From: paradoxtxs@yahoo.com   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > Episode 49 - Who is the white rose for? The Moonlight Knight appears   
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   And the arrival of the Moonlight Knight.  Mamoru goes through a lot of   
   different identities and personalities through the series, but this is   
   one of the ones I like the least.  The whole thing just feels forced.   
   And he looks ridiculous in that getup.   
      
   Seriously, just what in the world is in Mamoru’s subconscious that keeps   
   generating these costumes?  Is this something else from the distant   
   past, or was he just exposed to lots of really bad television as a kid   
   or something?   
      
   I know why Moonlight Knight has to exist.  The anime writers were   
   caught, they couldn’t risk taking Usagi and Mamoru’s relationship in one   
   direction, only to find out that Naoko had written it going somewhere   
   else, so they had to put in a place holder, hence the amnesia/Moonlight   
   Knight persona.  It puts them back in a comfortable place and stalls   
   everything with regard to Usagi and Mamoru until they’re ready to join   
   back up with the manga storyline.  It’s annoying, but there wasn’t much   
   of a way around it.   
      
   At least Usagi recognized him.  I know she’s not quite bright, but come   
   on…  Stands in tree branches, throws roses, makes corny speeches, that   
   narrows it down pretty quick, even with a few variations on the theme.   
      
   Anyway, sorry, I just had to rant a bit.  Moving on to the rest of the   
   episode.   
      
   With the restoration of memories, the personalities of the girls have   
   also shifted back to where they were.  Ami, who sounded ultra-shy last   
   episode, has no problem scolding Usagi for her poor study habits.   
      
   Shinozaki is a friend from Makoto’s childhood who has always been there   
   for her whenever times got bad.  At the very beginning, he’s attacked by   
   the Monster of the Week, and is badly injured trying to shield Makoto   
   when she turns up.  Makoto ends up giving him a transfusion to save his   
   life.  It’s rather nice that they did pay attention to detail here.  O   
   types can only accept blood from other Os, so the only possibilities   
   were Makoto, who volunteered, and Usagi, who suggested that she could   
   take over (though she'd have probably fainted at the sight of the needle   
   coming toward her ^_^; ).  Ami couldn't do it, she's an A type.   
      
   It’s a little tough to tell, what with the whole episode’s animation   
   looking so awful, but Ami’s expression when she’s hearing about   
   Shinozaki seems to be going a bit beyond worry and distress toward dismay.   
      
   Even when she’s telling this story, Makoto makes no mention of her   
   family life.  I just don’t think she really wants the others to know.   
      
   Usagi is truly upset at how weak Jupiter is, and she means it when she   
   wants her to just go home.  I think on some level she’s still living in   
   the shadow of D-Point, even more so than they are.  She’s terrified that   
   she’s going to have to watch one of them die again.   
      
   This is two monsters in a row that Usagi doesn’t take out.  Don’t worry,   
   things will get back to formula soon.   
      
   It’s interesting, Shinozaki is one of the few exceptions to the rule for   
   Makoto, he doesn’t resemble her sempai at all, maybe because he predates   
   the creep?  Regardless, she’s known him so long that she doesn’t think   
   of him romantically at all.   
      
   Sadly, with barely a half dozen lines spoken, he drops off the face of   
   the earth after this episode.  Good side characters are so hard to come by…   
      
   SK   
      
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