Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon Episode 37
I will not lie, this was one of the most tedious episodes I have seen of the season. They seemed to be under the delusion that taking the unrefined mess that is Usagi and trying to refine her into a proper princess equated to comedy gold. There was some amusing bits, like the coffee joke, but this got old and stale fast. On the other hand I do appreciative them giving a reason for retiring the arcade communicator subplot now that it has outlived its usefulness.On the other hand, having Sailor Moon still bug out over Endimyon is ignoring basic continuity. Though really a larger problem with this arc is how the established Kunscite to be a very powerful foe but now hot to resort to some of the goofier monster of the week plots of the season. Overall, this was a pretty weak episode with a mild recommendation to avoid.
Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon Episode 38
Well now, this episode actually defied my expectations, I was expecting another tedious romp right out of the gate but this turned out to be a really solid and important episode. Also, Yuchiro actually got screen time, which is good because I had already forgotten he existed. He even gets some backstory, and some actual advancement in his relationship with Rei. Indeed, this is probably as close to a shining moment as he is going to get. Still, the crux of this episode was establishing once and for all that despite all of the rivalry Rei and Usagi are actually really close friends. This a subplot that was needed quite frankly as they really did too effective a job of making Usagi and Rei bitter rivals and that needed to be dialed back especially in light of recent events. I will note that the DiC dub somehow missed this and would eventually lead to one of that wretched creations worst moments. Anyway, strong recommendation to watch.