What is it that you love about the musicals? I've always been fascinated by their existence, but I've never been able to wrap my mind around what exactly they deliver that's different than the manga/anime/toku versions.

You mean Haruka/Uranus? In this house we respect the androgynous King.

Also the reason Stars didn't get a US release was because the rights lapsed, not content. That was debunked years ago.

It's the depth of character development. Because of the longer
run time, because there is only a finite amount of source material, the longer the musicals have gone on, the more exciting and creative the solutions have been when exploring canon, and that, for me, has been breathtaking to watch. I guess one of the strongest points of resonance for me personally is in how some of the stories juxtapose Pluto and Beryl as older women; that really, really interests.

It doesn't hurt that they also have wonderful musical numbers, especially the original "SeraMyu" musicals from Bandai. For me, La Solider is as inherently iconic as a part of Sailor Moon as Moonlight Densetsu. I'm positive I'm not the only one saying such things too.

Oh, and also, there's like a whole arc where Sailor Moon faces off against Dracula. What more could you want than that?

Sailor Moon Crystal III is off to a wild start with the hunt for the 3 talismans. Also the joinence of the remaining Sailor Guardians and the new elite school. The last 13 are going to be nuts.