Welcome back, everyoneToday, we go to the Soul Society, I mean, the SanctuaryPrevious:>>289518886>> 289543551>> 289567418>>289592114>>289616544>>289642516>>289674137
And now starts the most influential arc in all shounen
>>289699612It’s been a steady nosedive in quality since Volume 1; I don’t think it can get any better.
>>289699763I will never get used to him being "Virgo" in english rather than "Virgin".
>>289699969>Shiryu are you happy?>YOU FOOL GO KILL YOURSELF FOR SOME SPOILED GODDESS YOU IDIOT
>>289699813for real>rescue arc>ticking-time bomb>big boss with a group of increasingly powerful lackeys>"you guys go on ahead, leave this one to me!"I feel like every single modern shonen includes all of these at some point in their run
>>289700022*DeathMask
>>289699646>Golden Legend2D Action plat + Boss Fights turn based and Negotiation
>>289700119>jobs to Deathmask's one fingerJOBryu bros...
>>289699717Seventh Sense, 末那識, Manas-vijñāna.The seventh consciousnesses as taught in Yogacara and Zen Buddhism, the higher consciousness
>>289699820Nice nails Shaka
>>289700053Kinnikuman already did it like 3 times at this point.
>>289699969>I'll give you a house, some land, and a wife because you have to give them up
>>289700407No one read that
Kinnikuman's arcs were a bit different in that all the matches were set from the moment the other Justice Chojin got involved, rather than them going>"Leave him to me, you guys go on ahead"
>>289700488In Japan they did, anyway it is almost certain that even that was inspired in something else. Sanctuary being more influential is just trying to overglaze the manga.
>>289700291>Argues using historical relativism>No.
>>289700536Why is a Frenchman the trainer in Siberia, anyway?
>>289700703Holy cope
>>289700843What the hell is Shun wearing
>>289700843>Gayest saint>Only one with a girlfriend
>>289700984Just like Marluxia in Organization XIII
>>289700042What makes him cancer?
>>289701028Well, he could've gotten the Mazinger
>>289701033He was born on June 24
>>289700344>it landed on a Gold>meaning Shiryu is light speed nowYeah sure okay.
>>289701096DeathMask wasn't really paying attention to him
>>289701096You need to blind yourself, maybe I'll try it later
>>289700828Bonita.
>>289701088What the hell is that mininature photographer?
>>289699820>>289700119I can't tell if these perspectives are brilliant or awful.
>>289701231Why shot some random time bomb arrow? A normal one would be enoigh
>>289701175>>289701201>>289701218The strongest mook.
>>289701160Kino.
>>289701218>>289701269Godslayer Sagitta
>>289701160Iconic
>>289701175Took me a long while to realize he should be Ptolemy, since the P is silent.
>>289700984No, Shiryu has one that is even more prominent.
>>289701175Sagitta? More like CHADgitta. He didn't give a fuck about attacking a goddess. He just did what he was ordered to do.
>>289701301>I want you NAKED
>>289700013Kek, this is exactly what I expect from some retarded chink master's training.
>>289700077>you can't see... you'll be killed...And you have eyes yet you can't see Mt. Tai.
>>289701588ENTER THE STRONGEST
>>289700344Even Seiya needs to don the gold cloth to land a blow on Leo.
>>289700042>Mephistowhat?i mean who?
>>289699820There it is.Also>Translating war to shodownLame
>>289701588ENTER
Why does a Brazillian have a technique based on a Japanese concept anyway?
>>289699969I honestly dom't remember Shiryu being so eager to giving up his duties.
>>289699820>One-Thousand Day Showdown>not warHoly fuck, thanks for reminding me yet again how hideous this official English translation is.
>>289700291>Using the Japanese empire as an example of evilModern otakus would demand Kurumada's head for that. Anime and manga are on the far right now and it's all nostalgia for the Japanese empire
>>289700100>>289700119Oh no he parried the dive kick!
