In episode 3, she pulls two of her four biggest jerk moves. Uranus works overtime to make herself dislikeable. While this is going on, the show also reveals the true natures of Uranus and Neptune in such a way that the audience can easily see every punch coming. The show is returning to its lack of jokes and plodding pace.
Although a lot of work went into the battle sequence of episode 2, which I earlier praised, the battles of episodes 3 and 4 show more animation shortcuts and employ less slapstick humor. Each one climaxes with one of the Witches 5, the level bosses of the Death Busters, trying to suck the souls (“Hostes”) out of hapless schoolchildren, only to have the sailor guardians intervene and save the day. These two episodes stick with a monster-of-the-week format. He has an iconic mad scientist look, and I dig the watchful poker chip he has in place of a right eye. Hotaru.ĭoctor Tomoe himself, if perhaps not the most memorable villain in this version, is at least sufficiently menacing as a calm, cool, and apparently amoral fellow. Hotaru suffers a mysterious illness, but she can relieve the pain with an amulet that is attached in some way to the Taioron Crystal, a magical MacGuffin in possession of the Death Busters. Chibi-Usa draws closer to the mysterious girl Hotaru, daughter of the mad scientist Doctor Tomoe. There’s not a lot plot development over these two episodes. To make it even more ludicrous, they’re filthy rich and have their own helicopters, which they can apparently fly around anywhere they want. In their alter egos, Sailor Neptune is a world-famous violinist and Uranus is a bifauxnen racecar driver. They are ridiculous even by Sailor Moon’s standards. The last few episodes have presented us with two new sailor guardians, Neptune and Uranus, who act mysterious for three episodes and finally reveal themselves in the fourth. The story at this point, which still hews closely to the original manga, focuses heavily on the character of Sailor Uranus, and I’m just going to go ahead and say it: the reason she’s called “Your Anus” is because she’s an asshole. These two episodes are weak, though that’s not really the fault of the people producing Sailor Moon: Crystal. So for courtesy’s sake, I’ll give a spoiler warning on this review, though I don’t think I’m actually giving much away. I’m also going to discuss a scene that’s presented as if it’s supposed to be a shocker. I’m going to discuss what is arguably a plot twist, though if you know Sailor Moon at all, or even if you don’t, you’ll easily see it coming. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal, Episode 29, “Ripples,” and Episode 30, “Two New Soldiers.” Toei Animation, April 2016.
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