Confessions of an Anti Sailor Fan

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https://www.reddit.com/r/sailormoon/comments/1151bfy
Ok, so it was Minako and Artemis in the previous pic. Derp.

Also found this on the Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sailormoon/comments/116re43
Anyways, seen other threads that suggests the current Sailor Moon reboot is geared towards adult women. I dunno if you would find a tween having enough money to buy $1400USD purse. I know when ChinaTown was thriving, I got plush and pencil cases. Thanks to Covid, there is no more anime swag in the local ChinaTown.

There's another store I want to try out next month, Sarah and Tom. They're mostly K-Pop/idol stores. They also sell Hello Kitty and Sailor Moon swag. But they were having issues with their card readers due to cold weather. So they only accept cash.

Also, been to MiniSo. Not a lot of Hello Kitty stuff but they do have the Sailor Moon Ocean Bomb sodas. Had anyone tried them?
 
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You know, for someone who was feeling burnout from her series, Naoko can do decent artwork for it. It sucks Toei and Naoko geared towards adult women in Japan. Which is a niche market as is. We can vent and complain because the Sailor Moon fanbase that's not from Japan has fallen on deaf ears. No wonder people will abandon it for Precure and Symphogear.
Not to mention that some of the older male fans of Love Live can act inappropriately. Toei doesn't want Sailor Moon to have male fans cause of that.

It sucks.
When next month comes, getting Sailor Moon R on Blu-Ray.

Still waiting for the rest of Sailor Moon Naoko Collection to come out. 40$US for a 2 inch figure and Vol. 1 seems like a ripoff.
 
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You know, for someone who was feeling burnout from her series, Naoko can do decent artwork for it. It sucks Toei and Naoko geared towards adult women in Japan. Which is a niche market as is. We can vent and complain because the Sailor Moon fanbase that's not from Japan has fallen on deaf ears. No wonder people will abandon it for Precure and Symphogear.
Not to mention that some of the older male fans of Love Live can act inappropriately. Toei doesn't want Sailor Moon to have male fans cause of that.
And I’m assuming they’re not bothering to aim it at little girls like the franchise used to be targeted towards because Precure already has the market cornered on that?
 
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And I’m assuming they’re not bothering to aim it at little girls like the franchise used to be targeted towards because Precure already has the market cornered on that?
It's somewhat like nowadays the remakes of the classical Gundam stories are targeted at adults while most new Gundam shows are targeted at kids & younger teens, only that Crystermos doesn't have the production quality of the former. lol
 

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Amazon delivery came today. Did find socks of Mars and Mercury at said place. Plus they had foldable wallets. Lot of K-Pop swag. Found LoveLive poker cards for my fiancé.

Now I just need Sailor Moon S to complete my Sailor Moon 90s collection. Then there's Crystal/Eternal/Cosmos. Good thing I found a BluRay player for my apartment.

I can get them at Right Stuf, but I dunno if they ship to Canada since they're 26$USD per DVD season.
 
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So new blanket came. Everyone was selling it at 100$CAD. Found a cute seller that was selling it for 53$CAD.
It arrived very quickly.
What is intended use of this blanket? I accidentally bought the same size (without realizing it is so small and not a real bed blanket), and now I don't know what to do with it. It's like, a blanket for a cat? For covering you knees while sitting? Or it is a bathroom towel stylized as "blanket"?
 

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I would assume it's to cover knees and legs. I had a Twisted Wonderland one similar in size. That one I got off AmazonJP for 15$USD. My other Sailor Moon blanket I found at Chez Roux is bigger. Though, the AliExpress Persona 5 Royal blanket wasn't that bad.

It was that one or this one that has Marco's art on Right Stuf.

Serenity and Senshi Sailor Moon Throw Blanket
 
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So today been seeing posts how Sailor Moon franchise is being downplayed cause Toei loves PreCure. The only things I have of it, is a water bottle case, mini towelette, and lunch bento bag.

