Quick Rating: 4 / 5

The Cover: A very very pink cover here so if you don't like that colour then it may serve as a deterent for you. However this is the first issue of the Sailormoon manga! It's a MUST BUY! On the front we have a smiley Sailormoon, incidentaly doing the American "loser sign" with her fingers! It's obviously not intentional and I just noticed it writing this review! On the back we have a happy+ pic of Tuxedo Mask holding Serena.

In Brief: I will not spoil this issue for those that havn't read it yet. While the anime is based off of the events that happen in the manga the anime writers have taken a lot of creative lisence in bringing Sailormoon to tv and film. The manga is more mature in several ways from characterisation (more sexual) to action (blood and suicide) to the overall drama of the story.
Basically, in this first volume we are introduced to Luna, Sailormoon, Mercury, Mars and finally Jupiter. The story is very simple here as it is basically setting the stage for the next volume and the series as a whole. There is nothing technically wrong with this volume but because I have seen how great this book can be (such as the superb SuperS arc) I had to mark it down to a 4 / 5 rating.

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