Review: Sailor Moon Crystal Act 8 - Minako - Sailor V

Sailor V, or Sailor Venus, finally reveals herself to the other girls, along with her very own white cat, Artemis. Artemis then reveals to the girls that she is also the Princess of the Silver Millennium and heir of the Silver Crystal. Now that the five senshi have finally gathered together, Sailor Moon's tiara transforms again. Zoicite, still alive, retreats back to the Dark Kingdom and Tuxedo Mask takes off. Sailor Venus then introduces herself to all of the other girls before powering down to reveal her identity as Aino Minako.

The girls all go back to the Arcade's Command Center where Minako fills everyone in on her adventures solving crime in Tokyo (read the Sailor V Manga for more). She also reveals a bit more information about the Dark Kingdom and that Beryl is really just a pawn and is trying to obtain the crystal for Metallia and how the two of them are responsible for destroying the Silver Millennium. The girls all depart to go home,

Usagi has another dream of a man who looks like Tuxedo Mask fighting people in the Silver Millennium. He keeps yelling out for Princess Serenity, while she yells out for Endymion.

The next day Usagi runs into Mamoru at a park. Mamoru apologizes for not being able to protect her against Zoicite. Usagi tries to return Mamoru's watch, but he tells her to keep it because he still has her handkerchief and they should exchange it during their next meeting.

Back in the Dark Kingdom, Metallia learns that all five senshi have assembled and that they must lure out the Princess. Beryl sends out Kunzite, the last of the four generals. Kunzite immediately sends a message to Minako to go to Tokyo Tower alone or everyone in Tokyo will die. On her way, the other girls run into her and ask if she can hang out, but she refuses and heads to the tower. Kunzite causes an entire city black out, draining all the energy from everyone.

Minako arrives at Tokyo Tower and transforms into Sailor Venus. Sailor Venus attacks Kunzite, but he counters with a much stronger attack. Sailor Venus tells her not to attack, he is not his true self. The other Senshi arrive to help out Sailor Venus. Kunzite attacks the girls, but they counter with their abilities. It doesn't stop Kunzite from trapping Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury in a bubble, and knocking Sailor Moon off the tower, but Tuxedo Mask arrives just in time to save her. Sailor Moon kisses him for the first time and then goes back into battle with the other senshi to stop Kunzite. As Kunzite is about to give Sailor Moon a final death blow, Tuxedo Mask jumps in front of her.

This episode is surprisingly very much an exact copy of the original chapter. The only difference that I noticed was the senshi originally all go to the tower together. The fight scenes were again exceptionally well done and for the most part, better then the original source material.

Rating: 8/10