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Sasha/Athena
Sasha/Athena
- Voiced by: Aya Hirano (JP), Reba Buhr (EN)
- Action Girl: Once she dons the fabled Athena Cloth.
- Adorably Precocious Child: She was taken to the Sanctuary at around 8-10 years old and had been maturing herself up for the role of Athena ever since.
- Barrier Maiden: She surrounded the Sanctuary with a barrier to prevent Hades from resurrecting his Specters within its territory, until Asmita created the MacGuffin capable of sealing the Specters.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Sasha is a Foil to Saori in some ways:
- While Saori leaned more on her Goddess side the longer the series went, Sasha staunchly leans more on her human side. Also, Sasha is considerably less plagued with doubt than Saori.
- Their backstories also parallel each other: Saori was born in the Sanctuary, but lived her childhood in a wealthy manor without knowing her divine heritage because the Sagittarius Saint saved her from an assassination attempt by the fake Pope, whereas Sasha was born in a poor orphanage, but was taken to the Sanctuary by a Sagittarius Saint for protection.
- Cooldown Hug: On Sisyphus and Bennu.
- Damsel in Distress: Subverted. Contrary to Saori, Sasha is a more direct and pragmatic fighter and less of a bleeding heart.
- Damsel out of Distress: Downplayed. In the only time during the series when she is kidnapped (after losing her powers during the Important Haircut scene), Athena's cosmos returns just in time (because Rhadamanthys unsealed her powers by destroying the Lost canvas) for Sasha to save herself.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: As a little girl, Sasha had a very short bob. As a teenager, it's much longer; ironically, she indirectly loses her powers in battle because she cuts her hair to pay for Charon's fare.
- Good Wings, Evil Wings: Good wings, when donning her Cloth.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Alongside Tenma and Alone, to banish Hades back into the Underworld and keep him trapped there.
- Important Haircut: Sasha cut her hair as a payment for Charon's fare, temporarily removing her powers.
- It's Personal: She fight Hades less because of what he's bringing to the world, and more because he took control of her dear brother.
- Lady of War: She is the goddess of war, after all.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: To her brother Alone. She used to have a tomboyish bob cut while he was a bit too long-haired and pretty for his own good, and she also protected her brother from the bullies when they were young... but usually Tenma would handle them all.
- Nice Girl: A very sweet and kind person.
- The Power of Blood: Athena's blood may have even more uses than dragon blood.
- The Power of Friendship: Her speech after Tenma finds out that Youma is his father and had been a part of his plan before he was born. It is the Golden Moment of that part.
- The Power of Love: The flower leashes she made are imbued with this. Strong enough to keep Tenma's soul alive and allow him to be rescued from the Underworld and to prevent Hades from taking over Alone's body until its effect fades after it's destroyed.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Aside from their hair and eyes color, Sasha
◊ and Alone look very similar to each other. - Two Guys and a Girl: With Alone and Tenma.
- Younger Than They Look: She looks like she is already in her 20s, but is actually only 14.
Pope Sage
Pope Sage
- Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (JP), Cam Clarke (EN)
- Authority Equals Asskicking: While he no longer wields a Gold Cloth, Sage is still powerful enongh to seal Thanatos.
- Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?: "I wouldn't be the Pope if I wasn't able to predict the next moves of the gods."
- Heroic Sacrifice: Gave his life so he could seal Thanatos' soul.
- My Greatest Failure: Manigoldo, not only dying before him, but doing so in order to give him an opening in defeating Thanatos.
- Old Master: To Manigoldo.
- Retired Badass: Before becoming Pope, Sage was the previous Gold Saint of Cancer and one of the few survivors of the previosu holy war.
- Survivor Guilt: Being one of the survivors of the previous Holy War.
Saints
Bronze Saints
Pegasus Tenma
Pegasus Tenma
- Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara (JP), Arnie Pantoja (EN)
- Attack Animal: Youma sees him as this, and intends to harvest his soul to use it as a weapon against Olympus.
- Back from the Dead: When Alone killed him in the first battle of the Holy War; thanks to Athena's divine protection in the flower garland, his soul was kept alive and subsequently rescued by Yato and Yuzuriha from Yomotsu Hirasaka.
- Break the Cutie: Not very rare. Learning that the place where he grew up was ravaged by Specters and that his childhood friend is behind it all. Aldebaran's death, while he was unconscious. Dohko's apparent death, and the fact that he blames himself (and Degel doesn't help by agreeing that it's his fault). Yato and Yuzuriha turning into stone. Finding himself face to face with his beloved mother, who came back as a Specter.
