Is Anyone in Sailor Moon Straight? | A Sailor Moon Video Essay
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Sailor Moon is one of those anime that really pushed the boundaries in terms of LGBTQA 90s media -- at least, on American airwaves. But it still drew an entire audience of young gay fans into its fold, resulting in a show that's beloved for generations.
But as we get older, a question remains: is anyone in Sailor Moon straight? Who is bisexual, asexual, a lesbian, gay -- find out all that and more -- kinda -- in this extremely goofy Sailor Moon video essay about how Usagi Tsukino drew a friend group of bisexual disasters.
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Chapters:
0:00 Anime Showed You Things You Couldn't See Anywhere Else
3:48 The Same Sex Villains in Sailor Moon
5:18 The Nature of Love in Sailor Moon and Magical Girl Anime
10:50 The Love Lives of the Sailor Guardians
14:52 The Outer Guardians (Sailor Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Saturn)
17:58 The Inner Guardians (Sailor Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus)
22:00 Sailor Moon is a Disaster Bisexual
23:07 What Can We Learn From Sailor Moon
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"Everyone is gay for Haruka" is literally the most correct statement anyone could ever say about Sailor Moon.
@jaymiechan
5 күн бұрын
and a far more fitting permutation of it than the original holder of that phrase, Bridget, since Bridget always presented as female, and eventually found herself as a trans woman; vs Haruka who presents NB, wearing both feminine Senshi garb and masculine clothing.
@kumada84
5 күн бұрын
@@jaymiechan So, we categorize people based on their clothes - got it 👍
@jaymiechan
5 күн бұрын
@@kumada84 go away troll.
@Victoria-_
4 күн бұрын
Fr 😂
Venus was like " Being into haruka isn't gay it just means you have a pulse"
Rei could be biromantic and asexual, which are not mutually exclusive. Naturally, this makes her what we call "based."
@agramuglia
7 күн бұрын
Fair point there!
@Sing_A_Rebel_Song
7 күн бұрын
Real
@blaquerose121
7 күн бұрын
Me who loved her and identifies as both: Well… it’s all starting to make sense…
@msf2399
7 күн бұрын
High quality pun-work right there. I will be stealing this one.
@AC-dk4fp
4 күн бұрын
Gray romantic bisexual is more likely based on her chapter in the Dark Moon Circus arc. She fights her mirror self who wants to get married and defeats them and decides she has no interest in having a partner outside of her servant relationship with Usagi (the manga has a lot of Arthurian Neo-platonic chivalric romance theming).
Lets not forget Mamoru and Fiore; that alien boy was absolutely in love with Tuxedo Mask!
@marocat4749
7 күн бұрын
The sailors even gossip about it in the original dub. Not even a doubt, let alone him passing on him to bunny , and mamoro as damsel.
@MikeOfMichigan
6 күн бұрын
I was shocked they didn’t mention that relationship in the video haha. Even as a kid with the original heavily censored dub, I knew something was up with those two haha
@Strawberry_Angelic
2 күн бұрын
@@MikeOfMichigani saw that movie in adult swim it was very much censored (and. One of the only times I was allowed to actualy watch adult swim (Ofc I then convinced them to let me watch it 6.6 bcs technically cartoons
“Is Anyone in Sailor Moon Straight?” I sure hope not
@peterwindhorst5775
6 күн бұрын
Artemis is straight? He just has two wives - Luna and the the blonde... of the two, the latter is the one he actually obeys.
@autumnramble
6 күн бұрын
@@peterwindhorst5775 Depends if we also count Luna the Dog from the manga.
@nehen2225
4 күн бұрын
Why not?
@angie-adriangarcia4975
3 күн бұрын
Careful there buddy. Just like discriminating against anyone LGBT+ is a big no no. Doing it to the heterosexuals who are the majority people in the world is a huge no no.
@SearedDonaldDuckwithgreenbeans
2 күн бұрын
Lol why would you care so much if there is a straight person??
Ah yes. Sailor Uranus and Neptune. The "cousins." My sister and I grew up on Toonami and the Sailor Moon censorship. And we STILL were like, "nah! We don't buy it! They're definitely gay." Lol.
@lucyl4603
7 күн бұрын
In a way, alabamafication is even more woke in the eyes of the west, no?
@marocat4749
7 күн бұрын
Making it incestual is localizing apearently 😅
@pilotamurorei
6 күн бұрын
too bad the actual setting is that haruka is both male and female. Neptunes own words in the comics.
