Chibi Chibi (ちびちび, ChibiChibi) a mysterious little girl who appears in the last arc of the manga. She is the civilian identity of Sailor Chibi Chibi (セーラーちびちび Seeraa ChibiChibi) and the disguised form of Sailor Cosmos.
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Etymology[]
Chibi (ちび) means small in Japanese. Chibi Chibi is a play on Chibiusa's nickname to denote an even smaller Usagi.
Appearance[]
Civilian[]
Chibi Chibi is a small girl. She has pink hair that is tied into two heart-shaped odango from which short coiled strings of hair emerge. Her bangs are shaped in an exaggerated heart-shape. She has blue eyes.
She wears a white, long-sleeved shirt with a dark pink bow and a light pink heart brooch at its center, a blue skirt with a blue back bow, white socks, white shoes with pink hearts and accents, and rounded collar, and pink heart earrings. Oddly, in the manga itself she wears a different outfit than her colored artwork. She is seen in an alternate version of her outfit in which the front bow and skirt are covered in a star pattern rather than matching her Sailor Guardian form.
Sailor Guardian[]
Sailor Chibi Chibi's uniform consists of a white leotard with a pink chest bow and a pink heart brooch affixed to it. Her sailor collar is light blue with no stripes. She wears gold-outlined pink heart-shaped odango covers in her hair. Her tiara is gold with a pink heart, and her earrings are pink heart studs. Her choker is pink with a pink heart motif. She wears puffy sleeves with double rows of pink and yellow trim. Her gloves are white and the elbow pads are pink and yellow. Her skirt is light blue with a double trim of pink and yellow and has a pink back bow. She wears white knee-high boots with hot pink bordering and pink heart accents at the base. She usually, but not always, has angel wings at her back, similar to Eternal Sailor Moon.
Personality[]
She is a kindhearted and mischievous girl who is quite secretive. Chibi Chibi is a mysterious girl who tries to appear as unassuming as possible regularly feigning ignorance and powerlessness to maintain her disguise and minimize her own influence; however, she will step in when she feels it’s necessary. She is not particularly creative or skilled in maintaining her disguise choosing to remain silent and allow her physical appearance to speak for itself when she regularly comes under scrutiny. She'll allow speculation to run rampant and wildly off the mark as she refuses to speak about herself until the very end of the manga.
She cares deeply for her "sister" Usagi Tsukino and watches over her during her time in the present. She has no hope for the future she hails from and is determined to rewrite history to prevent the rise of Sailor Chaos. Chibi Chibi is willing to sacrifice her dreams, anyone, and anything to do so no matter how much it hurts her; however, at the pivotal moment her "sister" shows her another way and restores her faith.
Information[]
Background[]
Though initially appearing in the form of a small girl, Chibi Chibi is actually Sailor Cosmos from the far future. She uses the disguise of a small girl to keep her identity secret in order to carry out a mission to influence her past self, Usagi Tsukino. To get close to her, she chooses the disguise of innocence. A small girl whose appearance can pass as Usagi's future daughter. Sailor Cosmos, having lived that time once before, knows Chibiusa has gone home and Mamoru is gone, thus leaving Usagi alone and vulnerable and more accepting of a strange small girl from the future.
Earth[]
Chibi Chibi first appears from the future in the sky above the Juban park where she descends with an umbrella. She immediately senses and discovers Princess Kakyuu in distress nearby. Afterwards, she heads for Usagi's Home with Kakyuu hidden inside an incense burner. There she finds Ikuko confused by a mug with "chibiusa" written on it as she is unable to figure out why "chibi" is written on it. Grappling with her magic induced memory loss, Ikuko says "chibi...chibi...?"[3] which the child immediately takes on as her name. Usagi arrives that evening to have Ikuko scold her for forgetting her "sister" Chibi Chibi prompting an emergency meeting with her Sailor Guardians to discuss the child. Usagi and the girls try to figure out who she is and where she came from speculating she’s a future daughter of Usagi or Chibiusa, but their efforts fall flat as Chibi Chibi will only repeat words said by others much to Minako's frustration. They leave Chibi Chibi at Usagi's Home where she remains for around a month spending her days inconspicuous with Ikuko, the cats, her incense burner, and comforting Usagi whenever she’s home. This changes after the incident with Sailor Lead Crow.