- The Chosen One: According to legends, the Pegasus Saint is always a key character in the Holy Wars against Hades, so everyone seems to think Tenma is some kind of chosen one and must make it through the war and face Hades. Tenma initially seems to think this means he's Blessed with Suck.
- Determinator: He is a Pegasus Saint after all.
- Disappeared Dad: Until he resurfaced as a major villain.
- Divine Parentage: Son of a rogue Time God.
- Enemy Mine: He ends up fighting Partita alongside Pandora (although she claims he will be the next one to die). After he saves her life and protects her, they become almost friendly towards each other. Still enemies, though.
- The Hero: Tenma is the one of the main character and is determined to protect Sasha and save Alone.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Alongside Sasha and Alone, to banish Hades back into the Underworld and keep him trapped there.
- I Gave My Word: Takes this very seriously.
- Like Brother and Sister: Unlike his Expy Seiya who gets Ship Tease with Saori, his relationship with Sasha is strictly this.
- Meaningful Name: Tenma (天馬) means "Heaven's steed" or "Pegasus/Winged horse". Chosen by Youma as he knew his son was the reincarnation of the legendary Pegasus Saint.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Tenma wants to be the only one to knock some sense in Alone. And succeeded.
- Out of Focus: Large batches of the story are dedicated to the Gold Saints' fights, meaning he's prone to disappearing for several chapters (or in the anime, up to two episodes) at a time.
- Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Both his signature moves consist on this.
- Red Is Heroic: Dresses in red under his Cloth. Also has red eyes.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Alone.
- Signature Move: Pegasus Ryuseiken (Pegasus Meteor Fist).
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Pegasus Seiya. He is also implied to look just like Seiya, as in Next Dimension where Kurumada is the artist, he is drawn◊ exactly like how Seiya◊ was drawn, the only difference being Seiya's eyes are brown and Tenma's are red. But Teshirogi's art style◊ helps differentiating these two further.
- Took a Level in Badass: Many times, but especially after his Training from Hell with Defteros.
- Two Guys and a Girl: With Yato and Yuzuriha. Also with Alone and Sasha.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Yato.
- What Beautiful Eyes!: Alone said that he could not find a shade of red beautiful enough to match Tenma's eyes. Also, in chapter 214, Alone apparently dreamed of Tenma before actually talking to him, and noted that Tenma's eyes were even more vivid than in his dream.◊
Unicorn Yato
Unicorn Yato
- Voiced by: Atsushi Abe (JP), Kyle McCarley (EN)
- Brought Down to Normal: At the end.
- Break the Cutie: In the Forest of the Dead, when tricked into believing that Tenma and Yuzuriha were killed.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: And this is where we first truly see that he really loves them, as he goes beyond his own limits to "avenge" them.
- Catchphrase: "The great Yato..."
- Determinator: Even though he knows his own limitations, he won't give up until the very end.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: Before turning into stone, he spends his last seconds preventing Tenma from falling into the same trap.
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: In chapter 216, when Tenma is convinced by the Lost Canvas that death is salvation and falls into an Angst Coma thinking that all his efforts to help them live are futile, Yato jumps in front of him - even when Hades is there - to help Tenma snap out of it.
- I Just Want to Be Special: As a kid, when he used to dream of being a "hero".
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Every little bit. Had he not been there for Tenma, Hades would not have been defeated.
- Jumped at the Call: When his older sister falls ill and he tries to take her to town to see a medic, they're attack by a Specter, and kid Yato tries to fight him despite being a child with zero experience! Big Damn Hero Scorpio Kardia shows up to save the day and (after the older sister is cured) takes Yato with him to the Sanctuary to become a Saint, something the young boy seems very eager about.
- The Lancer: He's basically Tenma's right hand.
- Ship Tease: Have a decent amount of this with Yuzuriha. By the end of the manga, both are depowered and sent to Jamir, where they're learning how to live as normal humans together, and gaidens shows they were still together. It's implied that Kiki, Mu's apprentice, is their descendant.
- Signature Move: Unicorn Gallop.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Downplayed. He is much more heroic than Unicorn Jabu and is a main character.
- Taken for Granite: Is turned into stone alongside most of Athena's army. Reverted by Athena.
- Two Guys and a Girl: With Tenma and Yuzuriha.