@Souten66
3 күн бұрын
I remember in the early 2000’s when the internet was in it’s infancy hearing from a friend “Did you know in Japan Uranus and Neptune are lesbians?” Like it was so scandalous but also “oh, that makes more sense”
@pilotamurorei
3 күн бұрын
@@Souten66 and yet they arent really lesbians if you read the comics, but dont let facts get in the way of your kosher brainwashing.
Great video! As an asexual woman I always find amusing how any ace representation in anime is often a mystical, magical being beyond the confines of existence and understanding. Whelp, I guess that makes me some sort of spiritual chaos being. Also, please kindly note that asexual people can be aromantic, homoromantic, biromatinc, and panromantic. Asexuality is a huge spectrum.
@ThatFlamingFroggo
6 күн бұрын
Came here to say this, or the last part. Being Ace has nothing to do with the romantic aspect, but rather if they enjoy s*xual intimacy or no. Whether they are comfortable or not with doing so, as some do if it's with folks they love, or do so for bonding rather than gratification. Aromantics, like Aces, are on a spectrum, but focuses on what level of romantic feelings they have, if at all.
@TheNinjaKitsune
6 күн бұрын
@@ThatFlamingFroggoIn my experience ace isnt necessarily whether they enjoy sexual intimacy, but whether they feel sexual attraction. There are some sex positive aces who love sex and sex negative aces who are super uncomfortable with it in general.
@ThatFlamingFroggo
6 күн бұрын
@@TheNinjaKitsune Yeah, yeah you right. Sometimes I struggle with wording things.
@celinepope
3 күн бұрын
@@TheNinjaKitsuneI was going to say the same thing as a biromantic ace lol
Me personally, I'm as straight/cis/hetero as they come. I also grew up in a christian household. But sailor moon does something profound with breaking relationship societal norms. It normalized all types of sexualities and orientations. Everyone in the anime just accepted it and I always thought that was beautiful. Definitely ahead of its time. Sailor moon taught me at a young age to keep an open mind towards others. Love this show so much ❤.
Luna isn’t actually a cat, she is an alien that takes a form of a cat. Her Artemis and their kid all have human forms
@peterwindhorst5775
6 күн бұрын
Artemis also has two wives - Lunda... and the blonde disaster-zone Minako.
I’ve seen Sailor Moon in Japanese, Cantonese, and both English dubs, and never did I get the impression that Naru’s attraction to Nephrite was reciprocated. I think he exploited her feelings to manipulate her, but getting into her pants was never even a blip on his radar. When he turns and becomes protective of her, it’s far more about him coming to understand humanity, kindness, and protecting those you care about. Yeah, he said he’d go get a chocolate parfait with her, but I don’t think he was committing to a date and all it implies. I think she told him it was something she wanted to do, and he wanted to make that happen for her.
As an aside: In the LATAM dub, Zoycite was made a woman because the Dub director saw the episode where he dresses up as Sailor Moon first, with no context, to do the dub cast, and honestly thought he was a woman. Later, when she was informed of the truth, she expressed the wish to redub and leave him as a man. Later, the second Dub director asked which characters were male and which were female, and treated Fisheye as either a NB character or a trans woman, letting them have a female voice, BUT when it came to the episode when their gender is revealed, leaving he/him pronouns. Haruka and Michiru were left as girlfriends.
@JustinW332
8 күн бұрын
That's an interesting story. Wow
@minako10
8 күн бұрын
They did censor a bit of dialogue in the SMR movie though, namely a scene with Ami/Mercury saying that Mamoru is so attractive that even boys are interested in him.
@luxshine
8 күн бұрын
@@minako10 That was a choice by the translator, as far as I know. My first dubbing job was in fact telling the Dub director which characters were male and which were female, and also, translating the powers from R to SuperS :)
@luxshine
8 күн бұрын
@@JustinW332 Thank you! all true! The LATAM Anime Dub scene is quite interesting :D
@GusMir-k5l
7 күн бұрын
I knew your name ringed a bell. You are Adalisa Zarate. You along with Gabriela Maya interviewed Gloría Rocha years ago and disclosed that topic about Zyocite.
wake up bisexuals new anthony gramuglia essay dropped
Ah, Pluto in the manga was in love with King Enydo.
