Sailor Moon #11 by Naoko Takeuchi Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Sailor Moon #11
Book Review: Love this book. Memories of junior year in high school
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the very first Sailor Moon manga I got and it was quite a long time ago (in 2009). This became the foundation to many anime's I watched that year like "Ai Yori Aoshi" and "Kanon" and relating all three of these stories in similar ways, such as the snow, themes like search for identity, believing miracles, memories, and of course, the touching romance.
With that out of the way, this in my opinion is one of Takeuchi-sama's best Sailor Moon works because this book doesn't continue into another. It's one whole 137 page story for "Princess Kaguya's Lover" and about 30-40 for the extra chapter "Casablance Memory." If you watched Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice, you'll notice that this manga is the original story that made that 1994 summer movie (or 1995...whatever). This manga is way better because Luna goes to America (showing how daring and strong her love was...touching) and Himeko actually plays a part in believing the Snow Queen's invasion (unlike the anime where she doesn't believe and doesn't even meet Serena/Usagi in her senshi form...). The outer senshi Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are here too, only somehow they seem weaker and not as stand-offish as they were in the anime. They really seemed like characters who tried to prove how strong they were when they got easily pummeled. What use did they have to aid Super Sailor Moon in battle? Sailor Moon: "Uranus! Neptune! Pluto! Take Kakaeru 'back to the hosptial!' I don't need your help!" Sailor Uranus: "We're on it!" Nihaha, yeah. Another difference is in the anime, Snow Queen blocked Super Sailor Moon's "Rainbow Moon Heartache" attack whereas in the manga, it was the very attack that killed her. Oops, I spoiled a lot of things, but you all probably knew anyway.
The extra story, "Casablance Memory" is actually the reason why I bought this book because it was a Sailor Mars Solitary Chapter about (in my opinion) the trials women go through in romance and the way it hurts and the way betrayal can sting. This is actually the very chapter that explains why Rei-san despises men (and I don't blame her). In between the chapters are lovely footnotes by Takeuchi-sama herself and they're very cute and enjoyable to read. They include her pencil-sketch album for the story, her trip to Florida NASA space center, her hobby of collecting lamps that gave her the idea of making the snow dancer villains and more about America, something about Balboa tea and meetings with the japanese voice actors of Usagi and Rei!
Both stories, awesome to read, Sailor Moon classic. Buy this beautiful book now while the used prices are still cheap! It makes a rare, worthy edition to any manga collection, especially because the Sailor Moon manga is out of print! Funimation! Please re-license the entire series and make a good English dub this timke! Shojou Beat or Tokyopop, please re-license the manga again and have a more accurate translation!
(I swear, one chapter in Vol. 4, a girl's name was Kate and then the next chapter it was back to Kotono which was actually her original name. Way to go Tokyopop!)