The legend says that the Saints appear each time
the world is endangered by the forces of evil.
The great tournament of the Saints has begun.
Having come from the ends of Siberia, the Cygnus Saint defeated Hydra.
He won the battle thanks to an attack called Diamond Dust.
DRAGON! The Invincible Fist and Shield
He's really fantastic.
You said it! If only Miho could have seen that!
You idiot!
You know very well that Miho doesn't want to see Seiya fighting.
Why? He's awesome!
Idiot. You don't know anything about women, they don't like that stuff.
And you think you know something about them?
Of course I do! I know they don't like violence.
Wow... Wow.... Wow.....
Ladies and gentlemen, the next fight:
Pegasus Seiya vs Dragon Shiryu!
Let's go Pegasus!
We're with you! Show him how strong you really are!
Oh God, please protect Seiya...
Once again, the great coliseum is
completely full today.
The crowd is impatiently waiting for the
fight to end between Pegasus and Dragon.
But it seems that the latter is sure to pocket the victory
after scoring such an awesome hit!
Shiryu!
Shunrei is that really you?
What's the matter?!
It's about your old master!
My old master...?!
So, are you ready to do it?
No, I'm not. It's impossible.
How many years have you been under my teaching in these mountains?
Soon, it'll be five years.
Five years...
That is four more that a baby bird would need to learn to fly!
But I'm still not ready.
Are you sure?
Yes.
How can you expect a man to reverse the flow of a waterfall?
It's against the laws of nature and completly impossible!
Only a God could do something like that.
Who commands that a waterfall should flow from high to low?
The Yangtse River flows the other way. Didn't you know that?
Man uses the term "Laws of Nature" as a generalization of the phenomenon he doesn't understand.
But I can't...!
Don't interrupt me!
You said yourself that only God would be able to do it,
but I thought I taught you that the Saints were just as strong?
And the man who has spent five years learning about the Cosmo should
be able to accomplish this task.
Try, my apprentice.
Try to reverse the flow of the water.
It has flowed for centuries towards the earth,
but you must at least try to make its course climb up
towards the stars in the sky.
If you manage to accomplish this exploit,
you will be worthy to wear your cloth...
The Dragon Cloth!
My apprentice, nothing is impossible for a Saint. The cloth is yours by right.
I owe him everything and he's about to die.
Let's go to see him immediately.
I didn't think you'd be getting back up.
Wait for me for a few more seconds.
First I must finish this fight, but it won't take long.
Don't you think that you're getting a little ahead of yourself?
This next hit will be the last
and you won't be getting back up.
Oh, Really?
I will show you the strongest attack I learned from my master.
The Dragon's greatest technique!
It's not going to be so easy.
What is that?!
Rozan Rising Dragon Blow!
With that hit, the fight is over.
Come on, let's got home now.
No, wait! Look!
....It's not possible. No one can survive the Rising Dragon!
Are you immortal?
No, but I can't allow myself to lose this fight.
Now it's my turn to show you the training I received! Take this!
Pegasus Meteor!
He managed to avoid all my attacks!
It's unbelievable. His shield must have stopped more than
a hundred hits and it doesn't even have a scratch!
No armor can be that strong!
So,
that's the famous dragon shield.
Seiya doesn't have a chance. No one can destroy a shield like that.
Pegasus Meteor Fist!
But, it's impossible, I must be dreaming!
You still don't understand.
This Dragon Cloth isn't made of ordinary metal.
It has been sent by the gods to the Rozan Mountains in China,
where the legend of the dragon ruled.
My master told me that the waterfall that flows in those Mountians
was formed by all the stars of the galaxy that had fallen to Earth.
This shield remained at the bottom of that waterfall for centuries.
And it has been bathed by the flow of stars and has become
as bright and strong as the purest diamond.
And to beat me,
you'll have to break this shield.
Therefore, this fight is useless. Quit while you are still alive!
He's right. I have no chance... What can I do?
All the hits that you could deliver,
no matter how strong, would be completely useless.
Nothing will ever be able to break this shield.
I don't want to kill you for no reason.
So be reasonable and quit!
No, never!
Ok, so be it. I know that your honor pushes you to fight
until the end, until death...
Well... Prepare yourself to meet it,
and to taste the bitterness of defeat!
Your shield might be invincible, but your hits aren't unstoppable.
Did you guys see that!? He reduced his armor to crumbs! That's awful!
It's incredible, his hits seem to be as strong as his shield!
It's pretty scary...
It seems to me that soon we'll witness the end of this insolent kid.