>>289701267I always assumed it was because Saori is a goddess so it takes more time to kill her
>>289701883Brazil has the biggest Japanese colony in the world
>>289700271Hey, is this the first time in the manga where the cloth is wore by flying itself into the saint?
>>289701986Well, yeah, I suppose there's that>>289701970Third panel has reaction image potential
>>28970082813 years old btw>>289700843>Shiryu has Sunrei>Shun has June>Ikki has Esmeralda>Seiya has ShinaDo the bronze training sites assign each of them a mandatory waifu or something?
>>289702002I think Seiya's V2 did that when he first got it
>>289700324>Didn't need a gold clothGODryu>>>>Jobiya
>>289700726The anime made it seem like they were going to kiss.
>>289702123It made Miho cucked even more. :(
>>289700843If this wasn't June's only appearance, Kurumada would've been killed by the fujoshi yakusa.
>>289700996>>289701013Hey, did the anime have Shun put her mask on in this scene or am I mistaken?
>>289700996Asshole didn't even put the mask back on her.Now she has to fall in love with everyone who saw her unconscious.
>>289700742Why a plane? They can just teleport as the usual.
>>289702195I guess there's assumption that it works only on one person or something. So either it doesn't work as we think it does, or it's limited to only one time.
>>289701160There it is!
>>289702207Saori and Tatsumi couldn't.
>>289699743Has there ever been a time NOT for battle in this manga?
>>289702206>>289702223>>289702242Reminder that Kurumada was inspired by karate master Mas Oyama for this fight. Oyama became so good at karate that he couldn't practice with people anymore so he fought bulls and cut their horns
>>289701201God, how the silvers have fallen after Misty, this guy got completely oneshotted like that.
>>289702186>>289702206>>289702223>>289702242>>289702270
>>289702206Incredible how fast the manga is. In the anime each fight is 3 episodes long.
>>289702271Well, but at the same time he succeeded by executing the given order properly.
>>289702282They still somehow take 1hr of real time in each house.
>>289701438This reminds me Ikki hasn't upgraded his cloth yet.
>>289702282Anime has fucked up pacing and all fillers but Asgard arc are lame as fuck.
>>289701609>>289701629Aldebaran kinda looks like Raoh now that i think about it.
>>289702282Ok but why the Uta pic?
>>289701716Didn't Misty do something similar?
>>289702368He has long hair, though. So not really, aside from muscular physique.
>>289702012There's a 50/50 the waifu will die
>>289701830Not gonna lie, iaido never made sense to me. I understand that drawing your sword as fast as possible is important to get the jump, but how can drawing your sword and re-sheathing it every time be faster than just leaving it drawn and swinging it?
>>289702381Uta with an armor :3
>>289702282>>289702304I think I will not watch the anime.
>>289702284wow what a strong character, cant wait to see more of him
>>289701929You mean Japanese otaku right?I don't think western ones care about that.
>>289702405Once the storytime is over, I recommend watching Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold.
>>289699646How does one play vidya so much?
>>289701588OUR JOBBER
>>289702046Nice hands. The art overall has improved a lotIt'll regress again in the sequel
>>289700291Japanese nationalists must have seethed as fuck after reading this manga and looking at this page in particular, kek. I guess that's why Deathmask has never been popular.
>>289702464It won't regress. If anything, it will stay on more or less the same level.
>>289699807It feels weird to see Shaka throw a punch.
>>289702270>>289702284He seems like a surprisingly chill guy.
>>289699964Virginis kind of an insult, but they also use Pisces and Scorpio.
>>289702567There he isEl Caballero de Junini
>>289702206Maybe i just hate fun or something, but i remember dropping the manga in the first quarter of this arc cuz I felt the fights were a little too predictably boring.>Seiya and/or the others get beaten into a pulp>Opponent gets smug>Our heroes get a second wind powerup and effectively one shot the opponetDoes it get better later in the manga?
Damn, Kuramada, you're not even attempting to be subtle here.
>>289702587As a fan, but also a sincere person, I must say that this is one of recurring themes in this manga. So no, this pattern won't change drastically later on.
