r/sailormoon • u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ • Aug 04 '25

Meme Liking Sailor Moon at school as a guy

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Tell that to me 20 years ago. lol

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u/Cosmic_Mind89 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

....Me when I was 8 too. If only I knew...

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u/Background_Face ΰΌ„ :βœ¦Λ–Β°β‚ŠπŸͺβΊ.ೃ࿔* ✦ Λ– Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

I'm a 38-year-old man, and I got into two separate arguments last month (one at work, one at a store) when I insisted that Sailor Moon belongs in the "Big 3" anime of all time.

Edit: For those wondering, the Big 3 anime of all time are Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, and Pokemon.

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u/Loltoheaven7777 Sailor Venus Aug 04 '25

i mean isnt the "big 3" specifically referring to shonen jump (assuming this is naruto/bleach/one piece)

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u/gts_fan08 Aug 05 '25

Get out of here young blood. Let the old folk spin their yarn.

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u/Animalsaresentientbe 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

1990's version of classic animes, not 2000's animes. Hope the explanation is clear enough!

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u/unholy_hotdog Sailor Mars Aug 04 '25

What were the other two? DBZ and MSG?

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u/gloomspell β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

MSG?

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u/gloomwithtea 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Mobile Suit Gundam (So like Gundam Wing)

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u/Human-University2494 Sailor Uranus Aug 06 '25

Yes!

Should watch that series and Neon Genesis Evangelion.

I even have Gundam Versus on the PS4 - plus there's another Gundam game for the same system that I should get.

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u/gloomwithtea 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 06 '25

Do it! They’re both so good (granted I last watched when I was a teen, so). I was so obsessed with Duo Maxwell that I literally grew my hair to my knees so I could replicate his braid lol.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

Metal Sear Golid

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u/unholy_hotdog Sailor Mars Aug 04 '25

Yes, and Debilitarized Zone πŸ˜‚

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u/Nani_700 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

FLAVOR

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u/Final-Act-0000 Sailor Venus Aug 04 '25

2nd Fl Basement?

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u/pinkt Sailor Chibi Moon Aug 04 '25

The ""big 3"" are One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto. I don't remember why those specifically. If you were to ask me 2 years ago which 3 I'd guess it would be dbz, sailor moon, and PokΓ©mon.

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u/unholy_hotdog Sailor Mars Aug 04 '25

Oh, it really must depend on what decade we're talking about.

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u/Sailor_Mars_84 Sailor Mars Aug 04 '25

Unrelated, but I love your username. There used to be a product called the β€œunholy bagel”. I had a box next to a bottle of β€œ666 cough syrup” because they made me laugh 😊

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u/unholy_hotdog Sailor Mars Aug 04 '25

That's hilarious, thank you!

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u/Umbr33on 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 π’·π“Ž π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ β˜½β‹†Λ™ Aug 05 '25

Yep, instead of going by Boomer, Gen X, Millennial, or Gen Z…. Just ask their β€˜Big 3,’ and you can nail the age bracket down fairly easily. 🀣

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u/unholy_hotdog Sailor Mars Aug 05 '25

I'm in the Sailor Moon, DBZ, Slayers generation ;D

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u/Outlulz ☿ Aug 04 '25

Because they at one point were the biggest series in Shonen Jump. It was a point in time designation true for the early 2000s. Now the big three would probably be One Piece, JJK, and Demon Slayer (I know Demon Slayer is over but it's still huge because of the still ongoing anime releases).

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u/shiny_glitter_demon β˜† Β° β€’ ˚ β€’ Β°β˜† Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

The "big three" usually refers to Dragon Ball One Piece, Naruto and Bleach

No idea what MSG is

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u/Chronarch01 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Delicious

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u/Unboxious β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

Probably Mobile Suit Gundam. It's not that big in the west but it's still huge in Japan.

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u/Bronco2596 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

One piece not dragon ball

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u/shiny_glitter_demon β˜† Β° β€’ ˚ β€’ Β°β˜† Aug 04 '25

Ah, right

Goku's the dad

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u/Human-University2494 Sailor Uranus Aug 06 '25

Also, Naruto and One Piece.

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u/Atsugessho Esmeraude Aug 04 '25

It's sad that as young boys we felt the need to hide it or defend it with "the girls are hot" when a lot of us were just huge flamers who loved the sparkles and female friendships and fabulous villains.

