Sailor Moon Summary The protagonist of Sailor Moon is Usagi Tsukino, who lives as an ordinary middle school girl until she is found by a talking cat named Luna. Through Luna, Usagi learns that the world is about to be attacked by a Dark Kingdom that had appeared once before, long ago, and destroyed the kingdom of the moon. Her dormant powers are then awakened to defend the Earth against the coming onslaught, and she is led to a number of friends who join her in the battle. Usagi fights using the identity of Sailor Moon, and as the story progresses she learns more and more about the enemies which face her and the evil force that is sending them. Gradually she discovers the truth about her own past life, her destined true love, and the possibilities for the future of the Solar System. The plot spans five major story arcs, each of which is represented in both the manga and anime, usually under different names. These are the Dark Kingdom arc, the Black Moon arc (Sailor Moon R), the Infinity arc (Sailor Moon S), the Dream arc (Sailor Moon Supers), and the Stars arc (Sailor Stars). The anime added an additional minor arc at the start of the second series, and spent the first few episodes of Sailor Stars wrapping up the plot from the previous series. The Dark Kingdom arc is the first story arc in the Sailor Moon anime and manga metaseries. Originally it was referred to merely as Sailor Moon, as the series was not expected to continue, but its official subtitle was later given by creator Naoko Takeuchi.[1] It is named after its featured villain group, the Dark Kingdom. A common nickname among English-speaking fans is "Sailor Moon Classic". This arc introduces most of the major protagonists: Usagi Tsukino, Mamoru Chiba, Ami Mizuno, Rei Hino, Makoto Kino, and Minako Aino. The primary villain is Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom, who sends her servants out into the world to drain human energy and to obtain the Silver Crystal. A secondary plotline, also involving Queen Beryl and her servants, was created for the anime adaptation, the Rainbow Crystal arc. In this story, the Silver Crystal had been split into seven rainbow-colored parts and embedded in monsters, which had been reborn as ordinary people. Possession of the seven crystals is neccessary to reform the Silver Crystal. All the characters were supposed to die in the end...however the editors wouldn't allow it. Sailor Moon R is the shortened title of Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R (美少女戦士セー ラームーン R, Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Aru?), the second major story arc and series in the Sailor Moon anime. The letter R in its title, according to the Memorial Song Box booklet, can be expanded into either "Return" or "Romance." In the manga, which came first, this arc does not have a specific name, but its individual Acts are inconsistently given the subtitle "Black Moon." The main story arc explores the future of all the Senshi in a utopic city called Crystal Tokyo, ruled over by Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. New characters introduced include Chibiusa, Sailor Pluto, and in the manga, Diana. The primary villains are the Black Moon Clan, led by Prince Demand. Sailor Moon S is the shortened title of Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S (美少女戦士セー ラームーン S, Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Sūpā?), which is the third major story arc in the anime Sailor Moon. The S stands for "Super," and is pronounced as such in the series' eyecatches. The original manga version, created by Naoko Takeuchi, is called Infinity. "SMS," as it is sometimes called, is considered one of the darkest storylines in the series, partly due to the villains' ultimate goal of destroying, rather than conquering, all life in the world, as well as ethical themes of sacrifice. The arc is characterized by the appearance of three new Sailor Senshi: Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn. It also reintroduces the character of Sailor Pluto and gives her a civilian identiy, Setsuna Meioh. In the anime, Chibiusa is seen for the first time in her capacity as Sailor Chibi Moon. The series antagonists are the Death Busters, led by mad scientist Professor Tomoe and the Witches 5. Sailor Moon Supers is the shortened title of Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Supers (美少女 戦士セーラームーン SuperS, Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Sūpāzu?), the fourth major story arc and series in the Sailor Moon anime. The "Supers" in the title is pronounced [súːpāzŭ] (as in more than one "super") and typeset "SuperS" in the series eyecatches. This arc is largely centered on the character of Chibiusa,[1] who is brought to the same level of prominence as the title character, Usagi Tsukino. In the anime, she gains her own cat guardian, Diana, although in the manga Diana had first appeared in the second arc. She is visited in her dreams by a being called Pegasus who seeks her help in escaping the Dead Moon Circus. This is led by the evil Queen Nehellenia and her second-in-command, Zirconia. They command the Amazon Trio and the Amazoness Quartet to search Earth for Pegasus and for the Golden Crystal. This arc was the least popular of the five anime series in the United States because of the slow-moving plot and the increase in sugary cuteness. Sailor Stars is the shortened title of Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars (美少女戦士 セーラームーン セーラースターズ, Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Sērā Sutāzu?), which is the fifth and final major story arc in the anime Sailor Moon. This arc is characterized by the introduction of new characters such as the Sailor Starlights, Princess Kakyuu, and ChibiChibi. The primary villain is Sailor Galaxia, queen of an organization called Shadow Galactica, who seeks to rule the galaxy by collecting "Sailor Crystals" (also called "true star seeds") from its Sailor Senshi. Of the five story arcs, Sailor Stars is the only one featuring recurring villains of only one gender (all female, because they are all Senshi). In the anime, it is also the only arc in which all the villains who die are killed by other villains. Usagi(Moon) I know she's the main character but I don't like her...she's annoying and whiny and just gets on my nerves. How the hell does she eat like that and still not get fat, and how'd she even pass with those grades??? Within the metaseries, Usagi Tsukino is introduced as a schoolgirl living in 20th century Tokyo. She is initially depicted as a well-intentioned but underachieving crybaby who prefers the life of a normal teen-aged Earth girl. Nevertheless, she continues to fight the evils of her past life and protects the Earth with the Silver Crystal, as the Champion of Justice, Sailor Moon, which provides for most of the conflict within both the manga and the anime. Her journey begins when, while running to school, she sees some neighborhood kids abusing a cat and rescues it. Later, the cat comes into her room and reveals herself as a talking cat named Luna, who serves as the mentor for the show. Luna gives her a magical brooch which helps her transform into Sailor Moon (the "soldier for love and justice"), and tells her that she is a Soldier who must fight for peace. She also tells her that she must find the rest of the Soldiers, as well as their princess. Though at first Usagi is portrayed as a "reluctant heroine"[3] (in the anime she often is rescued by Tuxedo Mask) as time goes on her character grows more confident and mature. However, she still has her crybaby moments late into the metaseries. Takeuchi consistently emphasizes that Usagi is a lazy daydreamer, but one with an enormous heart.Usagi lives in Azabu Jūban (which is a real district of Tokyo) with her mother Ikuko Tsukino, her father Kenji Tsukino, and her brother Shingo Tsukino. Usagi's family is named after the family members of the metaseries' creator, Naoko Takeuchi's real family.