Title: 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Pretty Guardian Sailormoon)　Vol. 12
Artist/Author: 武内直子 (Naoko Takeuchi)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 270pp., w/furigana
Volume: 12/12
Original Serialization: Monthly Nakayoshi 10/96-3/97
First Printing: 7/23/04
Rating: 4/4

It's finally over! I thought the ending was a bit of a cop-out, but I understand the message that it was trying to get across. Overall, I liked the story. Unlike the anime, there weren't extraneous episodes (some of which I liked though), but still, it feels like there were places where the story could have been tightened up. I guess it's just the fact that it's a girl's manga that it's kinda obligatory to have more dialogue than needed.

Bonus is the stickers with the images from the last 4 covers.

55. スターズ６ (Stars 6): Sailor Galaxia came to power after leaving her pathetic planet and falling towards the dark side. Sailormoon has dreams about some Zero Star and a Galaxy Cauldron, although she doesn't know what those things are. She later tries to find the 4 outer scouts and find out that they've been defeated and their Star Seeds taken away. With the help of the Starlights, Sailormoon decides to go to the Zero Star to find Galaxia.

56. スターズ７ (Stars 7): As they approach Zero Star, the three cats get defeated, causing a ripple effect into the 30th century. Chibiusa and the Amazoness Quartet decide to go back to the past. Meanwhile, the Starlights have been defeated by Sailor Rete, the one who also killed the cats. However, her twin, Sailor Munemoshune (sp?) tells her sister to stop. They explain that they're fighting now, but hope for a peaceful future. However, the two of them soon get eradicated by a stronger enemy and the Starlight's Star Seed get taken away. The only ones left are Kakyuu, Chibichibi and Moon.

57. スターズ８ (Stars 8): The three of them move on and see the graves of the Sailor Soldiers with their graves being dug as they look on. They get caught, but Chibiusa and the Quartet come and free them. They continue to Galaxia's castle, but first they have to go past Sailor Phi and Kai. They kill Kakyuu and the next enemies they face are the defeated Sailor Scouts.

58. スターズ９ (Stars 9): Tuxedo Mask makes an appearance and orders the scouts to kill Sailormoon. The Quartet and Chibimoon all get defeated. Of course, Moon doesn't want to fight and gets nearly killed when Chibichibi gives her the power and eliminates the false scouts. She runs inside and sees Galaxia, Mamoru, and the super star crystal formed from the Star Seeds.

59. スターズ１０ (Stars 10): Moon has the final showdown with Galaxia in front of the Galaxy Cauldron, the place where stars are born. Galaxia gets defeated, but not before Sailormoon finds out that Chaos lurks inside the Cauldron and the way to defeat it is to destroy the Cauldron, but that would mean terminating the place of birth for the stars. Chibichibi transforms into her true self, Sailor Cosmos.

60. スターズ１１ (Stars 11): Cosmos, the future entity Sailormoon will become, has always regretted not finishing off Chaos when she could, so that's why she came back in time to do so. However, after witnessing Moon, she realizes that she could never destroy the Cauldron. So, with her powers, she restores all the Sailors and allows Usagi and Mamoru to live out their lives. Oshimai!

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