Part Five: Twenty Entries

“The fifth Original Picture Collection mentions “Happy Valley Sailor Moon.”

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There is one translation of the book that mentions the erroneous phrase “Happy Valley Sailor Moon.” The inside cover of the eighteenth volume of the Bish jo Senshi S r M n manga shows the katakana characters    Happ Bar S r M n and the Roman letters “Happy Barry ‘SAILOR MOON.’” A kind of cymbidium orchid was named after Sailor Moon.

“The Golden Crystal in the Manga was never called a Sailor Crystal.”

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Some fans may say that because Mamoru is not a sailor soldier, he cannot have a Sailor Crystal. (A Sailor Crystal is a crystalline starseed, and a starseed is a representation of a person’s soul.) However, there is no known rule that states that he cannot have one. The truth is that Mamoru’s crystal is called a Sailor Crystal in the manga. The characters also treat it as a Sailor Crystal. In volume eighteen, we can read this conversation:
Sailor Chibi Moon: “Sailor Moon!! Sorry we’re late. We are also soldiers of the Solar System. We came to help you, Sailor Moon. Everyone has fallen in the 30th century. Their Sailor Crystals were shining like a signal, and all their bodies faded...!”
Sailor Moon: “By Sailor Galaxia’s attack, all their bodies were destroyed as humans. Their Sailor Crystals were stolen. Not just us, but the sailor soldiers throughout the galaxy as well...”
[On the side of the page, we can see flashback images of the bodies of Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Pluto, and King Endymion (Mamoru in the future) with crystals on their chests.]
The “everyone” and “their” logically both refer to Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Pluto and King Endymion. Those images are there in order to answer the obvious question “Whom are Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon referring to?” Sailor Galaxia destroys the bodies of those six characters earlier in the Stars series. (Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Saturn do not appear there because they are not closely associated with Crystal Tokyo in the future. We know that Sailor Galaxia destroys their bodies and takes their Sailor Crystals because that all happens earlier in that series.) As far as Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon are concerned, Mamoru has a Sailor Crystal.
See the scans of the pages from the manga (with translations): first scan, second scan. See the scans with the Japanese text: first scan, second scan.
Look at my special Starseeds and Sailor Crystals section to learn more about those objects.

“Just the Inner Senshi are referred to as the Sailor Team (Sailor team, or Sailor-team).”

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The katakana characters   S r Ch mu and the Roman letters Sailor team do refer to Sailor Moon and the soldiers of the four guardian deities. However, Sailor-team (or Sailor Team) later refers to Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi Moon, and the eight planetary sailor soldiers of the Solar System. Sailor-team Complete Data is the title of the profile section for those characters in manga volume 10. The phrase Sailor-team in this case refers to all ten of those characters. Futhermore, this poster uses the phrase Sailor Team to refer to all ten of the characters.
“Inner Senshi” is a fan-created term and it has no consistent definition. Some say that Sailor Moon is an “Inner Senshi,” but others do not.

“The enemy that Sailor Mercury defeats in the anime and manga versions of the Ami’s First Love (Ami-chan no Hatsukoi) story has the name Bonnone.”

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That character’s name appears in the Japanese script as Bonn n. The name seems to derive from the Japanese term bonn , which means desires. There does not seem to be any logical explanation for the e in the “Bonnone” spelling. The terms bon or none are not important to the origin of her name.

“Chibi Usa first appears in act 13 of the manga. That act has the title Petit Estranger (which means ‘small stranger,’ but it should technically be Petite Étrangère, since Chibi Usa is a girl.)”

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Although petite étrangère is correct if we are talking about Chibi Usa (since she is a girl), it is not necessarily incorrect to refer to her as petit étranger. Petit étranger is the masculine or generic form of the phrase. What is written may not be the most expedient form, but what is written is technically not wrong.

“In the manga story itself, each one of Princess Serenity’s guardians was loved by one of the Shitenn .”

