The Witches 5 are resurrected for a showdown with the Sailor Senshi at Mugen Academy!
ThisSailor Moon Crystalreview contains spoilers.
It almost works, when the Outers show up and kick some ass, taking out the Witches 5.
Together the fight Kaolinite, who in her last stand foes full-tilt daimon.
Super Sailor Moon dusts her, but the fight is just beginning.
Mistress 9 takes the Silver Crystal from Chibi Moons brooch… and swallows it whole.
Wow, just… this… what a great episode!
The music was good.
And the cliffhanger was a beautiful cliffhanger.
Take notes, yall!
That is how its done!
You address the story of the episode, but you leave one element open-ended to tease whats to come.
That shit was CHOICE.
Ive got to go pick the kids up from school.
Other than that, though, it worked fine.
The knee-jerk response most people have to this is understandable.
Its a show about female empowerment.
And my response to that is that it shouldnt… except that hes the protagonists love interest.
Mamorus a nice guy and all.
I mean, the dude is a blank slate.
Hes like Raoul fromPhantom of the Opera.
Hes perfect on paper.
And its a terminal problem.
GivenCrystals premise, were not going to be getting any further insights or developments regarding his character and personality.
So, at least hes doing something productive by being his future daughters life support rig.
Everyone was surprised by what Mamoru was doing, so clearly he hadnt done it yet.
Thats roughly twenty minutes that Chibi-Usas brain wasnt getting any oxygen.
What kind of brain damage should we realistically expect when she wakes up?
Not the tightest writing there.
This episode is where Professor Tomoe goes into full-on creep territory.
Dude is apparently totally cool with Mistress 9 taking over his daughters body.
Up to this point, there was some ambiguity as to how far down the rabbit hole he was.
This was the point where I was just like, Nnnnope.
Elvis has left the building.
Hes a puppet now.
Of course, its far worse than even that, but thats what I thought at the time.
Still, even here hes a monster.
In fact, he seems pleasantly surprised that the Messiah of Silence has completely taken over his daughters body.
Were talking about a twelve-year-old girl up against an ancient and powerful demonic entity on a psycho-spiritual battlefield.
That is some impressive force of will for anyone to display, much less a kid.
There is another unexpected development to the arrival of Mistress 9.
Basically, Kaolinite has been demoted.
Up until now, she was the HBIC, and now shes just another flunky.
Theres a reason how the mighty have fallen storylines work so well.
They practically write themselves.
Ive never been a fan of the whole flick of my wrist and youre destroyed mode of villainy.
Its part of the reason I never really warmed to the anime version of Galaxia.
The inverse is also true.
A massive improvement there, and it wasnt the only fight in the episode!
The return of the Witches 5 was so many different kinds of awesome.
The psychological aspect of this assault on the Sailor Senshi is so effectively creepy.
Sailor Moons segment is particularly brutal.
And as for the others?
This is what Im talking about.
We dont see anything that illustrates this role or her personality to any degree.
It was one of my major complaints with that episode.
They got some good licks in and firmly had the upper hand, so sure.
Take em down, Outers.
Oh, the Outers.
I just felt so charged.
The visuals, the music, it was all just perfect.
Where are all these womens upper lips going?
Or is there some kind of in-universe fashion trend where you only put lipstick on the lower lip?
Because this is an artistic choice Im just not getting.
So the new themes.
I like the new closing theme.
As for the new version of the opening, I really dig it.
Im honestly not sure whether I like this version or the second version better.
This episode was solid as hell, and Im itching for the next one.
Rating:
4 out of 5
