In the manga, this is the only potential romance in her life in the live-action series, nothing of the sort is ever shown, as Rei unquestionably detests boys. Proof of her feelings are further cemented when she moves to kiss Kaidou, asking why, if he wanted to marry into the profession, didn't he choose to marry her due to her father's political influence. She is shocked when he suddenly announces his engagement to another girl and his decision to become a politician, despite having once said that he didn't like what had happened to Rei's family as a result of her father's work. He had been kind to her for her entire life and, in the story, she fancies herself in love with him. The one exception is in a manga side-story centering on her, Casablanca Memories, which tells of Rei's friendship with her father's young secretary, Kaidou. She considers them emotionally weak and untrustworthy and seems genuinely uninterested in romance. Rei in her unique school uniform, drawn by Naoko Takeuchi for the short story "Casablanca Memories"īecause of the lack of respectable males in her life, Rei harbors a generally low opinion of men. She carries a certain amount of dislike towards him, especially in the live-action series, in which the character of her grandfather does not appear. Her mother died when Rei was very young her father is a famous politician who cares more about his job than about her (though in the live-action version he still tries to be involved in her life), and who only visits Rei on her birthday. She herself is a practitioner of Shinto, living and working at Hikawa Shrine with her grandfather, its head priest. Rei goes to a different school from the other girls, namely T*A Private Girls School, a Catholic institution run by nuns. In the anime, Rei also tends to engage in long periods of sticking her tongue out at Usagi (who returns the same reaction), as a running gag in their arguments. Even though Rei does become more loyal to Usagi, with slightly calmer emotions in the later seasons, she still remains somewhat more of a typical teenager than her manga counterpart.
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Though these arguments are usually petty, early in the series Rei attempts to usurp Usagi as the leader of Sailor Soldiers. Rei and Usagi Tsukino have a very tempestuous relationship, and argue frequently. She is also greatly interested in pop culture, and she excels at music - playing the piano and guitar, singing, and composing songs for a school festival. In the anime adaptation, Rei is a disciplined and practical person. In the manga, she is portrayed as imperial, ancient, conservative, old-fashioned, traditional, serious, disciplined, and practical, having contempt for men and disliking modern romantic relationships. It is revealed in the manga that as a child, the crows "told" her that their names are Phobos and Deimos (the same as Mars' two moons). Rei first appears as a miko at the Hikawa Shrine ( 火川神社, Hikawa Jinja), and is shown to have an affinity with two crows who live there. A cold and aloof character in the manga, her personality was drastically changed in the anime adaptation at the behest of Kunihiko Ikuhara, where she became fiery and hotheaded. Originally designed with her own unique outfit, when Takeuchi decided to give all of the Guardians identical outfits, Rei's high heels were the only aspect that was carried over. Takeuchi based Rei on her own personal experience as a miko.
A number of image songs mentioning her character have been released as well, including the contents of three different CD singles. The first, Casablanca Memories, is entirely about her and her past the second, Rei and Minako's Girls School Battle, is shared with Minako Aino. Aside from the main body of the Sailor Moon series, Rei is featured in two different manga short stories. She possesses powers associated with fire, the Ofuda charm, and psychic clairvoyance. Rei is the second Sailor Soldier to be discovered by Usagi. Katie Griffin (DiC (excluding the last 17 episodes) and CWi dubs)Įmilie-Claire Barlow (last 17 episodes of DiC) Sailor Moon chapter #3: "Rei - Sailor Mars" (1992) Rei in her Super Sailor Mars form as seen in Season 4 of the 1990s anime
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