From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
      
   >Episode 40 - The legendary lake spirit! Usagi's family bonds   
   >   
   >It's rather strange to hear Usagi call him "Mamoru-san"; there aren't   
   >too many episodes in which she does that. I also remember an episode   
   >where Mamoru meets Usagi's parents but it must be in R because I don't   
   >remember it very well.   
   >   
   >This is a pretty good episode; we don't get to see much of Usagi's   
   >family from here on out so it's good when they pop up from time to   
   >time.   
      
   Usagi has really grown since the first episode. This time around, she   
   had no problem standing up to the MOTD. Also, props to Usagi's dad for   
   taking charge as well.   
      
   Here is another example of the writers not looking ahead to see how   
   the changes they make result in ridiculous contradictions. When Serena   
   called Darien by name and begged him to remember her, he said that he   
   never heard of the name Darien even though everyone, including he   
   himself, refer to him as Prince Darien.   
      
   The dub also managed to mangle the legendary lovers story.   
      
   Serena's mom initially got it mostly right, that is, a maiden came   
   down from the heavens (the dub called her a water sprite and left out   
   the heavenly part). A village youth fell in love with the maiden.   
   However, a village girl, who adored that youth, turned into a monster   
   in a fit of jealousy and wreaked havoc on the village. Other then   
   changing the maiden from heavenly to a water sprite, the dub got the   
   story right...   
      
   Except for one thing...   
      
   By the end of Serena's mom's narrative, she refer to the monster of   
   the lake as the water sprite and they called the monster that for the   
   rest of the episode.   
      
   The dub did manage to preserve that touching moment between Usagi and   
   her mom as they spoke about when Usagi would have a boyfriend one day.   
      
   BTW, Mamoru had a perfect opportunity to snatch Sailor Moon's wand   
   away from her at the end of this episode. Is he expecting her to   
   simply hand it over during one of these encounters?   
      
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