I've repeatedly stated that Umino and Naru get put on a bus (sorry for being a TV Tropes user :/) hitherto, but the show keeps proving me wrong by giving them even more episodes. I promise I'm not lying! They really do fuck off eventually, which is great if you're like me and find them worse than the Senshi focused episodes.
The time for all five Sailor Senshis to come together is upon us. Well, not quite - that's going to happen next episode. Instead, we get a tiny bit of exposition about the Moon Kingdom, wherein it - oh wait, that's it. Turns out there was a kingdom on the moon, and the princess everyone is searching for comes from the moon! Gee, I sure wonder if there's any connection between Usagi TSUKIno/Sailor MOON and the MOON kingdom! It's a bit more obvious in the original English dub, where Usagi is renamed to Serena (and they're looking for Princess Serenity...)
I'll be completely honest; I don't care about Naru or Umino. They're one-note characters, with Naru being civilian Usagi 2 and Umino being a generic nerdy boy who likes Naru. Neither of them get any time to really have any on-screen development; Naru's arc with Nephrite is entirely undone within two episodes afterwards and Umino is just a combination of an exposition machine and the love interest for Naru. They get some off-screen development before their last real appearance two years later at least.
If you're not a fan of the two characters here - and I am not - this episode has very little to offer other than some really pretty shots of Gay Jadeite and some funny shots of Tuxedo Umino Mask. This episode also spends the absolute least amount of effort deciding when to have Usagi transform; it just straight up cuts from one scene with Umino to her making up with absolutely no transition. At least we're starting to get to the last episodes of this stupid arc. I give this episode a 2/5 for being at least slightly entertaining, even if I really don't care about it at all.
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