The Original Saint Seiya Story

Long, long ago, the God of Chaos, Chaos, created a world of chaos! This was the age of the first generation of gods. Later, when Gaia, goddess of the earth, joined with Uranus, their son Cronus ambushed him, cut off his manhood, and cast it into the sea, where it became Aphrodite, goddess of love. Uranus's body became the sky, while Gaia's became the earth. Thus Cronus overthrew his father, Uranus, the first king of the gods, and became the second king of the gods. But then the three brothers Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon appeared, forming an invincible alliance. Once again, a king of the gods was overthrown by his sons, and Zeus became the third king of all the gods. Yet the brothers' divine power was so immense that no god capable of matching them ever appeared. With the six realms entirely under his control, King Zeus gradually became debauched and wanton, bringing one disaster after another upon the realms. When Athena, goddess of wisdom, was born, she could no longer tolerate the three creator gods doing as they pleased. She descended to the mortal realm and was born as a human, then waged a war against the gods that lasted more than two thousand years. With the arrival of the goddess of wisdom, a group of exceptionally valiant young men appeared one after another. Legend says each possessed extraordinary skills, able to split the clear sky with a punch and cleave the earth with a kick. These fierce warriors were given the mightiest title of all: Saints! This book covers every Saint from the age of myth through the Omega era, more than five thousand in all! Beginning with the first to appear, Dakuyuki, we embark on this thrilling journey!