is capable of focusing all his Cosmo at his fingerpoint, allowing him to rip soul out of the living body in one single blow^[13].

In Episode G, Deathmask does not seem to care to hide his scorn towards Aiolia and his traitor of a brother. And this fact seems to make them strongly dislike each other^[14].

Techniques:

- Sekishiki Meikaiha

• Scorpio Milo

Gold Saint of Scorpio, and a close friend of Aquarius Camus. He is rather proud of Gold Saint's honor, and seems to disapprove Aiolia's crude manner. However, at times, he can overcome this dislike for the sake of Camus, his close friend, and become a little caring^[15]. Sometimes, he shows his immaturity, like when he's caught in the arguement with Leo Aiolia, shouting and calling him "Little Cat".

Techniques:

- Scarlet Needle

• The Ancient Teacher

Also known as Libra Dōhkō. Mentioned only briefly in both the main story and the gaiden ^[16]. so far. He is one of the only two last survivors from the previous Holy War, assigned by Athena to secretly keep watch over the sealed evil, and is still faithful to his duty until now. Over 236 years, he has been sitting and keeping watch at his post at Goroho, China, and has never left it since the end of the previous Holy War^[17].

However, he is able to transport his Libra Cloth anywhere and create a projection of himself to defend a partner as he did in the fight between Leo Aiolia and Pontus.

• Aries Shion

Master of Aries Mu, the former Pope and the former Aries Saint, killed and impersonated by Gemini Saga. He is one of the only two last survivors from the previous Holy War, along with Libra Dōukō, assigned to the position of the Pope by Athena to train the new generation of Saints^[18]. Appeared very shortly in the gaiden as a very graceful and powerful Gold Saint, and has shown only one technique in Episode G up until now.^[19].

Techniques:

- Stardust Revolution

The Titans ([ティターン神族 Titān] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help)) are twelve deities (six gods and six goddesses) that once ruled the world. They are the children of Gaia and Uranus, her son and husband. In ancient times, they were locked away by their father, who was afraid they would eventually dethrone him.

However, the youngest Titan, Cronus, led a rebellion against his father and defeated him using the Megas Drepanon, his sacred weapon-armor created by his mother.

Some years later, Cronos' sons, led by Zeus, attacked the Titans and, after the battle known as Titanomachy, sealed them inside their Somas in the depths of Tartarus. Now, with Cronos’ Labyrinth serving as their headquarters, they seek to destroy the Earth, and to once more establish themselves as its rulers.

• Cronos ([クロノス Kuronosu] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))

The main antagonist of Episode G, and the youngest of the titans, who serves as their king. Unlike the rest of his siblings, he was not sealed in Tartarus, but in a sacred room below the statue of Athena in her Sanctuary, and he was not only bound by the seal of his son, Zeus, but also that of Athena, his granddaughter. After thousands of years, the seals had grown weak and Cronos became able to project his will to any part of Earth in the form of a giant, helmet-wearing being with six arms.

He is self-centered, arrogant, refusing to acknowledge any other god, and is always ordering everyone around him – his siblings (who, despite this, are all extremely loyal to him), and any other humans he encounters.

He proclaimed Aiolia to be the one destined to release him, as the Leo Saint uses lightning to attack – which is able to nullify Zeus’ seal, also lightning-based; the only element of nature Cronos cannot control. He was successful, but due to Aiolia's interference, he assumed a childish form and mind, along with incomplete powers. The other Titans are now trying to use Aiolia in order to recover their King's true form and powers. His Soma has the shape of a scythe, called Megas Drepanon, and is the Soma which is given the most attention.

(In Greek, the word Drepanon actually means sickle, not scythe. However, according to the myth, Cronus was said to wield a giant sickle. So, saying that Cronus wields Megas Drepanon, which means giant sickle, but is also practically a scythe, is correct too, in a way.)

