A Sailor Moon fansite featuring translations, lyrics, and new insights to the series!
Ever wondered what the word Garnet has to do with anything and always crops up with Pluto? This is probably a sneaky bit of punnery on Naoko Takeuchi’s part. The Japanese word for “Garnet” is 石榴石 (Zakuroishi), “Zakuro” meaning “pomegranate” and “ishi” meaning “stone”. Pomegranates are associated with Hades (Pluto) and[…]
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Private Mystery Circle is one of the more confusing songs in SeraMyu. If you’ve ever wondered “Wait. What. What was that?” hopefully this will explain it! We’ll do this verse by verse. This song MUST be seen in context of ufology and the events of the Black Lady musicals. Throughout[…]
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Ever wonder why Ami is knitting constantly before she becomes Dark Mercury? Though its clear that the knitting here is a symbol of their friendship, it can read a little deeper. The French word “ami/amie” (アミ), meaning friend, is pronounced identically to the name Ami (亜美) in Japanese, furthermore the stem[…]
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Just about everyone knows Japan loves its puns. So if you’ve ever thought “Bloody Dracul” “Bloody Dracul Vampir” and “Bloody Dracul Krsnik” from the Dracul Series were weird names, it’s not just the vampire blood thing but also because “Bloody” (ブラッディー Buraddii) is a pun on “Vlad” (ブラッド Buraddo).
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