[4] Out of the Sailor Senshi, Usagi and Minako Aino are the only characters with a conventional nuclear family. Usagi is also the only one known to have a sibling. She is a poor student, and often comes off as dumb (especially in the anime), though this is generally played off as being due to naïveté and laziness rather than actual stupidity. This is because she spends her time eating, playing video games and reading comics (including RunRun, which published the Sailor V manga in real life) rather than studying. She is often portrayed as a character that is better at art than science, as with her inability to answer that apples fall from trees because of gravity. Usagi's boyfriend is Mamoru Chiba. Mamoru and Usagi's relationship is a large part of Usagi's life, as well as the series. The love they share helps Usagi make it through many challenges. Mamoru becomes Usagi's boyfriend after many trials, and they date for a long time during the series. Mamoru eventually proposes to Usagi, and they ultimately get married. One of the biggest secrets about Sailor Moon is revealed in a number of connecting episodes in the end of the first series, when she realizes that she is Princess Serenity (the "crown princess" of the Silver Millennium) reborn. In the second series, Usagi learns that she will give birth to a daughter (Chibiusa) by her boyfriend and future husband. Usagi will also become a "sovereign of the Earth", known as Neo-Queen Serenity, by the 30th century. Usagi is shown to love sweet foods and is easily distracted by them. She loves cake so much that it is listed as her hobby in the manga, and her favorite subject is listed as Home Economics. She is also said to dislike carrots (although she eats them in the anime), and is terrible at both English and mathematics. In addition to being a genuine friend, Usagi is extremely good at brown nosing when it's needed and, of course, crying to get what she wants. She is afraid of dentists and ghosts, and her greatest dream is to be a bride.[2] Usagi loves rabbits[6] as well as the colors white and pink, and is apparently a member of the Manga Drawing Club at school,[7] though her skill level varies widely when shown in the anime.[8] She stands 150 centimeters (4 ft 11 in) tall.[9] In the manga and anime, Mamoru gives Usagi the nickname "Odango," a kind of rice dumpling, based on her distinctive hair style. At first this is always accompanied with the suffix "-atama," meaning "head," but as time goes on it is left off. Usagi hates the name at first, but as they become close it develops into a sign of affection. Later in the series, other important male (or androgynous) figures in her life, Haruka and Seiya, adopt the name as well. Because there is no North American equivalent to odango, the English dub almost always uses "Meatball Head," once "Donut Head," and, somewhat incongruously,[10] "Moon Face." In the English manga, Mamoru calls Usagi "buns", which is both an approximation of odango and short for Bunny. Mamoru(Tuxedo Kamen) My God, he's metrosexual. His "attack" his throwing a goddamn rose. A DAMN ROSE! HOLY SHIT I'M SCARED! Mamoru Chiba is the major romantic interest of Usagi Tsukino. He is often portrayed as stoic, steady and introverted. When he was young his parents died in a car crash. This blocked his childhood memories of his current lifetime and opened up the memories of his previous life as Prince Endymion.[2] When this happened he started to see Princess Serenity in his dreams. Early in the manga, he seeks the Silver Crystal because he is convinced that this will restore his memories fully. He also is the character that gets brainwashed and captured the most throughout the series. Mamoru and Usagi are boyfriend and girlfriend during the series. They were not always on good terms--in both the manga and anime he and Usagi were antagonistic towards each other when they first met and only developed romantic feelings later on. For the manga those feelings developed before their identities were discovered; [3] for the anime they showed shortly before their identities were revealed in an elevator.[4] Once they became a couple, they became deeply devoted to each other and their love survives many trials. In the manga they briefly show jealousy in Volume 8, Act 25. Also in the anime they break up in Episode 61, but get back together in Episode 77 when King Endymion sent nightmares to Mamoru making him believe if he stayed with Usagi, she would die. He is always addressed as Mamo-chan by Usagi throughout the series during this time period (Chibiusa also addresses him with this nickname later on). After dating for two years, Mamoru gives Usagi an engagement ring at an airport. [5] The couple eventually gets married. In the future, they become king and queen and have a child together whom they name, Usagi, but is in the majority of the series known as Chibiusa. Mamoru Chiba as seen in the anime. He dresses in casual clothing more frequently in the anime than in the manga, but usually retains a slight hint of formality.The manga develops Mamoru more extensively, showing that the car crash happened on his birthday and gives a glimpse of his parents.[6] Mamoru also struggles with his identity throughout the manga, first as who he really is, then later if he's in the way of the Sailor Soldiers.[7] A fair amount of subtle characterization is made for Mamoru, and later extending his role within the manga as to who he is.[8] He also is given the power of psychometry, which also showed up in the anime, but was not given a name. This manifests in his ability to see and read dreams (Such as Chibiusa's), heal people and monitor the status of the Earth. This was not fully developed until the Black Moon arc, and was used occasionally throughout the series.[9] Mamoru also has his left ear pierced in the manga, a trait that does not carry over to his anime counterpart. The anime tends not to develop Mamoru as much, however, he is shown to be more social than his manga counterpart. He's interested in a variety of subjects and is shown as smart.[10] He also dated Rei Hino for a short time before all the past life identities were revealed, but the relationship did not develop very deeply; Rei and Mamoru broke up after it was discovered that Usagi was Princess Serenity.[11] Tuxedo Mask's importance in the manga is significantly larger. In fact, many of Sailor Moon's transformations and final victories come as a result of her and Tuxedo Mask fusing their powers together. In the final battle against the Dark Kingdom, Queen Metaria absorbed Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask into her body. However, they were able to combine their powers through the Silver Crystal to destroy Queen Metaria from within.[12] He also combines his power into Super Sailor Moon's last item in the manga with the rest of the soldiers using the Golden Crystal.[13] In the Infinity story arc, he combined his powers with Sailor Moon to create the next septer.[14] The manga tends to show Mamoru as quiet, studious, mysterious and stoic. He is often shown being admired by the student body of his high school for these qualities. [15] The anime also tends to make him appear in every episode to save Sailor Moon's life. He did have a few attacks that resemble what would seem like some of the attacks in the manga, but these are not given actual names within the anime. The dub did not make too many significant changes to his character. He is a bit more extroverted than his original anime counterpart in the voicing. Darien was more likely to yell and get annoyed than Mamoru of the anime, who was often quiet and distant, even when he was annoyed. A line was also added to an episode in the dub that claimed Darien used to be a model, but this was never referred to again. The original line had Mamoru talking about the attractiveness of a girl's character being more important than physical beauty.[16] It also invented karate as one of his hobbies, which was only mentioned in one episode and never mentioned in the original. [specify] In the musicals, Mamoru protects Usagi and is generally by her side. Several of his relationships change from musical to musical, however. For example, in one musical it's revealed that Queen Beryl was Mamoru's fiancé from his time as Prince of the Earth. Associating with the Moon Kingdom was against Earth law, and Endymion violated this law when he associated with Princess Serenity. In this version of events, Serenity and Endymion are outlaws (similar to Romeo and Juliet) who drive an otherwise innocent woman, Beryl, to evil by making her jealous.