Chibi-usa continues to be a bit of a mystery, although we find out that she is terrified of the black crystal the Dark Moon kingdom uses, and we also find out a little more about why she wants the Legendary Silver Crystal. While this doesn’t do much to flesh out the Dark Moon’s agenda or the characters themselves, it does at least give a little more depth to their characterization beyond the “bad guys doing bad stuff” approach. While nothing particularly substantial, the episod does throw into question the presence of “Wiseman”, and shows that there may not be complete unity among the Dark Moon in relation to Wiseman’s involvement. On the other hand, the episode does do a good job of giving screen time to a variety of characters, including the Dark Moon group. Then again, I suppose Ami is the only one who truly got that treatment.

While she does get some decent screen time throughout the episode, we don’t really find out anything about her that we don’t already know, which is a shame. Sadly, this episode doesn’t really give the spotlight to Minako as it did to the other Senshi in the past weeks. Minako, on the other hand, is out for vengeance. With three of the five Senshi now taken prisoner by the Black Moon, it is understandable that morale is pretty low-at least for Usagi. Well, that prediction was surprisingly wrong. So, do you remember that prediction I made at the end of my last review? Of course you do.

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