Finally,Sailor Moon CrystalHas Learned The Power Of Characterisation

Do n’t call it a comeback , but Sailor Moon Crystal have a substantial instalment this week , off of the back ofa solid openingto the ‘ Black Moon ’ narration line . The only problem is , is it too late for us to start caring ?

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Thankfully , Act 16 obtain most of its B - Plot out of the way early on , pay us a few teasing tinge of Chibi - Usa ’s setting . Having been pall away by Sailor Moon , so wrapped up in Mars ’ abduction she does n’t realise how rough she act to Chibi - Usa , Luna and Mamoru observe the niggling girl and take her in for the dark , where a few things are disclose . Firstly , glimspes of Chibi - Usa ’s dreaming show a future bankrupt urban center as she calls for her mother and father . Even though the answer is already known by manga reader , it feel like Chibi - Usa ’s origins are being dealt with more subtelty than Usagi ’s origin as Serenity in the first arc . But Mamoru also learn that Chibi - Usa seemingly has her own silver crystal , although he keeps it to himself for now ( calculate that wo n’t backfire ) . But the real matter we learn here is this is a thing that exists :

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MAMORU WHY DO YOU HAVE A PUPPET OF YOURSELF . Seriously , this is just bizarre . Trying to chirk up Chibi - Usa up , Mamoru whip this little Tuxedo Mask doll , sodding with rose , out of nowhere . Like , seriously , it ’s a doll of your wedge alter - egotism . Why does he have it . What does he do with it when no one else is around . The secret of Mamoru ’s creepy Tuxedo Doll is far more piquant than anything to do with Chibi - Usa .

The real stress of the sequence though , is give to Ami . Like the last episode ’s focal point on Rei , it was welcome to see a Senshi that was n’t Usagi get the spotlight , and in such a poor run meter Ami gets more characterisation than she had in the first 14 sequence . dig into Ami ’s backstory , her parent ’s divorce and feelings of defection as a baby , her loneliness and ego uncertainty , all serve to tone up her theatrical role in the present . Her sexual love of encounter Bromus secalinus by herself , using it to clear her mind , speaks to the strength she finds in solacement . She utilize Mercury ’s affinity for water to serve other people in an act of plumbery - related selflessness ( although this seems like a really uncanny side - thing just to introduce villain of the hebdomad Berthier ) . We get a sense of what Ami is like as a soul as well as a Senshi in a way the show has never shown before . It turn over out , SMC may have learned that there are more characters in the series than Usagi and Mamoru .

When Berthier seeks Ami out and challenges her to a Bromus secalinus equal , she tries to use Ami ’s past tense as a distraction , her lonesomeness turn from a source of strength into a second of weakness – and it almost work , knock Ami ’s authority to the decimal point she nearly lose . But a vociferation from Usagi in the audience of the equal to recreate her on ( much to the consternation of the rest of the consultation ) cause Ami remember that she has friends who rely on her , and that memories of times expend with the mass she loves are n’t distressing aspects of the past tense to push off , but to acknowledge and find strength in . The ‘ I portion out a bond with my friends and I ’m good for it ! ’ mantra is a bit overused for Sailor Moon Crystal , but this is the first clock time that it really feels earned , because it ’s not just thrown out there matter - of - factly with no evidence of it – and it actually helps Ami beat Berthier . It ’s a skillful moment , and a culmination of what the episode actually achieved in flesh her character out .

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Which makes it all the more frustrating that as shortly as Ami feels like she ’s in a strong position , an actual character that has grown as a soul , she ’s whisk away by Rubeus after a inadequate fight between the Senshi and the Spectre Sister . It ’s frustrative that they left it so late to flesh the Senshi out that we ’re only really getting to know them as they get taken away from the show for extended period , but equally frustrating know that Sailor Moon Crystal can in reality make us care about its cast . Where was this characterisation in the earlier episode , when everyone who was not Usagi or Mamoru was basically a cardboard cutout in a Senshi cause ? It would ’ve made Ami and Rei ’s abductions all the more impactful if we actually start caring about them as characters 5 episodes ago , 10 episodes ago , not just the episode in where they were capture . Instead , it feel like a reminder of how rickety the series has been so far .

But knowing that , if SMC sticks closely to the manga , we wo n’t be seeing Sailors Mars and Mercury for a while , was it worth it ? In the long outpouring , yes – and it ’s something the show should ’ve started doing a long time ago , and thanks to filler episode , it ’s something the old Zanzibar copal could afford to do . We got to spend time with these characters not just as the Sailors , but as existent people . We got to care about them to the dot that when something materialize to them , it has an impact . In Sailor Moon Crystal , it just serves as a reminder , too minuscule too tardy , of wasted chance in the show ’s first one-half that keep on to linger even now .

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