Chaos! God Cloth VS God Cloth is the seventh episode of Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold.
Summary[]
The saints of Athena fight the warriors of Asgard in the hope of preventing Yggdrasil's fruit from blooming. In the process, Shura and Aldebaran are faced with devastating trickery.
Plot[]
Frodi and Aioria begin their battle with Frodi doing everything he can to keep the Statue of the Brave secure and Aioria trying to get the Asgard warrior to see the true danger before them. Although they appeared equal in power at the start of the fight, Frodi's Odin Sapphire gives him the power needed to push Aioria back. The Leo saint is ready to prove how wrong Frodi is when he thinks that Aioria is currently at his strongest.
He strikes Frodi with his Lightning Bolt and damages the swords of the statue in the process. Frodi manages to stand and vows that he will end Aioria's life even at the cost of his own.
In Jotunheim, Heracles continues trying to land numerous attacks on Aldebaran, but nothing appears to work as the Taurus saint maintains his pose. Heracles tries to talk Aldebaran into using his God cloth, but Aldebaran sees no point in using it on someone he's already defeated and instead tries to get Heracles to use his prized weapon. Revealing he has an Odin Sapphire to increases his power, Heracles prefers to use his fists to defeat the saint.
Stating the Statue of the Giant represents power, Heracles believes that physical power is the best type of power there is and continues attacking. Once more, none of his blows are having an effect. Aldebaran calls Heracles' belief of power lame and successfully knocks him back while stating Heracles is not a match for him at his current power level.
While impressed by the Taurus saints speed, Heracles states he can make up for his own lack of speed with more power and proceeds to knock a large pillar down toward Aldebaran. The saint remains unmoved after the pillar lands on him, but he is knocked back when Heracles uses his weapon.
In Svartalfheim, Mu continues to overpower Fafner while warning the God Warrior that he is the last person Mu would show mercy to. Turning his attention to the Statue of Wisdom, Mu gets ready to destroy it when a sudden attack from Fafner stops him.
In Helheim, Dohko does not sense any cosmos coming from the dead warriors and asks if the robed person is the one who revived them and the Gold Saints. The person does not answer which forces Dohko to attack as he cannot forgive anyone who disrupts the souls of the departed. His attack wipes out the deceased beings but fades out when it gets close to the mysterious person. Utgardar reveals himself and shows he was not the mysterious person. With the Helheim guardian before him, Dohko questions who the robed person is. A gust of wind provides his answer when the hood of the robe is knocked off and the person is revealed to be Lyfia.
In Jaheim, Shura and Camus do not hold their power back while fighting one another. As they fight, Shura figures that Canus has a reason to side with Asgard but doesn't probe the Aquarius saint about it. Despite sharing a goal when they had been revived to serve Hades, they now chose different paths during their second revival. The two begin burning their cosmo so strongly that their chess pieces begin glowing before Andreas.
As the two saints unleash their strongest attacks on one another, signs of their God Cloths begin to show. An explosion ends the fight although the two saints are still alive. Shura is still under threat when Surt appears and points his sword toward the unconscious Capricorn saint. Thankfully, Camus halts Surt from going any further as he declares the fight to be over.
Surt confesses he has heard of Shura's battle history and is surprised he went easy on Camus. The ice saint corrects his friend by stating Shura did not go easy on him. The sudden shattering of the Statue of Ice proves Camus is right as he was aware it was Shura's one and only target the whole time.
In Jotunheim, Aldebaran feels the power of two clashing God Cloths and is momentarily distracted which gives Heracles a chance to land a punch on him. Even when Aldebaran is knocked back by a kick, Heracles begins to show signs of weariness while he continues questioning why Aldebaran does not bring forth his God Cloth.
Aldebaran reminds Heracles that he will not waste the power of a God Cloth on someone like him. The Taurus saint lands a powerful slap on the bulky warrior, but this only causes Heracles to use his Routa Tornado attack. Aldebaran takes the full force of the attack as he comes to the conclusion that Heracles allowed his soul to be taken by the Odin Sapphire in his quest for more power. Deciding to end the fight, Aldebaran summons his God Cloth and attacks.
Back in Jaheim, the Statue of Ice completely crumbles but Surt merely laughs as he reveals to Camus that the ice chamber has a hidden area with another statue in it, the chamber of flames known as Muspelheim. Thinking that Shura gave his life in vain, Camus corrects Surt when he states how fighting against the Capricorn saint reminded him of the joy of fighting a friend along with the pain and sorrow of losing one.
Trying to stop Surt from harming Shura, Camus is knocked back and watches in horror as Surt mercilessly stabs his sword into Shura's chest. As Shura's body is removed from the chamber, Surt tries to order Camus to go lookout for the other saints but instead is challenged by the Aquarius saint on his dishonorable ways that Camus blames himself for since accidentally killing Surt's sister caused this change in Surt.
Although seeing Camus wanted to atone for the life he took, Surt calls out the saint for now betraying him and calling him a pawn of Athena. Having wanted to use this new chance at life to make up for his mistake and save Surt, Camus now admits that Surt is too far gone to be saved. Surt attacks without warning and demands Camus to fight.
As Surt attacks again, he admits that he lost sight of his dream of becoming a saint when Sinmone died and had decided to abandon all those closest to him. In doing so, he obtained the power of the cold, blue flame.
When Surt tries to land more attacks on Camus, the God Warrior senses a sudden rise in the saint's power that shouldn't be possible at this point. Through tears, Camus tries to get Surt to cease his attacks by declaring he cannot lose any more friends. Surt does not heed the warning and charges forward, forcing Camus to summon his God Cloth to end the fight while breaking the statue in the process.
In Jotunheim, Aldebaran's cloth changes back to normal as the statue takes damage. As his body is being claimed by the roots, Heracles admits he knew all along that power was not what he was lacking in the fight against Aldebaran but rather that his thirst for power caused him to forget the feeling of caring for and protecting others. As Aldebaran embodies these traits that Heracles forgot, the dying Asgardian knows this is also the saint's weakness. When Aldebaran catches his falling body, it puts the saint in position to be caught by the roots.
Aldebaran manages to hold the roots back long enough to deliver a crushing blow to the Statue of the Giant. While Heracles is aware that Aldebaran could have used that last bit of power to escape, he finds it admirable that the Taurus would instead use that power to destroy the statue at the cost of his life.
As Muspelheim is crumbling around them, Camus crawls over to Surt and holds his hand as their lives fade.
With the statues destroyed, the effects are felt by the saints and Andreas.
In the post-credit scene, Shaka arrives in Alfeheim and is greeted by Balder. However, Shaka wastes no time on talk and orders the God Warrior to stand down. To the great amusement of Andreas, Balder instead stands to fight and gives the new Odin representative the chance to see a fight between the saint said to be the closest to God and the Asgard Warrior said to be an actual deity.
Characters[]
- Leo Aiolia
- Gullinbursti Frodi
- Lyfia
- Taurus Aldebaran
- Tanngrisnir Heracles
- Aquarius Camus
- Capricorn Shura
- Eikchinir Surt
- Libra Dohko
- Garmr Utgardr
- Aries Mu
- Nidhogg Fafner
- Virgo Shaka (Post-credits)
- Hraesvergr Balder (Post-credits)
- Andreas Lise
Errors[]
- Camus is shown grabbing hold of Surt's left hand with his right hand. In the final shot of the two, the opposite is shown.
- In the close up of Camus after he grabs Surt's hand, a small lock of his hair is blond.
Trivia[]
- The Jaheim chamber has a hidden chamber known as Muspelheim that houses lava and fire.