Comments on: The English version of Sailor Moon Crystal Act 16, Abduction – Sailor Mercury, is now available on Hulu

By: Neon Genesis

Neon Genesis — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 01:48:29 +0000

It should be pointed out that in one scene, you can see a guy in the audience who looks like Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho. Naoko’s husband was the manga author who created Yu Yu Hakusho.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:41:20 +0000

It’s great to see we all have different opinions regarding the Ayakashi Sisters or the Boule Brothers !

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:38:31 +0000

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:48:12 +0000

well.. if Spectre Sisters are humans, so does the Boule Brothers… but imho they are all something like superior droids to deal with dirty stuff and fulfill orders of Black Moon Clan members, just as Witches 5 for Death Busters

By: Viridian

Viridian — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:19:44 +0000

No problem Aurelia.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:56:57 +0000

Oh, I see thanks to your post Viridian that I’ve made a vocabulary mistake. By “false twins” I wanted to say “fraternal twins” or “dizygotic twins”. False twins is the common term we use in French and I didn’t check if my translation was correct :/ .

So when I wrote “They are supposed to be twin brothers but one has a pale skin while the other has a darker skin, which is not very natural for human twins, even for false twins.”, I wanted to say that I doubt that even fraternal twins can have diferent skin colors to such a point.

Sorry for the mistake !

By: Viridian

Viridian — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:20:56 +0000

Correct me if I am wrong Aurelia?
“They are supposed to be twin brothers but one has a pale skin while the other has a darker skin, which is not very natural for human twins, even for false twins.”

As far I know there is a big possibility that human twins will differ to each other, especially Fraternal Twins, who came from two fertilized eggs. There are also Fraternal Twins that look the same, specifically Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, people thought they are identical twins but they are not.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:03:56 +0000

Yeah, good observation, thanks ! I had never thought of that before, whereas it is so obvious (that I must be dumb to have never thought of that before) . I think that’s a lethal argument in favor of the Sister’s humanity .

(… but I still think that the Boule Brothers are Droids ^^ .)

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:27:43 +0000

I was always under the impression that they were human. Droids don’t generally have sisters after all.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:51:32 +0000

It’s not because something belongs to pop culture like Sailor Moon that’s it’s not important nor fun to debate on . And some members of the Black Moon Clan are a real mystery !

The greatest mystery of it all surely concerns Chiral and Achiral. I like to think they are Droids, just like they were in the first anime. They are supposed to be twin brothers but one has a pale skin while the other has a darker skin, which is not very natural for human twins, even for false twins. Their hair color also differs, and they are named after the scientific principles of chirality and achirality. To me it’s obvious that Sapphire wanted to do an experiment. Maybe they die differently from the other Droids because they are upper tier Droids, created for the purpose of doing a scientific experiment (with the principles of chirality and achirality) and of serving Esmeraude. And we mustn’t forget that the basic Droids can change their apperance until they look like normal humans, just like in the episode 16 of Crystal.

There is a mystery surrounding Chiral and Achiral’s origins, so I think everyone is free to consider them as humans or Droids under human shape. But you have solid arguments in favor of Chiral and Achiral’s humanity .

The Black Moon Clan being a whole civilization of Earthlings banished on Nemesis was quite a good idea. An idea more complex to develop than the one of a small group of rebels banished, though… The concept of civilization applied to the Black Moon Clan could then explain why Diamond is considered as a “prince” (the banished people becoming a civilization and turning their punishment into a real society with estates of the realm…). Being a Prince just because you are the head of a small clan accomplishing terrorist acts for political purposes is not a very coherent idea. But maybe Diamond is a prince because he was part of the Crystal Palace’s court and was granted this title of nobility back then. But why is he a prince and not his brother ? When you have a title of nobility, your brothers and sisters also have one. You may be a prince, but then your siblings may be dukes, counts, viscounts or barons… Another mystery to solve .

I’ve never watched any Sailor Moon musicals but what you tell of Aaron, Manna and Tilmun is very interesting and rejoins the idea of a civilization or a rebels clan having strong hierarchic principles.

As for the Ayakashi Sisters, no way, they are human beings . If one day N. Takeuchi had to reveal they were Droids, I would not believe it.