From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > Episode 45 - The Sailor Senshi die! The tragic final battle   
      
   Maybe the title of the episode was to help parents decide to pull the   
   kids away from the episode?  Why else spoil it...   
      
   >   
   > The beginning scene with usagi cooking for her family is good; sort of   
   > the last comic moment of the series.   
      
   That was such a nice scene, as was them talking at the temple and Makoto   
   saying she was going to go for a full-blown romance afterwards...and Ami   
   thinks that a romance might be nice too.   
      
   ^_^   
      
   >   
   > This episode is extraordinarily violent even for a Japanese children's   
   > show. Sailor Moon is not the first kids' show to kill off most or all   
   > of the protagonists in the final episodes, but it's not very common.   
   > Despite this, I have never been particularly affected by this episode,   
   > with the exception of the final scene where the ghosts of the senshi   
   > come to encourage Usagi. But somehow the deaths of the senshi aren't   
   > that emotional to me -- perhaps because once you know what's going to   
   > happen it becomes almost formulaic, and perhaps the knowledge that   
   > they're not dead for good blunts the effect as well.   
      
   It doesn't matter how many times I've seen this, I still get the wind   
   knocked out of me watching them dying--knowing it's going to happen and   
   knowing they'll be okay doesn't seem to change things.  Makoto and Rei's   
   deaths are the most poignant for me, with Rei's final "Fire Soul" being   
   so awesome.  Given my Makoto bias, I find hers the 'best' death.  This   
   might also have to do with it being the first, and one of the more drawn   
   out ones.   
      
   But if I'm remembering, the dub makes her into a bit of an idiot,   
   completely falling for the fake Andrew, while in the original she just   
   does a bit of a double take at the changed image and that's enough.  But   
   maybe I'm not remembering the dub very well.  Regardless, it was nice to   
   see her not do something idiotic after just telling Usagi it was clearly   
   a trap.   
      
   >   
   > Tomorrow is the final episode of the first season.   
   >   
   > Notice that Ami wasn't really affected by the illusion of Urawa.  Now,   
   > if it had been an illusion of Makoto... :)   
      
   I think she had that same thought.  The little smile that comes half a   
   beat after her mentioning them using the same 'trap' could be taken many   
   ways...   
      
   Sunnie   
      
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