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just because they went out three times doesn't mean that they were in love... Mamoru never returned her feelings. It was painfully obvious that he was not really interested in her. He wouldn't even pick up the phone... So what if they went out? He was a single and lonely, but not really interested in her. Or do you really think that he was heart-broken because Rei didn't love him back?
It was even said in the anime that when you risk your life for someone it means True Love. Rei gave up on Mamoru because she learned that Mamoru didn't really care for her. It was obvious to her that Usagi was important to Mamoru because he risked his LIFE for her. She even SLAPPED Usagi.
And the flash backs didn't change their feelings at all. As you can read Usagi's feelings for him didn't change, she was just naïve and didn't undertand the extent of her feelings.
The whole Mamoru Rei Usagi thing was another love triangle, this is an anime not rocket science! The idea behind it was for US the audience to see that Usagi was actually JEALOUS of Rei.
Luna says it: "She's just jealous, plain and simple"
And what are love triangles? Just obstacles for the main couple to get together.
And Rei wasn't really in love with him either. She liked him but never really loved him. Near the end it was obvious that she really fell for yuchiru ( can't spell)
In her monologue she doesn't refer to Mamoru, but the guy that she always fights with!
When I was a child as soon as I saw Rei fighting with that guy, I knew that she actually LIKED him a lot, hence her behaviour.
This is an extract from Rei's Monologue.
" I always say what I'm thinking, so often I'm disliked. But, that is my gentle feeling. I wonder if it's wrong for me to say things bluntly to the person I can love and believe in.
Maybe it's not created by intimate people, who love each other and believe in their relationship. I feel that when people in love appreciate each other's faults, intimacy is born and nurtured."
Again, I didn't create these monologues. All this is from the anime and if the creators of the anime say that Usagi liked Mamoru then she liked him. If they say that Mamoru's first love was a failure because it was one-sided, then it was (or so he thought). And if they say that Rei actually fell for the guy she's always fighting with and insulting then she did.
And after all this whole story and idea is by Naoko Takeuchi and if she says that Mamoru and Usagi will always be together no matter what, then they will. It doesn't matter whether it's anime, manga or whatever... The anime is just the animated version of a manga, the characters are the SAME and the feelings are the SAME. They just create love triangles and side-plots in order to give the mangaka time to come up with more manga issues.
And they would always end up together (even in the anime) because of the whole RED STRING OF FATE. That invisible string that binds them together can't be SEVERED. It means that they can't stop loving each other because they are twin souls. Corny, i know, but I didn't come up with the idea.
It was even said in the anime that when you risk your life for someone it means True Love. Rei gave up on Mamoru because she learned that Mamoru didn't really care for her. It was obvious to her that Usagi was important to Mamoru because he risked his LIFE for her. She even SLAPPED Usagi.
And the flash backs didn't change their feelings at all. As you can read Usagi's feelings for him didn't change, she was just naïve and didn't undertand the extent of her feelings.
The whole Mamoru Rei Usagi thing was another love triangle, this is an anime not rocket science! The idea behind it was for US the audience to see that Usagi was actually JEALOUS of Rei.
Luna says it: "She's just jealous, plain and simple"
And what are love triangles? Just obstacles for the main couple to get together.
And Rei wasn't really in love with him either. She liked him but never really loved him. Near the end it was obvious that she really fell for yuchiru ( can't spell)
In her monologue she doesn't refer to Mamoru, but the guy that she always fights with!
When I was a child as soon as I saw Rei fighting with that guy, I knew that she actually LIKED him a lot, hence her behaviour.
This is an extract from Rei's Monologue.
" I always say what I'm thinking, so often I'm disliked. But, that is my gentle feeling. I wonder if it's wrong for me to say things bluntly to the person I can love and believe in.
Maybe it's not created by intimate people, who love each other and believe in their relationship. I feel that when people in love appreciate each other's faults, intimacy is born and nurtured."
Again, I didn't create these monologues. All this is from the anime and if the creators of the anime say that Usagi liked Mamoru then she liked him. If they say that Mamoru's first love was a failure because it was one-sided, then it was (or so he thought). And if they say that Rei actually fell for the guy she's always fighting with and insulting then she did.
And after all this whole story and idea is by Naoko Takeuchi and if she says that Mamoru and Usagi will always be together no matter what, then they will. It doesn't matter whether it's anime, manga or whatever... The anime is just the animated version of a manga, the characters are the SAME and the feelings are the SAME. They just create love triangles and side-plots in order to give the mangaka time to come up with more manga issues.