>>289702387I was talking about the helment
>>289700291I wonder what would have happened if it was another gold saint.
>>289702663I'M GOING TO ATTACK HIMHEAAAAAAAAD OOOOOOOON
>>289702557Shaka's whole schtick is that he's pure like buddah.
>>289702426Well of course. Just some years ago Shigeru Mizuki made an autobiographical manga where he denounced how the Japanese army abused of the soldiers and the Japanese otakus were furious despite Mizuki is a legend. Geeks around the world turned into chuds in the last 15 years
>>289700586The nationalities are kind of random, the only exception are the mariner generals
>>289700567>Mothercons get the rope. Aquarius, probably.
>>289702644Ah, so I misunderstood.
>>289702404You should watch it for the fights and OST, the voice acting is also stellar.
>>289702809>Only I have the brains to rule Lylat
>>289702799Music is also great, but once you read the manga, it's more likely to drop the anime as a first-timer and just focus on certain scenes you'd want to watch animated or scenes recommended by the fandom, with passing on everything else.
>>289702786So the Master is obviously Gemini, right?
>>289702847Don't worry about it.
>>289702830Hm, maybe i'm a contrarian fir dropping the manga but not the anime, granted i read it many years after watching the anime as a 10 years old.
>>289700662It is funny how small the cloths are compared to the size of the pandora boxes.
>>289702871This clothes that are literally just a person, always look lame.
>>289702847obviously is Hyoga mom
>>289702871Is this guy still alive in the manga? Shiryu didn't give him a fatal injury.
>>289702914Props to Kurumada for using the greek name.
>>289702912There's a tombstone with his name in the Hades arc
>>289700762 see Hades
>>289702923This was before the Disney movie
Done for todayCome back tomorrow to see if Shun can leave the illusion
>>289702964Already? That was quick
>>289702945Pretty most people were saying hercules even before that
>>289702698based
>>289702964Boobs eyes
>>289702964Thanks OP!
>>289702927It's a rather elaborate totem for a simple armor.
>>289700880Suspenders and nothing in another panel.>>289702012Seems so, Hyoga's was introduced in bluegrad.Mei of Coma Berenice also had one.
>>289700996Considering the original design, and Shun's change in clothing, the implication is that he fucked her for hours.
>>289699969I said Shiryu got the best master but I take it back now. Fucking saddist he groomed shiryu gaslighting him to think he is a son to him just so he could use him as a suicide bomber. Islam tier stuff
>>289701040>>289701062Athena's theory doesn't explain the schizophrenia
Do gods like Ares and Artemis have saints?
>>289702467To be fair, Kurumada loves Ashita no Joe (an icon among Japanese commies) and he read Sanpei Shirato's communist ninja titles during his childhood so some of the message may reach him. Reminder that Japanese commies received US troops as liberators and the first thing MacArthur did after taking power in Japan was to release the political prisoners and most of them were communists
>>289703120It's a different culture. Also Kurumada has daddy issues
>>289702698Chuds love the military until it comes the time to enlist.
>>289703138"Saints with Constellation Cloth" is the Athena army, but other gods have their own knights
>>289701438Funny how they still don't have full leg armors
>>289700456No Shiryu, don't fall for it. Do you even listen to him? She's grown strong and wise in the last 13 years and is ready to fight the master? She can't even defend herself from getting captured by a bunch of crows. Mu is trying to gaslight you so you will fight for her and win this shit.
>>289700567If you love her so much, you should go to Hades.
>>289701970Taurus fighting style is really crap against a peer opponent
>>289700688This girl is the most reasonable woman shown so far.
>>289703423She doesn't understand a manly spirit
>>289700662>>289700688>>289700726This is basically that AnJ scene where Noriko tells Joe he doesn't have to kill himself on the ring.
>>289700797No... the gaslighting succeeded...
>>289702896His constellation is literally just a person
>>289700984Hyouga and Ikki are the bitchless ones.
>>289701114>blind yourself>can't be affected by light>attain light speedMakes perfect sense.
