I empathize with you as I know what it’s like to be shy and lonely in school, as well as to be rejected. I agree about Sailor Mercury being overshadowed and pushed around at times, and I have a question about Mars being your least favorite. Does that count for both the classic anime and the manga/Crystal? Her personality has some differences between those two.

Mercury, yes, kick some butt and don’t let Mars burn ya! It’s funny, one of my best friends loves Mars, yet her personality is more timid and shy. I’m boisterous and a bit of a hothead, yet I prefer Mercury. Heh.

As for my least favorite Sailor Guardian, um… There isn’t one I flat-out dislike, but I guess I’ll pick low-hanging fruit: Sailor Chibi Moon. Though my heart has warmed up to her much more since I was 13!

Just like you, I was a shy and lonely child, and, also because I was a good pupil (and rejected because of this, well, nothing but usual, alas…), I easily and immediately identified with Sailor Mercury. Even, I’ve always found that she was a bit of an outcast in her own friend team. Not only she has the shortest transformation out of all the Senshi (yes! I counted! Even Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have longer ones!), but Sailor Mars always ends up taking her place, i.e. performing her transformation and attacks right after Sailor Moon and just before Sailor Mercury, as if Sailor Mercury had been the third Senshi to appear in “Sailor Moon”. Even “Sailor Moon Crystal” does that! And Mercury doesn’t say anything, she just lets go! Come on, Mercury, kick Toei’s and Mars’ ass! Impose yourself!

Haha, if I had to pick up the avatar of my least favourite Senshi, then, it would be Mars! Because, yes, Mars, you know… That brat who tyrannically took her toll on Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury. Even if Crystal led me to like her. But I won’t do it. Mars doesn’t deserve it.

(And I agree with you: yes, Pluto is still a planet! I, too, can’t deal with the fact that this is not the case anymore.)

Anyway, yes! I’ve been following this website for years, yet I guess I never revealed my favorite Sailor Guardian. It is in fact Mercury. Oh, how I (platonically) love Sailor Mercury? Let me count the ways!
1. As I mentioned, that new artwork of her is currently my WhatsApp background, albeit cropped.
2. As a shy and lonely kid (I first watched Sailor Moon when I was 13), I instantly related to her.
3. Blue and white, yes! But those weren’t among the primary reasons why I liked her so much. What I mean is, I didn’t go, “Ooh, she’s blue, so that’s why she’s the best.”
4. Barring Sailor Moon/Usagi because she’s the main protagonist, I have more merchandise of Ami/Mercury than any other single Sailor.
5. I was quite irritated when I first read the Stars manga arc, haha! :’D

Pluto is also awesome and I like her immensely. (Pluto will always be a planet to me, darn it.) Though I have to confess, I always thought it would’ve been funny if Pluto was actually your least favorite Sailor, considering your longtime use of that avatar!

Jadeite/Mars = fire
Zoisite/Mercury = water
Nephrite/Jupiter = thunder
Kunzite/Venus = light

Nonetheless, it is written in Jadeite’s notice that he “has the ability to freely manipulate cold” (I used Google Translate), which is, indeed, the power of his alter ego from Crystal. Still, the developers here gave him the power of fire, just like Sailor Mars… It’s really contradictory. The Four Kings never had clearly defined powers. I think the best would have been to give an elemental power to each of them, following their clothes main colors.

Jadeite, blue = water
Zoisite, green = earth
Nephrite, red = fire
Kunzite, grey = air

Thoughts, anyone:)?

As long as the Festival performance happens, I’ll check it out the best way I can!