From: paradoxtxs@yahoo.com   
      
   First off, a salute to a fellow Utena fan.  Sunnie and I both rank it at   
   the very top of the anime we've seen.   
      
   Now, Episode 26   
      
   Set a week after Episode 24, Naru hasn’t been to school since.   
      
   I came out of this really wondering just how much Naru knows.  It’s   
   pretty clear that she and Usagi haven’t seen each other since that   
   night, and yet Naru reacts like she knows that Usagi knows what’s wrong.   
     She is already being defensive as soon as Usagi shows up, and when she   
   does start talking by the cemetery, there’s no explanation, just an   
   assumption that Usagi knows who Nephrite is and that he’s dead.  Does   
   Naru know that Usagi is Sailor Moon?  Based off this episode, I vote   
   that maybe she does.   
      
   Is it just me, or is Rei just a bit put off by Makoto’s presence in   
   their group.  This is twice now that she’s seemed almost intimidated by   
   the taller girl.  She’s used to being the forceful one of the old trio,   
   and now frankly, she’s being overshadowed.  Perhaps that’s why she does   
   what she does to poor Ami-chan, to reassert herself, somewhat.   
      
   Luna has a great deal of faith in Usagi that wasn’t quite as misplaced   
   as it seemed.  Usagi just worded it really badly.   
      
   The boxer-bokushi pun was bad.  And you'd really think they'd try to   
   make the dreaded Seven Monsters of legend a bit less clownish than the   
   first two have been, but that's just me.   
      
   “I am the king of kings”?  Yeah, no surprise that one got reworded in   
   the dub.  ^^;   
      
   SK   
      
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