Unicorn Jabu
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Unicorn Jabu is a fictional character from the manga/anime series, Saint Seiya. Jabu is one of the Bronze Saints which protect Athena.
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[edit] Statistics
- Age: 13
- Height: 165 cm
- Weight: 55 kg
- DOB: November 3rd
- Blood: B type
- Birth Place: Japan
- Trained: Oran, Algeria
- Techniques: "Unicorn Gallop"
- Seiyuu: Meguro Kousuke (目黒 光祐, めぐろ こうすけ), Ishikawa Hideo (川 英郎, いしかわ ひでお) OVA, Yasuda Akie (安田 あきえ, やすだあきえ) child Jabu.
[edit] Secret moves
- Unicorn Gallop :
Jabu's only known attack. It's a simple and physical kick attack which he developed during his training. He used this technique a few times during the series. The most notable scenes were: against Andromeda Shun, with no success. And against 3 unknown specters in Hades saga.
It's been suggested that Unicorn cloth's horn is a powerful weapon, but it never show Jabu actually use it. In the anime he had some strange and mystical battle against Lionet Ban where it looks like he used the horn, but it's likely that it was only used to make the battle looked cooler to the audience.
[edit] History of Unicorn
[edit] Childhood
Jabu is one of the 100 orphans that were sent by Mitsumasa Kido all over the world to train and bring back the saint cloth in order to protect his foster grand-daughter, Saori. When Jabu was just a kid, he was very obediant to Saori Kiddo, even if she wanted him to become her horse. (In the manga, Jabu is in fact Kido's son, as well as Seiya and the other 98 orphans). He went to train at Oran, Algeria where he managed to get the Unicorn Bronze Cloth after six years.
[edit] Galaxian Warrior
Jabu later returned to Japan to participate in Saori Kido's Galaxian Wars, a tournament to get the Sagittarius Golden Cloth, also he wanted a chance to fight his old rival, Seiya (now the Pegasus Saint). Jabu win the first round against Lionet Ban, but during his second round Andromeda Shun had the upper hand over him, however their fight was intrupted as Phoenix Ikki showed up and stole the Sagittarius Cloth, so the Galaxian Wars was put on hold till the Sagittarius Cloth was returned.
[edit] Loyal Guardian
After that, Jabu "retired", supposedly to re-train and repair his cloth after the battle with Shun. He appeared again in Sanctuary to protect Athena while Seiya and other four main bronze saints (Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, Ikki) were fighting the Golden Saints.
Toward the end of the series Jabu became one of the guardians of the Sanctuary, as Hades' power awoke the dead saints and attacked the guards. Jabu stepped in and fought some of the specters (see below) and later at the end of the Hades series he also helped defend Seika, Seiya's sister, against Thanatos's attempts to kill her.
[edit] Unicorn Bronze Cloth
The Unicorn Cloth is one of the 88 armours of Athena's "army", the Saints. There is 3 ranges, and Unicorn Cloth is one of the lowest one of the Bronze Saints cloths, along with other 47 cloths.
The Unicorn Cloth represents an Unicorn standing.
In the manga it received, what seem to be a small upgrade during the 12 temples saga when Jabu appeared again with his armor fixed after the Galaxians Wars.
There are some minor differences between manga and anime version. But the most notable is the helmet. In manga it looks just like a headband with an horn, while in the Anime it is a whole head helmet with a Unicorn's head appearance.
[edit] Unicorn Myth and Constellation
For Unicorn Myth, see Unicorn
For Constellation details, see Monoceros
[edit] Unicorn Yato
As seen in the The Lost Canvas manga, Yato (耶人?) is the name of the Unicorn Saint living in the 18th Century. Not much is known about him. Since he looks a lot like Jabu and has a Japanese name, it's speculated being his previous incarnation. However, The Lost Canvas manga status as canon is unknown.
[edit] Notes
- The Unicorn myth says that the beast could be tammed by a virgin. Ironically we can see how Jabu's action or rage is tammed whenever Saori gives orders and he obeys without questions.
- In the first chapter, this character was presented like he was going to be one of the main characters as Seiya's rival, but Jabu was "abandoned" as the series progressed when the actual five main bronze saints (Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, Ikki) were decided by the author.
| Saint Seiya characters | |
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| Bronze Saints | |
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Pegasus Seiya | Cygnus Hyoga | Dragon Shiryu | Andromeda Shun | Phoenix Ikki Unicorn Jabu | Lionet Ban | Wolf Nachi | Bear Geki | Hydra Ichi |
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| Silver Saints | |
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Lizard Misty | Centaurus Babel | Auriga Capella | Kerberos Dante | Crow Jamian | Hound Asterion | Whale Moses ("Kaitos Moses" in the anime) | Cepheus Daidalos | Perseus Algol | Musca Dio | Canis Major Sirius | Hercules Algethi | Eagle Marin | Ophiuchus Shaina | Lyra Orphée | Sagitta Tramy Tarantula Arachne | Lotus Agora | Pavo Shiva |
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| Gold Saints | |
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Aries Mu | Aries Shion | Taurus Aldebaran | Gemini Saga | Gemini Kanon | Cancer Deathmask | Leo Aiolia | Virgo Shaka | Libra Dohko | Scorpion Milo | Sagittarius Aiolos | Capricorn Shura | Aquarius Camus | Pisces Aphrodite |
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| Asgard God Warriors | |
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Phecda Gamma Thor | Alioth Epsilon Fenrir | Benetnasch Eta Mime | Megrez Delta Alberich | Merak Beta Hagen | Mizar Zeta Syd | Alcor Zeta Bud | Dubhe Alpha Siegfried |
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| Poseidon's Marinas | |
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Sea Horse Baian | Scylla Io | Chrysaor Krishna | Lymnades Casa | Kraken Isaac | Siren Sorento | Sea Dragon Kanon Mermaid Tetis |
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| Hades' Specters | |
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Wyvern Rhadamanthys | Griffin Minos | Garuda Aiacos Harpy Valentine |
