SM Manga, Vol. 1, Act 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation by: the Moon Princess Act one- Sailor Moon (In Tsukino Usagi's house, Usagi's mother is reading the morning paper. There is a pic of Sailor V .The title says: "Sailor V foils a theif's plan to rob a diamond worth $2.5 million") -Usagi's mother: Sailor V does it again!Compared to Sailor V, my daughter is... Usagi! Usagi!(calling usagi) It's past eight! (Usagi jumps out of bed) Usagi: I'm LATE AGAIN!! WAAHH!! Mom! Why couldn't you wake me up earlier!! (running out of the house. Sidenote : Usagi introduces herself as a 14 year old junior high school student) (Usagi is running to school, yawning) Usagi: I don't want to go to school. Why do mornings have to be so miserable? (Usagi introduces herself as a cry-baby) (Suddenly, Usagi stpes on something and falls on her face) Usagi: Wha? What is that? (looks to find a black cat with a bandaid stuck to its forehead) Usagi: A kitty!! I'm so sorry! It looks kind of thin, maybe because I stepped on it? (Usagi kisses the cat) Usagi: I'm sorry, can you forgive me? (The cat claws Usagi's face and Usagi screams) Usagi: Did you have to do that? Huh? (The cat is pawing at the bandaid on it's forehead) Usagi: You want me to take that off? okay, here. (Usagi takes the bandaid off and the cats leaps out of her grasp. It bounces on her head once before landing on the pavement) (Usagi notices she is late.) Usagi: WAAAAHH!What am I doing? Now I'm real late!! My teacher's going to kill me!! (At her school) Ms. Haruna: Tsukino Usagi!! Late AGAIN!!! (She makes Usagi stand outside the classroom) Usagi:ah! A pretty girl like me.. standing alone, in the line... (her stomach growls) Usagi: I'm so hungry. (Usagi unwraps her lunch and begins to eat.) Usagi: He he! I forgot to eat breakfast. (Ms. Haruna comes out of the room) Ms. Haruna: Usagi! What are you doing?! No wonder you get score like these on your tests!! (Ms. Haruna shows her the test she got a 30% on. Usagi: I hate English. (the bell rings) Umino: Usagi, did you do well on your test? Naru: And you forgot your lunch too. Umino: This test was so easy! I got a 95 without even studying. It was gamble! Naru (with a big sweatdrop): Go away Umino! I really wanted a better score than him. (Naru looks at her paper- she got a 85) (outside, Naru, Usagi and on other friend are eating lunch) Usagi's friend: I heard that a jewelry store in downtown got robbed. Naru: I'm scared. Umino: But Sailor V got the thief. Usagi (who doesn't have any idea what they are talking about) :huh? Umino: You don't know? The superheroine Sailor V, who fights evil dressed in a Sailor Suit! I also heard that wierd things have bee happening nowadays. Usagi's friend: But I understand how one would rob a jewelry store. Usagi's friend #2: They have beautiful jewels. I would really love a diamond ring. Usagi:Naru, your mom owns a jewelry store. Naru(laughing): Actually, there is a sale. There are even jeweles _we_ can buy! (the girls screach) Usagi's friend: Really?I wanna go! Usagi: Me too! (Usagi and her friends are at Naru's jewelry store- Osa*p. Usagi and her friend is looking in the display case outside.) Naru: the one in the middle is a Pigeon brand Ruby. Worth about one million. The next one is a diamond, but it's not on sale. Usagi's friend: Look at those people in the store! Naru's Mon: Naru, you brought your friends. Naru: Hi Mom. Naru's Mom: Come in. There's a lot of people, but enough jewels for everybody. I'll sell it to you for bargain price! Naru: Mom never had a sale like this before. Wierd. Naru's Mom: Everything's on sale, People!! Just name the price!! Girl#1: It's so gorgeous. Since I got a good score on my test, my dad would buy it for me! (Naru's Mom laughs evilly) Naru's Mom (thinking) :We need energy from these youths. Gather energy... Usagi: They're