Libra Shiryū

**Libra Shiryū** is the Legendary Libra Gold Saint and the former Dragon Bronze Saint who fought alongside Athena, Seiya, Shun, Hyōga and Ikki years ago. After the Holy War against Hades had ended, Shiryū married Shunrei and had a son, Ryūhō. Having lost his senses during the battle against Mars, Shiryū retires as a Saint, and entrusts the Libra Cloth to Genbu. But after his death and with his senses returned, he once more returns to the battlefield as the Libra Gold Saint.

## Profile and Stats

**Alias**:

**Tier**: **Low 5-B**

**Attack Potency**: **Small Planet level**

**Speed**:

**Lifting Strength**:

**Striking Strength**:

**Durability**:

## Physical Appearance

Shiryū is a lean, muscular man of average height with a slightly tan skin tone, blue-colored eyes, and long, black hair that falls down to his waist. Whenever he doesn't wear his cloth, he wears a light-purple Chinese dress and black Chinese shoes, with the addition of white bandages on his upper arms.

One of Shiryū's most distinguishing traits is the large, tattoo-like image of a green and white dragon on his back that appears whenever his raises his Cosmo to it's maximum limits. Whenever his life is in danger, the tattoo-like image begins to fade away—once it completely vanishes, it is a sign that Shiryū's Cosmo is nearing zero, or Shiryū himself is nearing death.

## Personality

Among the five Legendary Bronze Saints, Shiryū is known as the calmest and most mature for a young man of his age. He is also a wise and powerful Saint, almost as strong as Ikki in power, as he has won several battles without his Cloth in the past.

Beneath that exterior is a noble soul, with a strong sense of honor, always known for being willing to sacrifice for his friends and family, evening willing to show them a great gratitude and loyalty towards those around him. He prefers to fight fair and square and dislikes dishonorable measures, but can be a bit stubborn when it comes to his son's well-being.

Shiryū is the only Legendary Saint who removes his Cloth the most in order reach the full extent of his Cosmo, risking his life for the sake of victory against his opponent.

## Powers and Abilities

**Water Manipulation**: As with his elemental Cosmo, Shiryū can create, shape, and control the element of water.

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant**:

**Expert Weapons Specialist**:

**Enhanced Strength**:

**Immense Speed and Reflexes**:

**Enhanced Endurance**:

**Immense Durability**:

**Expert Tactician**:

**Tremendous Cosmo Power**:

* **Intuition**:
* **Miraculosity**:
* **Arayashiki**:

### Techniques

**Rozan Shō Ryū Ha** (*Rozan Rising Dragon*): Shiryū intensifies his cosmos and gives an upward blow be it punch or kick. The upward release of energy is comparable to the image of a majestic dragon rising towards the sky. A breath and drag violently hitting the opponent rose into the air with the image of a dragon devouring the opponent; Sometimes the attack is not completely vertical as when it slightly rotates around it's prey.

Unlike the techniques of the other Bronze Saints, however, Shiryū's Rozan Shō Ryū Ha does have one weakness—while performing the move, his heart will be left open for a millisecond. Only three people in the series have noted this: his master Libra Dohko, Bronze Saint Pegasus Seiya, and Gold Saint Capricorn Shura. When fighting Shura, Shiryū used this weakness as a decoy to lure Shura to hew his heart, then Shiryū was able to hurt Shura successfully.

**Excalibur**: Excalibur is a deadly Cosmo focused with precise sharpness on Shiryū's right arm. This technique is a very sharp blast, composed of extreme Cosmo concentration and released by his arm movement. Even though Shiryū had been afflicted with the brand of darkness in the era of Omega, this keepsake weapon still retains its legendary cutting power.

**Rozan Hyaku Ryū Ha** (*Rozan Hundred Dragons*): Shiryū is able to perform this technique much like his son, Dragon Ryūhō. By extending his arms forward, Shiryū unleashes a swarm of 100 Golden Dragons that rush towards the enemy through the air to devour his opponent.

## Equipment

**Libra Cloth Stone**: One of the 12 Gold Cloth Stones worn by Athena's Gold Saints; he inherited this Cloth from his former master, the previous Libra Gold Saint Dohko. The Cloth consists of only golden armored platting that covers most of his body with an emerald at his chestpiece, as well as a golden headpiece on his forehead. He also wears a shield around his right arm similar to the Dragon Cloth's shield, bearing the same design and shape. A unique trait with this Cloth is that it features twelve weapons, each of the weapons being a pair.

## Relationships

### Family

* Shunrei (Wife)
* Dragon Ryūhō (Son)