This article is about Michiru Kaiou's violin. For the building where the Sailor Senshi fought Eudial in the anime, see Marine Cathedral.
Marine Cathédrale is the name of Michiru's violin. She is a famous violinist and uses it often in the manga, 90s anime, crystal, and Sera Myu.
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During the manga's Fantastic International Music Festival, an audience member states, "I hear that her violin is a five hundred million yen Stradivarius named after the temple of the sea."[1]
It is first seen and heard in the manga and crystal when Usagi sneaks into Mugen Academy and is lured by its sound to Michiru's location. A similar situation happens in the 90s anime where Usagi stumbles upon Michiru playing her violin in Usagi's Idol: The Graceful Genius Michiru.
Michiru, as Sailor Neptune, is also able to use her violin in battle. She uses it to perform an unnamed sound attack in Act 30. She is also able to perform two named attacks with her violin in the manga and crystal: Submarine Violon Tide and Galactica Violon Tide.
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- A Stradivarius is a musical instrument made by a real family hundreds of years ago. These instruments are prized by collectors for their high quality. Michiru having one is a sign of her immense wealth.