Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day thirty

day 30: Diana. Luna and Artemis were around much longer, but both had story lines where i hated their behavior. From the time Diana is brought in, she acts as her own person, but she's never malicious or hurtful to anyone. she's emotionally supportive without being a doormat, and her human design is adorable too.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-nine

day 29: Senshi. it's a matter of characterization. the Starlights weren't brought in until the final story line, they had no flaws (except once when one was a little rude), they had no discernible personality, and then they died and i found myself absolutely not caring. the Senshi were introduced one at a time, and while none were as well-developed as Moon, they still had some subtlety, so you felt it when things happened to them.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-eight

day 28: oh for certain, Venus. she's a boy-crazy, book-dumb, super-athletic girl who models sometimes and dreams of making it big as an idol singer. i am none of those things, and that's not even counting the physical difference between my looks and her blonde hair and blue eyes.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-seven

day 27: hmm.. i don't know? none of them, really? or a blend of Mercury (shyness and bookish pursuits to avoid awkward social things) and Saturn (unavoidable health issues i just have to live with) but as a direct parallel none of them. though i do currently have hair the same color as Neptune, that's all the overlap that exists there.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-six

day 26: something about the Death Busters. i liked the story line fine, but the villains were kinda boring? except for Professor Tomoe, who was really kinda interesting, i didn't really care about them or their plan. i knew the good guys would win, and while the villain as mirrors of the Inner group was theoretically cool, it played out pretty flat.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-five

day 25: Jupiter's rabbit-on-the-moon joke when they travel to the ruins of the Silver Millennium in the manga. it's in the midst of such a serious moment that the joke stands out more than you'd otherwise notice. for non-fans, Moon's civilian name is Usagi, which is literally Japanese for rabbit. the Silver Millennium ruins are at Mare Serenetatis (the Sea of Serenity) which is the crater-ish dark spot you see on a full moon.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-four

day 24: at the end of the anime's first season when Moon is left alone in the Arctic circle, because all of her friends have died to pave the way to the big bad. she's crying, unsure if she can do it, and their spirits appear to cheer her on.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-three

day 23: the manga end, when Moon wakes up and it's her wedding day. it ends on such a heartwarming, happy moment, you can't help smiling at it.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-two

day 22: senseless relationship drama with thrown-in love triangles (that frequently trashed established characterization) to pad out story arcs.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty-one

day 21: for all that they padded it out with filler episodes, i wish there'd been a few where the monster of the day was quickly dispatched, or even not in the episode at all. i think having episodes dedicated to slice of life things, with character focus would have been really nice. there were 200 episodes, there was time for it.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twenty

day 20: i never liked much of what Moon wore, even in the 90s when that stuff was current. it wasn't all terrible by any means, but overall, she was most likely to wear something i didn't like.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day nineteen

day 19: subbed. in pretty much any situation i process it better if i'm reading. i even watch English-language things subtitled. our Netflix is set to auto-sub everything because that's how i roll and Kyu is an awesome roommate.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day eighteen

day 18: hands-down the manga. though i've been watching Crystal and i like it better than the 90s anime. it sticks closer to the things i like from the manga, while still establishing itself as something new.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day seventeen

day 17: it's not a named attack, but Galaxia pulling out a person's soul (Star Seed) with her bare hand is impressive. she does it several times and every time it's jarring.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day sixteen

day 16: i'm torn. i love Jupiter's Flower Hurricane for sheer visual impressiveness and area coverage, but something about Venus turning a chain whip into a great sword (Chain Wink Sword) and cleaving things is awesome, especially since her element isn't a standard element like water or fire, her power is love. sometimes love tears you up.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day fifteen

day 15: Pluto's Dead Scream is pretty impressive. calling on the souls of everyone that's ever died? that's something you don't forget.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day fourteen

day 14: like day-to-day? i favor the stuff worn by Mercury and Neptune mostly. structured classic basics and floaty elegant summer dresses.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day thirteen

day 13: Naru/Molly (again, depending on translation). it's gotta be hard to be the completely human best friend to a superhero, especially when you're not in on the secret. you know something's going on, but you don't know what, so you just try to be there when she needs you and hope she'll come back when she can.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day twelve

day 12: Sailor Jupiter. duh. i'm sure i've addressed it before, the visual, the power set, the characterization. i love the strength of her character; she's judged harshly because she looks a certain way, and she spends every day defying that expectation. she's tall and strong, but her dream is to run a flower shop and bakery.

Sailor Moon 30 day challenge: day eleven

day 11: Sailor Pluto. while the green hair is cool, it was really more her role in the Wicked Lady/Dark Moon arcs that i liked. i like her calm reliability.