all so beautiful!! But who would buy it for me, after getting a 30 on the test...Stupid test! (Usagi crunches up her test paper and tosses it. Unfortunately, it lands on Chiba Mamoru's face) Usagi: I wanna go home. Mamoru: That hurt, Odango-atama. Do you want to give me a bump on my head just like the ones on yours? (Usagi turns around, embarrassed and mad) Usagi: THESE ARE NOT ODANGOS THEY ARE MY HAIR!! (Mamoru looks are Usagi's test) Mamoru: thirty?! You've got to start studying, Odango-atama! (he tosses the paper mback to Usagi and it lands on her face) Usagi: Well, it's none of your business! Usagi (thinking): Wierd. Why is he wearing a party outfit in the middle of the street at daylight? Mamoru: It's a great jewelry store, it might be here. The ginzuishou. (Usagi is walking home) Usagi: How will I be able to explain this score to my parents? (Usagi sees an advertisement for Sailor V video game in the arcade) Usagi(thinking): Sailor V must is so lucky. She doesn't have to study, she fights evil... She's so way cool. Usagi: I'll just stop by the arcade. (Usagi is playing the video game) usagi: How come it won't die? How do I kill this thing?? Motoki: Hey, Usagi, you're still here? Oh, you're playing the Sailor V game. Okay, fire now! (Motoki is telling Usagi how to play when the black cat Usagi rescued in the morning comes up) Usagi: HEy, I know you. You're that black cat I met in the morning. Motoki: She's been here for several days. Usagi: he he! Look... there's a bald crescent spot on her forhead. A bald cat! (the cat gives her a hostile stare. A sweatdrop forms on Usagi's head) Usagi: I think I'll go home... (muttering) creepy cat. (Usagi is home) Usagi: I'm home. Usagi's mom: YOu're late. I met Umino outside and he said he got a 95 on his test. What did you get? Usagi (very ticked off): Umino, that big-mouthed forg... (Usagi shows her mom the test.) Usagi's Mom: THIRTY?!!! You got a THIRTY?!!! (she is ticked off) Usagi's Mom: THIS IS A SCORE?!! AND YOU DARED STEP INTO THE HOUSE WITH THIS SCORE?!!! OUT!!!!! (Usagi is outside when Shingo comes) Shingo: what are you doing outside?You fail your test again? (he kicks Usagi's rump) Shingo: I wish I had a sister with brains. (he sticks out his tongue) Usagi: Why you little... Sailor V.. KICK!!! (Usagi kicks, except it's not Shingo, but the door.Usagi starts crying) USAGI: WAAAAHHHH!!! That HURT!!!! Mom, let me IN!!!!! (she pounds on the door) Shingo (to his mother): Mom, the neighbors might call. Usagi's Mom: Fine, Usagi. Come in, just be quiet. (At OSA*P a mysterious masked figure lurks) (a large energy has been gathered from the wearer of the jewels. They are collapsing.) Naru's Mom: So these energy-draining jewels do come in handy. And I'll pocket the real jewels, pity the most important thing isn't here. Naru: Mom? (At Usagi's house) Usagi: look, my eyes are swollen from crying. Mom didn't have to be THAT mad. (looking at her books) Usagi: I hate studying!! I think I'll take a small nap and then... (Usagi falls asleep and dreams. In her dreams, she is Sailor V. She fights monsters and wins. Her prize is Motoki and the little black cat) Usagi: Umm... that bald cat... EEEEEEEEEEEE!That hurt!! What are you doing!! Black Cat: Excuse me, but bald? I find that offensive. (Usagi is dazed and confused.) Usagi (thinking): that cat talked... Black Cat: My name is Luna. I was looking for you, Tsukino Usagi. Thank you for taking off the Bandaid, with it on my crescent moon, I cannot talk and my intelligence is muted. The kids in this place are horrible brats. Usagi (still confused): Nice to meet you. Good night. Luna:Usagi, this isn't a dream!! Usagi (thinking): this is a dream... Luna: If you don't believe me? here. This'll open your eyes. (LUna hands Usagi a beautiful brooch with a crescent moon on it.) Usagi: It's so gorgeous!! Is it