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The Outer Four

The Outer Sailor Guardians as portrayed in the anime

Outer Sailor Guardians is a group of Sailor Guardians who defend the solar system from external threat. This role contrasts the Inner Sailor Senshi, who are designated to protect Princess Serenity. The "Outer Sailor Guardians, Outer Sailor Senshi, Outer Sailor Soldiers, Outer Senshi," and others are all terms coined by fans and are not official titles, however.

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During the Silver Millennium, the Outer Sailor Guardians were given the task of protecting the solar system from enemies outside of its borders. Following the destruction of the Moon Kingdom and the reincarnation of many of its members on Earth, Sailor Uranus became Haruka Tenou and Sailor Neptune became and Michiru Kaiou. A year older than the Inner Sailor Guardians (Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter), the two became partners and lovers. After working together for some time, they were joined by Setsuna Meiou (Sailor Pluto), a college student, and Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Saturn), a much younger girl (though her age varies due to rebirth cycles and accelerated growth).

Relation to the Inner Sailor Guardians[]

In civilian form, the Outer Sailor Guardians appear charming and personable, but their relationship to the other girls as Sailor Senshi varies depending on the medium (anime, manga, etc...) and specific story lines. In the beginning, the two teams usually have a mutually strong aversion to each other, forcing Usagi, Mamoru or Setsuna to act as mediators. While they demonstrate extreme dedication to their roles as soldiers, the Outer Sailor Guardians can be aloof, and are willing to forego heroic behavior and make ruthless choices for the greater good. They can also be ambivalent towards the Inner Sailor Guardians if they think conflict will arise from attempted cooperation, or as a mishandled way of protecting others. In all incarnations, the question of how to handle the potentially dangerous Sailor Guardian, Sailor Saturn formed the largest conflict of interest between both groups. Eventually, more is learned of the Outer Sailor Guardians' history during the Silver Millennium and the two teams mutually accept each other.

Anime[]

In the anime, the Outer Sailor Guardians were portrayed as much more openly aggressive and prideful, disdaining the offer of help because of perceived weakness in Usagi's group. Their conflicts of interests continued all the way till the end of the season. Even later on they generally acted alone or in tandem, sometimes meshing poorly with the other team's pursuits. They also seemed to lack the closer friendship to Usagi's group that is often present in other versions of the story. Their exact role in the past is also left more ambiguous.

Weapons[]

Unlike the Inner Sailor Guardians, each of the Outer Sailor Guardians fight with a special weapon; Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto each bear one of the three Talismans (the Space Sword, the Deep Aqua Mirror, and the Garnet Orb respectively), while Sailor Saturn wields the Silence Glaive. Depending on the medium, the Outer Sailor Guardians may already be in possession of these weapons when they are first introduced, or may acquire them later.

Trivia[]

  • As the series progress, the Outer Sailor Guardians also seem to develop mild psychic abilities, and are able to sense and foretell impending dangers through nature and visions. This may fit in with their nature-themed powers of destruction (earthquakes- Uranus, tsunamis- Neptune, time- Pluto, and death- Saturn).
  • The apparent gap in maturity of the Outer Sailor Guardians is exaggerated in the first anime, leading to the common but incorrect fan belief Haruka (despite depicted as able to drive) or Michiru are significantly older than the rest of the characters.
  • The first anime's "Makai Tree" filler arc, involving the extraterrestrial beings Ail and An, predates the debut of the Outer Sailor Guardians. Thus while an 'external threat', no in-universe explanation has ever been provided as to the lack of their appearance in it. Although it's entirely possible that they (Haruka and Michiru) simply hadn't awakened yet and Pluto was still guarding the Door of Space-Time. It's possible that their role as protectors from external threats hadn't been established by their appearance yet.
  • Unlike the manga, the Outer Sailor Guardians' only appearance in the Anime's fourth arc is within a special side-story episode; while the Outer Sailor Guardians do appear in the SuperS Movie, the movies are treated as out-of-canon. Its origin as a manga story highlights discrepancies between adaptations. For example, Pluto's presumably recent death is not apparent or mentioned (as she died and was reborn much earlier in the manga at this point) and the Outer Sailor Guardians show no aversion at all to working with the Inner Sailor Guardians, mirroring their original relationship from the manga.
  • Early references to the Outer Sailor Guardians being explicitly stronger at their introduction are inconsistent among later adaptations, and the several power-ups that occur later in the story among all the Senshi render the question moot.
  • The Outer Sailor Guardians' Super forms are never shown in the anime. However, their forms only appear in the Stars arc of the anime when they power up because of baby Hotaru’s power.
  • Some fans believe the mythology between Saturn and Pluto was mixed up, as they seem to have each other's powers.
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