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A fictional character from the anime and manga
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Ten'ou Haruka (other
variations include Tenoh and Tenno) is stubborn,
xenophobic, and overprotective but also strong-willed, capable,
charming, and occasionally even doting. She is formerly introduced in the
third season as
Sailor Uranus, although her possible existence is alluded to in the
second season. She is part of the four person group known informally in
American fandom as The
Outer Senshi (In the east, Jupiter is not considered an outer planet
and due to its visibly from earth more easily, has different mythological
properties)
Senshi Attributes
Sailor Uranus is the soldier of the planet
Uranus, and her element is air in the manga. However, her attacks in
the anime appear to be earth-elemental. Her planetary aura is blue in the
manga, but in the anime, it is sometimes blue and sometimes orange.
Transformation
Haruka's transformation line is "Uranus Planet Power, Make up!"
Attacks
As
Sailor Uranus, her powers include firing a concentrated energy bomb
along the ground and using a magic sword which she aquired explictly in
the TV series but already posessed in the original comic. In addition
Haruka herself is quite strong and shows skill in close-combat judo
fighting.
In the tv series Sailor Uranus's initial power is "World Shaking." When
she does this move she makes a fist above her head, and then a yellow
energy concentrates within. Then quickly she slams the fist upon the
ground and a transparent yellow sphere with a ring around it zig-zags back
and forth until it lifts off the ground. The second attack Sailor Uranus
uses in the tv series is called "Space Sword Blaster." Using her talisman,
a scimitar, she raises it above her heard and begins to strike. Energy off
the sword is what usually hits the enemy, and not the sword itself.
Character
Despite not even being sixteen, Haruka ia also apparently a race car
driver, a logical plothole in the original manga once mentioned in the tv
series as a good-natured rub. Her other hobbies, as well as anything about
her family life are never discussed.
In the United States, Haruka was (and likely is) the most famous
overtly lesbian character in anime. Although her relationship with Sailor
Neptune (Michiru Kaioh) is not explictly implied to be *sexual* until
later in the series, their romantic situation refered to early on and
generally understood by most of the series' characters fairly quickly.
Haruka is also extremely flirtatious and loves to tease pretty girls who
sometimes confuse her gender due to Haruka's 'male' manner of speech and
dress., although most people who confuse her for a man are either
distracted by her good looks or simply not very observant.
While most Americans are more familar with the anime version of Haruka
(an absolute crossdresser) in the original manga Haruka is more
androgynous, wearing both feminine and masculine outfits well.
Unusually, the manga artist goes as far as to draw Haruka physically
different and more masculine when she is crossdressing, perhaps as an easy
visual aid. Nearly all fan rumors about Haruka being a man, the
reincarnation of one, or a hermaphrodite are false.
However, while superfically appearing as a femme/butch relationship,
Haruka is generally regarded to be much more emotional and visiceral
(assuming you apply that to being 'feminine' in the first place), and
shows quite motherly tendencies towards her adopted daughter Hotaru.
In yuri fandom, Haruka & Michiru are considered a hands-off pair due to
their healthy love for each other, aloofness towards others, and writing
scope of the plot. It is extremely difficult to slash them with anyone
else, although many good natured lemons sometimes have Haruka in explicit
trysts with other senshi. (Officially, it is recognized only Usagi Tsukino
and Minako Aino have any long-standing attraction to Haruka - Minako
slightly more so - Ami Mizuno, surprisingly, had never seemed interested
in her looks.)
The anime and manga versions of the character are reasonably
interchangeable, although arguably her masculine traits and stubborness
are slightly exaggerated in the tv series. Haruka (and the Outer Senshi in
general) is sometimes considered more cold and slightly unlikable by some
some fans, due to the anime's more fatalistic and grim additions to the
original manga plot. Aside from a brief
vignette in a special, Haruka and the others do not return after the
third season until the final fifth season, generally with the same
personalities.
Haruka and the others do appear in the SuperS movie, although because
its story is derived from the manga than the television, there are some
changes. Notably, they are more overtly friendly and helpful, and Sailor
Pluto is present (a contradiction to certain events in the third season)
One of her most amusing scenes is the implication while Haruka is a
flatterer, she can get flustered herself if flirted with.
The American english dub changes her given name to Amara (an unusual
non-phoentic twist, although it is Greek or Latin for 'eternal'). Although
Michiru (now Michelle) is stated to be her cousin - mentioned several
times, actually - a noticable amount of flirting is inexplicably left in
the translation. Although this semantically does not prove Amara isn't a
lesbian - simply a relative to Michiru - most fans of the original are not
particularly interested in this version of the character, considering by
the time the relevant episodes of the series were dubbed most fans were
well aware of adaption changes.
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