Pink Sugar Heart Attack

Pink Sugar Heart Attack is a heart-element technique that Sailor Chibi Moon fires from her Pink Moon Rod. She relies on it throughout the manga, the original animated series, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, and numerous Sera Myu productions.

The manga treats the move as respectably potent, roughly on par with a typical Guardian's assault. When Sailor Chibi Moon first turned it on Tellu, it failed to finish the witch off yet still pressured her into shifting to her Daimon shape.

The anime version is far shakier. It often misfires or needs a second try, ranks among the weaker Senshi attacks, and its energy pulses run out of steam only a few feet out before dropping to the ground. Even so, a clean cast can rattle enemies or smash solid objects, and in episode 121 it grew strong enough to turn back one of Tellu's own strikes. Crystal reworks it once more, keeping the anime-style pose while shaping its hearts after Sailor Moon's Moon Spiral Heart Attack; there it fails to destroy Tellu, who soaks up the energy to transform, but later lands on Mistress 9 from behind for real damage.

Sailor Chibi Moon owns the technique in every medium. It also carries over into several games, among them the 3DO Sailor Moon S title, Another Story, and two Shuyaku Soudatsusen releases. A close cousin surfaces in episode 157 of the anime, where Sailor Chibi Moon draws on the Crystal Carillon to produce a comparable blast against VesVes. When paired with Tuxedo Mask, the move upgrades into the combined Pink Sugar Tuxedo Attack.