Let me start by saying that I absolutely adore the Sailor Moon series. It's been an obsession ever since the show was on when I was younger. I love all the new manga with the updated translations. So when I heard the Sailor V manga that wasn't released in the US was going to be translated, I was super excited. However, this really feel flat for me which is really disappointing. I was hoping to see more of Minako as an individual character, but she just seemed like a carbon copy of Usagi except with a big affinity for idols. I know in the shows, Minako and Usagi are very similar but honestly they were practically the same people in this manga installation. I liked the random appearances of Usagi and Rei throughout the story, and it was nice to see the back story before the first Sailor Moon starts up but I wish it had had more of the Sailor Moon magic to it.