there is a straight up amazing episode right in the center of the makai tree arc, episode 51 "A New Transformation: Usagi's Power-Up." the monster is like horror-movie-cool (which, at least for the first two seasons, when this show is at its best, the monsters are fuckin scary), and there's a very strange lackadaisical rhythm to the earlier cherry blossom scenes that makes it stand out not only in the context of the arc but the entire show. a ton of great character moments for usagi too. it makes the rest of the arc look *pitiful*
one of the things i really hate about the makai tree story: the guardians all learn boring new powers that are immediately abandoned once the black moon story begins (during which they learn COOL new powers)
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:27 (four years ago) link
the makai tree ITSELF is cool, like the design of the show never really flags, but the whole cardian plot is such a xerox of season one that i find it soooo tiresome
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:28 (four years ago) link
also i think ail and ann have really boring personalities, their only motivations are energy and wanting to steal usagi/mamoru away from each other (BORING). awful villains
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:30 (four years ago) link
i'm so excited to get into sailor moon s, which i remember as the best season. like "even the filler is good"-good
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:35 (four years ago) link
also i have conflicted feelings about the black moon arc in sailor moon r, as 1) it's the storyline that made me absolutely obsessed with the show as a kid 2) on revisit it seems to tell the story way less well than the manga? like both way too stretched out and way too rushed at the same time. felt sort of the same way this time but enjoyed it more, i mean the time travel element of the story is just outrageous and charming, chibi-usa is great, sailor pluto is amazing, wiseman/death phantom is a formidable and interesting villain, yet... gets nowhere near the emotional peaks of the first season
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:39 (four years ago) link
i think i really hated the "mamoru gets an apocalyptic vision of the future and BREAKS UP WITH USAGI FOR NO REASON" plotline the last time but i just let it ride this time and it really grew on me
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:46 (four years ago) link
venus was too much of a goody two shoes.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:21 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink
this post is hilarious to me because minako does not have much of a personality besides always saying aphorisms incorrectly
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
she's definitely the weakest link, i remember fanfic REALLY struggling to know what to do with her. you'd think her previous work as a non-transforming vigilante hero would be good for some conversation but nope.haha i'd forgotten about those half-measure powerup episodes! i think i thought they were cool because something was "happening." also we didn't have the rest of R, so we never got to any better upgrades.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 18 April 2020 11:02 (four years ago) link
i'd also forgotten about the "moonlight knight" plot, which is...... stupid
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 18 April 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
it's so dumb!!! the reveal that moonlight knight is some physical manifestation of mamoru's lost memories???? terrible!!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
thread has inspired me to rewatch the first season again, a couple of episodes a night before sleep is just what i need at the moment
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 18 April 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
it’s really comforting!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
i'm two episodes into sailor moon s and it's just as good as i remembered. everything's kind of at its peak: the humor, the character moments, the sick new sailor moon transformation sequence, maybe my favorite of the show
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
and for some reason they kept the ending theme from sailor moon r, at least for now, and it's my favorite ending theme so i'm pleased
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
all of the monsters are so wacky and cool in this season! in the second episode there's a cat monster that emerges from a puzzle and she keeps crumbling into puzzle pieces whenever she's attacked, it's awesome. and the car monster in episode three is hilarious. screech! vroom!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
uranus' "world shaking" is the most badass sailor guardian attack
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
this is the BEST show
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 22:14 (four years ago) link
lmao chibi-usa's one power, "pink sugar heart attack," is so hilarious
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 20 April 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
brad you're really selling me on picking this up as my late night fall asleep viewing
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 20 April 2020 01:59 (four years ago) link
i would argue sailor moon s is one of the best seasons of television ever
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 20 April 2020 03:39 (four years ago) link
S was also my favorite season by far. The only season I actually owned on DVD
― Vinnie, Monday, 20 April 2020 04:10 (four years ago) link
for some reason i'm only now registering how much sailor saturn's story is like a real fucked up abusive situation
also only now realizing that usagi sent chibi-usa back in time to "make friends with people in the twentieth century" SPECIFICALLY so she'd make friends with hotaru/sailor saturn. as usual, usagi is low-key really smart
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
friendship saves the world from the apocalypse... again!!!!!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 17:25 (four years ago) link
really enjoying the rewatch. forgot how over the top cartoony the facial expressions are, like there will be three amazing expressions one after the other in one Usagi reaction shot that completely crack me up. was surprised that Sailor V was a thing from the first episode. also that meme about Tuxedo Mask showing up and then leaving after saying "my work here is done" without actually doing anything is so spot on haha.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
ok spoilers for the third season i guess but when pluto saves uranus and neptune from a helicopter crash by STOPPING TIME???? that's the coolest thing i've ever seen
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 April 2020 00:13 (four years ago) link
oh fuuuuck sailor saturn is here to kick ASS
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 April 2020 00:48 (four years ago) link
i'm rewatching from the beginning again. i never got past sailor moon s on the last rewatch bc i got distracted by 1) discovering sailor moon s was directed by kunihiko ikuhara 2) watching revolutionary girl utena over and over again
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 03:20 (two years ago) link