Sailor Mercury is a major character in the Sailor Moon franchise. Her real name is Ami Mizuno (Amy Anderson in the DIC English dub and Amy Mizuno in the CWI dub), a genius-leveled schoolgirl who can transform into one of the series' specialized heroines, the Sailor Guardians. Sailor Mercury is the second member of the Sailor Team to be discovered by Sailor Moon, and serves as the "brains" of the group. Her powers are associated with phases of water, and she can use her supercomputer to quickly analyze a foe in battle.
In the Japanese version she is voiced by Aya Hisakawa in of the first anime, and Hisako Kanemoto in Sailor Moon Crystal. In the English version she is voiced by Karen Bernstein and Liza Balkan in the DiC and Cloverway dubs, and Kate Higgins in the ViZ dub and Crystal.
What Makes Her Pure Good?[]
- In the Silver Millenium eras, she dedicated her life to protect Princess Serenity, she actually cared for her and sacrificed her life to protect her.
- Since she was reincarnated in Earth, she appreciates her family even despite being divorced.
- She decided to become a doctor to save many people lives. Her determination for this made her get the best grades in high school.
- Although at the beginning several of her classmates believed that she was arrogant, later it is revealed that she is actually kind, polite and respectful towards others.
- Since Luna turned her into Sailor Mercury, she helps Sailor Moon and the other Sailor Guardians in the fights against their enemies.
- Although Mercury doesn't stand out in fights with enemies in comparison to the other Sailor Guardians, she is the smartest member of the team, she uses a small computer to analyze the paranormal activity and powers of their enemies. Something that makes her a key member of the team, being the one that finds out information of their enemies that she and the girls can use to defeat them.
- Despite having the weakest attacks at the beginning of the series, Mercury knew to use them well.
- Ami and Makoto are the only members of the group who were never jerkish with her friends or anyone else.
- When Usagi, Rei and Mina are discussing, Ami tries to calm down there in good ways.
- When Ami feels bad in a difficult situation, she pretends to handle the problem well and when she is alone she vents. Although her friends want to know her problems to help her, Ami doesn't want to worry her friends.
- When Ryo Urawa asks her to kill him to prevent him from turning into a Youma again, Ami refuses, saying that he must appreciate his human life.
- In episode 41, Ami goes to save Ryo from being captured by Prince Endymion even despite he told her that he doesn't want to be saved.
- After Ryo is captured by Prince Endymion, Mercury manages to release him after avoiding a fight with Endymion.
- She sacrificed herself to remove to the DD Girls their ability of creating illusions by smashing her computer on their gem, saving Sailor Moon from them at the end.
- She gives her energy to Sailor Moon to defeat Queen Beryl and save the world.
- In episode 62, Ami has to choose to study medicine in Germany or to retain baing a Sailor Guardian, at the end she notices how much her friends appreciate her and decides to prioritize her mission as a Sailor Guardian with her friends over her desires.
- In episode 96, when Makoto feels attracted to Haruka, Usagi, Rei and Minako were disappointed since both are girls, but Ami didn't show any disappointment to this and at the end she seems to try to understand her.
- In episode 122, Ami reveals that she believes that scientists must use their heart in their work, she also tries to convince Viluy about that. After Viluy's death, she mentions that she probably received what she deserved for believing in a heartless science but she still feels bad for her.
- During the confrontation against Pharaoh 90. Mercury contributes with the Sailor Guardians to form a barrier to prevent him from destroying the World.
- In episode 144, when Tiger's Eye makes Shingo fall in the ocean, Ami goes to rescue him without thinking twice, she later applies mouth-to-mouth on him to save his life.She also explains to Tiger's Eye that she does it because Shingo is her friend.At the end of the episode, she thanks Shingo for trying to protect her.
- In episode 147, when the girls are in a dance party, Makoto is the only one that doesn't have a dance partner and Ami is the only one who asks her to dance together.
- In episode 177, Ami prevents Sailor Star Maker from harming Professor Amanogawa and teaches her that people needs to have dreams and romances to move forward in life.
- Similar to what happened to Usagi and the other protagonists, Ami originally was insecure about her ability as a Sailor Guardian, but as the series progressed, she became more confident and capable.
- In the manga and Eternal versions, Fish Eye makes Ami fall into an illusion where nobody cares about her and then he tries to use this insecurity to corrupt her, but Ami doesn't get carried away and discovers the illusion, managing to escape and to confront Fish Eye.
- The only time that she and the other Sailor Guardians did evil things was when Sailor Galaxia brainwashed them to kill Sailor Moon in the manga. However, she had no control over her actions in that moment since she was completely manipulated by Galaxia. It is not clear if they retain memories of their brainwashes after being revived by Sailor Moon, but she is still seen at the end apologizing for not being capable of helping her and thanking her for saving them.
External Links[]
- Sailor Mercury on the Heroes Wiki
- Sailor Mercury on the Sailor Moon Wiki