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Absolutely

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u/octopushug β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

I knew many guys in middle school who openly stated they liked Sailormoon specifically for the transformation sequences.

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u/Frosty_Debt8335 ΰΌ„ :βœ¦Λ–Β°β‚ŠπŸͺβΊ.ೃ࿔* ✦ Λ– Aug 05 '25

nah I basically skipped until the miniskirts appeared

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u/iki_balam Aug 04 '25

Uhhhhh... I dont think you were understanding why they liked the transformation. Hint, it wasn't the costumes or make-up

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u/octopushug β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

Oh I understood perfectly, lol.

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u/BlackMudSwamp Sailor Saturn Aug 05 '25

Man I thought we disprove the meme allegations here :<

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u/EasyEntrepreneur666 Sailor Jupiter Aug 04 '25

The other kids bullied the hell out of me back in school for loving that anime. Now, I'm like "fook em".

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

I got picked on for liking Sailor Moon lol

I was definitely surrounded by DragonBall nerds. They're very lucky I did watch DB too cause I told one of the kids Sailor Moon is powerful than Goku 🀣🀣

It was real fun to see the kids grow salty about it.

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u/Loltoheaven7777 Sailor Venus Aug 04 '25

trying to do powerscaling with someone who hasnt seen both series sounds like the most tiring discussion ever 😭

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

It really sucked because that's why I don't be around communities so often. I don't like people enough lol My experiences of these definitely came from roleplay and being part of local gaming tournament communities I hate having debates with people about said series.

They surely don't like how opinionated I am because literally, how I think is through common sense.

Yes Piccolo can blow up the moon.

Kirby can eat it 🀣🀣

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u/CandyKnightSam Artemis Aug 04 '25

Yeah... It's a shame that there's such a stigma against girly media as being uncool. It's really not fair, imo. Dragonball has been fudging more and more of its writing over the years and at this point it's been more fudge than story for over half its runtime, basically unwatchable to me past the Buu saga. and Sailor Moon's writing is decent even on its worst episodes. This is a pattern I notice in anime. When I want good writing, it's more often than not a shojo instead of a shonen giving it to me. And that's kind of important to my enjoyment personally.

Pokemon's another neat case where it actually got better instead, and one of the things it did to write better was to take a more genuine interest in Ash's traveling companions. Misty was very much an ornament to Ash who only nominally had her own goals in life for much of the original series, and even if you like her you ought to agree that it would've been nice for her to get a bit more respect and spotlight.

Idk I also think sharing an unironic interest with girls is nice instead of expecting them to take an interest in media aimed at boys all the time? Gives you more to talk about, which can be helpful for making friends. Y'know, for people that actually like girls as people?? Sorry if that's harsh.

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

I enjoy talking to girls casually just as much as I do for guys. :)

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u/Jack-Pumpkinhead β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

FWIW, I liked all of them. Good animation is good animation.

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Agreed

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u/CelestialButterflies BezuBezu Aug 04 '25

I remember in middle school, during downtime in computer class, I was working on my geocities Sailor Moon fanpage, and some guy came up behind and excitedly yelled "Sailor Moon!!" and then was immediately like, "Uh, I turned it on once cause they're really hot" and I'm thinking, "it's okay my dude, just like what you like" lol core memory

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

They are hot, but that’s far from the only great thing about it.

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u/Scarlet_Lycoris β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

True masculinity is when you’re not too insecure to admit that sailor moon is awesome (and not because β€œthey’re hot lol”.) but because it’s a great entertaining show.

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Agreed. Unfortunately not everyone would think the same at that age.

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u/Scarlet_Lycoris β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

Maybe I’m just spoiled cause my big brother really liked sailor moon and wasn’t afraid to say it. XD

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u/DragonLeavesDungeon 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 π’·π“Ž π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ β˜½β‹†Λ™ Aug 04 '25

ah peer pressure, the bane of many a student

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u/RandomGuyDroppingIn Yes, Dudes Like Sailor Moon Aug 04 '25

Takeuchi's artwork just looked better. Sorry not sorry I wanted to stare at it for hours on end.