His special techniques, so far, are:

- Teleos Oracle (絶対神託 - テレオス・オラクル, Tereosu Orakuru): An attack that directly hits the opponent’s mind. It invites the victim to become Cronos’ servant. If the target resists, then a curse will be thrown upon it and its persona will be destroyed. It poisons the victim’s existence, throwing it in a miserable fate of betrayals and decadence, ending on death by the hands of those who were its friends – the same destiny shared by the descendants of Uranus. It also affects the target by waking the “evil” impulses and ambitions. It is an attack tthat clearly shows the power of gods when controlling humans' lives.

- Khaos Hyetos (渾沌豪雨 - カオス・ヒュエトス, Kaosu Hyuetosu): One of the many forms used by Cronos to control nature. It calls the rain and change its shape into incredibly long dark needles which penetrate the body of the enemy causing immeasurable pain. It passes through armors and affects the body directly. While hurting the enemy, it also drains its life and Cosmo energy.

- Phainomenon Arkhein (現象支配 - パイノメノン・アルケイン}, Painomenon Arukein): Controlling nature, Cronos calls the veils of Earth’s depths to the surface and whirls the wind turning it into natural blades. This attack slashes the victim body using the innumerable wind blades while burns the target using the flames that emerges from the soil, which burns not just the body but also the life energy.

• Ebony Hyperion (漆黒のヒュペリオン, Shikkoku no Hyuperion)

The first Titan released from Tartarus by Pontus. He is very kind, calm, and generous to his brothers and followers. He, unlike his siblings, along with Coeus, who seems to be his best friend – is trying not just to release Cronos from Zeus’ seal, but also all the human soldiers who followed the Titans in ancient times, along with their families.

Hyperion is a gentle man with his brothers. However, he changes completely when he faces an opponent or when he cultivates his hatred for Zeus and the other gods who defeated the Titans.

When it comes to fighting, Hyperion is merciless and uses his fists against any opponent, disregarding any bystander, be it a woman or child.

When he is in battle, he resembles a horned demon, due to the fact that his helmet has two curved horns. Even so, he can be merciful towards a foe who shows exceptional value like Aiolia.

Hyperion possesses a very high analytical perception; he can fully read through a technique even after seeing it for the very first time and, then, is able to develop an adequate form of defense to nullify it, or a counter-attack to instantly retaliate. He was also the first one to suspect of Pontus’ loyalty.

He seems to have developed a special connection to Aiolia after their first fight, becoming something of a rival of the Gold Saints. He seems to fully control the wind, which assumes a black color when following Hyperion’s orders, using it in many ways like transportation, or attacks. His Soma has the shape of a greatsword. His special techniques, so far, are:

- Ebony Vortex (漆黒旋風 - エボニー・ボルテクス, Ebonī Borutekusu): His main attack. Controlling the wind, engulfs the enemy in a vortex of dark wind. The vortex never ceases until the body it imprisons is completely devastated. The whirls slashes the enemy’s body, ripping its limbs, and also generates many pressure variations making the blood of the victim to boil and evaporate. As Aiolia discovered, the Ebony Vortex can be destroyed from inside if it receives many strong blows at the same time in different spots.

- Gurthang Vortex (死剣旋風 - グアサング・ボルテクス, Gurusangu Borutekusu): Summoning the Gurthang sword (based on the homonymous sword created by Tolkien), Hyperion not only gains an incredible weapon but also a new technique. In Gurthang Vortex, the wind starts to move around Gurthang in circles, Hyperion then points the sword towards the enemy and a high pressure is created on the end of the sword. All matter around is revolved and destroyed in a violent whirl of pressure.

- Cosmo Pressure: Not exactly a special technique, but Hyperion can concentrate his Cosmo in his fists creating an incredibly high pressure. With this, he can toy with an enemy’s body by throwing it away without touching it, spinning it around or even deflects blasts thrown on him.

