[DreamSword]

Act 11

It's the start of our first two-parter!

And one problem I've always had when covering multi-part episodes is that I find myself not knowing what to say when talking about only one part.

I dunno, it's just always felt weird to me to judge something that isn't complete. Thus many things I can think to examine is immediately stonewalled in my own head with the idea that the next part might bring it all together.

As such, this post will be less about my impressions and opinions and moreso about the events of the episode itself. of which the core of the plot here is a bit of a deeper look into Sailor V, and more importantly, her idol/civilian identity of Mina. Who also believes herself to be the Moon Princess.

There are some interesting bits of foreshadowing here too. Namely in some characters not being who they appear to be. Hints that Mina might not actually be the Princess and that Serena shouldn't be Sailor Moon for some reason. And that's not even getting into the weird min meld that Tuxedo Mask ends up doing with Zoicite in the episode's' climax.

I will say this, there was a noticeable amount of tiny character moments that I did appreciate. Stuff like Motoki still trying to impress Serena, Darien keeping the handkerchief he got from Sailor Moon, and all the puppetry with Luna(even when she's in the background!). The episode is certainly an enjoyable one, but I dunno, I just can't feel myself going all in on it until I see how the next episode closes things off. Take that for what you will.