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PGSM - Act Seven
This episode starts out with a bang, as Moon verses a youma that appears to be made out of straw and carries a sword.
She throws her tiara at it, but there's another one right behind her that throws daggers at her. Tuxedo Kamen jumps in front of her and uses his cane to deflect the flying metal objects.... but one of them grazes his shoulder.
The youma escapes off into the distance. While Moon vents about this, she turns around to see that Tux has gone.
She chases him (Jumping off a building to do so.) But a voice tells her not to follow him.
It's Sailor V! She... sorta looks like a senshi. A little.
She tells Moon that Tuxedo Kamen is dangerous and that she should think of him as her enemy.
Luna barges in to ask Sailor V straight out if she's their princess, but Sailor V just runs away.
Moon is more concerned about Tuxedo Kamen being her enemy (How could anybody that cute be her enemy?) than she is about Sailor V avoiding answering Luna's question.
The white shitennou from the last minute of the previous episode is now in a dark room, sitting at a piano, his long cape spread gracefully behind him on the floor. Part of the room looks like, well, a normal room, but the ceiling is a cave.
Nephrite and Jadiete report to Beryl, that Zoisite (The white shitennou) thinks that the Princess might be Sailor V. Beryl, it seems, does not like the Princess, as she tells Nephrite to tell Zoisite to kill her if he gets the chance.
Nephrite says he will, but he is doubtful that Zoisite is up for the task. It seems that the third shitennou is more independent than the other two, although really Nephrite doesn't like being treated as a messenger. (Angry Nephrite face!) Beryl tells him to leave Zoisite to do things his own way - Nephrite has a task of his own - to find that all-important Crystal.
Once they leave Beryl's room, Nephrite teases Jadiete a bit, saying that Beryl is starting to get tired of him. Jadiete basically tells Nephrite to mind his own business. The shitennou don't appear to get along very well. Zoisite continues to play the piano. He does that a lot.
Back at Crown, Usagi is still struggling with Sailor V's warning. How can Tuxedo Kamen be her enemy if he saved her so often? She concludes, logically, that he can't be her enemy.
As she walks in, she sees Motoki holding up a suit coat and examining a rip in it.... exactly where Tux was hurt before. Could it be? Could he be Tuxedo Mask?
Downstairs, the senshi discuss Tuxedo Mask and Sailor V. If she knows all of this, perhaps she is the Princess they've been looking for. Luna says that when they find the Princess, she will tell them something important - of course either Luna doesn't know what that is, or she's just not telling.
Usagi decides it's best not to bring up Tuxedo Mask at this point in the conversation.
Later that night, Luna asks Usagi if she's fallen in love with Tux - which she promptly denies. It's just, she says "He's always saving me"
Luna doesn't quite believe her - about not having a crush that is - and she reminds her that she should stay away from Tux.
Usagi says she understands, but she doesn't want Tuxedo Kamen to be her enemy, so she hides under the blankets.
The next day, Usagi (And the audience at home) finally find out Motoki's name, when she brings him food for his turtle. In return for the food, he offers her some tickets to an amusement park.
So, Usagi, Rei and Makoto go off to the park.... where she sees the person she least wants to see in the world - Mamoru. Turns out that he and Motoki are friends too, and he was invited to the park.
Usagi is delighted by this news.
While Usagi is complaining to her friends, she misses something important - Motoki returns Mamoru's tuxedo to him, saying he got it fixed.
Motoki's other friend, Takae arrives, complete with fuzzy turtle backpack.. He's just as turtle obsessed as Motoki.
They do rock paper scissors to determine who will be partnered with who on the rides, and as luck would have it, Mamoru and Usagi get paired together. (Makoto and Motoki get paired as well)
Usagi is upset - this was supposed to be a date with Motoki. Makoto switches with her, so Usagi can go with Motoki.
Mamoru isn't offended once he figures out that all of this was because Usagi wanted to go with Motoki.
