Review: Sailor Moon Crystal Act 2 - Ami - Sailor Mercury

Act 2 of Sailor Moon Crystal is another episode taken straight from the manga. Although this story has been basically told over and over as well as the main origins of the original Sailor Senshi is the same in every version of the series.

Ami is a new student and a loner at the school Usagi is attending. All the other student's dont even want to go near her as they basically say she is weird and practically a nerd and don't want anything to do with her cause she has nothing in common with the other girls of the school. It's Luna who finds the interest in Ami, and kind of lures Usagi to her to try and be her friend.

The two girls end up hanging out together and going to the arcade, where we really see how determined of a person Ami is when she plays the Sailor V game and actually reaches levels unattainable by others, and actually winning "prizes" for herself and Usagi. She realizes that she is late for her after school study classes for her High School Entrance exams, so she runs off leaving Usagi a bit confused and worried.

We learn that the Dark Moon Kingdom is actually stealing energy from the students at this after school class, and Usagi then must go to the rescue by using the new "prize" Ami won her, the Transformation Pen, and her Sailor powers to once again save the day from Jadeite before he can cause to much damage to the rest of the class. Ami also regains her memories and transforms into Sailor Mercury during the battle with this episodes enemy.

For the most part, this series is still going on the right track. I know a lot of people complain that characters are not what they remembered from the original series, but this is how they actually were in the original series. The manga came first and it was much more fast paced then the original anime series.

I really also love the action sequences. We no longer get stock footage of the same attacks over and over every episode. Sailor Moon's Tiara finisher is completely different this time around from the last time she used it.

I honestly can't find anything wrong with this series at all. The character designs are beautiful; taken completely from the manga with bright colors used in every scene. The music used is both captivating, emotional, and nostalgic. The writing is superb. I actually feel like the pages are jumping off of the TV at me.

Only 2 episodes in so far, this is a series that will be remembered for many years to come in my book.

Rating: 8/10