From: lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx   
      
   On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Azurite wrote:   
      
   > You mean:   
   > Mercury: Shabon Spray Freezing (Ice Bubbles, Freeze)   
   > Mars: (Firebird, Strike)   
      
   Fire Soul Bird   
      
   > Jupiter: Supreme Thunder Dragon (Thunder Dragon, Charge)   
   > Venus: Meteor Shower   
      
   Crescent Beam Shower   
      
   > I can't remember if I got them all right for both dub and sub, but yeah,   
   > those were only oneshot deals, though I think Mercury reused Shabon Spray   
   > Freezing in that episode in R when the droid caused her to mistrust her   
   > friends and attack them.   
      
   And also used a "Double Shabon Spray Freezing"   
      
   > The "new attacks" thing was something I came to expect whenever it was midway   
   > through a season, and the villains were finally catching onto the  Senshi's   
   > strength and numbers, so the youma/droids/phages/whatever got more powerful--   
   > enough to stop their usual attacks. I always figured this is why the   
   > power-ups were mostly necessary, because the villains knew their strength.   
   > The only reason why I can see the old attacks being reused is if they have   
   > some sort of singular strength to them:   
   >   
   > -Moon's tiara is quick and aims, but it can be deflected or broken (as it was   
   > in R; she actually can't even use it in Stars or beyond, because she has no   
   > tiara!)   
   >   
   > -Venus' Love Me Chain is the only one that acts like a whip, and can be   
   > controlled even after the attack has been declared. It can restrain enemies.   
   > Her Crescent Beam is precise and can be moved like a laser, to cut through a   
   > swath of enemies at once, while maintaining the strength of the original   
   > beam, uninterrupted (she did this in the R movie)   
   >   
   > -Mars' "Fireballs, Charge" (Akuryo Taisan) isn't really a Mars-based attack;   
   > it can be used against non-villains to suddenly shock or stop them, as it did   
   > to Usagi in the first episode where they met. Her Burning Mandala is like a   
   > bunch of fiery tiaras, and are almost like multiple attacks at once.   
   >   
   > -Mercury's attacks are the only ones that hinder the enemy's attacks without   
   > being purely offensive; they cause fog and freezing to hamper the enemy's   
   > vision.   
   >   
   > -Jupiter's attacks are pretty powerful, but generally speaking, I don't think   
   > they have a particular strength that would cause her to use them repeatedly,   
   > except maybe "Thunderclap, Zap" (What was the Japanese for this one?), except   
   > that she can use them easily while moving (again, R movie).   
      
   Same as S dub name.  Sparkling Wide Pressure   
      
   -uso.   
      
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