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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 01 Act 004
[119-1]Act 4Masquerade
Masquerade
[120-1]SOUNDKACHA KACHA
[120-2]SOUNDBEEP
Screen:Sailor Moon
Tsukino Usagi
birthday
June 30Cancer
blood type
O
Age: 14
Attending Juuban Junior High in Minato-ku
[120-3]Screen:Sailor Mercury
Mizuno Ami
birthday
September 10Virgo
blood type
A
Age: 14
Juuban Junior High in Minato-ku
[120-4]Screen:Sailor Mars
Hino Rei
birthday
April 17Aries
blood type
AB
Age: 14
T.A. Girls’ Academy (Private)
[120-5]SOUNDBEEP
Screen:Chiba Mamoru
birthday
Unknown
blood type
Unknown
Age: Estimated 17~18
Attending Moto Azabu High School (Private)
[120-6]Screen:Ally or enemy???
Requires further observation. . .!!!
[120-7]SOUNDBEEP BEEP
BEEP BEEP
BEEP BEEP
Luna:. . .
[121-1]SOUNDKACHA KACHA
[121-2]Sign:Crown Arcade
SOUNDVRMMM
[121-3]SOUNDCHIRP CHIRP
VRMMM
[121-4]Ikuko:Oh, my! That Sailor Moon-chan has done it again.
Newspaper:Juuban Sports
On the Other Side of Crime, there’s “Sailor Moon”!
A Safe Return for the Victims of the Sendai Hill Kidnappings
Ikuko:I wonder who these soldiers of justice are. . .
[They always look pretty young.]
SOUNDPEEP PEEP
CHIRP CHIRP
[121-5]SOUNDRUSTLE
[121-6]Newspaper:Jewel Kingdom D’s Princess D
Arrives with Elusive Secret Gem
[122-1]SOUNDTHUMPA THUMPA THUMPA THUMPA
Usagi:[Gehhhh!]
It’s 8:25!
I’m laaaaate!
SOUNDBYOO
PA
Usagi:Mama, my lunch!
[122-2]Usagi:Luna, it’s Olympic sprint time!
[122-3]Usagi:There sure are a lot of police around today.
[122-4]Usagi:I’m Tsukino Usagi.
I’m actually the soldier of justice, Sailor Moon.
[It’s a secret from Mama.]
[123-1]Usagi:But I’m not just any soldier of justice.
I have a lot of duties. It’s really overwhelming.
[123-2]Usagi:I have to defeat the mysterious enemy that threatens the people (they don’t seem to be
human).
I have to seek out my allies.
And I have to find the “Elusive Silver Crystal,”
But I don’t know where it is.
And. . .
[123-3]Usagi:Luna says I have to find our princess and protect her.
SOUNDDING DONG DANG DONG
[123-4]Usagi:Good morning.
[Wheeze wheeze]
Naru:Usagi, you’re safe!
[Haruda’s not here yet.]
[124-1]Naru:Hey, there were a lot of police around today, weren’t there?
Usagi:Yeah, yeah, what’s going on?
[124-2]Naru:The princess of the D Kingdom, which produces the most jewels in the world,
Princess D, is coming today!
[124-3]Naru:There’s going to be a banquet at the embassy tonight!
The D Kingdom embassy is right at the foot of Sendai Hill!
Usagi:Heeeeeh, a princess!
[124-4]Naru:So,
Princess D is going to inherit the elusive secret gem that’s passed down through the royal
family,
and they say she’s going to reveal the secret gem to the world at the banquet!
A secret gem from a jewel kingdom. . .it must be incredible.
[I can’t even imagine.]
Caption:[Naru-chan’s family runs a jewelry store.]
SOUNDRUSTLE
[125-1]Newspaper:Minato Juuban Newspaper
Tonight, the Riddle of the Century is Solved!
Princess D, successor to the Great D Kingdom arrives with Elusive Secret Gem!
Princess D Dislikes the Press
[125-2]Naru:Oh, Usagi, your cat is trying so hard to read the paper.
[It’s so cute.]
Luna:. . .
[125-3]SOUNDDING DONG
[125-4]Sign:Crown Arcade
[125-5]Ami:Usagi-chan!
[You’re here!]
Rei:You’re late!
SOUNDPYOON
GAGAGA
PYOON PYOON
[125-6]Usagi:Ehehe. . .