No, I know the will of the Pegasus Saint.
He'll never quit!
Pegasus was sent flying by the terrible hit he received!
Seiya...
I had already warned you, there is nothing you can do.
My Cloth is indestructible and my punches are extremely powerful.
I possess the strongest fist and the hardest shield.
The strongest fist and the hardest shield?
Will I lose this fight?
I can't do anything to hurt him.
The strongest fist and hardest shield...
Of course...
Wow... He is getting back up!
He's crazy. He's going to be killed!
He doesn't have a chance to win.
He can't attack or defend himself.
However...
There is a way to beat him.
What?
And I'm sure that Pegasus has also figured out how to end this fight!
Why?
Why won't you admit defeat? Why do you keep getting back up?
But to win of course! And I've found out how.
What?!
You've lost.
I know how to defeat the strongest fist, and break the hardest shield with one hit!
Are you crazy?
He wants to attack me straight on? Are you trying to commit suicide?
So be it. You are the master of your own destiny.
I can't believe it. He succeeded in breaking both the dragon shield and fist.
Yea, but look at what happened to the Pegasus Saint!
A little bit of silence please, ladies and gentlemen.
We will replay the recorded scene in slow motion to
understand what happened.
I don't understand...He threw himself head first into his opponent.
Yes, but what did he do afterwards?
He didn't aim for the body,
he ran straight into the shield.
Yes,
you're right,
but Shiryu saw this maneuver.
Look, he was ready to block.
He blocked it with his shield.
What I don't understand is what happened after that?
It was at that moment that both the fist and shield were broken.
Look!
Shiryu is getting ready to hit him!
He's trying to jam his head between his fist and his shield.
So that's why. Shiryu broke his own armor.
It was easy to see.
There exists an old Chinese legend which summarizes what just happened:
What happens when the hardest shield in the world confronts...
The hardest javelin in the world?
This is exactly what happened in this fight!
Seiya knew the answer!
So the battle is over, right?
Apparently.
The Dragon Saint is no longer protected by his shield and his fist
and Pegasus doesn't have much longer to live.
Seiya!
Fortunately, he had his helmet.
Otherwise his head would have been completely crushed.
I don't know who I'll fight against in the semi-finals, but whoever
finds himself in the arena opposite of
me won't be in any shape to fight.
Shunrei...
I would like to accompany you right now, but I must stay.
The fight is going to take much longer than I expected.
But why do you want to stay here? He can't fight anymore!
No, you're wrong.
I'm sure that he'll get back up again.
He'll fight to the death!
He is strong willed. He can't be defeated in his mind.
He is the most noble adversary I've ever faced.
There's something that pushes him to go on.
Get up! It doesn't matter to me whether you win or lose,
but what then would be the use of all those years of training?
You must get back up.
You have to get back up. You must win this fight!
You must continue fighting...
You have to if you want to find your sister again someday!
Someday...
I don't have the right to lose.
Not like this.
I can't lose like this!
This is fantastic. Look, he's getting back up!
Wow...! I've never seen such courage!
Do you think that we should stop this fight?
Think of the chaos the press would unleash
against the Foundation if either fighter were to die.
What's he doing?! He's crazy!
He destroyed his armor!
I don't understand. Is he giving up?
Now that my shield is broken,
My Cloth no longer serves me any purpose!
But I'll still win, and I'll bury you with your Cloth!
Sorry to disappoint you but I hate unfair fights.
I can win easily like this. So...
There. Now we'll fight on equal ground.
They're crazy!
Seiya!
Shiryu!
You guys can't fight without your armor. It's insane!
You have no right to risk your lives so recklessly!
A Saint has supernatural powers,
but their bodies are as vulnerable as those of men.
If you fight with all your strength and without any armor...
Don't waste your breath!
They'll fight to the death. We can't do anything about it.
I don't understand.
Why are they ready to fight to the death?
Seiya.
Why do you want to win this fight so badly?
I shouldn't ask, but one thing is certain now.
Neither you nor I
are fighting for our reputation or for the Gold Cloth!
Since I was an orphan,
my life had no meaning until I met my master.
Thanks to him, I survived.
Not only did he teach me the fighting techniques of a Saint,
but he also gave me a reason to live and that's why I am here today,
to prove that his teachings were worth something.
I also have too much respect for him and could never admit that I lost.
I must make his death as painless as possible.
Seiya, I'll confront you with my bare hands and beat you.
No holds barred and victory will be final.
It is my duty to announce to my master that I won.
Prepare to die, Seiya!
May the best man win!