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In the anime series Haruka and Michiru (Sailors Uranus and Neptune) are a
couple confirmed by the author Naoko Takeuchi

> Takeuchi has openly admitted they are a romantic couple, and their voice
> actresses were instructed to play the characters "as if they are a married
> romantic couple."

Source: [List of Sailor Moon S
episodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sailor_Moon_S_episodes)

In the first season we learn that the Sailor Senshi (or at least the first
five) whom we see are reincarnations of their past selves from the Silver
Millennium. They were friends and bodyguards of Usagi's past self, Serenity,
as well as princesses of their representative planets.

I am wondering, however, if Haruka and Michiru are too reincarnations of their
former selves, princesses of Uranus and Neptune, and if so, whether the
Princesses Uranus and Neptune were a couple as well?


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Were Princesses Uranus and Neptune lovers as well?


It is made clear that the Sailor Senshi were all princesses associated with
the celestial bodies attached to them. Thus, Haruka and Michiru were indeed
princesses in their past life.

I do not recall ever seeing an indication that Uranus and Neptune were lovers
in their _past_ life. [I have watched _Sailor Moon S_ and both seasons of
_Sailor Moon Crystal_ , and I have also read the _Sailor Moon_ manga (albeit
not very closely).] In contrast, a relationship between Endymion (who is later
Tuxedo Mask) and Princess Serenity is well attested. Moreover, I was unable to
find any discussion of this issue in fan wiki pages for [Sailor
Neptune](http://wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Sailor_Neptune), [Sailor
Uranus](http://wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Sailor_Uranus),
[Haruka](http://wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Haruka_Tenou), or
[Michiru](http://wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Michiru_Kaiou).

This suggests that we simply do not know if Uranus and Neptune were lovers in
their past life. That other relationships from the past (between Mamoru and
Usagi, or between Usagi and the Inner Senshi) have been preserved suggests
that they were.

But canon plot material does not _actively_ suggest that they were together,
and the absence of this in the wiki suggests that there is no supplementary
material indicating it. We do know that the Outer Senshi led lonely lives in
their past existence, which is difficult to reconcile with a serious
relationship.

It is also possible that the issue is completely up in the air, in the same
way the birthday dates for _Fullmetal Alchemist_ characters are up in the air:
it is possible that Naoko Takeuchi had not thought through the specifics of
this, particularly since the focus of _Sailor Moon_ is ultimately on Usagi.


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