When one hears about the “Twelve Houses”, one reference always springs to mind: Saint Seiya – Knights of the Zodiac, Masami Kurumada’s epic manga published in Weekly Shonen Jump in the 80’s and still fashionable today. However, the spin-offs and sequels have introduced other tabs none can stand up to the originals.
In addition to the five historical Saint Seiya protagonists, many other characters have appeared The Zodiac Knights who wore the famous golden armor associated with the twelve signs of the zodiac. Among the originals that appeared in the 80’s manga was one that was very hard to beat. The tenth house, that of Capricorn, was one of the most difficult for the protagonists due to the presence of a knight who could harness the power of Excalibur. Who is the Golden Knight Shura of Capricorn??
In the manga and anime, the character has two slightly different personalities, with the initial idea of ​​Kurumada seeing him as loyal to Athena, but then succumbing to the words of Gemini and beginning to falter, finding his own faith in the goddess in just moments before defeat. Not surprisingly, he was one of the three knights, along with Deathmask of Cancer and Aphrodite of Pisces, who knew the true identity of the Temple’s High Priest. Despite knowing the true identity of Gemini Saga, he decided to follow their words.
And it does this by stopping anyone who decides to approach the 10th house. So face Sirius the dragon, loses his indomitable spirit. Sirius used a technique that would have killed both of them, but just before his death, Shura decides that the dragon knight should not die for what he had demonstrated and transmits part of his cosmos, thus saving him from death. After appearing in the mind of Sirius during the Poseidon saga, Shura returns for the latest Hades arc at the command of the latter.
He faces Virgos Shaka alongside Deathmask and Camus, thinking he can easily beat him, but Athena’s Golden Saint is not easy to take down. After trying to take Pandora hostage to get to Hades, he learns that his soul will be wiped out in a few hours. So he sacrifices himself along with the other golden knights to open the gates to Elysium.
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