geekykristie: If you’re into Sailor Moon it is possible none of this is new information - but I thought that Makoto’s school uniform being of the Sukeban style was common knowledge and the amount of discussion and reblogs that post received honestly shocked me, so I figure what harm can be done by elaborating on other basic cultural facts within Sailor Moon huh? <3 The outer scouts, more-so than the inner scouts, have a direct tie to Japanese mythology alongside European mythology due to their Talisman weapons; it is not mere coincidence that Sailor Uranus wields the Space Sword, Sailor Pluto the Garnet Orb, and Sailor Neptune the Deep Aqua Mirror. The Three Sacred Treasures of Japan (Sanshu no Jingi) are the sword Kusanagi, the jewel Yasakani no Magatama, and the mirror Yata no Kagami.  If we break down the kanji of the Japanese names for the planets much is explained. Roughly the kanji for Uranus (Tenosei) is “Sky King Star”; Neptune (Kaiosei) is “Ocean King Star”; Saturn (Dosei) is “Soil Star”; and Pluto (Meiousei) is “Dead King Star”.  Many people who focus on the European aspects of the Sailor Senshi’s powers note that creator Naoko Takeuchi got Pluto and Saturn powers “mixed up” as Saturn (Cronus) in mythology is widely thought of as the personification of time and Pluto (Hades) is death. In this case Mrs. Takeuchi let the the Japanese names for the planets lead her choice in assigning these two Senshi’s powers. Within Saturn’s (Dosei) kanji is “soil”, which in fact does relate back to Cronus who was also the deity of blight and sowing. Two familiar personifications were born from the iconography of Saturn and Cronus: Father Time (Chronos) and the Grim Reaper (from the scythes that Cronus and Saturn held). For the most part in classical mythology, Cronus and Saturn - not Hades and Pluto! - were said to have held scythes. Sailor Saturn wields her Silence Glaive weapon, a large scythe, and is feared by the other Senshi as the solider of ruin and birth. As for Sailor Pluto she is explicitly stated to be the daughter of Cronus within the manga (“Sailor Pluto’s mission and situation are entirely different from that of Princess Selenity’s four guardian soldiers. She carries the blood of the god in charge of time, Cronus. She lives between time, the solitary guardian of the door of the underworld. Time is the last inviolable territory. Since ages ago, the Door of Space-Time has been off-limits, and Sailor Pluto was the one who enforced that.” -Sailor Moon, Vol. 5, Act 19) which explains her association with time while ALSO being the guardian of the underworld; the dead planet; Pluto/Hades. This should shed light on her “Dead Scream” attack, which can seem out of place if you are focusing just on her time manipulative powers. Neptune’s powers obviously relate to the ocean. Easy. Uranus is a bit tricky. Haruka is the Senshi of flight - so what the hell is up with “World Shaking”? The attack seems confusing in relationship to the sky but I have to point out that all she does to summon her power is grip the air. A common misconception is that Sailor Uranus is throwing a ball of energy at the ground, which is kind of what it looks like, but what she is really doing is collecting energy from the sky and merely touching the earth. The ground in her attack animation breaks up at the force of her collected wind-based-energy as it shoots towards her enemies.

geekykristie:

If you’re into Sailor Moon it is possible none of this is new information - but I thought that Makoto’s school uniform being of the Sukeban style was common knowledge and the amount of discussion and reblogs that post received honestly shocked me, so I figure what harm can be done by elaborating on other basic cultural facts within Sailor Moon huh? <3

The outer scouts, more-so than the inner scouts, have a direct tie to Japanese mythology alongside European mythology due to their Talisman weapons; it is not mere coincidence that Sailor Uranus wields the Space Sword, Sailor Pluto the Garnet Orb, and Sailor Neptune the Deep Aqua Mirror. The Three Sacred Treasures of Japan (Sanshu no Jingi) are the sword Kusanagi, the jewel Yasakani no Magatama, and the mirror Yata no Kagami. 

If we break down the kanji of the Japanese names for the planets much is explained. Roughly the kanji for Uranus (Tenosei) is “Sky King Star”; Neptune (Kaiosei) is “Ocean King Star”; Saturn (Dosei) is “Soil Star”; and Pluto (Meiousei) is “Dead King Star”. 

Many people who focus on the European aspects of the Sailor Senshi’s powers note that creator Naoko Takeuchi got Pluto and Saturn powers “mixed up” as Saturn (Cronus) in mythology is widely thought of as the personification of time and Pluto (Hades) is death. In this case Mrs. Takeuchi let the the Japanese names for the planets lead her choice in assigning these two Senshi’s powers.

Within Saturn’s (Dosei) kanji is “soil”, which in fact does relate back to Cronus who was also the deity of blight and sowing. Two familiar personifications were born from the iconography of Saturn and Cronus: Father Time (Chronos) and the Grim Reaper (from the scythes that Cronus and Saturn held). For the most part in classical mythology, Cronus and Saturn - not Hades and Pluto! - were said to have held scythes. Sailor Saturn wields her Silence Glaive weapon, a large scythe, and is feared by the other Senshi as the solider of ruin and birth.

As for Sailor Pluto she is explicitly stated to be the daughter of Cronus within the manga (“Sailor Pluto’s mission and situation are entirely different from that of Princess Selenity’s four guardian soldiers. She carries the blood of the god in charge of time, Cronus. She lives between time, the solitary guardian of the door of the underworld. Time is the last inviolable territory. Since ages ago, the Door of Space-Time has been off-limits, and Sailor Pluto was the one who enforced that.” -Sailor Moon, Vol. 5, Act 19) which explains her association with time while ALSO being the guardian of the underworld; the dead planet; Pluto/Hades. This should shed light on her “Dead Scream” attack, which can seem out of place if you are focusing just on her time manipulative powers.

Neptune’s powers obviously relate to the ocean. Easy.

Uranus is a bit tricky. Haruka is the Senshi of flight - so what the hell is up with “World Shaking”? The attack seems confusing in relationship to the sky but I have to point out that all she does to summon her power is grip the air. A common misconception is that Sailor Uranus is throwing a ball of energy at the ground, which is kind of what it looks like, but what she is really doing is collecting energy from the sky and merely touching the earth. The ground in her attack animation breaks up at the force of her collected wind-based-energy as it shoots towards her enemies.

(via simplysailormoon)

  • February 21
  • , 2012
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    Outer senshi always seemed too scary...me, too mysterious. But Michiru
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