History Awesome / SaintSeiya

* Shaina deserves mention for another awesome moment. When Aeolia makes his big entrance in full regalia and BattleAura, baring his TranquilFury killing intent as a ConsummateProfessional, Shaina first freaks out and attempts to make excuse. It should be stated that ten episodes earlier, as Perseus Algol was chosen to deal with the Bronze Saints, Shaina and Algol were basically talking crap to his face for being soft. Here, Shaina realizes how DEAD SERIOUS Aeolia is because he is wearing his Gold Cloth and he is focused on the business at hand. Even so, she still strikes at him, only to get blasted out of the way for her trouble. But then, Seiya gets an HeroicBSOD upon realizing the sheer difference in power between him and Aeolia, and goes for a DefiantToTheEnd strike instead of waiting to be killed. But just as Aeolia's blow hits... It turns out Shaina took it for him! Let's state this once again. Aeolia can move and perceive things at the speed of light, one million times the speed of sound. And she moved so fast and suddenly that Aeolia, a Gold Saint, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Could. Not. Sense. Her.]] As she lay in a pool of her own blood, [[WhatTheHellHero Seiya points this out, and verbally (if not physically) rips Aeolia a new one]], while the latter is simply unable to process what happened or to find any excuse, merely acknowledging that he was at fault. Aeolia is understandably both moved by her selfless gesture and disgusted at what he just did, so he decides to retreat, still more willing to listen to Seiya's side as to why the Bronzes are rebelling, recognizing their valor. This just goes to prove that when acting on her true feelings for Seiya, Shaina can display so much more power than she is given credit for.

** Let's not forget Ikki taking on Seiya, Hyoga, Shun and Shiryu at the same time in the 1st arc of the manga. It takes Seiya being protected by The Sagittarius Gold Cloth, Shun's chains, Shiryu's shield and Hyoga's ice to bring him down.

** While we're talking about Ikki. His return in the anime against the Saint of Fire. The Saint fought Shun, and seeing that his chains were too good of a defense to defeat him, he engulfed him in fire and waited. The gigantic fire actually resurrected the Phoenix. The Saint of Fire tries [[TooDumbToLive using fire against Ikki]], cue MindRape.

* [[TheOjou Saori Kido]]/[[PhysicalGod Athena]] gains a pretty good one in the anime when she uses her cosmo to disrupt Virgo Shaka (the most powerful psychic among the Golden Saints, alongside Aries Mu) and block him from assisting his disciples Agora and Shiva, who are fighting Ikki to keep him from joining the fight in the Sanctuary. And she does this while having her chest ''pierced'' by a Golden Arrow. Wow.

** This is further driven home by the flashback where he was about to unleash Rozan Ko Ryu Ha by mistake and Dohko explained to him what fate would await him if he ever used its power.

* Episode 39 has one for Cancer Deathmask: sent to force Dohko to explain why he's not answering the Sanctuary's summoning, he's confronted by Shiryu... And inflicts on him what goes ''beyond'' a CurbStompBattle. ''Multiple times'':

** Freya also gains a HeroicSacrifice, tanking a hellish amount of punishment to destroy the statue of Odin to beg for forgiveness for Dolbr's crimes.

*** The Presale Underworld Wave [[OhCrap terrified Dohko]]. ''Deathmask scared a Gold Saint far stronger than he was, one who survived the war against Hades''.

* You think [[TechnicalPacifist Andromeda Shun]] is a wimpy, waifish, whiny boy? In one of the earliest episodes of the Sanctuary Saga, the Black Saints mini-arc... [[spoiler: When his EvilTwin of sorts Black Andromeda has both him and a poisoned, dying Seiya against the ropes (one extremity of Shun's Andromeda chains is keeping Seiya from falling off a cliff, the other serves as Shun's only defense against Black Andromeda's chains that turn into poisonous snakes) and Seiya pulls a sort-of HeroicSacrifice by cutting the chain wrapped around his arm and letting self fall, Shun [[TranquilFury gets pissed off]] and tells Black Andromeda that upsetting him was a big mistake. The next moment? The Andromeda chains ''attack at full force'', destroying the serpents *and* instantly killing Black Andromeda.]]