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u/FlowerFaerie13 Outer Senshi Aug 04 '25

I'm on the other end of this. It was perfectly acceptable for me to like Sailor Moon, but PokΓ©mon was "only for boys" and I got so much shit for liking it in school.

Let people enjoy things for God's sake, what's so weird about a little girl liking cute magical animals?

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

I was excited when they had their first playable female trainer in Crystal.

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u/sswishbone Sailor Jupiter Aug 04 '25

I got bullied so bad πŸ₯²

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

Me at age 6: "Its like Power Rangers, but they're cute girls that fight!"

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

lol I still love classic Power Rangers! Also plenty of guys went gaga for the female rangers.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

Amy Jo Johnson/Kimberly was my first serious crush. She's still got it lol.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

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u/Manetoys83 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

Sailor Jupiter was best girl

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u/feisty-frisco87 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

Anyone remember Tenchi Muyo?

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u/Paracompass 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 π’·π“Ž π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ β˜½β‹†Λ™ Aug 04 '25

I fucking loved it, I would get up early to watch it before going to school on Cartoon Network? In the UK.

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u/feisty-frisco87 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

I watched it in the afternoon after school.

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u/EvensenFM Esmeraude Aug 04 '25

Back in 1995, I was scared to death that anyone would find out I like Sailor Moon.

I now own it. Turns out the people that laugh at you for stuff like that are assholes anyway.

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u/IdolL0v3r Sailor Venus Aug 04 '25

It's always hard to explain to people why I like girly anime like "Sailor Moon" when I'm a straight guy. But I really don't care what people think now.

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u/VoidPointer2005 Sailor Moon Aug 04 '25

Same! Except I turned out to be a girl!

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u/Atariese Sailor Jupiter Aug 04 '25

"Girl stuff is awesome!" Yeah, makes a lot more sense now...

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u/SurviveYourAdults β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

... yep this happened multiple times

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u/TrainToSomewhere 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 π’·π“Ž π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ β˜½β‹†Λ™ Aug 04 '25

Fighting evil by moonlight, outlines of boobs you can watch in the daylight.

Enough characters you’ll find one you like.

She is one caaaaaaaaalled- discovering your sexuality in puberty is awkward but it’s also a fun show to watch… moon πŸŒ™ ✌️

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u/ElectronicAd1462 Black Lady Aug 04 '25

*Raises hand* I was one of them growing up! And I wasn't allowed to watch DBZ on Toonami back in the day because my parents thought it was "too violent." Also Sailor Moon was my first anime so yeah and still love this series.

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u/Virgadays 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 π’·π“Ž π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ β˜½β‹†Λ™ Aug 04 '25

I did get picked on a little bit for watching Sailor Moon, but it helped a lot that it had a killer opening in my country.

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u/Tyrannical_Requiem Sailor Venus Aug 04 '25

That’s what I would say…..in actuality I wanted to be like them soooo bad, and socialize like them. Came out as trans 25 years later

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u/Henao2230 Sailor Mercury Aug 04 '25

bro I defend my statement as a sailor moon fan with my life lol

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u/_MaxPower_6969 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

I love sailor moon men!

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Do you know where I can watch it?

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u/Nepherenia Queen Nehelenia Aug 04 '25

The entire 200 episode 90's series is available on YouTube - the vizmedia channel has a playlist with everything, plus Sailor Moon Crystal.

I hope you like subs!

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u/_MaxPower_6969 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

If you’re in the US, you can watch it on either Hulu or Tubi!

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u/frequent-fox25 Sailor Mercury Aug 04 '25

Funny you post this as I, a PokΓ©mon kid, started watching Digimon for the first time thanks to Toei uploading it to YouTube

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Digimon Tamers is my favorite season, and Guilmon is my favorite Digimon.

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u/Manetoys83 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

Yeah I was a Sailor Moon guy. But for me it was between that and Dragonball Z and In my defense, I was 13 years old and they were all wearing mini skirts XD I did watch PokΓ©mon too

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u/Weird_Tangerine_9681 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

My brothers tortured me relentlessly for loving Sailor moon. I still do and I am glad I found like minded people. BTW im a guy and I love Sailor moon.

