Sailor Quinox
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Sailor Quinox | |
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Biographical information | |
Homeworld | |
Birth | February 3 |
Died | |
Family | Queen Minerva (Quinox mother), King Siegfried (Quinox father), Matsuo Shin (brother) |
Occupation(s) | |
Alias | |
Physical description | |
Species |
Human, Quinoxian |
Gender |
female |
Hair color |
blond |
Eye color |
blue-green |
Height |
5'6 |
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Weapon(s) |
Rhapsody Flue, Spear |
Abilities |
Powers over Air |
Affiliation |
Suki Suminaka, Masaki O`Cain |
First Appearance | |
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- "I am the shining light from the darkness of space! I am Sailor Quinox! For everyone's hopes and dreams, I will defeat you!"
- —Eternal Sailor Q introduction.
- "Guided by the precious air of this world! Sailor Q!!"
- —Super Sailor Q introduction.
- "Summoned by a mysterious world! Fighting with Grace and Strength! I am Sailor Q and in the name of justice, I will defeat you!!"
- —Matsumi introduces herself.
Sailor Quinox is the sailor senshi of the planet Quinox and has powers over air. She is Matsumi Kaze, and there is more information about her here.
Contents
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
Matsumi Kaze, as the Sailor Senshi of Quinox, is blessed with the gift of stratokinesis, which is the control of all forms of air, as opposed to aerokinesis, the control of wind. She has a form of "air sense" in which she can "read" or hear the flow of air, often in the form of sound. Through this she can also detect subtle changes in the air around her. As her powers have grown over the years, this air sense has expanded to the point that she can detect the slightest change in the atmosphere around her, including the unique warp signatures created by time travel.
Henshin
The henshin into Sailor Quinox has changed over the years, mainly as Matsumi has grown into power.
The original transformation required the use of the Quinox henshin wand, along with the words "Q Planet Power, Make-Up!"
After being killed in battle with Sailor Steel Serpent and resurrected by her mother, Matsumi gained an upgrade to super form, although the henshin itself did not really change.
Her third upgrade into Eternal mode gave her a new transformation brooch and a new henshin phrase: "Quinox Eternal Power, Make-Up!"
Hyper form doesn't require a henshin phrase or henshin wand, but absorbs a great amount of energy from the Lodestone itself. Each henshin only lasts about 15 minutes to an hour at most.
Strength
Due to training with Freya, Sailor Quinox is physically the strongest of the main Sol Senshi. While her physical strength still pales in comparison to Sailor Zephrius and Sailor Atlas, she has been known to be able to punch holes in stone walls with little to no damage to her hand.
Early on this strength was only accessible to her in her senshi form, but more recently she has learned to harness it while even in civilian form.
Fighting Style
Matsumi has her own unique style of hand to hand combat. Matsumi, when she first began as Sailor Quinox, usually used her reflexes and agility to her advantage, rather than her strength. As time has worn on, however, she has trained her body and mind to take advantage of both her senshi talents and her own natural abilities. She mainly uses melee tactics on opponents, rather violently sometimes. If possible, she will use the nearest heavy object to knock out her opponent. She will often pin-point her energy to a single area of her body, such as her fist or foot. She has also been known to take on a lot of damage to her body, especially if she is in the middle of an adrenaline rush. As said before, her ability to alter air density can be used to augment her strength. However, it can also be used to add to her natural agility, making her quite the slippery opponent.
Due to her semi-retirement, her skills have dipped slightly but she is currently training to regain her lost footing. Her style has changed slightly to being more controlled, though she doesn't mind attacking an enemies' weak and soft spots, including her favorite attack point: the throat.
Due to her time in Renaissance Italy, Matsumi has gained a new level of control over her powers. These new abilities include an "air sense," allowing her to sense the movement of currents in the air. She has also become more fluent in the use of her Rhapsody Flute/Spear.
Senshi Forms and Attacks
Click here for a list of alternate Sailor Quinoxes.
Original Form
Her original form, this was the first form that Matsumi took when she became Sailor Quinox. Her agility becomes enhanced like all senshi, allowing her to move from distance to distance with ease. Her healing ability also improves, letting her recovering from all but the most life threatening of injuries. Her major attacks were as follows:
Air Blast: Quinox's major attack. Basically gathers particles of air into her hand, infusing them with Quinox energy and firing at her foe.
Tornado Tsunami: Gathers energy into her hand and slams it into the ground, which sprouts up to 3 tornadoes at once at the enemy.
Double Air Blast: Basically the same as Air Blast, but from both hands. Used in Episode 22.
Galactic Storm: Not truly a Quinox attack. Focuses the powers of Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Pluto through Q's body. Only been used once during the final battle against Queen Necros outside the universe.
Super Form
Upgrade from her Original Form, gained when Matsumi was resurrected by the ghost of Queen Minerva. Due to training by Freya, Q learned how to harness her energies in new and dynamic ways. The following are the new attacks in Super Form:
Four Wind Laser: Blast of energies from four of her fingers. Used intermittently during Q2.