* [[TheLancer Dragon Shiryu]] gets his Moment of Awesome during his second fight with [[PsychoForHire Gold Saint]] [[AxCrazy Cancer]] [[BloodKnight Deathmask]]. [[spoiler: After he uses his telekinetic powers to grab Shiryu's adoptive sister and possible love interest [[NaiveEverygirl Shunrei]] and [[DeathByFallingOver throw her into the Lushan cascade]], a near dead Shiryu that has been reduced to a soul and drained of fighting spirit makes [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya the biggest come-back]] ever from the ''literal'' gaping mouth of Hell, [[BattleAura glowing Cosmo]] and ''furious'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech included as he beats the freaking crap out of Deathmask, while at the same time asking him ''why'' he tried so hard to push his ONLY BerserkButton. Then, as Deathmask tries to go to the counterattack, he finds out that ''his own armor'' is so ashamed of his owner's evil actions that ''it refuses to protect his body'', which lets Shiryu kill him.]]
* [[TheOjou Saori Kido]]/[[PhysicalGod Athena]] gains a pretty good one in the anime when she [[spoiler: uses her cosmo to disrupt Virgo Shaka (the most powerful psychic among the Golden Saints, alongside Aries Mu) and block him from assisting his disciples Agora and Shiva, who are fighting Ikki to keep him from joining the fight in the Sanctuary]]. And she does this while [[spoiler: having her chest ''pierced'' by a Golden Arrow.]] Wow.
** A more subtle one, overlapping with SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}: when after she and Seiya [[spoiler: take a SuicidalGotcha to escape Shaina and another Silver Saint anf gain time]], she faces a ''very'' upset [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} and jealous]] ]] Shaina with all the tranquility of the world, ignoring her insults and pretty much telling her "I cannot fight, yes, but no way I'm abandoning Seiya after [[spoiler: he got himself almost killed for me]]". This is a sweet girl without ''any'' fighting skills, who is facing a very arrogant and strong DarkActionGirl without even batting an eyelid, in a situation where almost any other girl would faint out of fear. That proves that [[PluckyGirl Saori]]'s got huge balls, erm, BoobsOfSteel, dammit.
*** Even more meaningful when you recall that one of Shaina's insults was [[spoiler: asking Saori "Where did you learn to do ''that''?!" when she caught her leaning on Seiya to kiss him.]] Yeah, Shaina basically ''{{slut sham|ing}}ed'' Saori. And yet Saori didn't take the bait.

* [[AnIcePerson Cygnus Hyoga]] is walking Awesome already, but the particular example comes in his rematch with Gold Saint [[AnIcePerson Aquarius Camus]]: [[spoiler: After having his own Bronze Cloth frozen and shattered into dust by his master, Hyoga counters Camus' ultimate technique Aurora Execution with his own, projecting power matching and exceeding Camus' own even after falling unconscious in his battle stance. Even Camus realizes the astonishing drive in his student's heart, conceding who is the best between them, before falling over frozen to death.]]

* Pisces Aphrodite in the Sanctuary Arc has one [[GenreSavvy for sheer smarts]]: he anticipated the Saints would try and have someone keeping him busy while the other continued to run, so he planted his roses on the stairs behind his temple to act as DeadlyGas. By all rights, ''he had won'' with mocking ease. [[spoiler: He only lost because of ''[[SpannerInTheWorks Marin]]'', who then gets '''her''' moment - she appears, puts her mask on Seiya which allows him to recover from the poison even when it poisons ''her'' as well, and that gives Seiya enough time to get up and destroy the roses, clearing his path to the top.]]

