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, better known as is a fictional character and one of the primary protagonists of the ''Sailor Moon'' media franchise created by Naoko Takeuchi. He disguises himself in order to support the series' central heroines, the Sailor Soldiers. Wearing a mask to conceal his identity, he interferes with enemy operations, offers the Sailor Soldiers advice, and sometimes physically aids them in battle. Like the Sailor Soldiers, Tuxedo Mask possesses a power item like theirs: a Sailor Crystal, which gives him guardianship over the planet Earth. He also has psychic powers, including psychometry and healing, which evolve and become important to the storyline in the manga, but which play only a minor role and remain static in the anime. Along with his primary love interest Sailor Moon, a significant player in much of the story, he has royal credentials in the "past life" storyline as well as in the future. Chibiusa and Usagi, in particular, commonly refer to him with the nickname "Mamo-chan". The DIC and Cloverway English adaptation often shortens his name, "Darien," to "Dar" as a nickname; however, this happens inconsistently. ==Profile== Mamoru Chiba first appears as a high-school student studying at Moto-Azabu High School. Before the beginning of the series, his parents are killed in a car crash on his sixth birthday, which revealed the memories of his previous life as Prince Endymion. Living alone, Mamoru befriends middle-school student Usagi Tsukino. In the beginning of the series, dreams of Princess Serenity haunt Mamoru. Unaware of his dual-identity as Tuxedo Mask, he suffers painful headaches and visions whenever Usagi becomes endangered, and he transforms unknowingly into Tuxedo Mask. As Mamoru, he tries to piece together his strange dreams, and as Tuxedo Mask, he tries to remember his past and identity, while searching for Princess Serenity. He seeks the Legendary Silver Crystal in the belief that this will fully restore his previous memories. In the anime adaptation, he seeks it because Princess Serenity tells him to in a dream. Of all the characters, Mamoru gets brainwashed and captured the most throughout the series, probably because of his importance to Usagi. Mamoru and Usagi share romantic feelings well before they discover their identities.〔 Once they became a couple, they remain deeply devoted to each other and their love survives many trials. In the manga they briefly show jealousy towards each other. Usagi always addresses him as throughout the series during this time-period (Chibiusa also addresses him with this nickname later on). After dating for two years, Mamoru gives Usagi an engagement ring at an airport. Six years later, Mamoru and Usagi marry. In the future, they become king and queen and have a child together whom they name "Small Lady", known in the majority of the series as "Chibiusa". Mamoru struggles with his identity and function throughout the series, worrying first about his true nature, then later whether he gets in the way of the Sailor Soldiers.〔 shows Mamoru sick in bed when the Shitennou appear.〕 A fair amount of subtle characterization is made for Mamoru, and later extending his role within the manga as to who he is. He also is given the power of psychometry, which also showed up in the anime, but was not given a name. This manifests in his ability to see and read dreams (such as Chibiusa's), to heal people and to monitor the status of the Earth. This does not develop fully until the Black Moon arc, and is used occasionally throughout the series.〔; 〕 Mamoru also has his left ear pierced in the manga, a trait that does not carry over to his anime counterpart. In the anime adaptation, Mamoru is an outgoing person and appears as an undergraduate student. He demonstrates interests in a variety of subjects and emerges as smart. The musical ''Kakyu Ouhi Kourin'' shows that he is aspiring to become a doctor.〔 Part 1; Before ''Kaze no Shijin''; Saito Kun (Kunzite):"Are you going to be a doctor?" Mamoru:"Yeah"〕 He also "dates" Rei Hino for a short time before the revelation of all the past-life identities, though he believes they are just friends. Most of Sailor Moon's transformations and final victories come as a result of her and Tuxedo Mask cooperating together. In the final battle against the Dark Kingdom, Queen Metaria absorbs Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask into her body. However, they succeed in combining their powers through the Silver Crystal and destroy Queen Metaria from within. Tuxedo Mask also combines his power into Super Sailor Moon's last item with the rest of the soldiers using the Golden Crystal.〔 In the Infinity story arc he combines his powers with Sailor Moon to create the next scepter. The manga tends to show Mamoru as quiet, studious, mysterious and stoic. The student body of his high school often admires him for these qualities. The anime adaptation also tends to make him appear in every episode to save Sailor Moon's life. His attacks in the anime resemble those shown in the manga, but are not named. In the musical adaptations, Mamoru protects Usagi and generally appears at her side. However, several of his relationships change in different settings: for example, one musical reveals Queen Beryl as Mamoru's fiancé from his time as Prince of the Earth. Associating with Silver Millennium was against Earth law, and Endymion violated this law when he fell in love with Princess Serenity. In this version of events, Serenity and Endymion are outlaws (similar to Romeo and Juliet) who drive an otherwise innocent woman, Beryl, to evil by making her jealous.〔Sailor Moon, Shin Densetsu Kourin〕 Sailor Pluto also reveals that she is in love with Endymion, though she has contented herself with watching from afar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/smoon/smonna.htm ) - A Sailor Pluto and Queen Beryl duet about their love for Endymion. 〕 Another variation occurs in the ''Ryuusei Densetsu'' musical, when Galaxia does not kill Mamoru, leaving him able to fight alongside the Sailor Soldiers. Mamoru typically gets very involved in the Sailor Soldiers' battles, fighting alongside them as opposed to his anime rôle of throwing a rose and then letting Sailor Moon deliver the finishing blow. Tuxedo Mask always gets his own song; these songs vary from musical to musical. One musical featured multiple songs as both the present Mamoru appeared as Tuxedo Mask and later King Endymion appeared in disguise as Space Knight to look out for Chibiusa.〔Sailor Moon Musical, ''Kaguya Shima Densetsu'' and its revision, ''Kaguya Shima Densetsu Kaiteiban''. 〕 In the live-action series, Mamoru is a more silent, yet dedicated person. For example, he stays loyal to his girlfriend Hina, despite not loving her, on the basis of a promise they made as children. He searches for the Silver Crystal due to his amnesia: dreams told him that the magical object could restore his memories. To do this, he donned the Tuxedo Mask disguise and became a thief, searching for the Silver Crystal. Once he regained his memories of his past and present lives, he assumed his Endymion form to help the Sailor Guardians and tried his best to protect Usagi from the dangers of overusing the Silver Crystal.〔 However, because of his dedication he has to join the Dark Kingdom or the Shitennou will be killed. He also joins to keep a promise with Usagi that they will not destroy the planet. Learning that the Silver Crystal made Metaria stronger every time Sailor Moon used it, Endymion took Metaria into his body before succumbing to its dark power. Now an evil parody of himself, Dark Prince Endymion, he almost kills Sailor Mercury when Sailor Moon was forced to kill him to stop Metaria. He revives once Sailor Moon manages to finally control the Crystal's power and destroys Metaria for good.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tuxedo Mask」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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