AbyssalDaemon said:
seitora said:
Seiya said:
seitora said:
So how strong is manga Queen Serenity, exactly? She sealed both Queen Nehellenia and Metaria away, but didn't outright destroy them - as to whether she couldn't or wouldn't I'm not sure on the point of Nehellenia.
Should I liken it to that she was strong because of age, while Usagi herself gained strength in fits and leaps and eventually became stronger than her mother, and then strong enough to put down Chaos?
Her power level isn't really clarified. The grief she had when sealing Metallia seems to be the reason it didn't full out die when I read it .
That would beggar the question why, barring Metaria and Queen Beryl doing a one-hit kill on the Moon Kingdom without being revealed as villains whatsoever beforehand, Queen Serenity couldn't just kill them earlier in whatever war the Moon Kingdom and presumably Elysion were waging against Metaria.
Its always possible that Queen Serenity didn't really know how to destroy Metaria given how outside of knowing the location of its' Achilles heel seems to be pretty much invincible. Combine that with how Metaria was also a superpowerful energy vampire that was apparently capable of absorbing energy from just about anything including the Ginzuishou, as well as being quite possibly the third strongest villain in the series, following Chaos and Galaxia, and just sealing it becomes rather impressive.
I thought that Beryl and Metallia/Metaria
did come out of nowhere, as far as the Moon Kingdom was concerned. That's why Endymion tried so hard to warn them: they were unaware of the rapidity with which events on Earth were happening, and how badly for their Terran allies.
So rapid that Endymion failed to deliver his warning in time to affect the outcome. Queen Serenity had lost her daughter, her senshi, and the Kingdom before she could act. Emotionally shattered, she had only the Ginzuishou to face a triumphant Beryl backed by a Metallia at the apex of its strength.
So the wonder is not that she failed to destroy Metallia, but that she was able to seal it and Beryl et al; and send her daughter's court to be reborn in the future. And all at the price of a life she probably didn't begrudge too much at that point.
Then Usagi, as previously mentioned, having been linked to the Ginzuishou as no other bearer; gets to face a Metallia that had just escaped the seal (with the additional cost of her main agent, Beryl; consumed for Metallia's avatar) and at a relative low ebb.
Still awesome by mortal standards, but not insurmountable for Usagi with her advantages and some help.
That's just how I think of it anyways; Canon could prove me wrong.