Luna:She got detention for failing another test.
[Honestly!]
Usagi:Ami-chan, tutor me next time!
Allow me to introduce. . .
[126-1]Usagi:--The very dependable genius from Class 5, Ami-chan. . .
Sailor Mercury!
[126-2]Usagi:And,
the refined young lady who’s scary when she gets mad,
the beautiful miko, Rei-chan. . .
Sailor Mars!
I’ve found two of my allies already.
[126-3]Rei:Honestly! Why do I have to be a sailor soldier? I’m busy!
SOUNDFWSH
[126-4]Rei:Luna!
You say we have to find the princess,
but what kingdom is she from? What does she look like?
[126-5]Rei:And
where did you come from, Luna? If you can’t tell me who you really are,
I won’t help you.
[127-1]Luna:--I. . .
can’t tell you that yet.
. . .You certainly wouldn’t believe me if I did.
[127-3]Ami:But, Luna, we need a little more information.
Like about the enemy and the “Elusive Silver Crystal”. . .
[127-4]Luna:To be honest,
I’m not even sure who the enemy really is.
That they’ve infiltrated Tokyo. . .
[127-5]Ami:But we became soldiers to defeat the enemy, didn’t we?
[127-6]Luna:No!
You became soldiers to protect the princess.
You’re her guardians.
[127-7]Luna:--The fact that we still can’t find the princess. . .
[128-1]Luna:. . .means she’s been sealed away somehow.
I think so that we won’t know who she is.
[128-2]Ami:Sealed?
Rei:Why is that necessary. . .?
[128-3]Luna:It’s very likely that the Princess has
the “Elusive Silver Crystal.”
[128-4]Luna:Everyone has their eye on that gem with infinite power.
But if its power is abused, horrible things can happen.
[129-1]SOUNDPYOON PYOON
PIPIPI GAGAGA
PSHOON
Luna:--You haven’t been fully awakened as soldiers, either.
[129-2]Luna:Once all the soldiers are assembled,
and you’ve been completely awakened, and the princess has been unsealed,
you’ll understand everything.
[129-3]Luna:But that’s all I can say for now.
Is that enough?
[129-4]Rei:--A-
Awakened?
How. . .
[129-5]Luna:--Your memories.
[129-6]Luna:You have to remember.
[129-7]Rei:Remember?
SOUNDPYOON PYOON
GAGAGAGA
Luna:Especially you, Usagi-chan.
[130-1]Luna:You were the first to become a soldier.
You have to become everyone’s leader.
And yet you’re the most unreliable one.
SOUNDPYOOIN
PYOON
PIKO PIKO PIKO
[130-2]Luna:Come on, Usagi-chan! We’re having a serious conversation, here! Stop playing games!
Usagi:Wait, wait, just a little more!
SOUNDPIKO PIKO
PIKON PIKON
Luna:Try to be a little more responsible!
[130-3]Motoki:There sure are a lot of policemen around today.
SOUNDVMMM
[130-4]SOUNDPAT PAT
Motoki:Hey, Usagi-chan, you brought your pretty friends with you again today.
Usagi:[Ehehe.]
[130-5]Usagi:Onii-san, I know why!
There’s a princess coming to the D Kingdom embassy today!
[130-6]Luna:Princess D and that secret gem. . .
SOUNDWHISPER
Luna:We might have to check them out.
Caption:[You’re heavy, Luna.]
[131-1]Motoki:Heeeh, a princess, huh?
I wonder if she’s blonde and curvy.
[131-2]Umino:Heh heh heh.
SOUNDAPPEAR
Umino:I got my hands on a picture of Princess D.
[131-3]SOUNDUNFURL
Motoki:. . .Eh?
Rei:That’s Princess D?
Ami:Heeh. . .
Hmm. . .
[Haha]
Umino:[Look!]
Usagi:She looks kind of like Umino.
[131-4]Usagi:Aww. . .I’m sure Princess D will be wearing a beautiful dress to the banquet.
I want to go, I want to go!
I want to see the elusive secret gem, too!
Freetalk:
Luna:A commercial break
Ufufu, actually, Takeuchi-sensei wrote the lyrics to some of the songs on the second Sailor Moon anime cd! I wrote six songs, actually. I really like Tuxedo Mask’s theme. (It’s called “Tuxedo Night.” What do you think?) It should be on sale by the time this volume comes out. It’s called “Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Ai wa Doko ni aru no?” Please listen to it!
