This surprised me so I googled it and it turns out that for some ungodly reason the anime aged him to college aged. in the manga he was 16Dizzy claims that while watching Sailor Moon as a child she hated Tuxedo Mask so much she would punch her screen any time he appeared.
"I have strong feelings about him."
Someone pointed out that Tuxedo Mask + Sailor Moon was basically an adult in a relationship with a fourteen year-old. According to Dizzy this is completely OK because high school-aged girl fantasies involve lusting after adult men. She claims that male fantasies about meeting the perfect girl via serendipity is "equally unrealistic." So good pedophilia is apparently not just a Pippa Problem.
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It's wish fulfillment for the target audience (girls Usagi's age or younger). Girls that age fantasize about having older boyfriends. They wouldn't actually want to date college aged guys who would be interested in middle school girls, because those are creeps, but someone like Mamoru who wouldn't be interested in someone Usagi's age if they weren't reincarnated lovers from the past is fair game. It's a fantasy. Little girls want Prince Charming, not the squeaky-voiced teen from The Simpsons.This surprised me so I googled it and it turns out that for some ungodly reason the anime aged him to college aged. in the manga he was 16
Sailor Moon: How the 90s Anime Made Usagi and Mamoru's Relationship Problematic
One specific anime change in the romantic relationship between Usagi and Mamoru wasn't for the better.
