Ooh, he's got pretty hair... I keep wondering what it would be like if he grew it out like the rest of the Shitennou ;)

I don't know a whole lot about Jadeite. He was only in thirteen episodes of the series and not even the entire first graphic novel of the manga... he didn't last long after Sailor Mars made the scene. Anyway, I haven't seen a lot of Jadeite's escapades. I've seen both his first two episodes and his last two (even though the first were dubbed) and I've read up on him on the internet, so I have somewhat of a grasp of his character. And to hear of it, he doesn't have much of one. But he has more than many characters that were in shows for their entirety ;) So here goes... I'll relay as much knowledge as I have of him.

Jadeite, called Jedite in the dub (kind of like Jedi Knight? *snicker*) was the first of the Shitennou. It's my personal opinion that Queen Beryl (in her infinite genius) arranged her kings to work from the weakest to the strongest, saving Kunzite for last. I'm not sure if that's true, but that's just the way I interpreted it. At any rate, Jadeite's mission was to collect energy for (I assume) Queen Metallia. I guess she needed to regain her strength before she could have anyone go after the crystals. Jadeite would generally attack a group of people assembled somewhere, such as in Naru's mother's jewelry shop in the first episode. He also broadcasted over the radio to suck energy from people.

Jadeite has been called the King of Illusions because of the fact that he takes on a different character each time he tries to get energy from the populace. He was a radio DJ, a cruise director, a bus driver in the manga... he changed his appearance so many times that you've got to wonder if it was a little hobby of his to dress up in costumes ^_^ Also, Jadeite doesn't seem to be the kind of person usually portrayed in fanfic-- the nice one. He's actually rather mean, when it comes down to it. He's nasty to the Senshi and he directs his youma well, commanding respect from them. He sucks up to Queen Beryl a lot, but come on, who wouldn't? You either suck up to her or you get your butt toasted. It's best not to mess with someone like her ;)

Jeddy met his demise in episode thirteen, after failing one too many times, as is the fate of many BSSM bad-guys. However, again like a lot of villains in Sailor Moon, he was killed before he could tell Beryl something very important. See, he had led the Sailor Senshi out to an airport with a rather impressive illusion of himself in the sky, spitting fire *laughs* and after practically running them over and almost drowning Tuxedo Mask, they defeated him and he had to go back to Beryl empty-handed. He had, however, seen the Senshi morph and so knew who they were in real life. But Beryl turned him into a popsicle before he had a chance to tell her. Baka Beryl ;) So Jadeite got put into Eternal Sleep and was never revived again, except in fanfic. And what more easy a death could one want to reverse in fanfic? ;) It's actually kind of ironic that someone who loved to change his clothes so much ( ;) ) got frozen in the same position (and outfit) for all eternity. Poor Jeddy.

Anyway, Jadeite was definately not the most powerful of Shitennou. He was killed quickly (mostly because Beryl has a short temper) and he didn't get much character development, but the producers had to focus on the heros at that point. Beryl never got as much as he did for the entire season, except the little added dimension of being in love with Endymion. Or was that just in the manga? I'm not sure. She kept saying she wanted to marry him in the show, anyway. But back to Jadeite... he could do a lot of pretty cool things. I mean, it's kind of neat to be able to project an image of yourself above the city, let alone to breath fire ;) He also could move stuff around telekinetically, which has to have its perks.

Since Jeddy was the first of the Shitennou, he really didn't get much interaction with the other characters. He hated the Senshi, of course, because they foiled his plans every time he turned around, but he never really got to know the other Shitennou. Nephrite took over his job after he was iced without mention of the former king except to say that he would do a better job. All of the kings pretty much had the same relationship with Queen Beryl, although I believe Jadeite was a little less resentful than the last two. In the manga, however, he had some dealings with Nephrite. Neffy mocked him on occasion and was actually quite upset when he got destroyed by Sailor Moon's tiara. And Zoisite was also around when they were talking to Beryl about the Silver Imperium Crystal. Which, in the manga, Jadeite was after as well as trying to get energy.

So, all in all, Jadeite was pretty cool for a first villain. At least he didn't just appear and zap people or anything, he actually had plans and dressed up and stuff ;) He may not have been the most complex of the Shitennou (that honor would have to go to Zoisite) but he was at least interesting.

Since I don't have as much room on my page as I'd like to (and I'm paying anyway, due to Geocities' evil new data transfer policy) I have some links here to pages where they have lots of good pictures. If there's a picture you've seen previously on this page, e-mail me, and I'll try to fish it out of the vast space that is my hard drive ^_^

Stayka's Dark Kingdom Home
This page has the most screenshots I have ever seen from any show, let alone the Dark Kingdom of Sailor Moon. There's tons and tons of them, and almost all of my pictures came from here. This page is amazing ^_^

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