Beryl is one of those rare villain cases where she’s actually given more characterization in the manga than 90’s anime (The only other two being Galaxia and Rubeus)
Very true, I also equally ship Venus/Kunzite, Reinako and Chibi-Usa/Hotaru and those were pretty much all manga/NT based. I’m just saying that if it weren’t for the 90’s anime diverging so heavily from the manga the fandom wouldn’t have this great diversity of ships that we do and we would be stuck only on Naoko’s take on things.
Heck my own personal Sailor Moon OTP Demande/Saphir is a 90’s anime and Myu only exclusive ship, so I’m grateful for the diverging storylines just for them.
I did notice a lack of character with beryl in the anime until they made the reveal about the moon kingdom and her attacking it and killing the guardian’s past incarnations. So it no shock to hear she had better character in the manga overall. I hope they did jadaite better to. The rest I liked of course.
Rubeus to me was underwhelming to in the anime. I liked the specter sisters better than him, way better. Then Esmeraude was far better. Overall the black moon clan was underwhelming, Esmeradue was offed weirdly, and Demande was not that great either.
Wiseman was good but it was obvious he was the one pulling all the strings and was still underwhelming. I did like black lady version of chibiusa. Overall the black moon saga was very hit and miss. The finale was great though, so far that is one thing the anime has not missed on.
I have not seen the stars anime but will watch jt. I love manga galaxia, she is just amazing and was perfect. She is a true villan, someone who killed the sailor guardians, mamarou and other sailors just for power. Then turned usagi’s dead friends against her forcing her to kill them, then threw their crystals in the cauldron and melted them. She was trying to end their existence all together, we discovered after they did not, but made usagi lose the will to fight by making her think that. She was a true villain.
From what I heard, in the anime she is not nearly as evil. She kills the sailor guardians and mamarou but does not kill the starlights or the cats. Also the deaths were no where nearly as brutal. Then she gets turned good by usagi, and galaxia returns all the star seeds and restores the sailor guardians mamarou, and the starlight’s princess to life. I liked usagi herself restoring the sailor guardians and mamarou back to life better. I would written that galaxia in the anime bringing everyone back took a toll on her and resulted in her death. Still an okay ending but her dying in the manga was better just as she had a change of heart.
From what I hear the most notable ship of the four generals and four inners was kunzite and Venus. I think it was a ship that could work even with everything in the anime.
However Reinako is awesome, I love it. Them holding hands in the final chapter is hard to forget. NT all but made them a full blown ship, it felt like. Two opposites, one who is a calm warrior and one who is energetic as you can get. I would not mind it being a full blown ship one day in another series.
Not familiar with Saturn or chibiusa as a ship nor sauturn but it seems to be in the same age range as each other. I will see when they finally introduce Saturn.
I agree due to the 90’s anime we got various ships like reisagi to a degree, matoko and Jupiter flirtation, rei and yuichiro, ami and Ryo leading a boy who see into the future. Kunzite and zoisite was good. Hell Venus and that Alan guy, Venus and the vollyball guy. So many ships.
I am not into Saphir and Demande for obvious reasons, but seeing as they are the bad guys, it would make the most sense if we do this type of love. Lol