History WMG / SailorMoonCrystal

[[spoiler: We see Metalia's blast, but no dead bodies or blood or other remains. It's entirely possible that they teleported to safety just in time, and will show up during the climax of the final battle to fight in Endymion's name.]]

[[WMG: The Shitennou didn't actually die.]]
We see Metalia's blast, but no desd bodies or blood or other remains. It's entirely possible that they teleported to safety just in time, and will show up during the climax of the final battle to fight in Endymion's name.

There's a reason the guys were kept around as long as they were and Naoko always wanted to do more with the concept of them being paired with the Senshi. Not sure how they'll manage to work it into the Black Moon arc to build it up, but it's likely headed this way.

* All of the above has been {{Jossed}} for the most part. [[spoiler:They do regain their memories, but then are destroyed soon after by Queen [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Metaria / Metalia / Metallia]].]]

* I'm thinking they won't regain their senses until ''after'' they die, since they're currently under Beryl's spell. See, in the manga, there was a bit of a pattern - Mars killing Jadeite and Jupiter killing Nephrite - but that didn't last. And Act.10 of ''Crystal'' made it obvious the Sailors can overcome their feelings and kill the Shitennou if they have to ("We are not helpless girls", indeed). So what I suspect can happen is that they ''will'' kill their "respective" Shitennou while the latter are still on Beryl's side, restoring the status quo from the manga and allowing the Shitennou to come back as Spiritual Advisors for Mamoru. Who will be killed by Usagi first. If that happens, that would be an excellent example of PragmaticAdaptation that also fits the theme (girls killing their beloved BrainwashedAndCrazy boys because of their duty, no actual romance expansion).

* I'm thinking they won't regain their senses until ''after'' they die, since they're currently under Beryl's spell. See, in the manga, there was a bit of a pattern - Mars killing Jadeite and Jupiter killing Nephrite - but that didn't last. And Act.10 of ''Crystal'' made it obvious the Sailors can overcome their feelings and kill the Shitennou if they have to ("We are not helpless girls", indeed). So what I suspect can happen is that they ''will'' kill their "respective" Shitennou while the latter are still on Beryl's side, restoring the status quo from the manga and allowing the Shitennou to come back as Spiritual Advisors for Mamoru. Who will be killed by Usagi first. If that happens, that would be an excellent example of PragmaticAdaptation that also fits the theme (girls killing their beloved BrainwashedAndCrazy boys because of their duty).

* I'm thinking they won't regain their senses until ''after'' they die, since they're currently under Beryl's spell. See, in the manga, there was a bit of a pattern - Mars killing Jadeite and Jupiter killing Nephrite - but that didn't last. And Act.10 of ''Crystal'' made it obvious the Sailors can overcome their feelings and kill the Shitennou if they have to ("We are not helpless girls", indeed). So what I suspect can happen is that they ''will'' kill their "respective" Shitennou while the latter are still on Beryl's side, restoring the status quo from the manga and allowing the Shitennou to come back as Spiritual Advisors for Mamoru. Who will be killed by Usagi first.

* I'm thinking they won't regain their senses until ''after'' they die, since they're currently under Beryl's spell. See, in the manga, there was a bit of a pattern - Mars killing Jadeite and Jupiter killing Nephrite - but that didn't last. And Act.10 of ''Crystal'' made it obvious the Sailors can overcome their feelings and kill the Shitennou if they have to ("We are not helpless girls", indeed). So what I suspect can happen is that they ''will'' kill their "respective" Shitennou while the latter are still on Beryl's side, restoring the status quo from the manga and allowing the Shitennou to come back as Spiritual Advisors for Mamoru.

That is to say, they will briefly regain their senses long enough to ask to die since they're not able to defend Endymion as they are.

* It's actually a common practice in anime lately to use rough, "derpy", or incomplete animation that's then cleaned up for home release. [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi Madoka Magica]] is a recent maho shoujo anime that did just that, with the backgrounds being changed three different times when it was released. The usual reasons for it is either budget constraints or scheduling issues where there just wasn't time enough. Some rumors also have said that Toei has been farming out episodes/parts of episodes out to other animations studios to save money. Not saying your theory is wrong, but there are reasons why there's so many animations mistakes.

