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Sailor Moon!
So Who is Sailor Moon? Sailor Moon's name in the original Japanese anime and the original manga is Usagi, and in the North American dub, it is Serena. She is the most powerful senshi because of her power of rebirth. She is the reincanration of Princess Selenity and the future Neo-Queen Selenity - Queen of Crystal Tokyo. Usagi's 14 at the start of the manga and 16 when she jumps into the Galaxy Cauldron. At the end of the manga she is approximately 21 years old. My Favorite Senshi Usagi is my favorite Senshi. Why? Because of her love she has for everyone even when they are the ones doing wrong. I've seen way too many sites describe the story of Sailor Moon as 'It's the story of a 14 year old clutzy, ditz of a girl. Yes, Usagi was very immature and at first she had no experience and she was going through changes like every teenager goes through but as anyone will see, throughout the series, she grows up and matures quite a bit. Usagi's strength comes from deep within her and she's sometimes surprised herself. She has a deep love for all things which she draws her strength as in her love for Darien. She has shown her true worth time and time again when there is a crisis. She has, twice, sacrificed her life for her friends, family and for the world. Examples of Her Strength When she and Mamoru/Darien broke up, I admired her strength of character and how she always kept up hope. Her belief in love and goodness. Which good prevailed at the end. While fighting with Fiore, in Sailor Moon R, the movie, even as he was killing her, she kept being sweet to him, telling him, 'you're not alone'. The power of Usagi's heart and her goodness is what saves the world, and her friends every time. Even when Galaxia was going to kill her in the final episode of Sailor Moon (200) Usagi kept showing love for Galaxia and told her she knew there was goodness still in her. Because of Usagi's warmth and love, she won and saved the world. She is the most giving and forgiving of all the Senshi. She would never let anyone down. Usagi is who she is - the sweet, gluttonous, playful, cheerful, and yes, a clutzy girl who is Leader of the Senshi. Her destiny has always been to be a leader, from the time she was Princess Serenity, to the future as Neo-Queen Serenity. The Anime plays up these qualities but the Manga focuses on how she matures and stops being so clumsy, really applying herself and becoming a strong senshi. The Princess vs Usagi - Is There a Difference? In a word: NO. In the manga, we're shown how Usagi was JUST as playful and mischeivous on the Moon as she is on Earth. For example when she runs away from the Moon to be with Endymion on Earth and she sticks out her tongue at Sailor Venus. The anime, however, practically gives Usagi and the Princess 2 different personalities, even changing their voices to have an accent. The manga never hinted at any big difference between Usagi and her past as Princess Selenity, and with what we DO see, and the fact that her own Mother, Queen Selenity remarks that she is just as curious as ever, the evidence points to similarities rather than differences. If Usagi wasn't the person that she is, with her inner goodness and cheerful nature, she wouldn't have won the battles and she wouldn't be the leader. The Sailor Moon world would have suffered greatly. She is an example of what we all want to be - beautiful, strong, courageous, surrounded by excellent friends, and in love with a man who loves her back heart and soul. Plus she's fun, and not conceited. So Sailor Moon ends up being a wonderful person at the end just like she was all along as good as you could ever find. Sailor Moon you are the koolest!!! ^.~
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