Title: 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Pretty Guardian Sailormoon)　Short Stories Vol. 1
Artist/Author: 武内直子 (Naoko Takeuchi)
Book Size/Pages: Small B-6, 200pp., w/furigana
Volume: 1/2
Original Serialization: Various Issues of Monthly Runrun 7/93-11/95
First Printing: 8/23/04
Rating: 4/4

I usually don't do side chapters in my reflections, but this whole book consists of side stories. It does, however, contain one of my favorite mini-stories, Ami-chan no Hatsukoi! I used to have her morning theme as my alarm clock tune (now I just use radio static, works better).

Bonus comes with a sticker sheet, colored pages, and an extra side story.

Chibiusa's Picture Diary Chapters
1. 転校生にご用心 (Beware of the New Student): Chibiusa attends school and makes a few friends there, many who are almost counterparts to her older sister's friends. However, the's a girl, Ririka, who transfered in just days before she did. After her commenting on the rosy color of Chibiusa's cheek and eating flowers, the scouts determine that she's a vampire. They go to her mansion and find out that indeed her family is. Moon and V transform to rid this demon.

2. 七夕にご用心 (Beware of the Tanabata Festival): Chibiusa is told the story about the boy and the girl in the sky who are only allowed to meet once a year on the 7th of July (hence the festival). She then goes to the park to find a girl and two assistants who have brainwashed the girls into thinking they don't need men. The girl is the same girl from the legend and the two assistants are making her feel bitter. Chibiusa rids her of the two evil spirits and the girl is able to meet her boy once again.

3. 虫歯にご用心 (Beware of Cavities): Chibiusa and Usagi both seem to have cavities but are deathly afraid of the dentist. That is until the dentistry suddenly reopens with a much younger staff who are actually evil spirits. Rather than fix, they feed sweets as revenge on behalf of cavities. V, Moon, and Chibiusa defeat the new enemy.

Taking the Exam Challenge Chapters
1. まこちゃんのユーウツ (Mako-chan's Melancholy): They're supposed to be studying for their high school entrance exams, but Makoto doesn't seem to be able to concentrate and always wanders off doing something else when she should be hitting the books. It gets worse when a shop opens near the school and she lounges there every day. The girls discover that the shop was opened up by a villain to obtain people's spirits. Makoto comes to her senses and defeats it. She ends up in the high school of her choice.

2. 亜美ちゃんの初恋 (Ami-chan's First Love): Ami sees in her test rankings that there's a competitior, Mercurius. While she wonders who it could be, she also feels a lot of competition, so much to the point that it drives her to strain herself. When she's vulnerable, a villain appears. Ami thinks it's Mercurius and defeats it with a vengence. Meanwhile, the other girls, via Umino, discover who Mercurius is but decide to let Ami fantasize that her rival is someone handsome.

3. レイと美奈子の女子校バトル！？ (Rei and Minako's School Battle!?): Minako is jealous that Rei doesn't have to study to advance in school as she attends an elevator school so she decides to transform into a student and accompany Rei to see what it's like. She finds out that Rei is a different person at school and that the place isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

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