Sailor Moon Crystal Episode 15

[MattEmily]

Here's the discussion thread for this week's new episode of Sailor Moon Crystal.

[PRangerX]

Seems like its been forever since the last episode. Wierd that an extra week break would make it seem so long. But I guess the Super Bowl and Dino Charge distracted me

[MattEmily]

no doubt I had almost forgotten that this Saturday was the first Saturday of Saturday.

I've been distracted myself since I had to go to my knee Doctor on Tuesday and because we're not sure why my right knee isn't healing I had to have a MRI yesterday morning to make sure nothing happened with the cartilage during the times that I have fallen.

[PRangerX]

That sucks I hope it gets better soon.

I enjoyed the episode. We transitioned into the Dark Moon Arch rather seemlessly. Which wasn't hard to do since a lot was going on. They had to intro the new villains, powers, debut Chibi Usa, do the Rei stuff, and have the new.battle.

I like that we got more character out of the other Senshi. Since thats been a weakness of Crystal. We got a lot from Rei who hasnt had much to do lately by herself. The Dark Moon Family is creepy and threatening. It was pretty dark seeing people get burned.

It was cool seeing Usagi and Mamoru create the Cutie Moon Rod. I wish the attack was drawn better though. Chibi Usa seemed less annoying here than the anime. Which is expected since from what I am read she is more likeable in the manga.

[Usagi Reborn]

Yeah get well soon.

This episode was huge improvement. We finally got the feel of the manga for the first time in several episodes. The character stuff with the Soldiers enjoying their peace time was great. Rei got some much needed focus. I am glad they explained the new powers.

There not going to keep the Spector Sisters around longer then the Manga like that Shittenou. So they are notnl gonna make the same mistake by keeping them a live just to waste them. But I didn't expect them too. I've been pretty hard on crystal but this gives me much needed optimisum for the rest of the season.

[Inner Senshi]

I like Chibi Usa. She adds some lightheartness into the series. Also she has a good backstory. She will be a good foil to Usagi.

[Sailor Chaos]

I think they killed Coaan way too soon We barely got to know her. Also I think Rei should have killed her if anyone had to.

[Outer Sailor]

There are too many villains here to do what they did with the Shittennu. And they dropped the ball with them anyway. Coaan and the Spector sisters are glorified monsters of the day.

[Starlight Starbrite]

I really enjoyed it. It was exciting and scary. The dark moon are even scaier than in the original anime. Rei's line about the UFO was funny. Chibi Usa was fine.... It was funny watching Usagi get jealous. The new powers were cool. I do wish we got new transformations. I am glad they changed part of the open.

[Sailor Chaos]

There are too many villains here to do what they did with the Shittennu. And they dropped the ball with them anyway. Coaan and the Spector sisters are glorified monsters of the day.

They still could have done more with them. Who says they have to include the other villains.

[Sailor Danger]

They introduced the Cutie Moon Rod way too early. This was Rei episode. She should have got to destory Coaan before being captured.

[MattEmily]

They introduced the Cutie Moon Rod way too early. This was Rei episode. She should have got to destory Coaan before being captured.

that's how it was done in the manga... am I right PRangerX?
besides Sailor Moon needed to have a new weapon to go with a new power of hers so it wasn't too early at all.

[PRangerX]

I believe so yes. From what I know the episode was very close to the manga. One small change was that kid that looked up to Mamoru was in high school with him and not jr high. Also I dont believe he was tied to Mokoto.

[Sentai Is Forever]

Because they are part of the story. And they want to follow the original story on purpose.