5 reasons why Sailor Moon taught us to be better women
Starring Usagi (Bunny) Tsukino, a special heroine (starting with her hairstyle, just to name one) at the head of the first group of super warriors, the inaugural chapter of Sailor Moon was released on December 28, 1991 and made the Japanese public go crazy first. , then within three years the rest of the world: and it was no coincidence.
Sailor Moon is now over twenty years old, but the charm that bewitched all the girls in the 90s has not faded. Sailor Moon has represented for many of us the purest, healthiest and most realistic example to follow to be the women we wanted to be, so much so that we wanted to look like her in everything. Bunny and her legendary Sailor friends were our little revolution and after 20 years we are still grateful to her. To be honest, Sailor Moon drove the 90s generation as crazy as this 90s toy drove this emu, see:
1. Sailor Moon is not the classic perfect princess
How did Princess Usagi (Bunny) Tsukino present herself to us spectators? Our Bunny, among all the 5 Sailors, was the most special one: although she was the Princess of the Moon, she was undoubtedly a bad example to follow, especially compared to all the princesses who had preceded her. This is because Bunny was lazy, listless, crybaby, fearful. Always late to school, poor school performance, obsessed with video games, eats a lot and is in love with the arcade boy: everything that mothers told us not to be. Not to mention the fact that, in the cartoon, when she was alone she seemed completely inept, and the monsters had the freedom to destroy her; unless someone came to give her a wise hand (including her kitten Luna).
Yet thinking about it, this humanity, of the Sailor of the Sailors, really made her a special princess. We could have been all of us, she wasn't idealized and unattainable: she was one of us, and at best, she was our loafer friend to whom we felt we had to help. It was natural to feel like a princess with her, and to feel that this great responsibility (saving Earth, Moon, Stars and so on) weighed on all of us. Alias: we can all be princesses (warriors).
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2. Sailor Moon is not brave, this makes her a real warrior
Bunny, as per point 1, is not brave, she is a real coward. She doesn't really want to be a warrior, she's afraid, and she's also lazy. In short: she is forced to fight. In the end, he always does, and many times he sacrifices himself to be able to win. What Bunny fights are not only the outer monsters, but also the inner personalities, her character, her fears, her doubts. The transformation of the 14-year-old is constant, and even if her being so funny and helpless often makes us smile, in the end we get to estimate her courage. What makes it special is that it is not the stereotype of courage and tenacity: but then it is very courageous and tenacious.
And she constantly fights, dressed in a sailor suit, for justice and for love. This very blatant weakness of hers makes her a true and sincere example of a warrior.
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3. Sailor Moon's power is the greatness of her heart
Sailor Moon will have many flaws, but she is a warrior with a big heart, and this is her true power. She knows how to love unconditionally, and the strength of her love and the spontaneity of her feelings lead her to win and surprise everyone. True, it is naive and sometimes intrusive, but it radiates a special light, which attracts people. Her unconditional goodness, and the simplicity of her ways of doing things, of asking for help, make her so human. Bunny is always ready to sacrifice herself for those she loves, to put her own life on the line, for love.
Love leads her to ultimately win all the most difficult battles, in which she either manages to save everyone or she will have failed.
In other words, a pure, unconditional genuine heart is worth more than any other power, and is its most important winning weapon.
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4. Sailor Moon's strength is that she can always count on her friends
The 5 paladins are strong because they are united, because they are friends. And this friendship was revolutionary for the 90s: 5 women united to save the world. Although she is often reprimanded, Bunny is surrounded by the affection of her peers and her family. The same cannot be said of the other Sailor warriors who, before meeting her, were lonely, marginalized, each for a different reason: Sailor Mercury is the intelligent nerd, who spends most of her time bent over books. He never interacts with his comrades, who they think he puts on airs. Sailor Mars grew up with her grandfather in a temple, she is a priestess far from her peers. Sailor Jupiter even lives alone, an orphan, has the reputation of being violent and therefore grows isolated from everyone. Sailor Venus, the first Sailor, due to her responsibilities as a warrior, is alone and has no one she trusts. They are strong and independent, but alone.
Serena approached each of them without asking questions, without caring about gossip, without judging by appearances, because she doesn't care. She knows her weaknesses and flaws and understands that she needs her friends to spur, encourage, scold and improve her (and they understand this too).
The true strength of the Sailor warriors is unity.
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5. Sailor Moon doesn't always win, but she always gets up
Sailor Moon and her friends Sailor, they don't always win, they are close to defeat, they collapse, they have trouble with each other, and things are never easy. Yet you always get up, you go back to fighting, you lose friends, and you go back to fighting, you lose hope, you go back to fighting. The battle is always, every moment, and if you lose you don't give up: you start over. The Sailor warriors, with the simplicity of their stories, fight together, this makes them strong, and they fight with love, this makes them powerful, and they have revolutionized our lives: because not only are they girls, therefore future women, they are fragile; in the end they do not stop fighting, and for this reason they are great warriors and have been an important example for all of us girls, almost women, of the 90s, who fought and believed in the name of the Moon.
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