• Dimension Iapetos (次元のイアペトス, Jigen no Iapetosu)

The second Titan released from Tartarus by Pontus. Unlike all the other Titans, Iapetos shows a very childish personality.

He is easily angered, very cocky, and proud of his power – and likes to show it off. He is sarcastic, rude, and sadistic, even with his siblings. He has an androgynous appearance, and is sometimes depicted with lipstick. Iapetos, despite his personality, is incredibly strong. In his fight against Mu, interrupted by Cronos, he left the battle without a single scratch, while the Aries Saint, considered one of the strongest Gold Saints, was covered in his own blood.

Despite being completely loyal to Cronus, Iapetos can act on his own if he thinks it necessary. Doing this, he was once discovered by Cronos and then offered his own life as a payment, but he was “saved” by Hyperion’s arguments. Even so, Iapetos seems to hold a grudge against Hyperion and Coeus, treating them as stubs.

He was also the one who kidnapped Litos in order to attract Aiolia to Cronos’ Labyrinth. Although all the Titans – or most of them, at least – can create dimensional portals to travel from Cronos’ Labyrinth to some place on Earth, Iapetos seems to be the only one to fully control the dimensional portals. He can open and expand them with a single movement of his arms (or even without it) and can use them very effectively in battle.

He can also control Hecatonchires telepathically, using them as tools of war. It’s still unknown if his telepathic control can be applied to other beings inferior to him. As in mythology, in Episode G, Iapetos is Themis' husband and Atlas’ father, but Atlas has not played a role in the story, although he has been mentioned by Themis. His Soma has the shape of a double-edged sword xiphos.
His special techniques, so far, are:

- Khora Temnein (空間切断 - コーラー・テムネイン): Moving an arm, Iapetos creates a dimensional rift. It expands extremely fast and everything in its way is engulfed by it, and completely devastated in the same instant or, at least, locked in another dimension. This attack can be potentialized by opening many dimensional rifts instead of just one, making the expansion speed and range much greater. The technique can be also be used in conjunct with the Hecatonchire.

- Hekatonkheir Kalein (百手招喚 - ヘカトンケイル・カレイン): In this move, Iapetos opens a dimensional portal and summons an Hecatonchire from it. The Hecatonchire completely obeys Iapetos, who seems to control him telepathically in order to erase any vestige of its will. It is unknown how many Hecatonchires Iapetos can control at the same time. It is possible that he has just one of them being controlled. It is also possible that he can dispose of all the three (Briareus, Cottus and Gyges). The Hecatonchires are giant creatures with fifty minor heads on the top of the giant one and two immense arms that can split into a hundred more. Their bodies are very resistant: Iapetos normally uses them in conjunction with the Khora Temnein, ripping their arms to make them reappear in other place. Even after the hundred arms are ripped by Iapetos, they still can be fully controlled in order to attack an enemy and, after that, fuse again with the body of the Hecatonchire.

- Hekaton Menis (百の激怒 - ヘカトン・メニス): One of the Hecatonchire’s attacks. The bracelets on one of the arms are destroyed by the muscles expansion and the arm suddenly divides itself into a hundred minor arms. They wall attack the enemy at the same time causing major damages.

- Hekaton Molybdaina (百弾 - ヘカトン・モリュブダイナ): Another of the Hecatonchire’s attacks. This time, both arms divides into one hundred more and they all attack the enemy assuming a different form that resembles spears.

- Melas Planetes (闇之惑星 - メラス・プラネーテス): An attack similar to Gemini Saga's Another Dimension, but only in appearance: with his Cosmo Iapetos creates an enormous dimension akin to outer space, bringing his opponents there with him. Inside this dimension are planets flying in the void that, when destroyed, release an enormous amount of energy made from the six elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Light and Darkness).

- Hex Aster Xiphos (六星之刃 ヘクス アステル クシポス): Summons 6 Cyclops and arms them with swords. These are no ordinary Cyclops: in fact they are massive humanoids made of some sort of obsidian-like matter, with no faces and a single glowing galaxy-like eye on their foreheads. The giant swords they wield are also covered with runes.