And they would always end up together (even in the anime) because of the whole RED STRING OF FATE. That invisible string that binds them together can't be SEVERED. It means that they can't stop loving each other because they are twin souls. Corny, i know, but I didn't come up with the idea.
No it wouldn't because Mamoru and Rei were never actually together. Mamoru at best thought of Rei as more of a little sister and Rei thought more of their relationship then what it was. Plus as we see in the Makaiju arc they would still come together and be drawn toward each other even still. I imagined if there was no flashback Usagi and Mamoru would still get together which would cause some hostility with Rei but as we saw on the anime Rei would eventually accept it.
Ok, here's my interpretation of some of the events. Hope you don't mind that I added my two cents to things. 
There’s no doubt Usagi is deeply in love with Mamoru. And, the idea that they only continue to love each other because of their past lives seems silly to me.
But, I do not believe Usagi was in love with Mamoru before she regained her memories. At best, it was a light hearted crush. Really, Pre Memory Usagi shows far more of an attraction to Motoki than Mamoru in the earlier episodes.
In Usagi’s first monologue, the third paragraph shows that it was spoken after she regained her memories. This makes it a little difficult to use this monologue as proof that Usagi was in love with Mamoru before she had her memories. If the very last paragraph had been omitted, and it was spoken by pre-memory Usagi, I would most likely read it as infatuation and a crush. But, because she’s looking at Mamoru through the filter of her memories, her own reflection of her pre-memory relationship with him has most likely changed, now that she has the added depth of an entire life’s worth of memories of the two of them together and knowing that he is Tuxedo Mask, the one that always saved her in a pinch.
I base this on ep 34. Right when she discovers that he’s Tuxedo Mask, the recent past of them interacting (in this life) starts playing, with romantic music and a fuzzy mood. In fact, the very first memory she replays is when they first met, and Mamoru tells her to “study harder, Dumpling head.” The actual event was not fuzzy, or warm, or endearing. In fact, Mamoru even had different clothes on, and a totally different expression, and he had shades on. (animation continuity error? lol) I didn’t think it was the same scene, except for the fact that the paper he’s holding up (in the memory version) shows a 30%, (which is what Usagi got on her test in the first ep). In the memory, he’s smiling softly to her, and it’s much warmer, and he tells her in a nice tone that she needs to study harder. In the actual event, he’s frowning at her, in shades, and telling her in a semi-sarcastic way she needs to study harder. It’s the same with the other events. Each event is shown in a whole new light, with a much warmer fuzzy tone to it, while the actual event was not. This shows to me that her recollection of him is now biased, because she’s seeing everything through the filter of suddenly knowing that he’s Tuxedo Mask. She overlays her own feelings and glosses over what really happened, and how she was really feeling at the time each event occurred, now that she sees him as Tuxedo mask.
I also had something to say about Mamoru protecting Usagi in episode 34. If it’s when the ice crystal nearly falls, it seems like it’s something any decent person would do, especially a man. He pushed her down and ended up sideways with his arm over her… not exactly on top of her, like to the side. To me, that seems like something most people would do to protect another human being. (At least, I would.) Now, what’s interesting is when usage is Sailormoon, Tuxedo Mask does risk his life to protect her, by getting in the way of Zoicite’s crystal. To me, that shows a whole different dimension of protection. When she was Sailormoon, he felt a duty to protect her as Tuxedo Mask, while as Mamoru, he pushed her down and to the side.
This is the largest problem I have with these two. While I have no doubt that they both love and care for each other, the way they reached that point seems like a cop out to me. If they had been left to their own devices, and let their relationship mature in a natural, non forced way, I would have liked them as a couple much more than I do. To me, Usagi suddenly discovering Mamoru is Tuxedo mask, and then on top of that regaining her memories, makes the progression of their relationship seem unnatural to me. It went from a crush to a deep deep love, in such a short short time, which isn’t realistic to me. That's the main issue I have with it.
