Sep 20, 2021
Following on from Saint Seiya: Origin, Destiny continues to explore the Gemini Saints Saga and Kanon...as well as make even more obvious and egregious retcons. Obviously spoilers for this spinoff and the original manga shall be made.
The first part of the spinoff starts off well with how Isaac knew of Kanon's nature being revealed as well as a good job being made in showing Kanon's conflict and anguish with his own actions that led to his appearance in the Hades Arc. When the spinoff switches towards Saga's perspective, however, is where things get messy. Ker freeing Saga from Coctys is a poor retcon as it's
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shown and stated very blatantly in the original manga that Hades freed them rather than Ker, with her role needlessly inserting her into the manga's major events that has yet to be justified. Moreover, Deathmask and Aphrodite act contradictive to how they're portrayed as having redeemed themselves in the Hades Arc, swearing loyalty to Hades before the faerie watching over them was revealed to them. For a good Kanon portion and poorly done Saga portion, this spinoff chapter ends up being average at best.
Already talked about the characters and art in other reviews of Saint Seiya spinoffs and have little to say beyond this fleshing out Kanon's psychology and development more.
Overall, the Kanon segments have some good moments, though the retcons to the Hades Arc makes viewing it meaningless.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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