I grew up wrapped around the Sailor Moon franchise, the manga in particular. I loved how the characters led double lives – going to school by daylight, fighting evil by moonlight. They were fiery and passionate, all fighting to protect a world that meant so much to them, while also fighting to stay true to themselves. Over the years, my tastes in narratives has centered around strong female characters and I like to think that the sailor scouts had a large impact on that. Of course, Naoko Takeuchi is not the first author to write about strong female characters, but she was one of the first authors to introduce me to them.
Sailor Moon used multiple female characters to show different forms of strength, as well as different types of characteristics that females could have. Sailor Moon‘s main characters were female, they also kicked butt and fought to save the world in the same way that the main protagonists from Dragon Ball Z did. The sailor scouts could be beautiful, but powerful; dangerous, but also caring.