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{{Quote|Protected by Neptune, the Outer Planet of the Seas, Guardian of the Deep Sea, I am Sailor Neptune. |Sailor Neptune's introduction }} |
{{Quote|Protected by Neptune, the Outer Planet of the Seas, Guardian of the Deep Sea, I am Sailor Neptune. |Sailor Neptune's introduction }} |
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| − | <font color="#00a5a5">'''Michiru Kaiou |
+ | <font color="#00a5a5">'''Michiru Kaiou '''</font> is the civilian identity and present-day incarnation of Sailor Neptune. |
== Nomenclature & Etymology == |
== Nomenclature & Etymology == |
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==== Etymology ==== |
==== Etymology ==== |
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| − | Michiru's |
+ | Michiru's surname (海王, kaiou) translates to "Sea King", based on the Japanese name of the planet Neptune (海王星, ''Kaiousei'' "Sea King Star", the given title of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea). |
Michiru's first name means "rising". |
Michiru's first name means "rising". |
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==Appearance== |
==Appearance== |
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==== Civilian ==== |
==== Civilian ==== |
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| − | Michiru is an extremely beautiful and delicate-looking girl of slim stature and average height, with deep blue eyes and wavy teal hair that falls just past her shoulders. The epitome of elegance and femininity, she has an excellent sense of fashion, |
+ | Michiru is an extremely beautiful and delicate-looking girl of slim stature and average height, with deep blue eyes and wavy teal hair that falls just past her shoulders. The epitome of elegance and femininity, she has an excellent sense of fashion, is always dressed smartly, and applying makeup or perfectly made up already. Usagi and Minako were both utterly dazzled by her beauty when they first saw her, and Usagi has gone as far as saying that Michiru is exactly what a fairy tale princess would be like. |
==== Sailor Guardian ==== |
==== Sailor Guardian ==== |
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|-|Sailor Neptune = |
|-|Sailor Neptune = |
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| − | Sailor Neptune's |
+ | Sailor Neptune's uniform consisted of a white leotard with a sea-green skirt, a navy-blue front bow, and a navy-blue back bow. The collar on her leotard was sea green and it did not have any stripes on it, and her shoulder pads had three layers. Her gloves were white with sea-green wrist fittings. Her shoes were lace-up loose sea-green boots. Her accessories were a gold tiara with a sea-green gem in the middle, her earrings were white studs and had some kind of planetary object surrounded by a ring dangling from them, and a sea-green choker with a sea-green gem with golden accents attached to it. |
|-|Super Sailor Neptune= |
|-|Super Sailor Neptune= |
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|-|"Eternal" Sailor Neptune= |
|-|"Eternal" Sailor Neptune= |
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== Personality == |
== Personality == |
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| − | Elegant, sophisticated, though sometimes cold and capable of sharp anger, she has been described by |
+ | Elegant, sophisticated, though sometimes cold and capable of sharp anger, she has been described by [[Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon (manga)|Sailor Moon]] as 'the ideal princess'. |
| − | Michiru attends |
+ | Michiru attends Mugen Academy with [[Haruka Tenou]] and the younger [[Hotaru Tomoe]]. She is patient and caring, almost always offering a smile or laughter to a situation. While polite and calm to a fault, she is not the most social person, but when she does become close with someone it is because she truly wants to. She dislikes being patronized and will not indulge others. |
| − | This can make her look like a snob, and her seeming perfection at everything does not help this perception of her. She is a genuinely intelligent young woman, a prodigal violinist and artist, already famous for her endeavors. Her intelligence is also apparent through her acceptance to Mugen Academy, a school with a very high acceptance threshold; only geniuses of some field are permitted enrolment. |
+ | This can make her look like a snob, and her seeming perfection at everything does not help this perception of her. She is a genuinely intelligent young woman, a prodigal violinist, and an artist, already famous for her endeavors. Her intelligence is also apparent through her acceptance to Mugen Academy, a school with a very high acceptance threshold; only geniuses of some field are permitted enrolment. |
