Screenshots of Sailor Moon Crystal Acts. 4, 21, 29

I definitely know that it is or was quite common in the shoujo genre.

And used to think it was romantic, entertaining or normal when a hot fictional hot guy kisses the innocent, bright-eyed heroine without her consent, but not anymore.

I have become all too aware of sexual assault and harassment in real life.

But what do you think of this trope?

Does this mean that Uranus/Haruka harbors romantic feelings for the Moonlight Princess, or is it just a crush?

And why couldn't Naoko Takeuchi let her kiss Michiru/Neptune instead of forcing a kiss on Usagi/Usako?

This particular moment in the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon still bothers me to this day.

Source of Screenshots:

https://moodysm.tumblr.com/post/683038232851644416/captasticcaps-sailor-moon-crystal-seasons-1-3

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• Usagi and Rei's numerous Tongue Battles / Fights – What do you think of their friendship in the 90s Sailor Moon Anime Adaptation, compared to the Manga?
• Sailor Mercury & Sailor Mars ☿♂ - How would you describe the friendship or dynamic between Ami Mizuno & Rei Hino? 💙❤️
• Sailor Mercury & Sailor Jupiter ☿♃ - How would you describe the friendship or dynamic between Ami Mizuno & Makoto Kino? 💙💚
• The Interactions between Sailor Mercury & Sailor Venus ☿ ♀ - Are Ami Mizuno & Minako Aino very close, or are they often at odds with each other? 💙🧡
• The Camaraderie of Sailor Mars & Sailor Jupiter ♂♃ - Are Rei Hino & Makoto Kino a great or powerful duo? ❤️💚
• Sailor Mars & Sailor Venus ♂♀ - Why do you like shipping Rei Hino with Minako Aino? Reinako❤️🧡
• Is there a difference between the psychic or the precognitive abilities of Sailor Mars & Sailor Neptune (Rei Hino & Michiru Kaiou)? 🤔
• Makoto Kino & Minako Aino 💚🧡 / Sailor Jupiter & Sailor Venus ♃♀ – Why are these two Sailor Guardians often depicted together? And do you prefer them as a duo or pair?
• Sailor Jupiter & Sailor Pluto ♃♇ - In your headcanon, what would the relationship between Makoto Kino & Setsuna Meiou look like if they were to spend time together?💚🖤
• [Sailor Moon Episode 171] Sailor Venus & Sailor Pluto ♀♇ - Did you enjoy seeing these two together as a team?🧡🖤
• Sailor Moon Episode 92: The Beauty of Haruka & Michiru 💙💚 What makes the two of them so fascinating to you? ♅♆
• Sailor Venus & Sailor Uranus ♀♅ - Can Minako Aino and Haruka Tenou work together as a team? 🧡💛💙
• Minako Aino & Michiru Kaioh / Sailor Venus & Sailor Neptune - Which Beauty Queen do you think is more captivating or intriguing?
• The Earth, Ocean and Sky in Sailor Moon 🌍🌊🌥️ - Any idea of ​​how Sailor Uranus & Neptune (Haruka & Michiru) personally view Endymion (Mamoru)?
• Did Naoko Takeuchi switch the roles of Sailor Pluto & Sailor Saturn? And why are Setsuna Meiou & Hotaru Tomoe so often paired together? ♇♄🖤💜
• Did you like or hate the idea of ​​​​Seiya x Usagi (SeiUsa)? What is your honest opinion on this coupling? 🌙⭐
• Sailor Uranus vs. Sailor Star Fighter - Which one is actually more powerful?🤔

My Questions:

• What do you personally think of love triangle or quadrangle dramas in X-Men?
• Do you prefer it that Scott Summers didn't cheat on Jean Grey with Emma Frost, but instead with Madelyne Pryor in this universe?
• Should the Power Couple Scott and Jean stay together or separate for good?
• Does it bother you that Logan/Wolverine is always in love or obsessed with Jean in many adaptations?
• And was it even a good idea to construct a love triangle involving Rouge, Gambit and Magneto?

