From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Phoenix wrote:   
   > Act 19 - Usagi's Nervous Valentine   
   >   
      
   >   
   > Ami is busy making mittens after finishing her muffler. However,   
   > everyone has left her to go off and do their own thing. She is clearly   
   > unhappy with the isolation. Makoto, having nothing better to do with   
   > the muffler she made, gives it to Motoki which totally makes his day.   
   > Maybe this will take his mind off that darn turtle.   
      
   Ami sad always makes me feel so bad.  Poor little lamb just doesn't want   
   to be alone, and that's all she's ending up with these days.  Makoto's   
   perceptive when it comes to people liking boys, but when it comes to   
   emotions in general, she seems a bit clueless.  Or maybe she just can't   
   read Ami.   
      
   SK commented that Motoki was about to strangle and or hang himself with   
   that scarf with how excited he was trying to put it on (you could see it   
   as Makoto was walking out the front door).  Poor Makoto, she has no idea   
   the avalanche she's just begun...   
      
   It was really cute when he thought that Ami was going to give him   
   something.  Of course with that shy little smile of hers, it was pretty   
   easy to lead anyone into thinking that.  Even *I* was beginning to think   
   she was going to give him a bit of "thanks for falling for our fake ids"   
   chocolate when she reached into her bag like that. ^_-   
      
   >   
   > The morning of Valentine Day, Usagi finds a strange girl eating   
   > breakfast in her dining room.   
      
   That girl made me think Village of the Damned does Japan or something.   
   Those unblinking eyes...sweet but more than a bit creepy too. ^^;   
      
   I also got a kick out of Mamoru's snicker when Hina gave both of the   
   girls candy and Usagi accepted it shyly/cheerfully.  I think he was as   
   much snickering at the fact that Hina was seeing Usagi as a child (and   
   Usagi not being offended by it) as him laughing at her acceptance.   
      
   >   
   > In the end, Hikari gives her chocolate to the boy she likes. He   
   > accepts it and invites her inside to play video games. While Hina was   
   > never really a challenge to Hikari, Usagi's situation is not so easily   
   > resolved and she slowly walks away.   
      
   This brings up something that bothered me.  I could have *sworn* that in   
   the previous episode Makoto *does* tell Usagi that Mamoru is engaged,   
   and that was the reason she told her not to try.  Or was that just   
   Makoto talking out loud as if Usagi were there, but not actually telling   
   her?  Whatever the case, I really thought Usagi knew, but now they say   
   she doesn't...   
      
      
      
   > Sailor Moon takes this opportunity to give Tuxie a chocolate that she   
   > had purchased earlier. He asks her if she doesn't have someone else to   
   > whom to give it. Usagi said she made a muffler for that person, but   
   > now she thinks she won't give it to him because he already has a   
   > girlfriend. She would not be able to compete with such a girl. TK   
   > thinks to himself that Sailor Moon (who he _knows_ is Usagi) must like   
   > someone else. TK tells Sailor Moon that she shouldn't give up so   
   > easily. Is Mamoru an idiot? Surely he must realize that she is   
   > speaking about his alter ego. TK/Mamoru thinks to himself that he can   
   > only continue to quietly protect her. Usagi wonders to herself why it   
   > is now so easy to speak with TK. I wonder if it is because she is more   
   > easy with him as Mamoru and that unconsciously reflects on TK or is it   
   > because she realizes that it is Mamoru that she likes and so TK no   
   > longer has a strong appeal to her any more.   
      
   Hey, he's allowed to be a dork occasionally.  He's infinitely better   
   than braindead Anime-Mamoru at least.  But it was really sweet how he   
   was disappointed that she had someone else she liked.  How cute!!   
      
   >   
   > Rei, continuing with her mission to find Minako, searches a building   
   > that she identified from Minako's web site when she senses that an   
   > enemy is nearby. She transforms into Mars and finds that Venus is   
   > being pinned down by Nephrite. Nephrite tells Mars that she is too   
   > late and takes the silver crystal tiara from Venus' head.   
      
   SK noted that he likes how intelligent Rei is in PGSM.  She uses her   
   powers as well as logic to figure things out, not to mention that she's   
   following up on suspicions.   
      
   Getting into a good batch of episodes.  Although really, are there all   
   that many "bad" episodes in this series?  I know I didn't like some of   
   the later episodes as well when I first watched, but I think that also   
   had a lot to do with marathoning the end of the series and never really   
   thinking out what the plot was... Regardless, I'm really enjoying this   
   rewatch.   
      
   Sunnie   
      
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