Ten Times When Michiru Kaioh Was More Flawless Than You: An Appreciation Post
I know, I know, a day late for her birthday. Michiru would no doubt find this highly questionable. But nevertheless, as an avid Michiru appreciator, I felt it was my duty (or should I say my MISSION) to make a list of some of Michiru’s most fantastic moments in honor of the approximate day of her birth.
#10: The time when Sailor Neptune punched Tuxedo Kamen in the face (Episode 94)
Never forget.
#9: The time Michiru ever so casually juggled a LEMON with her violin (Episode 93)
Picture this: at that fateful moment when Usagi stumbled across Michiru and Haruka in the park, we had known them for only one episode. In that one episode these are the main takeaways: Haruka is really hot, Haruka and Michiru are really cool, oh hey look it’s Sailors Uranus and Neptune. THEN, the very next time we see them after their introduction episode, WE GET THIS. And if you didn’t know from Episode 92 that we were in for something special with the Outers, YOU SURE KNOW NOW.
Everyone with at least a bit of knowledge of violins gasps, “FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING, PLEASE TELL ME THAT’S NOT THE STRADIVARIUS."
But you know what? I bet it probably IS the Stradivarius. Michiru is just so adept, so skilled at everything she touches–you know, painting, playing the violin, batting citrus fruit about while playing jaunty fiddle melodies–that she can pull this off AND keep the Stradivarius intact. If that’s not a Michiru coup, I don’t know what is.
#8: Every time Michiru monologued at length about completely random stuff that nobody except an effortlessly flawless human would ever need to know (Episode 94, Episode 104)
To be fair, the first kiss she’s talking about up there is Adam and Eve, which is a fairly well known story, to say the least. Episode 105 may be a better strict example, in which she spouts off the history and approximate price of this tea kettle. But either way, please note Michiru’s attempts to make polite conversation…by telling the people around her about all of the random trivia that she knows.
One day, following a similar situation to the two above, Haruka, at some point well after said situation, tries to break it to Michiru as gently as she can: people just don't really care about stuff like that. People like talking about themselves, or they like being complimented. But maybe you could save the random facts for trivia night or something?
And then Michiru: brilliant, not super great at people Michiru: "What do you mean people don’t care? Are you saying that YOU don’t care, Haruka? It certainly seemed like you were listening at the time.”
And then Haruka BACKTRACKS SO QUICKLY she leaves behind a little cloud of dust, reassuring Michiru that NO, you’re right, all the stuff you know is COMPLETELY FASCINATING, the world is LUCKY that you exist in it so you can know all this stuff about it, and so on and so forth. She probably winds up doing Michiru a few favors to make up for it too.
And sometime later, in private, Michiru cracks open whatever encyclopedia she peruses in her spare time to LEARN all of this stuff, and, with her book, she allows herself to smile.
Moments 7-1 after the jump!
