Sailor Moon Monster of the Week Rankings - Youma

I marathoned the entire original Sailor Moon anime in the beginning of the pandemics and it's still semi-fresh in my memory, so why not?

Will rank each season's monsters in different pages to avoid massive clutter, so let's start by Season 1's Youma! :madamebroode:

## 33. Kigaan (E10 - The Cursed Bus: Enter Mars, the Guardian of Fire)

Kinda surprised that a female/humanoid Youma ended up being last place, but Kigaan had the misfortune of showing up in the episode where Rei/Sailor Mars was introduced, so she barely had any screentime or personality. She was an unnamed bus driver before being transformed into a monster, so no backstory either. Her design is also pretty uninspiring, she just looks like a dried-up geko or something.

## 32. Yasha (E23 - Wish Upon a Star: Naru's First Love)

[Not to be confused with Yaxha, a tribe from Survivor: Guatemala and archaeological site in the northeast of the Petén Basin region]

Another monster that had the misfortune of appearing in a weird point in the story in which the current main villain (Nephrite) is being defeated and the new main villain (Zoisite) is emerging. With this, she had even less relevance to the episode's arc than Kigaan, and I honestly can't remember if we even got to know her human form. The only reason why she ranks higher is because she has a more interesting design.

## 31. Bunbo (E27 - Crushing on Ami: The Boy Who Can See the Future)

Not a terrible design on its own, but I think what pisses me off the most is that Bunbo's human form was Urawa, this tiny nerd boy with psychic powers who served as Ami's love interest during Season 1 (then never showed up again). So, of course, "swole mechanical ogre with giant scissors for arms" is the logical choice there. Ranks higher than the other two because at least he had defining traits (as far as monsters of the week go).

## 30. Balm (E02 - Punishment Awaits: The House of Fortune is the Monster Mansion)

The first few episodes were a bigger hot mess than the usual, and that reflects on the first few Youmas' extremely generic designs. What's more frustrating about Balm is that her human form was a fortune teller far better designed than whetever this Scooby-Doo-monster-looking hag is. They didn't even bother to give her some fortune teller motif, wtf.

## 29. Iguara (E03 - Scent of a Monster: Chanela Will Steal Your Love)

Iguara's human form was the pet shop lady who sold an adorable chinchilla-like creature that sucked peoples' vital energy. Kinda disappointing that she suffered from early-episode-genericness and had nothing to do with the pet itself design-wise. Still, lizard lady > scooby-doo-monster. Extra points because the episode focused on Usagi's younger brother who is a little shit and I love him.

## 28. Bakene (E31 - Loved and Chased: Luna's Worst Day Ever)

Bakene's "human" form was actually a cat, a fat housecat who had a crush on Luna and repeatedly failed at being gallant to her. I wish that for his design they could have either leaned more into the quirky side of this character, or go straight into sexy catboy territorry. What we got instead was this generic monster cat thing. Yawn.

## In The Running

Morga

Flowa

Kyurene

Derela

Garoben

Ramua

Murido

Tethys

Tesuni

Petasos

Widow

Cameran

Juno

Castor & Pollux

Suzuran, Grape & Housenka

Geshen

Bokushi

Vena

Rikoukeda

Jiji

Akan

Mitsuami

Shakukai

Burizza

Doiringeller

Papillon

Oniwabandana