Too bad she did not realize the song was meant only for her…
I am pleasantly surprised at how much the humor still comes through though it might be because fickle memory makes it all funny again. I can’t recall the last time I saw Nori Wakamoto in a shoujo production and his voice is so distinctive that it was amusing to hear him as a love sick composer running around with Usagi. It was kind of Patrick before Patrick in how he tried to give Akiko a song and flowers. Moon Pen abuse has it’s moments with that awfully 80s get up Usagi used to get into the club. Not sure if ID checks are standard in Japan but with that pen one could conceivably engage in underage drinking.
Umino ends up being the but of yet another gag as Naru and Usagi have no synergy and really weren’t meant to be so Naru in a bid to become a star enlists Umino as a reverse trap. In an age of delicious traps Trap Umino seems like a blatant troll through time, though I have to admire Naru’s intent on being the prettier of the pair. I kind of wished they really played it for laughs and had a nod to Basara and have a LISTEN TO MY SONG moment during the star search. Still it proves that Juban has no talent and the matter is soon past but Umino’s shame endures.
I am pretty sure they meant the pen to be an infiltration tool but there are times when it kind of meanders into the realm of cosplay. Usagi isn’t an Army of One for much longer as Ami joins her. It’s kind of weird to see all that 90s tech with those CRTs it certainly was a time of rapid technological progress given how at one point people thaought 3.5 inch floppy disks were so HUEG that we would never use up all that space… I confess that I never found Ami’s attacks to be much part of me wishes that just once when she forms that ball of energy in her hand that she would shout SEKIHA TENKYOKEN.
In terms of introductions they come fast between Ami and Rei, but before Rei sparks the miko mania in many a future fan they do economize their time with a lovely yuri dayto as Usagi takes Ami out for a day of shopping causing much blushing on Ami’s part due to yuri hugs. Much of the tech Luna gives Ami seems kind of dated with exception to her modified scouter, cell phones do come smaller and there really isn’t that great of a need for video phones in every day conversations. As for the tiny DS Lite looking super computer I am sure an Android Phone or iPhone would be similarly spec-ed and there is probably an app for the next monster. Unfortunately, Ami-chan only gets an episode of alone time as Jadite starts kidnapping school girls through a gig at the local shrine. While the head master is all but useless Rei is of a different stripe and figures out that the new live-in is up to no good. So begins one of the longest running arguments in anime as this is one of the few instances where Rei and Usagi get along.
Despite the supposed competition for Tuxedo Mask part of me thinks that Rei just isn’t destined to be in a hetero relationship. Maybe it is all just a ploy to annoy Usagi but I think ten thousand cries of dumpling head will never make up for that one time Usagi called out Mamoru for being a loser who went to a kiddie theme park all by himself… Certainly in my book Mamoru will never live that down. One can only imagine the kind of burning shame it must have cost to go to a theme park meant for kids by yourself and get caught by your current social nemesis who is at least not alone. Usagi, Ami, and Rei at least have less of an age concern and they are pretty much going on a three-some yuri dayto. Fun time with brooms aside Rei seems pretty intent on claiming a boyfriend or at least initiating boyfriend denial.
Rei might be a little more serious than Usagi but even out intrepid miko is not above abusing her powers to get a prize. Rei manages to get a ticket for Jadite and Tetis’ love boat but is currently without a boyfriend, so instead she asks Ami-chan to go with her. I was throughly amused at this turn of events as well as Usagi’s burning jealousy at having not been offered the chance to go. unfortunately for Rei and fortunately for every yuri fanatic out there, the prospects of scoring a boyfriend for Rei and Ami are non-existent as no two spare males would suffer the shame of going by themselves. So Rei and Ami have a romantic Yuri dayto where Rei proves that she has Argo Gulski’s table manners buch to Ami’s maidenly dismay. Usagi infiltrates the ship by abusing her cosplay pen and gets to cling to Jadite’s arm. I have to say that for a shoujo series the uniforms that the Dark Kingdom officers use are remarkably space opera in aesthetic. The jack boots the shoulder accouterments and all that make Jadite and all who follow seem like they could easily fit in on the bridge of some interstellar warship. I would like to know what prompted that aesthetic but I can only wonder for the moment. That said Tetis in uniform didn’t look too bad either.
I am not sure why Jadite chooses to pass up on the Tetis buffet but considering how Jadite isn’t exactly the meanest villian around I wonder why Tetis didn’t simply jump him. Ah well Luna proves her worth as she notes how the ship’s engine is remarkably silent as this is a cruise ship and not an American or Soviet Boomer missile sub. Jadite and Tetis soon revela their plot but given how Ami and Rei are one a yuri dayto their energy plan hits a bump. Usagi comes forth to provide a bit of cover so that her friends can transform, but to my delight usagi does not pass up on the opportunity to mock Rei and Ami’s still single status and refers to them as poor dateless girls in denial of what the yuri has willed. Eventually Rei and Ami swear terrible vengeance for their humiliation at the hands of Jadite and Tetis, Jadite is recalled before he can do any meaningful damage. Beryl seems furious at having lost a member of her yuri harem and calls Jadite to account and threatens him with the prospect of being frozen in carbonite.
