Hi there, everyone. I
misplaced both my original introduction and the one I was going
to replace it with, so this is a really hastily made filler.
You'll find that some of the stuff I say here I repeat word for
word in the introduction to Super if you get that far, that's
because I just cut and paste.
Anyway, I'm a male Sailor Moon fan, if anyone is wondering why I can't explain it, I just am like the many others in existence. When the last episode of Sailor Moon aired, and at the time that was number 65, I then became interested in continuing the story. I didn't have internet access at the time so I had no idea there was anything more to the series. Anyway, so I started writing this. Essentially Sailor Moon AR is Alternate Reality. It picks up where episode 82 of the american series left off, since I learned what happened eventually. From there I wrote ironically 65 chapters before seeing any of the japanese version. You'll find that from chapter 66, on I tend to try to integrate traits from the japanese version into my stories, but there is variation. The biggest change you'll notice is the introduction of male characters. Darrien of course has always been in the series, and he still will be here, but I wanted to add more for a balance. I fully appreciate the show for what it is, and rest assured this isn't going to be a matter of the males becoming the heroes. The girls will always be the toughest fighters on the planet.
As for the characters, I really have moved away from Serena being the main character, the story's just more interesting if it's an ensemble piece. After all, most of Serena's value needs to be seen. Her various reactions and facial expressions for instance. I can't write them or draw them..and without that, Serena becomes sort of bland. Feel free to E-Mail me and complain, comment, or try and convince me otherwise..I'll listen. She's still very important.
On that note. I try my best to strike a balance between what the female Sailor Moon fans will like and what the male fans will like. Being male I tend to put a little less effort on the helping people aspect of Sailor Moon. I'm not trying to be sexist. It's just Sailor Moon was a show made for girls, and so that was their goal. My goal is to make Sailor Moon AR into a Ranma type story. Where it's comedic, and has a plot, and several characters of both genders, and everyone can read it. Feel free to E-Mail me at tmchiba@excite.com if you want to weigh in my handling of the situation. If I'm being to male oriented tell me. If I'm completely blowing the romanticism of everything, let me know. I do my best.
.I've tried to keep spelling errors down to a minimum despite the fact that my spell check is out to ruin me..don't ask. Anyway..any spelling mistakes please disregard. I am trying. Also, sometimes, I messed up the attacks. Sometimes I recall Sailor Jupiter yelling Jupiter Thunder Zap and such..I do my best to keep everything fair, but bear with me. I think you an get the idea. Furthermore you'll notice if you get to later stories that I say exactly how much time it takes to execute the attacks, whereas in the first group of chapters I let it be as ambiguous as it is in the TV show. At some point I will go back and make sure everything matches up. There are a few other things that may not match up. Please forgive me for these mistakes.
Oh and to all of you who sent me E-Mail complimenting me on the story. I thank you. And I'll say it again, I love to hear from people so E-Mail me at vpchiba@yahoo.com
Enjoy the stories.
T.M. Chiba.