Cosmo (Saint Seiya)

==Summary==
"Cosmo (小宇宙 （コスモ）)" is the fundamental energy used by the warriors of the Saint Seiya franchise for combat. The Cosmo power system is loosely based on the Buddhist idea of "senses", with each sense allowing characters to perform increasingly incredible feats and abilities.
==6th sense==
All living beings possess Cosmo deep within them. While normally unaware of it, over time, beings such as humans developed the means to manipulate and harness this energy by "burning" it and causing it to explode with their 6th sense. Burning one's Cosmo enables a being to perform extraordinary feats including pulverizing rocks with their bare hands, striking faster than the speed of sound, and throwing hundreds (or even thousands to millions) of blows in a second. Beings such as Saints, who are one of many beings that use the power of Cosmo, are humans who have been trained to awaken and attune to their Cosmo. Comparatively, even the weakest Saint can outclass even the strongest of human warriors through the awakening of their Cosmo. As the power Cosmo grows in an individual, it becomes necessary for a being to practice controlling their abilities and powers. 
=== Abilities ===
These are the basic abilities that all Cosmo users will have;
*Passive and Active Matter Manipulation, and Temperature Manipulation: (Passive Effects) Cosmo will radiate out from a Cosmo user. In addition to, when burning one's own Cosmo it causes intense heat to flare up around the user burning anything in a small radius around them. (Active Effects) Cosmo-based attacks are imbued with intense heat. A Saint's Cloths is imbued with the power of Cosmo. The power of Cosmo can cause destruction of matter at the atomic level which is used to power all attacks, and abilities.Saint Seiya Volume 1
*Passive Rage Power: The Power, and Potency of Cosmo is increased with rage, allowing characters to even briefly contend with Gold Saints.Saint Seiya Volume 9
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics: The usage of Cosmo allows for superhuman powers.Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho Chapter 2
*Energy Manipulation: Cosmo-based attacks are imbued with energy which increases power, and other stats.Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho Chapter 5
*Enhanced Senses: By sensing Cosmo, they are capable of tracking events taking place over a large distance.Saint Seiya Volume 6
*Durability Negation: Through the destruction of Atoms.
===Resistances===
These are the resistances that a Basic level Cosmo User would have;
*Matter Manipulation: Every attack, and ability, from a Cosmo user is imbued with the power of "Cosmo." Therefore even basic users take attacks from each other.
*Cold Energy Manipulation: Bronze cloths freeze at a temperature of -240 degrees F, while Silver Saint Cloths freeze at a temperature of -330 Degrees F. By flaring their Cosmo they can increase their resistance further against cold temperatures.Saint Seiya Volume 11
*Electricity Manipulation: Basic Cosmo Users can withstand 10,000 volts of electricity from characters such as Ophiuchus Shaina and Andromeda Shun for a short period of time. Saint Seiya Volume 2
*Temperature Manipulation: Cosmo Users Generate heat in their attacks, and surroundings, and all attacks are imbued with Cosmo. Thus when fighting each other they are also taking attacks imbued with intense heat.
*Sealing: A Cosmo user can resist being SealedSaint Seiya: Saintia Sho Chapter 7
==7th Sense==
The 7th Sense lies even deeper in all living beings than the five basic senses and the sixth sense. In the Mythological times, all living beings were aware of it, and used the 7th sense, but as time went on. This ability has been lost. With the 7th Sense, a being is able to draw out the true potential of their Cosmo and achieve exceptionally powerful feats far beyond those of even a normal Cosmo User, like wielding a power destructive enough to disintegrate a The Milky-Way Galaxy, and reach speeds faster than light, or being able to punch billions of times per second. Typically, Gold Saints are the most prominent examples of beings fully aware of their Seventh Sense enough to harness it adequately; though there are those who are talented, despite being lower in rank, are capable of the same feat, allowing them to fight on par with, and if sufficiently skilled enough they could overcome a Gold Saint.