>>289701112>I don't even feel the aura of people>but Shiryu, what about those tourists?>like I said, I don't feel any aura from people
>HAVING FUN ON MY WATCH? I SHOULD KILL SHUNREI IN FRONT OF YOU TO PUNISH YOUR DEGENERACYWhat's his problem?
>>289702462 Funny how the original plan was to have a maddened Shaka/Kanon hidden in the sanctuary like a slasher
>>289701218That's it? He didn't last 3 pages. Wait, he got her, great job!
>>289701247FUCKING USELESS ONCE AGAIN, WHY EVEN BRING HER
>>289701518>strong cosmo
>>289703590261 years of no pussy
>>289703502So? Still looks lame.
>>289702847 It is implied that there were 2
>>289702892His cloth looks more like a deer
>>289701996I legit thought he's going to laugh and say>have you considered, I can just cross my arms again!
>>289703138Yes, but we don't know much about them.
>>289702195Someone watching the anime joked that a filler scene showing her in a Japanese hospital meant she'd have to kill or love all the doctors there.
>>289702025Zenkai Boost? Who did it first?
Could Saori have gaslit the Grand Pope into giving up?
>>289703822I'm pretty sure Dragon Ball wasn't even at the Saiyans at that point.
>>289703825 with her shield, or pussy according to the yumejos
>>289702270Oh now they're awake, motherfuckers.
>>289701160Some of these titles are really funny, like Capricorn being rock goat instead of watergoat>>289703866The anime also had them pass by the gauntlet.
>>289702383Misty used a wind wall.
>>2897023052 fucking hours? Mu fixed their armor in a blink! Taurus only exchanged moves with Seiya like 6 times! The other temples are visible and their top speed is mach 1! That's it, Cronus is fucking with them.
>>289703929Sanctuary works on Reverse Namek rules.
>>289702581>master's meditation can last 100 days!Fucking cultivator.
>>289704005 It is likely that he is being possessed by long stretches of time.
>>289702767It fucking worked? He was as lost as the other three before! Fucking bullshit.
>>289702809>the dragon is blind, so he wasn't fooled by the illusionThe fucking illusion was working fine before they separated.
>>289702847It's actually Hermes fucking around.
>>289704067>>289704099He only noticed because of the fake cloth ploy, and there was the space distortion.
>>289702964Thanks.
>>289702165Strange he create a character just to drop her
>>289701160>But no one has ever made it throughHow about any of the people who've been summoned by the pope, which includes random footsoldiers who don't even don cloths, you drooling retard? Did Kurumada not think this through even slightly?
>>289703266Shun's cloth doesn't even reach passable until the next arc where it finally covers his whole torso.
>>289699969A good moment of characterization here. Shiryu describes his new routine and gratefulness to be alive, in stark contrast to his self-sacrificial nature.
>>289702912Just assume every beaten bad guy is a dead guy. They never return.
>>289704407>FOOLISH DISCIPLE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BATTLE TO YOUR DEATH FOR A SPOILED PRINCESS! NOW REPENT BY KOWTOWING 1000 TIMES! THEN I'LL GIVE YOU 1000 LASHES TO YOUR BACK AND KILL THAT SILLY GIRLFRIEND OF YOURS!
>>289704174Some believe she was only made just to show Shun being straight, as a tribute and "answer" to the BL magazine June where fujoshi for Seiya and other series covened.
>>289702392The idea is to kill your opponent in one single strike.Presumably you'd switch styles continue the fight unsheathed if that doesn't happen.
>>289702467>>289703147Why do you fucktards make up head canon in your head and act like you know what you're talking about? I fail to see why a Japanese nationalist would seethe at that. Next, you randomly talk about Kurumuda liking Ashita no Joe, then falsely asserting it is an icon with Japanese commies, which then allows you to further falsley asset he read Sanpei Shirato communist ninja titles, then hallucinates from this false assertion of a "message" which reached him. Reminding me of that lolcow who spams Gundam threads with his retarded "political analysis" because he has the same retarded "thinking pattern".