@missshaolina7286
5 күн бұрын
Yep. Plus I think think in the manga Ami gets an allergic reaction to a love letter. To which my ace self has to say: same girl.
@marcusmoutra
3 күн бұрын
I'm glad someone said this.
@user-hi3bn8pe5l
3 күн бұрын
@@marcusmoutra Her love for King Endymion It is an unrequited love that makes her lonely existence that much sadder. It's a vague reference, with depictions of Pluto blushing when she's around the King, as well as her reaction when he rushes to her side as she passes.Apr 20, 2018
@user-hi3bn8pe5l
3 күн бұрын
@@marcusmoutra It is also hinted at in artwork that features her, Endymion, and Queen Serenity. In the two Sailor Moon musicals, Eien Denetsu and Shin - Densetsu Kourin, there is a song called "Onna no Ronsou" ("Woman's Conflicts") where the love that Sailor Pluto has for Endymion is explicitly stated. The actors in those musicals also played up those unrequited feelings.
@Ghostykins
3 күн бұрын
Came here to say this. She could still be ace, I don't think we really have evidence one way or another, but she definitely had feelings for a man and is at least straight.
Hearing someone smarter than me explain how Sailor Jupiter might be Ace is exactly what I needed to hear today.
@mrsfahrenheit
6 күн бұрын
FACTS💚
@kumada84
6 күн бұрын
Her entire goal in life is to get married. 🤦♂️
@jeanyve_person
6 күн бұрын
@@kumada84Lots of Aces want to get married, dude. Ace doesn't mean Aro. Please don't conflate the two.
@kumada84
5 күн бұрын
@@jeanyve_person Oh, sorry - I made an assumption about someone 😱 but now I know we're not supposed to do that...unless we're assuming they're "ace" or "aro" or whatever, in which case it's fine 👍 The fact that Makoto is shown to have had a daughter in one continuity means nothing - maybe it was IVF! Or parthenogenesis! ❤️
@jeanyve_person
5 күн бұрын
@@kumada84 ....lots of aces have kids, dude.
As a very flirty ace, Rei is my spirit sailor
Before watching the video: Hmm, I wonder what Ant has to say about Usagi as I think she’s probably my favorite characters in Sailor Moon. *Sees Sailor Moon is a Disaster Bisexual in the KZread chapters.* Oh, now it makes sense.
@deathwish-fs1ib
8 күн бұрын
I really can't help but see the Senshi as anything other than Usagi's harem at this point.
@Pinkywinkykinky
8 күн бұрын
She's a kin of mine fr fr
@Red-Hermit
6 күн бұрын
Mamoru is such a chad, being chill with his wife’s harem…
@ireysword
3 күн бұрын
@@deathwish-fs1ibI mean the manga finale can be read as her not just marrying Mamoru but all the other Senshi. Those weren't bridesmaid Dresses, those were wedding gowns. Don't lie to me Naoko.
I find it hilarious how in the Dub they changed Sailor Uranus and Neptune to "cousins" and apparently that was more acceptable than lesbians. Also, I love how Sailor Moon emphasizes so many different types of love between both genders. Plus so much Yes to queer anime.
@marocat4749
7 күн бұрын
Gay is alright if incest 😏
Pluto has a thing for King Endymion in the manga/Crystal. It’s not a huge plot point, but it’s canon. She doesn’t seem to have any feelings toward teenage Mamoru though, so there’s probably something timey-women going on there.
Usagi being bisexual makes so much sense. It’s just another reason she’s my favorite character 🌈🏳️🌈💖✨
Lol it wasn't seeing gay people on tv that made kids gay, it was Haruka being on screen. Of course! (Joking)
@17:41 I honestly never really thought of Chibiusa as being older than Hotaru in a meaningful way. Like yes, there's timey-wimey shenanigans and she's hundreds of years old, but we also know that she's the daughter of two people who we see age at a normal human rate. She looks like a young child and by all accounts has a personality and maturity that match her visual age rather than her literal age, so it's always seemed to me that the age difference between her and Hotaru is in the opposite direction. Chibiusa looks and acts and functionally is old enough to be in elementary school, whereas Hotaru looks and acts at least a few years older. Tbh I normally hate the "this person who looks like a child is actually centuries old" trope, because it's usually taken in extremely gross directions, but the reason I don't mind it here is because it's not used to justify any creepy relationships. Even if she's centuries old, everyone seems to be aware that as far as romance is concerned, she should be treated and protected like the child she is.
