By: Raven
I am not in my early twenties any more and I like Seiya a lot. In
the
anime he has to be about sixteen or seventeen because he attends the
same
class as Usagi. His is a very cheerful character, and being with him is
always a lot of fun. Think of the mischief he does at the lake where
the
girls were camping. He is good at sports, a great vocalist and he has a
kind
heart. For ChibiChibi he is the best "elder brother" she could have. He
can
work very hard for his aims, he is sweet and a good dancer at discos,
when he
likes someone he shows his feelings clearly.
Considering all these positive aspects of his personality, I think
he
would be a great boyfriend for any teenage girl. He is the perfect
example
for a boy group idol; his personality has no failures. However my
feelings
for him have a motherly touch - he is a cute boy.
Mamoru doesn't seem to be so good at sports (he only does a bit of
jogging
in the anime). Most of the time he is working with his computer or
sitting
somewhere reading a book. Being with him is not so much fun; we don't
see him
laughing a lot. You cannot call him a very romantic person. Does he
ever
write a love letter to Usagi or does he give her flowers? He has been
the
target of many villains who twisted his personality and brainwashed him
(in
the manga more often than in the anime). He is silent, serious and does
not
show his feelings very often. In contrast to Seiya, Mamoru is not good
a
singing and we never watch him dancing in a disco, he is no famous
idol.
Considering all these not so positive aspects of his personality, I
don't
think he is the ideal boyfriend for many teenage girls. A lot of young
girls
would get bored when being with him.
When I look at him, I see someone who will listen to me when I have
problems,
it would be great to talk to him, to discuss various topics because he
has a
wide range of interests and a lot of knowledge. I see someone who takes
good
care of his future daughter and someone who is working hard for his
future -
the day when he will be king and will have lots of responsibilities and
tiring duties. I see someone who has been very lonely for a long time
of his
life, someone that has matured early in his life because of his
loneliness
and suffering.
Mamoru is not a cute boy like Seiya.
Mamoru is handsome, attractive, sometimes irritating and a challenge.
Mamoru is a man, and he would be an ideal husband for many young
ladies,
especially for an emotional young airhead with lots of dreams who can
cheer
him up and make him laugh more often. When I think of him, my feelings
don't
have a motherly touch at all.
Reading the comments we got for our discussion who the better couple
is,
Usagi and Mamoru or Usagi and Seiya, I got the feeling there are many
more
Seiya fans out there in the web than Mamoru fans.
It is not fair that many younger fans ignore the good points of
Mamoru. It
is not fair that he is disliked for being manipulated by villains.
Uranus and
Neptune and ChibiUsa and even Mercury were also manipulated and just
because
no villain ever tried to manipulate the StarLights, it doesn't mean
that they
could have withstood the dark powers better than Mamoru or the others.
Mamoru
can't be everyone's idol; he is too quiet and too less cheerful for
that. The
powers he was given as Tuxedo Kamen are weaker than the powers of the
StarLights', but nevertheless they do their job just as Chibimoon's
attacks
and Mercury's defensive skills.
Just because he is not used to show his feelings more openly, it is
unfair
to say that he doesn't love Usagi as much as Seiya does.
Both are great characters but maybe it is my age, (as a teenager I
would
have cheered for a boy group idol like Seiya too) because I would
choose
Mamoru.
Comments on this article can be sent to: Raven.
