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Girls Unite: The End of Jadeite

Episode

The thirteenth episode of the first season closes the book on the Dark Kingdom's first general. Facing eternal sleep for his failures, Jadeite dares the guardians to a showdown at an airport that becomes his undoing.

Season Number: 1
Japanese Airdate: June 6, 1992
Us Airdate: September 22, 1995
Director: Harume Kosaka
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Summary

Usagi remains torn between her crushes on Motoki and Tuxedo Mask while a graver matter unfolds. Queen Beryl, fed up with Jadeite's repeated failures, warns that another loss will condemn him to eternal sleep. Desperate, he projects an illusion over Tokyo, challenging the Sailor Guardians to meet him at Haneda Airport or watch the city burn.

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Key Events

Rei is eager to accept the duel while Ami suspects a trap, and Usagi has no wish to fight. At the airport, Jadeite lulls the waiting police into sleep and springs his ambush, sending clay-formed officers after the girls. After Sailor Mercury's computer identifies the enemies as clay, Sailor Mars reduces them to ash with Fire Soul, but Jadeite has now witnessed their transformations and learned their identities. He hurls two jet aircraft at them.

Tuxedo Mask's rose halts the planes, and he grapples with Jadeite until both plunge into the water, where only the general resurfaces to gloat that his rival is dead. Sailor Moon draws the jets away as a decoy, Mercury blinds Jadeite with Bubble Spray, and Mars pins his powers with Akuryo Taisan. Sailor Moon's Moon Tiara Action forces him into the path of an oncoming jet, and the wounded general is teleported back to the Dark Kingdom.

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Notes

Beryl refuses to hear Jadeite's plea about the guardians' identities and seals him in eternal sleep, holding his fate up as a warning before naming Nephrite her new commander. Tuxedo Mask then reappears alive, thanking the relieved girls for their concern. In the manga, Jadeite died at the hands of Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars during Act 3. DiC added lightning and smoke effects to the vision over Tokyo and reordered several airport shots. Nephrite debuts in this episode.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happens in "Girls Unite: The End of Jadeite"?

In this first season episode, Queen Beryl threatens Jadeite with eternal sleep after his repeated failures, prompting him to project an illusion over Tokyo and challenge the Sailor Guardians to a showdown at Haneda Airport.

How do the Sailor Guardians defeat Jadeite in this episode?

Sailor Moon draws Jadeite's jets away as a decoy, Sailor Mercury blinds him with Bubble Spray, Sailor Mars pins his powers with Akuryo Taisan, and Sailor Moon's Moon Tiara Action forces him into the path of an oncoming jet.

What happens to Tuxedo Mask in this episode?

Tuxedo Mask grapples with Jadeite and both plunge into the water. Jadeite resurfaces alone and gloats that his rival is dead, but Tuxedo Mask later reappears alive to the relieved girls.

What happens to Jadeite after his defeat in this episode?

Queen Beryl refuses to hear Jadeite's plea and seals him in eternal sleep as a warning to the other generals, then names Nephrite her new commander.

How did the manga handle Jadeite's fate differently?

In the manga, Jadeite died at the hands of Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars during Act 3, unlike the anime episode where he is sealed in eternal sleep instead of killed.

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