From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > Episode 60 - Angel? Devil? The mysterious little girl that came from   
   > the sky   
      
   Okay, now that my headache from yesterday is gone, and I've quit   
   squeeing over my NANA DVD (my very first R2 DVD, and I actually got it   
   to play! PGSM here I come!) I can finally reply!   
      
   >   
   > This is the beginning of the second part of R, which introduces   
   > Chibi-Usa. Chibi-Usa is one of the most infamous characters on   
   > alt.fan.sailor-moon because of the intense hatred she seems to inspire   
   > in some people -- I always thought it was more or less a joke except   
   > that some people refused to watch SuperS in the belief that it focused   
   > too much on Chibi-Usa. I think she's an interesting character (and her   
   > S episodes are hilarious).   
      
   For me, it's not so much that I like or dislike Chibi-Usa.  It's that I   
   dislike the way that Usagi acts when she's around.  Any semblance of   
   maturity that she gained during the first season and the first arc of R   
   are lost the instant Chibi-Usa falls from the sky.  Likewise, SuperS   
   puts Usagi back at Classic-level immaturity after all her growth in S.   
   Which is especially odd, since Chibi-Usa was there during a lot of S,   
   but oh well.  So it's really not that I dislike Chibi-Usa, I just   
   dislike how Usagi's portrayed when Chibi-Usa's around...and I'm not all   
   that fond of Usagi in the first place, so it's a little problematic.   
      
   For our dub viewer, am I just imagining things, or when Serena and   
   Darien were kissing in this episode, were they talking about Serena's   
   gum?  For some reason I remember something like that happening... And   
   just curious for no real reason.   
      
   >   
   > The other senshi's reactions to Chibi-Usa are pretty stupid. This girl   
   > drops from the sky, has the same name as Usagi, aims a gun at her and   
   > tells her to give up the Silver Crystal, and uses some mind control to   
   > make her family think she's her cousin -- and the others are saying   
   > that Usagi has nothing to worry about?   
      
   The other girls really got scraped into the "make idiotic comments and   
   then get out of the way" pile for this episode and the next.   
      
   > There was a lot of stuff for the dub to cut from this episode -- the   
   > gun pointed at Usagi, nudity in the bathtub, and Usagi spanking   
   > Chibi-Usa.   
      
   Is there a reason that the water in the bathtub is red?   
      
   Really can't think of much to comment about.  Ep 61 is a bit too fresh   
   in my head instead.   
      
   Sunnie   
      
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