The world of Pretty Soldier: Sailor Moon is one to best delve into via the form of its original manga, in my opinion. There is something so special about the manga, a feeling I can't really replicate perfectly in words. When I started reading it, I really had to slow down because I felt that there was something here that needed to be deeply appreciated about the finished work I was holding. What I'm trying to get at here is that Sailor Moon feels like a work that its creator, Naoko Takeuchi, put her entire heart into. Each character feels so special, like she put so much love and pieces of herself into every wisp of hair she so beautifully rendered. Even with the ridiculously stylized shojo features every character has, it all just feels so honest. I think I saw an interview of her painting a piece of art for presumably a cover or art book, and she said something along the lines of, "I work looking out at the sunset (and maybe ocean too?). I try to paint the art quickly so as to capture the colors and feeling of the sunset, and sometimes it ends up looking a bit messy." I feel like you can really see that in her colored works. Gorgeous pieces with vibrant background colors that run into each other and are a little wild but have a lot of heart.

Having said all of that, I must confess that I don't have much of a review for the manga's story. I just came here to gush about how much I admire Sailor Moon. Reading the manga gives me such a whimsical, lovely feeling that I hope other people can experience when they read it.