History Headscratchers / SailorMoon

Another theory is that Hotaru, having become friends with Chibiusa during S, has assimilated her growth to that of Chibiusa. Chibiusa looks to be around 12 - 13 years old and Hotaru, when re-awakening as Saturn in the Dream Arc of the manga, ages to that range as well.

** According to the manga, each Shitennou had an area of activities: Europe for Zoisite, North America for Nephrite, Middle East for Kunzite and Far East (that include Japan) for Jadeite. My theory is that in the anime it ''started'' that way, and that Nephrite moving to Tokyo was due to both the need to deal with the Sailor Senshi and Japan being the easier target (Europe having the far more experienced Sailor V kicking the life out of youmas, Middle East being filled with illegal guns and one of the best intelligence services in the world and North America including a country where civilians are often allowed to own military-issue personal weapons, automatic weapons and even ''flamethrowers'', while Tokyo had much less weapons capable to harm a youma, less invadent governements than the rest of Far East and less experiences Sailor Senshi). Then, around the time Zoisite retreated from Europe, either Beryl or Nephrite found out hints about the Rainbow Crystals (the key to recover the Silver Crystal) being ''all'' in Tokyo, hence all the activities moving there in a desperate attempt to recover the Silver Crystal and kill Sailor Moon's group before the Princess was awakened and/or Sailor Venus moved back there. Too bad that Venus moved back in Japan at least a couple days before they managed to trap Sailor Moon and get Tuxedo Kamen's Rainbow Crystal and that the very act of summoning the Silver Crystal would awaken the Princess and give her the Crystal...

** They're court floozies, Beryl likely kept them around [[HufflepuffHouse to fill up space]] and have someones to order around and intimidate. My guess is that [[DeadlyDecadentCourt other than politicking]] and being eye candy[[hottip:* :(well, [[FaceFramedInShadow completely obscured eye candy]])]] they have little real combat skill or power, and those that do/did were already used and killed as the MonsterOfTheWeek. So by the end of the series they'd have only been good as a ZergRush of questionable quality against moon crystal armed Usagi. Plus Beryl likely didn't want to use them that way in favor of personally and privately tormenting Usagi with Brainwashed!Endymon.

* Might just be me, you, or us, but does anyone else realize that, both in the Another Story game or in the PrettyGuardianSailorMoon series, they played around with a Beryl HeelFaceTurn to the point where one wonders if they wished they had done something to that effect? In Another Story, she was the ruler of the North Pole Kingdom, and she looks to be quite sane, worried about what a normal person in her position would worry about. In PGSM, she turns on Metaria (the BiggerBad in that series) near the end after Metaria tries to kill Mamoru. There were several people who thought Beryl was too one dimensional in the Anime (we got some reason as to why she was evil in the Manga, but still). There are claims that the Dark Kingdom won't be the first villains in the new anime, but one could wonder if they were, or if they entered at some point, will we see a full three dimensional dark queen, or even moreso, a full HeelFaceTurn at some point and not the cardboard villain or the HeelFaceDoorSlam we kept getting? Sounds like they are testing the waters with how people would react to a villain that many saw crossed the MoralEventHorizon with her destruction of the Moon Kingdom being able to redeem herself.

** Mind listing the other times a dead character was brought back specifically by her making it so they didn't die in the first place? Because I can't think of anything after the first season that fits that criteria - either they weren't dead in the first place, someone/something else brought them back to life, or they were reborn then and there. That is, of course, ignoring all the times in the other four seasons when she's doing everything she can to make sure they won't die, and is horrified and/or shocked when they do. The prime example is in the very last episode where she is crying over the fact that her lover and friends are dead. To me this clearly shows that no, she can't just bring people back to life.
** There is also the tiny fact that when ever Sailor Moon uses the Silver Crystal's power, it nearly kills her and that it actually took her own death in the first season to bring everyone back to life, that makes pretty clear that she just can't use it to bring the dead back to life at a whim.
** There's also the fact that she clearly didn't do it on purpose. It was sort of accidental, in that the moment of her own death she managed to unleash a vast amount of power that brought everyone back. Since she didn't control it, I don't think she'd be able to do it deliberately.
*** Okay, while it was accidental the first time, the fact that her friends were suddenly not dead anymore should have alerted Usagi that she could bring back some of the more sympathetic villains who died?
**** You just answered your own question: it brings back her ''friends'', not people she only felt sorry for or wasn't attached to. She has to wish for their return and want it bad enough to die for it, because that's how the Silver Crystal works.
*** She WAS able to revive Nehellenia's entire court, so that makes the point moot. Maybe it is an AdaptionInducedPlotHole, as few of the villains are portrayed sympathetically in the manga.
**** Regarding the manga, this kind of thing isn't even just an AdaptationInducedPlothole - people simply did not die and get brought back constantly like that. She resurrects the inner soldiers and Endymion in the first arc, no one in the second (Pluto comes back at the start of the Infinity arc without any mention of how or why), Sailor Saturn in the third, no one in the fourth (Helios is brought back by Chibiusa, the Quartet were simply unlocked from being sealed away), and in the last, everyone was resurrected by her power triggering an even greater power (Cosmos energy or something). Further, it can be said that she's not actually resurrecting them as much as hastening the process, since they seem to be reborn simply because Sailor Crystals are forever. People who don't have 'em? Tough shiz, and she generally can't do much about it.
*** I always thought that the Nehellenia thing was more a case of sending the Queen back along her personal timeline but with some memories intact. That way our continuity is not ruined and the young Queen gets a better life in an alternate universe.
** It all goes back to using the Silver Crystal's full power KILLS her. She was dying in the season 1 finale from using its power against Metallia/Beryl and it was her dying wish for her and her friends to have normal lives which brought them back without their memories. Then she died in the R movie but the flower Fiore gave Mamoru brought her back. So no she can't bring people back nilly willy.

