In Sailor Moon, Haruka and Michiru were lovers. They showed affection for each other, though it never went as far as kissing in the anime. In the manga, Haruka flirted with and kissed Usagi, though her advances were not reciprocated. In the English Cloverway dub of the anime (but not the Viz dub , the two Senshi kept the same gender, but their relationship was changed from lovers to cousins, to try to justify their close relationship. In the German dub their relationship was toned down but not removed entirely and in Spain they remained lesbians unlike in France .