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The Fine Print
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FEATURE ARCHIVE 
Back by popular demand! Back in 1999, we ran an article in the magazine suggesting that Sailor Moon and TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a lot in common. At the time, we'd meant it to be fun thing–y'know, a humorous little comparison between the two shows. But darned if the similarities didn't just keep coming! And so, updated for the latest season, here's our list of points in common between Buffy and Sailor Moon.
The heroine of the series... |
Buffy |
Sailor Moon |
is a reincarnate? |
Yes (in the movie version fer sure; less certain in the TV series) |
Yes |
has difficulty accepting her destiny? |
Yes |
Yes (off and on until mid-Sailor Moon R, anyway) |
is a survivor of a death experience at the hands of mortal enemy? |
Yes, the Master |
Yes, Queen Beryl |
has a strange knack for snappy combat patter? |
Yes |
Yes |
is surrounded by group of sympathetic friends who share her secret? |
Yes |
Yes |
is tutored and supplied with weapons by heckling elder? |
Yes |
Yes |
possesses parents totally ignorant of her extracurricular activities? |
Yes, until end of second season at least |
Yes |
has difficulties maintaining grades at school? |
Yes |
Yes |
has two female friends who practice an "alternative lifestyle"? |
Yes, Willow and Tara |
Yes, Sailors Neptune and Uranus (in the Japanese series) |
has a friend with romantic ties to demon? |
Yes, Xander (Anya) |
Yes, Molly (Neflite) |
accepts former enemies into circle of friends? |
Yes, Spike |
Yes, the four sisters (Sailor Moon R) |
gains a "little sister" who mysteriously appears from nowhere? |
Yes, Dawn |
Yes, Rini |
SEE THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE... FEATURE ARCHIVE 
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