- error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help): Destroying one of the planets inside Melas Planetes, the Titan creates six tentacle-like appendages behind him, and then uses them as support to create a big circle of blackish matter. This is not an offensive nor defensive technique: with the Khaos Kyklos Iapetos can merge the six elements gained inside Melas Planetes to create the black substance known as Kaos, thus unlocking his most powerful techniques.

- error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help): Using the black circle create with the Khaos Kyklos technique as a sort of gate, Iapetos can swing his armblades and create massive blows made of Kaos.

- error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help): From the circle of Khaos Kyklos, the Titan conjures a great amount of energy and creates a unique, powerful blow of pure Kaos, launching it as a beam to his opponents. This is a rather strange technique, as it creates a cloud of shadow monstrosities when it's launched, much akin Virgo Saint's Tenkuhaja Chimmimouryou. However, the cloud appears to be only a graphic effect.

• Dark Lightning Coeus (黒雷のコイオス, Kokurai no Koiosu)

The third Titan released from Tartarus by Pontus. Cronos considers him his “greatest killer”. Even so, Coeus is the most caring and gentle of all the Titans. His admirability is not reserved just to his siblings, but also to his enemies. Although very focused in his missions, Coeus seems to avoid unnecessary killings, despite seeming to like a good fight.

Despite being the "good guy" among the Titans, Coeus is lethal when fighting and merciless once the enemy decides to fight. Controlling lightning (an impure version of it, unable to destroy Zeus' seal), Coeus can magnify his speed. After being boosted by dark lightning, his movements become so fast that even the Gold Saints are unable to follow them.

Once his Soma assumes the shape of a rapier, it gains a high perforation power, capable of penetrating a Gold Cloth with his fingers. Coeus is very close to Hyperion and both are trying to release their human followers without the connivance of their brothers. His special techniques, so far, are:

- Ebony Illumination (漆黒光源 - エボニー・イルミネイション): Coeus creates black orbs of energy which can be freely controlled by him. They fly directly to their target, but their trajectory can be changed by Coeus's will. Once they hit their target, they explode causing physical damage and engulf the enemy, locking him inside.

- Sparkle Rapier (閃光刺突 - スパークル・レイピア): A beautiful attack that consists in Coeus creating an enormous amount of hands made of dark energy. They fly around the enemy doing circular movements, making this attack resemble a horizontal cyclone. When the target is near, all the hands converge on a single point and pass through his body, similar to a rapier. They hit the body directly, passing through any armor as if it wasn’t there. The damage caused to the enemy is done on the inside, directly to its internal organs and blood vessels.

- Ebony Gail (漆黒疾風 - エボニー・ゲイル): With a strong movement of his fist, Coeus condenses the air, creating a sharp blow that hits the enemy as a blade. The movement, as the Sparkle Rapier, can pass through armors and directly injures the body due to the fact that the attack is made of air.

• Galaxy Kreios (星漢のクレイオス, Seikan no Kureiosu)

Kreios was released together with Oceanus, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea, Mnemosyne and Themis by Pontus after the last be helped by Iapetos. He has a very cold personality, is very serious and extremely violent. He fights and acts according to a very strong sense of honor. Still, he is not bound by his code of honor, and sees the existence of a god as a completely free existence moved only by its all-powerful will.

He attacked the Sanctuary to serve as a diversion to Athena’s forces while Cronos tried to rescue the Megas Drepanon, or simply just because he wanted fight. He is highly respected by the Titan’s minions, as is shown by Spathe’s words.

With the Aster Blade, a huge sickle created by his Cosmo, Kreios is known for very accurate and sharp blows. His attitude is such that even furious he doesn’t lose his mind. After fighting against Shura, he acknowledged the Saints of Athena as worthy adversaries, and left, leaving the key to Cronos’ Labyrinth. His Soma has the shape of a sickle.

