After having to suffer through an additional week of no SMC, we’re finally back and ready to introduce the fourth senshi! …and once again it takes forever for Crunchy to get their stream up, so I have to watch off Nico. This also means HorribleSubs has their link up late. Like… ridiculously late. It still isn’t up yet for me. So I’ve been forced to manually take screenshots of the streams. I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY, HORRIBLESUBS!
I’ve grown to appreciate the direction of this episode along with the other senshi introduction episodes. They seem to focus on each of the members being outcasts brought together not just by their destinies but their friendship with Usagi.
The animation quality continues to follow episode 4’s example, but the translation is as stiff and awkward as ever. The worst example is when Motoki introduces himself to Makoto and out of nowhere, Usagi says “what is your nickname?” And of course, the whole Youma = Evil thing gives us the hilarious “It’s not a ghost, it’s Evil!” Oh, but I should mention that it turns out Crunchy and Nico DO have different subtitles. Nico continues to call them Evil, while Crunchy seems to have switched over to Youma. Though from my observation, the Crunchy subtitles aren’t a second translation, but rather, it uses the Nico translation as a base and makes adjustments. It still misses out on a whole bunch of mistranslated lines.
Probably the biggest surprise of the episode is the flashback scenes with Makoto’s mysterious Senpai, who apparently never really noticed her the way she wanted him to.
Jupiter’s transformation theme was the same basic one Mercury used. I guess it was too much to hope for a unique theme in each of the senshi intro episodes… I guess Rei’s awesome transformation music had to make up for the awful animation in that episode.
Speaking of Rei… I love how Crystal is showing off just how powerful these girls really are:
I loved that, like in the manga, Jupiter had TWO special attacks, and the Flower Hurricane got a massive buff since in the manga it was just a vision-obscuring skill that would have made Mercury seem even more offensively inept. As for the Jupiter Thunderbolt… HOOOOOLY CRAP, it looks more devastating than anything!
But one of the weirdest changes in this episode is the image of the planet Jupiter in the background during the henshin. It was a LOT better in the Moon Pride music video.
Another big surprise is Nephrite’s recognition of Sailor Jupiter, implying that we are indeed going the Shitennou x Senshi route, at least until the Shitennou die. IF they die (which, honestly, needs to happen eventually). Not even the manga had a hint like that. Also, Nephrite was dead before Jupiter even showed up in the 90s anime. I just wanted to point that out because it’s hilarious.
Amusingly, after a three week wait, we get a next episode preview with almost no new footage again. Then again, we had a preview like that for Masquerade, and it turned out to be almost flawless (ALMOST).
The next two episodes are probably going to depart form the manga the most out of any of the episodes we’ve seen so far. I look forward to seeing an extended Mercury vs. Zoisite encounter, as it’s pretty much the best opportunity we have to match these two together.
what the fuck dude! if you don’t like Jupiter. shut the fk up. i have the same zodiac with Mars (eat that sht), but i dislike her in the 90’s anime. around 1993-94.
i love Jupiter. and i think its unfair that she had the same crappy music with MErcury, whom i also hate back then and till now.
hahahah… eat your naru! cause she is the goner!
what the fuck dude! if you don’t like Jupiter. shut the fk up. i have the same zodiac with Mars (eat that sht), but i dislike her in the 90’s anime. around 1993-94. i must admit though she is sooo tolerable now! her personality is much more like some other zodiac. not an aries… i used to have many aries friends. and they aren’t fking like that at all. also, we are so lucky, mars is so pretty isn’t it? hehehe… lucky us. BUT JUPITER IS ALSO PRETTY IF YOU MUST KNOW! when she first appeared in the early 90’s, she is everyone else is favorite. well, also venus. i dont blame the changes of what is the type of this generation now though, but it seems that their are so many unfairness and since i am super loyal to my favorite, i don’t want anyone making her shtty enough as she is already is in the anime..
i love Jupiter. and i think its unfair that she had the same crappy music with MErcury, whom i also hate back then and till now.
hahahah… eat your naru! cause she is A goner! Like pLuto who happens to be only an asteroid. tehehehehehe.
…the hell’re you talking about? Did you post your response to a completely different place here? Because I don’t recall ever saying I didn’t like Jupiter.
stop dreaming! and smell the coffee dear. shitennou and sailor senshi are official canon.
Naoko didn’t directed the entire sailor moon 90’s. SHE DID SUGGESTED THOUGH, THAT THE SHITENNOU SHOULD BE WITH THE SENSHI.
