Monday, May 23, 2016

Review: Sailor Moon Crystal Act 23 - Covert Maneuvers - Wiseman

The female apparition appears to Tuxedo Mask. He thinks its Usagi and goes with her.


The real Sailor Moon and Sailor Guardians tell Sailor Pluto they are going to go into the time stream after Tuxedo Mask. Sailor Pluto agrees to help them. As they begin to trek through the time stream, they can't find anything at all. They believe though that Tuxedo Mask did fine Chibiusa and that they are safe. They eventually find Chibiusa's Luna P ball. Sailor Pluto tells them they need to go back; it's too dangerous to continue on. Sailor Moon passes out.


Prince Demande and Saphir wake up inside of the Dark Chamber. The female apparition appears in full form to them. She tells them the entire planet Nemesis is on fire all due to the Reactor exploding. Prince Demande notices the black moon symbol on her head, but she refuses to tell them who she is and takes them to Wiseman's castle. Prince Demande thinks the girl looks like Queen Serenity. When they reach Wiseman's palace, he reveals that the girl is Chibiusa grown up. When Saphir asks about Rubeus, Chibiusa reveals that Wiseman killed her. When Prince Demande demands to know what Wiseman really wants, he puts Prince Demande and Saphir under a trance. Wiseman also has Chibiusa's Silver Crystal. There is no power however since Neo Queen Serenity or Sailor Moon are the only two who can use them. He hands the Silver Crystal back to Chibiusa and tells her to get Sailor Moon's as well. She plans to launch another Malefic Black Crystal into the Earth. It is also revealed that Tuxedo Mask is under Chibiusa's spell and she will use him as well to get the crystal.


Usagi wakes up from a dream with Chibiusa as an adult and Mamoru walking away from her. She wakes up back in her room with all of her friends. They went back to Earth so Usagi could recover. Usagi is happy to be home but she still needs to find Chibiusa and Mamoru for her to truly be happy. Her friends agree to help her continue to look. Her friends leave for the night. A Space Time Key falls from the sky in front of Usagi. As she reaches for it time begins to react. All of her friends feel it as well and head back to her house. They agree to go back to the 30th Century, transforming and then teleporting.


They reach the Time Gate, Pluto opens the door for them and they see another Malefic Black Crystal in place. Chibiusa visits her mother's tomb in the palace, when King Endymion interrupts her visit. She reveals she is Chibiusa all grown up. When Sailor Moon and the others arrive, she realizes that the woman is Chibiusa right away. Chibiusa gets kicked out of the palace as she tries to attack Sailor Moon and take her crystal. Chibiusa gives up her name and tells them all she is now Black Lady, Queen of Darkness, Queen of Nemesis.


This episode wasn't the best as it did kind of waiver back to almost boring in terms of content from the previous episode. It did follow the manga's chapter accurately however. It wasn't due to there being no action that made this episode not as great as previous ones, it was the fact that all of our characters seemed to be walking in circles the entire time. We got quite a bit of time with the Black Moon however which was a plus, but it still wasn't enough to really save this episode.

Rating: 3/10

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