==Background== |
==Background== |
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== Sailor Guardian Info == |
== Sailor Guardian Info == |
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| − | Michiru Kaiou can transform into Sailor Neptune by saying Neptune Planet Power, Make Up! Her attacks are centered around sea |
+ | Michiru Kaiou can transform into Sailor Neptune by saying Neptune Planet Power, Make Up! Her attacks are centered around sea attributes. |
==== Phrases ==== |
==== Phrases ==== |
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==== Michiru Kaiou ==== |
==== Michiru Kaiou ==== |
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| − | In concept art, |
+ | In concept art, [[Naoko Takeuchi]] had planned for Michiru and Haruka to be affiliated with the [[wikipedia:Takarazuka Revue|Takarazuka Revue]]. Also, she was originally intended to wear a bow in her hair when at school. Neither characteristic was carried over to the final version of her development. |
| − | According to the |
+ | According to the ''Materials Collection'', she had a kindness "as great as the sea." |
==== Sailor Neptune ==== |
==== Sailor Neptune ==== |
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| − | <span>Sailor Neptune's character was not developed until partway through the |
+ | <span>Sailor Neptune's character was not developed until partway through the </span>[[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (anime series)|Sailor Moon]] <span>series after the other Sailor Guardians had already been established. When she was created she was made along with Sailor Uranus, the pair was meant to be "complementary but opposite characters", and were meant to work along with Sailor Pluto from the beginning. Sailor Neptune's visual design is made to evoke images of her element, the ocean. The choice of her colors along with the wavy quality of her hair, which Takeuchi even joked, might be thought of as seaweed hair.</span> |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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| − | * Michiru owns her |
+ | * Michiru owns her helicopter that she calls the Kaio Maru. |
* Michiru is capable of using the Deep Aqua Mirror without needing to become Sailor Neptune. |
* Michiru is capable of using the Deep Aqua Mirror without needing to become Sailor Neptune. |
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* Michiru's apartment number in the Infinity arc is "1306". If one removes the "1", they will get "306", the numbers of her birthday. |
* Michiru's apartment number in the Infinity arc is "1306". If one removes the "1", they will get "306", the numbers of her birthday. |
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* The Sailor Moon "Materials Collection" confirms Haruka to be in her first year of high school at the start of her first appearance, along with Michiru. |
* The Sailor Moon "Materials Collection" confirms Haruka to be in her first year of high school at the start of her first appearance, along with Michiru. |
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* At the 1998 San Diego International Comics Convention, Naoko Takeuchi confirmed that Uranus and Neptune were indeed intended to be seen as lovers. "Uranus has the heart of a man, while Neptune is more girlish," she said.<ref>https://www.tuxedounmasked.com/what-information-did-naoko-share-with-american-sailor-moon-fans/</ref><ref>http://www.theblackmoon.com/Naoko/take.html</ref> |
* At the 1998 San Diego International Comics Convention, Naoko Takeuchi confirmed that Uranus and Neptune were indeed intended to be seen as lovers. "Uranus has the heart of a man, while Neptune is more girlish," she said.<ref>https://www.tuxedounmasked.com/what-information-did-naoko-share-with-american-sailor-moon-fans/</ref><ref>http://www.theblackmoon.com/Naoko/take.html</ref> |
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| − | ** The question "Are Uranus and Neptune |
+ | ** The question "Are Uranus and Neptune lovers, and if so why did you make them gay?" came from a young female fan who wanted a clear answer. Naoko-san answered that "YES, they were a couple!" |
** Naoko further commented that Neptune was "feminine" and Uranus "masculine" and joked they had a relationship because "they had lots of time on their hands." |
** Naoko further commented that Neptune was "feminine" and Uranus "masculine" and joked they had a relationship because "they had lots of time on their hands." |
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** This relationship was changed in the 1st U.S. dub due to censorship. |