(According to the myth, Cronus was the one who used sickle. But since his Soma, Megas Drepanon, the Giant Sickle, is already practically a scythe in Episode G, the author gave Kreios yet another sickle Soma, albeit a different type.)

His special techniques, so far, are:

- Aster Blade (星断剣 - アステル・ブレイド, Asuteru Bureido): The immense sickle created by Kreios’ Cosmo. Due to the fact the sickle is immaterial, it can be reconjured if destroyed and can pass through anything without touching it if Kreios desires. This way, this sickle can cut the enemy’s body through armors. The blade of the sickle does not just cuts the body, but also disrupts the energy of the enemy hurt, weakening it.

- Aster Choreía (星断円斬 - アステル・コレイア, Asuteru Koreia): The Aster Blade changes its form and becomes circular with angular blades around. It attacks spinning, acting exactly like the Aster Blade. The difference is the Aster Choreía drains the blood and energy of the enemy. This way, Kreios can look inside the enemy's memories, and use the energy drained to boost his attacks.

- Aster Cyclos (星断光輪 - アステル・キュクロス, Asuteru Kyukurosu): An attack used after the Aster Choreía is formed. Using not just Kreios’ energy, but also all the energy drained by the Aster Choreía, the Aster Cyclos consists in a ring made of pure and dense energy. The ring is shot against the enemy and, despite the enormous power that it contains, is not very fast.

• Current Oceanus (清流のオケアノス, Seiryū no Okeanosu)

Oceanus was released together with Kreios, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea, Mnemosyne and Themis by Pontus after the last be helped by Iapetos. He seems to be the most rational of all the Titans and it is next to impossible to see a vestige of emotion on his face. He attacked the Sanctuary in order to take Aiolia to Cronos’ Labyrinth, so the Titans could use him to restore Cronos.

But, in fact, his visit was merely a part of the plan: it was a diversion, so Iapetos could kidnap Litos, and was also the way found to make Aiolia follow the Titans, once he could use the portal that Oceanus created to go back to the Labyrinth. In that occasion, he faced the unexpected presence of Camus.

Even considering the natural advantage Camus had, being able to freeze all the water created by Oceanus, the Titan had the upper hand during the entire fight. Still, he left the place to follow the original plan without finishing his fight against Camus. His Soma has the shape of two daggers. His special techniques, so far, are:

- Thalassa Deluge (大海氾濫 - タラッサ・デリュージュ): With a mere movement of his hand, Oceanus creates a huge amount of water that flows like a tidal wave toward the enemy. It is an expansive attack, due to the fact it can expand in every direction around Oceanus' body. Since the water came from distilling, it is completely pure, and thus, doesn’t conducts electricity, rendering every one of Aiolia's attacks ineffective against Oceanus.

- Stream Edge (清流之刃 - ストリュウム・エッジ): Using the particles of water present on the atmosphere, Oceanus creates very sharp blades to his two daggers. They are more used to create the Current Impact technique.

- Current Impact (海流衝撃 - カレント・インパクト): An attack made with the use of the Stream Edge. The daggers created two water typhoons. The water whirls so fast that, when they collide, a very strong wave of impact is created, slashing anything in its way.

- Auge Hydor (輝光水流 - アウゲー・ヒュドール): Oceanus creates small water points around his body. With his order, those little amount of water run through the air until they touch an enemy. After hitting the opponent, the water penetrates the body of the enemy without any difficulty. From this moment on, Oceanus gain total control upon all the liquid inside the body of the victim. That way, he can abruptly force all the blood of the enemy to burst through skin, stop its flux, or anything else he desires.

• Rhea (レア, Rea)

One of the six Titanesses, she was released along with the other five, Oceanus and Kreios. Currently, not much is known about her. Different from mythology, Rhea, the other Titanesses and Oceanus have fought against the Olympian gods in Titanomachia, so she was sealed in Tartarus as well. She seems to be a mysterious woman who stays completely loyal to Cronos. Although she is able to acknowledge a human’s strength, she still doesn’t tolerate a human trying to overcome gods.