* Why do fans hate Mamoru/Tuxedo Mask bor being supposedly useless, but love Shingo/Sammy, Usagi's annoying, bratty brother who does NOTHING useful for the show but to annoy Usagi?

*** OP here. Well, yeah. But I meant how did they react when their daughter turned 22 and ascended to the throne of a new and presumably worldwide kingdom?

** On a sort of related note... I'd be pissed if I was first season Sailor Mercury. Everybody else gets raw power over impressive elements and, were they not [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption doomed to failure]], are more than capable of defeating most threats. Mercury gets... a glorified smoke bomb and an attack that is never shown as anything but completely pathetic if it doesn't combine with something else. She even pretty much flat out states how worthless her powers are in episode ** While it fails to hold for some of the seasons, their are certain times when it makes sense. Mostly when the monster is a transformed human, so of course only the Healer can save them. At the same time, it suggest she needs them weakened before she can use her attack (especially if it's been newly acquired). Because it's cool to give someone third degree burns and electric shock so long as you make them human at the end.
45. While an argument could be made that her intelligence combined with the MagicalComputer makes her a valuable asset, it's downplayed to the point of practically being an InformedAbility. Maybe this is why she tends to get the PossessionSue treatment in fanfiction.

** In the anime, before he realized he was Tuxedo Mask, he would go into a trance whenever Sailor Moon transformed. Afterward, I'm guessing he just has a sixth sense about protecting Usagi, so he probably has a backup plan to get to her quickly. Also, while brainwashed by the Dark Kingdom he showed an ability to teleport. And on top of that, he's showed flight in a few episodes.

*** Of course, that is only speculation. Keep in mind, that Chiba did not get his crystal until the end of Super S in the manga. Also, how is he useless? In the early seasons, he was the girls' ace in the hole when they were in trouble. His roses were no ordinary flowers, and n the maga, he has an energy attack, instead of roses

** Venus' love me chain wasn't always used as an attack either, as it has been used more then once to rescue people from falling into ravines/bottomless pits.

** After seeing what happend to all the ther witches? Probably not...seriously she didnt redem herself, so she might be still there for all we care.

**** Regarding the manga, this kind of thing isn't even just an AdaptationInducedPlothole - people simply did not die and get brought back constantly like that. She resurrects the inner soldiers and Endymion in the first arc, no one in the second (Pluto comes back at the start of the Infinity arc without any mention of how or why), Sailor Saturn in the third, no one in the fourth (Helios is brought back by Chibiusa, the Quartet were simply unlocked from being sealed away), and in the last, everyone was resurrected by her power triggering an even greater power (Cosmos energy or something). Further, it can be said that she's not actually resurrecting them as much as hastening the process, since they seem to be reborn simply because Sailor Crystals are forever. People who don't have 'em? Tough shiz, and she generally can't do much about it.

** It all goes back to using the Silver Crystal's full power KILLS her. She was dying in the season 1 finale from using its power against Metallia/Beryl and it was her dying wish for her and her friends to have normal lives which brought them back without their memories. Then she died in the R movie but the flower Fiore gave Mamoru brought her back. So no she can't bring people back nilly willy.

** Aged and eventually died, I guess?

* Something that has always bugged me about Sailor Moon: What happened to Ikuko-mama and Kenji-papa when Usagi turned 22 and became Neo Queen Serenity?