#tsukino ikuko

[sailorheadcanons]

Genetics work differently in the universe of Sailor Moon, which is how a black-haired man and a blue-haired woman can have a blonde daughter.

[flaim-ita]

Dreams of Gleaming Pearls

Kenji Tsukino & Usagi, Queen & Princess Serenity, 600+ words

“Dear?”

“Yes?”

“Where did you learn that hairstyle?”

Tsukino Kenji pauses, looking down at his young daughter. Usagi looks back up at him, her wide blue eyes blinking.

“I don’t know,” he says.

Two tight yet comfortable buns wrap their daughter’s naturally fast growing hair up, the excess spilling out in small pigtails. They make her look even more like the rabbit she was named for.

“I’m surprised she even sat for it,” Ikuko says tiredly, sighing. “We must be spoiling the girl, she’s so fussy.”

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[real-life-senshi]

Okay legit the food looks awesome! Shingo, stop complaining. I want your food. It's almost New Year anyway. lol

Oh... Oh my god????!!!! I forgot about this. Ikuko's gag! LOL For this alone, they should have left this scene in Act 14.

Shingo's definitely the kid that tries to be cool that would rather all sorts of festive traditions be demolished, while Usagi's the bubbly one that's excited to do every festive things. lol

I love this scene, so entertaining, and another good presentation of the Tsukino family's dynamic! Especially appreciate how this scene ends with Usagi and Shingo butt heading and staring daggers at each other.

I just had a semi-epiphany! Obviously, Ikuko's presented to be a highly entertaining and humorous character with very exaggerated actions and sometimes outrageous responses. I usually find such kind of characters annoying, but Ikuko has clearly made me fell in love with her in PGSM, and I think I figured out why... It's because of how intentionally designed Ikuko's exaggerated actions seems to be; it's chaos with reason, not messy and random.

While everyone acts on TV as they're meant to and look relatively natural, Ikuko's actress almost moves on-screen with exaggerations as if she's actually doing theatre work in front of an auditorium of the audience! As an example, her walking to the right and left around Usagi is something I've seen intentionally used in theatre to keep the audience's attention drawn and not bored during non-action heavy scenes.

I have to wonder if this is Moriwaka Kaori's own decision and adlib to make Ikuko like this, or if it was intentionally planned or staged from the start. I wish we knew.

[sailormoonrewrite]

Mama Ikuko's Approval

Usagi: Bye, Mama! I'm off to Mam-Mako's apartment!

Ikuko: Alright, be sure to tell Chiba-san I said hi.

Usagi: Will do...It's not what you think mama! We're just going to eat chocolate and watch movies! Not anything naughty!

Ikuko: It's fine, Usagi. I trust you. Just make sure to come home before 11 or else your father might have another stroke.

Usagi: Okay, mama!

Ikuko: But...if you are going to do that, you might want to take a couple of these. Wouldn't want you to have a little bunhead in the oven right now.

Usagi: MAMA!

[ayellowbirds]

Yasushi looked out the door, confused. “He was an idiot,” Shizuka sniffed, water running down her face. It must have been water, because it was pouring out. “Shizuka-san, why aren’t you wearing a raincoat?” It was the stupidest, most obvious question he could ask, but it was the only thing that Taiin Yasushi could make sense of in the picture before him of the beautiful woman with the soaking-wet long black hair, the sad gray eyes, the dripping cardigan over the now nearly-transparent short dress that combined into an outfit that definitely wasn’t appropriate for the edges of a hurricane. “Because he was an idiot, Yasushi-san! Because you’re the best father in this whole miserable world, the bravest man I’ve ever met, and my answer is yes!” “Papa?” Usagi called from within, as he tried to make sense of what Shizuka was saying. “Your answer to what?” Yasushi asked her, barely able to hear his own voice amidst the sound of rain on the roof above the second-floor landing.

He didn’t remember asking her anything important enough to risk coming out to their apartment in this weather, dressed like that.

illustrated by @beedokart, a scene from Past is Prologue, Princess, the first part of a fanfiction series set in a universe where manga/anime characters share a world with the heroes of DC comics... and in the case of Usagi, certain other, more overt changes take place earlier in her current reincarnation. For example: in other worlds, Ikuko stayed with Kenji and took his last name. In this one, they split... and the parent who birthed adorable little Usagi realized that he was happier as a man. And then, he meets a very lovely woman with a strange connection to his only child....

Read it on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40849236/chapters/102360219

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[kasienda]

You know I’m going to be the one who asks about #10: SM Motherhood Reveal🙃🙃

It’s actually perfect that you asked me about this one because it was my goal last year to finish it by September 12th… for some RANDOM reason! But this last year sucked, and that didn’t happen. (Sorry! But you know I love you!!!)

But anyway, this is supposed to be the fourth part of the Tsukino family reveals. And it’s sort’ve a reverse reveal! Where Usagi learns that her mother knows. And they get to talk for… real. (I also have a part five where Ikuko and Kenji get into a fight about it and I think that will conclude the series).