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One particular image by Naoko Takeuchi gives fans the idea that the guardian sailor soldiers loved the Shitenn . In that image, Sailor Venus is paired with Kunzite, Sailor Mercury is paired with Zoisite, Sailor Mars is paired with Jadeite, and Sailor Jupiter is paired with Nephrite. (In Original Picture Collection I, Ms. Takeuchi wrote that she wanted to draw love stories of the four pairs someday.) Sailor Venus apparently did like Kunzite back when the Silver Millennium existed on the moon (we learn that at the end of the K don mu wa S r V manga). However, there is no evidence that Kunzite loved her back. Moreover, there is also no evidence that the other four male characters loved the respected sailor soldiers in the manga story itself.

“Helios is guarded by the menaado, which may be a reference to the Maenads, the female followers of the god Dionysus, or Mendes, the Egyptian nature goddess.”

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Men do does refer to the Maenads. The Japanese write the katakana characters Men do to approximate the name. Moreover, Helios calls the two characters miko, which means shrine maidens or spiritualists. (Miko can also mean priestess.) Sometimes the Japanese refer to the Maenads from classical Graeco-Roman mythology as miko. Helios in the Bish jo Senshi S r M n lives in Elysion with women who are called Maenads. We have the name, and we know the context.
One particular site keeps claiming that Mendes was an Egyptian nature goddess, but it does not cite its source. Mendes was a god, not a goddess:
“Mendes, a he-goat represented usually on monuments as a ram, and identified by Herodotus and other Greeks with Pan, was worshipped in the Egyptian city of Mendes. The cult attained national prominence in the Ptolemaic period. The great Mendes stele (Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde xiii (1875), 33-40) refers to Ptolomy II ‘son of the great living goat of Mendes’ as having visited the temple ‘as the kings before him had done’. The deceased queen Arsinoë II is called ‘Arsinoë Philadelphus beloved by the goat’ and her deification throughout the land is described. The stele also notes that the province of Mendes paid no taxes to the king but used its revenues for the worship of the god. The completion of the temple and the attendant celebration, the discovery of a new sacred animal, and various feasts and processions are mentioned.” (Edited by M. Cary, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1966: p. 557.)
“[2.46.1] This is why the Egyptians of whom I have spoken sacrifice no goats, male or female: the Mendesians reckon Pan among the eight gods who, they say, were before the twelve gods. [2.46.2] Now in their painting and sculpture, the image of Pan is made with the head and the legs of a goat, as among the Greeks; not that he is thought to be in fact such, or unlike other gods; but why they represent him so, I have no wish to say. [2.46.3] The Mendesians consider all goats sacred, the male even more than the female, and goatherds are held in special estimation: one he-goat is most sacred of all; when he dies, it is ordained that there should be great mourning in all the Mendesian district. [2.46.4] In the Egyptian language Mendes is the name both for the he-goat and for Pan.” (Herodotus, The Histories [ed. A. D. Godley])
“Banebdjedet: Ram-god whose name means ‘ba (or ‘soul’) lord of Mendes’, has cult centred in the north-east Delta. He was worshipped there together with his consort Hatmehyt (a local fish-goddess whom he had supplanted in importance) and his son Harpokrates. This site, known today as Tell el-Ruba, has revealed a cemetery with sarcophagi for burial of the sacred rams.” (Hart, George. A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. London: Routledge, 1986: p. 52-53.)
The Mendes entry at Encyclopedia Mythica states that Mendes was an Egyptian deity of nature. It seems likely that someone construed deity as goddess with no justification. The Banebdjetet entry states that Banebdjetet was a male god.
Furthermore, the Japanese approximate the name Mendes by writing the katakana characters Mendesu, not the katakana characters Men do. It is very unlikely that the two women who live in Elysion with Helios are supposed to be named after the god Mendes. Besides, those two women do not have anything to do with goats!

“Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Pluto, and Sailor Saturn are the senshi of the Outer Rim.”

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We are talking about Bish jo Senshi S r M n here, not Star Wars. Those four characters are really soldiers of the outer Solar System.

“There is a new Sailor Moon anime series called Sailormoon World in Japan.”

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There are only five anime series and three movies in Japan. The animators are not planning to work on another series. Sailormoon World is really the name of the large collection of Bish jo Senshi S r M n merchandise (including poorly-drawn picture books that depict scenes from the anime and Sera Myu) that the Japanese released recently.

