SHE IS THE ONE CALLED SAILOR MOON

[nevermore999]

Sailor Moon! Only got into it recently (disregarding how one of my friends always made me play Sailor Mercury in sixth grade) but my inner child totally adores it. Teen girl superheroes and the power of friendship! So, I've been posting some of the manga on tumblr. I figured, why not here too? If anyone likes it, I'll keep posting. I have the full Sailor V Manga too, though I now have better pages than the ones I posted on tumblr, so I'll hold off on that.

The first arc of Sailor Moon has some differences from the anime (mainly, no filler) but they are fairly similar. However, the next 4 arcs are majorly different from the anime. Unfortunately, only most of the first arc has been scanlated properly (Sailor Moon was one of the earliest manga translations- as a result, it is pretty terrible, flipped around with the dubbed names and some really awful flubs- such as when the translators didn't recognize that a character was quoting a poem by William Blake. Sad.) 

So! I figure I'll start at the beginning, anyway, Here's some pages from the first chapter.




Enter Usagi Tsukino! She is clumsy and a bit of a crybaby, but secretly an agent of love and justice- y'know the drill



Here is Mamoru, wearing a tuxedo in the middle of the day, which makes it TOTALLY NOT OBVIOUS WHO HE IS. He is casing out the joint to rob it, like any good citizen. Usagi hates his guts, which means she loves him.

Usagi finds herself getting stalked by a cat.



She sorta fails at life. But not at being a superhero. She proceeds to have an adorable video game dream sequence.



FORESHADOWING! She's just rescuing the wrong dude.



PRISM POWER MAAAAKE UP!

Usagi transforms. She has some nifty goggles here that apparently have mad seeing skills. They just sort of..stop being there after a while, though she does pull them out in the second arc to analyze some aliens. From where? Who knows. And her hairpeices amplify sound, again, rarely used.



Usagi doesn't know what the hell is going on and doesn't have a particular motive to be a superhero, but she is determined to help her friend anyway.



It's always very awkward when you realize you don't actually know your superhero name.



THE SPEECH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

Apparently she got all that just from Luna nodding at the moon.

Usagi gets fights a little, gets scraped up and realizes this isn't actually a dream as she'd thought previously. At which point she flips out.



I wish I had supersonic tears. My life would be easier!

Note the lack of rose-throwing. Tuxedo Kamen actually never throws a rose in the manga! He just sort of hangs around being a badass normal in the first arc, and gets a pretty decent magic attack in the second one.



Wonder Woman taught me that move!

Tuxedo Mask hits on her and bamfs away, and Usagi is like "HE IS HOT! ME LIKE!"




AND SO THE LEGEND IS BORN.

Next Chapter is Ami. Should I do her and Mars, or skip straight to Jupiter who is my favorite. You guys can decide!
 

Comments

[rebecky-mo.livejournal.com]

This series is pretty much my definitive 'Never Gets Old' title. I still scan through YouTube at LEAST once a month to watch episodes.

They really, really, REEEEEALLY need to re-release Sailor Moon, both in Manga & Anime format (with Man!Zoicite, Non-cousin!Outers, and SAILOR STARS DARNIT).

And I'll say skip to Jupiter because Mako-chan's totally my favorite Sailor too. <333

[nezchan]

Mako-chan is and always will be the greatest I'd have to agree, it takes until then for Takeuchi to really hit her stride with the series and produce some good stuff. The initial couple of volumes were kinda on the awkward side.

And I've always been fond of the "Usagi and Mina share the same brain" phase, that was always worth a laugh. And was totally in character for Mina.

[majingojira]

I mostly deal with the Abridged version.

Making fun of the dub may be shooting fish in a barrel--but it's DAMN satisfying.

And I don't like the series that much myself--or, rather, I hate the Anime's rendition of the lead.

If I'm watching a series with a whiny protagonist, I'll go with Shinji Ikari.

[mercia]

"non-cousin Outers"? That's crazy talk. That just makes it BETTER.

My best story relating to Sailor Moon is when Cartoon Network finally started showing Sailor Moon S and Haruka and Michiru were introduced, complete with "We're just cousins! COUSINS. THAT'S ALL. REALLY." excuse.

A friend who knew I was into the series tracked me down a while later and asked "Hey... uh... are Neptune and Uranus gay in the original series, too?"

I nearly died laughing.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

YES. I used to have a lot of Sailor Moon manga but a girl on the bus in seventh grade stole it all from me. >_O

Mako-chan's always been my favorite, too. Mostly because I look big and scary, too, but just want to enjoy my girly hobbies and make friends. XD

[pyrotwilight]

It's been a long time since I did/saw anything Sailor Moon related.

I think I had a crush on Sailor Mars and thought Tuxedo Mask was just freaking awesome when I was a wee one.

[pyrotwilight]

That being said for the life of me I can't remember anything in the series aside from a handful of character names.

[skjam]

Much love for the Sailor Senshi! Have most of the first season of the anime raw around here somewhere, as well as a few volumes of the untranslated manga.

[shadowpsykie]

i love how she developed as a character through out the series. loved that the reason she was so powerful was because despite being one of the weakest in power alone, she was by far the strongest in spirit because of her friends

[curlyjo1]

Nooo! Don't skip Ami!

[nevermore999]

Don't worry! I'll do a few scans from Ami, she and Mars will be in one post.

[charlemagnne]

Sailor Moon! Yay! Youtube took down all the episodes I had favorited recently, and I've been needing a Sailor moon fix.

[rebecky-mo.livejournal.com]

What?! YouTube, they...? D8

NOOOOOOOO!!!!