After Cronos was released, she immediately appeared at the Statue of Athena to protect her king, who was defenseless at the moment. After that, she attacked Aiolia and Shura with her Gea Python. Back to Cronos’ Labyrinth, she taught Cronos how to use his Soma as a vest. She is Cronos’ wife and, therefore, mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. Her Soma has the shape of a katar. Her special technique, so far, is:

- Gea Python (天地乃蛇 - ゲー・ピュートーン): The huge stone snakes Rhea is able to create with her Cosmo. It seems Rhea cares at least a little for her snakes, although not much. Rhea seems to be able to sense the snake, so she realized then the monster was defeated by Aldebaran and made it stronger. Powered up, the snakes become a single, multi-headed one resembling the mythological Lernaean Hydra. The blood of the Gea Python is a corrosive poison that burns on contact. Every severed head is immediately regenerated and it can only be defeated if the main head is destroyed.

• Themis ([テミス Temisu] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))

One of the six Titanesses, she was released along with the other five, Oceanus and Kreios. Just as in mythology, Themis is a symbol of justice. With a strict personality, she is a wild woman, angry and rude with her enemies. In fights, she likes to make her enemies die slowly, not for pleasure – like her husband Iapetos –, but to make them feel the power of justice she represents. She seems to be friendly towards Mnemosyne, but it is unclear. Her Soma has the shape of a spear. Her special techniques, so far, are:

- Brabeus Blade (審判乃刃 - ブラベウス・ブレイド): A strong energy blast shot by Themis' legs, similar to Shura’s Excalibur. If the Brabeus Blade is used to defend an attack, the attack will be redirected to the person who used it.

- Brabeus Talanton (審判乃天秤 - ブラベウス・タラントン): A huge balance made of Cosmos that Themis creates, smashing its enemies with the weight of its sins. The weight is determined by the sins committed by the victim according to Themis sense of justice, so a crime against the gods – especially the Titans – will be enough to crush the body of the enemy. It seems to demand concentration from Themis to keep adequate weight. The technique was enough to hold Aiolia and Shura, but Aldebaran could easily lift the plates of the balance once he supported his sins, using them to become stronger.

• Mnemosyne (ムネモシュネ, Munemoshune)

One of the six Titanesses, she was released along with the other five, Oceanus and Kreios. She has a very childlike appearance, resembling a schoolgirl. Her eyes are cloudy, which suggests to many fans that she is blind.

She is incredibly calm and this allows her to comprehend the situations easily. Being the one who controls the memories of the world, she was the one who figured out the reason to Cronos lost his memories after being released and, shamelessly, immediately noticed that Aiolia was the one who suppressed Cronos' Cosmo by destroying his projection. She also seems to be able to sense presences with great accuracy. She seems to be friendly towards Themis, but it is unclear. Her Soma has the shape of an axe.

• Phoebe (ポイベ, Poibe)

One of the six Titanesses. She was released along with the other five, Oceanus and Kreios. Not much else is known about her. As with all the other Titans, she seems to be very loyal to Cronos. In mythology, she was Coeus’ wife, but it is unknown if Episode G will use this. Her Soma has the shape of a falchion.

• Theia (ティア, Teia)

One of the six Titanesses. She was released along with the other five, Oceanus and Kreios. Not much else is known about her. As with all the other Titans, she seems to be very loyal to Cronos. In mythology, she was Hyperion’s wife, but is unknown if Episode G will use this. Her Soma has the shape of a crossbow.

• Tethys (テテュス, Tetesu)

One of the six Titanesses. She was released along with the other five, Oceanus and Kreios. Not much else is known about her. As all the other Titans, she seems to be very loyal to Cronos. In mythology, she was Oceanus’ wife, but is unknown if Episode G will use this. Her Soma has the shape of a sledgehammer.

