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“18th-century Saint Seiya prequel: Pegasus Saint Tenma vs. beloved friend Alone, fated to become Hades.”
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa
聖闘士星矢 THE LOST CANVAS 冥王神話
8.29
358 rank · 18,408 readers · 1,151 favorites
Shounen
Action
Adventure
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Synopsis
18th-century Saint Seiya prequel: Pegasus Saint Tenma vs. beloved friend Alone, fated to become Hades.
This manga tells the story of the previous Holy war of the universe of Saint Seiya, taking place in the XVIII century, 250 years before the original manga. The story centers on the relation between Tenma, the Pegasus Saint and his beloved friend, Alone, who would eventually become his greatest enemy, Hades. (Source: Wikipedia)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 2.71
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.71 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 3.5
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · May 2010 → Jan 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “If you liked the badasses in gold in saint seiya this manga shows what there all about, a massive scale war borderline on the amazing concept and the great character and art work this is definitely...”
- 10 “Ok let's be simple In Saint Seiya Classic you have: Cliches, generic characters, cliches, more cliche, repetition, more repetition and cliche Oh, and a POOR art style Here you have development,...”
- 8 “Do you like pretty guys? Do you like to watch them horribly mutilate themselves and each other? Then this is the manga for you! Lost Canvas is a prequel to the original Saint Seiya manga, and if...”
Verbosity
Short · 22%
Medium · 22%
Long · 56%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 223 × 25 ch × vol
- Total read 29h 44m approx
- Published Sep 2006 – Apr 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0969 catalog