Thursday, August 21, 2014

Review: Sailor Moon Crystal Act 4 - Masquerade



Well this was an interesting Episode as we got an almost exact retelling of the Manga Act 4, until we learn a couple of things...

This episode begins with us learning that a Princess is visiting our heroines town and she has some Legendary Crystal that she will be unveiling to the world. When all sides (Senshi, Dark Kingdom, and Tuxedo Mask) find out about this they all become very interested and all try to find a way to get into this Masquerade Party being thrown for the unveiling.

To our surprise, everyone seems to be invited to this little party except for Usagi (even her father is), so she has to use her Disguise Pen in order to transform herself into a princess herself so she can infiltrate the party.

After everyone is inside, we learn that Nephrite, one of the four Dark Kingdom Generals, is body swapping with his spirit and trying to get as close as possible to the Princess so he can take the Crystal for himself. This however doesn't turn out how he had hoped for and is eventually beaten by Sailor Moon and her new Moon Tiara. The Sailor Senshi once again save the day and enjoy the rest of the Masqueade after finding out that the crystal was not the one they were actually after.

I wouldn't have minded this episode, as I did enjoy the original chapter. My problem though is that Jadeite is shown again, alive and well, with the other generals and Beryl. Nephrite also does not meet his demise in this episode as well. I'm thinking they won't be dying until a bit later, with now probably some kind of filler arc, which I was hoping they would not do. Since the series is 26 Episodes, and we will be getting Jupiter in Act 5, it is still kind of a big mystery what they are actually doing since for the most part the Episodes and the Chapters are still somewhat following the general outline of the manga, but they have something they will be needing to explain come future episodes of the series.


Rating: 5/10



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