>>289705798I figure it's projection. They assume everyone's an npc who believes in whatever designated propaganda is trendy, like them, because that's what they do on /a/twitter.
>>289703549he probably let it hit assuming he could tank it easily
>>289701160I get the sense Kurumada really loved Game of Death
>>289705798It wouldn't be surprising if DuelGundam2099 or GhostQ79 were crossboarding here, the latter brags about trolling /a/ and /m/ as 'her' hobbies.
>>289704335obviously being invited is different from trying to force your way in
>>289701259https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZEsiAApjqs>>289701588https://youtu.be/TwQ7RkRoo5Y?si=eFq6S952C_wT_OqU&t=63>>289702567https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JlgVHOpay0>>289701319https://youtu.be/_7ZDL87Xuw4?si=1uB9xnYtu3M4fD2Z&t=388
>>289701160I like these designs
>>289701160>THE BATTLE AT THE SANCTUARY STILL RAGES ON
>>289700383ENTER
>>289701062I don't remember how long they keep the mystery for, but throwing a "whodunit" into the mix is excitingalthough there's literally a sign whose symbol is two dudes, so it's really not hard to figure out the answer
>>289705798Being an ignorant is not funny
>>289704515He really did read Chinese novels
>>289700291Roshi's spitting facts.
>>289699612I have not kept up with the storytime at all, how many times have the Saints faceplanted yet
>>289702305Honestly, Seiya vs Aldeberan didn't feel like an hour.>>289703138Ares's Saints were the first enemies in Saint Seiya Omega anime.We see some of Artemis's Saints (they were called Angels, I think) in Next Dimension.
>>289703929It took an hour for Mu to fix their armor, even if the manga made it seem like everything happened instantly.I agree with the Aldeberan fight not being a hour.Gemini Temple is a weird place, so what seemed like a few minutes in there could've been an hour.
>>289710545Mars wasn't the actual Ares
>>289710545>Honestly, Seiya vs Aldeberan didn't feel like an hour.None of them do.
>>289710545 Angels were Apollo's, Artemis has satellites.
>>289711015I'm still not sure what Artemis and her crew's deal was in Next Dimension beside set up for the current series.
>>289700042>character has an English name>change it to something else anywayWtf, what was wrong with Deathmask??
>>289700407Nobody cares.Cutey Honey did magical girl before as well: doesn't matter; Sailor Moon is the industry template.
>>289700877>Shun boned her into unconsciousness Daaaaaamn...
>>289711302>Nobody cares.Japan does.
>>289711241late 90s - early 2000s retard censorship
Scans of the interview with June magazine, right now.
>>289705798>then falsely asserting it is an icon with Japanese commiesThere was that whole Korean communist defector terrorist attack inspired by AnJ.
>>289703138Aries warriors are called BerserkersArthemis have Satellytes.
>>289703138Yes, but they're called something else.
>>289710674Yes, except Pallas and Abzu, the other gods from Omega are some king of "alien gods" with roman names.Pallas was a nice addition because even if fast, the anime give an explanation to why Athena is not a dick to human like the other gods
>>289711590Japan bows to Saint Seiya, though.Even Puck in Berserk wears the Pegasus cloth one time.
>>289712060And there is a ton of references to Kinnikuman in other series.
Kurumada and the Yudetamago duo are friends
>>289699646>>289700118eat your heart out, Undertale
>>289713082Who's the Sans of Saint Seiya?
>>289713768The Gold Saints
>>289713768Mu, maybe? extremely powerful guy you meet at the beginning that watches over and helps you throughout the adventurethere's no genocide route in Saint Seiya, though
>>289712304Dude, stop trying to make Kinnikuman a thing.
>>289714682Anon, look up the OP's username on the archives
>>289713768>>289713082I'll assume Shaina is Undyne but without being a lesbian.
>>289704099You can think he was just following the others' lead, and he started paying more attention when they stated there was some trickery going on.
>>289702581>Even the SLIGHTEST MISDEMEANOR is grounds for DEATHIt's a wonder Sanctuary has survived so long. They're like the Worm from Kengan Omega.
