Back at the Black Moon headquarters, the enemies plan their next attack against Earth. They are trying to revive the planet Nemesis with the power of the Malefic Black Crystal, but the Silver Crystal must be destroyed before that can happen. Prince Demande leaves Esmeralde, Rubeus, and Saphir to decide where they will strike next. Rubeus decided to send out the last of the Spectre Sister, Calaveras, to take on Operation 004, Code Rebirth, to avenger her sisters.
Back at Usagi's home, Usagi, Minako, and Mamoru confront Chibiusa. She tells them she is trying to saver her mother, but that is the only information that is given. Usagi goes to school when Naru and Umino meet up with her and show her a video with Calaveras in a trance by Rubeus. The Black Moon is trying to get through the people of Earth with the use of channeling. Usagi leaves to tell the others what she saw, leaving Naru to suspect that there is a lot more to Usagi then her being just a normal school girl. Calaveras is planning on doing a public seance in a park in Tokyo.
Mamoru calls forth the apparitions of his knights at his apartment. They discuss with him about the Black Moon. They too do not know how to defeat them or what they are planning, but they do lift Mamoru's hopes up that he will be needed in the coming fight.
That night, while Usagi is sleeping, Chibiusa steals her brooch. The next morning is the seance. Minako, Luna, and Artemis are all attending it and try to stop Calaveras from brainwashing everyone at the park while Usagi looks for Chibiusa. Minako transforms into Sailor Venus. Calaveras summons spirits of her deceased sisters to help her fight. She manages to trap Venus in energy chains. Usagi eventually finds Chibiusa at a fountain. Rubeus finds them and attacks, but Tuxedo Mask arrives and defends them. Tuxedo Mask finally uses his awakened power "Tuxedo The Smoking Bomber," making Rubeus retreat. Chibiusa gives back the brooch to Usagi so she can transform into Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon arrives at the park, breaking Venus out of the energy chains. She uses her Moon rod, defeating Calaveras for good and managing to protect Venus from being captured by the Black Moon. Sailor Moon asks why Chibiusa took the brooch. Chibiusa explains she thought with the power of two Silver Crystals she would be able to save her mother. Chibiusa is from the 30th Century and she finally admits she needs Sailor Moons help to save her home.
This episode has so much to take in. I know this all took place originally in a single chapter of the original manga series, but they really crammed so much development in this episode it could have been split into two or even three episodes. First off we learn why Chibiusa is in the present day and that she is from the future timeline that our heroes will one day be a part of. We also learn why the Black Moon is really after Chibiusa. There was quite a bit of character development for Mamoru as well as we got to see his knights once again from the previous season and the awakening of his own inner power. One thing in the manga that I felt was this chapter was a bit more about Sailor Venus, as the original title suggests, but the episode version seemed to focus more on Mamoru. With so much detail and plot from this one chapter trying to fit it into a 23 minute episode, it began to seem a bit convoluted. I love how they have been trying to cover each manga chapter into a single episode but for this episode in particular it doesn't seem to really work and just began to get me completely lost at certain points.
Rating: 4/10
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