![]() Sailor Mercury and Sailor Neptune may share an element when it comes to their attacks, but there’s a deeper significance as to why they both have power over water. The pair's powers come not only from Greco-Roman mythology, but also from the meanings of specific kanji for their planets and names. For more even significance to the planet Mercury, Ami Mizuno’s birthday is on September 10th, and according to Western astrology, that period is Virgo season, whose ruling planet is Mercury.įor Naoko Takeuchi, having both Sailor Mercury and Sailor Neptune’s powers be water-based was clearly thought-out, albeit, not immediately obvious to the average viewer. Hermes is also known as Mercury in Roman mythology. The harp alludes to the Greek God, Hermes, who invented the harp and was the messenger of Mt. For example, one of her attacks, “Mercury Aqua Rhapsody,” transforms water into the shape of a harp, which then produces a water funnel. Another one of her popular attacks, the "Deep Submerge," gathers ocean water to form a blue ball of energy shaped like the planet Neptune, which Michiru then releases at her enemies.Īs for Sailor Mercury, her attacks incorporate the different forms of water, mainly those related to weather, like mist, ice and snow. One of her attacks, “Submarine Reflection,” uses her Deep Aqua Mirror to release a blast of seawater. As a result, many of her attacks involve the ocean and deep sea. ![]() For Sailor Neptune, her power pays homage to the Roman God, Neptune, the God of the Deep Sea. However, although both Sailor Scouts’ powers are based on the element of water, they use water in different forms when it comes to their attacks. Thus, Naoko Takeuchi's planned elemental powers for Sailor Mercury and Sailor Neptune complement the Japanese kanji for their respective planets, rather than the physical nature of them or balancing out the team. Meanwhile the planet Neptune, like Michiru Kaiou's name, is written with the kanji for “sea king,” in reference to the Roman god, Neptune. In a Senshi/ Shitennou pairing picture drawn by Naoko Takeuchi, Ami was shown together with Zoisite. They interacted quite a lot during the season, but there was no romance, even implied, between them. She wears blue stud earrings on both of her ears. At one point, when Ami (as Sailor Mercury) was losing a battle against a monster, Taiki actually left instead of helping her. Her sailor uniform is blue with two white stripes to match her blue skirt and her knee-length boots and both her front and back bow being light blue and have a blue brooch on her front bow. In Japanese, Mercury is called "Suisei” and is written in kanji using the character for water, sui. Sailor Mercury's dominant color is blue as her Sailor Senshi form is in different shades of blue. Furthermore, the kanji for the planets, Mercury and Neptune, also have some significance to water.
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