Source of Screenshots:

https://fancaps.net/tv/showimages.php?28564-X_Men__97_Season_1

Youkoso Shuudouin e, Koko wa Tsuihou Sareta Onna-tachi no Rakuen yo / ようこそ修道院へ、ここは追放された女たちの楽園よ

Description

In a remote borderland stands a strictly regulated convent, home only to women with complicated pasts—those who were driven from their homes for various reasons. But its true nature is something else entirely. Led by the young abbess Miranda, the convent is actually a women’s paradise, where the abbess and nuns gather gossip from across the kingdom, share juicy rumors, and live freely and joyfully. From time to time, troubled young ladies arrive at the convent: noblewomen whose engagements were broken, those suffering under betrothals to overbearing men, or girls desperate to win the affection of their fiancés. Armed with information collected through entertainment and rumor, the women of the convent vow to dispel every worry of these lost lambs. “So go on—claim happiness to your heart’s content!”

Source:

https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/nmbeso3/youkoso-shuudouin-e-koko-wa-tsuihou-sareta-onna-tachi-no-rakuen-yo

Could Haruka have defeated Seiya in a fight if she hadn't received the Galactica Bracelets?

And where does this rivalry or hostility between them stem from?

Screenshots from episodes 180, 184, and 198

Source of Screenshots:

https://sailorsoapbox.com/sailor-moon-screenshots-sailor-stars/

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• Usagi and Rei's numerous Tongue Battles / Fights – What do you think of their friendship in the 90s Sailor Moon Anime Adaptation, compared to the Manga?
• Sailor Mercury & Sailor Mars ☿♂ - How would you describe the friendship or dynamic between Ami Mizuno & Rei Hino? 💙❤️
• Sailor Mercury & Sailor Jupiter ☿♃ - How would you describe the friendship or dynamic between Ami Mizuno & Makoto Kino? 💙💚
• The Interactions between Sailor Mercury & Sailor Venus ☿ ♀ - Are Ami Mizuno & Minako Aino very close, or are they often at odds with each other? 💙🧡
• The Camaraderie of Sailor Mars & Sailor Jupiter ♂♃ - Are Rei Hino & Makoto Kino a great or powerful duo? ❤️💚
• Sailor Mars & Sailor Venus ♂♀ - Why do you like shipping Rei Hino with Minako Aino? Reinako❤️🧡
• Is there a difference between the psychic or the precognitive abilities of Sailor Mars & Sailor Neptune (Rei Hino & Michiru Kaiou)? 🤔
• Makoto Kino & Minako Aino 💚🧡 / Sailor Jupiter & Sailor Venus ♃♀ – Why are these two Sailor Guardians often depicted together? And do you prefer them as a duo or pair?
• Sailor Jupiter & Sailor Pluto ♃♇ - In your headcanon, what would the relationship between Makoto Kino & Setsuna Meiou look like if they were to spend time together?💚🖤
• [Sailor Moon Episode 171] Sailor Venus & Sailor Pluto ♀♇ - Did you enjoy seeing these two together as a team?🧡🖤
• Sailor Moon Episode 92: The Beauty of Haruka & Michiru 💙💚 What makes the two of them so fascinating to you? ♅♆
• Sailor Venus & Sailor Uranus ♀♅ - Can Minako Aino and Haruka Tenou work together as a team? 🧡💛💙
• Minako Aino & Michiru Kaioh / Sailor Venus & Sailor Neptune - Which Beauty Queen do you think is more captivating or intriguing?
• The Earth, Ocean and Sky in Sailor Moon 🌍🌊🌥️ - Any idea of ​​how Sailor Uranus & Neptune (Haruka & Michiru) personally view Endymion (Mamoru)?
• Did Naoko Takeuchi switch the roles of Sailor Pluto & Sailor Saturn? And why are Setsuna Meiou & Hotaru Tomoe so often paired together? ♇♄🖤💜
• Did you like or hate the idea of ​​​​Seiya x Usagi (SeiUsa)? What is your honest opinion on this coupling? 🌙⭐
• Sailor Uranus vs. Sailor Star Fighter - Which one is actually more powerful?🤔

If Bobby (Robert Louis Drake), aka Iceman, appears in Season 3 of the ’97 series, would you like to see him come out as a gay man?

Image: X-Men '97 Opening in S01E04

Source of Screenshot: https://thenostalgiaspot.com/2024/04/03/x-men-97-motendo-lifedeath-part-1/

Image: Apollo with his lyre from Mishima Yukio’s House = Utena Episode 31

Note:

Because of "Reddit is just being Reddit", I cannot display any images that include sculptures or paintings featuring nude figures.

