Rose

Roses (バラ) are a common symbol in Sailor Moon and feature prominently in much Sailor Moon art.

Sailor Moon

In the anime, Sailor Moon's only transformation that featured roses was Moon Crystal Power, Make Up, where they adorned the crescent moon in the background of her finishing pose; in Sailor Moon Crystal, they appeared at the end of all of her transformations except for Crisis, Make Up and the first two versions of Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make Up. Also in Crystal, all of her introductory speeches included them. In the reprint version of the manga, little rose-shaped ornaments were attached to the Moon Stick, near the bottom of the crescent moon.

Tuxedo Mask

Tuxedo Mask's trademark weapon in the anime was a red rose, which was strong enough to pierce any surface it was thrown into. He used it to distract enemies from attacking Sailor Moon or the other Senshi, giving him time to give a reassuring speech or the Senshi a chance to steady themselves and attack. In episode 101, he surrounded the Daimon Cenicienta with roses, which appeared to generate an energy field that injured his target.

It was not usually used to directly attack enemies, but he earned Zoisite's wrath when the rose cut his cheek once in battle. The roses were incorporated into his transformation, and he seemed to have a limitless supply of them.

These roses were not present in the manga or Crystal; however, in the Dream arc and Sailor Moon Eternal, a black rose appeared in Mamoru's chest when he was suffering due to the Dead Moon Circus' attacks on Elysion and planet Earth.

Moonlight Knight

The Moonlight Knight threw pure white equivalents to Tuxedo Mask's red roses.

Prince Endymion

During the time Prince Endymion was brainwashed by Queen Beryl, Tuxedo Mask's roses switched to black, representing the evil within him. In the episodes where the Sailor Senshi attempted to restore Tuxedo Mask, the roses (even after being thrown) would turn red and back to black again to show how much progress they were making.

Sailor Jupiter/Makoto Kino

In both Senshi and civilian forms, Makoto wore dusty red rose earrings. In the live-action series, her waist ornaments also featured a pink rose within a transparent sphere. In episode 171 of the anime, the sight of these earrings helped snap Usagi Tsukino out of her nightmare during Queen Nehellenia's revenge. In the first four arcs of Crystal, roses appeared in the backdrop of Sailor Jupiter's signature pose as she gave her introductory speech.

Sailor Venus

In the manga and Crystal, Sailor Venus received an upgrade to her Chain called the Love Whip. The large chain links were changed from hearts to roses.

Sailor Chibi Moon

In Crystal, Sailor Chibi Moon's version of Moon Prism Power, Make Up, the Double Moon version of Moon Crisis, Make Up, and Pink Moon Crystal Power, Make Up featured roses appearing in the backgrounds of her finishing poses. As she gave most of her introductory speeches in that series in tandem with Sailor Moon, who was also associated with roses, she was necessarily juxtaposed with these flowers during the speeches as well. However, even in those sequences there were moments in which Sailor Chibi Moon posed by herself, still accompanied by roses, which were colored differently than Sailor Moon's, indicating that they not only stood for Sailor Moon.

Three Lights

Kou Seiya, Kou Yaten, and Kou Taiki were frequently seen holding roses. Each rose was the color representative of the character's corresponding color in the Shinto concept of "san hikari" (三光; three lights).

Dark Mercury

In the live-action series, Dark Mercury's appearance was often marked by black rose petals.

Mio Kuroki

In the live-action series, Mio's magical aspect was sometimes implied through the use of a flurry of black rose petals.

Monsters-of-the-day

There were two monsters created from roses: the Daimon U-Baulla and the Lemures TogeToge Jou.

Trivia

• In episode 194 of the Stars season, Sailor Moon was fighting with Sailor Tin Nyanko when a red rose hit Tin Nyanko. Tuxedo Mask's theme music played and Sailor Moon became hopeful, but it was actually Seiya who threw the rose.

• In Sailor Moon Crystal, roses appeared in the backdrops of their signature poses as the Senshi of the Outer Solar System gave their introductory speeches: for Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune they were colored red and white, for Sailor Pluto they were garnet red and white, and for Sailor Saturn they were purple and white. In that series, the transformations Uranus Planet Power, Make Up and Neptune Planet Power, Make Up also included red and white rose petals floating around Haruka and Michiru.

• The group transformation sequence of the Guardian Senshi in Sailor Moon Cosmos was mostly identical to the expanded individual sequences used in Sailor Moon Eternal, with the addition of rose petals matching each Senshi's front bow color floating around them.

• Also in Sailor Moon Cosmos, pink, blue, green, and red roses appeared in front of the Sailor Quartet as they gave their introductory speech.