From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   Episode 26 - Make Naru-chan smile! Usagi's friendship   
      
   I like this episode. It would have been easy for the creators just to   
   forget about Naru, especially now that Jupiter joined the team, but   
   they made this follow-up episode.   
      
   The man in this episode seems confused about his religious affiliation   
   -- he's dressed like a Catholic priest but calls himself a "bokushi",   
   which is a Protestant pastor ("shinpu" is the word for a Catholic   
   priest). They did this to make the pun on "bokushi" (pastor) and the   
   youma name "bokushi" (which sounds like "Boxer" in Japanese). [I never   
   really understood the connection between the pastor and the boxer   
   youma before]   
      
   This episode was directed by Ikuhara Kunihiko, who did a lot of Sailor   
   Moon (particularly in SMS; some people credit him for the high quality   
   of that season), and later went on to do Shoujo Kakumei Utena (which,   
   incidentally, is my favorite anime).   
      
   -Chris   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)