[narrator] It is said that every several hundred years,
the goddess Athena is reincarnated.
And now a new Athena has been born into this world,
but, this time, under a dark prophecy that she will lead mankind to ruin.
The warriors who protected the goddess Athena were known as Knights.
Today, a new generation of Knights control the fate of the world.
They are called the Knights of the Zodiac.
[rock music playing]
♪ Hold it in your heart ♪
♪ Cosmo is a part of you ♪
♪ Burning heart, gotta flow ♪
♪ Don't you stop it, let it go ♪
♪ Prophecies are made A galaxy so far from here ♪
♪ But you don't need them now Stay strong, and believe what you feel ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Pegasus of destiny No one can take away from you ♪
♪ Now your hope is the sky ♪
♪ And your dreams are the wings Are gonna take you high ♪
♪ Saint Seiya ♪
♪ The stars out there keep calling ♪
♪ Forever, we'll stay with you To the end ♪
♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
♪ They say that all boys Are born true fighters ♪
- ♪ Remember we can do this ♪ - ♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Then fly away ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
[narrator] Previously on Saint Seiya...
Pisces Aphrodite!
It is time for me to dominate the world.
[attacking yell]
Something's... strange.
[scream]
GO! THUNDER WAVE!
I don't want to fight... but I will.
I'll fight you to your dying breath.
What?! This one's not like the other Bronze Knights...
And not just them. She's even beyond Silver Knights!
What it is she has? It's extraordinary!
So Daedalus had a reason for letting you escape my attack on Andromeda Island.
He hoped to protect you.
You overestimate your skills.
They are not enough to face a Gold Knight.
[frustrated]
ROYAL DEMON ROSE!
I've seen this before.
That attack won't work against me!
ROLLING DEFENSE!
- [smirk] - [surprised]
Ungh... So dizzy...
Is this the effect of the Demon Rose's poison?
You said you would unleash your true power,
so I will show you due respect. A tiny bit more of my power.
[pained]
[frustrated]
Do my Demon Roses smell as sweet as the death they deliver?
[struggling]
We knights are destined to fight.
But if you're unwilling to battle... then you're not elegant at all.
[pained]
If this had been a real battle, you'd have died fifteen times today!
You've been here for ten years.
Aren't you ashamed that you haven't made an inch of progress?
Now on your feet!
[pained]
Shaun!
Stay out of this, Genet.
Shaun has nothing left.
Anything more will kill her...
Master Daedalus, please.
You do not understand.
Hmm?
Shaun... Show me the real strength that sleeps deep in your heart.
If you don't, then all that awaits you... is death.
[gasp]
Genet?
You're finally awake huh?
- Try not to move Shaun, or you'll-- - [pained groan]
Or you'll feel like that.
I had to carry you back here.
And you're not exactly light. Just sayin'.
You took care of me again.
Of course.
If I'd left you lying outside, you might have died.
You always have my back, Genet...
Thank you.
You can thank me by quitting.
Huh?
I'm serious.
Walk away. At this rate, you'll die before you become a Knight.
I can't quit. I have to find my brother.
You're not gonna be reunited with him if you're dead.
Take the next boat off the island to escape.
I'll stay and take care of the rest.
Genet...
Knights have to protect the goddess
and use their bodies as weapons to fight for justice.
You're supposed to fight.
Shaun, when we spar, you've never even...
[pained]
The only reason you've survived this long is
because Master Daedalus stops before he kills you!
I know... I totally get it.
But...
[Shaun] No matter how bad this place is, I still feel blessed.
At least here I have Master Daedalus... and I have you...
Shaun...
It's just... there's something that's been bothering me,
about learning and using my Cosmo.
It's a feeling that it... could harm those around me.
I might lose people again if I use my true Cosmo...
and I'm scared.
Hmm
[struggling]
Shaun, what are you doing?!
Master Daedalus, can't you help her?!
Quiet, Genet! This is what she wants.
But why?!
For the sacrifice.
The sacrifice is the greatest trial on Andromeda Island.
Originated when Andromeda, Queen of Ethiopia,
was chained up as an offering to a sea monster.
Thus, these chains are no ordinary chains.
They come from the Armor of Andromeda and are unbreakable.
The only way to escape is
- to burn one's Cosmo to their limit. - [struggling]
Master, she can't handle this. It's... cruel.
Only one who can escape the chains earns the right
to wear the Bronze Andromeda Armor!
[Shaun] There it is! I have to get it.
Then I can see my brother.
