Title: 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Pretty Guardian Sailormoon)　Vol. 3
Artist/Author: 武内直子 (Naoko Takeuchi)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 240pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly Nakayoshi 1/93-5/93
Rating: 2/4
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I feel like I'm not a true manga fan as I've yet finished the epitome of girls manga, Sailormoon. But I do have an excuse! You see, I wanted to, but they they discontinued the books until these re-releases. Plus, I didn't know Japanese back then. Bonuses in this volume are a page of stickers and a few gag comics with the author reflecting upon what she originally wanted each of the scouts to be.

Overall impressions of the manga is that, geez, things happen so fast! I'm a book three, and it seems like it's jumping into season 3 of the anime already. I enjoyed all the filler episodes in the anime, so I kinda miss them in the comics. It's also pretty gruesome in the books too. I think I prefer the anime to this, just because of the pacing (actually, anime was kinda slow with *all* the fillers, but I definitely need a break between all the drama).

Act 12. 敵 Queen Metaria (Enemy, Queen Metaria): The scouts manage to kill Queen Beril (sp?) so their final showdown is with Queen Metaria and Evil Tuxedo Mask. Being torn between killing Evil Tuxedo Mask and Mamoru, she decides to not have to live with the choice and defeats him.

Act 13. 決戦 Reincarnation (Final Battle, Reincarnation): With Tuxedo Mask and Sailormoon out of the way, the other scouts try to defeat Metaria, but they fail. Queen Metaria's power starts engulfing the world in darkness. Some flashbacks to the time of the Silver Millenium and in present time, Sailormoon wakes up and so does Tuxedo Mask, and both receive new powers from their respective crystals. WIth that they Queen Metaria.

Act 14. 終結そして始まり (Petit Étranger): Sailormoon's new powers revives the castle on the moon and Sailormoon defeats the Metaria. All is well until a little girls "drops" between Usagi and Mamoru. The girl points a gun at Usagi asking if she has the crystal.

Act 15. 侵入 Sailor Mars (Invasion, Sailor Mars): The little girl, Chibiusa, hypnotizes everything making them think that she's Usagi's baby sister. Meanwhile, a new evil power has formed, the faction of the Black Moon. Rei can feel it and she tries to find out what it is. She eventually discovers them and is abducted.

Act 16. 誘拐 Sailor Mercury (Abduction, Sailor Mercury): We find out that Chibiusa is looking for Sailormoon to save her mom. Ami is aso trying to find out who the Black Moon people are and she herself gets abducted.

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