The full extent of Professor Tomoe’s crazy makes itself known to all!
And it’s all here in the latest Sailor Moon Crystal.
ThisSailor Moon Crystalreview contains spoilers.
Shes also got a hold on the Chibi-Usa situation by guarding her soul.
I continue to be impressed by Hotarus strength of will.
He is crazy as a shithouse rat.
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Tomoes backstory here clears up a few things besides his true nature.
Kaolinite gets a posthumous backstory which confirms that she was originally human and Tomoes lab assistant.
And apparently with accessories.
Its also a little strange to me that all their hairstyles are in place.
I know it was for the sake of character recognition, but its still ridiculous.
The villains arent the only ones to get some backstory.
They were lonely, not just Pluto but all of them.
It makes me wonder if Haruka and Michirus romance is exclusive to present day.
Its kind of hard to make a relationship work when youre permanently stationed on different planets.
I mean, I know it was just a visual and they actually inhabited castles that orbited their planets.
It makes their current relationship all the more poignant.
What really makes this episode stand out to me is its simplicity.
If you really think about it, not much actually happened.
It was a very straightforward story without a lot of moving parts, but it worked very well.
It was so incredibly effective because of the emotional context provided for what was going on.
Knowing what Professor Tomoe was all about set the stage for the final conflict.
Knowing that he was a complete sociopath and narcissist eliminated all ambiguity about what had to be done.
There was no saving this guy.
There was nothing to save.
Was Keiko a mad scientist too?
Everything hes done and everything weve learned about him have brought us to this point.
Even Hotaru is able to accept this.
Have I mentioned how fucking amazing this kid is?
This, of course, brings us to the Chibi-Usa segment.
Im happy that the gaybaiting I was worried about at the start of the season has all but disappeared.
Not all true love is romantic.
Chibi-Usa and Hotaru are really the best friendship we get in this series.
Theres really nothing else like it in theSailor Moonfranchise.
So, now that Tomoes gone, its really Mistress 9s show to run.
Pharaoh 90 is still waiting in the wings.
They got the good animation team back for this one.
Even with Mistress 9s crazed Luffy eyes, its looking good.
The music was solid too.
The score during the fight with Professor Tomoes final form was on point.
It was the perfect Part 2 to an expertly executed Part 1.
Rating:
4 out of 5