** That isn't a fillout - that's exactly how the story is broken into chapters in the two manga reprints. Furthermore, this isn't the chapters being broken into parts for a rerelease, it's the other way around: the original manga serialization in Nakayoshi actually had 60 issues, which were then reformatted into 52 chapters for the tankoubon collection. Later reprints simply used the original chapter count, and made up titles for chapters that were previously merged (the serialized version never had individual chapter titles to begin with, they were first created for the tankoubon collection). The Sailor V finale did the same.

* Confirmed via the completed episode plan released at the Animate Girls Festival event. The list of episode titles makes it clear that episodes 14-26 will cover the Black Moon arc.

[[WMG: Even if Jadeite didn't meet his fate like in the manga...]]
Even if he did teleport away, that could just mean that [[spoiler:Queen Beryl simply sentenced him to "eternal sleep"]] like in the previous anime, which would mean he met his fate either way.
* {{Jossed}}: [[spoiler:He does indeed survive in this version of the story, and Beryl doesn't seem especially fed up with him yet. There's even a later scene where all of the Four Heavenly Kings reveal themselves to the Sailor Guardians early.]]

[[WMG: The Four Heavenly Kings [[spoiler:and their romance with the Senshi will finally be explored.]]]]
Jadeite [[spoiler:surviving the scene where Sailor Mars killed him in the manga]] already means they're deviating from the manga. However, since Takeuchi herself is overseeing the anime, the changes are most likely planned for her to explore ideas she didn't get to explore like she wanted in the original manga. In Sailor Mars' introduction, Jadeite [[spoiler:found himself attracted to Rei and in Sailor Jupiter's introduction, Nephrite found something about Jupiter familiar. This trend will most likely continue with Zoicite and Kunzite being attracted to/noticing Sailors Mercury and Venus, respectively. Jadeite's survival and these instances between the FHK and the Senshi are building up to a revelation about their relationships. Making a further guess, this will take a tragic turn and either the Senshi or the FHK will only remember the past romances after the FHK have finally died. Possibly even worse, the Senshi kill themselves killing the FHK instead of in a failed attack against Queen Metaria.]]
* About [[spoiler: Venus and Kunzite]]... We have to keep in mind that [[spoiler: Venus ''does'' remember their past romance]], and, in the manga, [[spoiler: ''has absolutely no qualms at killing her loved ones if they're in the way of the mission''. In fact, she has already done it once, and may well have a vendetta against Kunzite for getting Ace in that situation in the first place.]] [[TearJerker I think I'm crying now...]]
** Were they actually in love though? [[spoiler: I'll definitely agree Venus had a crush on Kunzite but as far as I can remember we never found out if it was mutual or not.]]
** One line in Act 8 makes me think [[spoiler: Minako ''knows'' he's been brainwashed, so it might not come to her having to kill him, unless it's a matter of her death or his.]]
** [[spoiler: She knew in the original manga too. She ''still'' ordered a ''[[NoKillLikeOverkill Sailor Planet Attack]]'' on him.]]

[[WMG: Minako initially insisted on [[IWorkAlone working alone]] because she didn't consider them ready now that things were becoming difficult]]
She's been shown mentoring them through Luna, but after showing up in person she insists on fighting alone. That's the only explanation I can find for this. This, and later accepting their help: they had just proved they could fight and survive even at this point.
* There's a simpler explanation, which is that Minako has been working on her own for a good year already. Her mindset in Act 8 is based in spending that time as the only person around with the power to stand up to the Dark Kingdom. She tries to leave the other senshi out of the fight to protect them, not because she's specifically thinking of them as unready so much as because she's simply not used to the idea of having allies who can fight alongside her instead of people who need to be kept safe.
* Going by the manga (from which this series draws a lot), Minako was happy of not being alone to fight anymore. That's why I theorized she wanted to protect them.

