Template:InfoboxCharacterSailor Lead Crow is the third of the Sailor Animamates to be introduced, along with Sailor Aluminum Seiren. This is the first animated depiction of the original manga character.
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Sailor Lead Crow is shown to be dominant, driven and easily frustrated by failure, as well as cunning. However, she seems to have a soft side, as she and Aluminum Seiren had a deep, respectful friendship under their rivalry.
Appearance
Biography
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
Working under the pretense of being a talent agent for the Ginga TV station named Akane Karasuma, Lead Crow's job was to scout for potential Star Seeds and extract them with her partner, Sailor Aluminum Seiren.
Lead Crow's days ended when Siren was executed by Sailor Galaxia, and then ridiculed by Sailor Tin Nyanko, the last Sailor Animamate. It was the disrespectful Tin Nyanko that Lead Crow was eventually paired up with, and she was upstaged and humiliated at every turn by the new, overly ambitious partner. Tin Nyanko also had no hesitation in insulting Aluminum Seiren's memory. All Lead Crow could ever do was try to upstage her back, as well as threaten and argue with her, even in front of the bewildered Sailor Senshi.
Finally, Lead Crow found the solution to her problems: Aluminum Seiren had written Sailor Moon's true identity in her diary, and this led her to Juuban Municipal High School. She confronted Sailor Moon and even managed to extract her Star Seed after threatening to use a miniature black hole to devour the school. It was the black hole, however, that would lead to her downfall. After she accidentally dropped it, she, Usagi, and Chibi Chibi were sucked in. As she died, Tin Nyanko appeared to taunt her one last time, pleased that she did not have to finish off Lead Crow on her own.
Powers
- Bracelets - Sailor Lead Crow could fire blasts from her bracelets that would remove a person's Star Seed.
- Whip - Sailor Lead Crow also carried a whip which she used once to physically attack the Sailor Senshi.
Development
Etymology
In the anime, Sailor Lead Crow used the pseudonym "Akane Karasuma". "Akane" (茜) means "madder," a shade of red, and "karasu" (鴉) means "crow," making her name mean "red crow," a pun on "Lead Crow."
Trivia
- In the anime, her wings are retractable, while in the original manga, there is no indication that she is capable of doing this.
- In the anime, she retains the same appearance as she does in the manga.
- Sailor Red Crow was her name in several overseas dubs.
- This Sailor Animamate does not have a transformation symbol. The only symbol, that could be considered is the alchemical sign for lead, which is Saturn (♄).
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