| “ | Flowers bloom, but eventually wither. The stars shine, yet one day shall fade. Everything dies. The Earth, the Sun, the Milky Way... Even the entire universe is no exception. When compared to all that... The lives of men are as brief and elusive as the blink of an eye. In this small instant, men are born... Laugh, cry, fight, suffer, celebrate, wail... Hate some while loving others. All of this... Is transitory. | „ |
| ~ Virgo Shaka |
Summary
Virgo Shaka (乙女座のシャカ or Barugo no Shaka), the Gold Saint in the constellation Virgo in Saint Seiya, is one of the most serene and one of the strongest. Being a reincarnation of a Buddha, he is called to be "The Man Closest to the Gods."
Powers and Stats
Tier: At least 3-C, Low 2-C with Sight being restricted, at least 3-C, Low 2-C with Sight Unsealed
Key: Base | 8th Sense | Astral Form
Name: Virgo Shaka, The Man Closest to God
Origin: Saint Seiya
Gender: Male
Age: 13 (Episode G), 20 - 24 (Classic)
Classification: Human, Gold Saint
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Matter Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, and Temperature Manipulation (7th sense users can cause destroy matter down the level below Quarks. Causing damage to a Gold Cloth requires a power that can break apart matter that exists below Quarks. Gold Saints have fought each other, and those equal or above them causing damage to their Gold Cloths or the Gold Cloth Armor equivalent. Gold Saints can generate a shield made from pure Cosmo around them using their 7th sense at the start of battle, and their Gold Cloths are also infused with the power of Cosmo. Gold Saints such as Capricorn Shura cut twenty billion souls at once and Cancer Deathmask (Saint Seiya) can destroy twenty billion souls all at once. The power of Ohm could also affect twenty billion souls. Gold Saints can reach temperatures of over a million degrees when focusing their attacks, Energy Manipulation, Aura, and Heat Manipulation (Overwhelming Aura - When flaring his cosmo, by powering up just before an attack. His opponent will stop moving. Upon powering up their Cosmo they cause the area around them to burn up with intense heat, and their attacks are also imbued with heat), Extrasensory Perception (Under the 6th, and 7th sense), Enhanced Senses (They are capable of tracking events taking place over a large distance including other realms. Can also hear bones breaking from a distance away. In addition, he also has two additional senses that are known as the 6th and 7th sense), Reactive Power Level (The skills of the Saints continues to improve throughout their fights, and they continue to get stronger every time they get knocked down), Reactive Evolution (Can analyze and comprehend the components of an enemy's attack after seeing it once, and adapt to it), Telepathy, Pressure Points (The Star Life Points are pressure points on the body), Probability Manipulation, and Statistics Amplification (Through the Power of Miracles impossibilities can be turned into certain possibilities, as well as increase their stats such as speed, and power), Summoning (Saints can summon their cloths), Martial Arts, Law Manipulation (Shaka turns "The Wheel of Laws" to bring causality to a stop preventing anyone from making any moves), Time Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Regeneration (High), Flight, Telekinesis, Teleportation, Intangibility, Barriers and Forcefields, Astral Projection, Pocket Reality Manipulation, Illusion Creation, Memory Manipulation, Sense Manipulation, Acausality, Air Manipulation (He can create a wall of Air Pressure and use it to push objects back, and people back), BFR (Shaka can send someone to one of six realms of Hades Underworld. Where they become subjected to Hades' Laws, and Reality), Paralysis Inducement (Can cause his opponents to stop moving when he flares his cosmo), Perception Manipulation (He can erase a targets five basic senses and their 6th sense, the mind),
Resistance to Heat Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (All attacks are imbued with the power of Cosmo, and as such, they have taken many attacks from other Cosmo users which consist of high temperatures, atomic destruction, and soul destruction. The power of the 7th sense allows someone to become comparable to the Gold Saints who have mastered the power of Cosmo and the 7th sense), Illusions (The 6th and 7th Sense allows someone to see through illusions), Cold Energy Manipulation (Gold cloths, and 7th Sense Users, freeze at -459 degrees Fahrenheit), Perception Manipulation (Via the 7th. Which allows the user to be aware of their surrounding environment even when the 5 basic senses, and the mind, have been shut off), Electricity Manipulation (7th sense users can are immune to the effects of 10,000 volts of electricity), Mind Manipulation, Dream Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Void Manipulation, Sense Manipulation (Has the 7th Sense)
All previous abilities, Resurrection, and Immortality (Type 4 - After obtaining the 8th sense, he gained absolute control of his own soul and can resurrect himself), Incorporeality (exist without a body, as a soul), Regeneration (Low Godly Regeneration - Users of the 8th Sense and create a new body for themselves after it has been destroyed), Extrasensory Perception (With the "8th Sense" which exist beyond the five basic senses, the sixth, and the seventh)
All previous resistances, and Resistance too Death Manipulation and Law Manipulation (The Underworld kills anyone that is "Alive" when entering into it, but 8th sense users can enter it alive. The 8th sense allows the user to overcome the laws that Hades had created), Sense Manipulation (Has the 7th, and 8th Sense)
Attack Potency: At least Galaxy level, Universe level+ when using his full power (Stalemated Leo Aiolia with his Sight Sealed. One of the most powerful Gold Saints. Said by Virgo Shijima to be the most powerful Virgo Saint of all time. Agyo is an attack that replicates the birth of the universe. Shaka and Shijima created and destroyed countless universes in their battle as a result of spamming their attacks. The technique "Tenbu Horin" creates a Universe. Shaka's Tenma Kofuku managed to damage Gemini Saga, Capricorn Shura, and Aquarius Camus. The power of the Tenma Kofuku surprises even Aries Mu, and Aries Shion), At least Galaxy level, Universe level+ with Sight Unsealed, and using his maximum power (The Tenma Kofuku had its destructive power compared the Galaxian Explosion of Gemini Saga).