[17] Sailor Pluto also reveals that she is in love with Endymion, though she has contented herself with watching from afar.[18] Another variation occurs in the Ryuusei Densetsu musical, when Mamoru is not killed by Galaxia and instead is able to fight alongside the Senshi. Mamoru is typically very involved in Senshi battles, fighting alongside the Senshi as opposed to his anime role of throwing a rose and then letting Sailor Moon deliver the finishing blow. Tuxedo Mask always gets his own song, though they vary from musical to musical. In one musical, there were multiple songs as both the present Mamoru appeared as Tuxedo Mask and later King Endymion appeared in disguise as Space Knight to look out for Chibiusa.[19] In the live action version, Mamoru is a much more silent, yet dedicated person. He is in search of the Silver Crystal due to his amnesia and dreams that told him that the magical object could restore his memories. To do this, he donned the Tuxedo Kamen disguise and became a thief, searching for the legendary crystal. Once his memories of his past and present lives were restored, he assumed his Endymion form to help the Senshi and tried his best to protect Usagi from the dangers of overusing the Silver Crystal. However, this went a bit too far when he joined the Dark Kingdom to understand more of the link between the Silver Crystal and Metaria. Learning that the Silver Crystal made Metaria stronger every time Sailor Moon used it, Endymion took Metaria into his body before succumbing to its dark power. Now an evil parody of himself, Dark Prince Endymion, he almost killed Sailor Mercury when Sailor Moon was forced to kill him to stop Metaria. He was revived once Sailor Moon managed to finally control the Crystal's power and destroyed Metaria for good. Ami(Mercury) Needs more depth...i get she's smart but what else??? Ami's most-emphasized character trait is that she is enormously intelligent—in the anime and manga she is rumored by other characters to have an IQ of three hundred, while in the stage musicals this is stated as a fact.[6] She is adept at English in both the musicals and the anime.[7] Her peers view her with a mixture of awe and distaste, misinterpreting her inherent shyness as snobbery, and so she tends to have a difficult time making new friends.[8] Ami is depicted as sweet, gentle, and loyal, as well as slightly insecure.[9] Anne Allison describes her as "a smart girl who needs to relax", calling her "conscientous" and "studious", "everything Usagi is not".[10] Early on in the story she relies heavily on the approval of her mother, teachers, and friends, but as the series progresses she becomes stronger and more confident in herself. She is generally the most sensible of the main characters, and is often the only one embarrassed when the group has a dull-witted moment. As the story begins, she attends Azabu Jūban Junior High along with Usagi Tsukino and Makoto Kino. Ami in her school uniform, drawn by Naoko Takeuchi. The "genius" archetype is emphasized in her character design, as seen here in the presence of books and reading glasses.Throughout the series, much of Ami's free time is spent studying. She loves to read, and dreams aloud of one day being a doctor like her mother. She has great appreciation for art as well as science, and contrary to the usual depiction of a bookworm, even enjoys pop culture and romance novels (though she is usually embarrassed to admit it). In both the anime and the manga, Ami's diligence in her studies becomes a running gag; she often comically scolds Usagi and the others for not doing their homework, and she can become obsessive about being the best student. Her character has been interpreted as a political commentary on the education system of Japan.[11] She sometimes displays attraction to boys her age, and other times aversion to the idea. Love letters are listed as the one thing she has most trouble with,[2] and when she later receives one, it gives her a rash.[4] In the anime, a classmate named Urawa learns her identity and expresses attraction to her, but this is never resolved, as he disappears after just two appearances in the first series.[12] Besides reading, Ami is shown playing chess and swimming in order to relax.[2] As the team scholar, computers are listed her strong point; she even belongs to the club at school.[13] She loves all her classes, especially mathematics. Her favorite foods are given as sandwiches and anmitsu, with her least favorite being yellowtail.[2] Other loves include cats[14] and the color aquamarine. Ami is one of the few girls in the series whose family situation is explicitly mentioned in the anime. Her parents are divorced, and she lives with her mother, a busy doctor who is not home very often, named Saeko in the live-action series.[15] They look very similar, and Ami admires her mother and longs to live up to her example.[11] Besides her workaholic tendencies, Ms. Mizuno is portrayed as a good person who openly resents not having more time to spend with her daughter. Ami's father is never named, but is stated in the manga and anime to be a painter. The manga says that he never visits them, having decided one day not to come home from the forest where he was relaxing and painting, but he sends her postcards on her birthday. Thinking about this, Ami sometimes resents her parents' selfishness in separating,[16] partly because divorce in Japan is taboo.[17] However, in the anime Ami seems to appreciate her father and seems to share some of his artistic traits, at one point even composing matching lyrics for a tune that had none.[18] In the manga, Ami's mother is revealed to be fairly rich, as they live in a condominium.[19] Ami is shown testing the strength of a sword that the Sailor Senshi received on the moon by using it to chip a diamond ring. (Classically, a diamond is the hardest mineral.) When the girls panic, she calms them by saying that her mother has many more.[19] In the live-action series, Ami is especially shy and usually wears glasses while in public, even though she does not need them.[20] At her middle school, she has no friends before meeting Usagi and always eats lunch alone on the roof so she can study.[21] Usagi seems to be the only one to realize that Ami is merely shy, not truly standoffish, and in befriending her gradually helps Ami to learn that she is more than just a bookworm. By Act 34, when Ami's mother attempts to transfer her to another school because she thinks Ami's friends are bad influences, Ami rebels, avoiding the admission interview and spending the night at the Senshi hideout with Rei Hino. Later she tells her mother that what she's doing in her life right now is more important than studying, and her mother understands Rei(Mars) She had a crush on Mamoru at first? Rei, you can do better. You see the damn future. Rei's history is largely the same across the different versions of the story. She works as a miko or shrine maiden at the Hikawa Shrine (火川神社, Hikawa Jinja?, or Cherry Hill Temple in the English dub), and is shown to have an affinity with two crows who live there. It is revealed in the manga that as a child, they "told" her that their names are Phobos and Deimos. In the manga she is portrayed as calm, serious, and practical, distrusting most men and discouraging her friends from developing romantic relationships. In the other adaptations, though, her personality is quite different. In the anime, Rei is fiery, boy-crazy, and ambitious, longing to one day become a singer, model, and voice actress. She is also greatly interested in pop culture and shows musical talent of her own, including playing the piano, singing, and composing all the songs for a school festival.