Usagi Tsukino has made her return to the Gundam Anime
Corner and we’re going to be spending the whole month of July with Sailor Moon
and her friends with Sailor Moon Crystal.
It’s been a few months since I concluded my year long look at the
original 90s series, looking over its highs, lows and Sailor Moon SuperS. While we’ve started dipping our toes into
Crystal, there’s still plenty I hope the show can improve on from its previous
iteration of Usagi and the Sailor Senshi.
We’ve already seen the Senshi starting to assemble a bit faster, so what
else can happen? That’s the topic of
todays Top 5 Wendesday (the first of what I hope is a full month of Sailor Moon
themed lists), these are the Top 5 Changes I Wanna See in Sailor Moon
Crystal/Eternal/Cosmos.
#5-Do we have to have Chibiusa fall for Pegasus Again? (Sailor Moon Eternal) While I don’t hold the relationship between Usagi and
Mamoru in the highest regards, the only romance I cant stand more in Sailor
Moon is the one between Chibiusa and Pegasus.
Much like with the former relationship, there’s no real fault on
Chibiusa’s part because she’s asking all the right questions and being a bit
more open than she should.
No Pegasus is
the problem.
Just like Mamoru, he speaks
in riddles or isnt clear about his intentions and his common tactic of keeping
things to himself typically leads to Chibiusa getting hurt in some way.
I know Sailor Moon Eternal covers this
particular arc of the Anime so I doubt axing this entire stupid first romance
for Chibiusa is gonna happen.
But a man
can dream though, right?
Like Usagi,
Chibiusa deserves beter.
#4-Give Venus a bigger role (Sailor Moon Crystal/Eternal/Cosmos)
Of the original quintet of Sailor Senshi, Sailor Venus
always struck me as the odd one out.
While Usagi, Rei, Ami and Mako all had well defined and plotted
character arcs, Minako was just kind of around without much direction.
She did finally settle on wanting to become a
world renowned Idol in Sailor Moon Sailor Stars but that was after 5 seasons of
aimless wandering and so-so comic relief.
Crystal can rectify this and hopefully beef up Minako’s overall role
within the Senshi.
After all, as Sailor
V, she was fighting the Dark Kingdom before Usagi even awoke to her
powers.
She’s got experience on her side
and should lend some of that knowledge and wisdom to the team.
I’ve always felt bad for not liking Minako
the same as I do the other girls.
Come
on Crystal, make me like her better.
#3-Make Sailor Uranus and Neptune Likeable (Sailor Moon Crystal)
My biggest criticism of Sailor Moon S were the star
attractions and everyones favorite Sailor Moon power couple, Uranus and Neptune.
For an entire season they were disrespectful,
arrogant, selfish and just generally unpleasant to Usagi and the Inner
Senshi.
They eventually got better by
Sailor Stars but damn they were stagnant in their first appearance.
Crystal can change this by dialing back the
over dramatic and unfriendly air of Haruka and Michiru and showing there’s more
to like about them beyond just being the bad ass Queens of the Sailor Moon Ships.
#2-A Better Ending (Sailor Moon Cosmos)
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars was almost as perfect a season
as Sailor Moon came close to…and then the finale happened.
After a season of well balanced drama and fun
adventure, the final episodes of the series went for a full on bleak and depressing
conclusion.
Sure Sailor Moon still won
but the road to get there was needlessly dark and left me wondering if anything
had been won at all.
The ending needs an
overhaul, big time.
First, don’t wipe the
Inner Senshi off the map so easily just to prove how strong Galaxia is.
Second, don’t make it just all about Usagi
and the Sailor Starlights, spread the hard work around the cast.
Third, don’t extend the fight just to keep
upping the stakes.
We get it, it’s the
grand finale, doesn’t mean it needs to take an eternity that makes us feel less
and less hopeful that Usagi will make it.
Oh and definitely make Galaxia more interesting beyond her visually
impressive wardrobe.
#1-Lose the Makai Tree and the Amazon Trio (Sailor Moon Crystal/Eternal)
Besides the end of Sailor Stars, the two things I hated
most about the original run of Sailor Moon were the Makai Tree filler arc that
started Sailor Moon R and the bulk of Sailor Moon SuperS.
The Makai Tree Arc lasted longer than needed
and it’s main threats, the twins An and Ail were boring as heck.
As for the Amazon Trio, they may be the thing
I truly hate the most about Sailor Moon in general.
Their plots are the same and are all sick,
twisted and aimed at younger targets so often these three need to be on a damn watchlist.
Crystal and Eternal (which probably cover
both Sailor Moon R and SuperS) would do better than to just leave these two atrocities
out of the mix.
Have Crystal just jump
right into the Black Moon Arc and have SuperS skip right to the Amazoness
Quartet, aka the better villains of SuperS.
BUT If they Amazon Trio does have to pop in…girls wipe them out fast and
make it hurt.
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