** This relationship was changed in the 1st U.S. dub due to censorship. |
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| − | * In a 1996 interview with |
+ | * In a 1996 interview with Animerica magazine, Naoko Takeuchi stated that while "Sailor Moon is closest to me in terms of personality; Sailor Neptune is the opposite." |
| − | * Sailor Neptune's planetary symbol (♆) stands for the |
+ | * Sailor Neptune's planetary symbol (♆) stands for the trident''' '''of the Greek and Roman god. |
| − | * Sailor Neptune is one of the only Senshi (besides |
+ | * Sailor Neptune is one of the only Senshi (besides Sailor Mars) who possesses exceptionally strong psychic abilities and the only Outer Senshi who has such powers. |
| − | * Sailor Neptune is the second Senshi to use a sound-based/supersonic attack (with her |
+ | * Sailor Neptune is the second Senshi to use a sound-based/supersonic attack (with her violin), the first being Sailor Moon with her supersonic wails. |
| − | ** She is also the second Senshi to use a personal/ordinary item in battle, the first being Sailor Mars with her |
+ | ** She is also the second Senshi to use a personal/ordinary item in battle, the first being Sailor Mars with her ofuda. |
| − | * Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus are the only members of the |
+ | * Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus are the only members of the Sailor Senshi who's the backstory of becoming a Sailor Senshi had never been revealed in the manga. |
| − | * Eternal Sailor Neptune is eliminated and given bracelets from Galaxia in the manga. But in the anime's fifth and last season, she |
+ | * Eternal Sailor Neptune is eliminated and given bracelets from Galaxia in the manga. But in the anime's fifth and last season, she voluntarily sells her own heart and soul to Galaxia and is given her mind-controlling bracelets. |
* Eternal Sailor Neptune is on the cover art of volume eight of the reprinted manga. On the kanzenban manga, Sailor Neptune appears on the cover of volume 6 along with Sailor Uranus. |
* Eternal Sailor Neptune is on the cover art of volume eight of the reprinted manga. On the kanzenban manga, Sailor Neptune appears on the cover of volume 6 along with Sailor Uranus. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 02:31, 17 January 2020
Michiru Kaiou is the civilian identity and present-day incarnation of Sailor Neptune.
Nomenclature & Etymology
Etymology
Michiru's surname (海王, kaiou) translates to "Sea King", based on the Japanese name of the planet Neptune (海王星, Kaiousei "Sea King Star", the given title of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea).
Michiru's first name means "rising".
Appearance
Civilian
Michiru is an extremely beautiful and delicate-looking girl of slim stature and average height, with deep blue eyes and wavy teal hair that falls just past her shoulders. The epitome of elegance and femininity, she has an excellent sense of fashion, is always dressed smartly, and applying makeup or perfectly made up already. Usagi and Minako were both utterly dazzled by her beauty when they first saw her, and Usagi has gone as far as saying that Michiru is exactly what a fairy tale princess would be like.
Sailor Guardian
Sailor Neptune's uniform consisted of a white leotard with a sea-green skirt, a navy-blue front bow, and a navy-blue back bow. The collar on her leotard was sea green and it did not have any stripes on it, and her shoulder pads had three layers. Her gloves were white with sea-green wrist fittings. Her shoes were lace-up loose sea-green boots. Her accessories were a gold tiara with a sea-green gem in the middle, her earrings were white studs and had some kind of planetary object surrounded by a ring dangling from them, and a sea-green choker with a sea-green gem with golden accents attached to it.
During the Silver Millennium, Sailor Neptune was also the Princess of her home planet and was among those given the duty of protecting the solar system from outside invasion. As Princess Neptune, she wore a sea-green gown with the symbol of Neptune on her forehead. She dwelt in Triton castle.
Personality
Elegant, sophisticated, though sometimes cold and capable of sharp anger, she has been described by Sailor Moon as 'the ideal princess'.
Michiru attends Mugen Academy with Haruka Tenou and the younger Hotaru Tomoe. She is patient and caring, almost always offering a smile or laughter to a situation. While polite and calm to a fault, she is not the most social person, but when she does become close with someone it is because she truly wants to. She dislikes being patronized and will not indulge others.
