Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (2009–2011): Season 1, Episode 1 - Yakusoku: The Promise - full transcript

Since the age of myth,

with every passing of 200 years,

battles erupt between Goddess Athena and Hades, the Lord of the Underworld.

And now, a new Holy War is about to break out.

When the world is threatened by evil,

warriors of hope will surely appear.

They are Athena's Saints.

Wearing the Cloths represented by the 88 constellations,

they battle with their lives on the line.

With their fists, they split the sky and shatter the earth!

I just wanna know what my life is for

Winning every match I have to play

I haven't felt like this before

The truth is gonna be revealed today

I really don't have anyone to slay

No need to live this way

Love will fill the world

and it will reign supreme forever!

Saint Seiya, we're calling out for you

Saint Seiya, help us to come through

The nebulae of confusion

The clusters of trepidation

The whirlpools of indecision

Will lead us to the realm of Athena

18th Century - Europe

Hold it right there!

Damn. I missed.

You won't get away!

Yeah!

You deserve that.

Aim for its head next.

Got it!

Take this!

Please stop.

What?

Acting like a girl.

Oh! I know this guy.

He lives in the orphanage just outside town.

He's a freak who takes painting lessons at the city church!

Hey, you! Hand the dog over.

As a punishment for eating our lunch, we'll teach it a lesson.

Don't be cruel to the puppy.

You have a problem with that?

We worked hard for lunch money.

Then...

Please take this red paint in exchange for the puppy.

I bought it at the city yesterday.

If you sell it, you'll be able to buy lots of bread.

Let's go and sell it right away.

Yeah. Exchanging this runt for bread, it's a good deal.

Hey, don't you feel thirsty?

Let's buy some milk!

This is great.

It's not!

Tenma!

Ouch!

Idiot! What were you thinking?

You worked your ass off for that paint!

Now you have to start all over again.

You bastard!

You're overdoing it, Tenma.

They did this because they had no money!

Besides...

Besides?

I don't like to solve things using violence!

I know. Sorry.

Apologize to them!

I'm sorry.

Happy now?

Damn! I'll remember this!

I'll definitely make you pay!

Bring it on anytime!

Come on.

Who the hell is that?

He's from the orphanage too.

But, with such opposite personalities, how did they become friends?

Chapter 1 Promise

Your skills exceed rumors.

It looks like the painting could come alive at any moment.

You're?

Let me introduce you to him.

He's a priest from the Forest Cathedral.

Sensei.

Being interested in your work,

he specially came to visit you.

The Forest Cathedral?

I've never seen him before.

But I've always...

You come to our cathedral quite often, don't you?

Y-Yes.

I suppose you wanted to look at the painting of Saint Michael, which is kept deep inside our cathedral?

Yes, it's normally not opened to the public...

So I'm always sent away.

That painting is said to be so beautiful, that even sinners...

...would unconsciously feel remorse and shed sincere tears.

An ethereal painting.

It's my greatest dream to look at that painting in person.

Even sinners will shed tears, huh?

Just now...

By the way, why is it that the angel in the center has no color in her eyes?

That's because, I couldn't come up with a suitable color.

I wanted a shade of red which looked like the sunset.

I tried several shades but...

There is a limit to the colors which humans can create.

The colors that humans perceive are merely
illusions created by the reflection of light.

In other words, they're fabricated colors,

not real colors.

Fabricated colors and...

real colors?

Correct...

A painting drawn with fabricated colors... How would it stir anyone's heart?

If you wish to seek the real colors...

Go to the mountain north of the city.

There, you'll find flowers and fruits dyed red...

...by the blood which flowed out when
angels were stripped of their wings.

Those possess the truest red on Earth...

You could say it's a real color.

It's such a deep mountain.

Will I truly find real colors in a place like this?

Hey!

You'll get lost!

Is this...

Is this the place where real colors are found?

What a beautiful place.

It's like I'm inside a Greek myth.

At the paradise beyond the Banks of Lethe.

The place where one can only enter with permission from the gods.

The Elysium Fields...

Would this be the true red that the priest spoke of?

But, this isn't what I'm looking for.

Hey, since we've come all the way to such a lovely place.

Let me paint you, using this scenery as a background.

Even after what the priest told me,

I still like the various colors created by the reflection of light.

Red is red, but there are many kinds of red.

Intense ones, gentle ones.

Happy ones.

Just like our hearts, the light has its own feelings.

Don't you think that it's beautiful?

I like this world, where colors come from the same body and yet are unique in their own way.

And among all of them, there's also my favorite color.

Eh?

What's happening? Everyone's...

If you wish, you can acquire all the colors in the world.

Did you know?

If you put all the colors of light together...

...a dark color will be formed.

My name is Pandora.

Why?

A person who knows no hate...

I have always been searching for you.

Our Lord...

What are you saying?

Our God requires a human body, in order to return to this world.

The body of the human with the purest soul of this era.

I have been waiting for you.

Lord of the Underworld, Hades-sama!

What's that?

Fool.

Specters of the Underworld!

I have some questions for you guys.

Shut yer trap! This time, we'll surely shred you to pieces!

That Cloth!

(Force of Mount Lu's 100 Dragons)

Rozan Hyakuryu Ha!

You are Libra Dohko!

Impossible! Aren't you one of the omnipotent Gold Saints?

Why...?

Of course, I'm here to beat Hades up.

The fact that all of you are gathered like this...

...means that he has resurrected, ain't it?

Where's the Lord of the Underworld?!

No one's gonna tell you anything.

Moreover, we are aware of you guys.

Athena's Saints will never find him!

