Many people like to argue the fact that Minako is one of most ditzy characters in Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon. I think the reason she acts this way is so she can put on a happy face for other people and hide the hurt.

For anyone who has seen episode 42 you can see the obvious hurt Minako has had in her life before she joined the Sailor Senshi. Her first love fell in love with her closest friend. Hurt, she let them think she had died in an explosion. Minako's personality is the first season is very mature. Usagi even tells the others that "Minako is the most mature of all of us." However in the next four seasons she acts somewhat ditzy/goofy.

Think about it. She has been fighting longer than the others. She's probably dealt with a lot of bad things as Sailor V. Then she lost her first love. After moving to Tokyo, she still deals with a lot of pain and disappointment. Her unability to get a boyfriend, her dreams of being an idol seem far away (in fact in episode 154 she says her dream is millions of light years away), and like the other senshi had to give up her normal life. She also feels depressed when she hasn't had her pure heart taken.

Minako is the type of person who doesn't want to tell people about her unhappiness. So she puts on this happy-go-lucky face so others won't know. The senshi nor Artemis knew anything about what happened in England. In episode 100 when Minako wants her share of "normal" happiness she doesn't tell anyone what's going on. In episode 109 when she is upset about her pure heart not being targeted she doesn't admit it to anyone.

In conclusion, I think Minako's "ditz" act is her way of hiding her pain from the world.

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