Sailor Moon Stars, Vol. 2

美少女戦士セーラームーン [Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon] #17

by Naoko Takeuchi

Sailor Moon and her friends the Princess, Chibi Chibi, and the Star Lights must defeat the villainous Sailor Galaxia and travel to the center of the galaxy to save the Sailor Scouts and Darien while protecting the Sailor Crystals.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction, Young Adult

176 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 1996

About the author

Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子) born March 15, 1967, a manga artist (mangaka), lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's works have a wide following among anime/manga fans. She has become a well-known mangaka worldwide. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, rose to become one of the most recognized manga/anime figures to date.

Takeuchi is married to Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of the YuYu Hakusho series and Hunter × Hunter series.

Please note that anime related books are listed under Kōdansha.

Reviews

[Natalia Bas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sagas manga leídas: ''Sailor Moon'', y ''Sailor V'', de Naoko Takeuchi. Glénat, edición española. 18 y 3 tomos. Heroínas, superheroínas, magical girls, cómic, aventuras, acción, romance...
Otro de los mangas que compré en cuanto se editaron en España.
La serie de televisión la descubrí, en verdad, después...
El dibujo es precioso, detallado, divertido y elegante... Entre el manga clásico y moderno de hace una generación.
Debo aclarar que antes que ''Sailor Moon'', va ''Sailor V''. Una especie de 'episodio piloto' de 3 tomos, que ya avanza la trama de la serie.
Quizás inspirada en una época en la que las mujeres se hartaron de ser consideradas las 'segundonas' en un mundo más bien lleno de mallas masculinas...
En un Japón rodeado de seres malvados, unas estudiantes con traje de marinera, nos van a demostrar de lo que son capaces entre familia, amigos, colegio, chicos monos, gatos misteriosos, videojuegos, y que no se nos olvide el almuerzo... para que triunfen la paz, la justicia, la amistad y el amor.
Aparecerán muchos personajes, con una historia personal cada uno: los buenos y los malos.
La luna, siempre presente, nos mostrará sus varios rostros y secretos...
Buenos que se transforman en malos y extraños que se transforman en familia. Y máscaras que ocultan rostros que a veces no pueden ocultar el amor.
¿Quién no conoce ''Sailor Moon''?

[Javier Lucero · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Sailor Moon: Stars #2" es el décimo séptimo volumen, que recompila los capítulos del 46 al 48 del manga.

Las Sailor Star Lights se alegran de encontrar a la Princesa Kakyuu y esta le cuenta que Chibi-Chibi la estuvo protegiendo todo este tiempo revelando que se trata de otra Sailor Guardian. Mientras tanto, una nueva guerrera, Sailor Tin Nyanko, va tras Artemis y Luna debio a que pertenecen al mismo planeta, Mau, pero en ese momento aparecen Sailor Moon y Seiya quienes la atacan, sin embargo, Sailor Tin Nyanko logra herir de gravedad a Artermis, Luna y Diana quién había viajado al pasado para ayudar a sus padres. Una vez en el cuartel de Galaxy, esta asesina a Sailor Tin Nyanko, ya que no logro su verdadero objetivo.

Mientras que la Princesa Kakyuu atiende a los heridos, ella y las Sailor Star Lights le revelan a Sailor Moon quien es realmente Sailor Galaxy y porque quiere los cristales de poder de todas las Sailor Guardians de la Galaxia.

Camino a casa con Chibi-Chibi, Usagi tiene un enfrentamiento frente a frente con Sailor Galaxy, quién intenta quitarle el Legendario Cristal de Plata, pero es salvada por Chibi-Chibi.

Tras una serie de sueños, Sailor Moon decide ir a buscar a las Sailor Guardians de la Constelación Exterior, solo para descubrir que Galaxy ya las ha matado, esto genera en Usagi la necesidad de ir a la estrella Sagittarius Zero, lugar donde Galaxy la esta esperando para el enfrentamiento final. Sin poder hacer que cambie de opinión, la Princesa Kakyuu y las Sailor Star Lights deciden acompañar a Sailor Moon a dicho lugar, ya que lo consideran sumamente peligroso.

Tras un complicado viaje, Sailor Moon y su equipo llegan a la estrella Sagittarius Zero, al ingresar son esperados por un barquero misterioso que se ofrece a llevarlas. Sin embargo, Usagi despierta en el fondo del río sin ningún tipo de recuerdo debido a que el barquero se revela como Sailor Lethe, una guerrera bajo la orden de Galaxy con el propósito de eliminarlas.

Sailor Lethe, de forma despiadada, mata a Luna, Artemis y Diana, aunque su ataque final a Sailor Moon es frustrado por su hermana, Sailor Mnemosyne, quién el devuelve a Sailor Moon sus verdaderos recuerdos y su propósito del porque fue hasta ese lugar. Aunque se enoja, no arremete contra ella y les revela que cree que Sailor Moon es la causa de todos los problemas y por eso decidieron unirse a Sailor Galaxy. Sin embargo, cuando Sailor Moon se ofrece a sacrificarse para terminar la guerra, ambas deciden cambiar de opinión y las ayudan, pero en ese momento aparecen Sailor Phi y Sailor Chi y las matan, robandoles sus cristales de poder debido a que ellas fueron Sailor Guardians desde un principio.

