#9 Haruka & Michiru Gone Wrong

MoonSticks Sailor Moon Comic #9 - Haruka & Michiru Lesbian Cousins Gone Wrong featuring Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus and Michiru Kaiou/Sailor Neptune. A parody comic about Sailor Uranus and Neptune being called cousins instead of lesbians.

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236 thoughts on “#9 Haruka & Michiru Gone Wrong”

  1. Well, you can be sure I don’t express affection to my cousins in THAT way ^^;
    I always knew about UranusxNeptune, in Spain was never really subtle and I loved them.

  2. I am more intrigued at wondering how on earth did the grill knew Haruka is a girl when 5 school girls and one Star Fighter mistook her as a boy.

    1. I thought Haruka was first drawn to be not that feminine (no eyelashes, boy clothes). She did become more feminine over time, and I was wondering if Takeuchi did it because she couldn’t draw guys that well.

  3. I hate all those people who say if they are cousins they suck.What if the SM fans parents disapprove of homosexuality??Its for their OWN good!You’re just fans of the Japanese one………sorry I was angry -.- I can’t control it -.-

    1. It is actually funny. In the past when there looked like there would be no hope of the S Season getting dubbed due to Haruka and Michiru’s relationship, fans would say, “They are awesome characters and I want the S season dubbed! Make them sisters/cousins/really good friends if you have to!”

      Those fans got their wish. -__-

      Truthfully, I think those who say Amara and Michelle suck is because they actually do suck – some just like to add in the cousin bit for icing on the cake. The dub destroyed their characters as well as Sailor Pluto’s. They did do a better job with Rini from S Season on, though. Dic’s dubbing of the R Season ruined her. -__-

  4. I’m beyond excited about this remake I too am 24 and I remember watching sailor moon as a child but never felt an attachment to any of the sailor scouts until Haruka and Michiru came into play.i totally crushed on Haruka and didn’t put two and two together until I found my fiancé Keira.I’ll be beyond happy if they are lovers instead of cousins which upset me as I live in Canada

    1. haha yes! They will definitely no longer be cousins if Sailor Moon Crystal gets to show the third season :D Regardless though, I think we can at least all be excited that VizMedia is releasing Sailor Moon (90s anime) in its full uncut, uncensored glory :D

  5. I’m 24 and grew up watching the English Dub of Sailor Moon. Haruka and Michiru came into the storyline when I was around 13-14, and I instantly knew that they were lovers. I’m bisexual myself, something I didn’t fully discover and accept until I was 20 when I began a lesbian relationship with a college classmate (we’re both bi, and, as I found out recently when she posted her excitement over the new Sailor Moon: Crystal anime and manga, both fans of SM.) While discussing the changes that would occur, she posted: (and I quote…) “One thing’s for sure. Haruka and Michiru ain’t ‘cousins’ this time around…! :)”

    1. haha yaaay! I really hope the new anime gets to cover all the seasons :3 I would love to see Haruka and Michiru in Sailor Moon Crystal ^^

      I think it’s also great that you were able to discover yourself :) All the best!

      1. Totally agree… and thanks a bunch. I’ve been with my girlfriend for two years, and we are very, very happy together. :)

  6. That’s really cute and funny!!!! XD <3 And Haruka and Michiru definitely make a perfect couple!!!!! XD <3 Outstanding job!!!! XD <3

  7. poor little girl…whitnessed something very…disturbing. great work chibi jen!!!! :3 ps. my sis asked why i didn’t really like huraka and micharu she thought cuz they were freagin lesbians! it was only cuz they killed Saturn and pluto. great work :3

  8. I find it funny that even as a 7 year old who knew nothing of homosexuality I was still able to instantly recognize these two as lovers even without the music and rose petals lol Though that immediate recognition may just have been my own lesbianism showing through at a young age ^^; the worst part was my confusion after my younger sister got in my face and furiously argued that they were cousins. she has since come to accept the truth. |D

    1. I know what you mean though i was showing more to be bi then lesbian sadly i’m a bi and I can’t change it but I’m not one of those bi girls thankfully xP

      1. As soon as I saw them in the Dic version, I was like: “Yeah…sure they’re cousins…I have cousins, and I do NOT hug them like that.” My next thought was that the Dic dub was an epic fail. They tried to turn an anime for teens into a show for little kids.

