From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   Episode 46 - Usagi's wish is eternal! A new rebirth   
      
   I said that the previous episode isn't really that emotional for me,   
   but this episode is. This is an excellent conclusion to the series.   
   The initial section with Sailor Moon fighting Dark Endymion is one of   
   the most chilling and intense scenes of the series -- especially when   
   Sailor Moon hits him with the tiara. I guess after the last episode   
   anything is possible but normally you would have expected Sailor Moon   
   to rescue Mamoru -- instead he dies, after telling her to run away and   
   find a great boyfriend. "But Mamoru-san, you're the best..." she says,   
   as the music suddenly stops and Mamoru dies. Great scene.   
      
   The final section is where all the girls (and Mamoru) are reborn, and   
   have no memory of what previously happened. There's some confusion on   
   whether time was actually reset or they just lost their memories --   
   both explanations introduce some inconsistencies. It's kind of sad   
   that the senshi are all alone again, now that they don't have Usagi   
   anymore. The last scene is Usagi throwing her test paper and hitting   
   Mamoru, just like in the first episode. Naru tells Usagi that he might   
   be the man of her dreams, and Usagi says that her dream is to find a   
   man who will protect her.   
      
   But I can't help but feel that the final scene would have been a lot   
   more effective and moving if there had been no other seasons. I mean,   
   Sailor Moon R's first episode aired a week after this episode (in   
   Japan) and there's even a preview for the first episode of SMR after   
   the credits of this episode. (In fact, every new season began the next   
   week after the conclusion of the previous one, with no break)   
      
   -Chris   
      
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