I find collecting Precure stuff is easier to find than Sailor Moon stuff. Naoko finished the anime in 97. I guess it could be Toei's fault cause they ripped the ideas of transforming magical girls from Sailor Moon. Though, these girls use their fists too.

There's always this one dude on Twitter that wants English dubbing of PreCure.

I guess if Naoko didn't quit, we could have seen Sailor Moon being handled differently. She's stressed of the power house series, Toei still prefer markets from Japanese fans, we're all venting that if we still want to buy the anime and manga editions reprints. I still want to pick up NT Collection, but they say they'll be released in 2079.
 
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So we want Sailor Moon to come out on the Nintendo Switch Online membership. But what about games that are similar? After Googling and my preferences I'll list here.

Bayonetta (Origins, 1, 2, & 3): It's basically your hack and slash get to. Not really intended for younger audiences, but if you played Devil May Cry, this might tickle your fancy. Even Bayonetta walk on walls while the moon shines on her.

Super Crush K.O.: A beatemups that questions, what if Makoto had Rhett Butler as a cat, only to get it kidnapped by an alien, and your only means of getting your kitty back is by pounding your fists on the incoming aliens? Yeah, I said it.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night: So this is the game you want if you liked Sailor Venus as a vampire slayer. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an 8bit prologue that takes its' roots from Castlevania games. And if you feel frustrated about the creator of said game, you can actually beat the crap outta him/Iga in a paid DLC.

Final Fantasy X-2 Remastered: The Asia cartridge has both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 on it. This is my fiancé's favourite games of the Final Fantasy series. Lots of dress spheres to customize Yuna, Rikku, and Paine.

Shantae series: Half Genie trying to make the best of her crazy adventures, does dances to morph into a monkey and an elephant. Though trying to get these cartridges are a buyer's hell. I got Shantae & The Seven Sirens and Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero at pricey costs.

A Magical School Girl: Basically playing a witch and using spells to defeat enemies. Cute sprite art.

This is for now. Dunno which update I want coming up.
 
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Pretty Guardian in a Sailor Suit

Also this was in 1998 which means some of you might need a history lesson on why she was being asked this question in the first place (and it’s nothing to do with modern headcanons about gender-fluid Haruka which are good and fine). It has to do with a website called Save Our Sailors aka SOS. On the surface it was a website to “bring back the dub” (after it was canceled the first time) but really it was just a general fan page hive of scum, villainy and rampant homophobia.
This was the website that touted a few stories about Haruka and Michiru, none of which were canon.
1. “Gals being pals” - this was some deal about how it’s “very common” in Japan for girls have ~~very close~~ female friends whom they touch and kiss freely and parents are happy their girls have such role models but NO HOMO TOTES STRAIGHT
2. “Prince Uranus” - definitely the most infamous of them all, (and if SOS wasn’t the first it was certainly the most prominent website to endorse this theory), was that Haruka was a “reborn” prince of Uranus that was in love with the Princess of Neptune (think, basically, the Endymion and Serenity story) only oopsie-poopsie! she was reborn as a girl! Although she has the SOUL of the Prince and really she IS the prince so really she IS a guy and NO HOMO TOTES STRAIGHT
3. Uranus is actually a man in drag. Please understand by this they did NOT mean she is trans, (trans women are women after all), but a man who, as a senshi, appeared to be female because of senshi-rules but no, totally a guy (this related convolutedly to the Prince Uranus thing IRCC) but, again, as you can guess: NO HOMO TOTES STRAIGHT
Anyway, basically, Naoko saying that Uranus is a woman was almost certainty in response to fans’ questions about her gender - questions based on the rumors spread by the SOS website and fandom at the time.
Naoko I’m sure didn’t have all this history (god I hope she didn’t) or understand where the questions were coming from, and answered them to the best of her ability. Uranus is a woman. Neptune is a woman, they are both women, women in love.


Thanks for reminding me of SaveOurSailors drama. They used to grind my gears and made me more of an Anti.

Despite, Uranus and Neptune aren't my fave sailors.