History Manga / CodenameSailorV

* ArtImitatesLife: Marie Buraidaru, author of ''Aurora Wedding'', based the main character, Linda Evangeligeli, off herself. She also based Linda's love interest, Coattail Mask, off her editor, Shinro Baishaku, because she had a crush on him. Marie finally ends the series with Linda's wedding just as she marries Shinro in real life.

** Buraidaru's main cast for ''''Aurora Wedding'''', going by the silhouettes, look just like the entire line of Sailor Soldiers Inner and Outer. They even have a Chibiusa stand-in.

* [[TruthInTelevision Art Imitates Life]]: Marie Buraidaru, author of ''Aurora Wedding'', based the main character, Linda Evangeligeli, off herself. She also based Linda's love interest, Coattail Mask, off her editor, Shinro Baishaku, because she had a crush on him. Marie finally ends the series with Linda's wedding just as she marries Shinro in real life.

* ShoutOut: One of Sailor V's post-henshin speeches is an homage to Anime/CuteyHoney's iconic speeches — "Sometimes I'm an X, other times I'm a Y, but my true form is Sailor V!"

* IdenticalStranger: Buraidaru's editor is a dead ringer for Phantom Ace, which is why she's so obsessed with him. Because of this, both men inspired the princely phantom thief Swallow Tail Mask in her manga.

* {{Prequel}}: Retroactively. The original one-shot was published in July 1991 and is the only chapter that predates Sailor Moon, which began in February 1992. Later chapters of Sailor V are consistently set before Sailor Moon.

* TheGlassesGottaGo: The geeky looking mangaka from one chapter is actually a real beauty and the practical model for her manga's heroine. Her only real problem is her coke-bottle glasses, which she ditches once she starts dating her longtime editor.

* MostWritersAreWriters: One chapter focuses on a mangaka who writes a {{Long Runn|ers}}ing shoujo romance and a huge obsession with Phantom Ace. She's overworked, needs her editor to keep going on, and has a short talk about how she makes her protagonists the exact opposite of what she is.

* FunPersonified: The manga's general tone, save for its GrandFinale where CerebusSyndrome kicks in.

* HumiliationConga: One guy has the rough of it in Chapter 7. After Mina as Sailor V wins a vacation to Hawaii, the guy takes out his own life savings to be able to do the same. Along the way, he gets saddled with laying off two people who were trying to skip a paid airport inspection, labeled a pervert for accidentally going into the girls' restroom, has his flight to Hawaii switched to Greece when Mina gets on the wrong flight, and then gets bonked on the head with a piece of crumbling grecian architecture. His boiling hatred for Sailor V (seeing her as the dource of all his misery) allows him to be the perfect pawn for the Dark Agency.

* PoliceAreUseless: Superintendent General Natsuna Sakurada spends most of her time [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee fangirling over Sailor V]] more than anything else unless it involves taking things out on Wakagi. Speaking of which, thanks to his ButtMonkey status Wakagi spends most of his time blaming V for all the incidents the Dark Agency causes, and then ''taking'' the blame for any fallout of her battles.

* PoliceAreUseless: Superintendent General Natsuna Sakurada spends most of her time [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee fangirling over Sailor V]] more than anything else unless it involves taking things out on Wakagi. Speaking of which, thanks to his ButtMonkey status Wakagi spends most of his time blaming V for all the incidents the Dark Agency causes.

* BleedEmAndWeep / TearsOfRemorse: The only two times Minako cries is because of this: the first time because the very first youma she kills is the boy she was crushing on, and the other because [[spoiler: she has just killed her true love, who just happens to be [[BigBad Danburite]]]].

* {{Bookends}}: Both the first and the last chapter have Minako's crush/love die [[spoiler: at Minako's hand]], and are the only occasions she's ever seen crying.

* {{Irony}}: Adonis, a soldier for Kunzite who loved Sailor Venus in a previous life, dies with his [[UnrequitedLove love unrequited]]. He's reborn on Earth, but fights the woman he used to love because he's still serving Kunzite, who is with the Dark Kingdom now. The biggest irony is that Minako, who didn't even know this man in her previous life, falls in love with his heroic alter-ego Ace. [[LifeIsntFair C'est la vie.]]

