From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Wow, the Mamoru from the manga is much more emotionally involved then   
   Mamoru from the anime. But what's with all the half dreamy encounters?   
      
   Act 4 - Kissed Usagi in an intoxicated daze   
   Act 5 - Kidnapped Usagi from bedroom in a dreamy daze   
   Act 6 - Possible kiss with Usagi in an exhausted daze   
      
   In this act, Mamoru goes straight for the endearing nickname "Usako"   
   (translated as "Buns" by Mixxzine). Usagi decides on Mamo-chan as her   
   nickname for him (Mixxzine drops the ball on this one, as Bunny only   
   wonders what Darien's nickname is like it would be pre-assigned). We   
   get Mamoru's backstory where he lost his memory in a car accident as a   
   child. He needs the crystal to regain his memory (but wouldn't that   
   just be of his childhood prior to the accident then?) He says he   
   doesn't know his age, but that his accident happened on his sixth   
   birthday. I would think that he should know the exact date of the   
   accident (or at least the authorities would), so his age should not be   
   that big a mystery.   
      
   Queen Metalia is introduced and we get some of Beryl's backstory. Per   
   Mixxzine, somehow Beryl stumbles on some haunted ruins at the North   
   Pole (is she an archaeologist?). The fan translation is a little more   
   clear on this point, indicating that Beryl was drawn to these ruins,   
   labeled as D point in the Arctic Circle.   
      
   Naru's friends get to keep their Japanese names in the English   
   version.   
      
   Usagi's got her first Sailor Moon stalker, Umino.   
      
   The plot for this arc is that people are being brainwashed by a video   
   tape to find Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon does another Moon Healing   
   Escalation to cure the victims. Hmmm.... so they updated the 3.5"   
   diskette to a CD, but left us with the outdated (even in 2003) VHS   
   video tape cassette.   
      
   Sailor Venus makes her surprise appearance at the end and takes out   
   Zoisite.   
      
   Side note...   
      
   The Mixxzine saga gets a little muddy here. This act will be the last   
   to appear in the Mixxzine magazine. From here, the story forks, with   
   the Dark Kingdom arc continuing in monthly singles and the SuperS arc   
   premiering in Mixxzine's new magazine, Smile.   
      
   In the process, Mixxzine got a major black eye because they waited   
   until after the subscription renewals to drop Sailor Moon from   
   Mixxzine. When the Sailor Moon fanbase backlash came, they said they   
   regretted the move and allowed subscribers to switch to Smile.   
      
   There was also an internal crisis in the company as well. If you're   
   interested, this site seems to have a fairly good write-up on the   
   whole Mixxzine history.   
   http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/00.06/feature/1/index.php3   
      
   Phoenix ;{)   
      
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