Rhapsody Flute: A weapon Matsumi uses in battle, it allows more concentrated control of air and also seems to be tied to the power to open certain portals as well. It can transform into the Rhapsody Spear in Eternal form.
Rhapsody Shield: Creates a shield of whirling wind around Matsumi as well as anyone near her. Can be extended up to 15 ft.
Rhapsody Armageddon: Creates an explosion from under the target's feet via a powerful shock wave.
Eternal Form
The upgrade from Super Form, which she attained during her final battle against Hax. Her fuku is also unique compared to her fellow outer senshi, being one of the few to include an upgraded brooch and the only senshi for who her new form to be properly called "Eternal". New Attacks from Eternal Form includes:
Aerith Funnel Beam: Powerful beam blast; Eternal Form's main attack. Gathers energy from above her head, then fires it forward from both hands, creating a swirling beam blast.
Healing Air: Healing burst of air; can heal most injuries not counting life threatening. Only used once in the series.
Hurricane Beam: Summons power into all ten fingers and fires it as one large blast. Difficult to aim. Barely used.
Grand Air Blast: super large version of Air Blast. Takes at least a min and a half to charge. Barely used.
Q Rhapsody Echo: Large ball of air energy swung outward from the tip of the Rhapsody Spear. Eternal Q's main finishing move.
Hyper Form
This is the ultimate upgrade for Sailor Quinox via the loadstone. At this point, she connects herself directly to the Lodestone itself. She has no end to her level of power, since the energy is continually being released and restored. At present time, she can only use this power for a few minutes. before it starts to damage her body, and not even at full power.
Ultra Form
The ultimate natural upgrade of Sailor Quinox. For more information, read the Ultra Sailor Senshi page.
In this form, Matsumi has so far showed highly increased strength (perhaps as far as class 20, though it has been revealed she can function at 150 times Earth's gravity) as well as increased speed to the point of creating after images in her wake. She apparently can also fly under her own power for short bursts in this form.
Ascended Form
A form past Ultra, created when Kei funneled her natural existence as an avatar of the Cosmic Loadstone through Quinox when she was in Ultra form. In this form she has Class 50 strength and immense control over air. While she did not use much in the ways of attacks during the brief period it appeared, it has a few that can be used.
Ascended Air Blast: An immensely powerful air burst.
Ascended World Cleft: A huge air shock wave from her spear.
God Form
The culmination of Quinox's powers, Matsumi achieved this by combining herself with her entire bloodline as well as the planet itself, becoming a massive (nearly the size of half the solar system) being. She used this form to destroy the Unnameable.
Transcended Form
After achieving God Form, her powers evolved further, becoming beyond a god and a powerful entity on her own. This new form gave her several new abilities.
- Class 100+ strength
- Healing factor
- Total manipulation of air
- Matter manipulation
- Resurrection of the dead (with limits)
- Self Propelled Flight
- Ability to survive in space and underwater
- Telepathic connection with family
Cosmic Form
After deciding that she had not truely earned her God Form and abandoning it in order to try and unlock it herself, Matsumi found herself facing her own insecurities and realizing that she been fairly selflish in her quest. Due to this inner realization, Matsumi inadvertently unlocked the power of Sailor Cosmos within herself. This form is her most powerful and perhaps may make her one the most powerful senshi ever to exist. Matsumi would later seemnly lose this form or rather have it sealed within her, though the potential to attain it still remains. Due to lack of training, she has yet to show any sort of specific attacks, however she has the potential to do the following:
- Almost infinite class of strength
- resurrection factor - making her nearly impossible to kill
- Self-propelled time travel
- total matter control
- flight
- purification capabilities
- higher reality awareness
Chibi Sailor Quinox
A form Matsumi once accidently took when Chibi-Usa's crystal interacted with her own loadstone, shrinking her back to a young child. In this form, Quinox's powers are weakened, preventing it from killing enemies but can still hurt them.
