[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by Suzu

Mamoru a pedophile? Excuse me, but have we read the same manga? Which scene are you referring to?

EDIT: I think you found what you were referring to. But seriously, judging the quality of a manga by a bonus parody that has only 8 panels and has nothing to do with the actual canon? Besides, just because the guy said he was Tuxedo Kamen, it doesn't mean he is- either he's OOC, because it's a parody or, which is also likely as it happens often in the Manga, he was someone pretending to be Tuxedo Kamen. We can't even recognize exactly who he is because the facial features are simplified- but due to Chibiusa's reaction, it is pretty likely it isn't even Mamoru.

Judging a whole manga by a small comic-strip is pretty weak. If you don't have arguments to undermine your opinion of the manga being bad that do actually take place in the main storyline, you shouldn't wonder why people say that you are wrong.

Excuse me? I've been giving points throughout the entire debate to do with the main story, where the heck are you coming from? I was just pointing out that Dr. Kain's objection to Usagi's nakedness in the final battle is hypocritical compared to that scene in the manga.

And don't even bother trying jumping through loop holes; it was DEFINITELY Mamoru. Chibiusa says "Mamoru you're awful" and previously in the chapter Mamoru got a nose-bleed at the sight of these super sexy 11 year olds. Or was Usagi on a date with someone who might not have been Mamoru because of the art? Despite the fact that the main story also frequently changes to "chibified" if it suits to mood.

So your argument is "Yes, this official story had Mamoru getting a nose-bleed at the sight of 11 year olds and then later lifted the skirts of those said 11 Year olds but its totally OK because its position in canon is debatable". No, its still awful.

But yes, comparatively the manga is worse then the anime for the reasons I've detailed earlier including the confused story telling, the under developed or entirely undeveloped characters, the absolutely terrible action scenes and the characterisation of some characters, especially Princess Serenity and that the StarS arc was one long over complex, bleak, trying too hard to be dark, boring trudge. This was just an extra tidbit due to the "Naked Angel Usagi is SO WRONG" when the manga was fine with much worse.

Is the Manga awful? No. Is it necessarily bad? Not always. But compared to the anime, I think the anime's a clear winner. It had a far better grasp on its characters and, in my opinion, was far better at giving a satisfactory story outside of SuperS's fillers. That's why I'm hoping the new anime is not super accurate like has been claimed and instead does its own thing with the source material as the anime and PGSM did.