- Tsundere: A type A towards, surprisingly, Tenma. They are at first rivals, and Yato only agrees to help bring back Tenma from the Underworld because he thinks Athena/Sasha will be devastated if Tenma dies. However, he shows genuine concern for Tenma and really puts a lot of effort into helping him, and as the series progresses, they become friendlier and friendlier, enough for Yato to pull a Heroic Sacrifice for Tenma despite still bickering with him on a daily basis. As in the later parts of the series, Yato now seems to be the type B instead.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Tenma, and Yuzuriha to a lesser extent.
Minor Bronze Saints
Wolf Junkers, Lionet Bleriot, Bear Douglas and Hydra Curtis
- The Big Guy: Bear Douglas, the biggest Bronze Saint.
- Dead Person Conversation: To Tenma and Yato.
- Heroic Sacrifice: To activate the Ship of Hope.
- The Power of Friendship: Wolf Junkers rants about it quite a few times.
- The Smart Guy: Hydra Curtis. Sacrificed paving the way through wild thorns.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Wolf Nachi, Lionet Ban, Bear Geki and Hydra Ichi.
Silver Saints
Crane Yuzuriha
Crane Yuzuriha
- Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (JP), Tara Sands (EN)
- Action Girl: Trained in combat from a very early age.
- Distaff Counterpart: Of Hyoga, in a really vague way. She has, at least, killed someone close to her, which was practically a Running Gag for Hyoga. The personalities are also similar. Also, both wear Cloths based on birds.
- Facial Markings: It seems to be common for her race, as Sage, Hakurei, Shion and Mu also have it.
- Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind: Her skimpy dressing style contrasts greatly with her calm, mature personality.
- Huge Girl, Tiny Guy: She is really tall comparing to Tenma and Yato. This also implies that she's quite older than them.
- Mask Power: Even if she hates wearing it. At first, she did wear it after getting back the Silver Cloth and would only remove it in front of Tenma and Yato. But later, she ditches the mask completely.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: Played With. Her outfit is entirely open from neck to navel, save for a Sarashi wrapped at her chest.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: When Yato rescues Tenma from Manigoldo's cage, Yuzuriha greets them with her Silver Cloth on and her mask. It makes Tenma freak out, thinking that a Silver Saint has followed them, even though it is clearly Yuzuriha. (for us audience, anyway...)
- Psychic Powers
- Scarf of Asskicking: She wears it as a keepsake from her mother, and it seems she has absolutely no problem fighting in it, even though we all know that in real life, when you fight, the last thing you want is to have a long, thick scarf restricting your movements.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful!: Doesn't have a problem with showing people her face, though she points out that she doesn't wear it because of Yato and Tenma.
- Ship Tease:
- The anime, especially, likes to hint at Shion/Yuzuriha.
- Don't forget her moments with Yato. Specially in the ending, where they get stuck together in Jamir after losing their powers. She even gets angry and smacks him when he laments on their situation! Yato seems to have a mild crush on her, as he blushes when Yuzuriha says that she will only remove her mask in front of him, and get disappointed when she mentions "Oh, and Tenma too!" She actually just abandons the mask afterwards anyway, though. It's implied that Kiki, Mu's apprentice, is Yato & Yuzuriha's descendant.
- Show Some Leg: Both the manga and anime focus a lot on her legs, letting her wearing stockings/high boots and kicking a lot.
- The Stoic
- Tsundere: A mild example for Yato. She gets slightly angry and disappointed in the last chapter when he said they should go back to the Sanctuary instead stay stuck up in Jamir together. They do remain there, anyway.
- Taken for Granite: Reverted by Athena.
- Two Guys and a Girl: With Tenma and Yato.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: A rare female example. Considering that all she uses to cover her upper body is a bunch of bandages, and her Silver Cloth doesn't help much in covering her chest further, it's safe to say that, yes, she spents the whole series shirtless.
Altar Hakurei
Altar Hakurei
- The Blacksmith: Very skilled in the art of fixing Cloths.
- Blood Knight: Implied in chapter 88, downright confirmed in following chapters.
- Mentor Archetype: To Tenma and co.
- Old Master: To Shion, Yuzuriha, Tokusa and Atla.
- Survivor Guilt: Being one of the survivors of the previous Holy War.
- Twin Switch: As he and Sage are twins and he isn't very well-known, preferring to work behind the scenes, he poses as his brother after the latter's death, so the morale of the army won't decay over the loss of its leader.
Minor Silver Saints
Cerberus, Auriga and Sagitta Saints
- Adaptation Expansion: The anime shows them on the trail of Skeleton Soldiers in Italy, on a mission to locate the Forest Cathedral.
