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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
🌙✨ the moon's light returns
pretty guardian sailor moon eternal edition vol. 1 is a stunning start to the beloved magical girl series, introducing us to usagi tsukino & her journey to becoming sailor moon. with gorgeous remastered artwork, updated translations, & a larger format, this edition brings new life to naoko takeuchi’s classic.
this volume covers the early chapters, where usagi discovers her identity as sailor moon, meets luna, & begins gathering the sailor guardians. the story balances humor, heart, & action while setting up the larger mystery of the moon kingdom & the fight against the dark kingdom.
whether you’re revisiting the series or reading it for the first time, this edition is a beautiful way to experience sailor moon. the high-quality pages & vibrant details make it a great addition to any collection. for fans of magical girls, friendship, & destiny, eternal edition vol. 1 is a nostalgic & enchanting read. 🌙💖
this volume covers the early chapters, where usagi discovers her identity as sailor moon, meets luna, & begins gathering the sailor guardians. the story balances humor, heart, & action while setting up the larger mystery of the moon kingdom & the fight against the dark kingdom.
whether you’re revisiting the series or reading it for the first time, this edition is a beautiful way to experience sailor moon. the high-quality pages & vibrant details make it a great addition to any collection. for fans of magical girls, friendship, & destiny, eternal edition vol. 1 is a nostalgic & enchanting read.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Usagi Tsukino is a regular middle school girl. She’s a bit of a klutz and not the smartest at school. Things start to change for Usagi when she meets a talking cat with a crescent moon on her forehead. Usagi learns that she is a sailor guardian known as Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon Usagi needs to find the other sailor scouts and the moon princess while protecting the world from evil. Usagi doesn’t think she is cut out for this but a mysterious masked man believes in her and helps her to do her best. Follow along with clumsy Usagi as she learns her new powers and maybe can unlock her memories of who she really is.
This is a childhood nostalgic of mine.
This is a childhood nostalgic of mine.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Fascinating to see the start of a movement.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a much-needed nostalgia trip! I've been meaning to read the Sailor Moon manga for years, and this was a decent start. I acknowledge that my review is slightly inflated due to nostalgia, but here we go:
Usagi is even more hilarious and relatable in the manga. There's a considerable amount of her internal dialogue, and Takeuchi's illustrations are extremely dynamic and character-ful. Wonderfully, Usagi is a bicon from the start: she fawns over beautiful boys AND beautiful girls pretty openly!
However, while we get a more well-rounded view of Usagi, this comes at the expense of Ami, Rei, and Makoto. They are introduced in broad strokes of their personalities. I hope we have more character development of them all as the series goes on. Not to mention, the pace of this is break-neck fast! A LOT happens in just one volume. (That also goes to show how much of the anime was filler.)
Takeuchi's art style is pretty unique -- you can sorta tell she preferred pencil over pen, and there are a lot of interesting textures and backgrounds thanks to her love of airbrushing random materials. It's cool to be able to immerse oneself more in her hyper-femme, hyper-glamorous style.
BUUUUUT there's a big problem with Sailor Moon, and it's well-known: Mamoru is creepy. He's somehow portrayed both more sympathetically and more like a real human guy in the manga compared to the anime, which makes him alternately creepier and more just like a dude. He exhibits some more obviously stalker-ish behavior and questionable-consent behavior than I remembered from the anime. And, of course, there remains the super awkward age gap between him and Usagi (18 vs 14). Personality-wise, he easily could've been aged down to 15 or 16, so the only reason I can think that Takeuchi made him older was to create more wish fulfillment for young teenagers reading this. (Similarly, the girls are drawn to look, uh, a little older? Though their personalities seem about right for 14 or 15? Age is a weird thing in this series.)
Problematic stuff aside, the source material does showcase a few reasons why Sailor Moon remains iconic!
Usagi is even more hilarious and relatable in the manga. There's a considerable amount of her internal dialogue, and Takeuchi's illustrations are extremely dynamic and character-ful. Wonderfully, Usagi is a bicon from the start: she fawns over beautiful boys AND beautiful girls pretty openly!
However, while we get a more well-rounded view of Usagi, this comes at the expense of Ami, Rei, and Makoto. They are introduced in broad strokes of their personalities. I hope we have more character development of them all as the series goes on. Not to mention, the pace of this is break-neck fast! A LOT happens in just one volume. (That also goes to show how much of the anime was filler.)
Takeuchi's art style is pretty unique -- you can sorta tell she preferred pencil over pen, and there are a lot of interesting textures and backgrounds thanks to her love of airbrushing random materials. It's cool to be able to immerse oneself more in her hyper-femme, hyper-glamorous style.
BUUUUUT there's a big problem with Sailor Moon, and it's well-known: Mamoru is creepy. He's somehow portrayed both more sympathetically and more like a real human guy in the manga compared to the anime, which makes him alternately creepier and more just like a dude. He exhibits some more obviously stalker-ish behavior and questionable-consent behavior than I remembered from the anime. And, of course, there remains the super awkward age gap between him and Usagi (18 vs 14). Personality-wise, he easily could've been aged down to 15 or 16, so the only reason I can think that Takeuchi made him older was to create more wish fulfillment for young teenagers reading this. (Similarly, the girls are drawn to look, uh, a little older? Though their personalities seem about right for 14 or 15? Age is a weird thing in this series.)
Problematic stuff aside, the source material does showcase a few reasons why Sailor Moon remains iconic!
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes