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diff.text: Nephrite was the second of the four [[Shitennou]] (heavenly king) to appear in the manga succeeding his fallen comrade [[Jedite|Jadeite]]. He is the commander of the North American division of the [[Dark Kingdom]].  After [[Jedite|Jadeite]]'s death and subsequent preservation/burial in a glass coffin Nephrite  appeared in [[Queen Beryl]]'s throne room, asking to be allowed to take over the mission to gather energy and locate the Silver Crystal. Upon her approval Nephrite vows to avenge his death and begins his mission appearing in the third act of the manga. Thinking that the "magnificent treasure of the D Kingdom" was the [[Imperium Silver Crystal]], Nephrite  plots to steal the jewel from its owner Princess Diamond who was visiting Tokyo. He used his shadow to possess Princess Diamond at a party. Princess Diamond grabbed the jewel and ran off with it as well as draining the energy of her party's guest at the same time. [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] confront Princess Diamond, but Nephrite 's shadow leaves her and is then destroyed by [[Sailor Moon]]'s ''Moon Twilight Flash'' attack. In Nephrite's final attack (act 5 of the manga), he again makes use of his shadow, but this time possessing a mannequin that comes to life as a “ghost bride” kidnapping men and stealing their energy. The “ghost bride” manages to manipulate [[Motoki Furuhata]] through brainwashing, who in turn tried to drain [[Makoto Kino|Makoto (Lita) Kino]] of her energy. When [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] arrive to investigate, [[Makoto Kino|Makoto (Lita) Kino]] snaps out of her trance and realises that she has been tricked. She is infuriated by the trickery and transforms for the first time into [[Sailor Jupiter]] after having a transformation pen thrown at her by [[Luna]]. Nephrite reveals his presence to the four girls and is incapacitated by [[Sailor Jupiter]]’s ''Flower Hurricane'' attack. He is finally eliminated with a lightning blast from her tiara. After [[Neflite|Nephrite]] died, he transformed into a hard type of jade that is dark green in colour. That type of jade by coincidence is also called Nephrite <ref>[http://www.sweetusagi.com/moon/sailorpro/fourgen.htm - SweetUsagi (Shitennou)]</ref>! <ref>[http://www.eternal-moon.org/villains/neph.html - Eternal-moon (Nephrite)]</ref>! 
diff.text: Through the intonation of the stars in his hideout Nephrite learns that [[Tuxedo Mask]] is [[Sailor Moon]]’s greatest weakness. With some persuasion, [[Queen Beryl]] allows Nephrite to disguise himself and impersonate [[Tuxedo Mask]] so he can exploit [[Sailor Moon]]'s “foolish love" by trapping and learning of her identity before killing her. As part of his plan, Nephrite’s mails bogus love letters to junior high school students within certain areas of Tokyo (including [[Sailor Moon|Usagi (Serena) Tsukino]] and [[Sailor Mars|Rei (Raye) Hino]]). Unfortunately, his plan fails when one of the high school student's, [[Molly Baker|Naru Osaka (Molly Baker)]] correctly deduces that he was behind the distribution of bogus love letters to the female students. Suspecting that she was [[Sailor Moon]], Nephrite “led her on” to test if she would walk into his trap at the Shinjuku MS Department Store. His suspicions were seemingly confirmed when she was naive enough to attend the Shinjuku MS Department Store earlier than expected and recognise Nephrite’s alter ego inside the [[Tuxedo Mask]] disguise. After confronting her in his [[Tuxedo Mask]] outfit demanding that she “reveals herself”, he drained all of her love energy despite the latter pleading that she was not [[Sailor Moon]]. "When the masquerade was exposed after he was discovered draining [[Naru Osaka|Naru Osaka (Molly Baker)]] of her energy by her best friend [[Sailor Moon|Usagi (Serena) Tsukino]], she quickly changed into [[Sailor Moon]] to confront Nephrite<ref>[http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/everquest/90/L/leo1.html _- The Ultimate Sailor Moon Encyclopedia (Leo the Lion)]</ref>", "at which point the two long-time adversaries finally met face to face <ref>[http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/everquest/90/N/nephrite.html - The Ultimate Sailor Moon Encyclopaedia (Nephrite)]</ref>"! Once Nephrite fully revealed his true identity to [[Sailor Moon]], he scares her with an illusion of his clones before creating an illusion of the star [[wikipedia:Regulus|Regulus]] to whom he calls upon its power. The illusion of the star transforms into the constellation of [[wikipedia:Leo|Leo]] within which the [[youma]] of the same name leaps out and begins chasing after [[Sailor Moon]]. Had it not been for [[Tuxedo Mask]] striking Leo the lion on his face, [[Sailor Moon]] would have been fatally wounded. Returning his favour, [[Sailor Moon]] helps [[Tuxedo Mask]] battle [[Leo the Lion|Leo the lion]] with her [[Moon Tiara Magic]] attack, only for it to fail her as it merely stuns the [[youma]].  "Upon recovering, the [[youma]] continued his pursuit " of [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Tuxedo Mask]]. He is recalled by Nephrite  after he successfully traps the retreating [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Tuxedo Mask]] inside an elevator rigged by Nephrite. However, both [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Tuxedo Mask]] escape from Nephrite's trap and certain death with the help of [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[ Sailor Mars]].
