Sailor Moon R - The Rewatch - Pt. 2

Part 2: Not just ham, but heart-shaped ham While watching this set of episodes, I read that this arc was not in fact in the manga. Instead, these 13 episodes were made so that Takeuchi Naoko had time to finish up the next one. And you can kinda see that in the show. Although not quite so much in the first 7 episodes, the last 6 lean really heavily on the themes of love and romance. These, granted, are themes present in the show, Guardian of Love and Justice and all that, but I feel it also shows in how the characters are presented. It's not obnoxious in this, but often in these kinds of situations, the characters are reduced to their most recognisable characteristics. Which according to an episode about putting on a Snow White play, for Makoto is boobs. Now that I think about it, Usagi cries even more during these episodes and there are more shots of just her face while she cries. Anyhow, back to love. What we mostly get is stuff like making food for someone you like o...