Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas: Difference between revisions

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== A-C ==

* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: Sasha, Athena reincarnated, is only fourteen. Alone is just one year older.

* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Crane Yuzuriha.

* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Capricorn El Cid's signature move Excalibur, Alone/Hades's sword.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: Some details about Athena's past life, Hades's past vessel, Cheshire's battle moves and official division within the Specter army... all revealed via DVD/Blu-Ray booklet.

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Cait Sith Cheshire, {{spoiler|Gemini}} Defteros.

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Minotaur Gordon. [[Blade Below the Shoulder|Metaphorically]].

* [[An Ice Person]]: Aquarius Degel, Krest.

* [[Art Initiates Life]]: A cruel inversion with Alone: Everything he paints ''dies''. [[True Art Is Angsty|His eventual goal is to paint the entire Universe and destroy it]]. {{spoiler|He's nearly managed it, too!}}

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Leo Regulus. Nothing escapes him.

* [[Bad Habits]]: Hypnos usually disguises himself as a priest. He's posing as one when introduced.

* [[Badass Boast]]: Cancer Manigoldo claims he's "the kind of man even Gods need to watch out for". {{spoiler|Considering he was able to destroy the ''entire'' body of a god, admittedly at the cost of his life, when the best Seiya and company could do to that god was prick his finger without their God Cloths, he's quite right.}}

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Aquarius Degel, Balron René.

* [[Badass Cape]]: All the Gold Saints with a badass wind to blow it in some cool way.

* [[Badass Long Robe]]: Sage, Hypnos, Thanatos, Alone.

* [[Barrier Maiden]]: Before the rosary that seals the Specters' souls is created, Athena herself sustains a barrier that prevents them to be resurrected.

* [[Battle Aura]]: Cosmo energy is depicted as something similar to fire.

** Dohko's first battle in the series also happens under rainfall.

* [[Berserk Button]]: {{spoiler|The mere presence of Wyvern Rhadamanthys, his father's murderer, is this to Leo Regulus.}}

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Tenma, Sasha and Alone perish after their last attack against Hades, only a handful survive ([[Foregone Conclusion|Shion and Dohko]], Teneo, Yato, Yuzuriha, Atla, Cheshire and Pandora), Athena's army is practically destroyed, the Sanctuary is desolated and empty -- but the sky shines bright with the hope of the next generation.}}

* [[Bizarrchitecture]]: Lost Canvas. Fair enough, since it's a gigantic materialized painting.

** Also, Kardia and his overheating heart, Albafica and his poisonous blood and in a rare villian example: Basilisk Sylphid {{spoiler|who also deals with something similar to Albafica}}.

* [[Blind Seer]]: Asmita

* [[Blood Magic]]: Divine blood, used for many kinds of magic. It can grant you a ridiculously large lifespan (albeit with a [[De-Power]]) can turn you into a [[Physical God]] when injected into your veins (as long as you don't die), it can instantly upgrade your [[Power Armor]]...

* [[Bloody Murder]]: Albafica.

* [[Broad Strokes]]: There are only a few similarities between this and Kurumada's own story taking place during the same time. However, a few do spring up, such as both versions of the Garuda Specter having the name Suikyo.

* [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]: Because few victories come without cost.

* [[Co-Dragons]]: Hypnos, Thanatos and Pandora.

* [[Cold Flames]]: Cancer Manigoldo's Ignis Fatuus.

* [[Combat Tentacles]]: Alraune Queen.

* [[Conveniently an Orphan|Conveniently Orphans]]: Almost everyone, justified since it's the 18th century Europe.

* [[Creepy Cathedral]]: Forest Cathedral, the [[Big Bad]]'s headquarters on Earth.

* [[Creepy Centipedes]]: Yato faces a monstrous (and talking) one in the Forest of the Dead.

* [[Creepy Crossdresser]]: Nasu Veronica, Phantasos.

