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diff.text: After [[Jedite |Jadeite]] was condemned to Eternal Sleep by [[Queen Beryl]], Neflite was sent to replace [[Jedite |Jadeite]]. 
diff.text: Unlike his predecessor [[Jedite]] and fellow [[Shitennou]] (Zoycite and Malachite), 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 Tokyo) intonation with the star's and its constellations in order to help him concentrate his energy into locating individual within the region of 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 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 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 Naru Osaka's (Molly Baker). Posing as a professional tennis coach, Nephrite, offered her some basic advice before implanting a youma inside her tennis racket via his evil crest. Upon peaking in her energy potential, he released the youma Tensie who despite stealing her energy was defeated by Sailor Moon with a lot of help from Tuxedo Mask. Nephrite managed to locate two more victims through using the power of the stars: a park gardener called Mr. Kunitachi (Baxter) and Usagi (Serena) Tsukino's sewing class teacher Ms Higure (Helen) Akiyama; as well as successfully implant his [[youma]]s into items representative of them. Although, in both cases, the youmas - Petasos and Widow, respectively - were destroyed by Sailor Moon shortly after they emerged to drain their assigned targets of their energy. 
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diff.text: Unlike his predecessor [[Jedite |Jadeite]] and fellow [[Shitennou]] (ZoyciteZocyite and MalachiteKunzite), 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 [[wikipedia:Tokyo|Tokyo]]) intonation with the [[wikipedia:star|star]]'s and its [[wikipedia:constellation|constellations]] in order to help him concentrate his energy into locating individual within the region of [[wikipedia: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]] 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]] from that object and drain that person of his or her energy leaving that person in a coma-like state<ref>URL="http://www.sweetusagi.com/moon/sailorpro/fourgen.htm"</ref>. 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"<ref name ="materials">{{cite book |last= Drazen|first= Patrick |authorlink = Patrick Drazen | title= Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation |publisher= [[Stone Bridge Press]] |year= 2002 |month= October |isbn= 1-880656-72-8}}</ref>. 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]] inside her tennis racket via his evil crest. Upon peaking in her energy potential, he released the [[youma]] [[Tensie]] who despite stealing her energy was defeated by [[Sailor Moon]] with a lot of help from [[Tuxedo Mask]]. Nephrite managed to locate twohis morenext victimsvictim, throughMr. usingKunitachi the(Baxter), powerwho ofwas thea stars:gardener for a park gardener called. Mr. Kunitachi (Baxter) was perhaps the only victim he indiscriminately attacked where he was able to exploit his rage over the destruction over his beloved park by intensifying his strong feelings. Not only did Nephrite steal his energy but also the energy of the park’s animals through his evil crest which was implanted on his hat and the subsequent release of the [[youma]] [[Petasos]]. However, in typical fashion, [[Sailor Moon]] with help of her [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] and empowerment from [[Tuxedo Mask]] disposes of [[Petasos]] with her [[Moon Tiara Magic|Moon Tiara]]. Similarly the [[Youma|youma]] [[Black Widow]] who was implanted via Nephrite’s evil crest in a piece of material belonging to [[Sailor Moon|Usagi (Serena) Tsukino]]'s sewing class teacher Ms Higure (Helen) Akiyama; asand wellCameran aswho successfullywas implantimplanted hisvia [[youma]]sNephrite’s intoevil itemscrest representativeinside ofthe them[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/camera Although,camera] in both cases,of the youmasvictim -Kijin PetasosShibakawa and(Peter Widow,Fisher) respectivelywere -also weredisposed destroyedof by [[Sailor Moon]]’s shortly[[Moon afterTiara they emergedMagic|Moon toTiara]]. drain their assigned targets of their energy. 
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diff.text: Following the destruction of his youma Cameran in another one of his failed schemes, Nephrite was summoned before Queen Beryl who wanted to know of his progress in dealing with the Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars. As he tries to allay the threat of the trio to Queen Beryl, Zoicite in "one of his more subtle attempts to eliminate his rival <ref>URL="http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/everquest/90/N/nephrite.html"</ref>", appears telling Queen Beryl of the predicament Nephrite was in and even suggested of assiting him so that they could carry out the energy stealing schemes more efficiently. Queen Beryl voiced her support as Nephrite abruptly refused citing his desire to work alone. His pride was a boon to Zoicite as Nephrite's tactical error in arrogantly refusing the extra help, ruined his reputation and irritated Queen Beryl. The subsequent failure of his next youma Jumeau did not help matters.