Line #28 Recap/SailorMoonDarkKingdomArc


1	The Dark Kingdom (Negaverse in the [=DiC=] adaptation) arc is the first arc of the ''Sailor Moon'' manga as well as the first arc in the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' TV adaptation and the ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' adaptation.
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4	!! List of Episodes
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6	[[folder:''Sailor Moon'' (1992)]]
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8	[[index]]
9	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp01TheCrybabyUsagisBeautifulTransformation The Crybaby: Usagi's Beautiful Transformation]]"[[note]]'''"A Moon Star Is Born"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
10	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp02 Punishment Awaits: The House of Fortune is the Monster Mansion]]"
11	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp03TheMysteriousSleepingSicknessProtectTheGirlsInLove The Mysterious Sleeping Sickness: Protect the Girls in Love]]"[[note]]'''"Talk Radio"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
12	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp04LearnHowToBeSkinnyFromUsagi Learn How to Be Skinny from Usagi]]" [[note]]'''"Slim City"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
13	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp05ScentOfAMonsterChanelaWillStealYourLove Scent of a Monster: Chanela Will Steal Your Love]]"
14	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp06ProtectTheMelodyOfLove Protect the Melody of Love: Usagi Plays Cupid]]"
15	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp07UsagiLearnsHerLessonBecomingAStarIsHardWork Usagi Learns her Lesson: Becoming a Star is Hard Work]]" [[note]]'''"So You Want To Be A Superstar"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
16	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp08 The Girl Genius is a Monster: The Brainwashing Cram School of Horror]]" [[note]]'''"Computer School Blues"([=DiC=])'''[[/note]]
17	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp09UsagisDisasterBewareOfTheClockOfConfusion Usagi’s Disaster: Beware of the Clock of Confusion]]" [[note]]'''"Time Bomb"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
18	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp10TheCursedBusEnterMarsTheGuardianOfFire The Cursed Bus: Enter Mars, the Guardian of Fire]]" [[note]]'''"An Uncharmed Life"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
19	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp11UsagiVsReiNightmareInDreamLand Usagi vs. Rei: Nightmare in Dream Land]]" [[note]]'''"Nightmare In Dreamland"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
20	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp12IWantABoyfriendTheLuxuryCruiseShipIsATrap I Want a Boyfriend: The Luxury Cruise Ship is a Trap]]"[[note]]'''"Cruise Blues"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
21	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp13GirlsUniteTheEndOfJadeite Girls Unite: The End of Jadeite]]"[[note]]'''"Fight To The Finish"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
22	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp14ANewEnemyAppearsNephritesEvilCrest A New Enemy Appears: Nephrite’s Evil Crest]]"[[note]]'''"Match Point For Sailor Moon"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
23	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp15UsagisPanicReisFirstDate Usagi’s Panic: Rei’s First Date]]"[[note]]'''"An Unnatural Phenomena"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
24	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp16AGirlsDreamUsagiBecomesA A Girl’s Dream: Usagi Becomes a Bride]]"[[note]]'''"Wedding Day Blues"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
25	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp17UsagisAModelTheFlashOfTheMonsterCamera Usagi’s a Model: The Flash of the Monster Camera]]"[[note]]'''"Shutter Bugged"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
26	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp18ShingosLoveTheGrievingDoll Shingo's Love: The Grieving Doll]]"[[note]]'''"Dangerous Dollies"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
27	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp19UsagisJoyALoveLetterFromTuxedoMask Usagi's Joy: A Love Letter from Tuxedo Mask]]"[[note]]'''"Who Is That Masked Man?"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
28	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp20TheSummerTheBeachYouthAndGhosts The Summer, the Beach, Youth and Ghosts]]"
29	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp21ProtectTheChildrensDreamsFriendshipThroughAnime Protect the Children’s Dreams: Friendship Through Anime]]"[[note]]'''"An Animated Mess"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
30	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp22RomanceUnderTheMoonUsagisFirstKiss Romance Under the Moon: Usagi’s First Kiss]]"[[note]]'''"Worth A Princess's Ransom"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