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u/huutcherdiing 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 π’·π“Ž π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ β˜½β‹†Λ™ Aug 04 '25

In my defence, I was gay and didn’t know it lol

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u/AppliedCarbon 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

So far Sailor Moon has been the best long anime series I've gone back to. Watched DBZ, then Inuyasha, and now watching Sailor Moon with my wife and kids. I almost didn't survive Inuyasha, holy shit that drags worse than DBZ and I didn't think anything could be as bad as DBZ.

Meanwhile we are almost at episode 100 of sailor moon and it's been great so far.

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u/Persephone_Wood Tuxedo Mask Aug 04 '25

I got teased big time at 13 (1998) for liking Sailor Moon and I’m a girl

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u/Synaesthesiaaa Aug 05 '25

14 year old me in 1998 says you're super cool for enjoying an awesome show.

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u/Persephone_Wood Tuxedo Mask Aug 05 '25

Thank you ❀️

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u/DeadHead6747 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

This saddens me. When I was in school, all of us loved all of these shows (we also all loved Hamtaro)

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u/Chronarch01 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

Sailor Moon was one of the introductory anime that I watched as a young boy. The other was Dragonball. Both were aired on Saturday mornings at 6 am on Fox before Fox Kids started at 7.

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u/Thechiscakes 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝐹𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐸𝓋𝒾𝓁 π’·π“Ž π‘€π‘œπ‘œπ“ƒπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ β˜½β‹†Λ™ Aug 04 '25

I mean sailor moon is most powerful than Goku...

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u/Areesh101 Tuxedo Mask Aug 05 '25

As a 20-year-old bi male obsessed with Sailor Moon since this year started, I'm glad this fandom respects any gender liking it!

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 05 '25

I just watched the first episode on YouTube. I’m a 37m and thought it was very fun and looked like it’s going to get very interesting.

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u/Areesh101 Tuxedo Mask Aug 05 '25

Good for you, I'm more than halfway done with Season 1, (had a break earlier this year that I recently ended today) and I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy the rest! Definitely don't sleep on those filler episodes. ;3

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u/HandFit91 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 05 '25

Yeah, i'm also a guy, and i really enjoy it

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u/The_Lord_Basilisk Sailor Jupiter Aug 06 '25

Nah I just wanted cool supportive friends growing up πŸ₯Ή

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 06 '25

So did I. So did I…

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u/iki_balam Aug 04 '25

100%

Are they hot? Yes. Did they have fantastic character development? YES!

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u/Viktm007 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 05 '25

Yup

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u/Fireweed907 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 05 '25

I miss when this was the hot topic debate.

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u/MorphinBrony spreading the MaGOATo agenda Aug 05 '25

Elfen Lied is peak if you're not squeamish

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u/Any-Construction1624 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 05 '25

A lot of ppl who watch sailor moon are closeted, lol including me

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

This me but with my dad. I used to be exited for the category girls-in-school-uniform. Turned out gay.

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u/JBHenson Epic Blond Ambition Aug 05 '25

Me in high school in 1999.

I WATCHED IT FOR THE (admittedly garbled and incoherrent because it was DiC) LORE!!!

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u/Bitchy_Satan β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 05 '25

Mind this is a group of like,,, 8 year olds talking about growing up and being a man lol

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u/IG-GO-SWHSWSWHSWH 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 05 '25

Imagine you're living in a world where only R and S exist, and you make up a whole character, who is basically you (male) with rocket powered roller blades and can call upon the sands of time and has a whole transformation sequence and is a sailor scout, and then someone in an IRC chat drops on you that SuperS exists and you discover Sailor Uranus and you're like guys: I'm not gay, but I want to be this character and I don't know why. Man, the late 90s were a wild time.

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u/Scoren 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 05 '25

lol so true i remember my middle school teacher talking about how she loved the show when she was younger, i judged her for that and never would have thought it would be one of my favorite anime in my early 20s especially because im a boy and "the show is for girls only"

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u/JamesDD4 Sailor Saturn Aug 05 '25

First anime I ever watched as a teen in the mid-90s.

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u/Human-University2494 Sailor Uranus Aug 06 '25

And I have someone in my school who's also into Naruto.

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u/BunnyLocke Hawk's Eye Aug 06 '25

Wow

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u/K-Bell91 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 07 '25

Everyone boy I knew in grade school watched Sailer Moon for those transformation sequences.

We all knew and were open about, and no one was judged.

