#sms2e9

Which, honestly, is such a tease of an answer. Like, why can’t you? I mean, the girls all know each other - if you’re on their side, wouldn’t it make things easier. Ugh. Secret identities. They’re the worst.

“He reminds me of the one who broke my heart!” cue laugh track ... REI. What are you doing?

What are ANY of them doing??

nice split

YOOOOOOOOO

YOOOOOOOOOO

Honestly while I’m still not super excited - the episode is still pretty average at best - this new power looks sick af. A dragon made out of lightning? How cool is that!?

Nice to see continuity at work, here. Continuing from the 6th episode of this season, Venus still has the power up.

Mars saved Moon and Mercury, with the added hilarity of Very Good Faces. I mean, just look at that!

This segment honestly surprised me. Sailor Moon showed up, went through her stance and was about to finish her Line when Ail interrupted her

like, damn, son. Did you pour glow-sticks into your contacts??

Well, this is.... romantic? It’s hard to get a read on these two sometimes. An seems to be into it, anyway, and they do end up working together again to try and beat the Sailor Scouts. So all’s good in paradise, I guess.

Honestly, the monster this week seems pretty one-note... actually, this whole episode is pretty one note. Aside from a few good reaction images (here’s looking at you, Ami), nothing really stands out this episode.

Oh, look, they’re captured. How will they get out of thiiiiis?

I must go! My people need me! - Usagi, sometimes. Ami continues to have the best faces. I almost want a collage of them.

So Ail and Makoto are discussing what it means to show love to someone, or what it means to experience it. Makoto explains that love is something you give, while Ail understands it only as something you take. I’m not well versed enough on the subject, being still single at my age, but this show is probably going to go with Makoto’s view on this. Honestly, I think a balance is needed - if you give to much of yourself away, right at the start, that’s unhealthy. But you can’t just take and take, either. Only when you truly love and trust someone completely can you give your all.

Usagi may be the laziest hero I’ve ever seen in a show. How do you sleep in late, sleep through class, and forget your homework? I mean, probably just a bad day, but seriously, girl. Get it together.

Uh, ok. Is Love the energy of the Doom Tree? Because that’s the vibe I’m getting from her. Or maybe they just don’t know what the actual energy is? I dunno, man. This is all sorts of whack.

Oh, she is PISSED. Ok, Ail, the smart thing would be to go with your ‘sister’ and ignore Makoto -

You utter buffoon.

Did Charles Shultz draw her face for a frame??

Honestly both expressions in the second panel are A+ reactions

Well, well, well. Look who’s been peeping on their ‘brother’. A jealous undercover girlfriend!

An and Makoto are going AT IT while Ail just started choking on his hot dog octopus. Also, side note, I actually got curious as to why I see those things so often in anime - and the first site that wasn’t a recipe blog had the headline “Why do Japanese people like wieners so much?” So my day has basically been made.

So we’re back to Makoto and she is just jumping right onto it Hey, Sailor Jupiter??? You don’t ask someone their fetishes on the first date! It’s just bad taste.