[4] Rei frequently engages in petty arguments with Usagi, who she sees as immature, and although she becomes calmer as the series progresses, remains somewhat more of a typical teenager than her manga counterpart. Anime Rei also tends to engage in long periods of sticking her tongue out at Usagi (who returns the favor), as a kind of running gag in their arguments. Rei goes to a different school from the other girls, namely T*A Private Girls School, a Catholic institution run by nuns. She herself is a practitioner of Shinto, living and working at Hikawa Shrine with her maternal grandfather, its head priest. Her mother died when Rei was very young; her father is a high-class and famous politician who cares more about his job than about her (though in the live-action version he still tries to be involved in her life), and who only visits Rei on her birthday. She carries a certain amount of bitterness toward him, especially in the live-action series, in which the character of her grandfather does not exist. Rei in her unique school uniform, drawn by Naoko Takeuchi for the short story Casablanca Memories. The deliberate elegance of her character design is frequently emphasized in such images.Other characters frequently comment on Rei's beauty and elegance—in her first appearance, these traits even lead Luna to suspect that she could be the Princess they have been searching for.[5] However, her strange psychic talents have caused some to be afraid of her, and her distant nature makes her unreceptive to close friendship. Rei does treasure the friends she has, which consist entirely of the other Senshi, and although she sometimes adopts an aloof, big-sisterly attitude around them, this façade is frequently broken by her own enthusiasm, her genuine affection for all of them, and her sharp tongue. Because of the lack of respectable males in her life, the manga and live-action Rei harbors a generally low opinion of all men. She considers them emotionally weak and untrustworthy and seems genuinely uninterested in romance. The one exception is in a manga side-story centering around her, Casablanca Memories, which tells of Rei's friendship with her father's young secretary, Kaidou. He had been kind to her for her entire life and, in the story, she fancies herself in love with him. She is shocked when he suddenly announces his engagement to another girl and his decision to become a politician, despite having once said that he didn't like what had happened to Rei's family as a result of her father's work. Proof of her feelings are further cemented when she moves to kiss Kaidou, asking why, if he wanted to marry into the profession, didn't he choose to marry her due to her father's political influence. In the manga, this is the only potential romance in her life; in the live-action series, nothing of the sort is ever shown, as Rei is pointedly disinterested in boys.[6] In the anime, however, she dates Mamoru Chiba for a short while before he and Usagi become friends, and occasionally seems open to a relationship with Yūichirō, her grandfather's pupil. Late in the manga, members of the Dead Moon Circus harass Rei with a reflection of her young self, which mocks her for her friendships and her dream of being a priestess. The reflection tells her that the only way for her to be happy is to try her luck with numerous men until she ends up married to someone rich. Rei is able to defeat this illusion, and in the process gains her Sailor Crystal along with the memory that, long ago, she had in fact made a vow of chastity to Princess Serenity.[7] After this realization, she is never again shown having any doubts about her lack of interest in romance. This is never mentioned in the other series, although in the equivalent anime episode she expresses an intention to remain single forever.[8] Rei's lifelong dream is to become the head priestess at Hikawa Shrine, and much of her life is influenced by spirituality, particularly in the manga. Meditation is given as her strong point, and she enjoys fortune-telling as a hobby. The elegance of her character is further underscored by the contrast between her favorite subject, ancient writing, and her least favorite, modern society.[2] She also belongs to the Archery club at school,[9] which later provides the context for her most powerful weapon, the Mars Arrow. As for more general tastes, it is mentioned in the manga that Rei enjoys fugu, a type of blowfish which is both highly toxic and considered a delicacy in Japan. Other favorite things include pandas[10] and the colors red and black; dislikes include canned asparagus, men in general, and television. The English manga states that she does enjoy Buffy.[11] Just as Rei is more fiery in the anime than in the manga, she is changed again in the dubbed series. Although shots of her actually slapping Usagi are removed, remarks about her childishness and unreliability are more frequent and often harsher. In episode 43 of the original, Sailor Mars is briefly entrusted with the Moon Stick, which she explains to the others as proof that she and Sailor Moon don't hate each other. In the dubbed equivalent, she says that Sailor Moon left it at her house by accident and that she took it because she would make a better leader.[12] Other episodes add dialogue in which "Raye" tells people off or is rude to them, where in the original she is only mildly frustrated.[13] Though Rei and Usagi's arguments are a constant in the anime series, it is shown several times that Rei is in fact Usagi's closest friend among the Senshi. Rei is the last Senshi to die in the battle against the DD Girls in the first arc's finale. Ending her life, Rei's final "Fire Soul" was to save Usagi. In Sailor Moon R: The Movie, Usagi loses her life by using the Silver Crystal. Rei is the most hysterical of all the Senshi. When Sailor Galaxia kills all the Guardian Senshi, it is Sailor Mars to whom Sailor Moon immediately rushes towards. Rei says "You are too sweet be strong...Goodbye Princess...sorry I couldn't protect you." This leaves Usagi crying in grief. In the live-action series, Rei's personality is based more on the manga than on the anime. She has a difficult time trusting people, even her fellow Senshi, and has a tendency to rely too much on herself.[14] She claims to hate karaoke (which the other girls love, especially Usagi),[15] but is later coerced by Minako into posing as an idol— exactly what her anime counterpart wishes. Under the name "Mars Reiko," she appears on three occasions: performing for hospitalized children, working alongside Minako, and staging a contest with Minako in order to stop her from quitting the idol business.[16] She has a complex relationship with Minako; though they often disagree and compete with each other, they also share great respect. Minako even sometimes lets her guard down around Rei, and eventually confides to her about what she feels is her destiny as a Senshi. Rei is told that she is to be the secondary leader of the Senshi (as in the manga), and alternately admires and resents Minako's teachings about what that means. Makoto(Jupiter) Tomboy who cooks. Makoto's strong, independent personality is hinted at in her most striking physical feature—her unusual height. She is stated at her first appearance in the series to be very tall, and considerable notice is taken in the Japanese versions, although this trait is downplayed in English translations (as her relative height is not all that uncommon in the West). She is also physically very strong, and in fact was rumored to have been kicked out of her previous school for fighting. She is introduced to the series after transferring to Azabu Jūban Junior High, where Usagi and Ami are students, and where she stands out all the more because her school uniform is different from everyone else's; unable to find anything in her size, the school's administration tells her to wear her old one. It has a long skirt, which when coupled with her curly hair, was a common visual cue for a tough or delinquent girl at the time the series was created.[4] However, unlike these delinquent girls, her curly hair is natural.