From: sunniechan@comcast.net
Rick S wrote:
> Phoenix wrote in
> news:aagmr2p6ovhia62n70qdrual26ib2rj9ot@4ax.com:
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>>Act 21 - What Did You Do to Ami?
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>>Makoto is really a true friend. First she decks Mamoru because she
>>thinks he is taking advantage of Usagi (Did I mention that one should
>>never get Makoto mad?).
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> I think she also gets manoru to re-evaluate his reasons for being near
> her as well.
Ah, how I love my agressive Mako-chan. And her commenting that she
should have hit him again. He deserved it for those comments. But at
least she got him thinking...and we get the clue that he's leaving in
just a month.
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>>Then she checks on Usagi to see how she is
>>doing even if that means risking the benevolence of an
>>overenthusiastic Ikuko.
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> I wonder if she even got a chance to see Usagi during that visit.
Knowing Ikuko? ^^;
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> Ami is doing weird things while turning evil which is consistant with
> Usagis actions when she was being taken over by the evil shoe lace. Usagi
> seemed to want to over do having fun as well.
Now now, it wasn't an evil shoelace, it was a groty (sweet heavens, can
you tell I'm still living in the 80s?) strand of hair. Yuck! I'd rather
have the shoelace.
Anyway, Ami-chan was so cute, going through that childlike state. Makes
me think that part of the battle of turning "evil" is the purging of
innocence? Which would make sense why both Usagi and Ami both suddenly
wanted to have a lot of fun--it was the last of their childlike
innocence being sucked away from them.
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>>The doctor can find nothing wrong and so Makoto decides to wait for
>>Ami to wake up. Motoki reassures Mako that Ami will be OK and loads
>>her up with snacks before leaving (after a very awkward silence).
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> Wow, that guy has deep pockets.
And overdoes it...
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>>I
>>suppose there might be some connection happening here, but Motoki is
>>such a loser right now that I would feel really bad for Mako if it
>>went any further.
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> Oh, I don't know. At least he has a job.
What's sad is the fact that he keeps getting *worse* as the series goes
on. As much as I had issues with PGSM-Minako, she still didn't get the
shaft like poor PGSM-Motoki. He started out fine, but now he just makes
me cringe.
>>And, for the second time (but not the last), this new series threw me
>>a shocker. Ami transforms herself into Dark Mercury, minion of the
>>Dark Kingdom.
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> You know she's evil because of the dangly earrings. ^_-
:p Sailor Moon has dangly earrings too. Sailor Mars and Venus get
hideous clip-ons. Jupiter's never get much focus, but they appear to be
the roses, don't they (although she doesn't wear them with her usual
clothing, which is a shame...)
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>>Talk about night and day! You know, I was having a hard
>>time liking Ami's character. Although she had a few heroic moments,
>>most of the time she seemed a bit of a whiner, with no striking
>>characteristics at all. But this new girl she has become... Yikes! I
>>wonder what is in store for us now?
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> I think without her visor and mini computer in this series, Mercury
> doesn't get a lot to do, that might be why they threw in this twist. All
> the other have traits that they can use, but Amis high IQ is going to
> waste.
>
I was really shocked when she turned evil too. It was a highly
unexpected turn of events. I liked PGSM-Ami/Mercury from the beginning,
so I was extra happy to see her get more attention. Although, I still
think she got slightly over-characterized a little too quickly, whereas
other characters (Mako and Rei, if I can remember the later episodes
enough) get too little characterization.
When I wrote my notes for the episode, I only managed 3 sentences. I
was too enthralled to even bother writing, and even once I was done, I
could only sum it up by saying "Not much written, but a great episode."
Sunnie
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