The BEST episodes of Sailor Moon season 5

Every episode of Sailor Moon season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Sailor Moon season 5!

14 year-old crybaby Usagi learns that she is the reincarnated magical heroine Sailor Moon, and with help of her friends and fellow Sailor Guardians, fights against the forces of evil that threaten the Earth.

Last Updated: 11/6/2024Network: TV AsahiStatus: Ended
Usagi's Love: The Moonlight Illuminates the Galaxy
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9.63
60 votes

#1 - Usagi's Love: The Moonlight Illuminates the Galaxy

Season 5 - Episode 34 - Aired 2/8/1997

As Galaxia closes in to take Sailor Moon's star seed, the Light of Hope finally reveals itself. Turning into a sword, the Light of Hope begs Usagi to use its power to stop Galaxia, who is now fully consumed by Chaos.

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The Stolen Silver Crystal: Princess Kakyu Appears
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9.58
50 votes

#2 - The Stolen Silver Crystal: Princess Kakyu Appears

Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 11/30/1996

Usagi and her classmates are all busy preparing for the upcoming Juban School Festival. Meanwhile, Sailor Lead Crow finds a note left behind by her deceased friend Sailor Aluminum Siren that contains information on Sailor Moon's true identity.

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Countdown to Destruction: The Sailor Guardians' Last Battle
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9.47
51 votes

#3 - Countdown to Destruction: The Sailor Guardians' Last Battle

Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 1/11/1997

The Sailor Scouts prepare for the final battle against Galaxia. They all transform and prepare to go to thw tower but there is a force filed around it. They think all they can do is watch Galaxia TV as Starlights are attacked by Galaxia. Then, a pink ball of light appears, its Chibu Chibi! She transports them into the tower. They are in front of Galaxia.The Sailor Senshi stand in front of Sailor moon but Galaxia blows them away and then shoots energy balls at them. One goes through each of the them in this order Mercury Venus Jupiter then Mars. Sailor Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Saturn cannot believe they are gone. Their star seeds appear and float towards Galaxia. Sailor Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars say their goodbye. Galaxia shows them all the star seeds she has, Sailor moon notices a golden one in back. It is Mamoru's(Tuxedo Mask's) star seed!

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The Screaming Dead: Terror of the Camp Monster
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9.40
48 votes

#4 - The Screaming Dead: Terror of the Camp Monster

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/10/1996

Siren turns a potter (Rei's cousin) into a phage after he destroys all his work. Usagi and the girls go camping and run into the Three Lights (they're filming in the area). They hear news of the ""Camp Ravager"" in the area. Seiya decides to scare the girls with the monster costume from their movie, but Usagi and Rei run into the phage instead. After transforming, Mars realizes it's her cousin and Usagi heals him.

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Crusade for the Galaxy: Legend of the Sailor Wars
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9.02
53 votes

#5 - Crusade for the Galaxy: Legend of the Sailor Wars

Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/7/1996

Princess Kakyu, the missing princess whom the Star Lights have long been searching for, finally appears before the Sailor Guardians. Princess Kakyu explains that she has come to Earth in search of the Light of Hope.

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Fighter's Secret Identity: The Shocking Super Transformation
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8.99
75 votes

#6 - Fighter's Secret Identity: The Shocking Super Transformation

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/1996

The Three Lights are rehearsing for their upcoming musical, which they will be starring in. But they seem to have a hard time winning the approval of the stage director, especially Seiya, who feels that he is being personally tested.

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The Shining Power of a Star: Chibi-Chibi's Transformation
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8.84
51 votes

#7 - The Shining Power of a Star: Chibi-Chibi's Transformation

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/14/1996

Usagi finds herself teamed up with Seiya for the annual school softball tournament. To make matters worse, Isagi becomes a target of Seiya's fans, who think she is hitting on him.

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The Light of Hope: The Final Battle for the Galaxy
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8.80
51 votes

#8 - The Light of Hope: The Final Battle for the Galaxy

Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 2/1/1997

Sailor Moon prepares for the final battle with Galaxia.

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Saturn Awakens: The Ten Sailor Guardians Unite
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8.75
75 votes

#9 - Saturn Awakens: The Ten Sailor Guardians Unite

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/1996

Michiru and Haruka are suprised to see that Hotaru has grown into her normal age, and Sailor Saturn appears. Neherina talks with Mamoru.

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The Cursed Mirror: Mamoru Caught in a Nightmare
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8.75
101 votes

#10 - The Cursed Mirror: Mamoru Caught in a Nightmare

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/13/1996

When a mysterious affliction causes people in Tokyo to do nothing but stare into mirrors, the Sailor Soldiers race against time to try and save Mamoru from this mysterious new enemy.

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Calling of the Shining Stars: Enter Haruka and Michiru
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8.75
48 votes

#11 - Calling of the Shining Stars: Enter Haruka and Michiru

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/13/1996

Usagi and the girls try to buy tockets to a Three Lights concert, only to learn it is already sold out. Michiru then passes by and gives them the tickets, revealing that she will be performing with the Three Lights.

