Favorite Saint Seiya Fight Scenes: 12-22
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Action: how much melee and/or destruction there is. 5's get a
Blood: how much injury and/or bleeding there is. 5's get a
Dread: how worrisome and/or scary the situation is. 5's get a
Badass: how much ownage and/or epicness there is. 5's get a
Thought: how much strategy, psychology, and/or philosophy is involved. 5's get a
12. ASPROS vs. DEFTEROS (Lost Canvas)
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Average: 3.8
Defteros had always been Aspros' shadow instead of a distict person. He believed in his twin's promises that one day they could stand side by side as equals. But when evil ambitions crept into Aspros' thoughts, and he enslaved Defteros' mind to get him to assassinate the Pope, their relationship fell apart and Aspros was forced to kill himself. Years later, Defteros forged an identity of his own and donned the gold armor of Gemini in his brother's stead, while Aspros put on the dark surplice armor of Hades. Their meeting on the battlefield was one of cosmic proportions, as Galactic Explosion was pitted against Galactic Explosion in a shower of starlight whose power washed away the evil from Aspros' heart.
13. DOHKO vs. GORDON, ALRAUNE, SYLPHID, KAGAHO (Lost Canvas)
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Average: 4
Dohko is sent on a mission to use Athena's blood to restore her sacred cloth, but four Specters stand in his way. Gordon forces him to pull out one of Libra's swords. Dohko also ditches his breastplate. Why? Who knows? But it allows Alraune to slice a deep gash across his torso and disorient him long enough to destroy Athena's blood vial. Thankfully he still had some of it left in his own body. Next up is Sylphid of the poison wind, who Dohko lovingly hugs to death. By the time Kagaho shows up, Dohko is barely a stain on the ground, and the Specter crucifies him on Athena's statue to feed the revival of the cloth.