=== Abilities ===
A 7th Sense User will have all the abilities of an ordinary Cosmo User with some improvements to a few, in addition to these new abilities;
*Improved Passive Extrasensory Perception: These users have an additional sense beyond the 6th known as "The 7th Sense." Saint Seiya Volume 8
*Improved Passive Enhanced Senses: These users have improved sensing capabilities. For Example, Aries Mu was able to easily locate Virgo Shaka who was in a realm beyond the Multiverse, and Virgo Shaka was able to easily locate his Universes' Aries Mu.Saint Seiya Volume 12Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho Chapter 65
*Forcefield Creation: These users can generate a shield made from pure Cosmo around them at the start of battleSaint Seiya: The Lost Canvas chapters 99 & 100
*Limited Self-Healing: These users are healed upon using the 7th Sense
===Resistances===
These are the resistances a 7th Sense User will have along with all previous resistances.
*Improved resistance to Temperature Manipulation: All attacks are imbued with the power of Cosmo and as such they have taken many attacks from other Cosmo users of this level.
*Improved resistance to Cold Energy Manipulation: Gold cloths, and 7th Sense Users, freeze at -459 degrees Fahrenheit. This resistance can be extended further by raising their Cosmo.
*Improved resistance to Electricity Manipulation: 7th Sense users have tanked bolts of lightening.Saint Seiya Volume 18
*Improved resistance to Sense Manipulation and Perception Manipulation: By having a higher sense beyond the 5 basic senses and the 6th sense. This sense was known as the "7th Sense."
==8th Sense==
While the Seventh Sense pertains to the Cosmos of living beings, there exists a Cosmo affiliated with the soul and the supernatural. This is the "Eighth Sense". This extraordinary sense is associated with the soul of the deceased and functions in the same manner as the Seventh Sense of the living. Also known as "Arayashiki" (meaning "source" or "storehouse" in Buddhism), this is a level of human consciousness that defies all rationale and logic. As an individual becomes a soul upon death, they lose their connection to their Seventh Sense which is replaced with a special "Eighth" Sense. These will be the abilities any 8th sense User will have along with all previous abilities;
=== Abilities ===
*Improved Passive Extrasensory Perception: With the "8th Sense"Saint Seiya Volume 22 which exists beyond the five basic senses, the sixth, and even the seventh Sense.
===Resistances===
These are the resistances all 8th sense users would have along with all previously mentioned resistances.
*BFR: The most prominent 8th Sense User Virgo Shaka was unaffected by the Gemini Saints "Another Dimension,"Saint Seiya: Volume 22 and was unaffected by his own "Rikudō Rinne."Saint Seiya: Volume 10
==9th Sense Users (Humans)==
This highest-known point of Cosmo for Humans currently in the franchise with it being almost exclusive to Gods. It exists even deeper in oneself even further beyond the 8th Sense. Few humans have reached the 9th Sense. Not much is known about it, other than it allows the user to use the power of Dunamis, and is a higher state of being than the 8th Sense.
=== Abilities ===
This is the list of abilities 9th Sense Users who are Humans will get, in addition to all other previous abilities mentioned before:
*Improved Passive Extrasensory Perception: Via having an additional sense called “The 9th Sense.”Saint Seiya: Episode G Assasins Chapter 102
*Void Manipulation: The 9th Sense when mastered allows a character to use Dunamis which is the power of the void.Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins Chapter 114
*Spatial Manipulation: Dunamis causes the expansion of the Universe.Saint Seiya: Episode G Chapter 48
*Deconstruction: Dunamis can deconstruct atoms.Saint Seiya: Episode G Chapter 45
*Chaos Manipulation, and Elemental Manipulation: When all elements in the universe are combined together it generates Chaos.Saint Seiya: Episode G Chapter 49 The 9th Sense when awakened gives the power to control Chaos.Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins 105
*Dimensional Travel, through Gravity Manipulation that creates Portals: Dunamis can be used to link two parallel universes together and open a portal that allows for another Earth to pass through.Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins Chapter 111
==Divine Being==
The Divine Beings of The Saint Seiya Universe are unique in that they have special properties, and powers that no mortal would have. This sets them apart from other characters.
=== Abilities ===
Divine Beings would have all the same abilities a Basic Cosmo User would have, as well as all the same abilities as a 7th, 8th, and 9th Sense Cosmo User would have. In addition to the new these new abilities;
*Passive Perception Manipulation, and Sense Manipulation: By being in the presence of a God; the six senses are rendered unusable and denied. The Sixth Sense is also shut down nullifying its abilities.Saint Seiya: Gigantomachia
*Passive Paralysis Inducement: The power that radiates from the Gods causes the affected targets to become paralyzed, and unable to move.