        1. Actually, the show was for kids in Japan.

          Hitoshi Doi’s page said the show was aimed at 4-12 year olds.

  9. Yeah, the whole cousins thing confused the HELL outta me when I was a kid. I knew cousins didn’t hug like that.

    1. hehe, at the very least you got to see S on TV ;) Here in Australia it was never broadcast at all..I only heard about the bizarre cousin thing you guys went through ^^;

    2. nor do they talk to each other like Ruka and Michi do, or that episode where Michiru says she likes Haruka’s hands?? lol XD

  10. I’ve always been a fan of these two. They’re just so PERFECT for each other!
    I <3<3<3 u, Haruka and Michiru!!!!!

  11. I love how Haruka and Michiru are like ‘Really now?’ in the final panel. XD America really failed horribly to censor their beautiful relationship.

  12. I am a fan of SM in China,struggling to study Japanese as well as English.And I adore Michiru-sama’s elegance so much!Of course Haruka&Michiru is a perfect match!
    Look foward to seeing your new comic strip!

  13. Man, the English dub is lame. You could still tell that Haruka and Michiru were a couple despite the poor attempt to turn them into cousins for the English dub. Shame on them for trying to ruin one of the best relationships in the show!

    1. there were only two and if you ask me It doesn’t relly matter if you already know so don’t flippin’ of the cteator of the English dub okay

  14. Naoko Takeuchi said they aren’t cousins.. is just the english version of Sailor Moon that made them cousins.

    1. True. In the manga and the original there are many scenes that make it ABUNDANTLY clear that they are/were lovers. The English version of SM started the ‘cousin’ ruse for the same reason that only the first few episodes of the Stars season was broadcast in the US. Highly critical fans need to remember that anime on a whole was intended for teens 15-18. The show was highly censored in the US, and even an entire season cut out so it could be marketed to young girls. I was born in 1990 and watched the anime from 1997-2005 when it stopped broadcasting on Cartoon Network.

    2. I heard the French had a different way of hiding their relationship.

      They made it seem like Haruka pretended to be a man in civilian form to hide her identity, and Michiru pretended to be “his” girlfriend. That still beats making them cousins.. XD

    1. there is nothing wrong with their choice/preference of their sexuality. and it’s better to keep those opinions to yourself; otherwise it’ll turn into a controversial debate, and lets not forget that some people will find your statement very offensive.

    2. I personally don’t mind homosexuality in a tv show/movie/book as long as it’s tastefully done and the characters aren’t totally stereotyped. HOWEVER, as for your complaint about either. Which would you prefer? Lesbians or lesbian incestuous cousins? The first is what Naoko-sensei drew and intended, the latter is what the dub portrayed them to be despite their best intentions.

  15. The english dubbers made them “Cousins” because they didn’t like how Sailor Uranus and Neptune were lovers.

  16. These are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    My compliments to chibijennifer!
    I could never draw like that, let alone create some of the best comics I’ve ever seen
    PS-this one is my personal favourite!

    SailorEuropa slhas left the building!

  17. Oh man I love this I dont like how the Americans made them Cousins but they are lovers! Damin you Americans!!!!! I love the way they were before the amaricans made them cousins. They are the cuteist couple besides Lord Kunzite and Lord Zoisite. Oh btw this is great comic. =)

  18. this one’s so funny! xD
    i always hated how they made haruka and michiru cousins in the dub!
    your drawings are so cute! i love your comics, they always make me laugh. :D

  19. Seven years old watching Sailor Moon dub and I could tell they were lovers.
    now it’s just incest.
    Way to go, DiC. xD

  20. This is one of my favorite comics… I still can’t believe the English dub turned them into cousins. That was just silly. XD

    “Oh look, mom! They’re ‘kissing cousins’!!” *wink wink* …right. lol

    1. Yes, of course they’re lesbians. Have you even seen the show?

      Welcome to 1997.

      I don’t mean to sound mean. It’s just very common knowledge that they’re indeed in a relationship.

  21. awww… Michiru and Haruka are the best ever! I adore them (especially Haruka).

