Sailormoon R: The Movie - The Promise of a Rose (1993) - 1 Movie

The movie opens with a young Mamoru on the roof of a hospital and he hands another small boy a rose. The little boy thanks him and says "No one has ever given me a gift before" and dissolves into thin air as he vows to bring Mamoru a flower. The movie flashes to the present day. Mamoru, Usagi, and the rest of the four "Inner" Senshi are at a botanical garden. Usagi tries to steal a kiss from Mamoru, but when he notices that they're not alone anymore he walks off outside alone.
Suddenly the fountain a few feet from him mysteriously goes silent and a pink rose petal floats past him. The sky goes dark and thousands of flower petals fall out of the sky as the girls come outside, Usagi and Chibiusa laughing and giggling. A young man, about Mamoru's age appears and the flower petals stop. Usagi runs up to Mamoru asking him if he saw the flower petals and is interrupted by the young man, who takes Mamoru's hand. Mamoru has no idea who the man is and Usagi is terrified of what's occurring. She tries to remove the man's hand from Mamoru, but the man gets angry and pushes Usagi down. He vows that no one will prevent him from keeping his promise and shoots flower petals at the group and then vanishes in a flurry of them. While the girls question the identity of the young man, Mamoru mutters "Fiore...it can't be."

Later, back at Rei's temple, the group (without Mamoru) discuss an asteroid that is coming to Earth and that Luna and Artemis had discovered traces of vegetal life on it. The talk degenerates into gossip about Mamoru's and Fiore's possible relationship, while Usagi thinks about how Mamoru had told her he had no family and was alone, and she had promised him she would be his family from now on.

Fiore sends a flower monster, Glycina, to Tokyo where it begins draining the life energy from the populace. The Guardian Senshi free the people, but are injured. It is revealed that Fiore is working with a Xenian flower. Fiore resumed his attack and was about to kill Sailor Moon by impaling her on his claw-like fingernails but Tuxedo Mask jumped in front of her and took the hit himself. Mortified, Fiore took Mamoru's limp body back aboard an asteroid that was rapidly approaching Earth and began to revive him in a crystal filled with liquid.

Mamoru remembers a young Fiore, who had made friends with him just after his parents died. Mamoru had assumed that the boy was an imaginary friend. Fiore had had to leave Mamoru as the Earth's atmosphere was unsuitable for him, but before they parted, Mamoru gave Fiore a rose. After that, Fiore wandered the galaxy, searching for a worthy flower of Mamoru, and found the Xenian blossom, who takes over his mind. He then returns to Earth, seeking revenge on the humans who'd made Mamoru lonely.

Meanwhile the Senshi had found out that the energy from the asteroid matched the evil energy of the flower monster, and concluded Fiore must be hiding there and keeping Mamoru prisoner too. After being told by Luna and Artemis about an old legend regarding the Xenian flower and how it destroyed planets by using weak-hearted people, the Senshi teleport to the asteroid to battle Fiore and rescue Mamoru.

The asteroid is covered with hundreds of flowers. Fiore confronts the Senshi and tells them of his plan to scatter flower seeds all over the planet, draining humanity's energy. The Senshi then fight hundreds of flower monsters. The monsters then combine into one and ensnare the Guardian Senshi; Mars tosses Moon aside before it can get her too. Fiore orders Moon to drop her weapon, the Cutie Moon Rod, and surrender, or her friends will suffer. They urge her to fight, but she drops the weapon and begins to cry. Xenian's control over Fiore is laxed by the display of emotion and the flower monsters disappear.

The Xenian then possesses Fiore body. Mamoru breaks free as Fiore begins to attack Moon. Fiore accuses Usagi of not being able to understand his loneliness, causing the Guardian Senshi to remember their own loneliness. The Guardian Senshi tell Fiore that without Usagi, they all would have been alone, and beg him not to kill her. Fiore goes to stab Usagi, and Mamoru throws a rose and collapses. Usagi is safe. The rose embedded in Fiore's chest blooms and causes the Xenian's possession of Fiore to break.

Fiore feels betrayed by Mamoru and all the flowers on the asteroid vanish. However, the asteroid is still hurtling towards Earth. Usagi wakes up and uses the Ginzuishou, despite her friends' warning, to try to change the course of the asteroid. However, Fiore suddenly grabs Usagi's brooch in an attempt to stop her. Usagi grabs Fiore, who is suddenly shown a vision. Fiore realizes that Usagi had given Mamoru the rose that Mamoru eventually gave to Fiore. Fiore becomes overflown with emotion, and the Xenian is destroyed. Fiore vanishes, and Mamoru and the Guardian Senshi lend Princess Serenity their powers to sustain the Ginzuishou as the asteroid descends towards Earth. The Ginzuishou breaks, the asteroid breaks up, and Usagi dies. The girls and Mamoru cry over Usagi, but Fiore reappears and thanks Mamoru. He gives Mamoru a nectar-filled flower with Fiore's life energy. Mamoru wets his lips with the nectar and kisses Usagi, reviving her.


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