Editing Sailor Moon (character) (section)

===Sailor Moon===
The series often refers to Usagi's Sailor Guardian identity, Sailor Moon, as the "Guardian of Love and Justice", and once as the "Guardian of Mystery".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Naoko|first1=Takeuchi|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Vol. 7|date=1994|publisher=[[Kodansha|Kodansha Comics]]|location=Tokyo|isbn=4061787810}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=April 2016}} Throughout most of the series, Sailor Moon wears a white and blue ''[[sailor fuku]]'' uniform; white and reddish{{nbh}}pink gloves and boots; and crescent{{nbh}}moon earrings. She also wears red hairpieces and white [[Hair clip|barrette]]s resembling feathers, both of which can be used for minor attacks. Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian. Though Usagi has some certain abilities as a civilian by way of her true identity as Sailor Moon, she must transform into Sailor Moon to access the vast array of powers available to her.

The names for Sailor Moon's attacks center around mythology of the Moon, love, healing, and light. She eventually becomes the most powerful Sailor Guardian in the galaxy, but her capacity for caring for others is shown to be more powerful still. As the reincarnation of Princess Serenity, Sailor Moon also wields the immensely powerful Silver Crystal. The origin of the Silver Crystal is inconsistently depicted in the series, described as a family heirloom early on, and later described as a fundamental part of Sailor Moon as a Sailor Guardian. The Silver Crystal is coveted by many of the series' villains for its limitless abilities, and Sailor Moon often uses it throughout the series to defeat the most difficult of villains, typically at the cost of her own vitality.

Sailor Moon's appearance and title change at key points when she grows stronger or gains additional powers. The first major change takes place during the third story arc – act 30 of the manga and episode 111 of the original anime – when she obtains the Holy Grail, an item of vast power, and transforms into the more powerful ''Super Sailor Moon''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Naoko|first1=Takeuchi|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Vol. 9|date=1996|publisher=[[Kodansha|Kōdansha]]|location=Tokyo|isbn=4061788353}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=April 2016}} In this form, her costume becomes more ornate and her powers are increased. At first she is unable to maintain this form without using the Grail, but she later gains the ability to assume this form permanently. This happens when the mysterious being Pegasus grants both her and Sailor Chibi Moon new transformation brooches – in arc 34 of the manga and in episode 130 of the original anime.

Sailor Moon receives her third and final form at the end of the fourth story arc, as the combined power of the other Sailor Guardians allows her to transform into ''Eternal Sailor Moon'', whom is described in the series as the closest in power to her future self, Neo-Queen Serenity.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Naoko|first1=Takeuchi|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Vol. 15.|date=1996|publisher=[[Kodansha|Kōdansha]]|location=Tokyo|isbn=4061788353}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=April 2016}} Her uniform is radically altered, including more ornate details and the addition of two pairs of angelic wings on her back which replace her back bow. In the manga, this final form coincides with the Silver Crystal evolving into the Silver Moon Crystal.