diff.text: Although Nephrite failed to kill [[Sailor Moon]], [[Queen Beryl]] becomes very impressed with the amount of love energy drained from [[Naru Osaka|Naru Osaka (Molly Baker)]] and as such, waivers Nephrite’s punishment. “But this was not the only means by which he had unwittingly profited from this scheme, for it also brought to his attention the fact that [[Naru Osaka|Naru Osaka (Molly Baker)]]<ref>URL="[http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/everquest/90/N/nephrite.html" - The Ultimate Sailor Moon Encyclopaedia (Nephrite)]</ref>” was fawning over his alter ego Masato Sanjoin (Maxfield Stanton). Through the intonation with the stars in his hideout, Nephrite decided to continue pursuing her<ref>[http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Usagi_is_Thrilled!_Tuxedo_Mask%27s_Love_Letter - Wikimoon (Usagi is Thrilled! Tuxedo Mask's Love Letter]</ref> and exploit this valuable commodity for his own personal gain.
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diff.text: The starlight attack was an ad =hoc offensive attack performed by Nephrite against [[Sailor Moon]] in episode #23 of the anime (Molly's Folly). The starlight attack would consist of three variations. 
diff.text: Nephrite enters the live action series in act 4 appealing as the second [[Shitennou]] (heavenly king). His physical appearance is drastically changed, and he is portrayed as impetuous, violent and jealous of the other [[Shitennou]] particularly [[Jedite |Jadeite]] who considers him useless. [[Queen Beryl]] realises that if the Sailor Scouts find the princess, they might also find the Silver Crystal also. So she assigns Nephrite to find the Princess and the Silver Crystal before the Sailor Scouts do and carry it out in such a way to prove to his superior [[Queen Beryl]] that he was the most worthy of the [[Shitennou]], and thus gain her appreciation. For continuously sucking up to [[Queen Beryl]] and trying to “protect her” he seemed to be the least liked of the four [[Shitennou]] and was ridiculed not only by her but also by his fellow [[Shitennou]] Kunzite to whom he engaged in fights with. It was during one of these times that Dark Mercury consoled with him by offering him a new cape and saying she did not like seeing him alone <ref>URL="U[http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Nephrite#Pretty_Guardian_Sailor_Moon" - Wikimoon (Nephrite [Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon])]</ref>. Sadly, [[Queen Beryl]] murders him in Act 36 by using her telepathic power to force Nephrite to stab himself in order to demonstrate her over the [[Shitennou]] <ref>URL="[http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Nephrite#Pretty_Guardian_Sailor_Moon" - Wikimoon (Nephrite[Starlight Attack])]</ref>. When he told [[Queen Beryl]] how Zoisite called Tuxedo Kamen "Endymion" before he died, [[Queen Beryl]] erased the memory from his mind. Shortly thereafter he is then reborn in Tokyo as a normal human being working alongside [[Motoki Furuhata|Motoki  Furuhata]] at the karaoke parlour ''Karaoke Crown''. He forged a tenuous friendship with [[Sailor Mercury|Ami Mizuno]] for the compassion shown towards him when she was Dark Mercury by showering her with gifts and even shopping for her at one stage. At the end of the series, he is re-established with the other [[Shitennou]] as one of Prince Endymion's guardians <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitennou_%28Sailor_Moon%29#Shitennou - Wikipedia (Sailor Moon-Shitennou])]</ref>. Nephrite character was played by Matsumoto Hiroyuki<ref>[http://www.sailordream.com/PGSM/Profiles/nephrite.php - Sailor Dream (Nephrite)]</ref>.
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diff.text: *Nephrite was the joint seventeenth favorite male character in a May 1993 [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Animage |Animage]] poll, tying with a character from ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/:Zettai_Muteki_Raijin-Oh|Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh]]''.
diff.text: *Many sites spell&nbsp; Neflite's name '''Nephlite''', possibly because of his Japanese name, though the back of the VHS "Evil Eyes" confirms that it is Neflite.