* TheManBehindTheMan: Fluorite is presented as the BigBad in the first chapter, but is later revealed to actually serve Danburite, who in turn is serving Kunzite (who himself serves Queen Beryl, who serves Queen Metaria, who in turn is a incarnation of series big bad, Chaos. ''Whew!'')

* StepfordSmiler: At the end of the manga, Minako goes from extreme sadness due knowledge she'll never find love and regret for [[spoiler: killing her true love]] to her usual antics surprisingly fast, implying the situation. We even see her going from crying to ''forcing herself to smile'' in just three panels...

* TheyFightCrime: She's a [[PhysicalGod goddess]] reincarnated as a {{cute|Bruiser}} middle schooler, he's a talking cat from outer space, together they fight against [[EvilInc Dark Agency]]

* GamerChick: Minako, who is obsessed with getting the high score on any given video game in the arcade.

* GenderBlenderName: Minako calls Artemis on this, calling him a "crossdressing cat."

* FunPersonified: The manga's general tone, save for its GrandFinale.

** Narcissus, the first villain to appear, looks very similar to Jadeite, who in turn is the first villain to appear in SailorMoon.

* TheydCutYouUp: Mina gives this as the reason why Artemis definitely shouldn't talk in public: "They'd turn you into sashimi!"

* PoliceAreUseless: Superintendent General Natsuna Sakurada spends most of her time [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee fangirling over Sailor V]] more than anything else unless it involves taking things out on Wakagi. Speaking of which, thanks to his ButtMonkey status Wakagi spends most of his time blaming V for all the incidents the Dark Agency causes.

** All the Inner Senshi shows up at least once: Rei shows up just long enough to identify the base of the MonsterOfTheWeek before being taken away by her classmates, Ami is seen in the airport with her mother at the start of the last chapter, and Makoto is seen in train near the end of the same chapter.

* BiTheWay: Like Minako, Inspector General Sakurada has a big crush on Ace, but before that she has a none-too-subtle fixation on Sailor V. In fact, the reason she starts fangirling over Ace is because he ''reminds'' her of Sailor V.
* BittersweetEnding: In the final chapter, [[ForegoneConclusion Ace dies]] [[spoiler: at Sailor Venus's hand]], and Minako is forced to realize that [[MarriedToTheJob to her the duty of a Sailor Soldier comes before both her dream to be an idol and her wish to find love]]. On the other hand, she also discovers she has TrueCompanions that will fight at her side.
* {{Bookends}}: Both the first and the last chapter have Minako's crush/love die [[spoiler: at Minako's hand]], and are the only occasions she's ever seen crying.

* AbsoluteCleavage: A male example. Just look at how Ace is dressed in the final chapter [[ http://78.media.tumblr.com/2db89be2bc6e20d2bd6bf45534dd7247/tumblr_inline_nmmb9n4r0u1qgcogn_500.png]]. He looks like one of those Male K-Pop singers who only sports a 2-buttoned blazer and no shirt or tie.

''Codename: Sailor V'' (or ''Codename wa Sailor V'') is the story of Minako Aino, whom ''Sailor Moon'' fans will know as Sailor Venus. While it started as a one-off, it basically morphed into the story of the [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]] before she joins the FiveManBand. Minako in many ways is very similar to Usagi, given that Usagi is actually an {{Expy}} of Minako. But ''Sailor V'' is a generally sillier, goofier series than the ''Sailor Moon'' manga; it's closer in feel to the ''Sailor Moon'' anime in its first season.

* CatsAreSnarkers: Artemis, of course

* CatsAreMean: Minako does point out that Artemis can be mean to her and a DeadpanSnarker.

* DidntThinkThingsThrough: Danburite doesn't really know how to balance his goal of [[spoiler:winning Sailor V's heart and defeating her for the Dark Agency. This costs him a few crucial victories due to him killing his own henchmen several times as Phantom Ace.]]

* HeartbrokenBadass: Minako is this at the end of the series. Emphasis on {{badass}} come time for her to make an appearance in the [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Moon manga]].