QUOTE (Killer_Ossi @ May 10 2012, 02:26 PM)Just watched ep 3 and I have to say that the mask rule is one of the most stupid things ever. Why even introduce and use women if you cant see her face? Thats just completely not understandable.
About the Athena stuff. I think its pretty easy. You saw that Saori was really weak so they probably discarded her as Athena and got someone else whos stronger. Easy isnt it.do you remember Yuzuriha of Crane used a mask in Lost Canvas for a while when she started wearing her silver cloth? it's an old tradition that any female must follow gaining the right to become a saint equal to any male, in case he sees her face she has the obligatory dilemma to either kill or love him though both Yuzuriha (like 300 years ago) and Yuna of Aquila decided to disobey them and since then they don't hide it... I guess Omega will break that rule too when all the other female saints find out (now that Kouga knows) about the fake Athena who most likely gave them their masks just like happened in Yuna's flashback, it's not a surprise why that green haired girl is replacing the real reincarnation of the goddess seeing Saori weaker after 25 years as she's almost in her 40s even if she (or any other who appeared in the 80's except for Tatsumi) looks as young as she used to be xD
QUOTE (sg1.jedi @ May 14 2012, 04:14 AM)QUOTE (Killer_Ossi @ May 11 2012, 02:36 AM)What I want to know is about the Saint-rankings since they never explained it in the Lost Canvas (only series I saw of this franchise).If I remember well you are not born Gold, You have to earn the right to wear the Gold armor. When you go from bronze to Silver and to gold you have to change your armor for each state and your attacks and powers increase also.
QUOTE (daedalron @ May 16 2012, 06:02 AM)It depends on which version of saint seiya you are refering to.apparently Omega will take a similar saint system after Tenkaihen or Next Dimension just like it did with the Saint Fight being interrupted this last episode in a similar way as the Galaxian War was in the 80's, or how the Gold Saint chairman Ionia of Capricorn became the traitor just like Saga of Gemini was the fake patriarch (or pope) of the sanctuary 25 years ago... originally the Saint Seiya manga creator Masami Kurumada established the differences about the cloths and ranks of the 88 constellations which mandatorily only 12 of them are gold named after the zodiac signs, but he never cared to explain if those saints started as bronze ruled under another constellation then ranked up to silver after years of training or their fate was to born and directly be a specific class:
Bronze Cloth: official armor used by warriors of Athena who master the basics of cosmo, the Bronze Saint attacks and movements are as fast as Mach speeds depending of how much they can increase their cosmos but usually are slower than the speed of sound or are limited to sharpen only the known 5 senses.
Black Cloth: fake bronze armor used by the traitors exiled by Athena and were introduced in the first arc of the original series (bronze battles), in skill and cosmo the Black Saints are on par with the usually weaker Bronze Saints.
Silver Cloth: used by stronger holy warriors who usually are masters of Bronze Saints, the Silver Saint abilities are on par or greater than the speed of the sound and dominate the 6th sense (mind power- those who are able to do either telepathy, telekinesis or teleportation).
Steel Cloth: mechanical armor used by 3 Steel Saints who only appeared in the anime adaptation of the second arc (silver battles), even though their constellations are part of the 88 they don't possess any cosmos but in ability are between the Bronze and Silver Saints.
Gold Cloth: used by the 12 saints of highest rank who usually are masters of either Bronze or Silver Saints, the Gold Saint abilities are on par or greater than the speed of light and dominate the 7th sense (fighting spirit- those who can survive the speed of light and fight unconscious even without the other 6 senses).
God Cloth: the ultimate armor that first appeared in the Elysion arc (Hades last holy war) thanks to the blood of Athena, in total there are 12 which were used by the olympian gods in myth times and master the 8th sense or beyond (intransigent soul- those who can travel alive through any other dimension like the underworld or heaven).