[5] Despite her tough appearance, she is very gentle. She always wears pink rose earrings and a green hair-band, even when transformed. One of the most consistent characters across the many versions of the series, Makoto is always depicted as simultaneously the most masculine and most feminine of the younger Senshi. She is tall, strong, physical, and practices martial arts and other sports, but at the same time is rather busty and an excellent cook and house-cleaner. Her most closely-held dream is to marry young and own a cake and flower shop,[6] and she loves romance novels. Her favorite class is home economics and her least favorite is physics. After entering high school, she also joins the cooking and gardening clubs.[7] She likes all foods, but especially cherry pie, and meatloaf, and her favorite colors are green and pink. She loves horses and hates cheaters. The long skirt and curly hair, unique to her, are a Japanese visual cue representing her "tough girl" personality.Her domestic talents are explained as a deliberate effort to overcome her tomboyishness.[8] In the anime, she is given the additional character trait of being highly prone to random crushes. In the live-action series she enjoys shopping, but eschews "girly" things; she cooks, but also physically overpowers bullies; she reorganizes her home, but does so with a sledgehammer.[9] She insists that she is not the least bit feminine, and seems surprised and touched when someone tells her she is.[10] This dual nature comes from a need to be self-sufficient: in the manga continuity her parents died in a plane crash when she was very young and she has since then looked after herself. She is self-sufficient almost to a fault, and becomes extremely nervous anytime an airplane passes overhead. In the anime, Makoto lives alone, but it is never explicitly stated that her parents are dead — in the English adaptation, she even claims she cannot take care of a cat because her mother is allergic — and later in the series she is shown boarding an airplane without any mention of fear.[11] In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Makoto's parents' death is told in a flashback in Act 6, but how they died is not mentioned.[12] Makoto has at least one former boyfriend; the importance of this subplot, as well as her level of obsession with cute men, varies wildly between adaptations. Fans of the anime typically have a perception of Makoto as extremely boy-crazy; a recurring gag is her obsession with people who look like the older classmate (sempai) who once broke her heart (unnamed except in the English dub, where he is called Freddy). In the manga, her "sempai" is mentioned only once or twice, and in the live-action drama is an integral part of why Makoto feels she needs to be alone.[12] In each version, there are mentions of other men who were very briefly a part of her life. Makoto is generally attracted to Motoki Furuhata, especially in the anime, but only in the live- action show do they become close.[10] By the end of the direct-to-DVD Special Act, they are engaged to be married.[13] One quirk of Makoto's was made famous among English-speaking fans due to the translation of a particular anime scene. The girls are arguing over which of them should play the part of Snow White in a play.[14] In Japanese, Makoto insists that she would be best for the role because she has the largest breasts. In the English adaptation, she still points at her chest, but states instead that she has the most "talent." As a reference to this, anime fans occasionally use the term "talented" as a euphemism for "busty". Minako(Venus) ...airhead... Minako is first introduced in the Sailor V manga, of which she is the star. She is awakened as a Senshi by the white cat Artemis when she is 13 years old and instructed that she has a duty to become the beautiful warrior, Sailor V. Artemis explains that Venus and Earth are "twin planets" of about the same size and weight, that Venus is her "mother star", and that she must protect Earth from its enemies. He shows her Magellan Castle orbiting around Venus and says that it is hers, although the existence of these castles is not revealed to the other Senshi characters until late in the Sailor Moon series. She first dons her red hair bow during the first chapter of the story, on the recommendation of a cute boy, and is almost never seen without it again.[4] Minako is depicted as athletic, cheerful, romantic, and resilient, all traits she will retain in the Sailor Moon series. When Sailor V was enough of a hit to earn its own anime adaptation, Takeuchi was asked to expand the concept to include more girls, and when she did, she placed Usagi Tsukino as the protagonist, with Minako as a part of the team. As a result, many of the traits strongly associated with Usagi actually originated with Minako in the Sailor V series—long, blonde hair; blue eyes; underachieving in school; large appetite; interest in pop culture; Moon-based powers; even the appearances of Usagi's family and friends are extremely similar to Minako's.[5] The bright colors and teasing expression are characteristic of her personality and portrayal.In the anime, Minako is given a slightly different backstory, having spent some of her time as Sailor V in England, where she met a young Interpol officer named Katarina who taught her English and acted as a big sister, and a young man called Alan, with whom she fell in love. After Sailor V was caught in an explosion and believed to be dead, she saw them together and realized that they, without her knowing, had become a couple. She moved back to Japan shortly thereafter.[6] She is also widely travelled in the manga, having visited Greece and China, but has never been to England.[citation needed] As a result of her past battles, when Minako meets the other Senshi she has a relatively serious personality, and is very focused on their mission as Sailor Senshi. In the manga, she even tells them she is the Princess they have been searching for, although in fact she is merely serving as a decoy to protect the real princess, Usagi. Throughout the first story arc she has by far the strongest memories of their past life on the Moon Kingdom. With the passage of time after the first story arc concludes, she is able to relax among her friends (and is differentiated from Usagi), gradually transforming into a more excitable, even goofy character. Her adventures frequently involve overconfidence, enthusiastic determination to come out on top, and slapstick humor. This is amplified in the anime, where her speech is also notoriously peppered with malapropisms and fractured proverbs. In the English-dubbed anime, "Mina's" personality is adjusted somewhat further; she adopts a valley girl dialect, and in the latter two seasons is rewritten as being sarcastic or rude in places where she had only been melodramatic in the original Japanese.[7] Artemis lives in Minako's home (as Luna lives in Usagi's) and is one of her closest friends. She is also the only Senshi other than Usagi to live with both parents, although references to her family life are downplayed in the Sailor Moon series because of their similarity to the Tsukino family. For the first several story arcs, Minako attends a different junior high school from the others, Shiba Kōen. When the characters enter high school, she joins Usagi, Ami, and Makoto at Azabu Jūban. One of her greatest loves is volleyball, as shown from the beginning of the first Sailor V chapter throughout the rest of the series—she even considers quitting the Sailor Senshi to become a professional,[8] and in high school joins the Volleyball club.[9] Her favorite class is Physical Education, while in the manga her least favorites are mathematics and the English language.[10] In the anime, having lived in England for some time, she is skilled at the language, and Usagi even begs for Minako to teach her.[11] Minako's other greatest love is pop culture. She desperately wants to be an idol, and so makes a hobby of chasing them and attending auditions whenever possible.