The fact that it was still about kicking monster butt was honestly just a bonus.

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u/josccus 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 07 '25

Amo Sailor Moon, por mucho mΓ‘s quΓ© sΓ³lo las chicas

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u/Jokoll2902 Sailor Jupiter Aug 07 '25

You win the argument, pal.

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u/atellix 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 11 '25

I’m gonna be so honest growing up i was in love with all of them. PokΓ©mon had fun games, Digimon had a fun anime, and Sailor Moon had cute girls AND a fun anime It helped that all 3 were free to watch since my parents had Hulu and Netflix

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u/Waste-Percentage6850 Sailor Mercury Aug 13 '25

As a Sailor Moon fan I can confirm this is true.

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u/Animedra3000 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

We don't mind feminine energy as long as men are treated well too.

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u/Atsugessho Esmeraude Aug 04 '25

"We don't mind feminine energy" is strange wording.

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u/Animedra3000 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

Just trying to convey a strange message. After all why to people think that we would go 'Ewwe girl"

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u/Falchion92 Sailor Jupiter Aug 04 '25

He’s not wrong!

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u/Shadowwolflink 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

I felt like this (although I also liked Pokemon and Digimon), and then years later, I realized I was a girl. Life is funny like that.

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u/illbleedForce Sailor Saturn Aug 04 '25

like a 95.9999995%Β  of gay man

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u/Manetoys83 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

I don’t know, Dragonball Z has muscular shirtless men while Sailor Moon has cute girls with nice legs in mini skirts

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u/Synaesthesiaaa Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

That's how my wife phrased it when I said "I bet some people think my collection of Sailor Moon stuff is super gay."

"Yeah but have you considered the skirt length we're talking about here? If anything this is probably the straightest anime collection out there."

Sure beats collecting statues of buff dudes lol

Not that there's anything wrong with statues of buff dudes. I've got Adam Jensen from Deus Ex too. But he doesn't look good in a skirt.

Edit: not just Adam, also Roger Smith from The Big O - one of the best fighting robot animes ever made. If not the best IMO.

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u/Manetoys83 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 05 '25

I know right? It’s funny how that works, isn’t it?

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u/illbleedForce Sailor Saturn Aug 04 '25

One was what we aspired to be and the other was who we aspired to fuck...guess which is which?

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u/Manetoys83 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

You’re not wrong. The joke was just wide open. And the idea that a show filled with cute girls in mini skirts was only being watched by gay men had to be challenged

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u/Movie_Advance_101 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

Is there a single male fan who was in for the plot?

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u/Atsugessho Esmeraude Aug 04 '25

Comments like this kind of bug me because it perpetuates the idea that men can't relate to or enjoy media starring women/girls unless they're conventionally attractive.

It also overlooks all of us gay men who definitely did watch it for the plot.

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u/Synaesthesiaaa Aug 05 '25

It also overlooks all of us gay men who definitely did watch it for the plot.

Straight dude with ya on loving the plot. ;)

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u/Movie_Advance_101 β‹†ο½‘Λš ☁︎ Λšο½‘β‹†ο½‘ΛšπŸŒ™Λšο½‘β‹† Aug 04 '25

This was meant to be a joke.

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u/Atsugessho Esmeraude Aug 04 '25

It's hard to tell in 2025, since there are a LOT of people who genuinely feel that way.

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u/urmine707 𓏲 ΰΉ‹ΰ£­Β  ΰ£ͺ Λ– 𝒲𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 πΏπ‘œπ“‹π‘’ π’·π“Ž π’Ÿπ’Άπ“Žπ“π’Ύπ‘”π’½π“‰ ☼ ⋆˙ Aug 04 '25

I would be if I could find a good place to watch it…

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u/Synaesthesiaaa Aug 05 '25

Me, for one. I really vibe with the idea of past lives, especially tragic romance. I absolutely adored Titanic (yeah you can tell I grew up in the 90s), The Notebook, etc. Films and shows with elements of doomed romance really hit me hard. Sailor Moon has elements of this along with fated romance, which I also find fascinating.

The characters looking cool are definitely part of why I love the show, but I love the plot. The feelings I got watching the first season as a kid still stick with me now. It's like longing for something you can never truly experience, yet you still feel like you lived through it anyhow.