* [[Creepy Twins]]: Hypnos/Thanatos. One can materialize '''''anything''''' he imagines to toy with his victims; the other can murder people from ''another dimension'' by simply '''wishing''' it. [[Black Lagoon|Hansel and Gretel]] seem harmless compared to them...

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: {{spoiler|Gemini Aspros' defeat takes about half a chapter at the hands of Mephistopheles Youma.}}

** ''Subverted''. Recent chapters {{spoiler|revealed Aspros survived their battle and came back for a rematch. A fight that was in Aspros's favor the entire way through as he systematically overcame everything Youma sent his way, ending with [[And I Must Scream|sealing Youma's soul inside Asmita's rosary.]]}}

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Tenma, Manigoldo, Regulus, Yuzuriha, even [[The Dragon|Pandora]].

* [[Dark Is Evil]]: Hades and his Specters.

** Cait Sith Cheshire, although with white hair.

* [[The Dark Side]]: Alone. {{spoiler|He regains control over his body, still has Hades powers and decides to go ahead with the Lost Canvas plan.}}

* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: Scorpio Kardia's most powerful version of his signature attack, Katakaio Antares, falls in this category. {{spoiler|Luckily, he doesn't mind as he has a degenerative heart disease and just wants a really good fight before dying}}.

** Leo Regulus' Zodiac Clamation.

* [[Death Seeker]]: {{spoiler|Alone}}.

* [[Determinator]]: Tenma is reaching Seiya's level during his fight against {{spoiler|his own mother, Owl Partita}}.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Several instances, like the fight between Manigoldo and Thanatos.

* [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?]]: Pope Sage and Thanatos.

* [[Disability Superpower]]: Averted with El Cid, he was still able to use Excalibur even after getting his forearm cut off {{spoiler|when one of his own attacks got reflected back to him.}}

* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Wyvern Rhadamanthys is a master of this.}}

* [[Don't Look Back]]: The prime rule for those who enter the sea of clouds in the Lost Canvas. [[Taken for Granite|Some just can't resist...]]

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Gemini Aspros ends up committing suicide after his failed coup d'état, rather than to atone for what he had done.}}

** {{spoiler|Kagaho's [[Dead Little Sister|little brother]] Sui}}, as he thought he was a burden for his older brother.

* [[The Evil Prince]]: Hades's previous [[Soul Jar]] was said to be a young prince by Teshirogi.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Gemini Aspros.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Sagittarius Sisyphus and Taurus Rasgado.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Alone, in a major way kicked off by a gigantic [[Kick the Dog]] moment.

* [[Gender Bender]]: Phantasos.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Leo Regulus

* [[The Greatest Story Never Told]]: Almost! {{spoiler|If Sasha had arrived some minutes later, no one would ever know of Aspros's [[Heel Face Turn]] and that he sacrificed his own life in order to defeat Youma/Kairos and seal him for good. She's the only one to know, because she arrived on the spot little time before his death.}}

* [[Grim Up North]]: Bluegard.

** {{spoiler|Manigoldo, Kardia, Regulus...}}

** And {{spoiler|Basilisk Sylphid.}}

** {{spoiler|Aquarius Degel might also count, since his sight was also greatly damaged that he couldn't see anything farther than a few inches away clearly.}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Gemini Aspros, after his fight with Defteros.}}

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Dohko wields the Libra Sword to fight Minotaur Gordon and his [[An Axe to Grind|axe arm]].

* [[Heroic RROD]]: {{spoiler|Leo Regulus.}}

** {{spoiler|Owl Partita, personal messenger to Athena, reborn as a human to care for Pegasus' soul as his mother -- and switched sides, becoming the guardian of the temple of Uranus. Her fight against Tenma is so he can get enough [[Heroic Resolve]] to overcome any obstacle, including killing his own mother, in order to bring down Hades.}}

** Mephistopheles Youma.

* [[Ho Yay]]: For the fangirls, this is just added fuel for their Dohko/Shion fanfics! It doesn't help that every single Expy got [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|very, very pretty.]]

