diff.text: Her journey begins when, while running to school, she sees some neighborhood kids abusing a cat and rescues it (in the manga she accidentally steps on the cat). Later, the cat comes into her room and reveals herself as a talking cat named [[Luna (Sailor Moon)|Luna]], who serves as the [[Wise old man|mentor]] for the Sailor Moon. [[Luna]] gives Usagi a magical brooch which helps her transform into Sailor Moon (the "soldier for love and justice"), and tells her that she is a Soldier who must fight for peace. She also tells her that she must find the rest of the Soldiers, as well as their princess. Though at first Usagi is portrayed as a "reluctant heroine"<ref>Grigsby considers this reluctance to "substantially undermine the [[Agency (philosophy)|agency]] of the character", p.72 ; but [[Anne Allison]] considers this to be one of the three key attributes of the series' appeal {{cite journal
diff.text: Certain background details of Usagi's character were chosen symbolically&mdash;for instance, her Western astrological sign is given as [[wikipedia:Cancer (astrology)|Cancer]],<ref name="vol 10"/> which in [[wikipedia:astrology]] corresponds to the moon. In reference to a popular [[Japanese blood type theory of personality|Japanese belief]], her [[wikipedia:blood type]] is given as O,<ref name="vol 10"/> supposedly indicating friendliness, optimism, and carelessness.
diff.text: In the Japanese animated version, Usagi is [[wikipedia:seiyū|voiced by]] [[wikipedia:Kotono Mitsuishi]] with a higher voice than Mitsuishi's natural voice. During the recording of the early episodes, Mitsuishi had to mentally prepare herself to play Usagi.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Sailor Moon Omake Making Of |series=Sailor Moon |network=Toei |city=Tokyo |airdate=~05.08.1993 |season=2}}</ref> While Mitsuishi had her [[vermiform appendix|appendix]] removed (episodes 44–50), [[Kae Araki]] played her character.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/doi/smoon/ |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon |accessdate= 2006-11-02 |last= Doi |first= Hitoshi }}</ref>
diff.text: Comedian [[wikipedia:Samantha Bee]] played Sailor Moon in a live-action production at the [[wikipedia:Canadian National Exhibition]].<ref>{{cite news 
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