    Great work with these comics, I love them. <3 I can't believe I didn't find them sooner. :(

  22. WOW this is so good I love all ur comics they are so funny I love Kunzites daily job it’s so funny. Anyway IDK why the states coverd up the fact that haruka and michiru are lovers you can planly see that they arnt lol. *hugs*

  23. Not sure if you ever saw that episode of the Simpsons where Homer becomes a hippie with some of his mothers’ old friends?

    In that episode, Homer by accident places drugs in the juices those guys made and the whole city gets high. Well there was a scene where Grandpa Simpson and his friend are sitting at a bench in the park drinking the juice, and it caused them to laugh and act like Beavis & Butthead.

    Sometimes, I imagine that Haruka & Michiru were sitting there drinking that juice, and doing the same thing, only instead of saying “We are old people” one would say “We are lesbians” and the other would say “that is so cool” and then laugh like Beavis and Butt head.

  24. As always a grown-up decides to ‘protect children’ when children were fine with it as the truth to begin with…. *sighs* this is why I’ll never grow up…

  25. Their relationship kinda struck me
    I would of been like that if they were actually real life

  26. Pretty sure the English dub for their relationship was the dumbest thing ever.
    Again, you made my life. I think I’m filling up on all this giggle/best thing ever feelings, all from reading your clever comics. xD
    One of my favourite episodes is when everyone is going crazy over Haruka, only for her to be a boy at the end of it all. Harula is general is win.

  27. lol lovers or cousins >.> first two panels were cute but than the kid like broke the moment :P
    last panel Haruka and Michiru looked like they wanted to slap one of them XD

  28. Haruka and Michiru were created only to complete the gay agenda. That was their true mission. However, the U.S. foiled them by making them cousins…
    Or was incest the true plan of the Japanese all along?
    @_@

  29. i love haruka and michiru i started watching sailormoon when i was 5 and even i realized they was lesbiens(my mom didnt realize it which is a good thing because if she did she wuld have propley made me stop watching it)could u make more mini magnas of them thank you
    P.S.why did they make them cousins almost every one who watched knew they was together
    P.S.S.I GET IT KNOW!!!(yeah me)the mom said that because maybe she didnt wont her daughter to know they was together because she doesnt wont her to be a lesbien when she gets older am i right

  30. lol i remember i was just like hang on your not cousins i mean your not THAT close to your cousin (i should know because she is reading over my sholder right now and i want to smack her!) (=^_^=)

    1. im close to my cousin but not that close either i mean for peet sake they was holding hands and crapt it would have been better to make them lesbiens like they was meant to be right

        1. like i said i love my cousins and all but…..i think best friends or something may have been better for the english dub if they didnt want to epose their sexuality but cousins i mean it sounds like their promoting incest!!

  31. Lol, I love the expression in the fourth panel. They’re not amused. :-P
    And yeah, when I was little, I wasn’t buying the cousin idea either, lol.

  32. Hahaha, that’s exactly what I thought when I was little! I was like “Oh, okay, they’re lovers.” But then they were all “No, we’re cousins.” THEN I was like “Whoa, whoa. That’s kinda gross. And illegal, isn’t it?” lol Ah they should have just left them as lesbians. But then maybe the show would have been canceled even earlier. D:

  33. Cool thing! :D

    So true in the American version, but in the German it is not really a cousin and not really a couple :o)
    I love this comic :)

      1. In the German version, as far as I remember, there was no real explanation regarding their relationship. They were simply… there, lol.

        Which I think is better than calling them cousins. :P

  34. I laughed so hard at this! Well, even if the Mexican dub did kind of hid it, I totally got they were lesbian from the get go the first time I saw it…and I was 12! I didn’t make a big deal about it :P. Funny enough, I think right now it really doesn’t matter if they put it on in the right time format– like adult swim for example. But I think it’s too late for that, since sailor moon is now posted in youtube, veoh, etc. The cat is out of the bag!

  35. I knew there was going to be one about Haruka and Michiru’s relationship! But I luv them anyway!! They’re like one of the only couples in Sailor Moon that we see a lot of and has a relationship like Usagi and Mamoru’s. The others aren’t really official couples, like for the other senshi… But I absolutely LUV Helios and Chibiusa!! Great job as always!!

