![]() ![]() It’s odd Mamoru would be possessed like this for the second arc in a row, but it’s a justified way of conveying how, despite now looking like an adult, Chibiusa is still a child, unable to comprehend basic biology, or even true love. In the meantime, an unconscious Demande and Saphir are woken up by the Black Lady, who takes them to Wiseman in Nemesis’s core, and reveals herself to be the aged up Chibiusa she also introduces the princes to a brainwashed Mamoru, whom she kisses on the lips, an incredibly disturbingly Freudian turn for a girls’ comic. Covert Maneuvers – Wiseman:’ The Sailor Guardians go searching for Mamoru and Chibiusa in the storm, but Usagi collapses, and is taken back home to the present day. The girls return to Crystal Tokyo, but are informed Mamoru disappeared searching for Chibiusa in the time storm. The crystal’s energy causes Nemesis’s reactor to overload and erupt across the surface Rubeus tries to flee, but Wiseman appears - now accompanied by a shadow resembling Usagi - and kills him for his cowardice. (I don’t think he’s put enough thought into that one, but he clearly has a screw loose.) The spirit of Neo-Queen Serenity awakens though, allowing Usagi to use the Silver Crystal in this era and save herself, as well as her friends. Hidden Agenda – Nemesis:’ Prince Saphir expresses discontent with his brother’s plan, explaining he fears what Demande’s attempts to rewrite history will do - so he decides to kill Usagi before she ever becomes queen. After she goes looking for Pluto again in the space-time corridor, Chibiusa accidentally drops her protective key, causing her to become lost, and she is ensnared by Wiseman, who notices her “dark heart”… This loneliness is why Chibiusa developed such a close bond with the similarly isolated Pluto, but also indirectly helped the Black Moon Clan, as her frustrations led her to take the Silver Crystal for herself, leaving Tokyo vulnerable to attack. Meanwhile, King Endymion reveals to his younger self, Venus, and the cats that Chibiusa is 900 years old, and has been bullied over the centuries over her stunted growth, and for not unlocking her Sailor Guardian powers. Usagi weeps, but soon hears Mamoru’s voice, and eventually realizes her kidnapped sisters-in-arms are elsewhere on the planet Demande talks a big game about God, but only Usagi and her friends can effectively communicate by praying - they have the power to reshape the world through the bonds of true love, unlike the possessive feelings he has for her. The prince also makes his clan’s cult-like nature explicit when he tells Usagi granting humanity with long life through the Silver Crystal was a “blasphemy against God.” He kisses her, but she strikes him, something he and his entourage laugh off. It’s a striking and extaordinarily accurate portrayal of how misogyny works Demande believes he fell in love with her, when all he really wants is to see her submit, cowed and vulnerable, for ever having the strength to stand up to him. Prince Demande tells her when he attacked Crystal Tokyo, Neo-Queen Serenity fought back, and he found the way she glared and shouted at him attractive. ![]() Complication – Nemesis:’ Usagi wakes up on Nemesis, wearing her older self’s dress. Translated by Alethea Nibley & Athena Nibley
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