From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:07:26 -0400, Phoenix    
   posted the following:   
      
   >While we have come to think of the word "chibi" as a   
   >cute phrase for little, I think it's actually considered a bit   
   >insulting in Japanese (Chris, help me out here if I am wrong). It's a   
   >bit like saying shorty or runt. I guess adding '-chan' to it took the   
   >sting out.   
      
   Yeah, in general it's sort of like "runt" -- Chibi-Usa reacts badly to   
   the name earlier in R until Mamoru says it sounds cute, then she   
   accepts it.   
      
   >There is also a brief Ami-Mako moment when the girls split up. Ami and   
   >Mako go one way, while Usagi goes the other.   
      
   Ami and Mako sure do go the other way!  Haw haw haw...   
      
   -Chris   
      
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