If they had been left alone, and not been forced into the roles of Sailormoon and Tuxedo Mask, and if they didn't have the added bonus of an entire lifetime of past memories that may make their feelings biased unconsciously... I don't know what would have happened. Would they have ended up together? I think there's a good possibility they would have. But, I don't think suddenly forcing them both to fall deeply in love because of alternate personalities or past lives is the right way to go about developing a relationship. It should have developed slowly and gradually. They were at the point where they were both starting to like each other... and all that was just crushed when they regained their memories and that soft lighthearted feeling that they both were developing unnaturally skipped right into a full blown love. I liked when that soft atmosphere right before she discovered he was Tuxedo Mask (in the elevator). I liked how it was starting to slowly warm up into something more than just teasing. I felt cheated that it suddenly went from that to a full blown love. It didn't help that right after that, Tuxedo Mask was kidnapped and brainwashed, further messing up the relationship that could have been slowly developing. It just seems far too rushed to me because of the circumstances both of them were thrown in.
There’s no doubt Usagi is deeply in love with Mamoru. And, the idea that they only continue to love each other because of their past lives seems silly to me.
But, I do not believe Usagi was in love with Mamoru before she regained her memories. At best, it was a light hearted crush. Really, Pre Memory Usagi shows far more of an attraction to Motoki than Mamoru in the earlier episodes.
In Usagi’s first monologue, the third paragraph shows that it was spoken after she regained her memories. This makes it a little difficult to use this monologue as proof that Usagi was in love with Mamoru before she had her memories. If the very last paragraph had been omitted, and it was spoken by pre-memory Usagi, I would most likely read it as infatuation and a crush. But, because she’s looking at Mamoru through the filter of her memories, her own reflection of her pre-memory relationship with him has most likely changed, now that she has the added depth of an entire life’s worth of memories of the two of them together and knowing that he is Tuxedo Mask, the one that always saved her in a pinch.
I base this on ep 34. Right when she discovers that he’s Tuxedo Mask, the recent past of them interacting (in this life) starts playing, with romantic music and a fuzzy mood. In fact, the very first memory she replays is when they first met, and Mamoru tells her to “study harder, Dumpling head.” The actual event was not fuzzy, or warm, or endearing. In fact, Mamoru even had different clothes on, and a totally different expression, and he had shades on. (animation continuity error? lol) I didn’t think it was the same scene, except for the fact that the paper he’s holding up (in the memory version) shows a 30%, (which is what Usagi got on her test in the first ep). In the memory, he’s smiling softly to her, and it’s much warmer, and he tells her in a nice tone that she needs to study harder. In the actual event, he’s frowning at her, in shades, and telling her in a semi-sarcastic way she needs to study harder. It’s the same with the other events. Each event is shown in a whole new light, with a much warmer fuzzy tone to it, while the actual event was not. This shows to me that her recollection of him is now biased, because she’s seeing everything through the filter of suddenly knowing that he’s Tuxedo Mask. She overlays her own feelings and glosses over what really happened, and how she was really feeling at the time each event occurred, now that she sees him as Tuxedo mask.
I also had something to say about Mamoru protecting Usagi in episode 34. If it’s when the ice crystal nearly falls, it seems like it’s something any decent person would do, especially a man. He pushed her down and ended up sideways with his arm over her… not exactly on top of her, like to the side. To me, that seems like something most people would do to protect another human being. (At least, I would.) Now, what’s interesting is when usage is Sailormoon, Tuxedo Mask does risk his life to protect her, by getting in the way of Zoicite’s crystal. To me, that shows a whole different dimension of protection. When she was Sailormoon, he felt a duty to protect her as Tuxedo Mask, while as Mamoru, he pushed her down and to the side.
This is the largest problem I have with these two. While I have no doubt that they both love and care for each other, the way they reached that point seems like a cop out to me. If they had been left to their own devices, and let their relationship mature in a natural, non forced way, I would have liked them as a couple much more than I do. To me, Usagi suddenly discovering Mamoru is Tuxedo mask, and then on top of that regaining her memories, makes the progression of their relationship seem unnatural to me. It went from a crush to a deep deep love, in such a short short time, which isn’t realistic to me. That's the main issue I have with it.
If they had been left alone, and not been forced into the roles of Sailormoon and Tuxedo Mask, and if they didn't have the added bonus of an entire lifetime of past memories that may make their feelings biased unconsciously... I don't know what would have happened. Would they have ended up together? I think there's a good possibility they would have. But, I don't think suddenly forcing them both to fall deeply in love because of alternate personalities or past lives is the right way to go about developing a relationship. It should have developed slowly and gradually. They were at the point where they were both starting to like each other... and all that was just crushed when they regained their memories and that soft lighthearted feeling that they both were developing unnaturally skipped right into a full blown love. I liked when that soft atmosphere right before she discovered he was Tuxedo Mask (in the elevator). I liked how it was starting to slowly warm up into something more than just teasing. I felt cheated that it suddenly went from that to a full blown love. It didn't help that right after that, Tuxedo Mask was kidnapped and brainwashed, further messing up the relationship that could have been slowly developing. It just seems far too rushed to me because of the circumstances both of them were thrown in.