That is why I can only show you my screenshot comparisons in another website:

The Fantastic Architecture & Worldbuilding in Revolutionary Girl Utena

Article: Utena - art references by Jay Scott

Inspirations:

• Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (250 CE to 538 CE)
• The spiral staircase inside the Château de La Rochefoucauld in France, designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1516
• Rialto Bridge in Venice (1588-1591)
• Jacob's Ladder by William Blake (1799-1806)
• Iakov Tchernikhov: Documents et reproductions des archives de Alekseï et Dimitri Tchernikhov (1900)
• Tatlinʼs Tower - Monument to the Third International by Wladimir Evgrafovich Tatlin (1919–20)
• Victory Lighthouse in Trieste (1923-1927)
• Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
• Architectural Fantasies: 101 Compositions by Iakov Chernikhov (1925-1933)
• Relativity by M. C. Escher (1953)

Did you notice any other real-life influences on the worldbuilding of Utena?

Sources:

• https://fancaps.net/
• https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/255789
• https://x.com/backgroundsbot/status/946536333849300995
• https://x.com/wouldwebealive/status/1289744784182018048
• https://neoyi.tumblr.com/post/808376853764145152/embed
• https://www.instagram.com/p/CZL1PMIrzvR/?img_index=8
• https://literaryreference.tumblr.com/post/819707881331048448?is_related_post=1
• https://www.reddit.com/r/shoujokaku...an_landmarks_inspired_architecture_in_ohtori/
• https://www.tumblr.com/livesunique/664504190759993344/château-de-la-rochefoucauld-la-rochefoucauld
• https://ohtori.nu/gallery/Movie/Movie_Screenshots/Opening_Saionjis_Duel/Movie_Screen_0131
• https://guriguriblog.wordpress.com/...architecture-of-utena-adolescence-apocalypse/
• https://64.media.tumblr.com/f2e44e2198684d1fd9b12232ed732b8f/72549724370fd88a-8b/s1280x1920/7c20e3f29b0b9902c0dcd672e1012578de55c95e.png

Inspirations:

• Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (250 CE to 538 CE)
• The spiral staircase inside the Château de La Rochefoucauld in France, designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1516
• Rialto Bridge in Venice (1588-1591)
• Jacob's Ladder by William Blake (1799-1806)
• Iakov Tchernikhov: Documents et reproductions des archives de Alekseï et Dimitri Tchernikhov (1900)
• Tatlinʼs Tower - Monument to the Third International by Wladimir Evgrafovich Tatlin (1919–20)
• Victory Lighthouse in Trieste (1923-1927)
• Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
• Architectural Fantasies: 101 Compositions by Iakov Chernikhov (1925-1933)
• Relativity by M. C. Escher (1953)

Did you notice any other real-life influences on the worldbuilding of Utena?

Sources:

• https://fancaps.net/
• https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/255789
• https://x.com/backgroundsbot/status/946536333849300995
• https://x.com/wouldwebealive/status/1289744784182018048
• https://neoyi.tumblr.com/post/808376853764145152/embed
• https://www.instagram.com/p/CZL1PMIrzvR/?img_index=8
• https://literaryreference.tumblr.com/post/819707881331048448?is_related_post=1
• https://www.reddit.com/r/shoujokaku...an_landmarks_inspired_architecture_in_ohtori/
• https://www.tumblr.com/livesunique/664504190759993344/château-de-la-rochefoucauld-la-rochefoucauld
• https://ohtori.nu/gallery/Movie/Movie_Screenshots/Opening_Saionjis_Duel/Movie_Screen_0131
• https://guriguriblog.wordpress.com/...architecture-of-utena-adolescence-apocalypse/
• https://64.media.tumblr.com/f2e44e2198684d1fd9b12232ed732b8f/72549724370fd88a-8b/s1280x1920/7c20e3f29b0b9902c0dcd672e1012578de55c95e.png

I’ve noticed that there are some fans who dislike Sailor Star Fighter / Kou Seiya.

What is it about this character that bothers you?

Is Seiya really that bad?

