Since I last left off on Episode 5 and made a difficult decision to delay reviews of Episode 6 and 7 until Episode 8 was released, there was beginning tension towards Tuxedo Mask by Luna, and Sailor Moon was then chosen to lead the Sailor Senshi. So, instead of separating each episode into short paragraphs, I will combine the aspects of all three episodes into one.
WARNING! THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!
We begin when Luna and the Sailor Senshi start to suspect Tuxedo Mask of being an enemy instead of an ally. However, Usagi still has feeling towards Tuxedo Mask, even though she still doesn't know who he is yet. Meanwhile, Mamoru is still trying to find out the secret of the Legendary Silver Crystal. It isn't until the Dark Kingdom attacks the city through the process of mind-control like they did in several of the previous episodes. Soon, a battle between the Dark Kingdom and the Sailor Senshi commences, and at the right moment, Tuxedo Mask comes in to help Sailor Moon. After Usagi faints from exhaustion, Mamoru takes her to his apartment where she wakes up in his bed with him looking at her from the doorway. It's at this moment that Usagi finds out that the man who always picked on her since the first episode is none other than her ally. Mamoru reveals to Usagi that he has been alone most of his life after his parents died in a car accident. He survived the crash but lost his memory, and he has recently been getting dreams about getting the Legendary Silver Crystal. He believes that it would help him regain his memories of who he once was. Afterwards, Usagi leaves but realises that she accidentally took a pocket watch that belonged to Mamoru. She soon meets up with the other Sailor Senshi, who find out that there is a DVD store that are renting out DVDs commanding people to capture Sailor Moon. Of course, the Dark Kingdom end up having another battle with the Sailor Senshi after they cure the citizens from the effects of the DVDs. However, another surprise comes when Sailor V comes in to assist them with their battle. Sailor V reveals that she is none other than the missing princess that the Sailor Senshi has been looking for, and they all meet up after she reveals that her other identity is Minako Aino and reveals that she also has Artemis, a white talking cat, to aid her. After a while, Usagi runs into Mamoru again and informs him about the pocket watch, but he tells her to keep it since she's keeping his Tuxedo Mask identity a secret. Luna also ends up running into Artemis, and he reveals that Mamoru is actually very important for their mission. Soon, the Dark Kingdom return again, and another battle commences that ends up leading another turn of events.
As much as I continue watching the series, the more I enjoy it, but these several episodes has their own changes along with them. Several things were cut from the manga, and another huge change comes around when it comes to Minako being a character that wants to do stuff by herself (which is never seen in Chapter 8 of the manga). From this point on, it looks like that there will be some major stuff to be revealed.
Written by Nolan Schmidt
