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Sailor Stars : 4 of 5
8.09.2007 7:43 AM \| Link	I've finally finished watching every episode of Sailor Stars, the 5th season of Sailor Moon, and it only took me a year since I finished Sailor Moon Super S! This season was particularly fun and interesting, and now that I've seen it I can understand why it was never released in the US market, since the story involves lots of gender-bending. The plot is still a great one, though, starting off with a mini-arc about another encounter with their old enemy Queen Neherenia (quickly resolved in about six episodes), and next switching into the main story involving the new villain Lady Galaxia and the new heroes, the Sailor Starlights (who are actually girl Sailor Soldiers, but turn into boy pop idols when they aren't fighting enemies!). The best element of the story is that Mamoru is out of the picture most of the time, so Usagi gets to have a tentative, uncomfortable, and sweet romance with Seiya, one of the Starlights. Their scenes together are really emotional, even if we know all along that Usagi and Mamoru will end up together in the end. The middle of the series gets into a typical Sailor Moon formula (an enemy tries to steal a Star Seed from someone, which turns them into a monster, which the Sailor Soldiers defeat), but I kind of like the repetitive consistency. It's great to see all of the Sailor Solders together (even Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn), and of course, the crazy attack names get better and better - Sailor Moon's main attack is now "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" and one of the Starlights attacks with "Star Gentle Uterus!" (I swear I am not making this up!). So now I've seen all the Sailor Moon there is to see (though I'm going to watch the three movies again since I bought that set, too), and I'm still a fan! Labels: anime, dvds, sailor moon


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