Source of Screenshots:

• https://sailorsoapbox.com/sailor-moon-high-res-screenshots/
• https://fancaps.net/movies/MovieImages.php?name=Sailor_Moon_Cosmos_2023&movieid=4588

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• Usagi and Rei's numerous Tongue Battles / Fights – What do you think of their friendship in the 90s Sailor Moon Anime Adaptation, compared to the Manga?
• Sailor Mercury & Sailor Mars ☿♂ - How would you describe the friendship or dynamic between Ami Mizuno & Rei Hino? 💙❤️
• Sailor Mercury & Sailor Jupiter ☿♃ - How would you describe the friendship or dynamic between Ami Mizuno & Makoto Kino? 💙💚
• The Interactions between Sailor Mercury & Sailor Venus ☿ ♀ - Are Ami Mizuno & Minako Aino very close, or are they often at odds with each other? 💙🧡
• The Camaraderie of Sailor Mars & Sailor Jupiter ♂♃ - Are Rei Hino & Makoto Kino a great or powerful duo? ❤️💚
• Sailor Mars & Sailor Venus ♂♀ - Why do you like shipping Rei Hino with Minako Aino? Reinako❤️🧡
• Is there a difference between the psychic or the precognitive abilities of Sailor Mars & Sailor Neptune (Rei Hino & Michiru Kaiou)? 🤔
• Makoto Kino & Minako Aino 💚🧡 / Sailor Jupiter & Sailor Venus ♃♀ – Why are these two Sailor Guardians often depicted together? And do you prefer them as a duo or pair?
• Sailor Jupiter & Sailor Pluto ♃♇ - In your headcanon, what would the relationship between Makoto Kino & Setsuna Meiou look like if they were to spend time together?💚🖤
• [Sailor Moon Episode 171] Sailor Venus & Sailor Pluto ♀♇ - Did you enjoy seeing these two together as a team?🧡🖤
• Sailor Moon Episode 92: The Beauty of Haruka & Michiru 💙💚 What makes the two of them so fascinating to you? ♅♆
• Sailor Venus & Sailor Uranus ♀♅ - Can Minako Aino and Haruka Tenou work together as a team? 🧡💛💙
• Minako Aino & Michiru Kaioh / Sailor Venus & Sailor Neptune - Which Beauty Queen do you think is more captivating or intriguing?
• The Earth, Ocean and Sky in Sailor Moon 🌍🌊🌥️ - Any idea of ​​how Sailor Uranus & Neptune (Haruka & Michiru) personally view Endymion (Mamoru)?
• Did Naoko Takeuchi switch the roles of Sailor Pluto & Sailor Saturn? And why are Setsuna Meiou & Hotaru Tomoe so often paired together? ♇♄🖤💜

And do wish this series had more episodes?

I've already seen numerous fans here complaining that this adaptation has problems with its narrative pacing, that certain episodes were too rushed, and that iconic storylines were crammed into a single episode.

Source of Screenshots: https://fancaps.net/tv/showimages.php?28564-X_Men__97_Season_1

Would it have been significantly better for the pacing, writing and the characters if we had received a 12- to 13-episode anime series instead?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it was "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train" (2020) that started or at least popularized the trend of adapting manga plot arcs into feature-length anime films.

Source of Artwork "3COINS × Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie Collaboration":

https://sailormoonvietnam.tumblr.com/post/717808880745398272/3coins-pretty-guardian-sailor-moon-cosmos-the

The animation team behind *Sailor Moon Eternal* made the roses for Pluto and Saturn in garnet (red) and purple, matching their respective theme colors.

Would you have preferred it if the rose petals of Uranus and Neptune had not been red in Crystal/Eternal?

Source of Screenshots:

• https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063440270808&sk=photos_albums&locale=de_DE
• https://fancaps.net/movies/MovieImages.php?name=Pretty_Guardian_Sailor_Moon_Eternal_The_Movie_Part_2&movieid=2759

Do you ever get tired of seeing the Rose as a motif in the Magical Girl Genre?

Would you rather see other beautiful flowers represented?

The first examples that come to mind:

• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
• Revolutionary Girl Utena + Adolescence of Utena
• Pretty Cure: Milky Rose, Cure Moonlight, Cure Flora & Cure Felice

Sailor Moon Characters associated with Greek or Greco-Roman Mythological Figures:

• Sailor Moon / Princess Serenity ‭→ Selene
• Tuxedo Mask / Prince Endymion ‭→ Endymion (If he is Sailor Earth, then he could be the counterpart to Gaia.)
• Sailor Mercury ‭→ Hermes
• Sailor Mars ‭→ Ares
• Sailor Jupiter ‭→ Zeus
• Sailor Venus ‭→ Aphrodite
• Sailor Uranus ‭→ Uranus / Ouranos
• Sailor Neptune ‭→ Poseidon or Triton
• Sailor Pluto ‭(Daughter of Chronos) → Hades
• Sailor Saturn ‭→ Cronus / Kronos
• Luna, Artemis & Diana
• Pegasus + Helios

Is it possible that the six Sailor Guardians were depicted as nymphs in the Sailor Moon S Ending sequence?