[[WMG: The Sailor Senshi had already seen Minako at the Crown Arcade]]
Minako practically ''lives'' there, and the girls were quite surprised when they saw Sailor V's civilian identity...
* There's no indication that Minako's been at the arcade or the secret base while the other girls were there. Her lines in Act 8 suggest that while she'd been in the secret base before, it wasn't any time recently - she'd been contacting Luna (and Usagi on those two occasions) from somewhere else.
* She's not been ''in the base''. But at the arcade? She practically lives there and is friends with Motoki, suddenly disappearing would have been suspect.
** What are you drawing this from? Minako has not been shown to have any presence at the arcade or connection to Motoki in Crystal thus far, let alone that she "practically lives there."
*** I think you're mixing anime up, hon, that's true for the original anime but not the manga.
** I'm drawing this from the manga continuity (from which this series draws a lot), in which Minako is often at the Crown since the time of Sailor V.
*** While Crystal draws heavily from the manga, it is its own entity which does some things differently. Details from either manga, especially the Sailor V manga, should not automatically be taken as canon to Crystal unless and until they're brought into an episode.\\
Even going by the manga, however, the only one of the girls Minako could possibly have run into at the Crown arcade would be Usagi, since Minako has not been in the Juuban area recently and Ami, Rei, and Makoto have all explicitly only just started going to the arcade since they met Usagi.

[[WMG: Minako wants to [[IWorkAlone work alone]] because she really does have her own mission. A self appointed one: she's trying to help the Shitennou remember their pasts.]]
She remembers the past, well enough to recognize Kunzite's voice, and thus remembers them as Endymion's misguided guardians. If she can get them to remember their past and their duty, she'd not only stop them from fighting and hurting the others and civilians, they'd also gain four powerful new allies. She didn't want to involve the others because she's isn't 100 percent sure it will work, so they might get hurt, and because she isn't sure they would understand since they don't have their full memories yet.

[[WMG: Sailor Moon Crystal was intended to be an OVA series all along.]]
The internet streaming is merely a "preview" showing of sorts. In any event, why else would all the animation mistakes be present?
* It's actually a common practice in anime lately to use rough, "derpy", or incomplete animation that's then cleaned up for home release. [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Magi Madoka Magica]] is a recent maho shoujo anime that did just that, with the backgrounds being changed three different times when it was released. The usual reasons for it is either budget constraints or scheduling issues where there just wasn't time enough. Some rumors also have said that Toei has been farming out episodes/parts of episodes out to other animations studios to save money. Not saying your theory is wrong, but there are reasons why there's so many animations mistakes.

It's been stated that this show will have 26 episodes, but that it will also "only" cover the first arc. However, rather than divert from the path of the manga like some fear it might, instead, the first 14 episodes will be the initial 14 chapters, but then after that, it will have "something" exclusive to this anime version. What that is however, is anyone's guess: filler? Sailor V(enus)'s origin, plus some of her adventures? [[spoiler:the relationship between the Four Heavenly Kings and the Sailor Guardians?]] All of the above? More than that? Who knows?

[[WMG: The Sailor Senshi had had already seen Minako at the Crown Arcade]]

[[WMG: Sailor Moon Crystal was intended to be an OVA series all along]]
The internet streaming is merely a "preview" showing of sorts. In any event, why else would all the animation mistakes be present?

She remembers the past, well enough to recognize Kunzite's voice, and thus remembers them as Endymion's misguided guardians. If she can get them to remember their past and their duty, she'd not only stop them from fighting and hurting the others and civilians, they'd also gain four powerful new allies. She didn't want to involve the others because she's isn't 100 percent sure it will work, so they might get hurt, and because she isn't sure they would understand since they don't have their full memories yet.

* There's no indication that Minako's been at the arcade or the secret base while the other girls were there. Her lines in Act 8 suggest that while she'd been in the secret base before, it wasn't any time recently - she'd been contacting Luna (and Usagi on those two occasions) from somewhere else.