Usagi’s brought home after fainting and the Sailor Starlights come to visit her. As they leave, they see and recognize Chibi Chibi's incense burner. They return later to take it and are met with an embarrassed Chibi Chibi and her refusal to hand it over. Before the situation escalates, Princess Kakyuu emerges from the incense burner and tells the Starlights about how Chibi Chibi rescued her and raised her morale during her recovery with stories of Sailor Moon and the Three Lights themselves. This baffles them leading them to question Chibi Chibi's identity. Kakyuu also shares that she feels Chibi Chibi's power and asks if she’s a Sailor Guardian. In response, Chibi Chibi transforms into Sailor Chibi Chibi and joins the Starlights in backing up Sailor Moon against Sailor Tin Nyanko on the roof of Juban High School. This is where Usagi sees Sailor Chibi Chibi for the first time. After Usagi has a long discussion with Kakyuu at the Three Lights' residence, which Chibi Chibi doesn’t partake in, Chibi Chibi joins Usagi on her walk home. During it, she delays Usagi by jumping on the swings in the Juban park forcing Usagi to wait for her. While waiting, Usagi notes how Chibi Chibi appears to know exactly what she’s thinking without saying a word and is met by further evasiveness when she asks Chibi Chibi about herself. Before they leave the park, Sailor Galaxia attacks.
Chibi Chibi watches as Usagi attempts to fend off Galaxia but without her friends her confidence shatters and her Holy Moon Chalice vanishs. With Usagi fainted and Galaxia about to destroy Earth, Chibi Chibi is forced to act. She summons Usagi's Holy Moon Chalice and simultaneously heals all the damage Galaxia caused, puts Galaxia to sleep, and teleports Galaxia to her bed at Galactica Palace. The only witnesses are Galaxia and the three cats Luna, Artemis, and Diana. Galaxia is surprised to find herself dreaming in bed but quickly shrugs it off, and the cats are unable to speak due to their injuries from Sailor Tin Nyanko. Chibi Chibi lets the Three Lights believe the unconscious and untransformed Usagi fended off Galaxia and healed the city and stays by her side as she recovers at their home.
When Usagi awakens, she recognizes Chibi Chibi saved her and describes her as an angel even if she won't share much about herself. After a discussion, Usagi, Kakyuu, and the Starlights decide to take the fight to Shadow Galactica at the centre of the galaxy. Chibi Chibi joins them and even starts to speak more like a normal person for which Yaten calls her a "micro-chibi"[3] to Chibi Chibi's displeasure.
Sagittarius Zero Star[]
At Sagittarius Zero Star, Sailor Moon faces many trials on her path to Galaxia and Sailor Chibi Chibi tries to minimize her own involvement but the distortions she causes to space time are great forcing her to involve herself in most of them. At the Desert River of Oblivion, Chibi Chibi shields Sailor Moon and Princess Kakyuu from Sailor Phi's attack as the Sailor Starlights, Sailor Lethe, and Sailor Mnemosyne are killed. When Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon is about to incinerate Sailor Moon, Princess Kakyuu, and herself, Chibi Chibi detects, telepathically speaks to, and teleports Sailor Chibi Moon and her Sailor Quartet from Earth to the core of Sagittarius Zero Star to save them.
The newcomer's discovery of the cute child leads to yet another conversation speculating Chibi Chibi's origins. The Quartet concludes she can't possibly be Usagi's child so she must be Chibiusa's. Meanwhile Chibiusa is shocked and embarrassed by the child until she concludes she can't be Chibi Chibi's sister or mother and the child is instead something else with limitless power like Eternal Sailor Moon. When Chibiusa questions Chibi Chibi she hides behind Usagi's leg and is saved from further questioning by the start of the next battle. She doesn’t involve herself in the fight against Sailor Chi and Sailor Phi during which Sailor Kakyuu dies.
