From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   Episode 200 - Usagi's love! The moonlight illuminates the galaxy!   
      
   Near the beginning Chaos-Galaxia adds to the information about the   
   Sailor Wars; apparently they've been repeating themselves over and   
   over again since the beginning of the galaxy. Presumably Chaos gets   
   sealed every time but then breaks out again. It's interesting that   
   Chaos-Galaxia wants to end the cycle whereas the Light of Hope   
   essentially wants to continue it by having Sailor Moon defeat Chaos   
   (and thus presumably become the next Chaos senshi). Sailor Moon   
   luckily realizes that's not the answer. However, I'm a little confused   
   why some people on the afsm group seemed to think that Sailor Moon was   
   dumb for not fighting with the sword; this is more clear-cut a   
   situation than in S when she gave away the sacred cup.   
      
   Sailor Moon: "If 'warrior's pride' means hurting other people, then I   
   don't want it."   
      
   The second half is well-known for its extended sequence with Usagi   
   fully nude; this presumably would have caused some difficulty for the   
   dubbers but we'll (most likely) never get to see how they would have   
   dealt with it. Overall the scene is very effective; with Sailor Star   
   Song providing good background music and the scene culminating in   
   Usagi and Galaxia joining hands.   
      
   Then, the coda which forms the final scenes of the series I thought   
   were very good -- so often anime have terrible endings but I thought   
   this one was well-done, with everyone coming back to Usagi, then the   
   Starlights leaving (with Luna still crushing on Yaten and Usagi still   
   clueless, with one last scene of the girls fighting). The final   
   dialogue of Haruka and Michiru ("there's nothing to wish for; we're   
   happiest right now") always makes me tear up a little. Then finally   
   they have a nice dialogue between Usagi and Mamoru, ending by bringing   
   back the opening narration from the 1st season, and then Moonlight   
   Densetsu for the first time in the season, after which the girls all   
   say "that's the end!"   
      
   -Chris   
      
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