From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   S -   
      
   S was pretty much as good as I remember.  After this rewatch I still   
   maintain my opinion that the second half of the season is superior to   
   the first.  The second half is much darker, and the themes more   
   present and mature (as I said, here we're talking about killing an   
   actual specific person rather than just some hypothetical holder of a   
   talisman).  The conclusion is markedly different from the Classic and   
   R ones, relying more on psychological and ideological conflict rather   
   than just Sailor Moon aiming her wand at the bad guy and an   
   inspirational song playing.   
      
   I like Sailor Saturn as she was portrayed in this season.  I think   
   that when they brought her back in Stars they sort of changed her   
   character a bit in response to her popularity, but I like the idea of   
   this senshi that isn't really like the other ones, that only arises in   
   a time of great need, and has a lot of power but kills herself in the   
   process.   
      
   SuperS -   
      
   This season has always been interesting because, while most people who   
   had actually seen the season said it was good, many people who had not   
   seen it were convinced it was the worst of the seasons.  People were   
   disappointed that it didn't have the Outer Senshi.  They were under   
   the impression that Chibi-Usa had much more screen time than any other   
   character.  It was supposedly kiddy-friendly and "sickly sweet" (to   
   use a phrase I remember from one criticism).  Of course none of these   
   (other than the absence of the outer senshi) are really accurate   
   descriptions of the season.  I also avoided the season for a long time   
   because of what people said about it, but when I actually did watch it   
   I enjoyed it a lot.  Sure, it's mostly filler (although I still don't   
   think it has as much filler as Classic).  But the filler is very high   
   quality and brings back a lot of minor characters that the series had   
   dropped during S.  Plus it has Nehelenia, who is played by my favorite   
   voice actor (Yoshiko Sakakibara).   
      
   However, I have only seen the complete season once, on small real   
   media files.  I got the tapes a long time ago but only rewatched the   
   Amazon Trio arc.  I also remember watching the final episodes in   
   something of a rush, since I vaguely recall I was trying to finish the   
   season before I had to leave on break or something like that.  I don't   
   remember liking the conclusion all that much but we'll see what I   
   think this time.   
      
   By the way, there was a long standing debate about what the name of   
   this season is.  There's really no debate except by people who do not   
   know Japanese -- it's both written (in Japanese) and pronounced in the   
   show as "Supers", not "Super S".  "Super S" is a phantom of English   
   speakers who see the second capitalized S and assume it's meant to   
   stand alone.   
      
   -Chris   
      
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