Song I Associate With It: "The Bird and The Worm (Instrumenta)" by The Used
14. IKKI vs. CAPELLA, DANTE (Saint Seiya)
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Average: 3.8
When Ikki draws a line in the sand and tells you that you'll die if you cross it, it's best to listen, even if you are two Silver Saints and he's "just a Bronze" (famous last words). Capella is the first to not heed Ikki's advice and immediately gets paralyzed by the Genma Ken. Dante steps in and tries to attack Ikki with a barrage of spiked balls, but Ikki repels them all and hits him with an uppercut which would more accurately be called a home run. Meanwhile, Capella recovers and launches a discus that lops off Ikki's head. Or does it? Hoshit the body's still moving!! The returning discus also multiplied itself and shredded Capella into mincemeat. And this, kids, is why you should listen when Ikki tells you not to do something.
15. IKKI vs. AIACOS (Saint Seiya Hades)
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Average: 3.6
Ikki's dramatic entrance to the underworld takes the three Judges of Hell by surprise. They are even more surprised when he offers to fight them all on the spot. Aiacos steps up to the challenge, and quickly learns that he underestimated Ikki when the Bronze Saint blows off his helmet. Fighting more seriously, Aiacos gains the upper hand, and gets arrogant enough to start drawing X's in the ground in anticipation of Ikki's death. But a Phoenix doesn't die easily, and Aiacos made the mistake of demonstrating all his attacks. Ikki overcomes his enemy's speed and uses the Genma Ken to turn Aiacos' attack against him, showing him a harrowing vision of his own demise before finishing him off with the Flying Phoenix.
16. MILO vs. KANON (Saint Seiya Hades)
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Average: 3.8
Milo sets high standards for honor and trust, so when he sees the traitor Kanon in Athena's chambers, he welcomes him not with open arms but sharpened claws. He tests the younger Gemini's loyalty by assailing him with a blitzkrieg of Scarlet Needles. Milo may not be the strongest of the Golds, but his is the way of a slow and painful death that would break any man. Despite the immense arsenal of Gemini powers at his disposal, Kanon accepts Milo's punishment without resistance - perhaps even with masochistic zeal - hoping that the searing agony of Scorpio's poison can kill any remnants of evil and blame inside him. With his final strike, Milo heals Kanon, and praises him for passing his bloody initiation into Sainthood.
17. KARDIA vs. RHADAMANTHYS (Lost Canvas)
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Average: 3.4
Kardia the Scorpion was not insulted by Rhadamanthys calling him an "bug." Indeed, he war proud of it, and fully intent on showing this Specter the pain of his sting. For the longest time Kardia was searching for an opponent who could ignite his heart, but when he shared this with Rhadamanthys, the other didn't register how literal that threat was. Yet Kardia's heart did burn, hotter and hotter, pumping liquid flame through his body, so that every strike of his Katakaio Scarlet Needle likewise set Rhadamanthys' blood on fire and scorched his heart. Of course this was a suicidal attack, but Kardia's greatest wish was to be able to choose the time, place, and manner of his death. He was glad it was against a Judge of Hell.
18. IKKI, SHUN vs. MIME (Saint Seiya)
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Average: 4
Shun was the first to attempt fighting Mime, but experienced technical difficulties when his Andromeda chains failed to sense a killing intent from his opponent. Shun tried to reason with him about this, but Mime only got insulted at being accused of having no killing intent and promptly demonstrated to Shun just how violent he could be. Like clockwork, Ikki showed up to save his little brother, but frankly he fared no better. Fighting Mime is an incredibly disorienting experience. Once Ikki got caught in his harp strings he was writhing on the ground in time with Mime's vicious melody just like anyone else. But Ikki still had his trump card: the Genma Ken mindfuck, which he used to psychoanalyze Mime into submission.
19. MILO vs. HYOGA (Saint Seiya)
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Average: 4
Well, this is one of Milo's fights, so you can bet it'll end very very bloody. He goes easy on Hyoga at first out of respect for Milo's friend Camus, who happens to be Hyoga's teacher. But when Hyoga insists on being treated like a man, Milo acknowledges him as a Saint and the real bloodbath begins. With the poison from the scorpion's sting slowly draining his senses, half the time Hyoga doesn't even know what hit him before he looks down to see streams of red fluid cascading down his body. Milo says that Hyoga won the fight because he managed to pelt Milo's armor with Diamond Dust long enough to freeze his vital points, but lets be serious here. Milo utterly dominated this battle and could've ended Hyoga at any time.
20. MISTY vs. SEIYA (Saint Seiya)
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Average: 2.8
Misty is my mascot for everything that ever makes one go "LOL WTF" in Saint Seiya. Though he is beautiful, skilled, and actually rather intelligent, he has the misfortune of having to fight the main protagonist of the series. He starts off real strong, effortlessly blocking Seiya's Ryuseiken and reducing him to a bloody pulp. Buuut, some of the icky blood got on him, so Misty naturally strips off all his clothing and proceeds to bathe in the ocean, admiring himself and claiming to be the most beautiful thing on the planet besides Athena herself. When Seiya tells Misty to put his clothes back on and fight, Misty does a condescending hairflip and laughs. His pride in never having been injured in battle becomes his downfall.
21. IKKI vs. SEIYA, SHIRYU, SHUN, HYOGA (Saint Seiya)
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Average: 3.6
Ikki's back from Death Queen Island. And he's PISSED. The newborn Phoenix is determined to take out his rage on anyone who reminds him of his past, starting with his old orphanage buddies. Fire burns, wind blows, lightning crackles, and rocks explode as the mighty Phoenix flaps its wings. The other Bronzes didn't have the raw power to withstand such an overwhelming maelstrom of destruction. Their only chance to stop Ikki would be a psychological attack - some sort of tragic flashback perhaps. Plus the virtues of Love and Friendship!! Yeah, that should do it...

Song I Associate With It: "Phoenix Rises" by John Powell
22. KANON vs. PHLEGYAS (Saint Seiya Hades)
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Average: 2.8
In their effort to secure a raft to take them across the river, Shiryu and Hyoga attack the boatman Phlegyas and get knocked out in one hit. Kanon stares at them, then pushes the raft away from shore. "Aren't you getting on?" the boatman asks as the raft drifts farther out. "Yep, right after I defeat you," Kanon replies. What follows is perhaps the most gratuitous abuse of Galaxian Explosion in the history of Saint Seiya. And, after blowing up several solar systems and the boatman along with them, Kanon gets on the raft and rows away, glancing back at Phlegyas' mutilated body with this calm psychotic look on his face. Never has being a badass been more succinct, more uncalled for, or more satisfying.

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