From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
      
   >Episode 56 - Steal Mamoru's kiss! Ann's Snow White strategy   
      
      
      
   >The senshi's over-dramatic introductions in the episode played up the   
   >jidaigeki (historical drama) angle of the introductions. The way the   
   >senshi introduce themselves in the battle is probably a parody, but it   
   >has a source in actual practice, when warriors would actually   
   >introduce themselves in that manner on the battlefield. The practice   
   >died out when guns started being used because the people would just   
   >get shot if they tried to do an introduction.   
      
   Also, in that dramatic introduction, they gave major hints as to who   
   they might be in real life, Rei with the power of fire and prayer;   
   Mako with great power; Ami with the top score in the nationwide,   
   everything-goes mock exam (that can only be one person, right?); And   
   Minako revealing herself as Sailor V.   
      
   BTW, again and again, we see Ami and Mako pictured side-by-side in   
   group shots.   
      
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