All the Titans' Somas, except Cronos', Hyperion's and Iapetos', are shown in Saint Seiya: Episode G vol. 4, Chapter 17^[20].

On par with the Titans, the Gigas (ギガス兵神, Gigasu)are nine deities which were summoned by Cronos to aid Hyperion, Iapetos, and Coeus. However, although they are regarded as powerful beings and are, in fact, gods themselves, all the Gigantes that have appeared thus far have suffered a quick defeat.

• (Crimson Lava)Phoenix Rhuax (紅の溶岩 - ポインクスのリュアクス, Kurenai no Yōgan - Poinkusu no Ryuakusu) The first Giant to appear. Nothing is know about his power, however it was stated and seen that he, at least, had enormous physical strength. He challenged Eagle Marin at first, but was soon defeated by Aiolia.

• (Blue Flame)Kyanos Phlox (群青の炎 - キュアノスのプロクス, Gunjō no honoo - Kyuanos no Purokus) The second Giant, appeared along with Crimson Lava at the Sanctuary. Able to manipulate and control molten rock and fire, he was also able to conjure the lava he created into a big pool, sharp nails and even long whips which he then could manipulate with ease. He was first challenged by Virgo Shaka at the Temple of Aries, where he argued briefly before being freed to go to the Temple of Cancer. There he was easily killed by Death Mask, after witnessing his cruelty and the horrifying vision of the thousands of faces inside his Temple.

- Blazing Claw Whip (焔爪鞭, Ensōben): This technique conjures whips of fire that Blue Flame extends from his nails. They appear to be sharp and durable, and the Giant can manipulate them easily.

- Melted Rock-forming (溶融造岩, Yōyūzūgan): Summons a great pool of lava from the ground. Blue Flame appears to be completely immune to the incandescent rock, and he states that all Giants have the same immunity.

• (White Wind)Leukotes Anemos (白の風 - レウコテースのアネモス, Shiro no Kaze - Reukotēsu no Anemosu) The third Giant, appeared with Black Thunder after the battle between Aiolia and Koios. Nothing is know about him, as he was killed as soon as he appeared by Virgo Shaka. However, as his own name states, it can be deduced that he had some sort of capability to manipulate wind.
• (Black Thunder)Melas Brontes (黒の雷 - メラースのブロンテー, Kuro no Ikazuchi - Merāsu no Burontē) The fourth Giant, appeared with White Wind after the battle between Aiolia and Koios. Like his comrade nothing is know about him, as he was killed by Virgo Shaka before taking any sort of action. As his name states, he probably could manipulate thunders (an impure, blackish form, like Koios).
• (Grey Blade)Phaios Spathe (灰色の刃 - パイオスのスパテー, Haiiro no Yaiba - Paiosu no Supatē) The fifth Giant, who challenged Capricorn Shura after slaughtering a group of soldiers of Cronos who were retreating due to the fierce Gold Saint's attacks. His name comes from the two enormous blades that he had on his arms. Even being gigantic and powerful they were no match for Shura, and Grey Blade was mortally wounded by his Excalibur. Nevertheless, he was killed by Kreios' Aster Blade, sacrificing himself so the Titan could deliver an easy blow on the Saint of Capricorn.

- Eight Direction Claw (八陣爪, Hachijinsō): This technique splits one of the blades of the Giant into eight minor blades that works on their own, thus creating eight simultaneous attacks. However, being the Cosmo of the blow splitted into eight as well, the shots will be less powerful, instead being more precise.

• (Crimson Iron)Anthrakma Zugylos (紅玉の鉄 - アントラクマのジギーロス, Kōgyoku no Tetsu - Antorakuma no Jigīrosu) The sixth Giant, appeared against both Aiolia and Aphrodite at the entrance of the dimension of the Titans. Resembling a giant warrior completely covered in iron splattered with blood, hence his name, he wields a giant ruby mace which can create blinding flashes of red and destructive waves of resonance that can disintegrate almost everything they touch. This power is also present inside the Giant's punches. He was firstly disarmed by Aphrodite's Piranhan Roses, with which he destroyed his mace, then killed by a combination of Royal Demon Roses and Bloody Rose.