“In the manga, the eight planetary princess of the Solar System have their Sailor Super Guardians. Those Sailor Super Guardians are miniature versions of the princesses.”

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Those miniature guardians call themselves the Sailor Power Guardians (    S r Paw G dian). If they called themselves the Sailor Super Guardians, then we would see the katakana characters     S r S p G dian.

“In the manga, Xenotime’s partner has the name Xenolite. He is named after the mineral Xenolite.”

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There is a mineral named Xenolite, but the character in the manga does not have that name. The Japanese write the character’s name as Zeoraito. That combination of katakana characters approximates the mineral group name Zeolite. That means Xenotime’s partner has the name Zeolite.

“When Mamoru is older, he becomes Neo King Endymion.”

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He eventually becomes King Endymion. The Neo is not part of his name. Neo Queen Serenity probably has the Neo in her name in order to distinguish herself from Queen Serenity.

“Near the end of the Infinite section of the manga, Sailor Saturn forces Master Pharaoh 90 and Mistress 9 into the doorway to the Tau Galaxy. Sailor Pluto then closes the Door of Space-Time.”

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Most of that information is right, but there is one wrong part. Sailor Saturn forces Master Pharaoh 90 into that doorway, but Mistress 9 is long gone. Earlier in that act, an ugly monster (with big eyes and a mouth) rips itself out of the body of Mistress 9. That monster eventually shoots an inky, evil blackness onto the ground from its forehead. When Sailor Saturn begins to awaken, the body of the monster contorts and fades until Sailor Saturn’s own body appears. We never see that monster again. We do see an amorphous mass of liquid-like energy that has a pair of glassy eyes. The mass has no mouth. A picture in the Stars series of the manga confirms that the mass is really Master Pharaoh 90 himself. (I am not exactly sure how he arrives on Earth. Perhaps has been hiding in the school building the whole time.) By the time the Door of Space-Time closes the passage to the Tau Galaxy, the monster that was using the Mistress 9 body is nowhere to be seen.

“I seem to remember a lot of times when Haruka kissed Usagi and she seemed to enjoy it. We could use that fact to show that Usagi is bisexual.”

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There is a lot of information that is being suppressed. After Sailor Uranus (Haruka) kisses Sailor Moon (Usagi) at the beginning of act 26, Sailor Moon looks flabbergasted. She does not look like she especially likes the kiss. Her eyes are open wide as if she is shocked. It is not as if she closes her eyes and says, “Ah” when she is kissed. In other words, she is taken by surprise. We really should not expect Sailor Moon to say “You evil girl! How dare you kiss me!” after Sailor Uranus kiss her then. Even if Sailor Moon did say that, it would not have mattered. Sailor Uranus leaves immediately after the kiss. So, Sailor Moon never has the chance to say anything to the other soldier. Of course, Usagi does not make any comments about her feelings about the kiss, but it is a leap in logic to assume that she likes it so much that she wants to be kissed again.
Haruka later kisses Usagi in her dream. Before Usagi has that dream, she does not know that Haruka is Sailor Uranus. She still thinks that Haruka is a man. It is only after the kiss that Usagi understands that Haruka is really Sailor Uranus. Later, when she is around Mamoru, she is so ashamed about the kiss in the dream that she does not wish to show her face to him.
There is a time later outside of Usagi’s dream when Haruka (in her school clothes) is about to kiss Usagi. That is when Usagi asks Haruka, “Are you a man? Or else, are you a woman?” Haruka answers by asking another question: “A man, a woman... Is it that important?” Even then, Usagi still is not sure whether Haruka is a man or woman because Haruka does not answer her question. When they are about to kiss, Mamoru appears and Haruka runs away.
If we wanted to show that Usagi is bisexual, it would not be a good idea to bring up these instances of Haruka kissing Usagi. The main reason is that we do not know how Usagi feels about the kisses. We should notice that Haruka does not even attempt to kiss Usagi again after Usagi learns that Haruka is a woman and a sailor soldier.

“In both the anime and manga Sailor Moon diverted Saturn’s most powerful attack AND reconstructed the city with her Silver Crystal.”