mine? Can I have it? (looks at herself in the mirror) Luna: Listen to me, Usagi. Strange things have been happening in Tokyo, things even the police can't figure out. Usagi, you are the female warrior destined to fight evil. You have a mission and that is to find the other warriors, and find the Princess... Usagi: Luna, the brooch is glowing... Luna: Say "Moon Prism Power, Make-up!" Usagi: Moon Prism Power Make-Up!! (Usagi transforms into Bishuojo Senshi Sailor Moon) Usagi: I don't belive it! Why am I in this clothes? What happened?! (Usagi hears something through her head jewel.) Naru: HELP ME!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!! MOM IS-!! Usagi: Luna, that's Naru-chan. (USagi sees something in her glasses) Usagi: I can see it in the glasses. What is that!!?? Luna: do you believe me now? Usagi: Luna, Naru's in danger!! Naru: HELP!! MOMMY'S TRYING TO KILL ME!! Luna: You have to help her. (back at OSA*P) Monster: I am not your mother dear Naru. Your mother's probably in the basement, dying. (In the basement, Naru's real mother is tied and struggling to free herself) Naru: MOM! NO!! (A mysterious figure in a mask and top hat watches on) Usagi: Let her go, YOU UGLY MONSTER!! (the figure with the hat hides) monster: Who are you?! Usagi: Uh... me? I'm a...uh.. (Luna looks at the moon and signals to Usagi) Usagi: I fight for love and Justice. On behalf of the moon, I ,SAILOR MOON, will punish you!! Monster: Sailor Moon? Never heard of her. AWAKE, LOYAL SERVANTS OF THE DARK KINGDOM!! (Collapsed people begin to wake up in a zombie-like state. They attack her. Sailor Moon dodges a woman trying to stab her with a broken glass bottle. SM falls and her knee starts to bleed) SM: This isn't a dream. It's hurting and it's starting to bleed! Luna: FIGHT Sailor Moon!! DEFEAT THEM!! SM: WHAT am I doing here??! sniffle..I WANNA GO HOME!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! (SM's head jewel starts amplifying SM's wailings. Glass breaks) monster: AHHHH! My HEAD!!! (the figure with the top hat lands next to SM) FIGURE WITH TOP HAT: don't cry, Sailor Moon, right now's your chance! Luna: You use tiara. Say "Moon Tiara Action!" (SM throws her tiara like a frisbee) SM: Moon Tiara ACTION!!! (the monster is dusted) SM(thinking) :I can't believe it! I defeated that monster. figure with top hat: I coudn't find the ginzuishou, but it was nice meeting you, Sailor Moon. SM(thinking): I know that voice, it's that guy who... Mysterious figure: My name is Tuxedo Kamen. I'll remember you, Sailor Moon. SM (thinking): he's like Zorro. So hunky... (SM's eyes turn to hearts) Luna: good job Usagi!That monster had disguised itself into Naru's mom. The battle has started and the monsters will keep coming- Usagi!! (Usagi is spaced out, dreaming of Tuxedo Kamen) (People start waking up) Naru: Where am I? (Luna tugs on SM) Luna: Let's go , Sailor Moon! Usagi: It was a wonderful dream, and I met a hunky guy too... (in the Dark Kingdom headquarter) jedite: Sailor Moon. She may help us... But our missions now is to find the ginzuishou. (next day at school) Naru: It's for real! A beautiful Sailor-suited warrior rescued me last night from a monster!! If I hadn't fainted, I would have seen her face! friend#1: Naru, are you still sleeping? (Usagi is listening to all this. the Moon Prism Brooch is glowing on her uniform) Luna: What's the matter Usagi? Usagi: I don't get it. I don't think it was a dream... ---end of Act 1- Bshuojo Senshi Sailor Moon-------- [Image] back to manga index ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send email to benkatz@mint.net if you like. Last Updated Fri May 17 17:39:21 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This web page was provided by Angelfire Communications. The material on this page are the responsibility of its author, not Angelfire Communications.