Fighter Star Power, Make Up

Fighter Star Power, Make Up is the phrase Seiya Kou speaks to shift into the guardian form of Sailor Star Fighter. It shows up in both the manga and the classic anime, with the Sailor Change Star serving as the item that triggers the change. The words first ring out in the manga during Act 51 Stars 2 and in the anime during episode 194, while the movie Sailor Moon Cosmos later gives them their Crystal-era debut.

The 90s series actually staged the sequence two different ways, the second and grander of which arrived with episode 194. In the earlier rendition, the Sailor Change Star materialized and its star lit up before a burst of light fixed the brooch onto Seiya's chest; another flash reverted the singer to a female shape, and one more brought the complete sailor outfit into being, after which she moved through a run of poses to a final stance. The reworked version opened the same way, then sent three stars streaking past as Seiya turned in a slow spin, dropped back into female form, and let golden energy climb her body to weave the uniform before settling into her closing pose. The manga kept things simpler: to make the change and finish off Sailor Aluminum Siren, Seiya raised the winged brooch of the Sailor Change Star in one hand and recited the line.

Seiya Kou is the only one to invoke this call, always to reach the identity of Sailor Star Fighter. One quirk of the anime is that the full transformation displayed the Sailor Change Star clipped to Fighter's ear, yet outside of a handful of moments the device rarely appeared again afterward. The Italian dub also swapped between two spoken versions of the phrase, a change that carried over to the other two Starlights as well.