Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon Super S: Episode 128
Ah yes, at last we arrive to the infamous fourth season, the Super S season or for the manga the arc that was entitled Dreams because that was an accurate title. Anyway, so we are at what many consider to be the worst of Sailor Moon as the series decided to take a bit of a regression from the dark and complex moral ambiguity seen in Infinity/S and taking the time to explore the dreams of a little girl and her white knight of a Pegasus. It has been a very long time since I have watched this arc though I recall thinking that the Dreams arc was indeed pretty acrid for a good chuck of time and I do remember there being problems with this season but more on that in the weeks ahead.
Indeed the theme of dreams is apparent immediately as we are introduced to said Pegasus who was clearly pegged to be he breakout character for this season considering how much prominence he is getting. Speaking of prominence, the profile of ChibiUsa has been raised to that of co-main star once again and this time she is being treated much more seriously in her role as Sailor Chibi Moon and indeed as much as I enjoyed the joke she was in S, this is ultimately the right choice because the joke felt so very out of place when shit got real.
Oh yes, the Outer Guardians are still gone and they will make no appearances in the season of Super S, they probably would have had things worked out better but more on that later. On the other hand a couple of the non powered human friends have ben dragged out of mothballs since this is the start of a season and a personal connection is needed to establish the menace of the season and this time around we get, The Circus. The Dead Moon Circus to be exact, whom are a lot creepier then I remember and we are introduced to Ziroconia and her footmen, The Eyes, who were so minor in the manga I barely remember them. The mission this time around is the hunt of the Pegasus who exists in the dream of somebody. The usual happens and since this is a new season everybody has to be useless until the new hotness is prepared. In this case the upgrade is the return of the Super Sailor Moon and the debut of the Sailor Chibi Moon form and a new weapon and a new finishing move that had yet to be named and was kind of lame honestly. Anyway, all and all this was an decent if typical start of the season, recommendation to watch.
Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon Super S: Episode 129:
Good god, all of a sudden this series or this season is pulling out some really obscure characters who we have not season in a few seasons and if I recall correctly, Rekia is an anime only character to boot. I'll be honest, seeing Sailor Moon pull out this much continuity is kind of freaking me out. They remember she went to Africa to do some research and she now much choose to go to Europe for 10 years to continue said research or stay around and be the girlfriend of Motoki the Crown Arcade tender. I suppose this is better then just pulling a new random friend out of their ass but I give about the same amount of fucks about this, none at all. Anyway, The Eyes are the highlight of the early going by a mile and are trade up from any of the Death Buster point guards. Also, we get the first transformation of the season and it is Chibi Moon, who is still useless outside of Super mode. Anyway, it is back to formula for awhile, mildest recommendation to watch.