*Passive Absorption, Life Manipulation, and Statistics Reduction: The source off all powers by humans in the verse is "Cosmo" which will be absorbed in the presence of a god,Saint Seiya Volume 17 and which will have their strength, speed, stamina, endurance, and durability reduced too zero, as well as preventing any abilities from being used by being near a God. 
*Passive Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, and Fear Manipulation: The Gods radiate a divine aura that causes both fear and love in the surrounding beings and forces them to obey the Gods command. In addition to this, all thoughts are "disabled" in the presence of a God due to the 6th Sense being disabled.
*Improved Passive Heat Manipulation: Increases in Cosmo level increases the level of Temperature of attacks, and the area around them, and all the gods have infinite Cosmo thus they reach Infinite heat.Saint Seiya: Galaxian EncyclopediaSaint Seiya: Episode G Chapter 31
*Passive Attack Reflection: All attacks that are "Cosmo" in nature including attacks that are non-physical are reflected back.Saint Seiya: Another Story of Hades — Dark Wing Chapter 1
*Improved Passive Extrasensory Perception: By having an additional sense above the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth senses, known as "The Tenth Sense."Saint Seiya: Episode G Requiem Chapter 19
*Improved and thought based Matter Manipulation: The gods can also control all Atoms in the world with their very will.
*Immortality (Types 1; 4; 8; and 9): Additionally, the gods can jump bodies pushing their souls into another host.Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho Chapter 9 The True Body of every God exists in some other world. For example, Hades' true body is in the world of "Elysium."Saint Seiya Volume 26
*Thought based Time Manipulation, Curse Manipulation, and Petrification: The Gods can stop time with a thought using their Divine Will which will also turn the target to stone with a curse.
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*Reality Warping through Matter Manipulation, and Creation: The Gods can restructure the reality of their universes, and others, through their Divine Will. Each God has a Universe they created, and they can change it with their Divine Will. 
===Resistances===
All previous resistances, in addition too;
*Improved resistance to Sense and Perception Manipulation: They have an additional sense known as the “10th Sense." 
*Improved resistance to Existence Erasure: Their blood, known as “Divine Ichor,” prevents other people from being erased from history.Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins' Chapter 35 & 51
*Space and Time Manipulation: The Gods are immune to changes in Space, and Time.Saint Seiya Volume 26
*Absolute Zero: The Gods can only be frozen with temperatures hundreds of times colder than Absolute Zero.Saint Seiya Volume 27
==Gold Saint of Aries Abilities==
The first house in the Zodiac Constellations, The House of Aries. The Gold Saints of Aries was chosen by the Aries Constellation. These Gold Saints don the Gold Cloths of Aries.
These will be the normal abilities of the Gold Saints of Aries.
*Forcefield Creation: Via Crystal Wall The new official Saint Seiya Website
==Gold Saint of Virgo Abilities==
The sixth house in the Zodiac Constellations, The House of Virgo. The Gold Saints of Virgo were chosen by the Virgo Constellation. These Gold Saints don the Gold Cloths of Virgo.
These will be the normal abilities of the Gold Saints of Virgo.
*Forcefield Creation: via Khan 
*Pocket Reality Manipulation: via Tenbu HorinSaint Seiya: Saintia Sho Chapter 65
*Sense Manipulation and Perception Manipulation: via Tenbu Horin 
*BFR: Via The Rikudō Rinne 
*Law Manipulation: The Virgo Saints cause all causality to come to a stop by controlling the Law of Dependent Origination.
==Gold Saint of Scorpio Abilities==
The eighth house in the Zodiac Constellations, The House of Scorpio. The Gold Saints of Scorpio were chosen by the Scorpio Constellation. These Gold Saints don the Gold Cloths of Scorpio.
These will be the normal abilities of the Gold Saints of Scorpio.
*Poison Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Pain Manipulation, and Sense Manipulation: The Scarlet Needle injects venom into the opponent causing damage to their nervous system, destroying their five basic senses, and paralyzing the opponent while inducing intense pain. The venom also prevents blood coagulation, and causes the target to hemorrhage.
==Gold Saint of Aquarius Abilities==
The eleventh house in the Zodiac Constellations, The House of Aquarius. The Gold Saints of Aquarius were chosen by the Aquarius Constellation. These Gold Saints don the Gold Cloths of Aquarius.