Or, it could be that she now sees those events as what the meaning of them truly was. Each time, he was giving her advice (regardless of how stern he may have been), yet she shut his words out with spite and immaturity. And now, she sees that the intentions of his words were good all along, and not meant to insult her, but to help make her a better person. Maybe? 
This is one of the reasons why I liked how their relationship was handled in the manga better than the anime. There, they did start out antagonistic and immature with bickering, but then they eventually started to use more humane words when they kept running into each other. And the revelation of each other's identities was a more gradual process that had each of them hinting at the other's identity for a while, until it was finally revealed to both parties as to who the other was. Then their memories get restored much later, allowing them to grow closer as friends and even as a potential (but not yet official) couple before their past lives come into play. But Mamoru does still get kidnapped right after their memories return, though. But it's not as much of a slap in the face as it was in the anime. The anime was really to unkind their relationship like this.
This is one of the reasons why I liked how their relationship was handled in the manga better than the anime. There, they did start out antagonistic and immature with bickering, but then they eventually started to use more humane words when they kept running into each other. And the revelation of each other's identities was a more gradual process that had each of them hinting at the other's identity for a while, until it was finally revealed to both parties as to who the other was. Then their memories get restored much later, allowing them to grow closer as friends and even as a potential (but not yet official) couple before their past lives come into play. But Mamoru does still get kidnapped right after their memories return, though. But it's not as much of a slap in the face as it was in the anime. The anime was really to unkind their relationship like this.
Sabrblade said:
Or, it could be that she now sees those events as what the meaning of them truly was. Each time, he was giving her advice (regardless of how stern he may have been), yet she shut his words out with spite and immaturity. And now, she sees that the intentions of his words were good all along, and not meant to insult her, but to help make her a better person. Maybe?
). I don't know, the early anime Mamo just doesn't seem that kind to Usagi me. But... he's at least more interesting than the later Mamo in my opinion. 
My favorite anime version of Mamoru is when he starts acting nicer to Usagi... but still teasing, but in a nicer way. Like in episode 34, before he gained his memories back. Or in the episode where they both babysat. I think that their relationship should have stayed at that level WAY longer than it did. It went from a slight crush to instant deep love. I'm a fan of manga Mamoru and pgsm Mamoru. It's only the anime version that annoys me.
I felt like Usagi and Mamoru's relationship was a lot more authentic and romantic in the manga and in pgsm, whereas in the anime it seemed forced because of how quickly things shifted when they got their memories back and learned of their alternate personalities.
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Bunny Rivière
In the Maikaiju arc, Mamoru was shown to develop feelings for Usagi. In the babysitting episode and arcade episode, they held hands and grew very close and then in episode 59, Mamoru stepped in front of Usagi and protected her, giving his life, before he got bac any of his memories. When Usagi woke up Mamoru called her his odango-atama. Tsukikage no knight also said he was created to protect Usagi, not Serenity. Mamoru clearly had a strong attachment to Usagi before any of that reincarnation stuff. Mamoru gave his life to protect Usagi when he didn't remember anything about the senshi, the moon kingdom, all he did was want to protect Usagi. There was no moon princess or Serenity memories there. Mamoru was protecting Usagi, not Serenity.
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Dear, what’s the matter if mamoru/endymion want to protect serenity ? Because usagi is serenity and serenity is usagi, they are not two different person. It’s the power of the silver crystal who makes them REBORN on modern times, queen serenity wanted them to be happy, so she used the silver crystal to made them reborn after the tragedy of the moon kingdom. The proof that serenity is usagi and they are the same entity, in the future, neo queen serenity, you think that serenity will kill
Usagi and finally serenity will replace usagi ?? ? No usagi is neo queen serenity actually, because serenity is usagi who was reborn on the modern time with the power of silver crystal
Usagi and finally serenity will replace usagi ?? ? No usagi is neo queen serenity actually, because serenity is usagi who was reborn on the modern time with the power of silver crystal