Mystical Silver Crystal
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The Mystical Silver Crystal (幻の銀水晶 Maboroshi no Ginzuishou?) (lit. Silver Crystal of Illusion), is the source of the power of Queen Serenity in the Sailor Moon metaverse. Usagi Tsukino, and later Chibiusa, will go on to inherit the Crystal in some form. In the English dub, it is called simply the Silver Crystal (or sometimes the Silver Imperium Crystal); several Sailor Moon Japanese songs refer to it simply as the Ginzuishou. The Mystical Silver Crystal possesses tremendous power, capable of reviving an entire world from ruin, but the strain of using such power often costs the user her life.
It is commonly portrayed in both the anime and manga as possibly the single most powerful artifact in the universe, able to focus the energy of its wielder to perform magnificent feats. However, there are several artifacts that rival it in strength, including the Black Crystal of the Death Phantom in Sailor Moon R and the Sapphire Crystal of Sailor Galaxia. In the fifth series of the anime, the crystal also appears to double as Sailor Moon's starseed. It takes on a multitude of shapes, including round, diamond, heart, star, and lotus. [1]
[edit] Use in the manga
The Mystical Silver Crystal is used several times in the manga, often in battle to defeat the final "boss villain". The crystal has two primary powers: the ability to generate a powerful magical attack and the power to rejuvenate. The crystal seems to have both more control and more focused power attached to the Moon Wand. It often blooms into a lotus shape which indicates a more powerful version of the same crystal. However, it is not officially a Sailor Crystal until it evolves for the user.
It was first used by Queen Serenity to remove negative influences from the Earth and also to send Princess Serenity and her court to Earth. It was also used to send the souls of her fallen subjects into the future to be reincarnated, which cost the queen her life. It also extends the life of the user and those around them if they do not use it to its limit.
It eventually evolves into the next form--a Sailor Crystal. For Sailor Moon, it evolved into the Silver Moon Crystal. For Chibiusa it evolved into the Pink Moon Crystal.
The Mystical Silver Crystal is also considered the most powerful crystal next to its evolved forms.
[edit] Use in the anime
The anime adds a few extra powers to the Mystical Silver Crystal, for instance, in the Sailor Moon R movie) showed that it could be used to construct a shield. In conjuction with the Moon Wand it is also used to heal people back to their normal forms. Most of the other properties of the Mystical Silver Crystal are the same of the manga. It is used in the anime far more than the manga. In the anime, specifically in Episode 83 of Sailor Moon R, the Crystal was not only powerful enough to restore the Earth and its people to life after the planet was devastated by some unspecified ecological catastrophe, it also created the metropolis of Crystal Tokyo. [2]
The Mystical Silver Crystal, however, was never used to remove any negative influences from the Earth.
[edit] External links
- http://www.serapii-kisu.net/ginzuishou/
- http://antares7.absoludicrous.net/articles/maboroshi/
- http://henshin.anime-myth.com/bssm_notes1.html -Mythology behind the Silver Crystal
- http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Silver_Crystal
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