- Came Back Wrong: Brought back by Hades, they were used as puppets in an attempt to kill Athena.
- Deadly Disc: Auriga's killer saucers.
- Epic Flail: Cerberus's weapon is a big flail.
- Fighting from the Inside: Though they're forced by Hades's power to attack Athena, they're internally struggling against it.
- No Name Given: Only their Cloth names are known.
- Out-Gambitted: Pandora lured them into a trap. She knew they would leave at least one Skeleton alive so he would run back into the Forest Cathedral and they could follow it and discover the location; the moment they arrive there, however, they're immediately surrounded by strong Specters and killed.
- Rain of Arrows: Sagitta, and no they are not just Annoying Arrows.
- Sacrificial Lamb: They are killed fairy early and are irrelevant to the plot.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Cerberus Dante, Auriga Capella and Sagitta Ptolemy.
- Tears of Blood: Cerberus, asking for Athena's forgiveness upon being freed of Hades's power (that is, mortally wounded).
Vela Tsubaki, Puppis Lacaille (and Pyxis Rusk)
- Adaptation Expansion: Their roles are expanded in the anime (they're given names, to begin with...)
- Back Story: Lacaille, in the Capricorn Anecdotes.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Their Combination Attack against Oneiros fails, since their opponent is a Physical God.
- Honor Before Reason: Against El Cid warnings, they attempt to fight a Dream God. It doesn't end well for them.
- Mauve Shirt: In the anime, when they're introduced and have some development before their battle against Oneiros. In the manga, they're just Red Shirts instead.
Gold Saints
See Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas Gold Saints.Others
Atla
Atla
- Big Damn Heroes: The one responsible for teleporting Yato and Yuzuriha away from the Lost Canvas when it was falling apart from the sky.
- Child Prodigy
- Composite Character: His role is similar to Kiki's, though he looks suspiciously like Mu.
- Facial Markings
- Mass Teleportation: Able to teleport an entire army from the Sanctuary in Greece to the vicinities of the Forest Cathedral in Italy.
- Psychic Powers: Said to be Hakurei's most skilled disciple in terms of psychokinesis.
- Shonen Hair
Aldebaran Disciples
Teneo
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Blue hair in the manga, black hair in the anime.
- Badass Armfold: Once he earns the Taurus cloth.
- Big Damn Heroes: Saves Celintha and Agasha just in time from a landslide during the Taurus Gaiden.
- The Big Guy: Has immense physical strength, even before he earns his cloth.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: His hair has grown a lot by the time of the Taurus Gaiden.
- Meaningful Name: Means "to know," "to hold", or "to understand."
- Ship Tease: Blushes when he sees Celintha without her mask, but this is also due to the sanctuary rules about the masks.
- Survivor Guilt: As one of the few survivors of the Holy War.
- Taking Up the Mantle: Succeeds Taurus Hasgard by earning the Taurus gold cloth after the war and taking up the name "Aldebaran".
- Two Guys and a Girl: Trains together with Celintha and Salo.
Salo
- Cry into Chest: When Celintha was comforting him after Hasgard's death.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: Died in Teneo's arms after Hades' illusion at the castle.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Tried to run away from the sanctuary when he was younger. He changed his mind and decided to stick it out after Hasgard saved them.
- Spared By Adaptation: In the anime, where Hades never casts the illusion with Pope Sage that leads to the demise of a substantial amount of Athena's army
- Spell My Name With An S: Salo or Saro.
- The Baby of the Bunch: The youngest and easily most childish of the named trainees, particularly in his own trio.
- Two Guys and a Girl: Trains together with Teneo and Celintha.
Celintha
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Light brown hair in the manga, light blue hair in the anime. In the newest colored manga pages, her hair is now a bluish green close to her anime hair color.
- Back Story: Got one in the Taurus Gaiden
- Chickification: Shows no sign of having the strength of a former Saint trainee by the time of Taurus Gaiden.
- Cool Big Sis: To Salo in the main manga, to the other orphans adopted by Cor Tauri in flashback part the Gaiden, and finally to Agasha and her younger brother in the "present day" of the Gaiden
- Grave-Marking Scene: Visits Hasgard's and Salo's grave during the Taurus Gaiden.
- Parental Abandonment: Abandoned by her parents in the Labyrinth under Crete
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Quits trying to become a Saint after Aldebaran's death.
- Spell My Name With An S: Celintha or Salinsa.
- Two Guys and a Girl: Trains together with Teneo and Salo.
