Look, regardless of how you feel about Naoko Takeuchi, you have to admit she A. was really determined and B. had zero fucking chill:
- She wanted to give Usagi a fucking gun and OsaP told her no so what happened? She gave to her six year old future daughter instead…who proceed to point it at USAGI’S FOREHEAD IN HER FIRST APPEARANCE.
- Really wanted to murder everyone and call it a day but everyone said chill–and then the anime did it any way and she was PISSED. But don’t worry SHE’LL KILL THEM EVENTUALLY.
- Wanted to make Ami a cyborg for some reason and kill her brutally. Was told no and waited until Hotaru came around to do the same exact thing.
- MELTED NIGHTMARES AND SKULLS NAOKO WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH YOU AND THAT.
- Look she had her fourteen year olds protag kill a lot of people and ain’t no one gonna stop her
- I am absolutely sure the reason why the eternal sailor moon outfit is the way it is because she was 100% done with everything and also sleep depraved
- started out drawing cutesy shoujo but I mean clearly that’s not where her heart lies because if anything sailor moon brought to front how much she liked to KILL THINGS like seriously Naoko what the hell
- I mean I get it, same but what the hell
- At some point she gave up and started drawing all her villains in fancy lingerie instead of designing actual outfits
- I am almost somewhat positive Sailor Moon was just an excuse for her to draw high end designer brands because she SURE LOVES TO NAME DROP
- Everyone makes fun of “Tuxedo Mask” as a name and okay I get that but remember she almost went with “Mysterious 2098 Face” I THINK WE ALL JUST NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND THANK THE HEAVENS SHE WENT IN ANOTHER DIRECTION
- Wait scratch that I’m actually sure she was just drawing manga to mAKE AS MANY BAD PUNS AND JOKES AS POSSIBLE
It all gets so much funnier when you realize that prior to introducing Sailor V, Naoko Takeuchi was almost exclusively a romance author. The darkest thing to happen in The Cherry Project was some Mean Girls-esque bullying from some figure skaters.
Imagine your favorite romance author going “soft love stories are great, but what I would really like to do is write an epic sci fi/fantasy series with an ensemble teenage cast that dies multiple brutal deaths in their struggle to save the planet from malicious alien forces.”
Naoko is hardcore. The manga has a lot of “dude, what the fuck” moments and if you read her author’s notes she was constantly pushing against her editors to make the series darker, lol.
(via fantasycandy)
