While S is probably the best season for character writing and stuff, it and all versions of the arc make very little sense. I think part of it is it features pretty much the only bad guy without any personal connection to Usagi/Serenity. And then in the anime, it doesn’t make sense that Saturn awakens and then only destroys the bad guy instead of the world, but in versions where she does destroy the world, it’s so dramatically unsatisfying that Usagi can just undo it. AND WHY DO THE TALISMANS WORK LIKE THEY DO? WHY DO THEY EXIST?
All versions and all seasons have problems, but I think S is the hardest to parse out and smooth over the plot holes, even though it’s always held up as the pinnacle of Sailor Moon writing
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