* A couple more at the beginning of the Asgard filler arc. [[spoiler:The BrainwashedAndCrazy Polaris Hilda attacks with a a lightning powered silver bolt. Cue all the Bronze Saints jumping out of the way, and when it seems that Saori is going to be hit she calmly unleashes her own golden bolt attack to protect herself.]] A little later, [[spoiler:while Saori is acting again as a [[BarrierMaiden Barrier Maiden]] to prevent the northern ice cap to melt due to Hilda neglecting her duties, the God Warrior Thor attacks her with his Mjolnir (which is basically [[AnAxeToGrind a double axe]] that works as a boomerang). The blade comes a hair width from Saori's throat, and then gets pushed back to the sender by her Cosmo. [[WorthyOpponent Thor himself]] is impressed and says "she ''really'' deserves being named Athena".]] And in both moments, [[PluckyGirl Saori]] does this [[DissonantSerenity without even]] [[NervesOfSteel batting an eyelid.]]

* Shun's third CMOA comes in the Poseidon arc. [[spoiler:When facing Scylla Io, the Mariner general used an attack that was actually six in one on a "low" setting to taunt him. However, since ItOnlyWorksOnce and Shun's chains are stated as early as the first tournament arc as being hyper adaptive to enemy attacks, Shun proceeds to ''counter each of his attacks'' differently, destroy his armor, and bind him in chains.]]

* The entire fight between Shaka and the three Spectres and ex-Gold Saints, Saga, Camus and Shura. Shaka nearly defeated all three with his most powerful attack, Tenbu Hōrin, to the point that they have to use a forbidden technique, the Athena Exclamation (its power is equal, or at the very least comprable to the Big Bang) to kill him. [[spoiler:Turns out that Shaka had planned all this since he already had the Eighth Sense (The very reason why he's called the closest man to God) and descends into Hell alive.]]

* Shun when he [[spoiler: is pretty much [[EnemyWithin Hades's vessel]], but manages to actually [[FightingFromTheInside throttle Hades from within his body]] to give his brother Ikki a chance to kill them, and end any chance of Shun's body being used for evil. Too bad Ikki couldn't take it.]]
* A villain example. Thanatos is easily able to destroy [[spoiler: five Gold Cloths, something that had never happened in all the millennia the Cloths had existed]].

* When Ikki is at the mercy of Hypnos [[spoiler: after both the Leo Cloth and the Phoenix Cloth have been stripped away from him]], who comes to his aid? ''Shun'', who has regained the Andromeda Chain and subdues Hypnos' arm. Ikki [[BigBrotherInstinct has saved Shun]] many times over the course of the series, and now Shun's able to return the favor for his beloved elder brother.

** Shiryu taking down [[spoiler:Hyoga]] and breaking the spell on him.

** It also has a very unique moment where Seiya draws upon the power of every Gold Saint and Gold Cloth [[ThePowerOfTheSun to channel the Sun]], [[CueTheSun parting the clouds]] to launch an arrow at Lucifer to destroy him. Keep in mind this was BEFORE the Hades Chapter and the Wailing Wall scene.

** Seiya (or any Saint on-screen) putting on the Cloth for the first time-and turning the tables on Shaina. And then, [[LetsGetDangerous Shaina starts taking him seriously]], and knocks him down. [[RealityEnsues Turns out Seiya can't use his Cloth well yet, and taking on a far more experienced opponent is out of his abilities]].

** In the anime, Saga decides to just do away with Ikki and send him in another dimension. Too bad, Ikki comes back for more, giving Saga a ThisCannotBe moment, before managing to land a solid hit, pushing an increasingly annoyed Saga to collapse his whole throne room on Ikki to JUST get the few SECONDS he needs to catch up with Seiya.

*** Even more meaningful when you recall that one of Shaina's insults was [[spoiler: asking Saori "Where did you learn to do ''that''?!" when she caught her leaning on Seiya to kiss him.]] Yeah, Shaina basically ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar slut]][[SlutShaming shamed]]'' Saori. And yet Saori didn't take the bait.

