"I'd be happy if I could just have a life loving tea, cooking, flowers, and pretty things!" --Makoto; Volume 13, "The Depression of Makoto"
Hobbies
Makoto is a girl of many talents. Her trademark skills are cooking and gardening, but the brunette's hobbies include many more--and often unexpected--activities. Check out a few of her favorite pastimes!The Iron Chef
Of the many talents Makoto possesses, her love for cooking is probably the most well known. Her skill for making tasty and pretty-looking lunches is what first draws Usagi to Makoto. In "The Depression of Makoto" she mentions that cooking for her friends makes her truly happy, and that she would rather be home cooking and cleaning than go to school.
Makoto is adept at several different cuisines. We have seen her make curry and bento in the anime and manga, and she confesses a liking for meat loaf. She also has a skill for baking, saying that cherry pie is her favorite confection.
She is an active member of her school's cooking club in the manga (volume 13). She stays current on today's leading chefs as well. In anime episode 142 she recognizes Monsieur Ichino Ohno, a master of French cuisine, at the Crown Fruit Center.
The Gardener
Makoto has a deep love for plants. Her apartment is filled with them, and she is an active member of the gardening club at her high school (as seen in manga volume 13, "The Depression of Makoto").
Her favorite flower differs in each version of the series. In the manga she is partial to Sasanquas. In the anime it is Lilies-of-the-Valley. She has also tended to Telluride and a Rain Tree (both of which turned out to be enemy tricks).
Plants are arguably her biggest weakness in the manga. She tends to them as a form of self-comfort when she is depressed. Plant-centered plots are utilized by both Tellu and Hawk Eye to lure her away from her duties as a senshi. While still unaware of Hawk Eye's scheme, she admits that one of her dreams is to one day work in a flower shop.
The Karate Kid
Makoto mentions that she studies martial arts in episode 30, but we do not really see this until episode 105, "Power ga hoshii! Mako-chan no mayoi michi." Makoto spends a few days at a mountain retreat to train after she is unable to defeat a youma on her own. She also engages in hand-to-hand combat with Endymion in episode 41 when he challenges her to a face-off. She demonstrates that she has quick reflexes and a strong will.
The Belle of the Ball
Mako-chan demonstrates her feminine grace in episode 37. She and Ami are the only two who are able to easily pick up the steps and dance with grace--Usagi, Rei, and Minako trample their poor dates' feet! Luna notes that this gracefulness is likely related to her skill as a dancer during the Silver Millennium, when balls held in the Moon Kingdom were frequent. It is also possibly related to her skill for figure skating.
The Ice Princess
Makoto displays a high level skill for ice skating in anime episode 39, "Youma to pair? Hyoujou no jouou Mako-chan." Luna watches the five girls skate and remembers how ice skating on the Sea of Serenity during the Silver Millennium was one of the girls' favorite pass-times. Makoto is the only one of the five girls who takes to the ice naturally. She also shows a high level of physical ability, at one point lifting Misha over her head!
Makoto is often portrayed as a tough girl, and she doubts her own femininity. Watching her ice skate shows us the female grace she thinks she lacks. It is part of what gives her more depth than just the lovestruck fangirl in the anime.
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