Bronze Saints



The Bronze Saints are the lowest class of Athena's Saints.

Power
Bronze Saints wear Bronze Cloth and posses the basic skill of a Saint. Their consciousness of Cosmo is limited and allows them to express superhuman skills that are less impressive than those of higher ranked Saints. They are for example able to reach Mach 1, the speed of sound and to shoot 100 hits per second, things that while being impressive feats for a human, represent only a small part of the power hidden in the human beings.

Role
The number of the Bronze Saints is 48, so this makes them the largest in number among the 88 Saints. Their role during Holy Wars is of mere support to assist higher Saints or to accomplish missions involving gathering informations or defend civilians, but also fighting against enemy soldiers that wears supernatural armors, impossible to being defeated by common troops. Although Bronze Saints have usually limited powers, some of them overcome their status raising their Cosmo to superior ranks, sometimes even above Gold Saints themselves. The 5 main protagonists Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun and Ikki are the clearest example, while another is obviously Tenma from The Lost Canvas. Other Bronze Saints in the series have occasionaly a small role, but outside of Unicorn Yato, they tend to remain minor characters.

In the original manga, outside of the 10 Bronze Saints from the beginning and Chameleon Juné, no other Bronze Saint appears, while many Silver Saints do, although being smaller in number. This can be due to the fact that the Pope was aware that the 5 protagonists were a lot stronger than a normal Bronze Saint. In the anime series, a few more Bronze Saints actually appear and some others are revealed in The Lost Canvas or Gigantomachia.

20th Century

 * Pegasus Seiya
 * Dragon Shiryu
 * Cygnus Hyoga
 * Andromeda Shun
 * Phoenix Ikki
 * Unicorn Jabu
 * Bear Geki
 * Lionet Ban
 * Lynx Retsu
 * Sextans Yulij
 * Wolf Nachi
 * Hydra Ichi

18th Century (The Lost Canvas)

 * Pegasus Tenma
 * Unicorn Yato
 * Wolf Junkers
 * Hydra Curtis
 * Lionet Bleriot
 * Pyxis Rusk
 * Amazon Saint
 * Eridanus Saint
 * Cassiopeia Saint
 * Boötes Saint
 * Flying Fish Saint
 * Indian Saint