Before that time comes... No way...

Indeed, just recently, I could clearly sense a
huge Cosmo that resembled that of Hades.

It has now disappeared completely.

It's as if the Lord of the Underworld had been reborn into a human.

I have to hurry!

Alone, are you awake?

That's great!

Where am I?

Of course it's our home!

You collapsed on the mountain path.

On the mountain path?

Yeah.

Tenma said that he could vaguely sense that your aura was in pain.

So he went looking for you.

Then, he really found you lying there.

I was surprised!

Did you... sense that special aura again?

Maybe it's a mysterious power arising from Asian blood.

But, I can feel it within myself.

It's like an universe residing in my body.

Universe?

Yeah.

As long as I focus on that feeling,

and continue to refine it;

A tremendous amount of energy flows out from my body,

becoming a mighty power!

Tenma, you're saying strange stuff again.

That kind of...

Hey, don't overdo it!

Something fell.

Don't touch it!

No... I didn't mean that.

I think I understand what your sensation is like.

Hey, Tenma.

Do you feel something within me?

Tenma! Alone!

What's with your anxious looks?

We're in trouble! The river has overflowed and is heading straight for the village!

Those city bastards!

In order to preserve their own lives, they closed the gates!

Damn it!

Treating us like objects!

Tenma, I'm going there.

What are you saying Alone? With this condition what can you-

It's okay. I'm just going to ask them to open the gates.

They'll surely listen to me.

Because in this world, nobody is truly evil.

There you go again...

Are you stupid or what?!

Don't worry, it'll be alright.

Tenma!

I'll think of a way!

What are you planning on doing?

I'll go take a look at the state of the river!

But, going alone...

It was a promise between the three of us, remember?

I'll protect you guys no matter what happens.

Because we're family!

We're friends!

Tenma... What's he gonna do?

What will happen to us?!

Don't worry.

Tenma may be reckless, but he's a kind and honest person.

And he has never broken a promise, right?

I trust him.

Because of the landslide...

The river changed its course!

What can I do by myself?

What can I do to save them?!

What should I do?!

Damn rock!

But... I have to do it!

I promised... That I'd always protect them!

How can I give up?

I'll try it, as many times as it takes!

Losing one or two fists, it's nothing!

They really broke.

But...

So what!

A Cosmo?

In such deep mountains, I can actually feel a small, non-Specter Cosmo...

Impossible!

It's a child!

Is he trying to break that huge rock?

How foolish! Even if he succeeds...

Hey, kid!

Tenma!

Tenma! Tenma!

Tenma! Tenma! Tenma!

I can feel them.

Alone and everybody else...

I know they're praying for me...

I know they're giving me strength...

And, the universe within me is telling me

"It's alright. You can do it."

"You'll definitely save everyone!"

Tenma, Tenma...

What?!

That kid really destroyed the rocks!

The energy that emanated from his body
at that instant, was no doubt a Cosmo!

What a fearsome fellow.

Hey, hang in there!

Everyone...

Alone...

Did I save them?

I... promised that... I'll definitely save them...

Rest assured!

The river is back on its course!

Everyone's been saved!

I did it...

What an incredible fellow...

Hey kid...

Do you want to use that power and passion for the sake of many more people?

For the sake of justice and love on this Earth.

Become one of Athena's Saints.

Tenma, stop moving.

That's tough!

Bear with it.

I might not have the chance to paint you in the future.

Don't worry, I'll be back soon!

After becoming a Saint of Athena.

I give up.

I've always wanted to create a red that's similar to your eyes.

The red color of my eyes?

I'm not a rabbit!

No... That's not it.

Your tea-colored iris is more lively than the sunset,

more lively than the stove fire.

It has a great shine.

But at the moment, I'm not able to create that kind of color.

When you become a Saint and return, I'll finish this painting.

While you're gone, I'll try to become an outstanding artist.

So...

Yeah... it's a promise!

Let's go, Dohko!

Did he finish the painting?

No... It'll be finished another time.

What's the matter?

It's nothing. Pardon me.

You have beautiful, clear eyes.

Let's go, Tenma.

To the Sanctuary.

Don't forget about our promise, Alone!

Tenma...

We'll always be friends, right?

More than 200 years have passed since the last Holy War.

Finally, the anticipated resurrection of the Lord of the Underworld...

Yes. We just have to wait for him to awaken fully.

When that time comes, all lives in the world will be annihilated.

The Lord of the Underworld will reign supreme,

over the world of darkness and death.

the distant memories have lost their colors.

i open the old artbox silently

my childhood friend was always there,

with an unchanging smile.

our dreams were drawn

on the heart's canvas

the colors have not faded yet

holding hands,

we experience the warmth from the past...

why do people have love and hate

were we born like this?

happiness and sadness are entwined,

forever shackling our youth.

chain of flowers~

nakushita iro wa tooi hi no kioku

furui e no gu no hako sotto akereba

osanai tomo ga itsumo ita yo ne

kawaru koto nai ano egao

futari de yume wo egaita

kokoro no CANVAS

mada iro asenai

kimi no te to boku no

te wo kasaneta hino nukumori

hito wa naze itoshisa to nikushimi wo

awase motte itsumo ikiru no darou

yorokobi to kanashimi wo karama setsumuida

seishun no towa no kizuna

hana no kusari yo

Tenma.

Sorry I cried when I learnt that you were going to the Sanctuary.

Become a great Saint quickly.

Let's laugh together again.

I won't lose to you.

I'll work hard on painting.

That's why...

Next on Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Hades Mythology

Hades' Awakening.