I'm still happy to have these gorgeous new editions and I recommend them if you're a fan. I honestly haven't read a lot of manga, maybe many of them are lacking in key details too. We already know I'm giving this series a pass anyway, because it's still entertaining and fantastic and my love for Sailor Moon runs deep. I have no idea what the scope or limitations of their powers are, or those of the bad guys. Also, what are their powers!? How did the girls learn to use them!? Occasionally Luna tells one of the girls to shout something, but other times they shout something new and there's no indication of why they thought to use that. But I will never shut up about the fact that no one recognizes the scouts out of costume, when none of them wear masks. I love the characters, I love the cheesy drama, I love the even cheesier bad guys and their terrible plans. What's not to love about this series? There's regular girls being transformed into heroes, romance with a cute mysterious boy, talking cats, video games, star-crossed lovers, naps and snacks, mysterious bad guys attacking a city, hidden royalty, the fate of the world in peril, moon mansions, reincarnation, powerful gemstones, hidden memories, fantastic accessories and weapons and epic battles.

I'll be spending some Christmas money to pick up a few more volumes now. Plenty of great splash pages of beautiful artwork and a few really outstanding colour pages, my favourite being a two page layout of all the characters. Now I could have done without the power of love kind of providing the real tipping point in the battle of good versus evil but I suppose this really is a tale of love and friendship so I'll just have to let it slide. Still sticking with Sailor Mars as my favourite, although many of the guardians take a backseat to Sailor Moon and the discovery of her true power and position. There's at least a tinier threat to deal with by the end of this volume. If this was just the first set of villains, surely far greater threats will rise up against Sailor Moon. I figured these villains would be the kind of ongoing foils that so many heroes face off against. I didn't expect the final battle to rush in so quickly. So I had thought the first volume was a little goofy when it started but volume 2 does away with pretty much all of that for a far more serious tale.

Sailor Moon, Vol. 11 by Naoko Takeuchi