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Shion Murasakibara ||Sailor Titan

Biography
Civilian Form

Name and Meaning

Her first name means “aster”. Her surname is written with the kanji meaning “violet foundation.”

Age and Birthday

19, January 5th

Appearance

She has purple mountain majesty hair in a bob, violet eyes, pale skin, and stands at 6'9.5". She is the tallest of the cast in Senshi no Basuke.

Ethnicity
Japanese

Nationality
Japanese

Personality

Despite being the second youngest, Shion is mature and responsible. She will take it on herself to mediate situations between her brothers. Her mother has given Shion the privilege of enforcing consequences on her brothers and Shion won’t hesitate to do so. She has surprisingly quick reflexes despite her build. She has girly interests which includes dolls and fashion. She is considerate as she thinks of others and will not hesitate to shield others with her large body.

She is decisive and protective and has trouble with not being too harsh.

Mottos

“With all your might.”

Sexual Preferences

Heteroromantic / Heterosexual

Likes

dolls, fashion, aster flowers. Her favorite colors are all shades of purple, all shades of pink, all shades of blue, and white. Her favorite food is grape candy and her favorite subjects are art (back when she was in compulsory education), fashion design major.

Dislikes

narrow places, being assumed that she plays a sport, knocking things down. Her least favorite food is okra and her least favorite subject is Physical Education.

Hobbies

In her free time, she watches Korean dramas.

 

Her hobbies are watching Korean dramas, designing clothes for humans and dolls, drawing, shopping, reading novels, and watching basketball.

Specialties
Her specialty is making doll clothes.

Committees

N/A

Background

Shion is the fourth child of Kōta and Shiori Murasakibara. Both her parents were unusually tall and all the Murasakibara children inherited their parents’ heights.They inherited their father’s violet hued hair and their mother’s violet eyes. Shion received a similar name to her mother. Her younger brother, Atsushi, and childhood friend, Shion Fuyumi, was invited to play basketball by fellow kids on the street and they were both subsequently enrolled in Mini-Basketball. Although Shion had no interest in sports, as she knew if she went all out, equipment would get toppled and people would get hurt but she liked watching her younger brother and childhood friend who was younger than her by two years with the same name play basketball. As a child, she loved playing with dolls and even as she grew up, she kept her doll collection and made doll clothes for them. It was harder to dress up as she grew up, so she wanted to become a fashion designer catering to people of all sizes. She was always the mediator of fights between her brothers hence her mother gave her the privilege to dole out consequences when she became a teenager.

Prior to graduating from Shūtoku High, Atsushi decided to attend Yōsen High for high school so she had to apply for Akita University to be with her family.

Relationships

Family

Kōta and Shiori Murasakibara — parents, three older brothers, Atsushi Murasakibara (younger brother)

Shion inherited a similar name to her mother, a tall stature from her parents, and all Murasakibara children inherited their father's violet hued hair and their mother’s violet eyes. Her father is usually off at work so Shion helps her mother around the house. Thanks to Shion’s close relationship with her mother, Shiori, she had girly interests as her mother bought her dolls and dresses to dress up with. Despite having three older brothers, Shion just didn’t share the same interests as they did but she liked watching her childhood friend who was two years younger named Shion Fuyumi and younger brother, Atsushi, play basketball and came out to watch his games when she could as she didn’t want to draw attention to herself for her stature nor cause Atsushi to be embarrassed that she was watching. Atsushi refers to her as “Nee-chan” and she is one of the few people who could stop him from threatening others because she will threaten him with taking his allowance away. Shion understands her younger brother well and tries to get him to understand people’s perspectives, but it usually ends in threatening him for being rude to her.

Friends

Shion Fuyumi aka Sailor Larissa

When the girls first introduced themselves to one another, they and their families were surprised that they had the same name, but their mothers talked about the meanings of their respective names which helped them differentiate by kanji. Shion would often come over to the Murasakibara household to play on the weekends while her mother worked. Sometimes, she would eat lunch together with the Murasakibara family and take naps with Shion Murasakibara and her brothers. The two of them would play dolls, dress up, and watch magical girl anime together. When she played with Shion’s brothers, she was the cop, and they were the robbers. Shion Murasakibara’s younger brother, Atsushi nicknamed her “Shio-chin”. When she and Atsushi Murasakibara were invited to play basketball by kids on the street, she had lots of fun and both she and Atsushi were enrolled in the same Mini-Basketball program. Shion Murasakibara was there when their parents picked them up from Mini-Basketball so she could spend time with her best friend. However, when Shion Murasakibara was 17, she was 15, and Atsushi was 14, Shion Fuyumi had to move to Yokohama shortly after her father’s funeral. Shion Fuyumi begged Shion Murasakibara not to forget about her and she promised her she wouldn’t. They had each other’s contact information, but they lost touch for a while as Shion Fuyumi tried to cope with her recent life changes, but Shion Murasakibara did eventually initiate contact with her, and they started making their friendship long-distance. When the Satellite Sailor Guardians fought against the Saturnian Moon Sailor Guardians as Pharaoh 90 was covering the Earth, she realized Sailor Titan was her friend. Sailor Larissa clenched her fists and closed her eyes after taking a step forward and froze as she knew aiding her friend would be treason to her princess and her teammates. Shion Murasakibara later forgave her though as she understood her circumstances.

