#Naru Osaka

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narumino warmup sketch. They’re cute!

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naru asking the real questions

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Who has the best swimwear (so far)?

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SAILOR MOON ∘₊✧₊∘ episode 24 (1992)

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Every time I watch Sailor Moon I am struck with the urge to make an illustration for every episode. That is NOT happening, but I did the first episode just to get it out of my system!

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「 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon 」

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Wakabas character arc, her need to break out of the ‘normal best friend’ archetype, her desperation to feel special and thus have worth in Ohtori, become extra fascinating when you look at her as a spiritual successor of Usagi’s normal best friend from Sailor Moon, Naru.

Naru has a really interesting character arc in Sailor Moon. She is the first person we see attacked, and she’s what gets Usagi to get in her first fight. This is later paralleled in Utena, when Utena gets in her first duel on Wakaba’s behalf. As Sailor Moon goes on Naru gets attacked more and more, but eventually gets relegated to the background as Usagi gains her other sailor friends and they become more important. Naru makes less appearances, and besides being an occasional victim is completely separated from her former best friend Usagi’s special, double life. However Naru doesn’t take her removal from the narrative ignorantly.

In the second season finale a giant evil crystal has been placed by the villains in the center of Tokyo. Naru sees Usagi running towards it and confronts her about it. “You know what this is don’t you?” She asks her.

I love all of this for Naru, but all of it also applies exactly to Wakaba. Wakaba who realizes her friend Utena is special in a way she’s not. Who sees the most visual aspects of the massive machine Akio has running Ohtori, but doesn’t know enough to stop it or change it in any material way. Who lashes out at Anthy in her jealousy at the way she’s the most special person in the school, and subtextually how she is becoming more important to Utena than her. Wakaba, like Nanami, wants anything but to be “another fly in the swarm,” a seeming nightmare for the girls of Ohtori.

Even in character design the two mimic each other. Both have brown hair, with a small bow at the back of their head.

Naru gets to break a bit from her archetypal role at the end, and Wakaba does more so. In the last episode of the series, after Utena has left, we see another girl jumping onto Wakaba and calling her “her prince,” just the same way Wakaba did to Utena in episode 1. It’s not immediate, but Wakabas revolution will come, and she will have her own “normal best friend.”

I really love Wakaba as a spiritual successor to Naru, with Naru’s small insecurities and worry taken to the next level in Wakabas character. And how at the end of the day they may not save or revolutionize the world, but they love their special best friend, and that support is something they hold true until the end.

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by heitorpc

art republished with artist’s permission

[mina-martin]

a year and a day

since I last updated my fic. not abandoned! but I am a slow writer, and life happens. in the meantime, I don't think I ever shared this amazing fanart on tumblr:

A commish by Supreme Moon Senshi on insta! If you've seen gorgeous aqua colored fanart of Sailor Earth that looks like it could be official 90s art, than you've seen his work. :)

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Sailor Naru and Tuxedo Umino

For @sailormoonrarepairweek Day 1 - Magic

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My main computer is still broken, and I've been tired with house repairs, but I woke up in the middle of the night and drew this doodle on my laptop for Transgender Day of Visibility + Easter. 🏳️‍⚧️🐰✨ Sorry I couldn't draw a better one in time- this isn't replacing my regular style, I just need some time to get my main computer fixed and set up, hopefully in April.