[12] She takes her role as the "Soldier of Love" literally, and enjoys regaling friends and acquaintances with advice about romance. She is very boy-crazy and a flirt. Despite her declared expertise, Minako herself has little personal experience in relationships (aside from a brief and ill-fated love in the Sailor V manga), but she is generally on the lookout for opportunities. Her most consistently-portrayed crush is on Yaten Kou, during the Sailor Stars anime storyline. Thinking about him even gave her a nosebleed at one point—a common symbol of sexual attraction in anime, and the only occurrence of this in the entire series. This is downplayed in the manga, however; in that version Minako suspects Yaten of being an enemy. In Act 45, she has a confrontation with the Starlights on the roof of the school, during which she and Rei reaffirm that they don't need men because they have dedicated their lives to their duty of protecting Usagi. Minako is stated as having trouble with shiitake mushrooms, her mother, and the police—presumably because of her experiences as Sailor V. Her favorite colors are listed as yellow and red, and she likes birds[13] and curry rice. Hotaru(Saturn) One of my favorites. Poor girl...always outcast, getting bullied. She's a sick one too, she can't even go in the sunlight. And to top it off, her dad's the main villain of the story arc and she didn't know. Hotaru is introduced first as a friend to Chibiusa, but often experiences seizures due to a sickness. It is only much later that she is discovered as a Sailor Soldier, being last of this solar system's soldiers to fully realize her powers. Hotaru tends to be very logical, dependable and loyal. She is also very independent and did not have friends until she met Chibiusa and Usagi. She was said by Naoko Takeuchi, her creator, to be quiet and precocious as well as expressionless. In the anime she was not popular with her classmates because of her powers and her strange seizures as well as personality changes for being the host of Mistress 9, the evil entity that lived in her after the age of 5. In the manga, she is also disliked because she is a cyborg. She dresses predominantly in grey and black, although sometimes she wears a cobalt blue coat and a red cap. She is also seen with a garment around her shoulders in her predominant black outfit, and occasionally wore a brown coat. Because of her cyborg attachments, she always wears complete clothing to cover up her body. Even after her rebirth she continues the practice, though she begins to wear brighter colors. In the manga, Hotaru's mother Keiko died in a lab accident. Hotaru, in turn, was critically injured. Souichi Tomoe, Hotaru's father rescued her by making her body partially cybernetic, and making a deal with Master Pharaoh 90. He planted one of the Master's eggs in her body, hoping to give rise to a truly powerful Vessel. From then on, her father became completely malevolent. After Saturn was stopped by Sailor Moon all of the cybernetic material disappeared and she was reborn as a baby and had no cybernetic material attached. Her character design centers around dark colors, especially purple and black, to emphasize the gloomy nature of her past as well as her destiny as Soldier of Destruction.In the anime version she is not cybernetic, merely an outcast because of her strange seizures. Her mother is shown in shadow in one episode, but is never given a name like the manga, nor much of a background. Her father does not die like in the manga, but lives long enough to take care of his child until Sailor Pluto asks for her in the first part of Sailor Stars. Hotaru's age fluctuates during the series, since she was first introduced at age 12, and was later reborn as a baby, then grew back to about the resemblance of a 5 year old, then grew into a 12 year old again. As Sailor Saturn, Hotaru can destroy the solar system by dropping her weapon, the Silence Glaive. Her powers awaken once the three Talisman of Sailor Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto gather and resonate. Though a terrifying ability, Saturn reveals in the Infinity (Sailor Moon S) arc of the manga that this power is necessary, because rebirth cannot happen without death. It was Saturn who destroyed the remnants of the war-torn Silver Millennium kingdom, allowing a new world to be born. At first, knowledge of her disturbing powers caused the other Outer Senshi to attempt to kill her unawakened form. However, Saturn's awakening ultimately saved the world by forcing Master Pharoah 90 to escape to his former universe before being destroyed with Earth. Sailor Pluto then sealed the gateway to their dimension so that he could never return, and Super Sailor Moon used her powers as Neo-Queen Serenity to resurrect all that had been destroyed. Therefore, it can be inferred that Saturn will only awaken and destroy Earth when it is doomed, allowing the holders of the Silver Crystal to subsequently revive it. Hotaru wants to be a nurse one day, probably because of her talent at injury treatment. Due to the state of her health in both the anime and manga, her hobbies require no physical exertion and include reading and collecting lamps. She enjoys her World History class, but dislikes Physical Education and has difficulty with marathons. [3] She also hates milk. Other favorite things include soba (buckwheat) noodles, panthers,[4] and the color purple. Her blood type is AB,[3] and her height fluctuates throughout the series depending on her present age. In the manga, after Professor Tomoe's death, Hotaru essentially becomes the adopted daughter of Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaioh, watched over by Setsuna Meioh. She refers to them as Haruka-papa (despite Haruka being female), Michiru-mama and Setsuna-mama. After she grows out of her toddler form, she becomes happier and less reserved, smiling and laughing more often as she adjusts to her now-normal life. In the anime, her father is healed, and she lives with him as an infant for a time before the others return for her. After the battle with Sailor Galaxia, Hotaru is still with them; it is unknown if she returns to her father. In the musicals, Professor Tomoe is only present in a few stages, though Sailor Saturn appears in every musical from the third on. In musicals where Tomoe is absent, Hotaru is presented as being in the care of Haruka and Michiru. The kanji of Hotaru's surname translate as "earth" (土, to?) and "sprouting" (萠, mōe?). The former comes from the name of her planet in Japanese, Dosei (土星, Dosei?). Her given name is in hiragana (ほたる, hotaru?) and so its meaning is not inherent, but the word itself means "firefly", and this meaning is used at least once as a pun.[5] Fireflies are associated with spirits of the dead in Japanese mythology, referring to her status as the Senshi of death and rebirth. In the Mixx (now TOKYOPOP) manga, Hotaru was once named Jenny; Mixx later admitted this was a mistake and changed her name back. Haruka(Uranus) At first I seriously thought she was a man. But it turns out she's the more masculine part of the lesbian couple, her and Michiru. Their relationship actually adds a lot of depth to the story...the complexities of a lesbian couple... Haruka is a stubborn, protective individual, but is also strong-willed, capable, charming, and occasionally even doting. She is formally introduced in the third story arc, although she appears in silhouette alongside Sailor Neptune in the final episode of Sailor Moon R. Haruka with sword and Ferrari 512M, as drawn by Naoko Takeuchi. With her short hair and masculine hobbies, Haruka's character design is pointedly androgynous. On first meeting, most other characters think she is male.Haruka is a racecar driver, even though she is barely sixteen years old when she appears. However, the timing of her birthday to the Japanese school year means she is one grade ahead of the Guardian Senshi. Among fans in North America, Haruka and Michiru are among the most famous out lesbian characters in anime. Haruka is also extremely flirtatious and loves to tease pretty girls who sometimes mistake her gender due to Haruka's tomboyish behavior. In the manga, she even kisses Usagi. Although her relationship with Michiru is not implicitly sexual until later in the series, their romantic situation is referred to early on and generally understood by most of the metaseries' characters fairly quickly. The creator of the manga, Naoko Takeuchi, also explicitly mentioned this at San Diego Comic Con 1998.