More Sailor Moon antics in Mixx's second colection of the Sailor Moon
manga by Naoko Takeuchi.
This latest volume is full of emotions and has a much better plot
than the part of the Anime that it corresponds to. For one thing,
Tuxedo Mask reveals that he knows Sailor Moon’s identity and that
he is Darien Shields to Bunny prior to the revelation of the Silver
Crystal and because of this, the romance between them is given more
time to develop.
The volume also sees the introduction of Sailor Venus, a.k.a Mina,
who is said to be the princess that the others have been searching
for - this, of course, is not true.
In fact the way in which the crystal and princess are revealed is
a lot better in print form too - the Anime, though beautiful, lacked
the emotion and symbolism that the Manga offers.
Once again translation is poor, but what else can you expect from
Mixx? (I really wish that a good translator had handled this, it deserves
much better.)
Despite the flaws, I loved this Manga and I really urge anyone who
likes the Anime to read this, especially those who are stuck with
the DiC version.
9/10 again knocked down a notch by Mixx’s sheer crappy-ness
but a great romantic plot, a must for any Moonie.
Volume 3
Another edition of Sailor Moon and for those of you how have only
seen the dub, or even if you've seen the original first season finale
prepare to be surprised because there are quite a few obvious differences
between plot lines here.
They are really to many to list but the main ones are that 'evil'
Darien poses as the Arcade guys best friend Endo, killing the original
Endo and killing Luna (who is brought back to live pretty quickly
of course). The Sailors get a sword and Sailor Venus kills Queen Beryl
with it. Sailor Moon fights the evil Tuxedo mask and kills him and
commits Seppuku/Harakiri (she disembowels herself)
Then the sailor scouts who can't beat Queen Metallia on their own
so they give up their lives to awaken Sailor Moon & Tuxedo Mask.
The artwork is stunning especially where Romance is concerned, the
only regret is again Mixx using dub terms and names.
(9/10 a beautiful, and romantic volume, shame about the translators)
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