Sailor Power Guardians (守護力精霊 "spirits with protective powers") are enigmatic spirit-like beings who are intrinsically tied to Sailor Guardians and their Sailor Crystals. They appear in the Dream and Stars arcs of the manga and crystal.
Sailor Power Guardians[]
- Guardian Mercury
- Guardian Mars
- Guardian Jupiter
- Guardian Venus
- Guardian Pluto
- Guardian Uranus
- Guardian Neptune
- Guardian Saturn
- Guardian Cosmos
- Guardian Chaos
Etymology[]
Each Sailor Power Guardian has the same naming scheme: "Guardian" (ガーディアン) followed by their associated Sailor Crystal.
Appearance[]
They appear like small versions of their respective Sailor Guardians in their Super forms. After their associated Senshi has achieved their Eternal form they still look like Super Sailor Guardians. They have an aura around them and float in the air. The aura is circular in the manga and outlines them in Crystal.
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Overview[]
Sailor Power Guardians are small sprite-like beings who are surrounded in mystery. They are each associated with a Sailor Guardian and are a part of them like their Sailor Crystal is but are also independent. They know personal details of their respective Sailor Guardian and try to help them. They have their own powers. They can teleport in from an unknown location and disappear again without a trace.
Dream Arc[]
The first Sailor Power Guardians to appear are Guardian Mercury and Guardian Jupiter who help Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter as they are falling to Lemures. They appear before their companions in their dreams, provide encouragement citing their deepest desires, and give them their Sailor Crystals before leaving. This allows their companions to regain their confidence, ability to transform into their Super forms, and break free from the nightmare.
Later when Super Sailor Moon first summons her Holy Moon Chalice in Elysion, the Solar System Sailor Guardians suddenly and unexpectedly take their Princess forms and their Sailor Power Guardians appear before them. The Sailor Power Guardians refer to their companions as "Princesses" and direct them to send power from their castles to the Holy Moon Chalice. This upgrades Usagi into Eternal Sailor Moon and allow their respective Sailor Guardians to take their Eternal forms. After urging their Sailor Princesses to call upon their castles, the Sailor Power Guardians all disappear. The Sailor Power Guardians of the Inner Sailor Guardians do not appear again.
Stars Arc[]
As Shadow Galactica's invasion of Earth ramps up, Setsuna, Haruka, and Michiru decide to head to their castles to raise a shield around the Solar System aiming to curb further invasion with the help of their Sailor Power Guardians. As Sailor Pluto arrives at Charon Castle, Guardian Pluto greets her and they begin talking remotely to Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. Guardian Uranus and Guardian Neptune are not shown as the scene is from Pluto's point of view but it is implied they are present alongside their respective Sailor Guardians. They look through their data before raising the shield and find their enemies come from the center of the milky way galaxy just as Sailor Galaxia arrives and kills Guardian Pluto alongside Eternal Sailor Pluto. Hotaru senses the danger and came from Earth at the same time with Guardian Saturn but they are too late and they both die alongside Eternal Sailor Pluto. Guardian Neptune and Guardian Uranus are implied to share a similar fate soon after when Galaxia visits their castles.
In the final chapter of the manga two more Sailor Power Guardians are introduced. Though they are not explicitly labelled as such, they both share the naming convention of the others. The first is Guardian Cosmos who introduces herself as the guardian spirit of the Cosmos Seed and lives inside the Galaxy Cauldron. Like the others, she is a small fairy-like being associated with a Sailor Crystal who fades into the scene, floats, and has a similar aura around her. She speaks to Usagi and mentions the final sprite: Guardian Chaos for whom little is known aside from her name and that she is associated with Chaos and a Sailor Crystal: the Chaos Seed.
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Trivia[]
- When the series was re-branded from Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon to Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon in 2003, the naming distinction between the Sailor Power Guardians and their former Sailor Soldiers became much less clear in English, but these sprites have always been called Guardians.
- Diana the Moon Fairy was a sprite who was cut from the first arc of the manga and was going to be associated with Sailor Moon. This was long before the Sailor Power Guardians were introduced in the fourth arc and she may have been a precursor of them.
- In the manga, Guardian Mercury, Guardian Mars, Guardian Jupiter, Guardian Venus, and Guardian Saturn are not referred to by name. Their names are known from the artbook.
