Sunday, June 12, 2016

Review: Sailor Moon Crystal Act 26 - Replay - Never Ending

As the Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Mask get pulled deeper into the void created by Death Phantom, Sailor Moon uses her Moon Rod on him pushing everyone back to Crystal Tokyo, except for herself.


Tuxedo Masks begins to glow, as he feels the power of Sailor Moon going through his body, when he suddenly vanishes. The Crystal Palace begins to glow, and Neo Queen Serenity finally wakes up. She makes her way to King Endymion's resting place, and with a single kiss revives him from his eternal sleep. They both go outside to greet the other Sailor Senshi. Sailor Chibi Moon apologizes for everything that she did. Neo Queen Serenity tells her everything is fine, it was just a few mistakes, and now with her new power, Sailor Chibi Moon can help protect the future as well. Neo Queen Serenity teleports Sailor Pluto's body back to the palace as she thanks her for what she did to prevent even more destruction. Neo Queen Serenity tells Sailor Chibi Moon that only she can find Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask. She gives her a space time key and tells her to help them. Neo Queen Serenity also gives Chibi Moon a Moon Rod like the one Sailor Moon has before she leaves to find Sailor Moon.


Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon are floating somewhere in space, when they see Death Phantom. He tells them he will kill them and then use the Malefic Black Crystal to control the entire Universe. Tuxedo Mask encourages her to keep fighting, When they kiss, the light of the Silver Crystal brings Sailor Chibi Moon to them. Death Phantom taunts them, but Sailor Moon encourages Sailor Chibi Moon to fight with everything they have. They use both their Moon Rods at the same time and with their combined strength, they destroy the planet Nemesis and Death Phantom, but with the consequence of Sailor Moon's compact shattering.


Back on the moon, the Malefic Black Crystals are destroyed, and Neo Queen Serenity uses her Heart Moon Rod to return the moon back to normal. She also gives the Sailor Senshi new Planet Powers to help Sailor Moon continue to fight. The Sailor Senshi go to the Time Door to meet Sailor Moon. Neo Queen Serenity can not go with them because her future self can not meet her past self. She still bestows new powers to Sailor Moon, Cosmic Powers.


Back at the Time Gate, everyone is their to greet Sailor Moon. As they are about to head home, Neo Queen Serenity broke her rule, wanting to meet her old self and they meet for a moment.


Back in the present day, Usagi wakes up in her room, remembering everything that has happened. Chibiusa wakes her up and they both head out because Chibiusa needs to go back to the future. This makes Usagi sad, who rushes home. Chibiusa follows her back to try and comfort her, only making them both cry. They hug it out, but Chibiusa still needs to leave. They go back to the park where they first met, Mamoru shows up with the Tuxedo Mask doll he won for her at the arcade. Chibiua gives Usagi a Heart Moon Rod like the one Neo Queen Serenity has, before she uses the Time Key to go back to the future. Usagi and Mamoru are back on their date like they never left it that fateful day when Chibiusa fell on top of them, when all of a sudden Luna P falls out of the sky, followed once again by Chibiusa. Chibiusa gives them a letter from Neo Queen Serenity, telling Usagi to take care of Chibiusa and train her to be a strong warrior.


The end of this arc was a bit bland. The action wasn't as great as the original Sailor Moon R final episodes, and I really wish the sequence to kill Death Phantom was a bit longer. There was a ton of narrative however that cleanly rapped up this story, which was actually good. We do have the ending leaving more opened for the Death Busters Arc, having Chibiusa return to the past to train with Sailor Moon. In terms of following the manga, yes, it stayed truthful entirely to the mangas chapter, which I am so happy about and can not wait till the third season of this series!

Rating: 7/10

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