Wisdom Seen in Sailor Mercury

I have no idea why but I recently see Sailor Mercury, one of the characters in Japanese cartoon Sailor Moon very often. On the Net and on the street and even in the garbage I pick, I found her pictures. It is quite strange that I see her often now in 2006. Sailor Moon should already be a history. And I didn’t really watch the series, either. I have known it only as a social phenomenon…

Just a few days ago, I found a pile of anime trading cards dumped in one of the refuge rooms that I was in charge of. And Sailor Mercury was on the top of the pile. As I felt a bit disturbed about my frequent encountering to her, I put all these cards into a plastic bag and stirred them, wishing she’d mix into other cards. But she stayed on the top. So I stirred the cards again. But she still refused to go down. So I picked the card up and slipped it into my pocket.

Well, frankly speaking, I find Sailor Mercury cute. Her somewhat boyish appearance is very close to my archetypal dream girl. So I am not surprised at all if she is manifestation of my anima. And I remember that she is the most intelligent of the Sailor Fighters. Then it is very close to my anima figure that I privately call Sophie (Wisdom). In addition, Mercury is the Roman god of storytelling! Wah, just a few minutes pondering solved much of the mystery…

So now I think my anima, my Inner Guide to Wisdom now tries to communicate with me through the appearance of Sailor Mercury, a figure close to my archetypal girl friend. Well, I have been tired and have found it quite difficult to write a poem or a story these days. I guess it has come from my lack of attention to my anima so she has tried to draw my attention with pretty face and a sexy costume! Well, it's nice but she’s acted in a way that makes a middle aged man (me) blush...