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A Night Alone Together: Usagi in Danger
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8.71
49 votes

#12 - A Night Alone Together: Usagi in Danger

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/17/1996

With a rash of break-ins plaguing the neighborhood and the rest of the Tsukino family out of town, Seiya offers to stay over at Usagi's house in case anything happens. But when Seiya's bandmates from The Three Lights, the rest of the Sailor Soldiers, and even the evil Sailors Aluminum Seiren and Lead Crow all show up. Sailor Moon and the rest of the Sailor Soldiers have to fight a monster in the very crowded Tsukino household.

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Dying Stars: Uranus and Neptune's Last Stand
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8.60
48 votes

#13 - Dying Stars: Uranus and Neptune's Last Stand

Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 1/25/1997

Uranus and Neptune have turned against the Sailor Guardians by swearing allegiance to Galaxia. Despite Sailor Moon's desperate plea, the two continue their attack, forcing Sailor Moon and the Star Lights to retreat.

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Friend or Foe? Star Lights and the Sailor Guardians
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8.57
49 votes

#14 - Friend or Foe? Star Lights and the Sailor Guardians

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/1996

Taiki asks Makoto to appear on a cooking show with him. Usagi decides to tag along, but her clumsiness creates a huge mess at the TV studio.

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Seiya and Usagi's Heart-Pounding Date
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8.57
51 votes

#15 - Seiya and Usagi's Heart-Pounding Date

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/20/1996

Seiya asks Usagi on a date, to which she reluctantly agrees. Sailor Iron Mouse attempts to make up for her recent failures by going after Seiya's star seed.

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Luna's Discovery: The Real Face of Yaten
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8.51
47 votes

#16 - Luna's Discovery: The Real Face of Yaten

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/1996

Yaten temporarily adopts Luna.

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The Flower of Nightmares Scatters: The Queen of Darkness Returns
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8.51
72 votes

#17 - The Flower of Nightmares Scatters: The Queen of Darkness Returns

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/1996

Hotaru Tomoe has visions of Eternal Sailor Moon. Setsuna arrives at the Tomoe house to pick her up. The girls and Mamoru gather in the park to discover that Chibi-Usa is returning to the future. Meanwhile, Queen Nehelenia is freed from her mirrored prison by an unseen voice. As Chibi-Usa uses her time key to return to Crystal Tokyo with Diana, Nehelenia remembers the events that happened before she had been sealed in the mirror again and she produces her own soul-mirror. Angered, she breaks the mirror and shards fly everywhere. The Soldiers view the shards as shooting stars, but Mamoru recieves one of them in his eye as Chibi-Usa is about to step into the time portal. Unfortunately, the portal disappears leaving the girls puzzled. Later that night, many people gather at an aquarium, including Haruka and Michiru. Some of the nightmare shards land on the roof and form into Nehelenia's Mirror Paredories. Haruka and Michiru are surrounded when Dead Scream is used and Sailor Pluto appears.

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Princess Kakyu Perishes: Advent of Galaxia
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8.46
50 votes

#18 - Princess Kakyu Perishes: Advent of Galaxia

Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/14/1996

Usagi finally confesses to Rei that she has been unable to get in touch with Mamoru for the past several months. Meanwhile, the Three Lights publicly announce their intention to disband their group.

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Duty or Friendship: Conflict Between the Sailor Guardians
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8.39
49 votes

#19 - Duty or Friendship: Conflict Between the Sailor Guardians

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/19/1996

The Inner Senshi and the Starlights learn each others real identities, but distrust each other, Usagi and Seiya try to bring both groups together.

Invitation to Terror: Usagi's Night Flight
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8.37
24 votes

#20 - Invitation to Terror: Usagi's Night Flight

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/21/1996

Sailor Aluminum Siren learns that Usagi is Sailor Moon. Using this knowledge, she sets a trap on a plane where the Three Lights are holding an in-flight event in order to get Usagi's attention.

Truth Revealed: The Star Lights' Past
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8.33
49 votes

#21 - Truth Revealed: The Star Lights' Past

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/26/1996

Seiya and Usagi try to stay together after the Outer Senshi and the other two Starlights forbid them from seeing each other.

Ruler of the Galaxy: The Menace of Galaxia
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8.29
45 votes

#22 - Ruler of the Galaxy: The Menace of Galaxia

Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 1/18/1997

Sailor Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus lose their star seeds after shielding Sailor Moon and the Star Lights from Galaxia's attack. The four Outer Guardians entrust Sailor Moon to the Star Lights while they try to stop Galaxia.

A Star of Dreams and Wishes: Taiki's Transformation
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8.23
47 votes

#23 - A Star of Dreams and Wishes: Taiki's Transformation

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/1996

Ami invited Taiki to come and watch the Wataru's Comet pass by Earth with their science teacher, Amanogawa, only to be rejected.

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Becoming an Idol: Minako's Ambition
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8.23
48 votes

#24 - Becoming an Idol: Minako's Ambition

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/25/1996

Minako becomes the Starlights assistant. Usagi also follows her. Sailor Tin Cat takes Saki's star seed. ESM and Venus soon restore it.

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Farewells and Encounters: The Transitioning Stars of Destiny
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8.19
47 votes

#25 - Farewells and Encounters: The Transitioning Stars of Destiny

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/11/1996

With Neherina down, everything seems to be okay, that is until Galaxia and her animates show their ugly heads. Now, Sailor Moon and gang have another problem, the Sailor Starlights, friend or foe? Also, Usagi watches the departure of Mamoru who heads off to college in America.

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