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Mamoru Chiba is the major romantic interest of Usagi Tsukino. He is often portrayed as stoic, steady and introverted. This
may be because when he was young his parents died in a car crash. This blocked his childhood memories of his current lifetime
and opened up the memories of his previous life as Prince Endymion. When this happened he started to chase after Princess
Serenity, an image he sees in his dreams. Early in the manga, he seeks the Silver Crystal, as he is convinced that this will
restore his memories fully. He also is the character that gets brainwashed and captured the most throughout the series.
Mamoru and Usagi are boyfriend and girlfriend during the series. They were not always on good terms - in both the manga
and anime he and Usagi were antagonistic towards each other when they first met and only developed romantic feelings later
on. For the manga those feelings developed before their identities were discovered; for the anime they showed shortly before
their identities were discovered in the elevator. Once they became a couple, they became deeply devoted to each other and
their love survives many trials. After dating for two years, Mamoru gives Usagi a promise ring at an airport. The couple eventually
gets married. In the future, they become king and queen and have a child;Chibiusa.
The manga develops Mamoru more extensively, showing that the car crash happened on his birthday and gives a glimpse of
his parents. It also shows him in the orphanage with amnesia. Mamoru also struggles with his identity throughout the manga,
first as who he really is, then later if he's in the way of the Sailor Soldiers. A fair amount of subtle characterization
is made for Mamoru, and later extending his role within the manga as to who he is. He also is given the power of psychometry,
which also showed up in the anime, but was not given a name. This manifests in his ability to see and read dreams (Such as
Chibiusa's), heal people and monitor the status of the Earth. This was not fully developed until the Black Moon arc, and was
used occasionally throughout the series. Mamoru also has his left ear pierced in the manga, a fashion trait that does not
carry over to his anime counterpart.
The anime tends not to develop Mamoru as much, however he is shown as more social than his manga counterpart. He's incredibly
smart, and interested in a variety of subjects. He also dated Rei Hino for a short time before all the past life identities
were revealed, but the relationship did not develop very deeply; Rei and Mamoru broke up after it was discovered that Usagi
was Princess Serenity.
The major divergence from the manga was in the dreams he was given during the latter half of the Sailor Moon R series.
Mamoru listened to those dreams about Usagi dying in the future and was susceptible to them. This changes the perception of
the character from his manga counterpart as more sacrificial, rather than stoic and emotionally strong.
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