Parallel Sailor Moon
Manga ChapterNaoko Takeuchi created this standalone short in 1999 to mark the Year of the Rabbit, and it stands as the last manga chapter she released. It imagines an alternate timeline centered on Usagi's younger daughter, giving the series a lighthearted send-off outside the main canon.
Summary
The tale unfolds in a divergent reality where Usagi and Mamoru never rise to become Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion. Here the Sailor Guardians have already grown up, settled into marriage, and raised children of their own. Attention falls on Usagi's second child, Kousagi Tsukino, rather than her elder sister.
Key Events
Kousagi teams up with four companions, namely Ami Jr., Rei Jr., Mako Kino, and Mina Aino, the daughters of the original heroines. Their latent abilities awaken after an encounter with a small pink cat that never receives a proper name. Banding together, the young quintet manages to stop a rabbit-shaped comet before it can wreck the Earth, drawing on the transformation phrase Parallel Moon Power, Make Up.
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Notes
Because the story surfaced in the Materials Collection artbook some years after the series wrapped, it is the only chapter absent from the original collected volumes of the manga. Its first official English printing came in 2013 within Short Stories Vol. 2. The four parallel daughters are drawn with temperaments quite unlike their mothers and show little warmth toward Kousagi. Neither the girls nor the pink cat carry canon Guardian names, so fans improvise labels such as Sailor Parallel Moon and nicknames like Candy or Sugar Cat for the feline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Parallel Sailor Moon canon?
No. Parallel Sailor Moon imagines a divergent timeline where Usagi and Mamoru never became Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion, and the wiki describes it as a lighthearted send-off created outside the main canon.
What is the Parallel Sailor Moon chapter?
Parallel Sailor Moon is a standalone manga short Naoko Takeuchi created in 1999 to mark the Year of the Rabbit, imagining an alternate timeline centered on Usagi's younger daughter, Kousagi Tsukino, and her friends.
Who are the five heroines in Parallel Sailor Moon?
Kousagi Tsukino teams up with four companions, Ami Jr., Rei Jr., Mako Kino, and Mina Aino, who are the daughters of the original Sailor Guardians.
What transformation phrase do the girls use in Parallel Sailor Moon?
The five girls use the phrase Parallel Moon Power, Make Up after an unnamed pink cat awakens their latent abilities, and they use their powers to stop a rabbit-shaped comet from wrecking Earth.
Why is Parallel Sailor Moon absent from the original manga volumes?
Parallel Sailor Moon surfaced years later in the Materials Collection artbook after the series had already wrapped, making it the only chapter absent from the manga's original collected volumes.
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- Animated byToei Animation
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