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serena! Anonymous
serena!
>> Anonymous
did you seriously just call her by that bastardized name? that makes baby jesus cry.
>> Anonymous
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That is an ugly, ugly bathing suit.
>> Same Person !FBOTTGqe26
>>265243

Even "Bunny" is better than Serena.
>> Anonymous
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Usagi-Chan

^_^
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one last pic to share tonight
>> Anonymous
>>265243
this is /e/cchi not /c/reepy fucking children's cartoon obsession
>> Anonymous
>>265281

there's also a pokemon thread. so what.
oh wait, forgot the internet is serious business.
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>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
>>265249

Because, you know, her real name totally isn't "Princess Serenity" or anything.
>> Anonymous
>>265245the op?
nah, on the op, its got that cute frill up at the bra ish thingy
>>265249i read somewhere that they were going to make it victoria before they decided serena...which actually fits quite well, with the moon goddess of the greek thing..which is a lot of the stuff the show has in it...which is selene... and then theres the fact that her name is serenity...usagi actually fits less than the ones they gave her in english...haha, of course, the japanese gets away with it, because they made it
but the name fits pretty well..it just doesnt sound as good as usagi
>> Anonymous
This is the king of weeaboo here. Well, not so much weeaboo as much as I know a lot about various religions.
Anyway, besides Greek mythology, there is also a lot of Shinto references in Sailor Moon. In Japanese and Chinese mythology, there is a connection between rabbits and the moon. Even in Korea, they say the shadows cast on the moon look like a couple of bunnies making rice-cakes (as opposed to seeing a man's face in Western folktale).
Shinto mythology is also reflected in the fact that Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto use weapons shaped like a mirror, sword, and jewel (the jewel in Pluto's key) which are holy items. There's a story I know of about the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu which has those items as key elements.
Look hard enough and you can find other Shinto-based inside jokes in anime and games like Mario becoming a raccoon or tanuki by touching a leaf, and such.
>> Anonymous
bimp
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>...usagi actually fits less than the ones they gave her in english...

No, Usagi works best because she's supposed to be a Japanese schoolgirl who's a reincarnation of a Greek Goddess, not a Greek Goddess. She needs a Japanese name, not a Greek one.

"Tsukino Usagi" or "tsuki no usagi" meaning "rabbit of the moon" is just a pun, and while "Bunny" fits the pun, it's just not a good English name.

Victoria's a pretty good name, but it's link to British royalty seems a bit too forced, and it doesn't have any other meaning (unless they wanted to butcher her reasons for showing the V sign).

Serena isn't a great English name, but it's kind of nice, and works with the themes. It's too close to Serenity (which was another well-chosen original name) to be great, but it works.
>> Anonymous
>>265806
>>266060
Shut up, nerds.
>> Anonymous
>>266105
Hey tough guy, why are you posting in a sailor moon thread _at all_ to begin with?