There is a decided lack of yuri out in these parts and it is really wonderful to have a bit of yuri where I saw none before. It makes the whole experience seem a little new and a little more fun and EPIC. Newfags might decry the animation and lack of budget but any yuri fan worth his/her salt ought to watch Sailor Moon for the yuri undertones which I kind of doubt was the staff’s original intention even as things would get overt with Haruka and Michiru later on. It’s a more innocent kind of yuri as there it’s not overly fanservicey and involves a lot of blushing, which has its faults and merits. Still it is quite fun to see Sailor Moon as a yuri series and not just as a super sentai show masquerading as a mahou shoujo series. Lastly I like Rei’s transformation more than Ami’s probably because it involves less awkward movement, though Ami has a better operator kit than any other Sailor Senshi.
It’s odd to see Reuntal have such terrible luck with women.
In Sailor Moon girl hold umbrella for YOU!
It’s like the 1980s again…
He was looking for an 8-Track…
Tactical Glomp…
Can Federation Rookie Usagi take on the ace Naru and prevent the revival of Zeon…?
A Terribad Trap.
Usagi never was too good with hide and seek…
Those hands of theirs glows with a lousy POWER! It’s soft slur tells them to sing…
Ami-chan was all flustered about going home with Usagi…
Oh the 3.5″ Floppy I remember having whole computer programs on those…
Luna is in your internets blogging…
It’s a DECPTICON!
SCHOOL OF THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST! THE ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE! SEKIHA TENKYOKEN!
Wai Wai dayto…
Who do you think she is?!
And thus did the yuri bring together two girls…
Hey Ami-chan it’s okay to grab unto Usagi too…
Wow a customized DS…
Sailor Moon attempted to use the iron net attack that Schwartz taught her…
Seems Ami-chan benefited the most from the Land Warrior program…
BEHOLD the worst break dancing attempt ever…
Rei is not amused…
YOU PEST!
I wonder how much abuse that pen takes after Usagi get married…
LOOK REI IS BURNING RED!
Improper use of tow straps there Tuxedo Mask…
That’s an odd way to change her hairstyle…
Usagi is not amuse by Rei’s hetero rantings…
Rei was delighed to have a real pet name for Usagi…
Yeah you better stew the Mamoru, I mean whit kind of dude in his right mind would go to a kiddie theme park without at least having a kid to allay suspicion…
They were dreaming of Quidditch…
Only Rei realized that they were doing it wrong…
The only member of the Jadite fan club…
Usagi’s O RLY face…
Usagi felt that shipping containers were for chumps…
If only Jadite grew a beard and smoked a pipe for the role…
Jadite was nervous about being outed as a PX Ranger…
Rei still felt that this was a superb idea, I felt that way through out…
Tetis wanted to have an inappropriate relationship with her kaptain.
I suppose this makes Rei Argo and Nastasha’s daughter.
Indeed Ami-chan, true love does find a way in a yuri couple.
Neither took Jadite’s anti-Yuri bias well…
Usagi did not like being left out of the yuri fun.
Rei swore revenge in the NAME OF THE YURI.
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In the name of the Yuri indeed! If Mamoru is any kind of smart, he’ll have Usage join the other two in a Lesbian three-way.
Also, G Gundam references are made of win.
But Mamoru isn’t that smart and I am sure that he’d get his ass kicked by no small number of Sailor Senshi for suggesting that he be allowed to participate.
There are similarities between Sailor Moon and G Gundam some rather striking, but it comes down to having some hot blooded roots.
I personally wish that we had a “Mars” version of the Nobel Gundam, complete with hyper mode.
If only… then maybe then Alleby would have a yuri pal at the end.
Episode 6 is, hands down, one of my favorite SM episodes. Usagi was all kinds of awesome and earned that “Warrior of Love” moniker.
Is it just me or did Tetis look like the kind of character you’d later find out was a trap? And would that have been better or worse?
Usagi did get the better of Rei and Ami though both ought to embrace their yuri love.
As for Tetis only Jadite would know, might go a long way yo explain his aversion to ‘her’…
This is T.H.A.T., Tetis as a trap would most likely have fallen under the “better” side of the spectrum. However, she’d need to dump Jadite for Usagi or Rei.
The world may never know…
Ahahaha I want a blue DS with the Mercury symbol on it now!
I also have to admit I was in love with most of the costumes that Usagi used for ‘stealthy’ purposes when I was younger. But looking at some of them now…
Reading this made me really miss Sailor Moon now. I think I’m going to go rewatch it.
Dressing up seems really cool when you’re young but now… Well let’s just say style and fashion change the only thing timeless are seifuku fashion wise.
It’s worth rewatching since memory is fickle and it can be funny again.
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