* The clash of the two Athena Exclamation (Saga/Shura/Camus versus Mu/Milo/Aiolia). The anime added Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga and Shun burning their Cosmo to push back the energy towards Saga and his group. Then they surrounded the exclamations in order to stop them, claiming they understood what was happening and what the renegade Gold Saints were really feeling, chiding the other Gold Saints for not believing each other more. Then the four Bronze Cloths turn gold, with the four Saints using their techniques to push the energy, sending the exclamations skywards, exploding with no casualties.
* Ikki, alone, defeats Aiacos, one of three strongest Spectres.

** Saori holds her own until Dorbal figures out he can just seal her away.

** Freyr also gains a HeroicSacrifice, tanking a hellish amount of punishment to destroy the statue of Odin to beg for forgiveness for Dorbal's crimes.

** The flashback of Seiya learning about Cosmo: at his third year of training Seiya tries to chop a rock but fails to even scratch it, Marin chastises him for being at his third year and failing such a basic task as she grabs the rock and ''pulverizes it with a '''squeeze''''', then she gives her iconic explanation about Cosmo and has Seiya repeat the exercise. He punches a rock on the ground-and makes a ''crater''.

** In hindsight, Cassios taking the beating Seiya gave him before going down. Here's what basically amounts to an upper tier Bronze Saint pummelling him, and not only it takes a few minutes and a Pegasus Ryuseiken to take him down, the only permanent damage was the loss of his ear.

* Pretty early in his career (episode 5, to be exact), Seiya punches Shiryuu so hard that Shiryuu's heartbeat stops. And then, despite being terminally wounded, punches him again to restart Shiryuu's heart.

** Let's not forget Ikki taking on Seiya, Hyoga, Shun and Shiryu at the same time in the 1st arc of the manga. It takes Seiya being protected by The Sagittarius Gold Cloth, Shun's Chains, Shiryu's shield and Hyoga's ice to bring him down.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmx10J4WiLw The anime version of Ikki getting serious after the Genmaken proved ineffective (Italian dub)]].

* You think [[TechnicalPacifist Andromeda Shun]] is a wimpy, waifish, whiny boy? In one of the earliest episodes of the Sanctuary Saga, the Dark Knights mini-arc... [[spoiler: When his EvilTwin of sorts Black Andromeda has both him and a poisoned, dying Seiya against the ropes (one extremity of Shun's Adromeda chains is keeping Seiya from falling off a cliff, the other serves as Shun's only defense against Black Andromeda's chains that turn into poisonous snakes) and Seiya pulls a sort-of HeroicSacrifice by cutting the chain wrapped around his arm and letting self fall, Shun [[TranquilFury gets pissed off]] and tells Black Andromeda that upsetting him was a big mistake. The next moment? The Andromeda chains ''attack at full force'', destroying the serpents *and* instantly killing Black Andromeda.]]

* Seiya vs. Misty in the manga because the closest Seiya gets to a deus ex machina finale is merely that his cloth is brought to him just at the start of his first fight with Misty. The second fight features him throwing a 'Comet' punch, actually damaging a hefty chunk of Misty's Cloth, followed by throwing back Misty's signature move, then finally grabbing him and torpedoing him to the bottom of the sea and finally winning.