This is Usagi-chan as drawn by my editor, Osa-P.
[Cute!]
I’m really thankful to Osa-P for always giving me such freedom with my work.
And to all my wonderful boyfriends and girlfriends out there who never give up on little old Naoko no matter how scattered she is, I love you!
And to all of you out there, it’s all thanks to you that I can put out books like this. I’m very thankful.
I think. . .this is Tuxedo Mask. I like the word “girlfriend.”
“Usagi-chan,” his girlfriend.
M Mask drew these two pictures. Thanks for all the delicious food you cook for me!
Well, well, see you in volume 2! The password is Moon Prism Power, Make Up!!
1992.6.1 Naoko
[132-1]Rei:I’d give it up if I were you.
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
Nothing good will come of it.
[132-2]SOUNDWHOOSH
[132-3]Nephrite:The D Kingdom’s elusive secret gem, huh?
I’ll have to investigate this.
Newspaper:The D Kingdom’s Elusive Secret Gem
[132-6]Nephrite:Jadeite, I’ll get the Elusive Silver Crystal
and bring you back to life!
[133-1]Queen Beryl:Yes, Nephrite.
[133-2]Beryl:The Elusive Silver Crystal can not only bring back Jadeite, but our Great Leader.
And our Dark Kingdom will reign upon the Earth!!
[133-3]Beryl:The Elusive Silver Crystal. . .
What is it like?
Does it truly possess such mighty powers?
[133-4]Beryl:Where in the world is it!?
Usagi:I’m home!
[134-1]Usagi:Ahhh, Papa, what’s going on? You’re all dressed up!
Kenji:[Ohh]
There’s a banquet at the D Kingdom embassy tonight. I’m taking pictures for a
magazine.
Usagi:[Ehhhh!?]
[134-2]Usagi:No FAIR! I want to go tooooo!
Kenji:It’ll be on the news later, okay? Gotta run!
[I’ll enjoy it for you, too, Usagi.]
SOUNDSLAM
[134-3]Usagi:. . .Luna.
SOUNDNYOKI
START
[134-4]Usagi:Let’s go investigate, too.
[134-5]SOUNDSA
[134-6]Usagi:Moon Power!
[135-1]Usagi:Transform into a princess!
[135-2]Rei:[Ugh! Why do I have to go?]
[135-3]Usagi:Waah! It’s a masquerade!
Luna:Now no one knows who’s who.
[136-1]Ami:Let’s split up and look for Princess D.
Usagi-chan?
[136-2]Usagi:Wow, it’s so beautiful! It’s like a foreign movie!
Rei:. . .It’ll be faster if we just look without her.
[136-3]Usagi:Aww, I’m all dressed up and all. . .
I’d like to dance at least to one song.
Kenji:Hm?
[136-4]Kenji:She looks like Usagi.
I wonder if my Usagi will be that pretty when she grows up.
[136-5]SOUNDSHOVE
Usagi:Kya!
Woman:Oh, excuse me.
[136-6]Usagi:Oh, nooo!
[This is awful!]
SOUNDDRENCHED
[136-7]Usagi:I have to find a bathroom!
SOUNDSTEP STEP
FWA
[137-2]SOUNDFWA
[137-3]SOUNDSTRETCH
Handkerchief:Second Year Class 1 Tsukino Usagi
[137-4]Usagi:Ehhh? I can’t find a bathroom.
Luna, Ami-chan, Rei-chan. . .
Where did they go?
[137-5]SOUNDCHATTER CHATTER
[137-7]Usagi:. . .Even if I’m a princess
. . it’s no fun
. . .all alone.
SOUNDSNIFF
[137-8]Voice:Lovely princess,
[138-1]Tuxedo Mask:may I have this dance?
SOUNDFWA
[138-2]Usagi:Tuxedo Mask!?
[138-3]Usagi:No way! Why. . .?
SOUNDTHUMP THUMP
Usagi:. . .It’s like a dream. . .
SOUNDTHUMP
[139-2]Usagi:I was just thinking
that I wanted to see you.
[139-3]Tuxedo Mask:Me too. . .