@marocat4749
7 күн бұрын
Wasnt she sent back because she kinda was in stasis and still a child there. And yep hotaro was more mature than her age, thanks to a not great life So both are older in a sense but not.
@autumnramble
6 күн бұрын
She wan encharmed to keep her mind as young as her body, so she really should be counted as a child.
Can we all appreciate the 90s transitions and overlays used in this video? The nostalgia is hitting hard. 😅
I'm honestly surprised you didn't bring up the R movie with Mamo and Fiore's relationship. As a kid I did relate to Ami being more reserved with relationships and dicussing boys compared to her friends. Took me awhile to find out I'm aro/ace.
The funny thing for me is how they tried to censor Zoicite for example but ended up showing a powerful and villainous woman character, effectively still Breaking traditional gender roles SM will always disrupt gender norms no matter how badly they attempt to cut it down
I think it’s fair to say Naoko Takeuchi is an avid bisexualist and supporter of queer rights.
@kumada84
5 күн бұрын
Why do you think it's fair to fair that?
@sarahfortozo3141
4 күн бұрын
I don’t know about that, but she is a known fan of yuri and her husband of yaoi (her husband is also a famous manga artist).
@dwainsimmons3447
3 күн бұрын
You’re correct
I think it's implied in most material that Pluto has a crush on King Endymion? I googled to double check and that seems to be the general consensus and even gets a whole paragraph on her wikipedia page. But I think it's just this one off thing with that specific version of Mamo.
Now there seems to be a question that was unanswered... Is Mamoru also bisexual? 🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🧐
@dearestgoodlove
6 күн бұрын
He probably is
@CatHasOpinions734
6 күн бұрын
Honestly I always read him as demi (and probably also bi, but that one's harder to be confident about). The number of gorgeous people who just absolutely throw themselves at him and he doesn't even get flustered... personally, I can't relate, but from what I've heard that fits with being demi.
@kumada84
6 күн бұрын
Sure, why not - I mean, apparently everybody is. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🙄🙄🙄
@kumada84
6 күн бұрын
Why are you people so obsessed with labeling everything?
@ame-chan579
6 күн бұрын
@@kumada84 because there's like, a whole ass MOVIE, with a guy crushing HARD on him and he didn't flat out refuse him, That's why.
I feel like Usagi is a pan with a slight gravitation towards individuals who present themselves more masculine: she was into Mamoru, Seiya, Haruka, I also felt something between her and Makoto, and her and Rei, who are a bit more masculine between all girls but also, like you said, everyone is kinda bi/pan in this story~
the way i found this video on usagi's birthday, june 30th. kinda iconic
The one thing I’ll say is that Luna isn’t Really a cat, neither is Artemis. They take the forms of cats because they can’t live on earth any other way. Lunas human form in the S movie is actually her True form. Weather that was conveyed in the show at any point, is another story. But it is made clear in the manga
Doesn’t Rei have a side story called Casablanca in the manga where she falls for one of her dad’s employees when she was like 13?
@kumada84
6 күн бұрын
Yes. 👍 But people who have points that they want to make sometimes ignore things that contradict what they're saying. It's implied that her insistence that she isn't interested in romantic relationships is because of the situation shown in Casablanca Memory.
@xilj4002
5 күн бұрын
@@kumada84 Sometimes people don't memorize every single page and every single frame, sometimes people don't have access to all of it to begin with, or don't know a specific bit exist. I haven't seen a single side story of any manga until about 2-3 years ago because let's just say my only available sources were not the official prints and I wasn't devouring volumes just dabbling
@user-te7kx7sf3s
Күн бұрын
@@kumada84 nice
I watched Sailor Moon around 1995-1996 (when I was 2 and 3). My fiance was confused when I told him because of how it aired in the US, being more familiar with the Toonami airing. Turns out Canada dubbed it and it was successful there 😂 which is where I'm from. The old YTV ads are gold.
As someone old enough to have watched Sailor Moon before the Toonami days, can confirm the scheduling nightmares. If you wanted to watch this show, you had to chase it around the dial. You had to look it up in TV guides ahead of time and schedule your time accordingly. And the movies? Roll the dice and hope the big box stores had them for sale. Worth the effort though.
As a 7-10 year old who did not use the internet I knew Uranus and Neptune were not cousin.
