Sailor Moon Crystal made some really dopey character decisions in this episode.
Here’s Michael’s review…
ThisSailor Moon Crystalreview contains spoilers.
Im sure this was to show was a good daddy Mamoru is.
Isnt he dreamy, ladies?
Arent your ovaries just churning at how good with kids this guy is?
Aint it the sweetest?
RAINBOWS AND SPARKLES!!!
Hes a good guy.
Why not take the time to show us what a sensitive guy you are?
That totally matters right now.
And thus, we could have some completely unnecessary drama about Usagis jealousy over a grade schooler.
This is something Ive always hated.
Chibi-Usa is a child.
If she has a crush on Mamoru at all, theres no sexuality attached to it.
Her crush on him is about as substantial as I want to marry you, Daddy.
When little girls say that, they have no concept of what marriage actually is and entails.
Thats all that is.
None of this is the case, however, and it just makes Usagi look ridiculous.
The fact that Mamoru is even dignifying this bullshit with an attempt to convince Usagi otherwise…
I wouldnt blame him if he broke up with her right there.
It would have been totally different if Usagi were merely jealous of the attention.
Ive got school Monday to Friday and half a day on Saturday.
Obviously Usagi would be far less articulate, but you get the point.
And thats fine, but priorities, people.
Weve got shit to do.
Weve got abducted friends to save.
Date night can be postponed.
The expansion of Lunas dream sequence is really nice.
We dont need much.
We didnt get a lot of time with the Black Moon this week, though Esmeraude finally did something.
Every fight is practically the same.
And once it does, the fight is essentially over.
Our heroes get a shot, they take it, they win.
And thats kind of boring.
Theres little to no volley between the two sides, no back and forth.
This intro was handled pretty well.
She gets to be a bad-ass what with some staff-twirling action and some Dead Scream.
Honestly, Pluto is great here.
It helps to give each characters Sailor identity its own flavor.
On the matter of Pluto and Achiral, their skin is brown.
Granted, Plutos varies from episode to episode.
Shes sort of occasionally ethnic, but shes always noticeably darker than the others.
I mean, in both the manga/CrystalandSailor Moon R, he and Chiral are only around for one episode.
Thats not a lot of time to develop personalities, especially for a set of identical twins.
We didnt even really get much on the Black Moon, certainly nothing we didnt already know.
The episode could have been worse, sure… but it could certainly have been much, much better.
Rating:
2.5 out of 5