SOUNDSHINE
[140-2]Luna:Usagi-chan!
Usagi:Luna!
[140-4]Usagi:--Tuxedo Mask?
[140-5]Luna:Princess D is in the back.
Usagi:. . .My body. . .
feels all warm.
SOUNDTHUMP THUMP
THUMP
[140-6]Rei:Well, Luna? Do you feel anything?
Luna:Hmm. . .nothing. . .I don’t think she’s the one.
Ami:What about the secret gem? Where is it?
[141-1]People:I’m looking forward to tonight’s main event! The elusive secret gem of the D Kingdom!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance! I want to see it, already!
SOUNDCHATTER CHATTER
[141-2]Man:Princess D, it’s about time. . .
[141-3]D:I know.
Hey, translator.
[141-4]Woman:Yes, Princess D?
[141-5]D:I still don’t really know my way around the embassy.
Could you show me to my room?
[141-6]D:. . .Secret gem, secret gem, that’s all anybody ever talks about.
SOUNDDOWNHEARTED
[141-7]D:If only I were prettier. . .
I’m just an afterthought to the gem.
[Sob]
[141-8]Woman:--That’s right. There’s no use for you.
[142-1]Woman:I need only the secret gem!
SOUNDSHOO
[142-2]SOUNDSA SA
FWSH
[142-3]Man:Princess D? We’re ready for. . .
[142-4]SOUNDSPARKLE
[142-5]SOUNDFOOM
[142-6]Youma:--I’ve got the elusive secret gem!!
SOUNDDASH
[142-7]D:Get out of my way!
Woman:Princess D!?
[143-1]People:Princess D is acting strange!
SOUNDDASH
KYAAAA
[143-2]People:Princess D has gone mad!
Luna:Usagi-chan!! Something’s wrong! Princess D is headed for the balcony with the secret
gem!
[143-3]Usagi:Princess D! Hang in there!
That’s dangerous!!
SOUNDGRAB
[143-4]D:Let go!
SOUNDFWIP
WOBBLE
SLIP
Luna:Usagi-chan!?
[143-6]Usagi:Ya. . .
[144-1]SOUNDGRAB
[144-2]SOUNDHANG
[144-3]Tuxedo Mask:. . .Kh!
Usagi:Tuxedo Mask!!
[144-4]SOUNDBEEP BEEP
[144-5]Ami:Usagi-chan!?
Usagi:Ami-chan!?
[144-6]Rei:The princess’s eyes look like they’ve been possessed. . .
by an evil spirit! No, the enemy!
SOUNDHEH HEH HEH
[145-1]D:[Kukuku]
Now, become our slaves and follow us.
All those who oppose us will be sacrificed to our Great Leader!
[145-2]SOUNDWOBBLE
Tuxedo Mask:!!
[145-3]Usagi:!!
[145-4]Usagi:I can’t hold on any longer!!
SOUNDGASP
PERK
Luna:Usagi-chan!
The pen!!
[145-5]Usagi:The pen!?
SOUNDFWIP
[145-6]SOUNDBWIIIING
[146-1]SOUNDPOP
[146-2]SOUNDSTEP
[146-3]Tuxedo Mask:It looks like you saved me today. I offer my thanks.
[146-4]Usagi:Tuxedo Mask!!
[147-1]Usagi:No, I’m always, always the one who gets saved by you.
SOUNDSQUEEZE
THUMP THUMP
[147-2]Usagi:Moon Prism Power
[147-3]Usagi:Make Up!!
[147-4]SOUNDGASP
[148-1]Sailor Moon:!! My tiara is gone!!
[148-2]Sailor Moon:Oh, no!
It must have burned up
in our battle the other day. . .!
[148-3]Sailor Moon:. . .Ah. . .
What’s going on?
My body feels all warm.
[148-4]Sailor Moon:Just like
when I held Tuxedo Mask’s hand.
[148-5]SOUNDPSHH
[149-1]Sailor Moon:A new tiara!?
SOUNDWHOOSH
[149-2]Both:Usagi, took you long enough!
[149-3]SOUNDGOGOGOGOGO
[149-4]Someone:!! Everyone’s. . .
being swallowed up in the darkness!
[149-5]Sailor Moon:Papa!?
