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Sera Myu 30 Day meme

Day 4 – Favourite Musical Scene

Oh dear, prepare for a lot of wordes. But mine is the beach scene before Sailor War in Shin Kaguya. This is a bit of an odd one, as I can’t stand the musical. But this scene is just amazing. Usagi, Mamoru and Chibiusa are off talking to a pirate and cats (sometimes I realise just how ridiculous the Kaguya musicals are), and Haruka and Michiru have gone off to hide that they’re ill as well, but Setsuna and Minako see right through them. The other six are there. They talk about what happened and that’s one of the reasons I love it so much. In the musicals we never really see them trying to work things out without something dramatic happening, or a song, which is why this scene is so fantastic.

Then we see Ami blaming herself, Manami isn’t my favourite Mercury, script problems rather then anything she did, but here she is just perfect. Ami thinks she should have seen through what happened, and now her friends have this illness. She’s heartbroken at the thought, we know from the manga, anime and live action that she didn’t really have friends pre-Mercury and so this is crushing her.

Rei then attempts to use her 6th sense, but nothing happens. She then claims that she’s useless as a solider. Mako also tries to use her powers and says much the same. But whilst Rei is upset, Mako just seems angry. It’s just so in character for them and I love it, but cry at the same time.

Then we have Minako. Erica is fantastic here, and I generally don’t think that many of the other Venus’s could have actually pulled this off. When she and Setsuna realise why Haruka and Michiru aren’t there she just crumples. But after the other three’s parts and are down she stands up and rather then voice her own doubts she shows her leadership side by saying that whilst they can’t transform, they can’t just feel sorry for themselves. It’s a reminder that Minako is more mature then the others, even if she hides it, she had to be because of fighting alone, and this is one of the few times we really see it. 

It’s also nice to see the Outers take a step back here. Setsuna and Hotaru take part in the first part, but not in the second. It’s a nice change. So yes this is my favourite, because we really get to see more insight into the girls then we normally do get.