En el siglo XXX, Sailor Chibi Moon se entera del conflicto y decide volver al pasado para ayudar a Sailor Moon y sus amigas, pero las Sailor Quartet no la dejan ir sola y deciden acompañarla.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an explosion of awesome - evil Sailor Galaxia has killed all of Sailor Moon's coterie, leaving our heroine with a few new allies, but mostly determined to stand alone and save the world. It's a nice move, after she has so consistently drawn strength and comfort from her friends, to see her determined to go on when alone. The battles are epic, and we get a long back story about the origins of life in the universe and the role of Sailor Scouts throughout. Takeuchi really ratched everything up for the series finale, and it's paying off in spades.

[Canette Arille · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is super awesome! The cover is fantastic! The story is my fav. I love Three Lights band, mostly Seiya. Usagi and Seiya is great couple. I love this book! I m very happy that I read this manga. I dont like only violence.

[Marge · Rating 5 out of 5]

yes

[Bibliothecat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review for complete series



Sailor Moon is a fundamental series of manga. Most manga fans and readers will have read it or at the very least be familiar with the character and plot. I was one of those who did not grow up with Sailor Moon; I never really saw the anime episodes and by the time I started to read the manga the Sailor Moon series was long out of print. Nonetheless, I had an idea of what the series was about, the characters and of course the fact that it was famous and very popular. By now I have watched the first season and have read the series. Prior to reading it my expectations of this series were not too high – sure, there must be something about it that so many people would love it. But I also thought that a lot of its high praise must come from that air of nostalgia that Sailor Moon will always have. Despite my doubts, after having read it I feel that this manga truly deserves all the praise it receives!

There are a few things that I did not like – but that holds true for most things. For one thing, Sailor Moon does, in no way, look or act like a 14-year old. I would have been much happier if she were just a few years older. Mamoru is a nice character but the poor guy is pretty much the only representative of males. All other male characters that appear are only around for a couple of chapters, villains, minor characters or women disguised as men. And then, although it is typical for magical girl manga, the name of their attacks. I do not mind them having hearts and whatnot all over their costumes – but all the spells with sugar heart rains and the like were too much for me.

However!

Sailor Moon was so much more than what I expected of a magical girl series. Magical girl types of series often leave me with a lot of disbelief and hardly ever do more than just provide a bit of entertainment. I always thought of Sailor Moon to be just like that but the author delivered such beautiful and logical explanations to all the events happening. I loved the whole concept of the story and it let the characters be true guardians of the earth rather than teenagers in sparkly costumes. I am no big fan of science fiction but I loved how the author played with time and space. Because she managed to make Sailor Moon's role so much more believable for me, it was so much easier to route for her and feel with her through all the hardships.

I loved the power of friendship in this work and the romance between Sailor Moon and Mamoru was beautiful. I watched the first season of the anime before reading the manga: the relationship between Sailor Moon and Mamoru was ridiculous but the manga version just made my heart feel warm. The beautiful artwork of the author helped, of course. But all scenes between Sailor Moon and Mamoru were so gentle and warm. I loved how their memories of their past lives slowly returned to them.

The other thing is the art. The artwork is one of the most important things for me when reading a manga and Sailor Moons is just so astonishingly beautiful. Sailor Moon as a character was also very nice – she grows so much throughout the series and she is nowhere as annoying as she was in the anime adaption. It is also nice how the author goes into the other characters dreams and wishes and does not only focus on Sailor Moon – another thing that many magical girl manga do.

The series delivers many lovely and also comical scenes which is good because it also has many (to me unexpected) dark scenes. I probably enjoyed the middle arcs the most. However, I was very interested in the final arc about Sailor Galaxia and was rather disappointed that it fell so short. I think there could have been a lot more about that arc and I would have liked to have learned more about Sailor Galaxia’s motives and origins as well as the purpose and system of the Cauldron and how it creates the stars and planets.

All in all: nothing but the highest praise for Sailor Moon! I liked this series so much more than what I always what I always thought I would and I think it is never too late to become a fan!

[Natalie]

To be honest, I didn’t think I was going to like this manga. In fact, I was expecting to loathe it. To my surprise, I didn’t.

To be clear, I didn’t love this manga. I don’t know what it is about this series but it’s a manga that I would love to bash but at the same time there’s this charm and likability to it that I just can’t bring myself to hate it.

Sailor Moon is the shojo manga that basically started the magic girl story in manga. It’s very predictable and cheesy. But that's part of its' charm. Since it is also a romance, it tends to have those romantic clichés such as the main couple being total opposites and not getting along.

