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Rainbow Moon Heartache

Character

Rainbow Moon Heartache is Super Sailor Moon's signature purifying strike during the third season, a burst of heart and moonlight energy that she channels through the Spiral Heart Moon Rod to wipe out Daimons and other foes.

Type: Heart and rainbow-moonlight-based attack
Upgrade: Rainbow Double Moon Heartache (with Super Sailor Chibi Moon); Moon Gorgeous Meditation
Japanese: 虹色月心 / レインボー・ムーン・ハート・エイク
Items Used: Spiral Heart Moon Rod; Eternal Tiare (musicals only)
First Anime Appearance: Who is the True Messiah? Chaos of Light and Darkness
First Manga Appearance: Act 33 Infinity 7 Transformation - Super Sailor Moon -
First Crystal Appearance: Act 33 Infinity 7 Transformation - Super Sailor Moon -
First Sera Myu Appearance: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S ~ Transformation - The Road to Become the Super Sailor Guardian
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Overview

This technique defines Sailor Moon's power throughout the Infinity storyline. She can only call on it after reaching her Super form, and its debut coincides with that very upgrade. Across the manga, the anime, Crystal, the musicals, and several games, it serves as her main finisher until the fourth season and the Black Dream Hole film hand that duty to Moon Gorgeous Meditation. A combined edition also exists, Rainbow Double Moon Heartache, performed alongside Super Sailor Chibi Moon and many times more potent.

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Mechanics

The routine starts with Sailor Moon lifting the Spiral Heart Moon Rod and whirling it around her body before settling into a pose. She then rotates once more, raises the rod again, and releases a spray of energy ribbons dotted with hearts. The visual is close kin to Moon Spiral Heart Attack, though this version layers in the rainbow, elaborate backdrops, and extra flourishes of movement. Whenever it lands on a monster, the destruction plays out almost identically each time.

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Notable Users

Super Sailor Moon is the lone caster. In the anime she wipes out every one of Tellu's Venus Heart Trap plants with it and undoes Viluy by cracking the nanocuff bracelet, which then rebounds and consumes its owner. The manga and Crystal show her first aiming it at Cyprine and Ptilol before turning it on the likes of Kaolinite and Professor Tomoe. She and Super Sailor Chibi Moon escalate it into Rainbow Double Moon Heartache in Act 37, enough to finish Mistress 9's Daimon form. The move also appears in Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story and the 3DO release Sailor Moon S. Its manga kanji reads loosely as Rainbow Moon Heart Incite, and the first English dub of the Hearts in Ice movie tacked the word Reform onto its name.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rainbow Moon Heartache?

Rainbow Moon Heartache is Super Sailor Moon's signature purifying attack during the Infinity storyline, channeling heart and moonlight energy through the Spiral Heart Moon Rod. She uses it to wipe out Daimons and other enemies until it is later replaced by Moon Gorgeous Meditation.

Who uses Rainbow Moon Heartache?

Super Sailor Moon is the only user of Rainbow Moon Heartache. She can only perform it after reaching her Super form, and its debut coincides with that transformation.

What item powers Rainbow Moon Heartache?

Rainbow Moon Heartache is channeled through the Spiral Heart Moon Rod. In the stage musicals, Super Sailor Moon instead uses the Eternal Tiare to perform it.

What does Rainbow Moon Heartache upgrade into?

Rainbow Moon Heartache can be combined with Super Sailor Chibi Moon's power to become the stronger Rainbow Double Moon Heartache. On its own, it is eventually succeeded by Moon Gorgeous Meditation.

When did Rainbow Moon Heartache first appear?

Rainbow Moon Heartache first appears in Act 33 of the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal, titled Infinity 7 Transformation, Super Sailor Moon. In the anime it debuts in the episode Who is the True Messiah? Chaos of Light and Darkness.

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