So Sailor Moon has a lot of possible opponents for Death Battle, and I mean a LOT. Given that she's a very iconic anime character, it's not surprising that she has so many people wanting her to fight so many characters. But today I wanted to showcase a few that I think could be a good choice for Sailor Moon, and a couple I think don't work.
Vs Goku
I mean, I don't think I have to state for the 64th time why I think Goku would be a great pick. It's a big time legacy matchup for both series, and it's still very debatable. I've done everything I can for this matchup, from thumbnails, to my pitch video, so nothing more needs to be said for Goku.
Vs Pegasus Seiya
If I were to think about it objectively, Pegasus Seiya is probably Sailor Moon's best opponent. Both series clash well with connections, tones and themes, plus Seiya has a shitton of hax to make Wiz and Boomstick go crazy. It would be one of the greatest cosmic Death Battle matchups of all time without question. If Goku isn't picked as her opponent, I would definitely be down for Seiya. But also Goku Vs Seiya is a legacy matchup too that would make Central and South America go crazy so...
Vs Cardcaptor Sakura
As far as Magical Girl matchups go, I think this is the quintessential Magical Girl matchup. Usagi and Sakura can bounce off each other very well, Usagi's magic versus Sakura's cards is a fun dynamic that can go very hard. Not much to talk about other than this is another big time legacy matchup.
Vs Sora
I know nothing about Kingdom Hearts except from Nintendo Power and Smash Bros., but I think this would be a kickass matchup. Great dynamic and fight potential, plus this gave me perspective on how batshit insane Kingdom Hearts is, and I'm not talking about the plot. I think the only thing going against it is that this matchup just gained popularity about 2-3 years ago so it's easily the most recent matchup here.
Vs Madoka
Flame Shields up Okay, this is easily gonna be the controversial matchup and a long explanation so here we go. Once upon a time I used to like this matchup, I thought it would be a nice debate between two of the most well known magical girls in the world. Dear GOD did this get so fucking toxic so much over the years, I'm pretty sure even Bill Vs Discord didn't get this bad, and that got so toxic that threads got locked. I feel like if you don't know the characters and story and you only know them by how iconic the two are, then yeah it sounds like a good matchup. However, as someone who's seen the anime and manga for both series, I just don't like this anymore and I don't think it works at all.
Nevermind the fact that there's no fight potential or connections that work in the sense of a Death Battle, just having the matchup exist would mean either one or both characters would be extremely out of character. Let me put it this way, it would be worse than Goku Vs Superman 2 in terms of characterization. And I know people will try to say "Well Madoka killed before", well that was before she became a cosmic Multiversal law and was COSMICALLY ORDAINED to protect and save magical girls. In short, if you like this matchup then more power to you, but Sailor Moon Vs Madoka goes against their stories and characters and does a disservice to both.
Vs Sonic The Hedgehog
I'll admit, I don't really get this one. I'm not saying it's bad at all, but this one is like trying to fit a puzzle piece into a puzzle but it's not clicking. I feel like that one Steve Buscemi meme when I see these two together with me trying to be hip and cool and I'm reminded of how old I am and how we're all slowly marching to the great beyond... Anyway, I love both characters for sure, (Seriously if Sonic 06 and Rise of Lyric couldn't stop him what will?) but Sonic is someone that Goku should absolutely fight. Probably because they have more connections and more in common than Goku/Superman, who said that?
Vs Twilight Sparkle
Now here's a matchup I've really come to like, I don't have much to say with this one other than it's a great match, and the only hiccup with it is that like Sora, this one's gotten popular the last 2-3 years, so I'm not expecting this anytime soon.
Vs Star Butterfly
UGH, fine Goddammit. The last one of Sailor Moon's possible opponents and I'm not gonna lie, I fucking hate Star. Not just as an opponent for Usagi, but her character and everything that happened with her show. What happened with her show, especially that legendary bad finale, just ruined everything I liked about the show in general. She got her episode and victory, but I hope she never comes back. UGH Why was that finale so shit?!
And that's pretty much all of Sailor Moon's best opponents that I could think of. Now there are some more possible opponents for her like Wonder Woman and Supergirl, but I either don't care for them as opponents for Usagi or think they have better matchups in general. But what do you guys think? Who do you think would be best for Sailor Moon? And who do you think will win the Battle Royale to become the number one contender to fight Sailor Moon for the WWF Championship?! If ya smell- Sorry got carried away there.