31	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp23WishUponAStarNarusFirstLove Wish Upon a Star: Naru’s First Love]]"[[note]]'''"Molly's Folly"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
32	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp24NarusTearsNephriteDiesForLove Naru’s Tears: Nephrite Dies for Love]]"[[note]]'''"A Friend In Wolf's Clothing"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
33	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp25JupiterThePowerfulGirlInLove Jupiter, the Powerful Girl in Love]]"[[note]]'''"Jupiter Comes Thundering In"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
34	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp26RestoreNarusSmileUsagisFriendship Restore Naru’s Smile: Usagi’s Friendship]]"[[note]]'''"The Power Of Friendship"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
35	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp27CrushingOnAmiTheBoyWhoCanSeeTheFuture Crushing On Ami: The Boy Who Can See the Future]]"[[note]]'''"Mercury's Mental Match"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
36	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp28ThePaintingOfLoveUsagiAndMamoruGetCloser The Painting of Love: Usagi and Mamoru Get Closer]]"[[note]]'''"An Artful Attack"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
37	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp29TotalChaosTheMessyLoveRectangle Total Chaos: The Messy Love Rectangle]]"[[note]]'''"Too Many Girlfriends"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
38	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp30GrandpaLosesControlReiInDanger Grandpa Loses Control: Rei in Danger]]"[[note]]'''"Grandpa's Follies"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
39	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp31LovedAndChasedLunasWorstDayEver Loved and Chased: Luna's Worst Day Ever]]"[[note]]'''"Kitty Chaos"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
40	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp32UminosResolveIllProtectNaru Umino's Resolve: I'll Protect Naru]]"[[note]]'''"Tuxedo Melvin"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
41	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp33EnterVenusTheLastSailorGuardian Enter Venus, the Last Sailor Guardian]]"[[note]]'''"Sailor V Makes The Scene"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
42	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp34TheShiningSilverCrystalTheMoonPrincessAppears The Shining Silver Crystal: The Moon Princess Appears]]"[[note]]'''"A Crystal Clear Destiny"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
43	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp35ReturningMemoriesUsagiAndMamorusPast Returning Memories: Usagi and Mamoru’s Past]]"[[note]]'''"A Reluctant Princess"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
44	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp36UsagisConfusionIsTuxedoMaskEvil Usagi's Confusion: Is Tuxedo Mask Evil?]]"[[note]]'''"Bad Hair Day"'''(DIC)[[/note]]
45	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp37LetsBecomeAPrincessUsagisBizarreTraining Let's Become a Princess: Usagi's Bizarre Training]]"[[note]]'''"Little Miss Manners"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
46	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp38TheSnowTheMountainsFriendshipAndMonsters The Snow, the Mountains, Friendship and Monsters]]"[[note]]'''"Ski Bunny Blues"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
47	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp39PairedWithAMonsterMakoTheIceSkatingQueen Paired with a Monster: Mako, the Ice Skating Queen]]"[[note]]'''"Ice Princess"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
48	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp40TheLegendaryLakeYokai The Legendary Lake Yokai: The Bond of Usagi’s Family]]"[[note]]'''"Last Resort"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
49	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp41IWontRunAwayFromLoveAnymoreAmiVsMamoru I Won't Run Away from Love Anymore: Ami vs. Mamoru]]"[[note]]'''"Tuxedo Unmasked"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
50	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp42SailorVenusPastMinakosTragicLove Sailor Venus' Past: Minako's Tragic Love]]"
51	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp43UsagiAbandonedTheFallingOutOfTheSailorGuardians Usagi Abandoned: The Falling-Out of the Sailor Guardians]]"[[note]]'''"Fractious Friends"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
52	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp44UsagisAwakeningAMessageFromTheDistantPast Usagi's Awakening: A Message From the Distant Past]]"[[note]]'''"The Past Returns"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
53	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp45DeathOfTheSailorGuardiansTheTragicFinalBattle Death of the Sailor Guardians: The Tragic Final Battle]]"[[note]]Spliced with Episode 46 into '''"Day Of Destiny"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
54	# "[[Recap/SailorMoonEp46UsagisEternalWishABrandNewLife Usagi's Eternal Wish: A Brand New Life]]"[[note]]Spliced with Episode 45 into '''"Day Of Destiny"'''([=DiC=])[[/note]]
