From: AntEGM111@aol.com   
      
   On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:14:52 -0500, Phoenix    
   wrote:   
      
   >Chris Kern wrote:   
   >   
   >>Episode 195 - Kakyuu Pricess is extinguished! Galaxia's advent   
   >>   
   >>This is another one of those big giveaway titles Sailor Moon likes so   
   >>much.   
   >>   
   >>There was still some comedy in the last episode, but from here on out   
   >>the show is pretty much unrelentingly dark and hopeless until the end   
   >>of episode 200. I'm especially surprised that the show made finding   
   >>the Princess such a main goal of the season but then when she finally   
   >>is found she dies two episodes later. A lot of the time in the final 6   
   >>episodes is devoted to shooting down, one by one, every option of   
   >>fighting Galaxia that involves people just doing their own thing. Some   
   >>people find it drawn out (and I wonder if they did draw it out a   
   >>little bit to make sure that the final episode would be #200), but I   
   >>think it works well.   
   >   
   >You might be right. It seems that Stars has the longest conclusion of   
   >any of the seasons. If you go by the last MOTD/random victim for each   
   >season as an indicator that the next episode will be the beginning of   
   >the conclusion, then we would have the following wrap-ups for each   
   >season:   
   >   
   >Classic: 3 episodes   
   >R1: 2 episodes   
   >R2: 6 episodes   
   >Super: 5 episodes   
   >SuperS: 6 episodes   
   >Stars: 8 episodes   
   >   
   >>Almost equal to the scene in the last episode is the one where Usagi   
   >>and Rei are talking at the beginning, and Usagi wonders what Mamoru is   
   >>doing, etc.   
   >   
   >That was a wonderful scene. And one more coming up that will just tear   
   >at your heart.   
   >   
   >>Some people have questioned why Mamoru's disappearance wouldn't have   
   >>been noticed earlier, but Galaxia probably didn't crash the plane, she   
   >>just got Mamoru and then let the plane go on its own.   
   >   
   >At the very least, I would have signaled the stewardess. "Madam? The   
   >gentleman next to me just evaporated into a cloud of golden sparkly   
   >balls. Can I, um, move to a different seat?"   
   >   
   >I keep wondering, if Galaxia could target Mamoru immediately with such   
   >laser-like accuracy, why does she then waste so much time with her   
   >minions finding random victims after that. Other then the obvious plot   
   >device to clear the way for Seiya, I figured the reason must be that   
   >he is the guardian of the Earth and therefore gives out some special   
   >signal as such. Maybe every senshi gives off a homing signal if they   
   >are on their home planet. At least the girls know now that something   
   >has happened to Mamoru. It's not clear at this point that they've told   
   >Usagi yet.   
   >   
      
      I thought it was obvious: she wanted the hiding Princess Kakiyu,   
   her *real* primary target, to come out, so she had her minions stir   
   trouble.  Once out, she had no reason to hold back, as she already   
   knew who had starseeds.  Hell, I think she offed Siren 'cause she'd   
   figured things out too early!   
      
      
      
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