[4] It is sometimes a source of good natured humor, particularly because few of the other Senshi have serious romantic prospects in comparison and because the otherwise flirtatious Haruka finds it impolite to discuss romantic matters in public. All fan rumors about Haruka being a man, the reincarnation of one, or a hermaphrodite, are untrue. Naoko Takeuchi has explicitly stated that "Haruka has always been a girl. Always will be."[5] Besides her relationship with Michiru, Haruka is also close friends with Setsuna, because the three of them work closely together as Outer Senshi. Following the destruction of the Death Busters and the rebirth of Sailor Saturn as an infant, they vow to be her family and care for her. Later story arcs show that the four live together happily for some time. Nothing about Haruka's family life is ever discussed, although she and Michiru Kaioh appear noticeably wealthy by unknown means. In the manga, Haruka says that she and Michiru have "wealthy patrons." Haruka is the target of sexism in episode 98 of the anime, but never of homophobia. The anime and manga versions of the character are reasonably interchangeable, although her standoffishness is more pronounced in the anime. Like the other Outer Senshi, Haruka is sometimes considered colder and almost unfeeling. Aside from a brief vignette in a special, Haruka and the others do not return after the third season until the final fifth season, generally retaining the same personalities. In the Sailor Moon musicals (Seramyu), Haruka and Michiru's relationship remains largely unchanged; they are always shown together, which is consistent with both manga and anime, and while their romance in the musicals is usually kept low-key, the actresses for the two do kiss on stage in the omake of Kaguya Shima Densetsu Kaiteiban. They are also the only two Senshi to engage in physical combat with Galaxia. [6] The other Senshi only use their powers to combat her.[7] As in the anime, however, neither Uranus or Neptune are capable of harming Galaxia in combat. It is seen that Uranus could sense Neptune's death when Galaxia gravely injures Neptune, who had been weakened while protecting Sailor Mars.[8] Haruka's greatest dream, prior to becoming a Sailor Senshi, was to be a professional racer. Thereafter it is still a well-loved hobby, and driving is listed in the manga as her best skill.[2] She is also a skilled runner, belonging to the track-and-field club at school.[9] While Physical Education is her best class, Modern Japanese is her worst. Haruka is highly private, able to tease others while becoming flustered if teased herself, and has difficulty with confessions. Her favorite food is salad, and her least favorite is natto (fermented soybeans); she also likes the color gold. Haruka and the other Outer Senshi appear in the SuperS movie, although this conflicts with the general timeline of the series in several ways. Notably, they are more overtly friendly and helpful than they had been when they last met and Sailor Pluto is present (in contradiction of certain events in the third series). In an effort to avoid the controversy that a lesbian character in a cartoon aimed towards a younger audience would cause, given the contemporary social mores in the United States, the dub also states that Amara (Haruka) and Michelle (Michiru Kaioh) are cousins — even going so far as to occasionally state this through characters who should not know such information. However, whether in an attempt to be more faithful to the original Japanese or through sheer failure to edit consistently, several episodes of the English dub retain a noticeable amount of their casual flirting. It has even been implied that the difficulties in dubbing Haruka and Michiru's relationship are part of the reason why there was a gap of several years between the dubbing of the earlier series and the dubbing of Sailor Moon S.[10] However, it should be noted that in Japan, there were also some controversies around the character.[ Michiru(Neptune) The feminine one of the lesbian couple with her and Haruka. Michiru is formally introduced in the third story arc, although she appears in silhouette alongside Sailor Uranus in episode 89, a "teaser" to Sailor Moon S. She is portrayed as a very polite, calm character in the series. She dislikes being patronized even if not doing so would hurt her feelings, and subsequently will not indulge people. This is alluded to in her backstory, explaining that she was congenial but generally not social. Michiru is also graceful and delicate, with an aura of sophistication. She is clearly intelligent, and this usually manifests itself through art and music. Usagi (to whom this observation is especially relevant) once commented that Michiru was the ideal example of a princess. Michiru attends Infinity Academy with Haruka (and the younger Hotaru Tomoe) when she is first introduced. In the manga, after Infinity is destroyed, she and Haruka later attend the same high school as the Usagi and the other girls (sans Rei). It is never mentioned where they go in the anime. Michiru's closest bond is with Haruka, and Takeuchi has explicitly stated that the two are in a lesbian relationship in both the manga and the anime.[3] In the anime, Michiru briefly flirted with Kou Seiya, at that time a man, asking Seiya to help her unzip her dress. However, it should be noted that she is clearly in a relationship with Haruka when this takes place and had earlier stated an intention to learn Seiya's motives, out of fear that he was a threat to the planet. This flirtation does not occur in the manga, where Seiya is always a female and plays a much more minor role. However, in the Infinity arc, Michiru appears as temptation for Mamoru, paralleling Haruka being used as temptation for Usagi. Though she never makes any of the advances on Mamoru that Haruka makes on Usagi, Usagi is jealous of her because she sees them together. Michiru never flirts with Mamoru and their contact is built up only in Usagi's point of view while she attempts to sort out her difficulties with Haruka. Michiru is deeply artistic and is the Senshi most associated with the arts. Her known skills include the violin, swimming, and painting; of all her skills, her strongest is as a violinist, which is also her greatest dream.[2] She likes all her classes, especially music, and belongs to the Music club at school as well as the Swimming club.[9] In the manga, she collects cosmetics; in the anime, she loves to swim, often using the water as a way to relax.[10] Her favorite food is sashimi, while her least favorite is kikurage mushrooms. She also dislikes sea cucumbers for unclear reasons, and her favorite color is Marine blue. Setsuna(Pluto) She's mysterious. I guess like she's supposed to be. Sailor Pluto is not introduced until late in the Sailor Moon R series. She is the Senshi at the gates of time, who Chibiusa contacts through her Luna-P. Sailor Pluto was very fond of Chibiusa, and referred to her by her "princess name," "Small Lady." Chibiusa usually calls Sailor Pluto by the nickname "Puu" (subtitled as "Plu"). Setsuna Meioh, as seen in the anime. Even in her civilian form, she is depicted as older and more sophisticated than the other Sailor Senshi characters.After the events of the second story arc, she leaves the gates of time to temporarily live as a human being, joins the rest of the Outer Senshi, and becomes a university student studying physics. Even in her civilian form, Setsuna is the oldest of the Sailor Team, around her late teens or older.[2] Her personality has been described as cold, impersonal, and somewhat lonely, however she does consistently display warmth and affection for Chibiusa.