*** Radamanthys/Regulus on the front cover of Chapter 200 as well as during their fight.

*** Alone/Hades with Tenma too especially at the moment when he takes Tenma's head in his hands very close to him as if to give him a kiss. This goes [[Up to Eleven]] in the latest chapters (past 212).

* [[Hope Sprouts Eternal]]: {{spoiler|If you're not too cynical about the ending, specially considering the [[Foregone Conclusion]] that this war will happen again in the future.}}

* [[Human Popsicle]]: {{spoiler|Aquarius Degel and Seraphina.}}

* [[Hurting Hero]]: Tenma.

* [[I Am Not Left-Handed|I Am Not Right-Handed]]: Scorpio Kardia pulls this on his fight against Rhadamanthys. Literally.

* [[I Am Your Opponent]]: Griffin Minos to Pisces Albafica, then later [[Big Damn Hero|Pisces Albafica to Griffin Minos]]; Taurus Aldebaran to Bennu Kagaho; Scorpio Kardia to Wyvern Rhadamanthys; Sagittarius Sisyphus to Garuda Aiacos; Libra Dohko to Bennu Kagaho, at the temple of terra; and finally [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Gemini Aspros to Mephistopheles Youma]].

** {{spoiler|Regulus}} impales {{spoiler|Rhadamanthys}} with a fist coated in [[Shock and Awe]] and rips off his heart.

** {{spoiler|Tenma}} ultimately defeats {{spoiler|Alone}} with a [[Power Fist]] that pierces through his body.

* [[Implacable Man]]: {{spoiler|Rhadamanthys. Survived getting his heart pierced by Kardia; getting it ripped out by Regulus; and survived long enough, after being cut in half by Alone, to unseal Athena's power, and still save Pandora as his last act as an Specter.}}

* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: {{spoiler|Leo Ilias}}.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Alone's justifications. Living means suffering :: Living is bad :: If you're not alive, you won't suffer :: Death is salvation from suffering.

 

 

== J-L ==

** Virgo Asmita absolutely qualifies.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Pandora}}.

** {{spoiler|She also not only treats Harpy Valentine as one, but even calls Radamantys one as well.}} {{spoiler|Then Radamanthys does the same to his loyal subordinate, Valentine, by piercing his chest with his fist.}}

* [[Kill'Em All]]: The series is ''really'' known for having minimal plot armor. {{spoiler|As of chapter 212, Shion and Dohko are out of commission, only Sasha and Tenma remain capable of making a stand, barely.}}

* [[Killed Off for Real]] : See [[Kill'Em All]].

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Arguably, Alone. {{spoiler|Not Hades, Alone.}}

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: The Lost Canvas itself. It basically depicts a whole lot of angels, which {{spoiler|eventually gain a life of their own to block Tenma's attacks in his final confrontation with Alone.}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Taurus Rasgado, the fastest Saint.

* [[Living Weapon]] : {{spoiler|Mephistopheles Youma claims Pegasus Tenma is this and that he plans to harvest his soul in order to take down the Olympus Gods}}.

* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: {{spoiler|Morpheus' realm in which Tenma was trapped and shown happy visions of his childhood with Sasha and Alone.}}

* [[Meditation Powerup]]: Virgo Asmita.

* [[Mega Manning]]: Leo Regulus's signature ability.

* [[Monstrosity Equals Weakness]]: On the Specter side. Usually, the big and menacing ones are quite weak, while the [[Bishounen Line|smaller and more handsome]] ones are the real threat.

* [[Motive Rant]]: Youma gets one when he reveals his true nature to {{spoiler|Aspros}}... which [[Kirk Summation|is then swiftly deflated when it's pointed out how pathetic he really is.]]

* [[Noble Demon]]: Bennu Kagaho and Harpy Valentine, {{spoiler|Wyvern Radamanthys}}.

* [[Obfuscating Disability]]: Virgo Asmita's blindness.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Veronica singing Psalm 23.

* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: Veronica plays one while manipulating the corpses of children.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: After being humiliated by {{spoiler|Gemini Aspros}}, Mephistopheles Youma revealed his true nature as {{spoiler|the [[Physical God]] Kairos.}}

* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: It happens to Tenma early on, thanks to a highly unlikely bulletproof vest. {{spoiler|Wyvern Radamanthys, Libra Dohko and Gemini Aspros as well.}}

** {{spoiler|And Radamantys, which everyone thought had died at the hands of Scorpio Kardia}}

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Youma is always in a good mood and making fun of everybody else, even when he's being a [[Complete Monster]]... when he isn't cheery, run away '''really''' fast.

 

 

== P-R ==

* [[Pervert Dad]]: {{spoiler|Mephistopheles Yoma. He stops Pandora by grabbing her breasts from behind. [[Flat What|What.]]}}

* [[Petal Power]]: Albafica.

* [[Physical God]]: {{spoiler|Wyvern Rhadamanthys}} after being blessed with Hades's blood.

* [[Please Wake Up]]: Yato to Tenma after the Holy War's first battle in Italy.

* [[Poisonous Person]]: Albafica, Sylphid.

* [[Power Makes Your Hair Grow]]: Happens to Sasha {{spoiler|when she regains her divine powers, previously sealed by Alone.}}

* [[The Power of Blood]]: Athena, Albafica.

* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: Deep Niobe to ''[[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Pisces Albafica]]'' and Bennu Kagaho to Taurus Aldebaran. Interesting since this trope is usually reserved for the heroes instead of the villains.

* [[Pure Is Not Good]]: {{spoiler|DAMMIT ALONE!}}

* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The Underworld, with a waterfall of blood and all.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Loads, but Atlantis takes the cake.

* [[Shock and Awe]]: Pandora's signature attack.

* [[Show Some Leg]]: Crane Yuzuriha, Lady Pandora, {{spoiler|Owl Partita}}.

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: Averted. The difficulty of the enemies varies ranging from simply strong Specters like Kagaho, the three Judges, Thanatos and Hypnos. In fact, a good deal of energy is put forth into defeating Thanatos and Hypnos, Hades's [[The Dragon|Dragons]] before they even finish off the Judges!

* [[Soul Jar]]: {{spoiler|Lady Seraphina for Poseidon, and Alone for Hades.}}

* [[Spikes of Doom]]: All over the place in Jamir.

* [[Start of Darkness]]: Gemini Aspros and Defteros when {{spoiler|Mephistopheles Youma was the one that stirred up the rivalry between them and tricked Aspros into fearing and hating Defteros when they were younger.}}

* [[Tragic Villain]]: Pandora.

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: {{spoiler|The opening for the 2nd season shows Sisyphus's corruption and Gemini Aspros.}}

* [[The Unfavourite]]: While Aspros was loved and respected by everyone in the Sanctuary, his younger twin Defteros was treated with utter disdain and hostility. Apparently, said treatment is based on an old lore, which claims thats an older Gemini twin shall be born under an auspicious star, while the younger one shall bring disgrace and chaos. {{spoiler|[[Irony|Oh the irony]].}}

* [[Unperson]]: In the backstory, {{spoiler|what Kronos did to Kairos/Youma, erasing all evidence of him from history. It is also the reason of why [[Rage Against the Heavens|he wants to take down the Olympus Gods]]}}.

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Hypnos is occasionally seen calmly having tea and enjoying the view from a balcony in the Forest Cathedral. He and Thanatos also seem to be fond of playing chess.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Tenma and Yato.

** Pandora even mentions that Alone's eyes are beautiful and lively, although full of soul-crushing sadness.

* [[Whip It Good]]: Balron René's weapon of choice.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Subverted, when the 18th century Aldebaran goes down killing numerous Specters, including one who nobody else present had a chance against.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Leo Regulus has no problems in physically fighting Behemoth Violate.

* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: {{spoiler|So Tenma has mortally wounded Alone, this is the end, right? Nope, turns out that badly injuring Alone rather than outright killing him allowed Hades to fully manifest right away.}}

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Yuzuriha

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