The Sailor Moon Romance

As the story dicates, 1000 years ago was the Silver Millenium on the Moon. It was a jotous time for everyone. The ruler of the Moon Kingdom was Queen Serenity and she had one daughter, Princess Serena. Princess Serena had fallen in love with a human Prince from Earth, Prince Darien. Unfortunately a conflict had arisen between Earth and the Moon and the Earthlings couldn't be trusted (The Moon Kingdom thought the Earthlings wanted to be able to live for 1000 years as they did). This did not help the Prince and Princess's relationship. They would often have to meet secretly, but their connection grew more and more every time they met. One night, before the battle against Earth would begin, Serena gave her star locket to Darien to make sure she would never forget him, and what they had together. Finally the time came when the Earthlings attacked (with Queen Beryl leading them). The Prince fought on the side of the Moon to protect his love. This fight came to a bitter end for the Prince and Princess were both killed. Fortunately, Serenity was able to destroy the enemy and send the people of the Moon to a new life on future Earth. SM: The romance between Serena and Darien has been a very jumpy one since the start of the show. The two didn't really hit it off that well till much later in the first season of Sailor Moon, when the past is brought to light. Throughout the first season we get hints as to who and how the past ties into the story but never enough to make a clear decision. The romance really begins to show at the beginning of Zoisite's quest to get the Rainbow Crystals and the Silver Crystal. This is when Darien first discovers ge is Tuxedo Mask and starts to understand the dreams he is having. In one of the episodes and artist asks to have Darien and Serena be her models. In her studio Serena discovers a picture and shows it to Darien, who realizes thst it is a scene from his own dreams. Him, giving the Moon Princess the Locket from so long ago. Darien continues to get the visions till the Moon Princess is discovered in ep. 30 "A Crystal Clear Destiny". In this episode, the Moon Princess is revealed and the two lost lovers from long ago are freed. Darien is captured by Beryl and pitted against the Scouts, but his love breaks through in the end and he always manages to not destroy Sailor Moon, but save her. He is finally totally brainwashed by Beryl for ep. 40 "Day of Destiny". Darien attacks Sailor Moon in the form of Prince Darien, but is freed of the evil spell by the love deep inside opened by the Moon Locket song, which only played for the two lovers destined to be together. In Sailor Moon R from the first episode that Rene arrives, Serena and Darien's relationship falls on some hard times. It all begins with a nightmare that Darien gets one night about Serena in the future. It warns him to keep away from her or she'll die. The next day, he breaks up with her and she's heart broken. Later on, Serena gets the same sort of dream. Being the feeling sharing girl she is, she tells Darien about the dream she had. They talk and realize it was all a trick and get back together. In the movie the romance is once again threatened, this time by one of Darien's old friends, one he had met as a young child when he was in the hospital, Fiole. Fiole will not let anyone stand in his way to repay the humans for having left Darien alone so amny years. He does not realize the important element that Serena plays in his life now. Eventually Darien comes to Serena's rescue by attacking Fiole. Fiole doesn't understand why he would want to protect such a deceiving girl and Darien explains to his friend what Serena means to him. Serena uses the power if the Silver Crystal to break the spell cast over Fiole, and to save her friends. The use of the crystal would normally kill her (as it did her mom) but Fiole, a true friend, helps by giving Darien the necter of the flower of life and his kiss revives her. In Sailor Moon S Serena and Darien's re;ationship doesn't take precedence over anything else in the story. The two are simply going out the way it was meant to be. They see each other and love each other, as a couple should. In the Sailor Moon S Movie, Serena and Darien's relationship is put back into the light when Luna asks Serena about love, how love works and what the feelings mena. Serena explains with Darien as her example. Throughout the rest of the movie the relationship betweeen Serena and Darien comes up briefly but never more than needed. It is known that they date and love each other very much and that is how it remains. As the Manga dictates, the Sailor Moon Romance ends with the wedding of Serena and Darien (what couldn't happen on the Moon). But the Anime ends with the two lovers kissing under a full moon.