Feel free to correct me and mention any other references I might have forgotten.

Source of Screenshots:

• http://www.minitokyo.net/Sailor+Moon
• https://sailorsoapbox.com/sailor-moon-high-res-screenshots/
• https://moodysm.tumblr.com/post/683038232851644416/captasticcaps-sailor-moon-crystal-seasons-1-3
• https://fancaps.net/movies/MovieImages.php?name=Pretty_Guardian_Sailor_Moon_Eternal_The_Movie_Part_2&movieid=2759

Either the powerful, handsome ML or the attractive, youthful-looking adoptive father dotes on the transformed, infantilized FL.

What constitutes the appeal of this trope?

Examples:

• Little Witch's Diary
• The Evil Girl Karuna Has Shrunk
• My Fiancé Keeps Trying to Raise Me / My Fiancé Won't Stop Babying Me
• Fired as the Saintess, Turned Into a Loli, and Became the Demon King's Pet / When I Was Fired From My Job as a Saint, I Somehow Turned Into a Little Girl and Became the Demon King's Pet
• The Cursed Princess Wants to Study Magical Plants. / I've Become a Little Girl Due to a Curse
• The Beloved Fake Little Girl of the Duke Family
• Once a Saint, Now a Child — Rescued by a Duke, Reborn as an Alchemist
• The Baron’s Daughter’s Childish Transformation: An Envious Princess’s Curse and the Platinum Knight’s Proposal?!
• The Lady Who Turns Into a Child: Pampered by the Smiling Knight
• The Cursed Girl Proposes to the Twisted Duke / The Twisted Duke Is Wooed by a Cursed Maiden
• The Fake Saint Becomes a Little Girl and Enjoys an Exile Life with an Overly Affectionate God
• Uragirareta Akutoku Oujo, Youjo ni Natte Reiketsu Koutei ni Hirowareru
• Is Our Outing Destination Another World?

When the ML turns into a child due to a Curse:

1. Prince Maker (Suosu) >!(It turns out that the Little Prince won't be the romantic ML!)!<
2. My Sister Picked up the Male Lead
3. Our Tyrant Became Young
4. This Emperor Commits Marriage Fraud

Feel free to mention other titles that pursue a very similar idea.

Sources of Images:

• https://www.deviantart.com/moon-shadow-1985/art/The-Varying-Forms-of-Luna-890892235
• https://www.zerochan.net/25839
• https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1854564
• http://www.minitokyo.net/Luna%2CSailor+Moon
• https://minakos-sailormoonpage.net/?s=prettyg
• https://mx.pinterest.com/pin/534732155764015691/
• https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.676810609097653&type=3
• https://www.reddit.com/r/sailormoon/comments/1c4jgxp/sailor_moon_raisonne_art_book/?show=original

Source of Screenshots: https://fancaps.net/

Source of Screenshots: https://fancaps.net/

Examples:

• Magical Emi, the Magic Star (1985)
• Sailor Starlights (Sailor Star Fighter, Maker & Healer) - Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (1996) + Sailor Moon Cosmos (2023)
• Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san / Princess Comet (2001)
• Twin Princess of Wonder Planet (2005)
• Star Darlings (2015)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015)
• Zodiac Starforce (2015)
• Star Guardians - League of Legends (2015)
• Scarlet Star: ♂ Delinquent Boy To ♀Magical Girl! (2023)
• Star Chroma - New Magical Me (2024)
• Aika - Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl (2025)

Pretty Cure:

• Cure Fortune - HappinessCharge Pretty Cure! (2014)
• Cure Twinkle - Go! Princess PreCure (2015)
• Cure Étoile - HUGtto! PreCure (2018)
• Cure Star, Milky, Soleil, Selene, Cosmo & the Star Princesses - Star☆Twinkle PreCure (2019)

Are you aware of other Star Magical Girls? And which one do you find very memorable?