• Pontus (ポントス, Pontosu)

A mysterious ally of the Titans. His armor is called Ars Magna (Great Art) (大いなる秘宝 - アルス・マグナ, Ooinaru hihō - Arus Maguna). Hyperion greatly mistrusts him. He seems to be working for somebody else.

- (Black Wave) Melas Kuma (黒キ波 - メラス キューマ, Kuroki Nami - Merasu Kyūma):

• Gaia (ガイア, Gaia)

The Earth Goddess, she is the mother of the Titans, Uranos, the Gigas and Pontus. She made the Somas for the Titans. It's speculated she is the one behind Pontus.

• Uranus (ウラノス, Uranosu)

Son and Husband of Gaia and father of the Titans. Castrated and deposed by Cronos.

• Prometheus (プロメテウス, Purometeusu)

The black-winged son of Iapetos and Themis.

• Triangle Noesis

A noble Silver Saint. He is killed shortly after his introduction, when he and his apprentice Retsu are fighting against the gorgon Euryale. After having half is body turned into stone, he uses his attack, Tritos Spharaghisma, making the gorgon unable to petrify Retsu. But this causes the rest of his body to turn into stone, and accidentally blows the top part of. Later, he joins his cosmo with Retsus', and with the last remains of his soul, they defeat the gorgon.

- Tritos Spharaghisma (三界封印-):

• Lynx Retsu

Triangle Noesis' apprentice. Shortly after receiving his bronze Lynx cloth, he and his master go to explore a cave where a mysteryous, dangerous cosmo lurks. They discover a gorgon, which had been revived when the Titans awoke.

His master sacrifices himself to save him, telling Retsu to alert the Sanctuary of the danger. Some time afterwards, Leo Aiolia arrives. Retsu pleads with him to let him finish the creature off. To satisfy his wishes, Aiolia lies, and says that he is only a messenger sent by the Sanctuary to make sure Retsu, who was assigned the task of defeating the monster, accomplishes that mission.

Retsu, with help from his masters' spirit, manages to defeat the gorgon, and avenge his master.

- Ressō Shippū (裂爪疾風 - Fissure Hurricane):

• Lithos

A servant of Aiolia, who sees her as his little sister. She used to live with her father, who died of a terminal disease, and his soul possesed a colossus. During a mission of Aiolia's, he promises the soul within the colossus to take care of Lithos to let him rest in peace. During the fight against the Titans, she is kidnapped by Iapetos and Aiolia immediately goes to their territory to save her.

• Garan

A servant of Aiolia, his full name is Garalian Steiner,^[21] but he is called Gaaran. He used to be a friend of Sagittarius Aiolos and once tried to be the Leo Gold Saint,^[22] but he could only be a guardian. At some point before Aiolos' death, Garan's mother had a terminal disease, and he tried to steal the "sacred blood" from the Sanctuary, a sacred treasure, which could cure her. However, by the time he returned, his mother had already died.

He was caught, and ended in prison. Aiolos was forced to fight against him and kill him as punishment. Aiolos wanted to discuss about forgiving him, but Garan did not want to risk the life of his friend. However, during the fight Aiolos took out his Gold cloth to fight at the same state and defeated him, making Garan loses his right eye and his right arm, causing him to start using a metal arm. After the supposed betrayal of Aiolos, Garan stayed to live with Aiolia and take care of him although he was also called a traitor. Aiolia started looking Garan as a member of his family. During his fight with Pontus, his arm was cut by his attack. He felt Garan with him, saying that he can still win, and Aiolia could reattaches his arm, saying that now this arm belongs to Garan.