From: tuxgeo@phaseolus.aureus   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:27:26 -0400, Chris Kern    
   wrote:   
      
   > Episode 15 - Usagi's impatience!  Rei's first date   
   >   
   > Quick summary: Nephrite's target is an old man, the caretaker of a   
   > park.  Rei takes Mamoru there on a date.   
   >   
   Let's not forget to mention Ami, who is a friend of the caretaker of   
   the park. ("Ami the plot device. . . .")   
      
   > This is the first episode to start developing Mamoru's character a   
   > little more, but his conduct isn't very becoming.  I said before that   
   > he's 20 or 21 but I think he's more like 18 in the anime -- still,   
   > it's pretty surprising that he agrees to go on a date with Rei.  Rei   
   > is wearing her school uniform (it's not unusual for girls in Japan to   
   > wear their school uniform even outside of school), and anyone who   
   > lives in the area would know that's a middle school uniform.  Dating   
   > is apparently against the rules (yes, Japanese schools often make   
   > rules that govern their students' lives outside of school, such as   
   > whether they can visit other towns by themselves on the weekends), so   
   > Mamoru is really just marking himself as a pedo.  My guess (to be   
   > charitable) is that he senses some connection between himself and Rei.   
   >   
   He might sense some special power within Rei, and be intrigued   
   by that -- or else he's just insanely chivalrous, and doesn't want   
   to make waves when she seems so determined.   
      
   The earliest connection would be their seiyuu -- Furuya Tohru had   
   been the voice of Kasuga Kyosuke, and Tomizawa Michie had   
   been the voice of Kasuga Manami, in "Kimagure Orange Road."   
      
   (Sibling affection rules: in the most dedicated Manami episode,   
   Kyosuke "dates" his nearsighted sister Manami, but pretends   
   he is some random dude on the street in order to give her the   
   feeling of escape from housework; and she, being unable to   
   see him, acts as though she doesn't catch on to who he is.)   
      
   > One thing I like about Moon Tiara Action is that it's so much shorter   
   > than later really time-consuming ones like Moon Gorgeous Meditation   
   > and Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss, which are almost as long as the   
   > transformation sequences.   
   >   
   > I like the chipmunks that attack the guy throwing his cigarette on the   
   > ground.   
   >   
   > -Chris   
      
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