Speed: Speed of Light (Gold Saints are stated to be able to move at the speed of light) | Speed of Light (same as before) | Speed of Light (same as before)
Lifting Strength: Multi-Stellar
Striking Strength: at least Galaxy level, Universe level+ when using his full power, at least Galaxy level, Universe level+ with Sight Unsealed and when using his maximum power
Durability: at least Galaxy level, Universe level+ when burning his Cosmo to the maximum, higher with Khan (One of the most powerful defensive techniques of all Gold Saints, blocked attacks from 1-Sealed Iapetus. Khan protected Shaka from an attack by Gemini Saga. Mitigated damage dealt when Capricorn Shura, Aquarius Camus, and Gemini Saga combined their attacks together.)
Stamina: Nearly Infinite (Gold Saints can fight for 1000 Days) | Nearly Infinite | Infinite; The Saints can keep fighting despite suffering through severe damage, and even critical damage that would otherwise kill a person. They can survive under the sea in near-freezing point temperatures for close to 2 hours. Survive in Oxygen thin air while being near death by losing more than half their blood at the same time, and fight through critical damage to the heart.
Range: Interstellar, Galactic with Sight Unsealed and 8th Sense, Universal, Interdimensional with Psychokinesis. Intergalactic, Universal with Agyo in Astral Form.
Standard Equipment: Virgo Gold Cloth. 108 Beads Rosary.
Intelligence: Incredibly Intelligent. At the age of 6, Shaka was already an enlightened individual who had a great understanding and awareness of the nature of existence. He also held telepathic conversations with The Buddha while meditating. He is in tune with the universe around him and transcended life and death upon reaching the 8th Sense. Later reached Nirvana, attaining Buddhahood.
Weaknesses: Very Arrogant (Only applies to Sanctuary Arc Shaka), Agyo requires him to be still and in meditation.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Tenkuuhaja Chimimouryou (Heaven Supremacy on Evil Spirits of Rivers and Mountains): Summons evil spirits to attack the enemy soul.
- Tenma Kofuku (Demon Pacifier): Expands his Cosmos in an enormous blast, one strong enough to destroy a large part of the Cancer Temple. Deals more severe damage to evil beings.
- Khan: A powerful barrier that nearly halted the attacks of three gold saints. This barrier can also deflect attacks.
- Buddha's Hand: This move gives the illusion of thinking you are moving, but in reality, you are trapped in the hand of Buddha, unable to escape.
- Rikudō Rinne (Transmigration to the Six Paths or Six Samsāras): A possibly illusionary technique in which Shaka sends his opponent to one of the six Dharma's rebirth realms.
- Tenbu Horin (Treasures of Heavens): Shaka's most powerful technique. It reveals the truth of the Universe; Impermanence. Hōrin is the Japanese translation of the sanskrit Buddhist word for धर्मचक्र. This means dharmachakra (pl. dharmachakras). Dharmachakras is the Buddhist Wheel of Law, and Shaka is the Buddha turning the Wheel of Laws to bring causality to a halt. “The Wheel of Laws” is a symbolic representation of the Cycle of Samsara. The images within the Tenbu Horin are Dharmachakras, The various "Wheels of Life" or "Dharma Wheels." The hub of the wheel represent the three poisons of ignorance, attachment and aversion. The second layer represents karma (Cause and Effect). The third layer represents the six realms of cyclic existence. The fourth layer represents the twelve links of dependent origination (Causality). The fierce figure holding the wheel represents impermanence. A Dharma Wheel with four spokes symbolizes the Four Noble Truths. When the wheel has eight spokes, it represents the Eightfold Path. Twelve spokes symbolize the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination (Causality). Once you are trapped by the stopping of causality. Your five basic senses, and the sixth senses will then be removed.
- Athena Exclamation: An attack which is equal to the force of the Big Bang, only usable by three Saints working together.
- Agyo: it is an immense light generated by Shaka, the light of the birth of the universe.
Others
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Discussions
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