From: david@block.net   
      
   On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:24:42 -0500, Phoenix    
   wrote:   
      
   >Act 22 - Ami Becomes an Enemy   
   >   
   >Ami, after being flooded with dark energy directly from the Queen   
   >Metalia entity, has become Dark Mercury, an agent of the Dark Kingdom.   
   >   
   >Although she clearly remembers who she was and who the senshi are, she   
   >has been converted to the dark side. Her personality (and to some   
   >extent, her appearance) have changed 180 degrees from her former self.   
   >In addition, she has crafted herself a powerful ice sword from water.   
   >No longer a recluse, she is now a domineering extrovert.   
      
   And the moral of this story is that evil is way cooler than good.   
   Heck, just look at her improved henshin sequence.  However, evil does   
   cause you to wear a bit too much eye make-up.   
      
      
   >I suppose that even villains need their education. The next morning,   
   >Usagi finds Ami back at school and, for the first time ever, the   
   >center of everyone's attention. Ami tells Usagi that she didn't want   
   >to miss school, so she brainwashed the other students. She also told   
   >her that she doesn't want to fight in school, but Usagi still better   
   >keep her guard up. In an ironic twist, Ami is now the center of the   
   >lunch crowd and Usagi is relegated to the roof to eat alone with Luna.   
      
   Of course ostracism is a classic middle school tradition in Japan.   
      
   >   
   >Artemis shows up to give Usagi orders from the Princess that they will   
   >have to fight Ami (Is this the first time that Artemis and Luna have   
   >met on screen?).   
      
   Boy they sure improved the SFX animation of the plushies from what it   
   was at the start.   
      
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