From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:44:57 -0400, Sunnie    
   posted the following:   
      
   >Phoenix wrote:   
   >> Chris Kern wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>Episode 151 - Explosion of true power! Ami's melody of the heart   
   >>   
   >>>There still is an almost complete lack of Ami-Mako occurrences. It   
   >>>seems like in Classic and R it just happened too often to be a   
   >>>coincidence -- if it was some sort of writer or animator inside joke,   
   >>>though, it ended with S. The writers are the same throughout the whole   
   >>>series, so maybe it was on the animator side.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> It's a shame. Maybe it will pick up again in Stars.   
   >   
   >I watched Stars for the first time last year, and was utterly shocked   
   >not so much by the lack of Mako-Ami, but the lack of Makoto and Ami in   
   >general.  Makoto really got the shaft that season when it came to   
   >character episodes.  I think Rei did as well (or maybe Minako?) but   
   >really there was an utter lack of Inner Senshi in the season that was   
   >very disappointing for me. It was redeemed by its awesome ending, but   
   >still...less Taiki more Mako. ^,-   
      
   I have a feeling that by that point, the writers were out of material   
   for the inners.  They were clearly unwiling to do anything that would   
   change the status quo, like giving them boyfriends or any other major   
   change to their life.  So what else is there to do with them?  I guess   
   the writers felt that they didn't want to just repeat the same types   
   of episodes over again, although they did include a Minako idol   
   episode.   
      
   -Chris   
      
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