From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:21:14 -0400, Phoenix    
   posted the following:   
      
   >Chris Kern wrote:   
      
   >>Naru says she gets involved in "a lot of strange incidents" but didn't   
   >>all that get erased? As I said, it doesn't really seem that either the   
   >>"time reset" or "memory loss" explanations completely work. If time   
   >>reset, then does that mean that the senshi have all these memories of   
   >>not only their senshi stuff but their civilian life too, that never   
   >>actually happened? In Yuuichirou's first R episode, it will be   
   >>interesting to see if Rei already knows him and if they assume the   
   >>backstory from Classic (which I'm pretty sure they do).   
   >   
   >The thing that convinced me that this was a time reset was the   
   >crumbled test paper tossed on Mamoru's head. The score on the paper   
   >was 30%, the exact same score she got the first time around. I almost   
   >think Luna's mind meld thing was a memory *implant* rather then a   
   >memory restore.   
      
   I still think that seems problematic.  I think the "time reset"   
   explanation would be fine if the 46 episodes of classic were the   
   entire series.  It's just when they add the other 154 onto it that the   
   explanation doesn't really work.   
      
   >The first season started when they were in school (that means it was   
   >NOT summer), ran through the summer (the ghost episode) and then into   
   >the winter months. Since Usagi's birthday is in the summer, it *had*   
   >to happen sometime during the first series. But here they are back in   
   >school and she is still the same age as before.   
      
   So then how does Naru know about the times she was attacked?  And   
   shouldn't the girls do pretty well in school now that they already   
   know everything that's going to come up in the subjects?  It also   
   seemed to be strongly implied in this episode that the reason Sailor   
   Moon wasn't able to bring the Moon Stick out was because it got   
   destroyed in Episode 46 -- if there was a time reset, we would expect   
   the explanation to be that Luna never created it in the first place.   
      
   >>I liked the scenes with the senshi interacting with each other when   
   >>they didn't know who they were. But why would the cats and Usagi think   
   >>they would not want to be awakened? None of them really seemed to   
   >>dislike being senshi, and they were good friends with each other.   
   >   
   >Yeah, me too. Even if there was no evil to fight it seems pointless   
   >and almost cruel to keep their past life and friendships away from   
   >them.   
      
   Also, if they were just going to reawaken them immediately when danger   
   came again, they could have led relatively normal lives as senshi   
   until the next enemy showed up.   
      
   I really think the whole conclusion of the first season is something   
   that would have worked excellently in a self-contained series but was   
   impossible to reconcile with the future seasons in a way that didn't   
   introduce any plot holes or problem.   
      
   -Chris   
      
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