Sailor Moon R episode 51 review
It’s wacky shenanigans time again. This time, Umino saves a spot at a certain spot under the cherry blossoms, and Naru zips him up in his own sleeping bag while everyone else has a picnic. True love. Then Usagi puts hot sauce on a sandwich and gives it to Rei. The two of them just can’t get along, can they?
Eventually Sailor Moon meets up with Queen Serenity and gets a power-up. This is shojo and not shonen, so she doesn’t scream her way to a power-up. But now her tiara works again and she can transform via Moon Crystal Power, which had a way cooler song in the DiC dub than it does for real. In any case, Sailor Moon gets help from Moonlight Knight, then defeats the enemy (for now). And then everyone goes back to being themselves.
This episode gets high marks for being really funny. There was so much humor going on that I didn’t think we’d even have time for Usagi to transform into Sailor Moon. If it’s entertaining enough, then it ought to be rewarded with a high score, even if very little progress (if any) was made on the plot. That’s going to be the case with nearly every episode.
Best Sailor Guardian of the episode: Mars (2)
Episode rating: 8/10
Tommy A. Phillips 