@kumada84
6 күн бұрын
That's because they made it blatantly obvious on purpose. 🤫 (Most cousins don't whisper to each other seductively)
This video reminds me that Sailor Moon completely shaped my view on romantic love and gender. I’m thankful for that.
I still remember when anime used to be called Japanimation and was marketed towards straight boys, so I appreciate how it's opened up in the west a bit more
10:22 she's also 14 just like Usagi lol 19:06 I seem to remember a back story for Rei (maybe Infinity or Dream Arc?) where she fell for someone and he broke her heart. This, coupled with the lack of decent male role models in her life, just led to her not being interested in pursuing romantic relationships.
In the manga and somewhat in the anime that Pluto was actually in love with King Endymion. Pluto admired him and had feelings for him, but because of her role and her duties at the Time Door, she knew it was never a possible thing.
I used to wake up at 4am to watch this on a local news channel. And no matter how much they tried to white wash Neptune and Uranus' relationship, I was left with the intense knowledge of "cousins don't do that!"
Is anyone in sailor moon straight answer no everyone is gay including tuxedo mask that boy is a walking bisexual disaster like his wife tho i personally see mercury as ace
This was such a really interesting video! However, I disagree about Setsuna and (manga) Rei. Setsuna clearly has a crush on Endymion while in one of the short stories, Rei is in love with her father's colleague.
I do think Usagi's bi/pan-ness was evident fairly early on when she met Rei because of a rumour of a pretty girl, and then followed Rei off said bus because she was so pretty Usagi legit couldn't think straight (badumtiss).
I started sailor Moon when i was 11 years old. I was instantly attached to the Starlights and Haruka. took me 8 years to realize i was genderfluid. oops
Wow, your last section really spoke to me. I never understood why I was so obsessed with Sailor Moon characters, specially Fish Eye. I adore the way the character is just... truthful. Sailor Moon definitely saved my life while was I hiding myself. But at the same time, it reallt made me understand a lot about myself. You just got a new sub, and I cant wait to see your channel grow even more.
Ironic Sailor Moon being my favorite and starter anime, as well as my favrotie Senshi. Then years later me as a teenager realizing I'm bisexual. lol I'll be 31 the beginning of next year and I still can't get enough of this series.
one of the funniest parts about the 90s show is what an absolute disaster bi usagi is throughout the whole thing
Some note on the homophobia of anime fans: Some do it in an extremely performative way to "gatekeep" the community to keep it from changing. Some wants us to look away from the underlying economic system that causes real and unrelated problems. Some outright just realized they can recruit people into their leagues, to "gatekeep" other things, like neighborhoods and whole countries.
All I want to say is as an ace girl so many ppl think I’m lesbian because I’m not « actively heterosexual » and that’s both weird and funny.
You made a long as video just to say that in Sailor Moon there are miracle romances. Please make a breack down of the original OP song I swear everyone talks about the english one, but man the japanese one slaps so hard and the visuals for the 2nd OP of season 1 is a work of pure art.
I found out I was bi when I had a...formative dream involving the sailor scouts and a spa. That is when the questions started.
I own a page dedicated to Sailor Moon and I was recently surprised finding homophobic fans, even knowing that there are LGBT characters in the franchise.
Naru and Umino were the token straight characters in the series, and the show kind of forgot about them once the outer senshi started showing up. Some say they're still out there to this day, doing straight people things...
@Krantzingoing
2 күн бұрын
I kind of liked Naru it’s a shame when you’re a not magical person in a magical show your friends will forget about you rip.
Generic gay for the algorithm.
Usagi’s a disaster bisexual. Oh look it’s me 😅
I remember it showed in one episode that pluto has a big crush on mamoru but doesn't let anyone know
For me, as a closeted trans kid, Sailor Moon was an outlet for a femininity I wasn’t allowed to express. I still cherish it to this day & is the ONLY anime from my childhood I don’t get bored of.
Please analyze Cardcaptor Sakura next! 🌸🌸🌸
Great video! just one little thing, in the manga, if I remember right, is implied that Pluto is in love with King Endymion.
I remember watching (Sailor Moon on Toonami) the scene where Haruka is like "my hands are covered in blood" and then Michiru says something like "they seem clean to me" and just thinking who do they (Cartoon Network) think they're fooling with the 'cousins' thing. Like they change one word but don't bother getting rid of the romantic lighting or music and think it's believable? I think someone had already told me that they were lesbians and were censored, but I don't think I'd have noticed that.
