The Lost Canvas: Inside the Lost Canvas

The Saints enter the Lost Canvas, each facing an enemy on a different level of the painting. Dohko recovers Athena's Cloth, and his blood awakens it. Defteros fights his brother Aspros and dies. Yōma is revealed as Tenma's father, and Alone fully claims Hades' power. Shion takes on René in Cocytus, and Dohko and Kagaho fall to Earth together. Partita turns out to be Tenma's mother, and the Pegasus God Cloth takes shape. Regulus falls to Radamanthys, and Sasha frees her petrified comrades. Yōma is Kairos, and Aspros seals him. In the final duel, Tenma beats Alone, the Lost Canvas is destroyed and Hades falls. Tenma, Sasha and Alone seem to die. The epilogue jumps 243 years ahead.

1. Behind the scenes223 chapters

   The Lost Canvas ran in Weekly Shōnen Champion from August 2006 to April 2011, with 223 chapters in 25 volumes.

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2. ReferenceA bridge to Seiya

   The epilogue jumps 243 years ahead and ties the story to the start of the classic series.

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3. SetupThere's more: Anecdotes

   After the finale, Teshirogi made The Lost Canvas Anecdotes (2011–2016, 16 volumes), short stories about the Saints before the war.

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