** In the anime, this is a moment for Phaeton. He's just been promoted to commander of the Sanctuary's forces, with command on everything save for the Gold Saints, his predecessor often screwed around and let himself being browbeat by Shaina... And this guy, facing a group of strong Bronze Saints, [[NoNonsenseNemesis sent in the mightiest of all Silver Saints]], a move that even ''Shaina'' couldn't protest... And just to be on the safe side, ''gave him a back-up'' in the form of the almost as formidable Marin, the nearly unbeatable duo of [[MightyGlacier Whale Moses]] and Hound Asterion (a ''mind reader''), and Centaurus Babel. The only reason it fails is that ''Misty'' is too arrogant to properly keep an eye on Marin, allowing her to save Seiya from Misty and actually fight rather than being murdered on the spot and then defeat Asterion, and then the Steel Saints saving Hyoga when he's about to be killed by Babel.
* While in the Anime Marin is considered a FauxActionGirl, [[PluckyGirl this doesn't stop her at all]] from curbstomping the Psychic Silver Saint Hound Asterion. Note that Asterion effortlessly defeated Seiya with his PsychicPower and Million Ghost Attack. Marin, who had been knocked out by the physically stronger Silver Saint Cetus Moses regains consciousness, proceeds to save ''herself'' from the inverted crucifix she's put in, and then proceeds to NoSell Asterion's mind-reading, along with the same Million Ghost Attack that he used on Seiya. She then unleashes her own original technique, Eagle Toe Flash to near effortlessly defeat Asterion, who couldn't read Marin's mind the second time around, since she managed to make her mind completely empty and impervious to his powers, cue OhCrap reaction. Still a crowner because she could pull that after having taken a beating from Moses and being in aforementioned inverted crucifix.
* The third and final battle between Seiya and Shaina is again one for both: for Seiya because, after nearly dying in the first two encounters, he finally ''defeats Shaina'' with the Pegasus Suiseiken-Pegasus Rolling Crash combo that had killed Misty; for Shaina because not only she had the upper hand until the Suiseiken (and even parried the Ryuseiken with ease once again), but, differently from Misty, she ''survived''-and later came back to support Corvus Jamian for a new attempt on Seiya's life, with Seiya actually being scared for his life.

** After surviving the above beating, Shiryu comes back for the second round wearing his Cloth (something that catches Deathmask completely by surprise, as he thought Shiryu had either been killed by his attack or drowned), and, thanks to his fury after overhearing Deathmask explain his SocialDarwinist ideology, inflicts him a Rozan Shoryuha that actually ''moves back'' the Gold Saint... And [[LetsGetDangerous enrages him enough to get half-serious]], at which this point he starts to use his Sekishiki-based techniques. Had Mu not arrived there, Shiryu would have died there, ''messily''. But as he would have to fight two Gold Saints to finish him off, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Deathmask decides to retreat]]... And starts walking away in ''mid-air'', before ''disappearing somewhere else through the waterfall''.
*** The Sekishiki [[OhCrap terrified Dohko]]. ''Deathmask scared a Gold Saint far stronger than he was, one who survived the war against Hades''.

* In spite of [[OneSceneWonder his small screentime]], Sagitta Ptolemy has one: he [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu mortally wounded Saori after she awoke her divine Cosmo]], and ''under four opposing Saints' noses to boot''. [[SmallRoleBigImpact Thus started the Twelve Temples Arc: to save Saori from what he had done to her]].
* [[TheLancer Dragon Shiryu]] gets his Moment of Awesome during his second fight with [[PsychoForHire Gold Saint]] [[AxCrazy Cancer]] [[BloodKnight Deathmask]]. [[spoiler: After he uses his telekinetic powers to grab Shiryu's adoptive sister and possible love interest [[NaiveEverygirl Shunrei]] and [[DeathByFallingOver throw her into the Rozan cascade]], a near dead Shiryu that has been reduced to a soul and drained of fighting spirit makes [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya the biggest come-back]] ever from the ''literal'' gaping mouth of Hell, [[BattleAura glowing Cosmo]] and ''furious'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech included as he beats the freaking crap out of Deathmask, while at the same time asking him ''why'' he tried so hard to push his ONLY BerserkButton. Then, as Deathmask tries to go to the counterattack, he finds out that ''his own armor'' is so ashamed of his owner's evil actions that ''it refuses to protect his body'', which lets Shiryu kill him.]]

* Seiya facing Aiolia without the help of the Sagittarius Cloth. At first, he manages to see through Lightning Plasma at light speed, and land a solid kick on his face. Too bad [[BatmanGambit Saga knew this would happen]].
** Then the true awesome moment is when Cassios [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for Seiya, triggering his HeroicResolve, landing a full powered Pegasus Meteor Fist on Aiolia, knocking him out as the hypnosis spell breaks.

