Title: 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Pretty Guardian Sailormoon)　Vol. 4
Artist/Author: 武内直子 (Naoko Takeuchi)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 249pp., w/furigana
Volume: 4/12
Original Serialization: Monthly Nakayoshi 6/93-10/93
First Printing: 11/21/03
Rating: 4/4

(Currently listening to selections from the 12 CD Music Box set to get me back in the mood). Chibiusa isn't as annoying in the manga as she is in the anime. SuperS is my least favorite season, mostly due to that annoying brat. So the scouts are currently fighting against the Black Moon fellows and it looks like they're having a tough time. I hope it doesn't turn out like this for each group of baddies. They start out strong, slowly get abducted each and every one, and at the end are saved by a miracle. Lather, rinse, repeat. But as for this volume, the inclusion of Sailor Pluto and a more detailed explanation about how she fits into the whole picture make the reading pretty enjoyable.

There's a sticker page like in all the previous volumes and a few extra bonus comics at the end drawn by Naoko herself reflecting on the work she did years ago.

17. 秘密SAILORJUPITER (Secret, Sailor Jupiter): There's still some doubt among the Scouts and Tuxedo Mask as to whether Chibiusa is a friend or foe. Meanwhile, Jupiter has fallen sick and during a fight, she gets kidnapped.

18. 侵略SAILORVENUS (Invasion, Sailor Venus): During the previous battle where Jupiter was abducted, a earring was dropped by the enemy. Luna and Artemis are on it and discover it's dark powers. The members of Black Moon are using various means of media to get their evil message out to the public to help in the master plan. When Sailormoon is about to battle, she finds out that Chibiusa has taken her broach. Chibiusa explains that she wants help to save the 30th century Earth.

19. タイム・ワープSAILORPLUTO (Time Warp, Sailor Pluto): Usagi and Mamoru have some rabu-rabu scenes before Chibiusa takes them to Sailor Pluto at the time gate to have them go to 30th century Crystal Tokyo. They have a little misunderstanding at the time gate, but eventually Pluto lets them through where they see the remains of the kingdom, encounter the sleeping queen, and meet the Tuxedo Mask aka King Endymion of that age.

20. クリスタル・トーキョーKING ENDYMION (Crystal Tokyo, King Endymion): The king explains the history of the place including the fact that Chibiusa is his and Sailormoon's child (Diana is also introduced as Luna's and Artemis's). They leave for present time, but Chibusa goes back where she gets attacked. Being the keep people they are, Sailormoon, Tuxedo Mask, and Venus rescue her in time. However, Sailormoon gets herself captured.

21. 錯綜NEMESIS (Complication, Nemesis): Sailormoon is taken to the place where the three other captured scouts are. She is told what will happen from now on and left there. The other scouts awake and explore their location. On Chibiusa's side, there's a long exposition about how she ended up meeting Pluto and going back in time.

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