From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Phoenix wrote:   
   > Chris Kern wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Episode 41 - I won't run from love anymore! Ami and Mamoru's face-off   
   >>   
   >>I wonder what Reika did when she woke up in the amusement park -- did   
   >>she have to buy a plane ticket to get back to Africa? What did she   
   >>think had happened?   
   >   
   >   
   > Speaking of the crystal carriers, Urawa said something about having   
   > some residual talent left implying to me that his power originally   
   > came from the crystal.   
   >   
   >   
   >>Rei says Usagi is jealous of Ami and Urawa, but that seems like a   
   >>pretty cruel thing to say given what just happened with Mamoru.   
   >>   
   >>As for the Ami-Mako stuff, it's not quite as good as I remembered it.   
   >>You could definitely take some out of context lines here, although   
   >>they would violate the theory that Makoto hasn't noticed yet (you can   
   >>make it seem like in Ami and Mako's first talk, that Mako is chiding   
   >>Ami for running away from the fact she's a lesbian).   
   >   
   >   
   > Not at all, Chris, here is the way I see it with no violation and Mako   
   > still has not noticed. When Makoto and Ami were speaking, Mako is   
   > seriously trying to encourage Ami to reconcile with Urawa (both in and   
   > out of context). However Ami is reluctant because she is actually in   
   > love with Mako. Ami's last statement is something to the effect that   
   > Mako doesn't quite understand the real reason for her reluctance   
   > (Which is left unexplained). That works just fine for me ^_^   
      
   That is exactly what SK and I had come up with while watching it.  Even   
   after Ami acknowledges that Makoto has a point about Sailor Senshi   
   having the right to love...she still seems to have an issue.   
      
   >   
   > In the final scene with Ami in the Ferris wheel with Urawa, it looked   
   > more like a pity date to me then anything serious (Ami is not blushing   
   > at all).   
      
   Once again, that's how SK and I saw it.  While Ami is a very composed   
   young lady, she is still one to blush quite a lot.  Being on a Ferris   
   wheel with a blushing boy who likes her would likely induce a blush,   
   particularly if she liked him or just wasn't quite sure what to think.   
   Seems to me she likes him as a sweet friend who has a crush on her, and   
   that she doesn't want to hurt.  She doesn't lead him on, but definitely   
   tries to do nice things for him, for whatever reason the viewer decides   
   to believe.   
   >   
   > BTW, Mamoru is pretty darn tough. In my opinion, I think he is second   
   > only to Sailor Moon in power. I'm glad that he pulled his punch in the   
   > battle with Jupiter. Even if he was hypnotized, I would have lost   
   > respect for him if he had connected.   
      
   I would have enjoyed a connect, but I'm a twisted oddball who loves to   
   see my favorite characters get injured and tended to.  *still annoyed   
   about a particular Makoto scene near the end of PGSM*   
      
   Gotta admit, I really liked the overall lack of Usagi in this episode.   
   While I enjoy the character a lot more now than I did back when I   
   originally started watching the show (dubbed or otherwise), I still like   
   getting away from her for awhile.  Plus, Makoto and Ami are favorite   
   characters...   
      
   Sunnie   
      
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