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When I asked the celebrated British novelist Jim Crace to tell me about a favorite line from literature, he was reluctant to choose something bound between the covers of a book. This is a writer, after all, who recently confessed to The Independent that he's never read a book by Thomas Hardy, another chronicler of life in the English countryside. Sailor Guardians originating from outside the Solar System generally have very different and widely varying outfits, but one single feature connects them all: the sailor collar.

Solar System Sailor Senshi: Sailor Moon / Princess Serenity • Sailor Mercury • Sailor Mars • Sailor Jupiter • Sailor Venus

Jim Crace's novel Quarantine (1997) was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, and mathematical scientists at Cambridge have studied the beguiling rhythmic patterns in his prose. His latest book, Harvest, is a tale about the way outside forces rupture communal life in a rural English town. The author spoke to me by phone from his home near Birmingham, England. Specialist Nepali language services for members of the Brigade of Gurkhas and their relatives. Read more Glasgow Helping Heroes

By Heart is a series in which authors share and discuss their all-time favorite passages in literature. Many Sailor Senshi are also Princesses. This includes Princess Serenity and Princess Kakyuu among others.It goes like this. You're starting off in that first sentence: tinker, tailor. Not "tinker tailor soldier sailor," not only with alliteration, but with but with matching pairs of syllables: Tinker. Tailor. Soldier. Sailor. And, you've got a perfect rhyme: tailor and sailor. Those four words there could not be stitched more tightly together than they are in the form that I've just given them to you. The Eternal forms replicate each other entirely in form and generally reach an ornate peak. They have star shaped brooches in their front ribbon and waist with stars also appearing as their earnings, on their chokers, boots, and tiaras. They have double layer skirts. They have bubble shaped, transparent, shoulder pads with white sleeves and long white gloves. When Sailor Moon takes on this form she gains wings and loses her tiara while the others do not reflect any of these two changes. This form never appears in the 90's anime for anyone but Sailor Moon. Endymion also has a deeper connection to the Earth through his present day incarnation: Mamoru Chiba. Mamoru's full name translates to "Protector of Earth". Tuxedo Mask has abilities directly tied to the Earth [8] while he retains his connection to the Golden Kingdom and Helios. Tuxedo Mask is the Senshi equivalent for the Earth [2] and retains his previous life's strong connection to the Sun.

Civilian Identities: Usagi Tsukino • Ami Mizuno • Rei Hino • Makoto Kino • Minako Aino • Chibiusa Tsukino • Setsuna Meiou • Haruka Tenou • Michiru Kaiou • Hotaru Tomoe • Kou Seiya • Kou Yaten • Kou Taiki • Princess Kakyuu • Chibi Chibi Sailor Power Guardians: Guardian Mercury • Guardian Mars • Guardian Jupiter • Guardian Venus • Guardian Pluto • Guardian Uranus • Guardian Neptune • Guardian Saturn • Guardian CosmosSailor Guardians, as magical girl heroines, have both civilian and magical identities. Before transforming into their Sailor forms, the Sailor Guardians look like average girls. They use transformation items to turn into their Sailor Guardian forms through a transformation sequence that grants her a uniform in her theme-colors and her kind of elemental power; these powers come from an object called a " Sailor Crystal" said to be within each of them. Accessories gained with their uniform, such as Sailor Moon's tiara, can also be used as weapons. Usually, during their initial awakening, the Sailor Guardians would have the astrological sign associated with their respective planet display on their forehead. The franchise initially presents Sailor Guardians as heroines in a fight of light against darkness; however, their more noble characteristics are from the ideology Sailor Moon shares with her close protectors. The idea Senshi are inherently well meaning is gradually subverted throughout the series. This process is completed with the final villains being Sailor Guardians themselves who hold a different point of view. The manga takes this further and suggests Senshi are not inherently different from the villains they have been fighting and they spring from the same source. A similar rhyme has been noted in William Caxton's The Game and Playe of the Chesse (c. 1475), in which pawns are named: "Labourer, Smith, Clerk, Merchant, Physician, Taverner, Guard and Ribald." [1] In the DiC English adaptation of the anime, the term "Sailor Scout" was used instead of "Sailor Guardian" or "Sailor Soldier".

Even though my brother and I loved scrumping—we loved the act of climbing trees and grabbing fruit—there was always fear we would be caught. We feared we'd be imprisoned, sent to Australia. You know how you are when you're a kid? We were terrified and excited by it at the same time. There were happy memories associated with it, too. My father had a North London accent—he said thief like feef. My brother and I used to sneak pips into his pile to give him the right amount so that he'd fall on "thief." And we'd laugh ourselves dry—because not only did he become a thief, but he'd mispronounce the word. Sailor Guardians are magical girls who are initially presented as super-heroes who use their powers to vanquish the forces of evil. They are each associated with an object in outer space. These celestial bodies include stars, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets among other objects. The first record of the opening four professions being grouped together is in William Congreve's Love for Love (1695), which has the lines: Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief, Doctor, Lawyer, (or "Merchant") Indian Chief. [1] Origins [ edit ]When the Inner Sailor Guardians appear in the past Silver Millennium and the future 30th century they wear their original uniforms, without any enhancements.

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