From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > Episode 23 - Wish upon a shooting star!  Naru-chan's pure love   
   >   
   > Quick summary: Nephrite makes the Black Crystal to aid him in finding   
   > the Silver Crystal -- it leads him to Naru, but that's just because of   
   > Naru's strong feelings for him.   
   >   
   > This is the midway point of the first season; kind of surprising since   
   > so little has happened in the overall plot.   
   >   
   > It's been a while since I've seen the first season so I may have just   
   > forgotten, but why doesn't anyone seem to know about the Rainbow   
   > Crystals at this point?  When Nephrite makes his black crystal you can   
   > see the colors going into it, but up to now in the series, everyone   
   > (even Queen Beryl) has spoken of the Silver Crystal as if it's going   
   > to be found whole.   
      
   The colors seen going into it were the planets that were just displayed,   
   weren't they?  The planets that were aligned to make the Dark Crystal   
   possible appear to be what came together to form it.  I didn't really   
   see it as a reference to the Rainbow Crystals.   
      
   I also can't remember why no one thinks about the Rainbow Crystals, but   
   it could be that the Dark Kingdom has 'forgotten' things from the past   
   too.  While they remember the Silver Crystal, they can't remember that   
   it was split?  I guess we'll see in another couple of episodes.   
      
   > (The preview for the next episode is one of the worst in terms of   
   > giving away the story, especially given the title of the episode.)   
      
   For some reason on the ADV dvds, the episode preview doesn't occur until   
   after the opening theme is played, rather than after the end theme of   
   the previous episode.  So you don't get spoiled until the last minute,   
   at least. ^^;   
      
   Sunnie   
      
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