From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Azurite wrote:   
      
      
      
   >So even though SOME of the lyrics seem to match, emotionally, "My Only   
   >Love" just works out better.   
      
   Likewise for me. This is one aspect of the DiC dub that I considered   
   brilliant. I watched both the original and the dubbed back to back and   
   the dub moved me much more thanks to that musical number.   
      
   Of course, on the flip side, in the traditional NA fashion, they must   
   jam dialog into every conceivable spot and so spoiled the mood by   
   having Usagi/Serena speak some vapid thought at the end about her   
   being the princess.   
      
   >The one thing that still irks me though is something you never see   
   >enough of in first season romance fic for UsaMamo: the fact that they   
   >never really had any semblance of care for one another until they found   
   >out their secret identities.   
      
   There was a hint, and just a hint, that they were coming to think   
   differently about each other in the artist episode. Also keep in mind   
   that a re-occurring theme in anime in general is that when two people   
   argue with each other, it is a sign of a deeply concealed fondness   
   each for the other.   
      
   That doesn't change the fact that Mamoru does not openly show his love   
   often. Perhaps that is to provide a foil, a contrast, to Usagi's own   
   unconditional love for the whole world and each creature on it.   
      
   BTW, Greetings all, I'm back from Anime Expo and ready to delve back   
   into the goodness that is Sailor Moon. Please look for my   
   convention/cosplay report in about two weeks.   
      
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   Phoenix   
   www.phoenixanime.com   
      
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