Sailor Cosmos

No, we did not.  That figure in episode 200 may superficially look like Sailor Cosmos, but the existence of Sailor Cosmos is never mentioned in the anime.  The figure identifies herself as the Kib no Hikari (), the Light of Hope, and nothing else.  Sailor Cosmos in the manga carries a staff, but the Light of Hope in the anime has large wings and does not carry a staff.  So, how could the two be the same character?

The existence of Sailor Cosmos in the anime would make Sailor Moon with Sailor Galaxia two forms of the same person.  In the anime, Chibi Chibi is Sailor Galaxia’s starseed, and in the manga Sailor Cosmos is supposed to be the future Sailor Moon’s ultimate form.  In the manga we are told that Chibi Chibi is Sailor Cosmos.  If we combine all of those facts and place them into the anime continuity, then we would say that Sailor Cosmos, the future Sailor Moon’s ultimate form, is the same as Chibi Chibi, who is the starseed of Sailor Galaxia!

The name Sailor Chaos is never mentioned in the anime.  The dark form of Sailor Galaxia is called Chaotic Galaxia on the back of the last Stars laser disc cover.

When Sailor Cosmos talks about what happened to her before she left her own time, she keeps talking about Sailor Chaos.  She does not mention Sailor Galaxia.

The name Sailor War never appears in the manga.  Sailor Cosmos does not talk about Galaxia’s reputation.  She actually says, “From an overwhelming future, where I lost the war to Sailor Chaos, I gave up everything and ran away.”

Sailor Cosmos makes no indication that the Shadow Galactica and Sailor Galaxia are still around during her time.  She mentions only Sailor Chaos.

She does not travel through time to “guide Sailor Moon on the proper path to defeat Galaxia.”  Sailor Cosmos actually says, “Back then at the Cauldron. If I had eliminated it, would the pain, would the war have ended? After regretting it so many times, I came here. To make it right this time.”

Since when does Sailor Moon’s crystal remain in the Cauldron?  Such a thing is never said in the manga!

Since the author knows the official name of that group, if the she is going to call them anything, why does she not use just the official name?

That is not accurate.  Sailor Ceres really says, “Are you the future... The future Sailor Moon's ultimate form!?”  How could Sailor Cosmos be the future?

Since Chibi Chibi is just the form Sailor Cosmos took on, how can she be the person Sailor Cosmos is talking about when she says, “the me of here”?  When Sailor Cosmos says those words, we are shown a picture of Usagi hugging Chibi Chibi.  Immediately before Sailor Cosmos says, “the me of here,” she tells the Sailor Quartetto about how she originally intended to make things right this time.  In that passage, she talks about herself, and the Sailor Quartetto already know that Chibi Chibi is simply Sailor Cosmos' disguise.  When she finally says, “the me of here,” she is not referring to herself or her disguise.  This passage shows clearly that Sailor Cosmos is indeed some future version of Sailor Moon.

Many fans will probably disagree despite the evidence, but they should think of it another way.  Suppose I travel ten years into the past, put on a disguise, call myself Antie, and meet people who knew the me of that time.  When I reveal to them that I am a future version of the Ian of that time, I may say, “I traveled to the past to meet people who know the me of here.”  When I say the words “the me of here,” would it make more sense if I am referring to my present self (with my disguise) or the younger Ian?  Obviously, I would not be referring to my present self!  If for some strange reason I do mean my present self, why would I bother saying, “the me of here”?  Would not simply me be enough?

Sailor Cosmos does not change the future.  She will be returning to what she left behind in her own time, and will still have to face Sailor Chaos.

Personally, I like to look at Sailor Cosmos' battle with Sailor Chaos as an allegorical struggle between order and disorder.  The ancient Greeks used the word kosmos () to refer to order and to the universe.  Some Roman writers took the ancient Greek word khaos (), spelled it chaos, and used it to refer to the confused, formless, primitive mass out of which the universe was made.  In Sailor Cosmos' own time, she fights for good and order of the universe.  Sailor Chaos, on the other hand, fights for evil and disorder.

Thanks, Jami, for pointing out the last two errors!