Bibliography
Sailor Q - 43 episodes
Sailor Q The Movie - 94 Mins
Sailor Q2 - 50 episodes
Sailor Q2 The Movie - 79 Mins
Sailor Moon Stars The Movie - 102 mins (non-canon)
Sailor Q3 - 56 episodes
Sailor Q3 The Movie - 104 mins
Sailor Q: Mystery of the Howling Mountain - 1 hour (Promotional Special)
Sailor Q4 - 38 episodes
Sailor Q4 The Movie - TBA
Sailor Q5 - TBA
Sailor Q5 The Movie - TBA
Sailor Q: Forever (aka Finale) - 3 Episodes
Sailor Q specials- 2+ episodes (cancelled)
Sailor Q: Wonderful Stories (ongoing) - 15 Episodes (OAV)
Sailor Q: From New York with Love (2018) - Movie set during Sailor Q2 - 90 Mins
Sailor Q: Tower of Dreams (2019) - Movie set during Sailor Q3 - 99 Mins
Sailor Q: Great South Seas Battle (2020) - Movie set during Sailor Q3 - 102 Mins
Sailor Q x Sailor V: Great London Mission (2021) - Movie set between Sailor Q3 and Sailor Q4 - 103 Mins
Sailor Q: Frost (2021) - Set during Sailor Q2. CGI American/Japanese co-production - 103 Mins
Sailor Q: Sailor Q & The Twilight Knight (2022) - Set during Sailor Q3 - 104 Mins
Sailor Moon DOOM TREE ReTell (2020; Non-Canon) - 102 Mins
Sailor Moon Kaguya of the Moon ReTell (2021; Non-Canon) - 101 Mins
Sailor Moon Outer Guardians - Eternal Winter Battle! - 110 Mins
Sailor Q: Icarus (2022; Non-Canon) - 105 Mins
Sailor Q & Sailor Chibi Moon: Rescue the Future! (2023) - 119 Mins
Sailor Q BEYOND (2023) - 54 Mins (Note: Only played in US museum Omni theaters)
Sailor Q: SKY ISLAND (2024) - 100 mins
Sailor Q: Flight of the Moon Witch (2025) - TBH
Soundtrack
Sailor Q first season:
- Wait by Rica Matsumoto - Opening 1 (Ep. 1-20, 41-43)
- Free Way by Rica Matsumoto - Opening 2 (Ep. 21-40)
- Tooi Koibito by Miki Fujimoto - Ending 1 (Ep. 1-20)
- Aenai Nagai Nichiyoubi by Miki Fujimoto - Ending 2 (Ep. 21-43)
- City Lights by Riku Matsunami - Image Song
Sailor Q the Movie
- Rain by Rica Matsumoto - Ending Song
Sailor Q2
- SKILL by JAM Project - Opening 1 (Episode 44-49)
- Kiseki by Rica Matsumoto - Opening 2 (Episode 50-94)
- Last my Wish by Rica Matsumoto - Ending
- Dancin in the Air by Riku Matsunami - Image Song
Sailor Q3
- Feel the Wind by Janne Da Arc - Opening
- Until I say By Rie Fu - Ending 1 (Ep. 1-23)
- Itsunomanika Kimi wo By Rica Matsumoto - Ending 2 (Ep. 24-35)
- Like a Wind By T-ARA QBS - Ending 3 (36-60)
- Starlight Love Bridge by Ryoko Takazaki - Image Song
Sailor Q4
- Love Song/Koigoro By Nanase Aikawa - Opening
- Float World By MINIQLO - Ending
Sailor Q5
- For Today By Ayaka - Opening
- Rainbow of the Starry Sky By Saeko Chiba - Ending 1
- Season of White by MISIA - Ending 2
Sailor Q5 The Movie
- Aitakute Ima by MISIA - Ending
Sailor Q: FINALE
- Suiren By Asuka Hinoi - Opening
- After you have Dreamed By Garnet Crow - Ending
Gallery
Transformation Sequence (updated)
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Transformation Part 1 | Transformation Part 2 | Transformation Part 3 | Transformation Part 4 | Transformation Part 5 |
Trivia
- Compared to the other Solar System Sailor Senshi originally, Sailor Quinox's abilities were average all across the board in terms of power and defense. Her actual talent seemed to come from her versatility when it came to the use of her powers.
- Sailor Quinox's powers do not work against electrical attacks.
- Up until the latter half of her battle against the Dark Ones, Matsumi always referred to herself as "Sailor Q" rather then Sailor Quinox
- Contray to popular myth, Sailor Quinox never took on a form similar to Sailor V. She claims this was due to "marketing".
- Sailor Quinox is the only senshi other than Sailor Moon to have a unique Eternal Form, as well as the only other senshi's form is specifically called "Eternal form"
- Minerva once suggested that Sailor Quinox is the "bridge between inner and outer senshi" as she is someone who both groups are close friends with and listen to.
- Sailor Quinox is one of the few senshi who's physical appearance actually has changed over the years, having grown her hair out longer as she grew older.
- Contry to some beliefs, Sailor Quinox's rhapsody flute is not a talisman.
- While still part of the overall "court" of the senshi, in some ways Sailor Quinox stands separate from the others, having her own small group of senshi that she is very hands on in working alongside with and often having adventures on her own apart from the group. This extended even further with her successor Mirai Arashi.
- Sailor Quinox is the third tallest Sailor Senshi, tied with Sailor Jupiter.
- Sailor Quinox was the last Sailor Senshi to retire from the role.
- Sailor Quinox is the only outer senshi to have multiple transformation items and the only outer senshi to have a Brooch transformation item.
- Outside of the planet Quinox, Sailor Quinox is meant to embody the concept of Planet X/theoretical planets.
- Sailor Quinox is the first Sailor Senshi to "Awaken" her power chronologically.