When the Solar System Sailor Guardians appear wearing Galactica Bracelets, Chibi Chibi initially tries to get Sailor Moon to see they’re not her friends but her enemies and fails. Instead, she shows Chibiusa a vision of what happened to all of them and lets her convince Usagi she needs to fight. Chibi Chibi shields Chibiusa and Usagi from Eternal Sailor Saturn's Galactica Glaive Surprise attack to the surprise of all and soon after takes a hit from Galactica Cannon removing her from the middle of the fight. At the climax of the battle, Chibi Chibi stops Chibiusa from intervening telling her, for the sake of the future, it's Usagi's fight and to believe in her.
This continues during Sailor Moon's fight with Sailor Galaxia where Chibi Chibi continuously shields Sailor Chibi Moon while both remain uninvolved. This prompts Chibiusa to conclude Chibi Chibi must have seen the fight before and if Chibi Chibi is her sister or child they must have a future to which Chibi Chibi's only reply is a look with tearful eyes. When Galaxia pushes Mamoru into the Galaxy Cauldron, Usagi and Chibiusa look on with shock and horror but Chibi Chibi already has her eyes squeezed shut which quickly changes to mirror their expressions when Chibiusa starts to disappear. Using the confusion of Chaos' awakening, Sailor Galaxia attacks Sailor Moon with Galactica Super String which Chibi Chibi blocks. Shocked and thinking it impossible to stop, Galaxia questions what Chibi Chibi actually is like many others before her.
With Chaos awakened, Sailor Chibi Chibi has reached the moment she’s waiting for and begins to speak more than she ever has before but still without sharing details about herself. She tells Sailor Moon she must destroy both Chaos and the Galaxy Cauldron if she wishes to stop conflict - to save the future. She tells Sailor Moon she’ll regret watching over an eternity of war and pain and with tears in her eyes tells Usagi it’s the only way to bring peace to the galaxy and to destroy Chaos for good. With Galaxia's input, Sailor Moon rejects Chibi Chibi's proposal as joy and pain are both a part of life and tells Chibi Chibi not to lose hope or give up on her future. Crying, Chibi Chibi agrees and kisses Usagi on the cheek while revealing her true form, Sailor Cosmos, telling Usagi they won’t lose as Usagi's showdown with Chaos commences.
Sailor Guardian Info[]
See Sailor Cosmos for more information.
While Chibi Chibi tries to remain a spectator, she displays power far beyond any of the Sailor Guardians of the present when she does involve herself.
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Items[]
- Staff
- Kakyuu's Incense Burner
- Umbrella
- Cosmos Crystal
Gallery[]
Stars arc[]
Manga Covers[]
Misc Artwork[]
Trivia[]
- Chibi Chibi in the anime and manga aren’t real identities and though her true identity is different in the 90's anime she still shares her voice actress with Usagi in the Japanese, English and the Latin Spanish languages.
- Only Sailor Moon and the Sailor Quartet see Chibi Chibi's true form: Sailor Cosmos. Chaos may have but never acknowledges her before or after her reveal.
- The pink cat in Parallel Sailor Moon has Chibi Chibi's hairstyle, earrings, and heart motif with the addition of a few feline features and different clothing.
- Sailor Chibi Chibi almost always has wings. There are two scenes she doesn't: when she accompanies the Sailor Starlights to Juban High School after Sailor Tin Nyanko's attack, and when she, the Kinmoku Guardians, and Sailor Moon gather and are about to leave Earth. For the later, she grows wings and flies away like everyone else at the end of the scene.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 See: Usagi Tsukino
- ↑ No official age for Chibi Chibi is stated in Sailor Moon - Materials Collection.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Eternal Edition Vol. 9