Love all the work and details that you did here, great job!
While I don't disagree with the majority of your essay, I would say you have Setsuna-san ALL WRONG. Not only does she have a deep love and affection, unrequited of course, with King Endymion, but in the musicals, she almost outright says it in a duet with Queen Beryl. Not to mention an ACE SCORPIO?! NO SUCH CREATURE.
We didn't know the show was censored. Even with the internet, people didn't speak languages here back in those days. But those Japanese comic pages we found. Looked very interesting to say the least
Anthony: "How many friend groups do you know where everyone happened to come out later in life?" Me: "Of course that happens. Stand users are drawn to other Stand users, it's called 'Gravity'." (Yes, this is me "subtly" asking for an analysis of JJBA and how none of the characters are straight)
Actually Pluto had a small thing for King Endymion.
I didn’t watch sailor moon ever until 2019 when I binged it. I was already a college student by this point, but I still connected with it a lot and it did make me feel seen. I’ll always feel a connection to the story and to the characters for what they represent
Luna wasn’t with Artemis in the S Movie until the ending.
Very fascinating video. Honestly all the mainline sailor scouts/senshi always gave me bi vibes. Also, I love how perfectly summed up how much this franchise means to so many people at the end. Good work.
Me, before hitting play: I think most of them are straight? Idk 15 seconds after hitting play: the man is not wrong, the math is mathing none of these people are straight.
@Krantzingoing
2 күн бұрын
I half agree half disagree but it’s so hard to assume if they’re close or .. closer lmao I’m so close to my friends and keep saying I think they’re so pretty and cool and all... but I know I’m not lesbian. Humans are weird.
Pluto is in love with tuxedo mask it was shown several times.
@kumada84
6 күн бұрын
No it wasn't. It was just a "fan theory" that she was in love with King Endymion because of one brief scene in the comic where she interacts with him. (They did use that idea in the 90's musicals though, and it was brilliant.)
Glad You Got to seeing you make Your Sailor Moon Video & Well Done on it!👍🙂
I was one of those kids that read, and wrote SailorMoon fan fiction, and spent most of my free time watching the many many sailormoon AMV's. I also ended up buying the final season from someone who got it on their trip to japan, and recorded them onto VHS for resale. I still love the show, and credit it for the person that I am today. It's so crazy to me that Anime in general is so popular now when back then it was something you would get made fun of for enjoying.
I think it would also be interesting to cover other sailor moon material as well if possible, like the live action show. Minako and Rei could easily be read as closer/attracted to each other. Nephrite is also clearly attracted to Queen Beryl and Ami but IIRC there’s some undertones with Mitoki that can either be read as awkwardness or some attraction between the two.
It's so funny to me that whoever decided to censor Neptune's and Uranus's relationship thought cousin lovin' was more acceptable than a gay relationship
This is one of your better videos. I was especially impressed by the first 7 minutes and the structure kept me interested till the end.
I do like this, but I have to debate a little bit about Setsuna/Pluto being an Ace. In manga she is in love with King Endymion. Sure, she could still be a A-romantic, she after all prefer'd to love him from a distance. But the way how passionatly/intimately she describes King Endymions and his clothes, it feels like she could have possibly also love'd him sexually/physically. From what I have understood, A-sexuality is also a spectrum, a person may want to have some once in a blue moon, or with a partner s/he/they are with. And just like she does love her family unit, she also loves Chibi-usa very much in the Black Moon Saga, mostly as a friend who comes to visit her. But still as family, It's almost as if she is living in the future Crystal Palace's basement. No wait, she actually is living in there, the Time Doors are one of the most tighly guarded secret of the Silver Millenium and I think that may also ably to future Crystal Tokyo.
@AC-dk4fp
4 күн бұрын
Sailor Moon leans heavily into Arthurian chivalric romance (the holy grail is no random inclusion) and Catholic Neo-Platonism (which wasn't straight before the Catholics got hold of it and brought it to Japan around the beginnings of shoujo culture). Its definitely gayer than normal interpretations of that material but contemporary queer discourse isn't suited for interpreting it. Subserviant asexual love in Sailor Moon operates on the idea that sexual love is lower on the Platonic hierarchy, which isn't how things are generally framed in the Ace identified community.
i call usagi omnisexual as well she is a god whos love is infinite towards everything
You can't tell me Rika from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet isn't Uranus and Neptune's science baby. Also, gag me, those dub voices.