But if I release my true Cosmo... I could hurt them.
No! I can't!
[surprised inhale]
[struggling]
Shaun!!
Master!
Get a hold of yourself, Genet.
Shaun took this on knowing she might die.
We cannot interfere.
Master, please forgive me!
[pained]
[struggling]
[shocked]
Noooo!
[groan]
[surprised] [determined effort]
The sacrifice!!
Incredible!
[grunt]
[panting]
Shaun!
Master, I understand now.
Cosmo can be used to protect people.
That's why I have to give it my all.
That's right, Shaun...
[gasp]
[breathing hard]
[exhale]
[growl]
Ah...
Those eyes... They're beautiful.
Show me what you call your full power, Andromeda!
Take this!
THUNDER WAVE!
What?! Impossible!
His rose blocked my Triangle Chain?!
You've been struck by the Royal Demon Roses.
You'll be dead soon.
But it seems that you refuse to wait quietly for your end.
So then... I'll grant you death.
- Right here and now. - [frustrated]
Dance, my black roses!
PIRANHA ROSE!
Wha...
The Andromeda Chains are unbreakable... How is that possible?!
The red Demon Roses cause a slow death.
The black roses kill instantly.
The thorns chew through anything they touch,
just like the teeth of a piranha.
[frustrated]
Now, my black roses will chew your body to dust!
PIRANHA ROSE!
ROLLING DEFENSE!
Ah!
Even my Circle Chain's been destroyed! [frustrated]
[chuckles]
Now you can neither attack nor defend yourself.
Without your chains, Andromeda, you're as helpless as a baby.
- [frustrated] - Such a pitiful thing.
I'll put you out of your misery.
PIRANHA ROSE!
[grunt] [bounced pain]
[scream]
[pained]
Genet!
Why?!
Don't be... afraid.
Release... your true power... Shaun...
- [impact] - [gasp]
Throwing her life away to extend yours for a few seconds...
Pathetic!
Genet!
This time you will die, Andromeda.
[groan]
There is no one left to prolong the inevitable.
PIRANHA ROSE!
[scream]
[groan]
I sensed something exceptional in you...
something completely different than in any other Knight.
[sigh] It appears I was wrong.
Now the last Bronze Knights has fallen. The Grand Master will be pleased.
[grunt]
You're still alive?!
It's over, just lie there and wait for death.
That way I'll remember you for your beautiful eyes
and not your bleeding corpse.
Huh? Cosmo?!
Impossible.
Even with her chains destroyed, does she still have more within?
It can't be... Could this girl?
Master Daedalus,
it's time for me to leave for the Galaxian Wars.
There is something that has been weighing on my mind.
Hm...
Once you leave for that tournament, you will likely never return here.
[inhale and exhale]
That's why I need to ask you this... and why you need to tell me the truth.
You requested the sacrifice of your own volition
and you conquered it to become a Knight.
But I can't believe that your Cosmo
just happened to awaken in the middle of the test.
It awakened some time ago.
You hated the idea of harming another person so much
that you let yourself be defeated.
It's fine, Shaun. You don't have to keep it a secret.
I am sorry, Master. I hate conflict.
And I don't want to hurt others.
The truth is while you were teaching me the last ten years,
my Cosmo was awakening bit by bit.
But now that I'm leaving the Island, I'll show you my true strength.
[surprised]
Shaun's power has grown!
[heavy breathing]
Master, are you all right?
[groan]
Shaun! Get your butt moving! You'll miss your boat!
Genet!
Come on, and hurry!
Okay, I'm coming.
Thank you Master.
Shaun's Cosmo has reached a higher level than I ever imagined.
She can defend herself even without the Andromeda Armor.
But she will never use that power.
Because of her gentle nature,
no one will ever suspect her true strength.
[groan]
How can such awesome power emanate from a girl who's so close to death?
What lies hidden within Andromeda?
The warrior in me wants to see what she's capable of.
But at the same time... My body... trembles...
How can this be happening?
I prefer not to use my fists.
But in a few minutes, I'll be dead...
and unable to avenge my Master.
What do you think you can do, Andromeda?
You're all-but-dead!
I will finish you off for good!
PIRANHA ROSE!
[impact]
Impossible?!
How can her Cosmo be so strong?!
[heavy breathing]
Now you're going to face me, Aphrodite!
The true power of Andromeda Shaun!
NEBULA STREAM!
[pained]
[chuckling]
Nebula Stream? Big deal.
