text: Mamoru shouldn't be here really, he is a soldier but not a sailor soldier - [[User:GracieLizzie|GracieLizzie]], 10 September 2005, 21:37 BST
  * "Sailor soldier" is the closest fit. Since Mamoru is the only one of his type (except for, arguably, the Four Kings, who would go in [[:Category: Dark Kingdom villains]] anyway), there's really nowhere else we can put him. [[User:Purplefeltangel|&hearts;purplefeltangel]] 19:39, 11 Sep 2005 (UTC)
  * He is often said to draw his powers from Earth, like the Sailor soldiers draw their powers from their respective planet. They are guardians of their planets. But there is no one for Earth. Many fanfictions have been written to introduce a Sailor soldier for Earth. In other fanfiction it is said that Mamoru is filling the role of the lacking soldier. I wouldn't say, that he should be counted as Sailor soldier, but as a permanent ally.
  
  Names: The names are written here in western style: forename surname, like 'Usagi Tsukino'. This is correct in western grammar. And western people reading the name don't know the names and don't understand them, so they would expect the first name to be the forename. But it should be noted that the habbit of eastern name convention is to put the surname first. Especially the names of the Sailormoon charakters have a special meaning, that is recognisable in Japanese, when the names are in eastern style order, like 'Tsukino Usagi'. I don't speak Japanese, but I always read, that 'Tsukino Usagi' means 'Rabbit of the moon', where 'Usagi' means 'Rabbit' or 'Bunny' (in the german version this english word is used as her name), 'Tsuki' means 'Moon' and 'no' means 'of'. You might recognise that the direct word by word translation of 'Tsukino Usagi' would be 'Moon of the Rabbit'. That's why it is important to consider the japanese grammar, too, where the writing order is interpreted the other way around: 'Rabbit of the Moon'. We also use this style, in cases where we connect names completely, but the preposition is dumbed, like 'Child of the moon' becomes 'Moonchild' or 'Son of John' becomes 'Johnson'.
diff.text: * He is often said to draw his powers from Earth, like the Sailor soldiers draw their powers from their respective planet. They are guardians of their planets. But there is no one for Earth. Many fanfictions have been written to introduce a Sailor soldier for Earth. In other fanfiction it is said that Mamoru is filling the role of the lacking soldier. I wouldn't say, that he should be counted as Sailor soldier, but as a permanent ally.
diff.text: Names: The names are written here in western style: forename surname, like 'Usagi Tsukino'. This is correct in western grammar. And western people reading the name don't know the names and don't understand them, so they would expect the first name to be the forename. But it should be noted that the habbit of eastern name convention is to put the surname first. Especially the names of the Sailormoon charakters have a special meaning, that is recognisable in Japanese, when the names are in eastern style order, like 'Tsukino Usagi'. I don't speak Japanese, but I always read, that 'Tsukino Usagi' means 'Rabbit of the moon', where 'Usagi' means 'Rabbit' or 'Bunny' (in the german version this english word is used as her name), 'Tsuki' means 'Moon' and 'no' means 'of'. You might recognise that the direct word by word translation of 'Tsukino Usagi' would be 'Moon of the Rabbit'. That's why it is important to consider the japanese grammar, too, where the writing order is interpreted the other way around: 'Rabbit of the Moon'. We also use this style, in cases where we connect names completely, but the preposition is dumbed, like 'Child of the moon' becomes 'Moonchild' or 'Son of John' becomes 'Johnson'.