>>289701883>Mach 1 again>When Seiya has utterly trounced silvers repeatedly who we were told are way fasterWhy do they insist on this like Seiya didn't powercreep himself by like a 100 times over when beating Misty alone?
>>289717233Every character is as strong as the plot needs them to be.
>>289699763>i can't explainif you did this arc would be 100% shorter
>>289704174she is slightly more prominent in the anime. i think she was in it before appearing here
>>289701160HERE WE FUCKING GOTHE STAIRS
>>289701218YOU GUYS HAD ONE FUCKING JOB
>>289701588BRAZIL
>>289702392because of the friction generated against the sheath requires more energy than just swing it. if you do it right it is indeed faster
>>289718381Not really. Shaka is KIND OF on board with the Pope. He's a Buddhist, so to him things are the way they are for a reason.
do they ever explain why Mu just sits there in the first house instead of raiding the Pope's palace like Aiolia did? by this point he knows that the Pope is an evil bastard trying to assassinate Athena
>>289718826in the anime Mu was spent fixing the armors
>>289718847Not really, that's never stated.>>289718724He guards Athena while the others go. Obviously it'd make more sense to leave, say, Hyoga behind and have Mu go. But the MCs gotta MC.
>>289717166To be fair it depends on if the patriarch is showing his good or evil side
>>289718826You'll find there's a lot of "this is a test" situations in this series. "If she can not pass this trial, she is not the true Athena."
>>289700366>praesepepretty sure that isn't chinese
>>289700496did dragon ball start doing the "sensing power levels" thing before or after saint seiya?
>>289699717Why censoring statues?
>>289700013IIRC Dohko had the exact opposite opinion in the anime, hoping Shiryu can enjoy peace .
>>289700536Remember Kurumada originally had Milo as the shadow for the magazine version, changing it later
>>289700828Naked under the cloth in the original magazine
>>289720262Yes, it was so later that the animators made Camus do a scarlet needle like attack to sink the boat further.
>>289720304I don't think she was the only one
Junebros, don't open
Is Hyoga the only one without a love interest?
>>289704335There is a service elevator the other side of the mountain
>>289712059No, they are regular Gods. Just Roman ones.
>>289720827He has mama
>>289720651Not canon and fanservice
>>289717166Generally speaking, Sanctuary is run a lot more competently. Most of the issues stem from the current Pope.>>289720104He was a lot more concerned about Shiryu's well being in the anime. Manga was more formal, he cares about Shiryu's well being but expects him to put his knighthood above everything else.
>Read dark wing.>expected specters.>got goldies canon events Will it improve?>>289720651What happened?
>>289720827He got a girl in his special
>>289699612What's the boat supposed to be about?
>>289721661Yes, the anime made him more of a parental figure to Shiryu while the manga has him more as "just" this martial master
>>289722045Episode G Assassin has Hyoga and Shun raising a girl
>>289722067https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ulhikDAAgThat is the reason why they’ve been sidelining Shun ever since *Legend of Sanctuary*, and that’s how it will stay; Shun won’t be growing a pair again.
>>289722340Shun may be the most influential bronze saint. How many girly guys are with a chain-like weapon? You have Kurama, Kurapika, Lyzerg, Kazuki Fuchoin and maybe others I don't remember
>>289722475How did the anime manage to make him look even gayer?
>>289722475There was also Bridget until Strive
>>289722517
>>289722340Talking about it, Shun being turned into a woman wasn't created by Netflix, apparently some adaptations were toying with it since 2005~
>>289702698Sounds like the usual minority on xitter.
>>289700291This scene was so good in the animehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO32BDAIFcM
>>289720827Oedipus complex.
>>289722475>>289722754>draw a girl>call it a boy
>>289701160>Palace of the Giant Crab
>>289724870
>>289702567>>289702581And here's his counterpart... El Caballero de Julini
>>289718568They gave her some HnK-like sidekick men with their own odd Cloths,that get beat up and never appear again too.
