Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon S: Episode 122:
It is still really odd to see the anime adapting manga chapters left and right to where it looks like bizarre funhouse mirror version of the manga and this episode is no exception. Indeed at this point in the manga Ami was being actively recruited by Infinity Academy becuase of her astounding testing prowess and this school was all about finding the best of the best for reasons not adapted the Guardians decide to have Ami go undercover while they inspect the premises.I recall Corvo mentioning to me not too long ago that I would have found the other members of Witches 5 worse then Mimete because they were rushed and this is not the case. Viluy here is more or less acting like her manga counterpart right down to getting iced pretty quickly. I suppose they released they reached the end of the season so they let the remaining members of Witches 5 retained their manga sensibilities, right down to the fact that they die pretty quick. Also it is revealed this episode that the mini universe in the Science Display is from the Tau Star system, once again grafting manga storyline onto the anime. Outside of that, the episode is played out as a pretty typical, if enlarged because of the source material, scheme to gather pure hearts while in the manga this was the point where the Inners and Outer first met in civilian guise and we are well passed that point. All and all mild recommendation to watch.
Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon S: Episode 123:
Right then, with the season at nearly a close and with the story more or less retrofitted at best as it can be, it is now time to move into endgame and that is pretty much what this episode is about. The Death Busters send out their final witch Cyprine to have an actually dynamic battle with actual tactics used, thus elevating it above most of the battle seen in this series. While that is going on ChibiUsa pouts more about losing her one true friend for the season and Kaolite kidnaps her after a brief fight with Team Useless (Mask and Pluto). A ritual is performed and this incarnation of Mistress 9 is born. I will not say much about her manga counterpart other than this whole deal was much darker there and body rippy. Anyway, with the Messiah of Silence active and ChibiUsa crumpled into a heap, The Inner march towards the ruins of Mugen Academy to have the final showdown. Recommendation to Watch. .