Here’s a snippet:

“Usagi!” Ikuko exclaimed, throwing her arms around the girl the second she returned. Her eyes searching for any sign of injury. “I’m so glad you made it down the mountain trail! When we had to split I was so worried.”

Usagi eyed her mother. “Uh… yeah, it was the long way around. But I got away.”

“Usagi-chan! Are you alright?” Kenji demanded.

“Just scraped up my leg. Mama, maybe you want to take a look?”

Ikuko didn’t answer the question blazing from her daughter’s eyes. She couldn’t. Not in front of her husband and son. “Of course dear. Let’s head to the bathroom.”

“That was so cool!” Shingo was saying.

Ikuko closed the bathroom door, and then every one of her senses was trained on her daughter as she did a more thorough seearch for wounds. “Are you okay? Any injuries?” she asked, not bothering to hide the urgency with which she needed to know.

Usagi ignored the concern. “How long have you known?”

“Almost from the beginning,” Ikuko admitted, her fingers ruffling through hair long golden hair, looking for scrapes or bruises on Usagi’s scalp.

“How?”

“Luna is not as quiet or as subtle as she thinks she is. And I’ve always been a very light sleeper.”

“Why have you never said anything?!” Usagi demanded, pulling away from Ikuko’s reach.

“I always hoped you would tell me one day,” she said softly.

[sailormoonandme]

For many years one of Kenji Tsukino's biggest fears had been his daughter meeting 'the wrong kind of guy'. In fact, he'd been so concerned with this fear that he'd never considered a far worse scenario. His daughter meeting the 'right kind of guy'...

@daikon1​

@floraone​

@queenrisa14​

[giffyhilarbees]

Sailor Moon Episode 1 Gif Set

[sailorheadcanons]

(Manga) Ikuko's real hair color is dark-pink. She used to dye her hair on order to look more respectable. When Chibiusa appeared Ikuko was fascinated with her pink hair and stopped dyeing hers. (In fact Chibiusa inherited pink hair from her). Usagi became jealous and one day tried to dye her own hair pink but messed up and bleached it.

[seramyuconfessions]

If Naru and Umino were in a musical let's hope for Usagi's mom, dad, and brother.

[real-life-senshi]

*covers face and laughs* OMG I CAN’T WITH IKUKO.

Her putting on her “dutiful housewife voice” when she picks up the phone, and then immediately goes back into dumbbell lifting when she realize it’s Naru on the phone... LOL 

[robustconviction]

[venusribbons]

(Manga source: Miss Dream. Edited by me.)

Usagi comes home:

In Crystal, Ikuko doesn't remark on Usagi being late.

Ikuko is smiling in both the manga panel and Crystal. Good job. If I have to nitpick (and I will), Crystal! Ikuko is not holding anything in her hands but that's too trivial.

Crystal! Usagi's anger expression is toned down (again!). No gritted teeth, no exaggerated face. On a side note, I enjoy Mitsuishi Kotono-san's low whisper in this scene, as well as Mizutani Yūko-san's 'Usagi' scream after that.

There is no in-joke in Usagi's test this time. The best thing I can find is the name 'Yumiko'. Well, she's never officially named in Crystal or in the manga (unless I'm deadly wrong), so putting her name in the test is sorta nice.

The shouting scene would have been nice if the (old) Crystal staff could have been arsed to draw properly instead of a (ugly) closeup (and it's not even a full face!). A closeup anger can be of use if the character is either drawn (very) beautifully or comically, which the scene is neither.

While we're at it, I'd like to address this scene a little, even if it's a bit late at this point:

Sailor Crystal Reactions has the best comment on it:

Kick your daughter out of the house for a bad test score...

... And don't forget to twirl!

Two things to complain about on this scene:

You could have replaced Usagi with a mannequin and nothing would've changed. Probably in real life some people couldn't react in such situation, but this is animation, FFS. I think the scene would have looked better with a little exaggerated expression or movement from either character.

And of course, the 'twirl'. The thing is that when Ikuko stops pushing Usagi, she's somewhere halfway between Usagi and the door:

So, what to do with Ikuko now? Have her moonwalking her way to the door? Or turn around?

Crystal chose the second way. As you can see here, the result is that Ikuko is now facing the door at a very close distance, so she has no choice but to 'twirl'. Why? Because the 'halfway' point above, while being placed closer to Usagi, is less than two (long) footsteps away from the door. So you see, we must always be glad that Crystal finally has a proper budget :(

On a positive note, the garden is really nice. Are those mushrooms decorative stuff or something? (It must be, how is it possible that such colorful mushrooms can grow in a city?)

[robotarmsapts]

One of my recent Sailor Moon headcanons is that Usagi’s Earth mother, Ikuko, was her Nanny in the previous life. When the girls were reincarnated on Earth, she was chosen since Queen Serenity knew her child would be in safe hands.

I do not know a ton from the manga since I have not had a chance to read it yet(aside what Usagi does to herself), and I’ve only seen the English dubbed series(90′s) minus Stars. To anyone that knows more than I do, please feel welcome to say if this could work or not.

[sairenji]

[brosephine]

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