These will be the normal abilities of the Gold Saints of Aquarius.
*Sealing: via The Ice Coffin
*Cold Energy Manipulation: Aquarius Gold Saints are masters of Ice and Cold Energy.
==Gold Saint of Pisces Abilities==
The twelfth house in the Zodiac Constellations, The House of Pisces. The Gold Saints of Pisces were chosen by the Pisces Constellation. These Gold Saints don the Gold Cloths of Pisces.
These will be the normal abilities of the Gold Saints of Pisces.
*Poison Manipulation: The Roses of the Pisces Saints secrete into the Air a deadly poison that causes loss of consciousness, and eventually death.
*Sense Manipulation: The poison from the roses will weaken the senses of those inhaled, or stabbed by them.
==Psychic Abilities==
The 6th Sense is the source of all psychic phenomenon. Those who have developed this Sense a great deal are called, "Psychics." This Sense is often referred to as the domain of consciousness or "The Mind." These are the abilities any high-tier psychic would have, in addition to all previous abilities from Intermediate Tier, and Lower Tier Psychics. These abilities are separated from the basic cosmo abilities of the 6th sense given the large variation of these abilities between characters that aren't necessarily correlated with specific mastery over any one sense.
===High Tier Psychic===
These are the abilities high-tier psychics would have, along with all the abilities of the lower-tier psychics.
*Teleportation: Teleportation is stated to be a Psychic Ability.Saint Seiya Volume 20
*Sealing: Higher Tier Psychics are able to seal movements.Saint Seiya Volume 19
*Paralysis Inducement: Higher Tier Psychic Users can paralyze targets with their psychic abilities.
===Intermediate Tier Psychic===
Intermediate Tier Psychics will have all the same powers, as a lower tier in addition too.
*Improved Telekinesis, and Flight: Intermediate Tier psychic's can use telekinesis on beings, and objects in other dimensions, and they can use their Telekinesis to levitate in the air mimicking flight.Saint Seiya Volume 5
*Improved Telepathy: Intermediate tier psychics can use Cross-Dimensional Telepathy which can intercept prayers
===Lower Tier Psychic===
Lower Tier Psychics have a strongly developed sense of "Instinct." This gives them an idea of Danger, but not many other details about it. Sometimes, they even have vague "dreams" of danger instead of feeling it by instinct.
*Passive Extrasensory Perception: By virtue of having the 6th sense. This sense gives them vague details of danger, and can also allow them to know the direction of it for further action to be taken.Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins Chapter 86
*Passive Minor Precognition: The 6th Sense will tell the user that there is danger, and tell them in what direction it will come from along with how to react to it.
*Telepathy: These characters can communicate from one mind to another as long as they are within close proximity to each other.Saint Seiya Volume 21
*Telekinesis: Lower Tier Psychics can use Telekinesis on objects and people they can visibly see.Saint Seiya Volume 3
==Saints of Athena==
The Saints of Athena are warriors dedicated to defending the Goddess Athena, The Earth, and all Humanity. They sacrifice their lives for the greater good of all lives on Earth. They are divided into three ranks, Bronze Saints, Silver Saints, and Gold Saints. Gold Saints being the strongest of the three. The Bronze Saints and Silver Saints are basic Cosmo users. Therefore, they would have all the abilities of a basic user. The Gold Saints have the 7th sense, and have complete mastery over the power of Cosmo. They have a full understanding of the power of "Cosmo." Therefore, they would have all the abilities of a 7th Sense user. The Saints of Athena would have these additional abilities;
*Passive Accelerated Development: A saints' skill, speed, and power will continue to improve throughout a fight,Saint Seiya Volume 2 and they continue to get stronger every time they are "knocked down." Eventually even surpassing the power of the 12 Gold Saints. Another example, is the that Silver Saint Misty was 100 times stronger than Pegasus Seiya. However, in only a couple of minutes Seiya closed this gap.Saint Seiya Volume 5 Cyngys Hyoga, Dragon Shiryu, and Andromeda Shun also shown such growth going from Bronze saint level to a level that surpasses even Silver Saints.