  36. lol, nice parody and stab at the dub. And perfect choice at that. I always wondered what their faces would look like if they were told they were cousins. ;]

  37. ROFLMAO!!! SO FUNNY! lol i can just see Haruka saying ‘So this is how we became cousins in the dub’

    XD

  38. Oh at first I thought the little girl just started bust-out laughing at them. The mother’s reaction is so funny, totally anime-ish. Michiru looks like she just might get off the chair and do some damage lol.

  39. heh thats funny coz her mum tried to make so they were just cousins insted of lesbiens so her kid wouldnt get idea but she just made it even more 0.o lol

    1. AH yes, that’s me doing it! I apologise for the weird mixing ups, but I shortened the “threaded comments” so it doesn’t go all weird and break the layout. In other words, instead of having 10 “replies” to one comment, I’ve limited it 5 “replies” so the hierarchy doesn’t turn too small (if that makes any sense). In the future we shouldn’t have this issue anymore :) I’ll see what I can do to make it look neater.

  40. For me I used to love H&M since I was a kid, but without having in mind that they are lesbians or whatever. I mean, I don’t think kids will know about that. Plus, even in their conversations (in Japanese) there is that kind of ambiguity, and till now, some people still wonder whether they are lovers or just very close friends. So, I don’t think Haruka and Michiru’s dialog show them obviously as lesbians. And one last thing, if they are cousins, so they are not lovers!!!! I don’t understand such an equation!!!!

    1. I didn’t really get it either when I watched it as a kid- I didn’t even have any clue they were lesbians even though I watched the Cantonese dub, which was uncut! lol. Little innocent us, ehhee.

    1. See, I’m not so sure. I mean, The Simpsons is aimed at an older demographic unlike Sailor Moon, whose dub was aimed at young children, so they would be allowed to have gay characters, since, ideally, the show would only be viewed by people who can grok (and accept!) the concept of homosexuality, without (in the conservative’s eyes, not in my eyes or the eyes of liberals/leftists) turning them into gays.

      1. Even though a lot of kids watched the Simpsons! I remember back in primary when everyone was saying Simpsons was their favourite cartoon XD When I was a kid, I thought all cartoons were for kids.

          1. Me three LOL! Actually everybody around me think in this way and I spend some of my time trying to explain that NOT ALL CARTOONS ARE FOR KIDS! That’s in vain most of the time especially with my mom ^^;; and my best friend when I try to convince her to go to the cinema to watch a cartoon movie with me -__-;

  41. I was wondering when someone would put up the lesbian/cousin thing. English dubbers shouldn’t switch out some of the originals because chances are, they kids have probably already heard of the topics. So why not just show the world what these kind of things are. It’s not fair to American children to have the same show, but the show be so different from the original.

    1. I agree with you wholeheartedly. However, I think the reason Haruka and Michiru’s relationship wasn’t dubbed is because conservatives, based on certain Bible passages that really shouldn’t be taken seriously (a good rule of thumb for the New Testiment is that if Jesus Himself didn’t say it, don’t take it too seriously), think homosexuality is wrong and immoral. They think that childhood exposure to gays and lesbians will cause a person to choose to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, etc., etc.(even though you don’t choose your sexual orentation, rather you are born with it). So, rather than incur the wrath of the conservatives powers that be, Cloverway and the Cartoon Network just cut it out. ‘Tis a shame, I know.

      1. Does anyone know if this is only in the case of the English dub? I watched the Chinese dub I don’t remember anything being changed from the original either… none of this cousin business.

        1. I’m fairly sure that the English dub was the only dub to take the “cousins” route; however some dubs (like the Italian dub, IIRC) made them “best friends”, the French dub made them battle partners only with Haruka pretending to be a guy and Michiru pretending to be Haruka’s girlfriend, and the German dub just made dialogue between the two a lot more ambigous. I don’t really think Haruka x Michiru would be such a problem in Asain countries, since they seem to be more tolerant of things considered taboo in Western cultures like homosexuality, sexuality in general, nudity, etc., etc.

          1. Oh that’s pretty interesting, never knew about that. They all sound pretty plausible.. especially the one about them pretending to be lovers- i.e it seems more believable they behave the way they do (instead of the English one where it just doesn’t make sense for two cousins to be so intimate). I also prefer the idea of them being vague/ambiguous in their dialogues, as oppose to just denying the relationship overall.