* Shiryu winning his fight against Alberich through wits and strategy. He had the right equipment to deal with "Amethyst Sealed" that Alberich kept on spamming, and the mental discipline to avoid falling prey to Nature Unity, but he was still unable to make a proper counterattack, locking the both of them in a stalemate. His answer? Remove his cloth, pulling a ISurrenderSuckers to taunt Alberich into using "Amethyst Sealed" [[AwesomenessByAnalysis one too many times now he knows the technique in and out]], taking the blow safely enough without his shield, while dealing the killing blow.

* Mime and Bud deserve mention for actually giving Ikki two very tough fights. Most of the time in the manga, Ikki is here to dish rightful anger in the form of CoolAndUnusualPunishment on an opponent that deserves it after [[KickTheDog kicking the dog]], and very rarely put in difficulty.

* [[TemptingFate Hilda points out that Odin should be subservient to Poseidon and therefore will NEVER help a Saint]], and everything seems lost... Seiya lets go of the sapphires, seemingly falling to his death in the chasm below. But the stones float and place themselves on the crown of Odin's statue, which proceeds to destroy the statue, releasing the Odin Robe from the Balmung sword on the statue. A very awesome, non-verbal ShutUpHannibal to the sound of an epic soundtrack lifted from the Asgard movie when the statue breaks down.

* Seiya fighting with SmugSuper Sea Horse Baian. After taking Baian's two strongest attacks, Seiya is quick to put the General back in his place by pointing he's far from any Gold Saint's power. He then proceeds to crush his defense with his trusty Ryuseiken before Baian goes on a very sweet VillainousBreakdown. Awesome points for revealing for the first time his Golden Bronze Cloth, and actually using experience from his previous battle with Misty.

* A bit of a Meta example but every Poseidon episode animated by Araki and Himeno is a Crowner if only for the sheer drawing and animation quality.

* One of the most famous examples in the saga: Dohko's old body starts to crack like a shell, and a younger body emerges from the old one. The young Libra Dohko has returned!.
* The entire fight between Shaka and the three Spectres and ex-Gold Saints, Saga, Camus and Shura. Shaka nearly defeated all three with his most powerful attack, Tenbu Hōrin, to the point that they have to use a forbidden technique, the Athena Exclamation (its power is equal to the Big Bang) to kill him. [[spoiler: Turns out that Shaka had planned all this since he already had the Eighth Sense (The very reason why he's called the closest man to God) and goes into Hell alive.]]

* Seiya has legions of {{Determinator}} moments, but some mention has to be made for the moment he gets up and a God Cloth materializes on him. Both PhysicalGods Thanatos and Hypnos are [[ThisCannotBe visibly destabilized]]. The accompanying music from the Lucifer OST is also awesome, and the lull in the music before the low chorus sells the OhCrap moment for Thanatos as it dawns upon him exactly WHAT they are dealing with.

** The real crowner? Hypnos says the chain will just shatter, before [[OhCrap realizing it should have already been broken]]. Cue Shun materializing his own God Cloth.

* The third and final battle between Seiya and Shaina is again one for both: for Seiya because, after nearly dying in the first two encounters, he finally ''defeats Shaina'' with the Pegasus Suiseiken-Pegasus Rolling Crash combo that had killed Misty; for Shaina because not only she had the upper hand until the Suiseiken (and even parried the Ryuseiken with ease once again), but, differently from Misty, she ''survived''-and later came back for a new attempt on Seiya's life, with Seiya actually being scared for his life.
** Speaking of which, Shun and Hyoga face her in that occasion, with Shun launching his Nebula Chain at a charging Shaina. Shaina ''jumps on the chain and runs on it to kick Shun in the face'', and then starts inflicting a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Hyoga. The only reason they manage to turn the tables on her is that she kicked Shun only once, so he recovered enough to provide a distraction just long enough for Hyoga to hit her with the Diamond Dust and throw her down the same cliff where Corvus Jamian had fallen to his death. The two Bronze Saints were happy for having ''finally'' gotten rid of Shaina... Except she survived (hinted when the bottom of cliff is shown and [[NeverFoundTheBody Jamian's body can be seen, but Shaina is nowhere to be found]]).