Rei is paired with Takae... who gets the hiccups when left alone with girls. Rei is like "Oh this will be fun" She walks around with him, trying to help him with his hiccups while the other four go on rides. (Although actually it only follows Usagi and Motoki). Usagi is excited to be spending time with "Tuxedo Kamen" but she realizes that Motoki is quite different. She thinks - hopes - that it's all just an act to hide his identity.
They end up in rowboats on a lake. Motoki and Usagi are drifting lazily when Makoto power-rows past. Mamoru looks kind of amused, and asks if she wants him to row, but she says no.
Motoki admires some turtles, and they take this chance to make a pun on Usagi's name. Her name means rabbit, and he likes turtles, so she thinks that it's like the tortoise and the hare.
I am not sure the comparison fits.
She can't help but think, though, that this doesn't seem right. If she's with Tux, she should be happier.
Next they're off to a house of mirrors, which, despite best efforts, leads to all four of them being separated. Motoki doesn't seem too pleased about this.
Meanwhile, Takae tries another remedy for hiccups. Rei is bored to tears, when suddenly her sixth sense kicks in and she spots a youma. Somehow, nobody else seems to notice. Then again, they are at an amusement park, so I suppose he could just be in a bad costume.
She takes off after it, with a confused Takae trailing after her.
Usagi and Mamoru run into each other, and Mamoru reveals that Motoki is claustrophobic. While the two argue, Makoto finds Motoki and comforts him.
Mamoru grabs Usagi's hand so they won't be separated. As he pulls her along, Usagi's heart starts pounding - just like it did when Tuxedo Kamen took her hand.
Rei can't find the youma... but while she's busy looking for it, it possess Takae. So, as youma-possessed people do, he goes around stealing energy. Only this time, he stores it in the turtle backpack. Rei tries to Make Up, but he gets to her first and steals her energy, so she can't. What she can do is get her phone out and call the other two.
Makoto got Motoki out of the maze (that was nice of her) while Usagi is still inside.
By this point, Usagi and Mamoru have been separated again, which is a good thing, now she can Make Up. The problem is... in a house of mirrors... you never can tell who can see you.
Mamoru is in total shock. Usagi is Sailor Moon?
The senshi make excellent time reaching Rei - I guess the park isn't that big. They see a bunch of collapsed people, and youma-possessed-Takae (with a very large backpack) draining energy.
The bag must be full to capacity, because the youma leaves his body and grabs the bag, making a run for it.
Jupiter and Moon do some cartwheels.... starlight forbid they actually *run*.... and surround the youma. Sailor Moon demands that it return the energy. She doesn't seem all that surprised when, instead of complying, he starts to fight instead.
Moon learned from her previous encounter with this youma, and together she and Jupiter defeat it.
But, the bag goes flying out the window.
They go out to retrieve it when a voice tells them not to touch it. Jupiter thinks it's another youma, or at least a youma-possessed-person, but she soon realizes that's not the case.
Jadiete introduces himself as one of Queen Beryl's followers, and also one of the Shitennou - Jadiete.
He's.... rather angry with the senshi and he blasts at them.
The senshi are in trouble.... which means it's time for Tuxedo Kamen to make a dramatic entrance, as he takes the blast... burning a hole in his glove in process.
Jadiete grabs the bag and runs, which is what he probably should have done in the first place, but Moon throws her tiara, slicing it open and releasing the energy.
Jadiete storms off in a huff.
Moon chases after Tux, and uses her handkerchief (I'm not sure where she kept it during the battle - I don't think her uniform has pockets) to bandage his hurt hand. She asks why he always saves them and he responds: "I don't know."
As she watches him go, she realizes that she does feel excited around him, but she doesn't know why.
Sailor V turns up (After all the fighting is over) and reminds Moon that she warned her, but Moon says she can't stay away from him.
V sighs and mutters something about fate before exiting the scene and the episode.
Usagi reveals to the others that she thought Motoki was Tux, but now she knows he can't be.
"Tuxedo Kamen... who are you?" Usagi asks the air.
Then, as if to answer her question, we scene change to Mamoru. There are a lot of flashbacks of Moon and Usagi to indicate he is thinking about her, and then he stuffs her handkerchief in his pocket and heads out.
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