This can make her look like a snob, and her seeming perfection at everything does not help this perception of her. She is a genuinely intelligent young woman, a prodigal violinist, and an artist, already famous for her endeavors. Her intelligence is also apparent through her acceptance to Mugen Academy, a school with a very high acceptance threshold; only geniuses of some field are permitted enrolment.
Background
Sailor Guardian Info
Michiru Kaiou can transform into Sailor Neptune by saying Neptune Planet Power, Make Up! Her attacks are centered around sea attributes.
Phrases
Items
Weapons
Attacks
- Deep Submerge
- Submarine Reflection
- Submarine Violin Tide
- Galactica Violin Tide
- Sea Serpent Strangle
- Tidal Wave
- Dolphin Wave
- Dragon Rise
- Splash Edge
- Galactica Planet Attack
Development
Michiru Kaiou
In concept art, Naoko Takeuchi had planned for Michiru and Haruka to be affiliated with the Takarazuka Revue. Also, she was originally intended to wear a bow in her hair when at school. Neither characteristic was carried over to the final version of her development.
According to the Materials Collection, she had a kindness "as great as the sea."
Sailor Neptune
Sailor Neptune's character was not developed until partway through the Sailor Moon series after the other Sailor Guardians had already been established. When she was created she was made along with Sailor Uranus, the pair was meant to be "complementary but opposite characters", and were meant to work along with Sailor Pluto from the beginning. Sailor Neptune's visual design is made to evoke images of her element, the ocean. The choice of her colors along with the wavy quality of her hair, which Takeuchi even joked, might be thought of as seaweed hair.
Gallery
Trivia
- Michiru owns her helicopter that she calls the Kaio Maru.
- Michiru is capable of using the Deep Aqua Mirror without needing to become Sailor Neptune.
- Michiru's apartment number in the Infinity arc is "1306". If one removes the "1", they will get "306", the numbers of her birthday.
- As with the other members of the Outer Senshi, her surname is also the name of a rail line in Tokyo.
- The Sailor Moon "Materials Collection" confirms Haruka to be in her first year of high school at the start of her first appearance, along with Michiru.
- At the 1998 San Diego International Comics Convention, Naoko Takeuchi confirmed that Uranus and Neptune were indeed intended to be seen as lovers. "Uranus has the heart of a man, while Neptune is more girlish," she said.[1][2]
- The question "Are Uranus and Neptune lovers, and if so why did you make them gay?" came from a young female fan who wanted a clear answer. Naoko-san answered that "YES, they were a couple!"
- Naoko further commented that Neptune was "feminine" and Uranus "masculine" and joked they had a relationship because "they had lots of time on their hands."
- This relationship was changed in the 1st U.S. dub due to censorship.
- In a 1996 interview with Animerica magazine, Naoko Takeuchi stated that while "Sailor Moon is closest to me in terms of personality; Sailor Neptune is the opposite."
- Sailor Neptune's planetary symbol (♆) stands for the trident of the Greek and Roman god.
- Sailor Neptune is one of the only Senshi (besides Sailor Mars) who possesses exceptionally strong psychic abilities and the only Outer Senshi who has such powers.
- Sailor Neptune is the second Senshi to use a sound-based/supersonic attack (with her violin), the first being Sailor Moon with her supersonic wails.
- She is also the second Senshi to use a personal/ordinary item in battle, the first being Sailor Mars with her ofuda.
- Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus are the only members of the Sailor Senshi who's the backstory of becoming a Sailor Senshi had never been revealed in the manga.
- Eternal Sailor Neptune is eliminated and given bracelets from Galaxia in the manga. But in the anime's fifth and last season, she voluntarily sells her own heart and soul to Galaxia and is given her mind-controlling bracelets.
- Eternal Sailor Neptune is on the cover art of volume eight of the reprinted manga. On the kanzenban manga, Sailor Neptune appears on the cover of volume 6 along with Sailor Uranus.
