When evil gods invade the Earth,
the warriors known as Saints always appear.
A new legend of the young Saints begins now!
Once, Saint Seiya and his friends fought Mars,
the evil god of war.
During the battle, a meteorite fell
from the heavens, ending the fight.
And two young lives, covered in Cosmo
of darkness and light, were left behind.
The girl was taken by Mars,
and the boy by the goddess Athena.
What a cruel fate awaits you.
But keep the Cosmo in your heart burning.
And live strong!
The Strongest Army! The Gold Saints Assemble!
The Strongest Army.
The Gold Saints Assemble.
This is the Sanctuary, headquarters of the Saints.
The young Koga, and the goddess
who rules over the Earth's peace, Athena,
AKA Kido Saori, enjoyed a brief peace.
Goddess Athena, Kido Saori
However...
Koga's fight as a Saint is about to begin.
Koga
Athena,
I have come for you.
Sagittarius Seiya
Thank you, Seiya.
Impressive, Gold Saint.
I have been waiting for this,
Mars, God of the Planet Mars
Pegasus Seiya.
As have I.
What's wrong?
A Cosmo that weak
will never even touch my Galaxy!
I shall stop you.
Luber Sidus Gungnir!
Pegasus
Ryu Sei Ken!
After their battle,
even the legendary Saints who had come to stop Mars
were infected with the darkness,
and could no longer burn their Cosmo.
Time passed,
and Athena gave the grown Koga to the
Silver Saint Ophiuchus Shina to train him to become a saint.
Koga
Ophiuchus Shina
Koga, take this.
What is it?
Something very important.
You keep it.
You want me to?
Are you sure?
But then, the revived Mars appeared before them.
Wanting to protect Athena, Koga finally awakened as a Saint.
Pegasus Koga
Pegasus
Ryu Sei Ken!
That is...
But before Mars's vast power,
Koga was helpless,
and Athena was taken away.
Koga decided to go on a journey, in order to save Athena.
Sharpen your senses till you can feel every single one of your cells.
And then focus that expanded consciousness on a single point...
And make it explode!
You're amazing!
I have a name, you know.
My name's Soma.
Lionet Soma
Lionet Soma.
After meeting Soma,
Koga went to the training grounds for young Saints,
the Palaestra, in search for information on Athena.
So, where is Athena?
Athena is in her temple.
Really?
Is she safe?
I would assume so.
Then where is her temple located?
Beyond the twelve houses of the Zodiac in the Sanctuary.
So if I go there, I can see her?
Someone like you has no cause to meet her.
But if you became a Gold Saint, things would be different.
Bronze, Silver, and the highest is Gold.
There are currently two Gold Saints.
The rest are absent at this time,
so it falls to the Palaestra
to train the next generation.
So I just need to become a Gold Saint, right?
It isn't that simple...
Aquila Yuna.
That is the rule I follow in my heart.
Dragon Ryuho
I need a strong Cosmo.
I guess you have at least a few brain cells.
Wolf Haruto
And thus, Koga began his days of training to become a saint
at the Palaestra, in hopes of reuniting with Athena.
There, he would meet dear companions and strengthen his Cosmo.
And then he heard that Athena would be coming to the Palaestra.
Saori-san...
No...
You aren't Saori-san...
You aren't Athena.
Who are you?
Where is Saori-san?
This is Athena-sama!
You must not approach her.
You aren't Athena...
You're...
Resonating.
It's like mine,
a light Cosmo!
Aria
She was actually an unfortunate girl,
whose power was being used by Mars,
and who had been forced into the role of Athena.
Her name was Aria.
And Ionia, Headmaster of the Palaestra,
despite holding the highest rank, Gold Saint,
Capricorn Ionia
was helping Mars.
Through Aria's power, the Palaestra became a dark prison.
And then, finally, Mars destroyed the Sanctuary,
creating the Tower of Babel.
Meanwhile, Koga and his friends launched
a desperate plan to rescue Aria.
Aria!
Aria...
Is that your name?
You saved me, didn't you?
Thank you, Aria.
Just like I promised, this time
I'll save you!
Where is Athena-sama, Bronze Saint?
I will never let you have Aria.
If you want her back, you'll have to take her by force!
Let's fight!
Like the king of beasts, I have fangs
and the most noble pride among all the Gold Saints.
Leo Mycenae!
Leo Mycenae
Koga-kun!
Koga-kun...
Where is Athena-sama?
He's too strong...
He's just too strong for us!
We'll never be able to beat him!
However...
I can't run away!
A splendid Cosmo.
Mars!
Where is Athena? Where is Saori-san?
Farewell, Pegasus!
You still had that much power?
However, that light has nearly vanished.
I shall protect the young Saints!
Luber Sidus Gungnir!
Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken!
After being saved by Seiya,
the young Saints barely succeeded in rescuing Athena.
But they were accused of being traitors who have kidnapped Athena.
Mars's servant Sonia,
Hornet Sonia
alongside many Silver Saints, blocked their way.
Crow Johan
Hound Miguel
Aria told them that before stopping the Tower of Babel,
they had to destroy the cores of the five ruins draining the Earth's Cosmo.
Young Saints, the time has come to entrust Athena to you.
Save Athena and defeat Mars. By your own power!
Save Athena...
Saori-san...
Follow the path of light!
Hydra Ichi
With Seiya's hopes driving them on,
they met many people during their travels with Aria.
Among them were
the legendary Saints Shun and Shiryu.
Andromeda Shun
Dragon Shiryu
And with their help, they overcame many obstacles.
With only the thunder ruins remaining,
they faced Mars's son,
the Bronze Saint of Orion, Eden.
Orion Eden
I never want to see her suffering like that again...
She's finally begun to smile.
I'm going to protect her!
Burn, my Cosmo...
Burn!
You can't protect anything!
Stop!
Stop it, please!
I'll go...
I'll go with you to Mars.
Thank you,
Koga.
Wait!
Don't go...
Aria!
With Aria taken by Eden, Koga fell into despair.
But then, he met a mysterious man.
Show me your real Cosmo!
Believe in your power.
Believe in your Cosmo!
Diamond Dust!
I want to save Aria...
Aria...
Through this encounter,
Koga gained the resolve to
challenge Eden to a rematch, to rescue Aria.
We did it!
We destroyed the Thunder Core.
I'll make you pay.
Allowing you to live hurts Aria...
That's my line!
You can't have Aria.
I won't let her return to Mars!
I'll destroy you with my next attack.
Let's go, Eden!
Stop it!
No!
Don't let the darkness suck you in!
Everyone...
When Aria's light and Koga's darkness went out of control,
they all fell into the darkness ruins.
Inside the darkness ruins,
Aria awoke to the true power of light.
With her light,
Koga was able to stop the darkness from waking,
and alongside his friends, he faced Mars.
Pegasus
Ryu Sei Ken!
However, Aria lost her life at Mars's hands.
Aria!
Aria... Aria!
Aria!
Koga...
I don't have to return to Mars, do I?
But you must go, all of you.
Stop Mars!
Protect this world.
Aria...
Go...
There's no time.
Aria!
Aria used the last of her power
to send them to the Tower of Babel's entrance.
Mars-sama,
the Gold Saints have assembled.
Now, let us begin.
At last, the battle moves
to the twelve houses of the Zodiac, where the Gold Saints wait.
Young Saints, now is the time to work together to stop Mars's plans!
To Be Continued