[149-6]Nephrite:. . .Heh heh heh, I’ll take the Elusive Secret Gem and all of you as sacrifices to our Great
Leader!
SOUNDROAR
[149-7]SOUNDTAP
[150-1]Mars:Evil Spirits, Begone!!
SOUNDFOOM
[150-2]Mars:!?
It’s not working!?
Nephrite:Heh heh heh. . .
SOUNDROAR
[150-3]Tuxedo Mask:Sailor Moon! The only thing that can dissipate the darkness. . .
is a strong light!
[150-4]Sailor Moon:Tuxedo Mask!?
[151-1]Luna:Usagi-chan! Use your new tiara to reflect the moonlight!
Focus it on Princess D!
[151-2]Sailor Moon:How dare you possess a princess!
In the name of the moon, I’ll punish you!
SOUNDSPARKLE
[151-3]Sailor Moon:Moon Twilight
Flash!!
[151-4]SOUNDSHINE
[152-1]SOUNDSHUUUUU
OHHHHHH!
[152-2]Nephrite:!
SOUNDGASP
[152-3]SOUNDFWH
[152-4]Nephrite:She erased it, huh?
[Tch]
Erasing my shadow, damn you, Sailor Moon. . .!
[152-5]SOUNDSHUU SHUU
D:Nnn. . .
[152-6]SOUNDCLATTER
[152-7]D:Uuuu. . .nnn.
SOUNDSIT UP
[152-8]Everyone:Princess D!?
[153-1]D:. . .Huh?
What have I been. . .?
[153-2]D:[Gasp]
My glasses, my glasses!
I can’t see a thing without them.
[153-3]Mercury:. . .Hey, do you think Umino. . .
Sailor Moon:Haha!
Mars:N-No way.
[153-4]SOUNDCHATTER CHATTER
Someone:Thank goodness, the masquerade has gone back to normal.
I’m sure Princess D is tired, too.
[153-5]MC:Attention, everyone!
SOUNDWAAA
MC:Princess D wishes to unveil the world’s last royal secret gem to the public!
[153-6]SOUNDOPEN
[154-1]D:It’s a 2000-carat statue
SOUNDOHHHH!
D:Of the D Kingdom’s first princess!!
[154-2]Mars:. . .Somehow. . .
that doesn’t seem. . .
Mercury:quite right. . .
does it?
[154-3]Mercury:Huh, where’s Usagi-chan?
[154-4]Sailor Moon:Ahhh, I’m exhausted.
I want some juice.
[154-5]SOUNDGULP
[154-6]Sailor Moon:Oh, my!
SOUNDHIC
Sailor Moon:This is. . .kinna. . .
delishus. . .
[154-7]SOUNDWAVER
THUD
Sailor Moon:Ohhhh, ekskyuuse. . .
[155-1]SOUNDSLIDE
SNORE
AHIC
[155-2]Sailor Moon:Nnnnnn.
[Hic!]
SOUNDSNUGGLE
[155-3]Usagi:I was just thinking
that I wanted to see you.
[156-2]Sailor Moon:. . .Ah. . .
[156-3]Sailor Moon:This feeling. . .
. . .is sort of nostalgic. . .
. . .before, somewhere. . .
[157-1]Sailor Moon:So soft. . .
So warm. . .
And. . .
so many times. . .
[157-2]Sailor Moon:Your sweet lips. . .
Luna:Get away from Usagi-chan,
[157-3]Luna:Tuxedo Mask!
[157-4]Luna:Who are you!?
[157-5]Luna:Why do you always appear before us?
[158-1]Tuxedo Mask:--Because. . .
[158-2]Tuxedo Mask:I, too, am searching for the “Elusive Silver Crystal.”
[158-3]Luna:. . .Are you. . .
[158-4]Luna:Our enemy?
Or our ally?
[158-5]Tuxedo Mask:. . .I don’t
know.
[158-6]Tuxedo Mask:If we need the same thing, we may be. . .
[158-7]Tuxedo Mask:. . .enemies.
[159-1]Tuxedo Mask:We may be enemies. . .
[159-2]SOUNDFLASH
RUMBLE RUMBLE
[159-3]SOUNDSPLASH SPLASH
[159-4]SOUNDRUMBLE RUMBLE
FLASH
[159-5]Makoto:--The storm
is here. . .huh?
SOUNDKSSHHHHH