"Act 60 Stars 11" is the final chapter of the Sailor Moon manga and the final chapter of the Stars arc. It was written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi.
Summary[]
After Usagi dives into the Galaxy Cauldron to defeat Chaos, the Sailor Quartet meet Sailor Cosmos who tells them of a future she ran away from. Usagi reunites with her friends and marries Mamoru.
Plot[]
Facing Chaos, Usagi calls upon all Sailor Crystals to grant her power and they respond. Sailor Ceres, Sailor Pallas, Sailor Juno, and Sailor Vesta wake up and grant their strength to her as well. Using this power gathered within her body, Usagi uses Silver Moon Crystal Eternal Power and drags herself and Chaos into the Galaxy Cauldron and dissolves.
The Sailor Quartet see a great stream of light emerge from the Cauldron, and spot Sailor Cosmos who tells them star seeds are returning to their homes and this regeneration is happening not because of the Silver Crystal but rather Sailor Moon managed to unite Sailor Crystals to create the Lambda Power of the Cosmos Crystal. She reluctantly introduces herself and does not like Sailor Ceres calling her future Sailor Moon. She reassures the girls their princess, the Cauldron, and Galaxy will be restored by the Lambda Power. Chaos; however, was not permanently defeated.
Sailor Cosmos came from the distant future where she failed to stop Sailor Chaos and ran to the past to guide Usagi into making a different decision, but Usagi changed her mind. Sailor Cosmos sends the Sailor Quartet back to their time before returning to her own.
Usagi awakens within the Galaxy Cauldron and soon after reunites with Mamoru, Minako, Ami, Rei, Makoto, Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru. Chibiusa tells Usagi she will see her again in the future and is taken away by the Cauldron. Guardian Cosmos appears before the group and after a brief conversation Usagi tells her this is the life she wants to live no matter how hard it gets. The group is taken away by the Cauldron as Usagi tries to ask Guardian Cosmos what happened to Chaos. With nobody nearby, she answers Guardian Chaos and the Chaos Seed have dissolved, but could return some day.
Usagi awakens in bed from a dream of the Crystal Palace and asks Mamoru to propose to her yet again. At their wedding, Usagi reveals she is pregnant and the newlyweds promise to protect the Earth, each other, and their friends forever. To himself, Mamoru thinks, unlike them, Usagi will shine bright for eternity.
First Appearances[]
Locations[]
- Galaxy Cauldron (inside)
Characters[]
- Sailor Chaos
- Guardian Cosmos
- Guardian Chaos (mentioned)
Attacks[]
Items[]
- Cosmos Crystal
- Chaos Seed (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- This is the final chapter of the main storyline of the Sailor Moon manga and last chapter which debuted in Nakayoshi magazine, but is not the last chapter released for the franchise. Parallel Sailor Moon and the last two chapters of Codename: Sailor V: A New Journey Begins Part 1, and Part 2 all released afterward.
- The Sailor Moon manga has undergone revisions and had tweaks with each re-release. From the original Nakayoshi March 1997 edition magazine release to its first Collected Release, this final chapter gained additional pages. Of these were two pages featuring Chibiusa within the Galaxy Cauldron. Originally, she never appeared in the final chapter and was only alluded to through Usagi's pregnancy and Sailor Cosmos' conversation with the Sailor Quartet.
- Luna, Artemis, and Diana do not appear in the last chapter. Naoko Takeuchi made a point to suggest that they can be revived by the Lambda Power and were likely three of the countless unnamed star seeds emerging from the Cauldron, thus keeping the Crystal Tokyo future Usagi dreams of intact. The same holds true for many other characters who died in this final story arc.