This is the third time Minako felt Harukaâs eyes on them and I love this little detail, I love that it could just be that Minakoâs got the most battle hardened instincts of them all, sheâs been actively fighting the longest and sheâs had to hone those instincts to a razor sharp edge, or it could be her position as leader of the Inners in a way (I like the former the most), but either way it says so much about Minako.
Sheâs flighty and silly and grabs onto their goofy moments with both hands and she loves being that way, but whenever shitâs about to go down, Minako is always the one on HYPER VIGILANCE, sheâs the one who feels those eyes watching her and sheâs the one whoâs most ready to put up her fists and fight when she needs to.
BASICALLY I LOVE AINO MINAKO SO MUCH AND MOMENTS LIKE THIS ARE WHY.
Well if youâre new to the fandom (welcome first of all! <3) let me explain you something.
Before Sailor Moon existed, Naoko Takeuchi was already busy with a magical girl manga called Codename Sailor V.
Yup, thatâs our girl Sailor Venus, but she looks quite different doesnât she?.
Well, this is because Codename Sailor VÂ is the prequel story to Sailor Moon.
But, if Naoko didnât even have Sailor Moon in mind, then how did this all happen?.
Well, itâs quite simple.
The Codename Sailor V manga was publised regularly in a japanese magazine and it became quite popular, it was then when Naoko was offered to turn this manga into an anime.
She agreed but she thought that there were a lot of things to be âpolishedâ (also, she was asked to expand the plot and include more characters) so she thought it would be a better idea to make another magical girl manga from scratch.
And thatâs how Sailor Moon was created.
She kept lots of things from Codename Sailor V; like a cat sidekick, a blonde main character,a disguise pen, etc, and she even took some characters from it and brought them into the Sailor Moon universe (Artemis, Minako herself, Umino and even Ami (but she was a different character in CSV and Naoko only took her design).
So instead of ditching the Codename Sailor V story, Naoko made it a prequel to the Sailor Moon events.
Thatâs how we know Sailor Venus is the first one to awake as a senshi (Sailor V), so sheâs the first one getting a transformation pen.
Artemis gave her this pen so that she could transform into Sailor V. Itâs the same pen she later uses to transform into Sailor Venus (as you can see in Crystal).
This is why her transformation pen is different.
Later in the second arc, when all the senshi are given new transformation pens, theyâre all the same (except for colour and planetary symbol).
If you love Sailor Moon, this manga is totally worth reading.
Itâs kinda sad Codename Sailor V was never animated (there were some rumors back in the day about an OVA but it never happened), but at least we get to see a glimpse of her in Sailor Moon (both manga and anime).
And of course, we have Venus in Sailor Moon.
I always thought that Naoko gave Minako the leader role in Sailor Moon like some kind of homage since she was the main character of the manga that started it all (and thus if Naoko wouldnât have made another magical girl manga from scratch, it would have been her show).
But letâs not be sad about it because if it hadnât been for Codename Sailor V we would have never got Sailor Moon.
And Sailor Moon is amazing and we got Sailor V/Minako in it as well so everybody wins!.
Bonus!:
When Naoko started with the Sailor Moon manga, she abruptly stopped with the Codename Sailor V manga. It wasnât until the Sailor Moon manga was finished when Naoko decided to pick the manga again and finish it.
Because of it, we got these easter eggs (should I call it like that?).
Usagi and Naru briefly appears in the Codename Sailor V manga.
Sailor Venus- The original Scout and the first one I did (âcause she will always be my scout †) {There will be a master post
when I finish posting these, but they will also all be tagged as âMy
punk inspired sailor banners}
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