Does R really stand for Romance?

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:42 am

Cause um..there was next to none.

Sure the baddies hit on their superiors but they all got shot down.

Chibi-USA hit on Mamoru with little to no romantic effect.

Usagi and Mamoru were broken up for at least half the season. (They were more romantic in the "filler" arc at the start!)

None of the inners got guys. (Ami's & Rei's were forgotten.)

Either I'm not seeing it or there really isn't any. Maybe it just doesn't stand for Romance. How about Return? Or Relish?..er no. So is it just a fan thing or does it really stand for something?

Post by **Tiff** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:26 pm

It's a fan thing. There is no proof that it stands for Romance. Most people believe it stands for that or Returns.

Obsessive Touga Fan · Post by **Obsessive Touga Fan** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:47 pm

From Dies Gaudii:

According to the Bishojo Senshi Sera Mun Memorial Song Box booklet, the “R” stands for “Romance, Rondo, Return, etc.”

Stephen Victor · Post by **Stephen Victor** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:23 pm

I guess I just always assumed the Romance was referring to...

[spoiler] how Usagi and Mamoru broke up and there was a lot of angst over it and eventually they got back together and then it showed them in the future with their daughter and all that... [/spoiler]

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:22 pm

Rondo? Isn't that a type of music?

LadyFlameSniper · Post by **LadyFlameSniper** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 4:24 pm

I always considered the Makaiju saga to be Returns and the Black Moon saga to be Romance

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:37 pm

I like that title: "Sailormoon Rondo".

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 9:29 pm

hm..Darn them fans. Can't ever quite trust them all the way..

Usagi04 · Post by **Usagi04** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 1:56 pm

I think the whole series should just be called "Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon" and leave it at that. That way we avoid confusion.

ParaKiss_Groupie · Post by **ParaKiss_Groupie** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 2:56 pm

Dinozore wrote:Rondo? Isn't that a type of music?

Rondo: A composition or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having its principal theme stated three or more times in the same key, interposed with subordinate themes. (Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition)

That sounds like BSSMR.

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:45 pm

I declare SMC to stand for Sailor Moon Comedy..

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 2:43 pm

Luchia Nanami wrote:I declare SMC to stand for Sailor Moon Comedy.. 8)

Really? You found it humorous? I sure didn't find episodes 24, 45, and 46 that funny :( *sniffle*

Cardcaptor Takato · Post by **Cardcaptor Takato** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:10 am

It's called Sailor Moon R because it's rated R!

Obsessive Touga Fan · Post by **Obsessive Touga Fan** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:47 am

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:It's called Sailor Moon R because it's rated R!

I think you've got the wrong thread...

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:03 am

Starscream wrote:Really? You found it humorous? I sure didn't find episodes 24, 45, and 46 that funny *sniffle*

Usagi at her goofyest + Rei at her meanest = Comedy galore!

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:It's called Sailor Moon R because it's rated R!

I wish....

Mercurius · Post by **Mercurius** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:07 am

Insane Theory: Maybe the R stands for Rini...except for the fact that she doesn't show up until the 14th episode of this season, and that her name is Chibi-Usa in the original...okay, maybe not...
"Return" or "Romance" sounds like the best guess... Both story arcs had some romance to them...The Doom Tree episodes had Usagi and Natsumi/En/Anne both trying to get Mamoru's attention, and the Chibi-Usa story had Usagi and Mamoru's breakup, so I'd say that justifies the R for Romance theory (even if the romantic story development is very light in some episodes).

Celexa · Post by **Celexa** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 12:07 pm

Personally since there are two parts, I think of the first half Returns since Usagi returns, and the second half Romance [spoiler]since we find out Chibiusa is Usagi and Mamoru's child.[/spoiler]

But that's me.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:22 pm

Luchia Nanami wrote:
Cardcaptor Takato wrote:It's called Sailor Moon R because it's rated R!
I wish....

Why would you wish it was rated R? It makes no sence... its Ratred 15+ so thats practically R

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:01 pm

That 15+ is a gross overexaggeration of the content of Sailor Moon. It's 10+ at best, 13+ at worst.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:06 pm

Starscream wrote:That 15+ is a gross overexaggeration of the content of Sailor Moon. It's 10+ at best, 13+ at worst.

what about episode 200 and 199? Mabye, a ALL at best, 17+ at WORST

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