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59	[[folder:''Sailor Moon Crystal'' (2014)]]
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61	[[index]]
62	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp01UsagiSailorMoon Usagi - Sailor Moon]]
63	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp02AmiSailorMercury Ami - Sailor Mercury]]
64	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp03ReiSailorMars Rei - Sailor Mars]]
65	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp04MasqueradeDanceParty Masquerade - Dance Party]]
66	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp05MakotoSailorJupiter Makoto - Sailor Jupiter]]
67	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp06TuxedoMask Tuxedo Mask]]
68	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp07ChibaMamoruTuxedoMask Chiba Mamoru - Tuxedo Mask]]
69	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp08MinakoSailorV Minako - Sailor V]]
70	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp09SerenityPrincess Serenity - Princess]]
71	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp10Moon Moon]]
72	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp11ReunionEndymion Reunion - Endymion]]
73	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp12EnemyQueenMetalia Enemy - Queen Metalia]]
74	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp13FinalBattleReincarnation Final Battle - Reincarnation]]
75	# [[Recap/SailorMoonCrystalEp14ConclusionAndCommencementPetiteEtrangere Conclusion and Commencement - Petite Étrangére]]
76	[[/index]]
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78	[[/folder]]
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80	!! Short Summary
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82	In Tokyo, clumsy and underachieving schoolgirl Usagi Tsukino encounters a cat named Luna. After a regular day at Juban Middle School, Usagi discovers that she's actually a Sailor Guardian who goes by the name of Sailor Moon. Meanwhile, the Dark Kingdom, headed by Queen Beryl, seeks to use monsters to retrieve the Silver Crystal.
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84	Usagi befriends four other girls who are also Sailor Guardians: Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury, Rei Hino/Sailor Mars, Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter and Minako Aino/Sailor Venus. Shortly after the fights with Beryl's henchmen Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite and Kunzite, Usagi discovers that she's actually Princess Serenity, the long-lost princess of the Moon Kingdom who possesses the Silver Crystal. Long ago, her mother, Queen Serenity, was killed after she sealed the Dark Kingdom towards the end of the Silver Millennium.
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86	With their combined efforts, the Sailor Guardians defeat Queen Beryl and Queen Metalia, foiling the Dark Kingdom's plans.
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88	!! The Dark Kingdom arc contains examples of:
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90	* AdaptationalIntelligence:
91	** Morga in the manga seriously thought she could find the silver crystal in an ordinary jewelry shop. In the anime, she's focused purely on getting energy for Jadeite.
92	** Anime Nephrite notices that a lot of youma get attracted to Naru and try to steal her energy; he even uses that to brainwash her or use her at several points when concluding she isn't Sailor Moon. Eventually, he figures out that she activates his black crystal because she's friends with Sailor Moon, by listening in on Naru's tearful phone call to Usagi. In the manga, he merely went after Makoto and got killed for his efforts.
93	* AffirmativeActionGirl: Zoicite, instead of being a [[CampGay flamboyant guy]], was made a girl in the [=DIC=] version, to make him the only "female" villain of Beryl's squad.
94	* AlasPoorVillain: Nephrite tried to kill the Senshi, drain energy from their friends and acquaintances, and found out Sailor Moon's secret identity. Usagi still mourned him as he died after rescuing Naru from Zoicite's youma, knowing how much he meant to her best friend. Even a few episodes later, she feels sad about it.
95	* BackFromTheDead: In the first season finale, all the heroes and villains are dead as a result of their confrontation. Thanks to Usagi's final wish, her friends and love interest are resurrected thanks to her turning time back a year.
96	* BadBoss: Queen Beryl isn't particularly kind to her subordinates. She hade Jadeite put into Eternal Sleep, Sends Zoicite to murder Nephrite, Then kills Zoicite herself.
97	* TheBadGuyWins: Zoicite could be counted on this for various episodes:
98	** Successfully assassinated Nephrite when he suspected the latter of turning traitor. Usagi had not yet learned she had the healing silver crystal, so all she could do was comfort Naru as Nephrite died and faded away.
99	** Later he got four of the seven rainbow crystals and successfully bargained with Sailor Moon for the one that she managed to grab from Urawa. In one case, he fought through an army of rats to get a crystal.