Dammit, now I REALLY need to get that external HD for this thing. I must download episodes!

[majingojira]

Okay, I finally had found time to look through the scans (now that I am free of shoulder onlookers).

My god, it IS Lightyears better than the Anime. Sailor Moon is...not even a third as annoying as I remember her anime counterpart being.

[bluefall]

I know a lot of girls of my generation really got into the show via the 4kids dub, so I'm hesitant to dismiss it entirely. But frankly IMO if you're judging Sailormoon by the dub, you're judging Cass Cain by Beechen. The dub is an atrocity. Some people don't understand the vehemence of the dub/sub argument in anime fandom. Those people haven't seen both versions of Sailormoon.

Seriously, it's not just the cousins thing. The personalities and interactions are totally different. It's not even the same show. The proper Japanese anime is awesome. Unfortunately it's not the one Americans saw.

[akoya]

You have a tumblr? And you're posting BSSM scans on it? Link, please!

[nevermore999]

http://adventuresofcomicbookgirl.tumblr.com/

is down right now :(

http://adventuresofcomicbookgirl.tumblr.com/tagged/sailor+moon/

Here's the sailor moon tag

[jelly_ace]

When I was a kid, I always found Sailor Moon so...erotic because of her transformation sequence in the anime.

And I think Tuxedo mask had a transformation sequence, too. And I think was so excited to see that...O_o

Never got around to read the manga, though.

[icon_uk]

I believe that Tuxedo Mask had one transformation sequence which involved him throwing his hat around.

Yup, here it is

[arilou_skiff]

I kind of totally missed out on Sailor Moon when it happened (and it's not becuase I'm a boy :p Several of my male friends loved it) and never really caught up on it. (I keep getting intimidated by it's length)

The german theme tune rocks though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrB97Ia1bEM

[aelflar]

It`s like some sort of 90s disco song...except better!

[arise]

Gosh, I loved Sailor Moon as a kid. Still do, though I'm only really familiar with the dub and some of the live-action. The art is still really striking - a lot of manga/comics ages badly, but this has aged beautifully. Don't skip Ami and Rei, they're my favourite inner senshi! D:

[nevermore999]

Don't worry, I'll do them.

[kagome654]

Yay, Sailor Moon!

That`s all I have to say about that, for now!

[sailorlibra]

My childhood! <3 I still worship the hell out of this manga.

[janegray]

Mamoru was a robber in the manga? Really?

Anyway, for some reason, while I loved the SM anime, every time I tried checking out the manga I always disliked what I saw. It's really weird, they are both basically the same story and characters, but the anime adaptation makes me happy whereas the original manga just annoys me.

[nevermore999]

Well, hopefully I can change your mind! I love them both! <3

[sevarem]

Oh man, I loved the hell outta this series back in the 90s. I could never get into the manga though. Compared to the anime, it seemed so... rushed, I guess. The anime had a lot of filler, but damn if those Zoisite episodes weren't awesome.

Sailor Moon brings back really good memories. :)

[nevermore999]

True, I loved the filler. The first arc in particular of the manga is rushed, but I think the later arcs don't have that problem.

[morgana006]

I was more of a fan of Cardcaptors than Sailor Moon - but that's not saying much, I loved them both.

And I may have wanted to be Chibiusa when I was a kid.

[meatwhichdreams]

Cardcaptor Sakura yesss! Such a good manga. Such friendships! Such magic! Such...outfits! ~siiigh~

[gehayi]

Definitely cover Ami. She's a bright girl who gets to be a superhero. By definition, that's awesome. (Not that I don't want to see Rei, too!)

In fact, please cover the manga intros to all the Sailors, both Inner and Outer Senshi. And the villains, too, if they were different in the manga.

[nevermore999]

Don't worry, I'll be covering everything.

Whats in a Name

[silverzeo]

I still not use of how Sailor Moon's name in Japan is Usagi. I know it Japanese. But it's Japanese for "Bunny" Sailor Moon's name is Bunny... one of the most bimbo-names you can ever come up with.... which fits her considering what she does when she NOT Sailor Moon. Give me Serena anytime, at least there is a joke in that name...

Re: Whats in a Name

[nevermore999]

It's Japanese for "RABBIT". They translated it as Bunny in the English manga to keep the joke, name translates as "Rabbit of the Moon."

And she is not a bimbo. She's a superhero who saves the wold and in her off time? Goes to school, hangs out with her friends, has a boyfriend and future daughter. She doesn't focus on school a lot, but she passes class and has dreams of many future careers and is focused on keeping the planet safe above all else. There's nothing bimbo-ish in that behavior.

Fuck the word bimbo anyway. Fuck the slut-shaming, female hating attitude behind it. No name is a bimbo name, no girl is a bimbo. Don't use that to describe any girl, especially a character who has repeatedly demonstrated that they are a strong and good person.

[wonderwomanhero]

Agreed.
Whatever, I love the anime series, (subbed), the abridged series, etc.
Never got to the manga though, because once I attempted to, the series kinda went out of print.

[nevermore999]

There's mangafox and various places to get scanlations, fortunately. :) But I'm going to try to post all of it (will likely not succeed) so you can just see if you like it.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

Fuck yeah, Sailor Moon! The manga's still one of my top favorites, even after all these years. XD Because Usagi develops into the original Badass Adorable in the manga... but hey, everyone's ten times awesomer in the manga.

It was also one of my first exposures to feminism, believe it or not. It is made of Girl Power Awesome. I was intrigued by the notion that girls could be really feminine, enjoying flowers and ribbons and sparklies, and still kick ten kinds of ass. This was an entirely new concept to me at the time and I sort of ran with it. XD