Do you remember, in the first series of Sailor Moon episodes, how Serena was always reading Sailor V comic books? There really was a Sailor V comic in Japan! The Sailor V manga (comic book) series began slightly before the Sailor Moon series came out, and continued to run at the same time that the main Sailor Moon story was being published. Sailor V shows the adventures that Minako had before she met up with Sailor Moon and the other girls to complete the inner planet Sailor Soldier team.