You can say what you want about Crystal, but USAGI-CHAN CUDDLE PILE. Canon cuddle pile, people. I needed this in my life.
Also, Minako-chan, you're so sad! She doesn't attack Kunzite, and she knows she's failed her Princess, and she needs hugs. More cuddle piles. And when Usagi says she just wants to fall in love, and Minako knows she can't have that for herself, but she wants it for Usagi, and I have so many V-chan feels for this episode.
Okay, that episode of Sailor Moon gave me a lot more feels than an episode that is essentially just exposition should. It really did.
I just have a lot of V-chan feels. She feels like she's met them all because she trained them through the video game, but none of them know her. Telling everyone what a good job they've all done, because she's the leader and that's what she does. She has her mission to fulfill that only she can do. Constantly calling out for Sailor Moon during the battle, because she knows Usagi is the real princess, but she can't break her cover to try to protect Usagi like she needs to to tell the others to leave her and go to Usagi. The others saying that she can rely on them, but how you can see that she doesn't believe them, not until they come to the Tower, because she's done everything else on her own until now and she still needs to protect them. The fact that she remembers everything, even when no one else does, and how incredibly lonely that must be.
"Please don't do this, Kunzite. Your true self is..."
*dies*
Seriously, that last one killed me. I can't. You are finally giving me my OTP and destroying it at the same time. Also, yay for no douche-y Kunzite that I see so often in fanfic! Sorry, douche-y Kunzite who thinks women are lesser and not worthy opponents bothers me. I had a lot of feels from him in the manga, and everyone wrote the vilified douche from the anime who apparently thought females were beneath him because of a few stereotypical misogynistic villain speeches. Like, couldn't we just go with a normal Kunzite when he's not being brainwashed and evil? Nope. He's still misogynistic even when he's a good guy. >.< Though really, anime, he's serving Queen Beryl, so he can't be that against women when he's okay with one calling the shots.
It was just a trope that annoyed me.
But back to the feels. So many feels.
And for some non-Minako feels, Usagi seeing that Mamoru was alright because he'd come to save her gave me feels. The fact that she knew she couldn't go and check and the best way to save him if he was down would be to keep going also gave me feels. Then that whole speech about how it was dangerous and Mamo-chan should run away and she'd take care of things and kissing him, because she's a girl and she's allowed to kiss the boy she likes while telling him she's okay because she doesn't need protecting is amazing. Also, the fact that Mamoru is left like, 'damn, she's strong and dedicated today. I'm just going to fall in love with her more' is beautiful.
Then the ending happened.
*blasts My Only Love throughout her apartment*
Also, Minako's transformation was awesome. Like, the others kind of had that terrible animation quality feel, but this one looked good. Or maybe I'm just biased.
One final note, you can say all you like about how horrible the animation quality is (and get no qualms from me, because it is terrible), but the fact that they look flat chested when they're not senshi and just normal girls really does mean a lot to me. Yay for not sexualizing 14 year old girls!
