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Anywhom,

Personally I liked this episode, the Luna/Usagi interaction is AMAZING in the beginning so damn cute.

I personally love the manga, so I'm truly ok with them following it for the most part. I'm not a huge shipper of the Generals and Senshi but it's all water under the bridge really. I just kinda ignore it >.>  It's not bad, like I'm cool with it's shippers, just doesn't really get me going personally.

I think that when I first saw the full transformations I was a little peeved, it took a lot of time, but knowing what is coming next, I'm almost 100% positive this is the last time we'll see them transform until like the second episode of second arc so I think it was more a final showing of them, which I'm ok with.

Personally I loved seeing them fighting it out, freaking Minako was a BAMF and it was awesome. And how Usagi wouldn't fight until he hurt Luna and then she was PISSED.  I think the scene with then at Ami's was nice too, they just let her sleep and even move her to a more comfortable place instead of whining or being petty over her not doing any work.


Now I have thought about how I would feel if this was fleshed out more, but quite honestly I think just as many people would be unsatisfied if it didn't literally animate the manga, which is what it is pretty much doing. I would probably be ok with either really, I truly love the manga, it's fast paced but it's appealing to me. I would like to see more fleshed out stuff as well, but I am ok with them taking the manga and keeping it as it was 20 years ago.

Sailor CJ wrote:

I don't care if Naoko Takeuchi wanted this content in the original manga, this sort of thing only would have worked had there been time to develop it. The Inners can say that they love the Generals all they want, but we haven't seen a single damn flashback to show for it. It's only characters commenting that they feel something or are in love. I'm not a fan of the shipping myself, but I could at least respect it if Toei put some damn time into it or at least didn't remove content from the manga to exchange for it.

YESSS YOU NAILED IT

Neo Queen Serenity wrote:

Personally I loved seeing them fighting it out, freaking Minako was a BAMF and it was awesome. And how Usagi wouldn't fight until he hurt Luna and then she was PISSED.  I think the scene with then at Ami's was nice too, they just let her sleep and even move her to a more comfortable place instead of whining or being petty over her not doing any work.

The scene where Venus uses her love chain whip on Evil Motoki was really cool and it makes me wonder who would win in a fight between Venus and Wonder Woman.

Overall I liked this episode. Seeing a little bit of Minako's bubbliness and Rei's grumpiness at Ami's apartment provided a little bit of much-needed character development. The action was good. Really loved seeing Venus use her chain/whip in battle, and using it to retrieve the Silver Crystal. Also we get to finally see Venus' speech! Seriously, those 10 or so seconds were mainly what I was looking forward to the most this ep.

I only have one real complaint with this episode:
The Shitennou make no appearance. After the big-deal revelation that they and the Senshi were in love, it's very glaring. It makes it feel like the whole thing was thrown in at the last minute by Toei without really thinking about how they're going to handle it. Especially when it's time for the next arc to start.

On a somewhat unrelated note, did anyone else get some vibes between Endou and Motoki? Not that I'm complaining.

I just wanted to say something about this scene.

Luna: Usagi don't be fooled! I'm your ally! I know who you truly love! YOU LOVE ME NOT HIM!!!!

And Venus awesomeness was just awesome.