In Greek mythology, Athena, the daughter of Zeus, was born in full armor. By birthright the goddess of battle, she did not believe in conquest, and only fought defensive wars. Her battles with bloodthirsty gods and giants shook the very earth and seemed to last forever. On the battlefield, there were a group of youths that always surrounded and protected the goddess: the Knights of Athena! Flash forward to modern-day Greece: two Japanese tourists are shocked to see a mansized meteorite crash to the earth before them. It turns out to be young Seiya. Seiya must train harder than ever if he is to survive his match with the brutal Cassios! Whoever wins will receive the greatest prize known to man: the incredibly powerful Pegasus Cloth! (Source: Viz Media) Note: The chapter count includes 247 regular chapters and 2 extra chapters ("SHAKA" and “The Cygnus Story - Natassia of the Land of Ice”), other editions merge chapters into a total of 110 chapters.
Japanese study overview
Saint Seiya is a Japanese manga of 360,493 characters, with 12,080 unique words and 1,870 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 12,080 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 星矢Seiya×829
- 闘士fighter (for)×823
- 聖衣Kiyoi×660
- 黄金gold (Au)×502
- 聖highly virtuous monk×494
- 死ぬto die×424
- 紫龍Shiryū×386
- 様Mr×383
- 氷河Hyōga×376
- 小宇宙microcosmos×374
- 今now×363
- 拳fist×354
- 教皇Pope×233
- 一輝Ichiki×211
- 老師old master×172
- 青銅bronze×128
- 魔鈴Marin×106
- 沙織Aori×103
- 冥Mei×99
- 冥界hades×92