100	** In the climax of his arc, managed to trick Mamoru into giving up his crystals after asking for an honor duel. Plus he had figured out the latter's secret identity and implicitly threatened to go after him anyway if Mamoru refused. Then when Tuxedo Kamen prepared to fight, managed to stab him while aiming for Sailor Moon who insisted on coming along when she saw Mamoru bleeding. The only reason that plan failed is that Sailor Moon's grief activated the rainbow crystals, revealing she was the Princess, and she curbstomped a baffled Zoicite.
101	* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The original opening showed Tuxedo Mask with a red and white smiling mask, something he never wore in the show.
102	* BoundAndGagged: In the Viz dub, Morga tells Naru that her mother is locked up in the basement. We only see this in the manga and in ''Sailor Moon Crystal''.
103	* {{Bowdlerize}}: The [=DiC=] dub was ''notorious'' for this. Some highlights:
104	** Usagi's mother kicks her out of the house as punishment for bringing a failing grade. Serena's mother, in contrast, sends her to the library to study.
105	** The Senshi are brutally murdered in the season finale. This is changed to the DD girls capturing them. Regardless, Sailor Moon is devastated.
106	** Queen Beryl is "banished" in the finale despite all versions of the episode clearly showing her being [[DeaderThanDead completely disintegrated]] while screaming. Though a few lines in later episodes seem to contradict that by saying she was destroyed.
107	** Episodes 45 and 46 were chopped in half and the remnants aired as one episode.
108	** The South Korean dub was also famous for this. Thanks to issues showing Japanese culture, Rei's introductory episode had to be combined with the following episode since a lot of scenes were cut.
109	* CaptureAndReplicate: Jadeite's youma tend to do this. They find real people to impersonate -- Marumi, the idol -- and then revert to their true form when they think they've won. The real individuals aren't freed until Sailor Moon destroys the youma.
110	* CombatPragmatist: A handful of youma are this. Morga sets an army of brainwashed people on Sailor Moon before planning to deliver the finishing blow.
111	* ComplexityAddiction: In the 90s anime adaptation, the Dark Kingdom is completely reliant on sending one monster at a time to deal with Sailor Moon and her friends. This despite the fact that the Guardians consistently kill each monster with ease. This is a problem that extends to the rest of the anime's villains, who rely on the MonsterOfTheWeek trope. Notably in the manga, it takes Jadeite losing only two monsters for him to decide to [[LetsGetDangerous personally go after the Guardians]], while the rest of the Dark Kingdom's generals personally fight them from the get-go.
112	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Umino proves to be tougher than he looks. When Naru confronts Zoicite for killing Nephrite, he tackles her in a DivingSave to help her evade the wrestling youma's attacks. He later cosplays as Tuxedo Kamen and actually proves to be a CurbStompCushion against a Dark Kingdom general. Zoicite is genuinely befuddled by the latter one.
113	* DarkerAndEdgier: The first season finale, where the girls barely get a chance to fend off the DD girls in the North Pole. It ends with all of them, the youma, Mamoru and Beryl killed and Usagi literally wiping the whole event away, as well as one year.
114	* {{Doppelganger}}: Morga takes the form of Naru's mother, Mayumi. Downplayed, since she hadn't killed her, instead knocking her out and hiding her somewhere. Though she ''does'' tell Naru that she plans to kill them both after her job is done.
115	* DubNameChange: The [=DIC=] version has the following for the Dark Kingdom:
116	** The Dark Kingdom is called "The Negaverse" in the [=DIC=] dub
117	** [[MonsterOfTheWeek Youma]] are called "Negamonsters".
118	** Kunzite is named "Malachite".
119	** The Seven Great Youma are called the "Seven Shadows".
120	** The DD Girls are called the "Doom And Gloom Girls".
121	** [[EldritchAbomination Queen Metallia]] is never referred to by name. Instead she's called "The Negaforce".
122	* DwindlingParty: Queen Beryl has her generals eliminated one by one until none are left by the end of the season.
123	* EldritchAbomination: Queen Metallia has a name and a voice, but her true form isn't seen and any features she has is completely unknowable and alien. The [=DIC=] version takes this to the next level, not referring to Metallia by name and [[DubNameChange referring to her]] as "The Negaforce".
