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WOW CRYSTAL WAY TO THROW UNCOMFORTABLE HIGHSCHOOL MEMORIES BACK IN MY FACE.

I mean wow, my situation was different than Ami’s, but I’m relating hard right now. I had impeccable grades in highschool and ended up valedictorian (college no so much) and people did talk like this all the time. (For me, it was more that my test scores and grades were pitted against other people’s, like I was somehow at fault for scoring higher than someone more popular.)

And it’s a strange sort of thing, because it’d be easy to think that being so well known would make it easy to make friends. But it really really doesn’t. People knowing who you are without knowing you means they’re watching and judging, which is hard to break through anyway, but then the above happens and people outright avoid you because you heard them. It’s isolating, and I’m so happy Ami has Usagi to break through that for her.

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I don’t plan to countdown to *every* Crystal episode, but I’m too excited for each Inner’s introduction to not at least do their episodes (and probably the season finale as well, although that countdown will be half dread and half bracing for oceans of tears).

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So yesterday I finally got together with my mom to show her the first Crystal ep, and watching with her was such a fun experience because she’s only seen three musicals, some dub stuff, and two of my favorite PGSM episodes. She has a little background, but not much. 

And her reactions just renewed my feelings that the episode did a really good job on a lot of things. She’s already invested in Serenity/Endymion and Usagi/Mamoru (although La Reconquista did some of that for her. It’s hilarious to me how much she likes Tani’s Mamoru). And she thinks everything is so gorgeous. She wants to read the manga now (she borrowed it from me a while ago, but hasn’t gotten into it yet).

But more importantly, this episode really sold her on Usagi. It had her laughing when Usagi fell down the stairs and tripped over Luna and made every wish about not having to go to school. But it also made her feel Usagi’s fear and sympathize with her desires and care about what comes next for Usagi. And really, that’s the most important thing the first episode could do.