From: paradoxtxs@yahoo.com   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > Episode 62 - The warriors' friendship! Goodbye, Ami   
      
   Ami has been offered a chance to study in Germany, at what we assume to   
   be a very prestigious academy for those interested in medicine.   
   Meanwhile, Chibi-Usa has locked onto her as possibly being the one   
   hiding the Silver Crystal.  Ami instead introduces her to the joys of   
   obsessive studying at late hours… either that or she’s figured out the   
   ulterior motive and is just going to wear her out with books.  ^_^  The   
   conversation kinda implies the second.   
      
   Aa everyone noticed, the cats casually produce a new set of   
   communicators and wands without any explanation.  What, were they   
   waiting for a special occasion?   
      
   Anyway, through this all, I never got the sense that Ami really made a   
   decision, until the end.  She said it herself, she can be very   
   indecisive, and she’s showing it in full force here.  Everyone is   
   telling her that they think she should go, that they’ve got high   
   expectations for her, so she’s going.  It’s very hard to be talented,   
   sometimes, especially for someone like Ami, who so keenly feels the   
   pressure of her friends' and family's expectations.  When she’s talking   
   about her dream in the beginning, there’s very much a bittersweet tone   
   to it.  This is what she’s been chasing most of her life, and now that   
   it’s there for the taking, she’s not really sure if it’ll make her   
   happy.  But even when her heart was telling her otherwise, she still was   
   willing to go because it’s what she thought everyone expected of her.   
   It wasn’t until the very end that she finally asked herself what she   
   really felt about it all.   
      
   Like Sunnie said, Makoto is the one who knows what Ami’s dream is, and   
   her distant look when talking about Ami’s impending departure is very   
   reminiscent of when she’s talking about a boy who’s out of reach.  One   
   wonders if the prospect of losing her partner is a bit of an eye-opening   
   experience for Makoto.   
      
   SK   
      
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