@egg_bun_
6 күн бұрын
Omg YES
📢 Luna’s cheating in the S film also makes me uncomfortable too 📢
I'm a fairly masc presenting bisexual guy but growing up, I strongly identified with Zoisite and, unexpectedly, Neptune. Still love this show ... Naoko Takeuchi deserves all her millions. ❤
Sailor Venus, Minako, is definitely polyamorous. Well, at least in the 90s anime.
Everyone forgets the four knights and the sailor guardian's Where all together
Yea... the age gap is the only reason I can't read ccs anymore.
Disaster bisexual...i never felt so seen in my life
Venus is like her goddess counter part SHIPPER extreme!
Also it’s perfectly normal to be 14-16 years old and have not have physical attraction or want to date not anyone yet. Especially when you are literally fighting for your life every 3 months
During crystal Usagi finds her Guardians because she's attracted to them. Most evil forces just attack Naru.
Great video!! But I think the use of the world “western” should be with a bigger mindset next time, because Brazilian and LATAM versions of Sailor Moon did suffer some censorship, but not to the same extent of the US one. Same with Card Captor Sakura (at least for Brazil, I’m not sure about the LATAM Spanish version for Sakura). Maybe countries in Europe also didnt suffer much censorship, or maybe no censorship at all and, as far as I know, the “western world” is made of many more countries than US and Canada. Sorry, I know this is far from being the video’s main topic, but it kinda bugged me how much you used that word to talk about the anime version you know 😅
@AC-dk4fp
4 күн бұрын
Sailor Moon didn't have any timeslot nonsense in the UK either and I'm not sure if or when it was even shown on Toonami here.
I might be wrong but wasn't there a few instances where Pluto had feelings for Endymion? :/
I loved this essay. I would adore to read the article you mentioned. If you would please drop the link to it.
Why did you call me out for liking Ranma? And my girlfriend. And tons of my friends. Excellent video :3
This is exactly the Sailor Moon content I want, thank you.
Not sure if Codename Sailor V is still in canon these days, but Venus being such a love-freak is probably her attempt to prove Danburite's curse has no power over her. Also, Pluto is more functionally Aro-Ace than actually Aro-Ace, due to her pretty much outliving anyone she might have been attracted to. It would explain why she's so fervently dedicated to bringing about Crystal Tokyo in fanstories, because she's both incredibly pent up, but knows that unless certain things happen, she'll be stuck in an endless cycle of falling in love with someone, only to have to mourn them when they inevitably pass away. Not sure if this counts under "everytime Usagi meets a new friend, she blushes and hearts appear in her eyes" but how Sailor Mars enters the story is literally "Usagi saw a cute girl, went spoony and followed her home"
Watching this on Usagi's bday!🎉🎉🎉
Pluto always had a thing for King Endymion though, no?
This is a great video. I am a Sailor Moon super fan. I agree with some of these things, I will accept no Nephrite and Naru slander. Plus, just to clarify, Pluto was in love with King Endymion. You learn more about that in the manga.
I watched it in the original syndicated run and the Fox Kids premiere episode with a live action wrap around.
Loving this video. The humor is on point.
There's only two more days left for Pride Month [this was more of a Disappointment Month for me, unfortunately, for a variety of reasons], so is the Shinji and Kaworu video going to be saved for another time? Also, if it's alright to make a suggestion, how about a section that discusses the amount of Kaworu copycat characters [most noteably, Ryoji in Persona 3, the Anguished One in Devil Survivor 2, N in Pokemon Black/White, Joshua in TWEWY, Itsuki in Haruhi Suzumiya] and their impact, too? [Both Persona 3 and Haruhi Suzumiya also have Rei copycat characters, too--Aigis and Makoto/male protagonist, and Yuki.]
@agramuglia
8 күн бұрын
I am planning on a post-Pride stream regarding that topic...!
@kurathchibicrystalkitty5146
8 күн бұрын
@@agramuglia Hooray! 😄😄😄
Even as a little girl, I remember thinking Usagi would have been better off hooking up with one of her girlfriends. (I was not a fan of anime Mamoru)
Every time I tell someone I love sailor moon, the first question they always asked me if im gay (im 31) and no. I just love sailor moon porque its an og and one of the very 1st animes I watched.