For many comics fans, the task of "responsible editor" is both familiar and unfamiliar. It feels like I hear about them all the time, but have no idea what they actually do for the comics. Recently, a Japanese netizen mentioned the initial setting of Sailor Mercury in "Sailor Moon", which immediately triggered everyone's discussion about the work of the editor in charge. If the editor in charge had not intervened at that time, Mr. Takeuchi Naoko would have planned to turn Sailor Mercury into a cyborg and die miserably.

Japanese netizens have recently talked about the topic of "amazing settings that everyone has forgotten", and everyone has been sharing unpopular settings in various works. Some settings were mentioned by the official but were forgotten, or were changed by Chi Shu. Some settings were stopped in advance before they were officially released.

Among them, some netizens cited the well-known comics created by Naoko Takeuchi. "Sailor Mercury" Mizuno Ami in "Sailor Moon" was almost made into a cyborg in the early days, and she also had to receive a bento setting. Fortunately, this idea was killed by OSABU, the editor-in-chief at the time.

(The original setting of Sailor Mercury was a "cyborg equipped with an acceleration device", and the Yami I drew at the time almost looked like this)

Editor: "Hey!?"

(And he is scheduled to be defeated by the enemy near the end of the first part and die miserably.)

Takeuchi: "Haha."

Editor: "Are you kidding! Absolutely not!"

(However, due to the firm opposition of the editor in charge, Sailor Mercury turned into a human, and not a single Sailor Soldier died. Congratulations, congratulations♡)

Editor: "Absolutely not kill anyone~~"

Takeuchi: "It's so noisy, I got it!"

(Although near the end of the first animation, there was still a plot that seemed to be about giving out bento, which made Takeuchi very concerned. Although they were resurrected immediately.)

Takeuchi: "I also really want to draw a manga where the character is crazy about receiving bento."

Editor: "Hey——"

This unearthed setting immediately sparked discussion among netizens. Some people believe that this incident shows the important influence that responsible editors have on comic works, even masterpieces such as "Sailor Moon" are no exception. But there are also many people who are curious about what would have become of the "Sailor Moon" IP if the editor-in-chief had not intervened?

"The editor in charge is indeed very important."

"It's a pity, otherwise we would have seen peripheral merchandise of the transformed cyborgs."

"If we maintain the setting of cyborgs, will there be a lot of otakus who like robot girls..."

"The setting of Sailor Mercury transforming into a cyborg is very interesting."

"It's understandable that there would be strong opposition at the time... but if this setting is moved to modern times, I think it will be very popular. At the beginning, "Sailor Moon" wanted to create an all-female team hero, so this kind of character setting is completely acceptable."

"The author himself actually wanted to kill Sailor Senshi, which made me laugh. The animation production team who dared to let the main character of a girl-oriented work die in battle is also very brave."

"I also wanted to see how Naoko Takeuchi would have drawn the sailor suit warriors to get lunch if the editor in charge hadn't interrupted."

"If the cyborg setting is maintained and the animation is adapted, the little girls back then would be traumatized and refuse to watch the sequel."

“I saw everyone died in the battle at the end of the anime, so I burst into tears and said, ‘I will never watch Sailor Moon again!!!’ And then I really stopped watching it.”

I really want to see how I would draw if I kept the original settings~~