** Of note is the mother of HeroicSecondWind moments when Seiya, after having been in a depressive funk for most of the movie, gets up and takes out Saga.

** The final moment of the fight where Seiya proceeds to unleash the Golden Arrow on Abel. He faces a lot of mixed emotions, and is visibly torn between confusion, anger, yet a desire to acknowledge Seiya. This last emotion jolts him into deciding he has to put down Seiya for trying to surpass him. Extra points for Seiya actually SUCCEEDING!

* A couple more at the beginning of the Asgard filler arc. [[spoiler:The BrainwashedAndCrazy Polaris Hilda attacks with a a lightning powered silver bolt. Cue all the Bronze Saint jumping out of the way, and when it seems that Saori is going to be hit she calmly unleashes her own golden bolt attack to protect herself.]] A little later, [[spoiler:while Saori is acting again as a [[BarrierMaiden Barrier Maiden]] to prevent the northern ice cap to melt due to Hilda neglecting her duties, the God Warrior Thor attacks her with his Mjolnir (which is basically [[AnAxeToGrind a double axe]] that works as a boomerang). The blade comes a hair width from Saori's throat, and then gets pushed back to the sender by her Cosmo. [[WorthyOpponent Thor himself]] is impressed and says "she ''really'' deserves being named Athena".]] And in both moments, [[PluckyGirl Saori]] does this [[DissonantSerenity without even]] [[NervesOfSteel batting an eyelid.]]
* Shiryu winning his fight against Alberich through wits and strategy. He had the right equipment to deal with "Amethyst Sealed" that Alberich kept on spamming, and mental discipline to avoid falling prey to Nature Unity, while still unable to make a proper counterattack, locking the both of them in a stalemate. His answer? Remove his cloth, pulling a ISurrenderSuckers to taunt Alberich into using "Amethyst Sealed" [[AwesomenessByAnalysis one too many times now he knows the technique in and out]], taking the blow safely enough without his shield, while dealing the killing blow.

** Of note is the mother of HeroicSecondWind moments when Seiya, after having been in a depressive flunk for most of the movie, gets up and takes out Saga.

* Hyoga's battle with Camus' best friend, [[ToThePain Scorpio]] Milo isn't bad either. This is the battle Hyoga turned into a Seiya level determinator by surviving everything Milo throws at him including [[OneHitKill Antares]]. He further deserves mention for overcoming his FatalFlaw, and thanks to ThePowerOfFriendship, finally achieving what he failed to do against Camus: the Seventh Sense.
** Milo outright admits if he had not been wearing a Gold Cloth, he would have been the one to die, since Hyoga hit all of his vital points in the split second he received a lethal blow. In his own words, he won the battle of life and death, but lost the fight proper.

** First he casually dodges a Clothless Shiryu's attacks by running in circle around him, then mauls him with the ''shockwave'' of his punches (that he's actually ''pulling''), and when Shiryu appears to be about to finally hit him with a flying kick Deathmask decides to drive home how superior he is by blocking it with ''one finger''. With whom he then nearly ''kills'' him by shooting a beam of Cosmo at him, also throwing him in the nearby falls.

** While we're talking about Ikki. His return in the anime against the Saint of Fire. The Saint fought Shun, and seeing that his chains were too good of a defense to defeat him, he engulfed him in fire and waited. The gigantic fire actually resurrected the Phoenix. The Saint of Fire tries [[TooDumbToLive using fire against Ikki]] cue MindRape.

** When Seiya tries to match powers with [[PhysicalGod Abel]], being hit by his own attacks, yet powering through and coming back for more. Abel has the mother of ThisCannotBe moments as he realizes how fearless Seiya is, thinking he can overpower a God, and doubting he MIGHT just succeed!

** It also has a very unique moment where Seiya [[CueTheSun draws upon the power of every Gold Saint and Gold Cloth to channel the Sun]] to launch an arrow at Lucifer to destroy him. Keep in mind this was BEFORE the Hades Chapter and the Wailing Wall scene.