From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   While I enjoy this episode, the previous was much more moving for me.   
   Perhaps because Sailor Moon is one of my least favorite characters, and   
   the romance between Mamoru and Usagi came to be a point of annoyance for   
   me throughout the seasons, so now...meh.  But they did a great job with   
   it, and even not having feelings for the characters involved, I felt   
   quite pulled in.   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Well, when the new season starts, Luna says they've been awakened for 2   
   months.  Usagi says she's 14, and she's still in 8th grade.  She also   
   still wearing her winter uniform.  Given that summer had already   
   occurred during the classic season (and on to autumn and winter), there   
   really isn't any way that time wasn't reset from the way I see it.   
      
   >   
   > 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)   
      
   Of course that is true.  Which I think is why 45 has a bit more impact   
   for me.  You don't know immediately that they're going to come back to   
   life (not that I didn't know, but still...it takes awhile).  But within   
   5 minutes, you know Usagi survives.   
      
   For some reason, the different voice for Usagi was a bit more apparent   
   in this episode for me.  It actually bothered me just a little bit.  Not   
   that it was bad, but I was bothered that I kept focusing in on it.   
      
   Also, I kept thinking that they played a jazzy/instrumentl version of   
   Moonlight Densetsu during the final battle.  I don't know where my mind   
   came up with that.  The extended Moonlight Densetsu sounded a lot better   
   than I remembered.  Maybe not quite as good as Carry On, but I was a lot   
   more satisfied with it this time.   
      
   I also liked the epilogue song.  While I'm a big fan of "A New Day", I   
   liked the feel of "You're Just My Love".  Each was the most appropriate   
   for the feel of the versions end.  The original was just a bit more   
   muted and touching, the dub was a bit more upbeat, in part because they   
   hadn't just all died and come back to life. ^_-   
      
   I hated that I didn't watch this one yesterday, but I barely slept   
   Tuesday night (just 1 hour), so there was no way I was going to be able   
   to give the episode the full attention it deserved.  So tonight, SK and   
   I played catch up.  Again. :p   
      
   Sunnie   
      
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