From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 16:46:33 -0400, Sunnie    
   > posted the following:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Then again, I   
   >>think that it also has a lot to do with me being 9 years older, having   
   >>seen a lot more anime, having seen the other best episodes of Sailor   
   >>Moon, and having been spoiled (not in the 'spoiler' sense) by some   
   >>really well done scenes in PGSM.   
   >   
   >   
   >>Later emotional   
   >>scenes seem to get the pacing right, thereby keeping the heartwrenching   
   >>feeling intact.   
   >   
   >   
   > I agree, although I have never found these episodes particularly   
   > emotional.  I don't think it's just age; a few weeks ago I watched the   
   > rose scene from ep 194 again and I found it just as emotional (if not   
   > more so) than when I watched it the first time.  (When Usagi screams   
   > "aitai yo, mamo-chan!" I almost lose it...)   
   >   
   > -Chris   
      
   Good to know I'm not just getting cynical. ^_-  I do remember having a   
   fairly big reaction to these episodes initially, but also because they   
   were the very first episodes of Sailor Moon that I ever saw, therefore I   
   was blown away by how different it was from my favorite cartoons at that   
   time--Animaniacs, Tiny Toon Adventures (still love those.)  The second   
   time I saw them (probably dubbed again), I still got into it pretty   
   thoroughly as well.  But this time, I just felt they were lacking what   
   later series had in the way of drama.   
      
   I didn't see Stars until a year ago.  I sobbed through much of those   
   last episodes, and broke down again at the end because it was the end of   
   an era for me. ^_^; Of course, I also cried during various parts of   
   PGSM.  I'm such a sap.   
      
   Sunnie   
      
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