diff.text: [[File:Ami8.jpg|thumb|left|Ami, AKA Sailor Mercury, as shown in the anime.]] Ami's most-emphasized character trait is that she is enormously intelligent&mdash;in the anime and manga she is rumored by other characters to have an [[IQ]] of three hundred, while in the [[Sailor Moon musicals|stage musicals]] this is stated as a fact.<ref>Ami herself makes this statement in the first musical, ''Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen''.</ref> She is adept at English in both the musicals and the anime.<ref>1998 Sailor Moon musical ''Eien Densetsu'', after ''Dream Yume wa Ookiku'' - Ami converses with the evil Mamoru, who is the new PE teacher and named "Tony Chiba". She initially thought Mamoru was a Havard Professor, and spoke to him in English. In the anime, episode 108, she speaks fluently at a party put on by one of Mamoru's professors.</ref> Her peers view her with a mixture of awe and distaste, misinterpreting her inherent [[shyness]] as [[snob]]bery, and so she tends to have a difficult time making new friends.<ref name = "act2"/> Ami is depicted as sweet, gentle, and loyal, as well as slightly insecure.<ref name="doi097">{{cite web | last = Doi | first = Hitoshi | authorlink = Hitoshi Doi | title = Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S episode 97 | date = 1994-05-29 | url = http://www.usagi.org/doi/smoon/episodes/sms097.html | accessdate = 2006-11-18}}</ref> [[Anne Allison]] describes her as "a smart girl who needs to relax", calling her "conscientious" and "studious", "everything Usagi is not." Early on in the story, she relies heavily on the approval of her mother, teachers, and friends, but as the series progresses she becomes stronger and more confident in herself.<ref nameShe =is "Challengegenerally tothe Hollywood">{{citemost journalsensible of the main characters, and is often the only one embarrassed when the group has a dull-witted moment. As the story begins, she attends Azabu Jūban Junior High along with [[Sailor Moon (character)|Usagi Tsukino]] and, later, [[Sailor Jupiter|Makoto Kino]].
diff.text:  | last = Allison
diff.text:  | first = Anne
diff.text:  | title = A Challenge to Hollywood? Japanese Character Goods Hit the US
diff.text:  | journal = Japanese Studies
diff.text:  | volume=20
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diff.text:  }}</ref> Early on in the story, she relies heavily on the approval of her mother, teachers, and friends, but as the series progresses she becomes stronger and more confident in herself. She is generally the most sensible of the main characters, and is often the only one embarrassed when the group has a dull-witted moment. As the story begins, she attends Azabu Jūban Junior High along with [[Sailor Moon (character)|Usagi Tsukino]] and, later, [[Sailor Jupiter|Makoto Kino]].
diff.text: [[Image:Amimanga.jpg|left|thumb|Ami in her school uniform, drawn by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]. The "genius" archetype is emphasized in her character design, as seen here in the presence of books and reading glasses.]]
diff.text: [[File:Ami39.jpg|thumb|left|Ami.]] Ami is one of the few girls in the series whose family situation is explicitly mentioned in the anime. Her parents are [[divorce]]d, and she lives with her mother, a busy doctor who is not home very often, named Saeko in the live-action series.<ref>Ami's mother's name is mentioned in [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]], Act 33, but not in any other version of the metaseries.</ref> They look very similar, and Ami admires her mother and longs to live up to her example.<ref name="Warriors of Legend sample">{{cite web|url=http://www.warriorsoflegend.com/about.html|title=Samples from Warriors of Legend}}</ref> Besides her [[workaholic]] tendencies, Ms. Mizuno is portrayed as a good person who openly resents not having more time to spend with her daughter. Ami's father is never named, but is stated in the manga and anime to be a painter. The manga says that he never visits them, having decided one day not to come home from the forest where he was relaxing and painting, but he sends her postcards on her birthday. Thinking about this, Ami sometimes resents her parents' selfishness in separating,<ref name="Act35">{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | authorlink = Naoko Takeuchi | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 12 |chapter= Act 35 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= September 6, 1995 |isbn= 4-06-178814-0 }}</ref> partly because divorce in Japan is [[taboo]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Bumiller |first= Elisabeth | title= The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family |publisher= Vintage |date= October 29, 1996 |isbn= 0-679-77262-6}}</ref> However, in the anime Ami seems to appreciate her father and seems to share some of his artistic traits, at one point even composing matching lyrics for a tune that had none.<ref name="doi151">{{cite web | last = Petrow | first = Joe | publisher = [[Hitoshi Doi]] | title = Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Supers Episode 151 | date = 1996-04-21 | url = http://www.usagi.org/doi/smoon/episodes/smss151.html | accessdate = 2006-11-18}} </ref> In the manga, Ami's mother is revealed to be fairly rich, as they live in a [[condominium]].<ref name=Act11>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | authorlink = Naoko Takeuchi|title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 3 |chapter= Act 11 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= April 6, 1993 |isbn= 4-06-178744-6}}</ref> Ami is shown testing the strength of a sword that the Sailor Senshi received on the moon by using it to chip a [[diamond]] ring. (Classically, a diamond is the [[hardness|hardest]] mineral.) When the girls panic, she calms them by saying that her mother has many more.<ref name=Act11 />