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(I found a similar statement on a certain Web site.)
In the anime, there is no indication that Sailor Moon diverts Sailor Saturn’s most powerful attack. We do not even know what Sailor Saturn does when she is inside Master Pharaoh 90. (She does not unleash all of her world-destroying power because the world would have been destroyed. We would not find any evidence that suggests that Master Pharaoh 90 has the power to stop Sailor Saturn’s power.)
In the manga, Sailor Saturn performs Death Revolution and brings down her Silence Glaive to destroy the world. Nobody does anything to stop her.
Saying that Sailor Moon “reconstructed the city with her Silver Crystal” suggests that only the city is reconstructed. The author thinks that probably because Luna says, “The city... The people are being resurrected!” I guess the proponents of that idea are suggesting that Luna means that only the city is affected by Saturn's power. However, right after Sailor Saturn brings down the Silence Glaive, we see a picture of Earth itself with sparks around it. In the same panel, someone says, “The world... is ending....” Furthermore, we are told that Sailor Saturn’s power affects entire worlds. Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Pluto observed that in their previous lives. (If Sailor Saturn’s power affects only the city, that would cheapen the fear and panic we are supposed to be experiencing because of Sailor Saturn’s awakening.) Luna may say one thing, but direct observation shows that the world is affected. When it comes down to accepting either dialogue or direct observation, we go with the direct observation. We do that because people could be just full of it. Luna could be commenting on what she can see then. It is not as if she can see the whole world at that time.

“The Sailors give up their Princessdom to Protect the Prince and Princess, and Primarily are there to Protect the Princess.”

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The anime sources do not tell us whether that statement is true or not, unfortunately.
In the manga, we learn from the Sailor Power Guardians that the sailor soldiers are the princesses of the Solar System. Guardian Pluto addresses Sailor Pluto as Princess Pluto in act 45! That fact shows that the sailor soldiers do not stop being princesses when they become sailor soldiers in the manga.

“In the manga, Sailor Galaxia is looking for the true starseeds.”

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The anime version of Sailor Galaxia wants to have the true starseeds (the starseeds that have an eternal shine) in the galaxy. (Later, she ends up taking many of the other starseeds, too.) In the manga, she wants special starseeds named Sailor Crystals. Many fans, even some of the most informed ones, have trouble understanding what the two versions of Sailor Galaxia want. Perhaps that fact is related to the claim that Mamoru, Phobos, and Deimos do not have Sailor Crystals in the manga. In the anime, even the starseeds that are not true starseeds are dipyramid crystals. However, in the manga, we cannot find any evidence that suggests that just anyone can have a dipyramid, crystalline starseed.

“Galactica Musotis Alpastonis seems to be the most appropriate spelling for the name of Sailor Lethe’s maneuver.”

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The katakana-character combinations that are used to write the name of the maneuver can be shown to be related to the combinations that approximate Myos tis alpestris, which is the scientific name of the alpine forget-me-not (a flower). However, the manga does not indicate that “Galactica Musotis Alpastonis” is the most appropriate Roman-letter spelling of the name.

“Each planet has its corresponding sailor soldier and Sailor Crystal in the manga.”

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Such an idea is not introduced in the manga. In act 46, Yaten says that the Sailor Crystals are spread out to the chosen planets. (Those Sailor Crystals grow along with the planets and eventually become guardian soldiers.) The four members of the Sailor Quartetto show that sailor soldiers and Sailor Crystals can be associated with asteroids, not just planets. Perhaps some planets and some asteroids (such as many of the asteroids in our Solar System) may not have their own Sailor Crystals and sailor soldiers.

“Sailor Pluto is never said to be the daughter of Chronos, the god of time, in the anime.”

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At least one character refers to Chronos as the father of Sailor Pluto in that continuity. When Chibi Usa needs to use her Key of Space-Time to travel though time, she has to recite a lengthy incantation: “Guardian of time! Tear apart the sky and open the Door of Space-Time to me! I call your true name, the almighty god of time, the guardian of time’s father, Chronos! Guidance to me! Protection to me! The path of light to me!” The only guardian of time that we know of is Sailor Pluto, so Chibi Usa thinks of her as the daughter of Chronos. Of course, fans can debate whether that is literally true or not. Her association with Chronos (whether it is literally true or not) explains her association with time.


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