YOU forgot to mention in here that Nephrite was love struck after seeing Jupiter. recalling some past events when he recalls something about the way he have seen that look before. its obviously PLASTERED IN HIS FACE LOOKING AT JUPITER. HEHEHE. THEN— HE CAN’T GET OVER ABOUT JUPITER IN EPISODE 6. THE FACT THAT HE FELT SOMETHING FOR JUPITER, AND THEY WERE DEBATING AND FIGHTING ABOUT LOVE. WHICH IS WHY ITS UNACCEPTABLE FOR HIM TO FEEL THAT WAY AT THAT TIME. HEHEHE. IT LOWERS HIS PRIDE. NO WONDER HE WAS SO AFFECTED BY JUPITER. LOL. I WILL SURELY COPY PASTE EVERYTHING FOR YOU.
you also forgot to mention here dude, that Makoto is the only female who was targeted to be taken by her energy, after they specifically took energies of brooms (male)
Nephrite controls the mannequin, how the fk does this Mannequin AND NEPHRITE knows Makoto likes THIS DUDE MOTOKI? who happens to have a girlfriend Reika? huh?!!! and soon to be fiance WHICH BY THE WAY, HE ISN’T EVEN into marrying stage at that time. hmmmm…. why is that?! and why does the freaking mannequin also throws the same attack just like Makoto… with that freaking black petal rose?! why ? oh is it because Nephrite also happens to unconsciously took special liking to Makoto? hehehe. and why does the freaking mannequin has the same hair style with Makoto? is it because Nephrite in the past, wants to see Jupiter in that dress?!
why is it, MAKOTO NEVER even went to take a fitting for any wedding dress, and still she was the only one targeted, after all, she is not the only one who looked at the wedding dress outside, sailor moon and ami, also have Senshi energy, which by the way, is pretty high. and Sailor moon also like the idea of getting married. SO WHY IS IT ONLY JUPITER,
i could write on and on… i really have many things to write down about this…. the hints that NAOKO wants to let us viewers see… but i will copy paste what i have read somewhere instead. i will get back to this. i agree with WTF.
naru is a goner… she could go with OMINO. besides, she is way to young for him. and TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. SHE NEVER HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH NEPHRITE… ITS JUST THE ANIME PRODUCTION WHO DID THAT. NOT NAOKO. HEHE.
JADEITE- MARS
KUNZITE-VENUS
ZOISITE-MERCURY (AND BY THE WAY, ZOISITE IS NOT GAY,
THE 3 STARLIGHT ARE NOT REALLY BOYS EITHER. HEHEHE
AND OF COURSE
NEPHRITE-JUPITER. AS OFFICIAL CANON BY NAOKO TAKEUCHI
DID I FORGET TO TELL YOU, THE 4 KINGS, WAS LATER REVIVED AFTER , AND TURNED INTO A STONE- COURTESY OF MAMORU TALKING TO HIS STONE. TEHEHEHE.
Of the picture of each Shitennou paired up with a Senshi Naoko Takeuchi wrote, ”
This is the title page for the conclusion of the first series of Sailor Moon. It had a great deal of impact on the first series. Probably because the four couplings on the right side were very unexpected. I was thinking of love stories of the previous lives of these couples. I’d like to be able to draw that someday…” BY NAOKO
THEN SUDDENLY, THE CRYSTAL APPEARS… AND VOILA! AS REQUESTED AND SUGGESTED BY NAOKO FOR YOUR EYES ONLY! she added it instead in the animation.
fyi! the sailor moon 90’s anime is the only different story phase of all the 90’s anime/manga in their generation. like what?????!!!!!!! hahahaha. she did requested and suggested some shts in there… BUT I AM SURE ITS NOTHING TO DO WITH NARU. HEHEHE. oh sht! she should really stick to OMINO! i HATE SHORT HAIR ANIME BTCHES THE MOST BY THE WAY.
JUPITER/NEPHRITE CANON IS OFFICIAL. AFTER ALL JUPITER HAS BEEN THROUGH, SHE NEEDS A KNIGHT WHO COULD COMFORT HER… AND THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN NEPHRITE AND MAKOTO IN THIS CHAPTER IS SPECIALLY REALLY STRONG.
NEPHRITE IS OF COURSE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO KNOW THE HUMAN EMOTION IS ABOUT LOVE, AND THAT IS THE ONE HE IS GOING TO TARGET, THAT IS WHY HE IS THE ADVISER OF MAMORU. NOT BECAUSE OF SOME 90’S ANIME . HEHEHE. ISNT IT OBVIOUS WHY he became the knight of intelligence and comfort?!!!!
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, actually its because something about his past. if you can connect the dots that is.
Naru is with Omino… or should i say… none at all. hehehe.
and what the fck? i don’t care if i used to feel bad about Nephrite way back then… i didn’t even considered them back then even after watching it.
OMINO is the MAN! hahaha.
please re-read the Live Action! Naoko didn’t even directed that. the writer director of the Live action even change a lot of shts in it, so what makes you think the 90’s anime is no different from it. to make it look like Unique from the story line. like adding sailor LUNA! and a freaking lot more added that was never in the original. Like What???! lol…NAOKO DIDN’T DO THAT. hehe.
fighting evil like moonlight… bwahahahhahahaaa