[3] When she reincarnates, she becomes a bit less cold, but is still not very emotional. She later cares for Hotaru along with Michiru and Haruka. Sailor Pluto's precise abilities and knowledge of the past and present are only vaguely defined, although a common theory is a form of omniscience, possibly due to her portrayal in the anime. For example, she was presumably aware of the two sailor soldiers carrying the mystical objects they were hunting for, but did not inform them and allowed various people to be attacked. (This differs greatly from the manga, and may be a simple continuity error.) This omniscience is represented as being able to watch through the gates of time, and such. Sailor Pluto appears in just a few TV episodes. Unlike Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus, she is sympathetic toward the Guardian Senshi, and assists them on several occasions. During the second story arc, she allows them to travel through time even though this is not ordinarily allowed.[4] In the third story arc, she often extends help or advise to Sailor Moon and her companions even when Sailors Uranus and Neptune want the two groups separate.[5] Later, Setsuna joins the Guardian Senshi in investigating the true identity of ChibiChibi.[6] Sailor Pluto has additional, less cited influences and spheres of dominion in her manga incarnation, influences that are vaguely suggested in the anime, but never made explicit. Sailor Pluto is much darker in her initial form in the manga, identified as the "Guardian of the Underworld" with very dark skin and a black sailor uniform. She is also stated to be the daughter of Chronos, god of time.[7] She is a ruthless soldier who follows rather exacting laws, executing any intruders who dare violate the underworld in search for the Gates of Time. She nearly kills Sailor Moon before realizing who she is, stating that "all who break the taboo must be eliminated".[8] Luna also states to the others that no one is to even know that she (Sailor Pluto) exists, due to her dominion and nature, and that to her knowledge no one has ever seen her. Luna calls her a "lone warrior," noting the sadness in her eyes.[8] In the manga and more explicitly in the Sailor Moon musicals, Sailor Pluto has an unrequited love for King Endymion. It is explicitly mentioned in Eien Denetsu and Shin - Densetsu Kourin, in the song Onna no Ronsou ("Woman's Conflicts").[9] In the manga, it can only be inferred from depictions of Pluto blushing while around King Endymion, her reaction when he runs to comfort her during her death and in artwork depicting Neo-Queen Serenity, Pluto, and King Endymion. Various situations in the musicals have shown Pluto's unrequited love; for example, Tuxedo Mask's actor, Yuuta Mochizuki being leaned on by the actress of Sailor Pluto, Rei Saitou, and commenting on his new year's resolution: to be by Pluto's side.[10] A small quirk occurs in continuity between the manga and anime. Sailor Pluto (temporarily) expires in both, but at different times; her death in the manga occurs much earlier and reawakens the good side of the possessed Chibiusa. However, for all intents and purposes, in the manga the technicality of Sailor Pluto existing outside of time means she is able to be reincarnated as a normal woman while still existing back at her post at the Time Gate. Chibiusa Annoying pink haired bitch. How the hell did she turn out with pink hair and red eyes when her mom has blonde hair and blue eyes and her dad has black hair and eyes??? Creator Naoko Takeuchi describes Chibiusa as precocious brat who likes pulling pranks.[6] She is the future daughter of Usagi Tsukino and Mamoru Chiba, and was sent back in time to the "present" to stay with them before she was born—this means the early 1990s in the original anime, though in the English version it varies according to when a given block of episodes was dubbed. Her real name is the same as her mother's, but is called Chibiusa in Japanese (and Rini in English) to avoid confusion between the two. Her name in the English-language version of Sailor Moon, Rini, is a diminutive of "Serena", the name of her mother. She is known for having pink hair put into a unique style that resembles rabbit ears on top of her head. Chibiusa's hair is apparently truly pink, and not just colored that way for stylistic purposes; its color is stated in the poem on her Sailor Stars CD single.[7] In the anime, several references are made to her hair color and people even tease her about her pink hair. In Act 20 of the manga, it's mentioned that she is 900 years old, her youthful appearance attributed to the fact that she suddenly stopped growing when she was five. The reason for this is never fully understood, but she begins to age after she becomes Sailor Chibi Moon. By the time of the Dream story arc, she claims to be 902. [8] Her exact age was not disclosed in the anime, and her time travelling complicates guessing. It can be estimated at approximately five years old when she is introduced (the candles on her birthday cake in one memory indicate so in Episode 85), and perhaps eleven or twelve when she returns later on. Although her physical age seems to have become frozen at childhood, it is revealed in the Dream arc of the manga that, eventually, she will grow to an adult body. Exposure to the Silver Crystal renders all of Crystal Tokyo's inhabitants functionally immortal. Her character design is based almost entirely on the color pink and on heart motifs. This emphasizes her girlish youth while belying her rather serious personality. Chibiusa's affections come into conflict because she generally does not immediately identify Usagi and Mamoru as being her parents from the future, although she is aware of the fact. There is evidence that Chibusa has a hard time identifying Usagi and Mamoru as being her future parents since she sees such a sharp contrast in personality between their present and future selves. She also reacts differently toward Usagi and Mamoru than she does towards King Endymion and Neo-Queen Serenity, being more respectful to the latter but more spontaneous to the former; it is not clear if she prefers one set over the other. However, she always calls her father Mamoru as Mamo-chan (when she travels to the 20th century), an affectionate nickname by Usagi, and has an innocent crush on him, much to Usagi's fury. Chibiusa is usually very upbeat, extroverted and outgoing. Though she started out socially awkward, she quickly became popular with her classmates in the 20th-century. In the manga, she once became president of her class.[9] Her initial shyness could be attributed to the fact that she was teased in the 30th-century for not having any Senshi powers, and for her lack of aging. As the manga progresses, she gradually matures, becoming more comfortable with herself and more confident with her Senshi abilities. Because her dream in the manga is to become a beautiful lady, her actions often are based around this. She tries to be a perfectionist and starts off trying to do everything alone and for herself. This view evolves as she realizes what maturity really is and what it really means to be an adult. In the anime, she is more judgemental and does not mature as much as her manga counterpart. She often picks on Usagi for Usagi not doing her homework and showing off her good grades (Episode 153,[10] for example). This is not because she dislikes or hates Usagi, it's because they act more like siblings, and this is often commented upon (as seen in Episode 104[10]). People they meet, normally the victim of the day, often mistake them for sisters. Chibiusa's dream is to one day become a real lady,[11] to have her own prince, and to be friends with everyone she knows.[12] Meanwhile, she is a fairly ordinary little girl; she likes pink and red, pudding, pancakes,[13] and rabbits. Her favorite school subject is drawing, while her least favorites are language classes. Her least favorite food is listed in the manga as carrots, just like Usagi, but they both eat them in the anime.[14] Chibiusa hates taking care of the house[2] and is afraid of such things as thunder and lightning,[15][16] ghosts, vampires,[17] dentists,[18] and needles.[19] She also likes to collect things with rabbits on them, and belongs to the Gardening Committee at school.[8] She is very short when she first appears, but grows slightly taller as she gets older. Her blood type is O. |
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