What if ... the Sailor Senshi went toe to toe with the MCU’s Avengers?
polygon.comMarch 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the first airing ofSailor Moon in Japan. And over those three decades years, the Toei Animation manga adaptation has become one of the most popular and influential series of all time, popping up in everything from Pixar’s Turning Red to HBO’s Euphoria.
As Sailor Moon’s legacy cements itself, it’s hard not to think of another group that’s become as influential to a new generation of nerds: the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of the Avengers. While the two groups appear vastly different, with one being an Japanese animated series starring mostly all women heroes and the other being an American film franchise with a team of heroes centered mostly on superpowered men, the Sailor Senshi and the original six MCU Avengers also have a lot more in common than most may realize — and imagining the two crossing over only makes the connections more apparent. In the ‘90s Sailor Moon introduced many fans to Japanese anime, while the Marvel Cinematic Universe brought new fans to Marvel’s comic book characters (outside of the X-Men). Both vigilante groups also fight for love and justice, have unlikely and reluctant heroes, and even survived an internal struggle for power.
But what does pitting the Sailor Senshi against the Avengers really entail? Who would win if the teams ever crossed paths? Let’s find out.
We’ll assume all of our contenders are fully powered up. This means there will be no time to attack during the famously long transformation sequences — and that goes for Sailor Moon and Iron Man. All of the fighters are also in their most powerful forms for the most part. For continuity sake, the Sailor Senshi are transformed into their forms from Sailor Moon Stars, the final season of
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