*Passive Supernatural Willpower and Instinctive Reaction: A Saint will continue to fight even when unconscious.Saint Seiya Volume 14
*Passive Sight Based Reactive Evolution: The Saints of Athena are capable of adapting to many situations during their fights to gain an advantage after seeing their opponents moves, and abilities. The same technique will not work twice on a Saint.Saint Seiya Volume 4
*Martial Arts, and Unconventional Pressure Points: The Saints are trained in all martial arts, and are taught too easily identify the weak points of the human body which can also be used to incapacitate a person.Saint Seiya: Episode G Chapter 4 In the world of Saint Seiya the saints have additional pressure points that take the shape of their guardian constellation upon their body. These are called "Star life points."
*Summoning: Saints can summon their cloths.
==Miracles==
The power of miracles stems from the Infinite Potential, and Infinite Cosmo hidden deep inside of humans which can be temporarily drawn out. This grants them temporary abilities that allow them to change their fate, warp reality, and increase their stats beyond that of a Gods. This power is specifically drawn out during dire moments when a character displays an immense amount of Courage, or Hope against a character they could not defeat. This power can also arise in moments of "kinship" between friends.
*Improved Supernatural Willpower, and Mind Manipulation Negation: Human Willpower is infinite,Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins Chapter 80 and the human will has no limits. The strength of ones Cosmo is closely related to a characters "Will."Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins Chapter 19
*Passive Fate Manipulation, and Fate Manipulation negation, along with Statistics Amplification: Miracles allow a character to temporarily draw out power from their infinite Will, and thus subsequently this increases all of their physical stats due tot he relationship Cosmo has with physical stats such as speed, stamina, durability, and potency.Saint Seiya Volume 28 This power also reshapes, and changes, the fateSaint Seiya: Episode G Chapter 23 forced upon humans by the godsSaint Seiya: The Lost Canvas Chapter 68 allowing them to overcome a situation, or adversary they normally cannot defeat.Saint Seiya Volume 18
==Divine Ichor==
This is the blue blood that flows in the veins of the Gods. Receiving the blood of a god is a divine honor. If someone is splashed with the blood of a god it will grant them many abilities such as;
*Acausality: (Type 1) Those splashed with the blood of a god are immune to changes to their "history."Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins Chapter 31; 34; 35; & 51
*Healing: All Wounds are healed after having the blood splashed upon them, and their stamina is completely restored.Saint Seiya: Episode G Assassins Chapter 34
===Resistances granted by receiving Divine Ichor===
Being given the blood of a God also helps resist certain abilities.
*Spatial Manipulation and Time Manipulation: Those who received the divine Ichor were immune to changes in The Super Dimensional Space. Where time and space were in flux and never consistent.
*Curse Manipulation, and Void Manipulation Negation along with negation of Immortality negation of Types: 3; 4; 6; 5; 8, and 9, and BFR: Hades Sword curses the soul's of beings cut with it and removes them from the cycle of samsara moving them into a world of nothingness, but Athena’s blood prevents the removal.Saint Seiya; The Lost Canvas Chapter 141
*Law Manipulation, and Death Manipulation: Those who received the blood of Athena can enter the Underworld without consequence of Hades Law’s, or suffer from instantly dying upon going into the Underworld. 
*Status Effect Inducement: The stats for those splashed with the Divine Ichor of a God cannot be lowered.Saint Seiya Volume 22
==Specters of Hades==
The Specters of Hades are warriors chosen by the Evil Stars. They are undead, and never dying warriors. In total their are 108 of these warriors. They have three ranks such as Terrestrial Star Specters, The Celestial Star Specters, and the 3 Judges.
=== Abilities ===
The Specters of Hades are also 7th Sense Users. They would have all the abilities that other 7th Sense Users have in addition too these are the soldiers of Hades. They were granted abilities, and powers by Hades in exchange for eternal life.
*Immortality (Types 1; 3; 7; 8; 9 and 5), and Regeneration (Mid-High): The Specters of Hades are filled with the Divine Will of Hades. They will continue to regenerate long as the Will of Hades remains within them.Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas Chapter 24 Additionally; the Specters of Hades are already dead by default,Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas Gaidens Chapter 7 and they do not possess a concept of death.Saint Seiya Taizen As a specter serving Hades, Aspros, regenerated from being a fetus, and another specter came back from being turned to a speck of Dust.Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas 208 & Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas Gaiden Volume 8
*Acausality: (Type 1) - Specters are are unaffected by the flow of time.Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas Chapter 208
==References==
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