Rivals

N/A

Love Interests

Takamori Kimoto aka Zeus Knight

(The visit to Saturn was inspired by @shadowsphere21’s writing.) Hetaireios, son of Zeus and Hera aka Zeus Knight was part of the emissary group visiting Saturn as the taboo planet was still part of the Solar System and its alliance. Astraea aka Sailor Titan was called from her post on Saturn’s moon, Titan, to help receive the emissary group. Astraea found Hetaireios taking notes on the planet, Saturn, and as they exchanged information on their home planets and interacted with one another, they soon fell in love. Before the emissary group left, Hetaireios made sure to kiss Astraea on the lips in secret before departing. In modern days, they encountered each other in Starpucks when Shion returned to Tokyo in the summer to prepare for Sailor Saturn’s awakening. They talked to each other in Starpucks, exchanged contact information, and later discovered their alter egos, and cooperated with one another when possible and Takamori eventually recalled his past life including the first time he met her.

Player She Has Her Eyes On

Atsushi Murasakibara

Guardian Form

Name

Sailor Titan, Sailor Guardian of Power and Valor

Guardian Starseed

Titan Crystal

Mission

To guard Titan (formerly), to protect Princess Saturn, to protect Earth

Realm of Influence

Titan, gravity manipulation, energy manipulation, force-field generation 

Past Life

In her past life, Astraea was the daughter of a Saturnian earl, and her alter ego was Sailor Titan, leader of Princess Saturn’s Saturnian Moon Sailor Guardians and she was tasked with watching her post on Saturn’s moon, Titan. She was called from her post to help receive the emissary group visiting Saturn.

Guardian Animal

N/A

Allies and Teammates

The Saturnian Moon Sailor Guardians

Sailor Titan is the leader of the Saturnian Moon Sailor Guardians.

Transformation Token

Aster Brooch

A brooch in the shape of an aster flower.

Henshin Phrase

“Titan Saturn Power, Make Up!”

Henshin Sequence

She holds up her hand which has a purple mountain majesty colored manicure before grasping the Aster brooch and light emanates from the Aster brooch, her bare body is bathed in purple mountain majesty light as aster petals come from the Aster brooch and surround her as she holds herself in a fetal position before she turns in a left to right direction before posing in front of Titan with the Aster Staff.

Symbol

Titan.png

Guardian Challenge

“The guardian receiving the protection of Saturn’s moon, Titan, Sailor Guardian of power and valor! Sailor Titan!

Guardian Fuku

It is the typical Solar System fuku but her back bow has pointed purple mountain majesty tails with golden trims that have three white beads and a light lavender Saturn charm hanging from it and typical of every Saturnian Senshi, she has white sleeves in the form of three flower petals. Her dominant color is purple mountain majesty and her accent color is pale lavender. Her collar has no stripes on it. She gains two golden Saturn shaped earrings. Her choker has a lavender aster flower pendant. She wears heels with criss cross ribbon straps.

Weapon

Aster Staff

Guardian Forms

base, super, eternal

Attacks

Titan Grave Submission!

Sailor Titan points her Aster Staff at the target which manipulates gravity to force the target to prostrate before her.

Titan Energy Barrier!

Sailor Titan sharply lowers her Aster Staff which creates a large ball made of light lavender energy that acts as a barrier.

Aster Cascade!

Sailor Titan thrusts her Aster Staff forward which creates aster flowers made of light lavender energy that cascade upon the target.

Aster Staff Valor!

Sailor Titan makes a slashing motion with her Aster Staff which creates a large aster flower made of energy that explodes at the target.

Stats

Stats

N/A

Lei Motif

Romantic Theme

Miscellaneous

Inspirations
As Shion is supposed to be Atsushi Murasakibara’s elder sister and his height is 6’10”, I wanted to be literal with the name “Titan” and give her the height of 6’9.5”. We don’t get much information on Atsushi Murasakibara’s canon elder sister except in Replace Plus, she took away Atsushi’s allowance for getting into an argument with their third elder brother and said both were at fault which allowed me to describe her personality. I was influenced by Ai Yazawa’s works when developing Shion as I wanted her to have the same name as another Sailor Guardian in the Senshi no Basuke cast to reference NANA and Nana Osaki wears the Vivienne Westwood heels which Naomi Campbell fell in and I wanted Sailor Titan to wear similar shoes to that and I wanted her to be the more feminine of the Shions much like how in NANA, Nana Komatsu aka Hachi is the more feminine of the Nanas. In Paradise Kiss, they focus on fashion designing hence I wanted her to be a fashion designer. In the Kdrama, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Ko Moon-young’s agent explains why she feels hungry no matter what and is irritable, because she misses her love interest, hence I wanted Shion to be able to understand her younger brother’s perspective. In one of the Sailor Moon artbook illustrations for the Infinity arc, Sailor Saturn is wearing a golden Saturn earring hence I was inspired by Naoko’s error and gave Sailor Titan those earrings. Her having a staff as a weapon is based on Naoko's initial design for Sailor Saturn. Shion’s hairstyle is inspired by Gain from Brown Eyed Girls. I recently followed marsarroyo on Instagram who coincidentally has a purple aesthetic and she used Candy by Mandy Moore in one of her reels hence I decided Shion’s favorite food is grape candy and decided to use it for her romance theme after listening to it.

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