Saint Seiya: Myth Cloth Thanatos Action Figure

Saint Seiya: Myth Cloth Thanatos Action Figure. The Greek god Thanatos (死を司る神タナトス Shi o tsukasadoru kami Tanatosu, shi o tsukasadoru kami meaning “death-ruling god” ) is one of the antagonist deities featured in the universe of the Manga Saint Seiya, authored by Masami Kurumada, that was later adapted to Anime. He was created by Kurumada based on the mythologic persona of the same name.

As in Greek mythology, he is the personification of mortality and death, and the twin brother of Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep. In Kurumada’s mythos, although he is a subordinate of Hades, the Emperor of the Darkness and ruler of the Underworld, he is a deity with all attributes, and as his lord, he is a sworn enemy of the protector goddess of the Earth, Athena.

As the god of death, Thanatos is able to cause death to any kind of living creature, no matter the distance. He is able to find his intended target, and attack him/her without the need of physical contact, using powerful blasts of energy. He is able to inflict excruciating pain on his victim, and cause instant death. Being a wielder of the “Big Will”, the divine Cosmo of the Gods, Thanatos was able to completely smash five Gold Cloths with a single attack, an unprecedented feat.

He is seemingly capable of psychokinesis, as stated by Ophiuchus Shaina, when she, along the Bronze Saints,Eagle Marin and Aries Mu’s apprentice Kiki were attacked by the god, and were unable to detect the origin of the attack. The only one capable of detecting his energy blasts was Kiki, because he is skilled at psychokinesis. However, this may be only due to the fact that Thanatos’ shots are invisible to mere mortals, as death itself has no visible form.

In Kurumada’s canon, Thanatos has but one special technique, known as “Terrible Providence”. Indeed, this may be one of the most powerful techniques of the entire series: it takes form of an immensely powerful blast of energy of any form, be it a beam, an explosion or a number of energy blasts. Wether the form, upon reaching the target the blast cripples his body and mind to the point of completely slaughtering them, annihilating the five senses at once while the mind is made instantly insane and the body is totally dismembered, as shown when the god unleashes this technique on Phoenix Ikki. It is worth nothing however that this move’s true power is never shown, be it due to Athena’s protection or Thanatos’ own arrogance.

In the non-canonical sidestory Saint Seiya Lost Canvas, Thanatos benefitted from the addition of a new technique, called Tartaros Phobia, during which, he unleashes suffering tortured souls from Tartaros to attack his victim. He used it against Cancer Manigoldo and Cancer Sage, without succeeding in killing them. This technique however, as mentioned before about everything regarding Lost Canvas, still lacks canonity.  See details