Endless Myth and Saint Seiya Episode.G Requiem
— A Comparison of Multiverse Myth at the Edge of Collapse and Reconstruction —
The novel Endless Myth and Saint Seiya Episode.G Requiem both explore myth on a multiversal scale, moving beyond simple expansion into themes of collapse, reconstruction, and redefinition.
Rather than merely depicting vast universes, both works enter what could be called the terminal phase of multiverse mythology—where systems break down and meaning itself is questioned.
This article presents a comparison from the perspective of myth at its end stage.
1. Form of Myth: Endless Expansion and Reconstruction After Collapse
Endless Myth is fundamentally a mythology of infinite expansion.
However, this expansion eventually approaches limits—suggesting boundaries, or even an “outside” beyond the system.
In contrast, Episode.G Requiem begins within collapse.
Its world is already fractured, and the narrative focuses on rebuilding meaning from that destruction.
In short:
Endless Myth: a myth approaching its limit through expansion
Requiem: a myth reconstructed after collapse
2. Cosmology: Toward the Outside vs. Internal Breakdown
In Endless Myth, the multiverse remains a vast structure.
Yet the emergence of concepts beyond it—something like an outer, unknowable domain—raises questions about what lies outside the system.
In Episode.G Requiem, the multiverse itself has already broken down.
Worlds overlap, timelines distort, and order collapses from within.
Thus:
Endless Myth: a universe reaching outward
Requiem: a universe collapsing inward
3. Characters: Observers of Structure vs. Warriors of the End
Characters in Endless Myth function as observers and participants within a vast structure.
They perceive, analyze, and sometimes interact with the architecture of the multiverse.
In Episode.G Requiem, characters are survivors of the end.
They fight within a broken reality, asserting their existence amid collapse.
Figures like Aiolia evolve beyond simple warriors into agents of mythic reconstruction.
4. Time and Causality: Infinite Branching vs. Temporal Collapse
In Endless Myth, time branches infinitely.
All possibilities exist simultaneously, forming a stable, though incomprehensible, structure.
In Episode.G Requiem, time itself collapses.
Past, present, and future merge, and causality breaks down.
Comparison:
Endless Myth: the limit of branching time
Requiem: the collapse of time itself
5. Movement of Myth: Toward the Limit vs. From the End to Renewal
Endless Myth moves toward an ultimate limit.
Beyond that limit lies a realm where conventional logic, mathematics, and narrative may no longer apply.
Episode.G Requiem moves in the opposite direction.
From the ruins of a broken myth, it seeks renewal—rebuilding meaning and structure from destruction.
6. Core as Multiverse Myth
Endless Myth mythologizes the edge of infinity—the outermost boundary of structure and understanding.
Episode.G Requiem mythologizes the aftermath of collapse—what remains when structure fails, and how meaning can be reborn.
Conclusion: Does Myth End, or Begin Again After the End?
Endless Myth and Saint Seiya Episode.G Requiem represent two ultimate directions of multiverse mythology:
Endless Myth: a myth moving toward the end of infinity
Requiem: a myth beginning from the end
The former attempts to go beyond the concept of an ending.
The latter begins precisely from that ending.
And this comparison leads to a fundamental question:
Does myth truly reach an end—
or is the end itself the beginning of a new myth?
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