As if any attack from your frail little arms could hurt me.
[surprised] [impact]
[grunts in shock] What is this?!
A jet stream?! I can't move!
[panting]
This cannot be happening!
Did... Andromeda's Cosmo create this!?
Yes, Aphrodite.
The stream is holding you fast.
With one move, you're at my mercy.
[grunting]
So the Andromeda Chains were only there to hide your true power.
If you hold any regrets about killing Master Daedalus...
if you say just one word of apology to his spirit...
I'll spare your life.
At this stage of the battle, and you still offer me mercy?
You must be joking.
He can still move inside the Stream.
He really is a Gold Knight.
But what's the meaning of that white rose?
Somehow you overcame both poisons of my Demon Rose and my Piranha Rose.
Which means you've left me no choice.
This white rose is called the Blood Rose.
The instant it leaves my hand, it will pierce your heart.
Once it sucks out all of your blood and turns bright red.
You will pass from this world.
I've never had to use the white rose before.
I'll give you that much, Andromeda!
[sharp exertion grunt]
[pained]
The stream is surging even faster! It's blocking my ability to move!
I can make my Nebula Stream as strong as I want.
Until it changes into something deadlier. Last chance Aphrodite!
So naive!
I don't regret killing Daedalus and I have no intention of apologizing.
Even though the current Grand Master is a fake who's deceiving you?!
Indeed. It is as I said.
Our world has no need for a weak Athena!
I don't know about the other Gold Knights,
but Deathmask, Shura, and myself,
we swore allegiance to the new Grand Master,
fully knowing what he had done.
No. Knights who're supposed to uphold justice
and Gold Knights who hold the highest rank...
joining the ranks of evil?
You are just a child who doesn't understand justice or evil.
But... I will enlighten you before you die.
Strength is justice!
The Grand Master is suited to rule Sanctuary
precisely because he is strong enough to slaughter Athena.
You think strength is justice?
What about children and old people and the weak?
Forever at the mercy of the powerful?
That can't be true!
Your gentle nature lacks elegance.
You really think that the actions of the strong are always just?!
Exactly. What could an infant like Athena do?
It is the Grand Master who maintains peace in this world.
You're wrong! That's not the way of Athena!
Enough childish talk.
Now face the white rose and die, Andromeda!
[grunt]
Don't do this, Aphrodite.
I'm warning you
if I have to increase the power of the Stream to hold you, it'll transform.
The Stream'll become a Storm, and then nothing can save you.
[chuckling]
Go ahead and try.
We will see who dies first after my white rose strikes.
Your Stream won't protect you any longer.
Stop!
Die, Andromeda!
BLOOD ROSE!
[effort] Nebula explode!
NEBULA STORM!
- [attacked gasp] - [gasp] It's...
[scream]
[impact] [heavy breathing]
So this is your true power.
But why did you hesitate to use it?
You're an intriguing enigma.
I've never met a Knight merge compassion and force like you.
Well done, Andromeda.
When you did that, your Cosmo...
was indeed...
elegant...
Genet.
I fought till the end.
I avenged Master Daedalus.
Nero... big brother...
[Young Shaun] Big brother, what's this?
It's a picture of Earth taken from space.
Wow. It's beautiful.
Nero, why are there so many wars?
Why can't we all just get along?
When war breaks out, people die and lots of kids lose their parents.
Then they end up like us.
I feel sorry for them.
Someday I'm gonna work to bring peace to the whole world.
Then there won't be any more kids like us.
Right, Nero...
Hm...
I hope that in some small way,
I helped bring this world closer to peace...
[ballad playing]
♪ Believe me, I'm speechless ♪
♪ I wish that I could say ♪
♪ Those words You whispered so sweetly ♪
♪ And maybe I'll regret this ♪
♪ But I've gotta be honest ♪
♪ 'Cause we made a promise ♪
♪ I won't break it now ♪
♪ I wish I could hold you ♪
♪ But how could I be so unfair ♪
♪ To lead us to nowhere? ♪
♪ We've both been down that road before ♪
♪ And if this should end us ♪
♪ Please know that I'm helpless ♪
♪ I've made up my mind ♪
♪ It's not that I don't feel ♪
♪ The feelings you do ♪
♪ It's just my heart's not ready yet ♪
♪ For something so soon ♪
- ♪ Oh, no, no ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ It's just my heart's not ready yet ♪
- ♪ Ain't ready ♪ - ♪ For somebody new ♪
♪ No ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Oh ♪