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Yeah. That's exactly the same point I brought up here.

Oh, I guess I misunderstood. Because in one episode shortly after the carnival, Motoki mentioned Mamoru about their "date one year ago" and I was like "it's already been one year?!" I guess they said that because the new year just came and they were referring to last year..

He said "kyonen," last year, not "one year ago."

Isn't last year supposed to be sennen? Kyounen is this year...

kotoshi is this year, kyonen is last year

Well give anime!Mamo-chan some credit; not a lot of men can pull of 'the pink shirt.'

Hooray for the undressing!!!

This is a common misconception. Sennen means 1000 years (it has various meanings depending on the kanji, like a few years ago and such, but it does not mean last year). KYOUNEN is the year you die. Kyonen is last year. Kotoshi is this year. Rainen is next year.

Incidentally, none of those mean "a year ago." That would be "ichi-nen mae ni," which doesn't come close to what was said.

Japanese is screwed up...

O.o Okay...

So he stole the engagement (SP?) rings that he and Hina wears? He must be a good thief he will steal the wedding rings. :wink:

~ o-hime-sama

They wear engagement rings? The only ring I noticed was on on Mamoru's right hand.

Edit-Mamoru does also have a ring on his left hand, but it's on his index finger.

Hadn't noticed the rings, but him stealing jewlery, and as a subset rings, has a basis in the show, so sure, why not .

Maybe on one of his nightly tours he blindly shoved everything he could reach into his bag, ran off and when he was examining the stuff he got to see if the Crystal was among it Hina walked in and saw him holding an expensive ring and was all 'Ohmigawd he wants to propoooose to me!' So he had no other way than proposing to her to hide his secret identity. O_o

Okay, going to bed. Now.


Are we... slightly off-topic?

From just the translation, my theory goes:

There's half a year until Mamoru and Hina are supposedly getting married. That means, Minako has only that time to get all the other girls in top shape for the big battle and still save Usagi and Mamoru's future together. Yay! What'd you think of my theory??

Oh yea, and I took the "last year" comment like how on new year's eve, people say "see ya next year" but it's like.. tomorrow... so whatever Usagi did was in the past year and now it's a new year so she says to forget about it...

Why would Minako suddenly care about Usagi and Mamoru's future together? I know she was originally supposed to keep them apart.

Maybe Minako's trying to keep them apart for now so Usagi can spend her time training or whatever. It's clear that Minako is seeing the whole picture, or more of it than anybody else is, and to me, it seems like every move she makes is deliberate.

Zoicite guessed Endymion pretty quickly so maybe by keeping Usagi away from him, Minako is again taking the "princess" thing onto herself.
By not associating with Tuxedo Kamen, Usagi is safe from being suspected as the princess, perhaps?

Half a year more until the end of the show?? (I don't want it to end...)

I seriously hope it doesn't take six months for the real princess to be revealed. That would suck!

you know that's a valid theory. maybe that's what it is after all. And I think Minako collapsed is because she is exhausted physically and mentally, I mean, she's a singer and a superheroine at the same time and the stress of watching over Usagi finally got to her. It happens to a lot of people when they have too much stuff on their minds and suddenly she collapses. The 1st time she was in the hopsital, it was because of that. I don't think Minako has a terminal illness. And about the engagement, yeah, Mamoru is not too happy about it, because somehow he's reacting how Usagi acts towards him(episode 17) and somehow, he needs to get out of this. That's just my theory I guess.

I agree that too much stress can cause fainting. But, I think with Minako it's much more complex than just -physical fatigue- she has also been showing other symptoms. Like bluring of vision and what seems to be painful head aches. I'm really curious as to what is her illness, is it mystical? Can't wait to find out.



Maybe I am misunderstanding. But are you refering to Act 11? Minako was in the Hospital for the first time because, a truck tried to run her over...

I too think the 6 months has something to do with the wedding.

I also agree that Minako feinted from over working herself. When does she ever get to sleep? Idols don't get much rest and she spends that little time that should be spent resting by fighting crime.

yeah..sorry about that.I kinda forgot. But maybe there is an allusion to that, that somehow she is carrying the crystal within her and is trying to break out and find her rightful owner, which is Usagi. That is just a theory I guess. And yeah, she spends too much energy on doing other things, the stress builds up and finally gets to her and she collapses. It would happen to a person, either if they are a superheroine or not. I agree with you there, that i can't wait how all of this will play out in the end.

What I don't get is why everyone thinks Mamoru's graduation is in six months?? If we go by the manga, he's in eleventh grade--he has much more than six months to graduate. In a magazine, Shibue Jyoji's Mamoru was described as a "koukousei," so you know he's not in college and is definitely in high school...Judging from the fact that I see no proof he's not in 11th grade, I doubt the six months has anything to do with Mamoru. I don't even think Minako knows who Mamoru is--she called him "that guy" in Act 15.

As always, we'll see. ^^

Then if that's true, wouldn't we see him in a school uniform?

If what's true? If I actually saw the scan of the magazine calling him a high school student?

http://www.three-lights.net/images/shogakukan2/7.jpg

In the description of Chiba Mamoru, it specifically says koukousei.

Whatever the case, why would we see him in his uniform? People don't live in uniforems, and we've never seen him *in* school. We usually see him when Usagi sees him, which means *she's* out of school, which probably means he's out of school too. The other times we see him, he's in his house, chilling with Motoki, on a date with Hina, or stealing jewelry. Didn't realize a uniform was necessary for any of those actions.

My original point was, I don't see why people think he's graduating in six months...in six months, it would be August. Graduations don't happen in August in Japan anyway.

When are Japanese graduations?

Also, they likely wouldn't get married the same day they graduated. It could be a month or two later.

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Whoa. Here's a thought. Maybe 6 months is how long you need to go to that church before you can get married there.

I too doubt that Minako would even bother to talk about Mamoru and his wedding. She's not interested in him as long as he stays away from Sailor Moon (for her safety probably) and as long as he doesn't steal jewelry. And all of that assuming that she knows that Mamoru is Tuxedo Kamen. If she doesn't, there's nothing to be said anymore.

Come on, her only interest is her mission and her mission is about the Princess. Mamoru's wedding or lack of thereof has nothing to do with Serenity's awakening but with Usagi's personal feelings.

Some sort of incurable sickness is maybe a weird explanation, but it's a better reason why she is in hurry, why other girls "would be sad" and why she has these health problems. I would like to see something less typical, but I'd rather believe that than this strange Mamoru theory. It just doesn't make sense.

Japanese schools have three semesters, separated by vacations. At most schools, summer vacation covers the 40-odd days from July 20 to August 31; winter and spring vacation both last around 10 days, from December 26 to around January 6 and March 25 to around April 5, respectively. The new school year starts in April, at the end of spring vacation.

But wouldn't it be AWESOME to see Shibue in the Moto Abazu uniform?

Hi .

e_e; I have a couple (really just 2) of theories as to what 'six months' could be (most likely they won't happen x_x).

If they're trying to stay somewhat close to the Manga; then maybe the six months tie in (somehow) with what Sailor V said about fate not being able to change in Act 7. Maybe a reference to the Princess' suicide (in the past) and what's to come in the near future? (I hope that makes sense.)

Maybe, six months is how much longer the Senshi have until they use their powers to go to the Moon to learn about their past? >_>;