[Bandai] SHFiguarts - Sailor Jupiter

"Agent of Love and Courage, the pretty sailor suited soldier Sailor Jupiter! In the name of Jupiter, I will punish you!" Meet Makoto Kino aka Sailor Jupiter the fifth Sailor Senshi in the Manga and Third in the anime adaptation. Well probably her delayed release made Sailor Fans go rant - why? the issue is, SHF Sailor Venus was released earlier than her, they believed that she should have come in first. Well probably, the manufacturers took the order in the manga rather than the order in the anime adaptation. But enough of that, atleast she was released. She would be my fifth Sailor Senshi and probably would be the last since Pluto, Neptune and Uranus are no longer regular release but will already be P-Bandai Online Exclusives - well obviously if they would release Chibi Moon and Tuxedo Mask the probability of them being Online Exclusives are quite high.

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Box depicts the Sailor's color scheme, as for Jupiter the box is coloured in light green with a dash of pink. Takte note of the Toei Animation Certificate sticker and the Tamashii Nation Sticker to somehow avoid bootlegs.

Back of the box shows the preview of everything inside, well one thing I never liked about this figures are the lack of accessories itself. Maybe because they are in their first stage but it's like buying a single doll everytime. If I rememeber correctly, Jupiter has a lance/spear which would be great if they included it.

Contents - The heart shaped stand written with Jupiter with Symbol, Bangs with antennae and 5 pair of hands and 3 more faceplates.

Details - Getting an image of Jupiter [no not the planet.] as a reference would be a great help although probably useless. See, details are good - hair sculpt has swivelling peg and looks quite good and doesnt limit any head movement like Mars. Colour is brown same as Jupiter's hair and the Uniform is great just like the other Senshiis. The Pink bow is a little lighter though but fits perfectly in the colour combination and for the green parts, they are a bit shiny in a special kind of way just like the others. And she has the most awesome boots of them all.

And you should be asking now, Jupiter should be taller than the others and is she? Is she taller than the others? Yes, she is a cm higher than the others.

Here we see her in her final attack Jupiter Thunder pose thing, with the bangs with the antennae and the angry faceplate that looks really BAD. Yes, it does look bad.

She looks like a grumpy, lifeless teen when she wears it.

But in some point comparing her to the other Sailor Senshi figures that I have [namely the four] she was the best of them all. Well atleast for me she is the best. Why? No, it's not about the articulation itself since they all have the same joints but it's because of the details that somehow affect articulation too. First, comparing it to Sailormoon her hair doesn't get in the way. Comparing to Sailor Mars, we all know the problem with Mars is her hair gets in the way over the neck and looks like she has no neck at all unlike Jupiter who has a longer neck. Comparing to Sailor Mercury which has a bad hair sculpt. And finally, comparing her to Sailor Venus who has a bad paint job this one has better. Those are my opinion.

And for some reason, I find her Photogenic and easier to pose. Quite look cute on the camera, the cute colour scheme of green and pink which is not quite common.

So, is she worth getting? Well, if you are collecting them the answer is obviously Yes. If you just want to have her and are looking for a Jupiter figure - Yes, probably she would be one of the best you would find out in the market for now we still have to wait for other toy lines to release their version so we could fully compare.