From: paradoxtxs@yahoo.com   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > Episode 61 - Huge shock for Usagi! Mamoru declares a breakup   
      
   I kinda forgot this aspect of this arc until I saw the episode title.   
   I’m not the biggest Usagi fan in the world, but this one was hard to watch.   
      
   Early on, it was kinda funny watching Mamoru wuss out in front of Kenji.   
     At least Usagi comes by her waterworks honestly.  ^_^;   
      
   I wonder why Chibi-Usa’s brainwashing wore off when it did?  Is she   
   secretly reapplying it behind the scenes regularly from here on in, or   
   did something kick it loose?   
      
   And the big breakup scene.  Maybe it’s a cultural thing, but even   
   knowing the reason, Mamoru comes off like a jerk.  How can you claim to   
   love someone enough to make that kind of decision without respecting   
   them enough to talk to them about it?  Instead he just stomped all over   
   her heart, her dreams and her self-confidence, for her own good.  The   
   phone booth scene was wrenching, but all the little things leading up to   
   it were just as bad.  Look at it from her point of view.  Endymion’s   
   love for Serenity endured for millennia, beyond death itself.  Once they   
   finally got together, Mamoru couldn’t put up with her for a month.  All   
   through the scene in the apartment you can see her trying to find out   
   what it is about her that was so unbearable that it drove him away like   
   that.   
      
   It’s good to see that Usagi isn’t shallow enough to give in to the   
   temptation of the droid.  She knows that whatever happened, her   
   appearance had nothing to do with it.   
      
   Eventually, as Tuxedo Kamen, Mamoru tells her that he doesn’t like weak   
   girls.  Now, this is one of two things.  Either this is an act of   
   extreme cowardice, making her blame herself for a decision he’s made for   
   reasons that have nothing at all to do with her abilities.  Or, it’s   
   something that he thinks will safeguard her.  While we discussing it,   
   Sunnie offered a theory that he may think that if he backs off and   
   forces her to grow up a bit, maybe by the time that vision comes to   
   pass, she’ll be strong enough to survive it.   
      
   Anyone else think Mamoru would do well to avoid a quartet of junior high   
   girls for a while?   
      
   SK   
      
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