From: Cernovog Newsgroups: alt.fan.sailor-moon Subject: Re: Minako - Sailor Venus' real persona Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 03:38:41 -0500 On 16 Jan 1997, Dlyka wrote: > I'm a big Sailor Venus fan, but I understand that anime episodes in the US > relaly changed her personality. > > Can someone out there who has access to more *Sailor Moon* give me some > ideas as to what Mina/Minako is like? > From the glimpses I've seen in my small fansub collection, the real Aino Minako-chan is a really fun person. I like her a lot. She's athletic. Sometimes to the point of almost being a tom boy. She loves volleyball. She's a dreamer and a romantic. She dreams about romance for herself and her friends. She's a matchmaker, like Usagi, but not as bad. In fact, she's a *lot* like Usagi sometimes. When those two get their minds on the same track -- watch out! ---[Minor Sailor Moon S Spoilers ahead]--- She's smart and she has a sharp mind, but boy, can she ever be a major ditz too! In one episode, she was so upset that the Witches 5 took everyone's heart crystal but hers, she started doing good deeds trying to prove she had a pure heart! She lied about her age and gave blood daily to prove her generosity. When she finally got attacked, instead of putting her pure heart back in her body, she clutched it and ran down the street with it!!! She's courageous and loyal to her friends. She selfless, and true to her mission, even the sometimes the romantic in her makes her wish her life could be different.