While the main character is a bit whiny and a crybaby at times, I didn't find her so unbearable that I couldn't stand her at all. Her slightly annoying personality is a lot better than having no personality at all.

Regardless, no matter how many flaws this manga has, I have to admit that there is this charm to it that just makes it kind of likable. Some of the characters are likable and the plot did move surprisingly fast. Much like my review of Dragon Ball Z I don't love the franchise but I do admire and respect it for what it has done for the Shojo manga and magic girl genre.

[Chelsea · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little disappointed in this middle volume of Stars. There wasn't anything too new or interesting happening in this volume. There was a lot of exposition on who Galaxia is, how Sailor Scouts are created, and introductions to other fake scouts. We learn more about the Star Lights and their princess Kakyu as they decide to travel to Sagitarius Zero, AKA the Center of all universes. This decision comes about when Bunny discovers the Outer Senshi have been turned to dust and she witnesses Artemis and Luna (revealed to be aliens!!) obliterated. This affects the 30th Century as Diana ceases to exist. Rini is prompted to go back in time to help save her family, this time she'll be accompanied by her own Sailor Scouts, the Amazoness Quartet!
Where the volume was of course enjoyable, it was disappointing as there's only one final volume after this! I wanted to learn more about Chibi Chibi...who is she? And how is she able to achieve the Eternal Scout transformation so young?? Does she have a real name?

I am looking forward to the final volume in the series!

[Gab Andrade · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 estrellas.

Penúltimo tomo del manga de sailor moon, no pensé que llegaría tan pronto hasta acá.

La historia de este volumen ha sido un ir y venir emocional. He visto como se eleva y como cae la protagonista, mostrando una evolución emocional, cada vez dejamos atrás a la Usagi torpe del primer manga, y ahora vemos a una Usagi más decidida, capaz de hacer cosas grandes, y dejando los berrinches.

Me gusta ver como Usagi evoluciona siendo una grandiosa guerrera.

[✨Sky✨ ♏ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 stars

[Nancy Loredo · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Wiktoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kończymy arc 5!!! 💔💔

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gesuchtet ... oh gott nun will och nur noch mehr Sailor Moon Cosmos sehen.

[Jeyddi Martinez]

its gonna be romantic

[Leigh Isley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this book up because it was a Manga, Graphic Novel. I wasn't sure what to expect because I have never read a Manga book. This book is set up like a comic book. I found it very hard to follow and keeping up with all the action was somewhat of a task. Although the illustrations are quite entertaining and comical.

Sailor Moon is a young high school freshman who is known by her high school friends as Bunny. She is one of the many chosen ones who are Sailor Scouts for their planets, and with the help of "crystals" she is able to turn Bunny into Sailor Moon and fight all the injustices to her planet and friends. With the help of some of her friends like: Sailor Chibi Chibi and Sailor Star Lights she is able to save her planet (the moon) from the ultimate enemy Sailor Galaxia. Sailor Moon uses her powers to knock down and destroy Sailor Galaxia. At the end you find that you would need to continue with Vol. 3 to find out what happens next and to continue on with Sailor Moon's many more adventures. At the very end of the book there are some extra pages that tell more about Sailor Moon, her friends, and family. These pages help you better understand about Sailor Moon and her adventures.

Any teenager from 12 - 15 would enjoy reading this book. I do find it would be a better read for higher level readers just because it uses many upper level vocabulary words and phrases.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all-time favorite series. The gateway series to getting me into anime and manga! The artwork impressed me so much, and the story was fun. It is still one of my favorites both because it's well-done, and for nostagia reasons.

This is the version that came out during the middle age of manga: before they stopped flipping the artwork, but right as TokyoPop was starting to emerge, and the volumes got cheaper. Unfortunately you could see it in the quality, as there were a lot of typos and sometimes the edges of pages would get cut off.

[Daniela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encantó que mostraran el futuro y como todo se estaba modificando y que aparecieran nuevamente las sailor scouts de Rini. Falta ya muy poco para el final y para despedirse de este mundo increíble que creo Naoko.

[Tori]

Sailor Moon Stars #2 by Naoko Takeuchi (2001)

[Juanita Tejeda · Rating 5 out of 5]

By far one of my favorite series from my childhood. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. Sadly now it is really hard to find but if you manage to track down the volumes more power to you.
^_^,

[Jackie]

I enjoyed it, but I think I liked book one of the Sailor Stars better. Some of it got a bit confusing towards the end.

[Rachael · Rating 5 out of 5]

favorite manga of all time!

[Marco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Todos nacimos de un mismo lugar... Este volumen es precioso y a la vez triste, por otro lado, ¡la Mangaka pulió muchísimo su estilo!

[Greisi · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5

[Steph · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great manga. My gateway into anime and manga!

[Marchel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Di Indonesia terbit dengan judul Sailor Moon vol. 17, terbitan Elex Media Komputindo.

[Beatriz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Madre mía, me está dejando alucinada la trama Stars. No tiene NADA que ver con el anime.