          2. Oh, and the Mexican dub actually retained Haruka and Michiru’s relationship, so…uh…yeah. Puttin’ that out there.

          3. So do I. I mean, the demographic the dub is aimed at isn’t necessarily going to notice vague sexual references, so really, what’s the harm in throwing in an ambiguous lesbian remark in here and there? Besides, if it really and truly got to the point that conservative groups were going to set of Optimum Productions ablaze and kill everyone who ever had an affiliation with the production of the dub over those little bitty pseudo-homoerotic comments that half the people watching won’t even notice(I’m not a conservative- can you tell?), CWi and Cartoon Network could always do what Sesame Workshop does when people accuse Bert and Ernie of being gay: insist that they’re not. Of course, that could just be as bad as flat-out denying the relationship in the dub itself. *sigh* I guess English speaking countries (as a whole) can’t appreciate the sheer, awesome reality that is Haruka x Michiru.

        2. Sorry about going off topic (I’m really bad at staying on topic), but was the Chinese dub only in Cantonese, or was there a Mandarin dub as well?

  42. This seriously happened to me with my niece. I would have gladly explained to her that they were lovers but her mom looked at me with blazing eyes…scary stuff.

    1. Haha. Just give that finger quotation gesture when you say “cousins”. ;)

      Even though I knew the cousin thing was censorship when I first saw S I always got the feeling that “Cous” and “Cousin” was slang for “lesbian”. Kind of like “sister” and “brother” can be slang. Hardcore Moonies should just look at it from this point of view and you’ll find it pretty watchable.

  43. ROFLAMO, the dub really messed up i mean lesiban cousins, like that’s true, anyway hilarious

    love ya loads
    SailorMoonFighter

  44. I didn’t get it at first..
    But when I read that in English dub they are cousins, I laughed a lot..
    Sailor Moon is never translated into my language, but here, for other programs, they make almost the same (they make lovers friend or brothers ^^;;)
    Yeah, this little girl is clever to notice that Haruca is a girl LOL
    And I love that little bird too…
    Thaaaaanks a lot..
    I was looking forward to see something about Haruka and Michiry^^

    1. Thanks, I’m glad you like it! I remember you requesting one of them before so I hoped you would see it ^_^ And yes! Clever girl~ it’s hard to tell Haruka is even a girl in the picture XD

        1. You mean.. “She’s a guy?” XD
          I could just imagine the lady (Ms Dub) saying “No, don’t be silly one is a Guy!”
          Then the girls like: “Noo..look closer *points fingers* XD”

  45. lol!! cute! and sweet!!

    love the little girl (shes a clever one lol) and the little bird on the ground lol

    Go Haruka + Michiru <3

    1. ahaha, yay, the birdie gets a mention! It was the last drawing of this piece XD Doesn’t look like a happy bird though, seems to be an old one having trouble walking.

  46. I’m very reluctant to check any Sailor Moon content apart what I’ve already checked, but this is some fine work over here! Good job!

  47. Awesome! I just knew there was going to be a cousin joke sooner or later! “Oh, so they’re lesbian cousins!” HA!

      1. Thank you!! Yeh, I just had to make a comment about the “cousinly love” XD

        Do you mean you’re happy it’s on a Thursday or you would like it on a Thursday? It’s Friday over here where I am XD

        1. Haha, I get similar comments Chibi (because we’re almost in the same timezones). My Moonie Music Mondays get posted on Mondays but all the people on the other side of the world think I’m posting it on Sunday. :D People seem to forget about timezones. lol

          p.s. Sailor Gold Rabbit not picking on you! *hug!* Time difference just always makes me laugh.

          1. yay, same boat XD
            I had a feeling someone was gonna bring that up.. since Aussie time seems to be about 16+ hours faster than in the US, and since I post MoonSticks Comics at 7am on every Aussie Friday, it would appear as a Thursday, lol. hmmm…. maybe “Updated every Friday” is misleading!

        2. By that I mean I’m happy it’s on a Thursday! I never realized how far ahead Austrailia is compared to Canada. What’s it like in the future? :)

          1. We have flying cars and everything! In fact the world just froze over and we have this cool queen qho rules over us with a crystal-something! ;)

          2. Oh my God, that totally reminds me of this anime I saw once! I think it was called Surfer Satellite or something.

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