Sebastian-ouji's Husbandos (and more...) Shrine
What can be said about this series that hasn't been said already? It wasn't my first anime proper but it was the first anime TV series I watched, as it was for a lot of people, and it's one of my all-time favorites.
But what we're here to talk about is it has some INCREDIBLE husbandos. The guys you're about to see are some of the oldest husbandos I have in terms of how long they've been hubbies!
Let's start with a pretty obvious choice.
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask/Prince Endymion
One of the best 90s anime husbandos! So much of my taste in men can be explained by how invested I was in his romance with Usagi as a kid
Where do I begin I guess?... he does start off as kind of a dick but eventually character develpment kicks in and he remembers, oh yeah, I was a prince in my past life. And become a prince he does because he is so... so handsome and charming and always wants to protect Usagi (even though she's way stronger than him lmao)
I think this scene from the R Movie was my sexual awakening as a kid. I fucking love that movie. More on that later.
I think this is where my formalwear fetish came from, anyway.
Exhibit A.
Can't get enough of Takeuchi-sensei's artwork. Ironically I don't care much for the actual manga (and Crystal by extension) for reasons that don't really matter right now but goddamn I love the manga's artstyle.
I think I may have sized this image down way too far... a lot of the beautiful details can't really be seen now, sadly. But it's one of my favorite Usagi/Mamo pictures.
Every fuckin piece of Sailor Moon artwork looks like a city pop album cover goddamn
I always do love a good fairy-tale romance. Maybe that's why I love this pairing and this series so much.
Anyway, shoutout to Crystal for giving him back his glasses for some scenes.
Obviously the newer dub (and the sub) is better than the censored 90s dub was but, unpopular opinion, Moon Revenge felt like a massive downgrade from Power of Love for the climax of the R Movie.
Oh yeah I almost forgot. IN THE NEW DUB HE'S VOICED BY ROBBIE DAYMOND. He comes up a lot in my husbandos. God that man's voice is so hot.
Here's Mamoru and Usagi, plus the Inner Senshi and the Shittenou, who are Prince Endymion's retainers. The only thing I really liked about Crystal was adding in the cut plotline of the Shittenou being the lovers of the Inner Senshi (presumably in a massive polycule so Kunzite and Zoiste can still date while also dating their respective senshi and also so Nephrite can date Naru and so the inner senshi can date Usagi etc etc) which brings us to our next point!!!!
The Shittenou: Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and I guess we have to include Kunzite too idk
NO OFFENSE TO KUNZITE I'M SORRY I LIKE HIM *ENOUGH* BUT I DON'T *LOVE* HIM! moving on
My first evil husbandos~
They actually looked pretty good in Crystal, somehow. Zoisite looks more masculine, too.
All Shittenou are kings. Literally, I guess? They're also called the Four Heavenly Kings. It's a shame we don't learn much about them, even in Crystal. They feel like such wasted characters a lot of the time.
Let's go through them one by one, though I'm lumping Kunzite in with Zoisite. I don't have a ton of pics for them atm (most of what I had saved was fanart) but maybe I'll add more in the future?
Omg Jadeite my problematic fave~
Yeah he is my favorite of the three! What can I say... I love a man with short, curly hair... I've wanted hair like that for years.
He was cute in Crystal too but not as cute, but I liked his scenes with Rei. And he is not as sexist.
There's something stunningly attractive about him in this screencap.
Let's see more 90s Jadeite!
Why is he my favorite? Genuinely just because he's the hottest one, although he's also the most likely to step on me and call me a whore so like he has that going for him too
That smile.........
Moving on to Nephrite~
He is so fucking 80s looking holy shit. Bro was born to be the lead singer in an 80s metal band, not working as an underling for an evil queen.
I am going to shove my face into his hair. I bet it's softer than velvet.
Not as 80s looking in Crystal but still very 80s. His hair is still so gorgeous! He does seem somewhat less muscular though...
Also, raise your hand if you were personally victimized by the arc with him and Naru as a kid.
Let's talk about femboy god-emperor Zoisite and his boyfriend~
Finding out this character was a man when I grew up changed me. Honestly I know Zoisite being female in the DIC dub was a result of homophobia but I can't help but headcanon him as being trans now. He just reminds me so much of myself. As a kid I think seeing a "woman" this masculine and then growing up and finding out, oh, actually that is an effeminate man? I think that was actually a pretty core moment for me!
Of course we all know the reason for this change was because of his love with Kunzite. Here they are, in one of the show's most gorgeous screencaps.
Looking at these screenshots side by side makes me realize they whitewashed Kunzite in Crystal, ughhhhhhhhh
Honestly I love them all~ Endymion and his four bodyguards, They're all just so damn gorgeous!
I'm gonna make a separate page to discuss Prince Diamond, Ail, and Fiore!