Knights of the Zodiac 26
Posted: April 11, 2011 Filed under: Knights of the Zodiac 1 Comment »Masami Kurumada – Viz – 2008 – 28 volumes
Aww. These kept getting better and better, and I was a little sad to see things level off here. Actually, come to think of it, when I say “level off,” I just mean that the fighting was way less insane. There are still some mind-boggling plot points on display here.
My enthusiasm was diminished somewhat by a rather stereotypical scene of Hades being… purged, for lack of a better and non-spoiler word. If there’s one thing this series is not, it’s stereotypical. The characters are constantly doing things that defy logic, so seeing them sit through what is mostly a long pep talk, spouting the usual lines for this situation, wasn’t that cool.
What was cool was the fact that the characters then face… the Wall of Lamentation. The Wall of Lamentation is a wall that can only be passed by the gods, and of course Sienna/Athena and Hades go behind this wall after the initial purging. So how can Seiya and the other bronze knights follow? Virgo Shaka uses his powers to try to get through, and I’d like to think he’s almost a god, but he doesn’t make a dent. And if the cosmic powers of Virgo Shaka can’t make a dent, Seiya’s Meteor Punch doesn’t do much good a little later, either.
So how can we get past the Wall of Lamentation?
It will take all the Gold Knights. There is a power that triggers only when all 12 are together. I don’t even know how they figure out they need this power, but they do.
“But half of them are dead!” you say.
That never stopped anybody in Saint Seiya.
And it was spectacular.
Spoiler for the volume.
Yeah having all the dead ones coming to their help was pretty cool. It even makes sense since they are in Hell after all. ^^
Anyway the gold saints are really dead this time. All of them. For real. No more coming back.
So you’re about to start the final chapter. Enjoy. ;)