diff.text: [[File:Ami58.jpg|thumb|left|Ami, AKA Eternal Sailor Mercury, as shown in the manga.]]In the manga, Ami can [[dowsing|dowse]] without any aids.<ref>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsouban Volume 3 |chapter= Act 16 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= October 23, 2003 |isbn= 4-06-334783-4 }}</ref> Otherwise, she is not shown using any special powers in her civilian form, and may not be able to.<ref>In ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' Episode 31, Usagi asks Ami to transform in order to produce some water.</ref> She must first [[henshin|transform]] into a Sailor Senshi by raising a special device (pen, bracelet, wand, or crystal) into the air and shouting a special phrase, originally "Mercury Power, Make-up!"<ref>First used in each of Sailor Mercury's first appearances, except the manga, where it is delayed to Act 3. In the English versions, Ami does not say 'Make up' when transforming.</ref> As she becomes more powerful and obtains new transformation devices, this phrase changes to evoke Mercury Star, Planet, or Crystal Power.<ref>"Star Power" starting in manga Act 15, anime Episode 62, when she acquires the Star Power Stick. "Planet Power" starting in Act 24 of the manga only. "Crystal Power" starting in Act 35, when she acquires the Mercury Crystal and her second uniform, and in Episode 151, when she acquires the Crystal Change Rod and becomes Super Sailor Mercury.</ref> In the anime, Sailor Mercury's transformation sequence evolves slightly over time, whether to update the background images or to accommodate changes to her uniform or a new transformation device, but all of them involve a stream of water which she whirls around her body as she spins, forming her outfit with a [[Ripple (fluid dynamics)|ripple]] effect.
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diff.text: [[Image:Mercury-21.jpg|right|thumbnail|In her first Senshi uniform, Sailor Mercury demonstrates her power over water with ''Shine Aqua Illusion''.]]
diff.text: In the manga, Ami can [[dowsing|dowse]] without any aids.<ref>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsouban Volume 3 |chapter= Act 16 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= October 23, 2003 |isbn= 4-06-334783-4 }}</ref> Otherwise, she is not shown using any special powers in her civilian form, and may not be able to.<ref>In ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' Episode 31, Usagi asks Ami to transform in order to produce some water.</ref> She must first [[henshin|transform]] into a Sailor Senshi by raising a special device (pen, bracelet, wand, or crystal) into the air and shouting a special phrase, originally "Mercury Power, Make-up!"<ref>First used in each of Sailor Mercury's first appearances, except the manga, where it is delayed to Act 3. In the English versions, Ami does not say 'Make up' when transforming.</ref> As she becomes more powerful and obtains new transformation devices, this phrase changes to evoke Mercury Star, Planet, or Crystal Power.<ref>"Star Power" starting in manga Act 15, anime Episode 62, when she acquires the Star Power Stick. "Planet Power" starting in Act 24 of the manga only. "Crystal Power" starting in Act 35, when she acquires the Mercury Crystal and her second uniform, and in Episode 151, when she acquires the Crystal Change Rod and becomes Super Sailor Mercury.</ref> In the anime, Sailor Mercury's transformation sequence evolves slightly over time, whether to update the background images or to accommodate changes to her uniform or a new transformation device, but all of them involve a stream of water which she whirls around her body as she spins, forming her outfit with a [[Ripple (fluid dynamics)|ripple]] effect.
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diff.text: [[Image:Sakai Noriko-groink2000.png|right|thumb|Noriko Sakai, circa. 2000 - Takeuchi describes Ami as looking like [[Noriko Sakai]].]]
diff.text: The [[kanji]] in Ami's last name translate as {{nihongo|"water"|水|mizu}} and {{nihongo|"field" or "civilian"|野|no}}; and her first name translates as {{nihongo|"Asia" or "second"|亜|a}} and {{nihongo|"beauty"|美|mi}}. It is structured as a [[pun]], as the syllable "no" indicates a [[possessive]], so that her name can also be understood as "Ami of Water." It is frequently mistranslated as "Friend of Water" because of the French word ''ami'', which is included in some Japanese dictionaries.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.solon.org/cgi-bin/j-e/dict |title= Jeffrey's Japanese <-> English Dictionary |accessdate= 2007-02-23}} is one commonly-used online dictionary which includes some French words, including ''ami'', as in [http://www.solon.org/cgi-bin/j-e/dosearch?sDict=on&H=PW&L=J&T=ami&NOFUZZY=on&WC=none&FG=r&BG=b&S=26 this search.]</ref>
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