124	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Usagi has one in the '90s anime where she gets up late for school, runs off in a rush, but stops to save a cat from a group of bullies. Her removing Luna's bandaid ends up cluing in the cat that Usagi is Sailor Moon due to her kind spirit.
125	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath:
126	** Nephrite in the anime. Even the original version used green blood to tone down the violence a bit, but being impaled by thorns and hurt by burn marks was pretty gruesome. Amazingly, this was one of the more faithfully dubbed versions in the DIC version.
127	** In the first season finale, the five Senshi are ''electrocuted'', and most of it is shown onscreen. Rei's death is the only one where it's a GoryDiscretionShot, and so she uses the last of her strength to burn up the two DD girls.
128	* FanEdit: Fans have come together to re-dub and add the missing episodes of the [=DIC=] run as well as de-bowdlerise the season finale.
129	* TheHeavy: Among the four Generals, Zoicite does the most consistent damage until he is executed at the hands of Beryl.
130	* HowDoIShotWeb: After transforming for the first time, Usagi has no idea how to use her powers as Sailor Moon and needs help from Luna.
131	* InTheNameOfTheMoon: [[TropeNamer Sailor Moon]] delivers her famous "In the name of the Moon!" speech for the very first time before fighting Morga.
132	* KarmicDeath: Zoicite gets this; he sicced some assassin youma on Nephrite who mocked that he would die in front of Naru, someone he loved. Nephrite died a traitor in Beryl's eyes for trying to save a human. A season later, Beryl would deem Zoicite a traitor for trying to kill Tuxedo Kamen against her wishes to capture him alive. She executed Zoicite, making him die slowly in Kunzite's arms.
133	* MassHypnosis: Morga uses enchanted jewelry to control a crowd of women and sic them on Sailor Moon during the latter's first battle.
134	* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Upon her first transformation, the cover of Sailor Moon's hair buns can light up and tune into people calling for help.
135	* OrWasItADream: At the end of the first episode, Naru tells Usagi all about the "dream" she had about being saved from a monster by a beautiful warrior.
136	* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: In the first episode, Usagi/Serena transforms into Sailor Moon for the first time.
137	* SaveTheVillain: Subverted; the Senshi come to rescue Nephrite and Naru after Zoicite's youma corner the pair. All they can do is defeat the youma so that Naru isn't killed as well, however; the barbs in his chest are too deep to pull out, and Sailor Moon didn't have her healing powers yet. Nephrite nevertheless thanks Sailor Moon with his dying breath by saying that her secret identity will remain a secret.
138	* ShesAManInJapan: The DIC version changed Zoicite's gender to female, in a case of {{Bowdlerization}} and to make him an AffirmativeActionGirl among the villains.
139	* ShoutOut: In episode 8 of the Viz dub, Umino claims that Ami has an IQ of [[Anime/DragonBallZ over 9000]].
140	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the [=DIC=] version, where any character name not changed has their spelling changed. For Instance, Ami becomes "Amy", while Rei becomes "Raye". Jadeite is spelled "Jedite", Nephrite becomes "Nephlite", and Zoicite is spelled as "Zoycite".
141	* StealthPun: In episode 6, Usagi meets a composer called [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Amade Yus]]uke.
142	* SuperScream: Distressed at being in mortal danger in the first chapter, Sailor Moon starts to cry, causing the red covers over her hair buns to glow and turn her cries into ''supersonic waves''.
143	* TooGoodToBeTrue: Mentioned by Naru in the first episode; her mother is oddly into selling the store's expensive jewelry at high discounts. Good for business but odd. It turns out that Morga replaced her mother and the real jewels with clever fakes that steal the customers' energy.
144	* WorthyOpponent: Nephrite was the only one of the Shittenou who respected Sailor Moon; Jadeite was condescending, Zoicite went straight for murder, and Kunzite wanted revenge for Zoicite's death. In fact, he investigated how she was protective of Naru and how the latter seemed to activate his black crystal; Nephrite was a loner but he could appreciate Sailor Moon's big heart. He also respected that he figured out her secret identity and tried to kill her, but she still came to save him and Naru afterward. With his dying breath, he promised her that no one would find out her identity.
145	* YouHaveFailedMe: In the anime, Queen Beryl freezes Jadeite alive inside a crystal for his failures.
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