edit_summary: /* Nephrite */  Beta version of change (more to follow)
diff.text: '''Nephrite''' is the second of the Generals to appear.  He used astrology to guide him towards targets with high energy.  He has a crush on [[Naru Osaka|Naru]] which gradually reforms him and ends up sacrificing himself for Naru. 
diff.text: Unlike his predecessor [[Jedite|Jadeite]] and fellow [[Shitennou]] (Zocyite and Kunzite), Nephrite did not believe that the indiscriminate attacks against human beings as the most efficient way of gathering the vast amount of energy required in order to revive Queen Metallia, but rather hypothesises in targeting specific people as a more effective method. A firm believer that human destiny is guided by the movements of the stars in the heavens, Nephrite used astrology to perform inside his operations base (a large mansion located in a wooded area of the vicinity of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo Tokyo]) intonation with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/star star]'s and its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/constellation constellations] in order to help him concentrate his energy into locating individual within the region of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo Tokyo] that were approaching major turning points in their lives where their "energy potential" would be at its maximum before attacking them. By seeking out such a person and marking an object which epitomises his or her greatest talent with a special symbol - his own personal crest - he could place a [[Youma|youma]] inside of that object which would hasten their interest with the object (to the point of obsession) as they devote more and more energy towards using their object until that person reaches their maximum energy potential. Once this point was reached, he would unleash the [[Youma|youma]] from that object and drain that person of his or her energy leaving that person in a coma-like state. Nephrite would seek out that person under his established disguise: the human identity of that of a millionaire entrepreneur and socialite - Masato Sanjouin. To match his monogrammed belongings, he was given the pseudonym Maxfield Stanton in the dubbed Northern American version of the anime, which author Patrick Drazen describes as "ridiculously soap-opera". As Masato Sanjouin it wasn't long before he found his first victim: a young girl named Rui Saionji (Katy Sandler), a gifted tennis player and close friend of [[Molly|Naru Osaka's (Molly Baker)]]. Posing as a professional tennis coach, Nephrite, offered her some basic advice before implanting a [[Youma|youma]] inside her tennis racket via his evil crest. Upon peaking in her energy potential, he released the [[Youma|youma]] [[Tensie]] who despite stealing her energy was defeated by [[Sailor Moon]] with a lot of help from [[Tuxedo Mask]]. He has a crush on [[Naru Osaka|Naru]] which gradually reforms him and ends up sacrificing himself for Naru.