I am now blogging my re-watch of Sailor Moon S. So go away if you don't want to read it.
So, Hotaru is becoming a player now and Pluto has re-appeared. She meets up with Chibiusa, has a cute conversation, and Haruka (overhearing) says this-- "I'll at least try to be careful and no hurt [our future Princess Chibiusa]." WTF, Haruka? I know you're a bitch, but Chibiusa is like 7-years-old! You better do more than "at least try!" And never mind all the timestream stuff that could go wrong is she dies....
Now, Mimet is an idot and talks to her television. She seems to have trouble differentiating reality from fantasy, to say the least, as she decides to kill a TV character (his actor, at least) because of a scene in his show that she construes as him breaking up with her.
Also, if your maid/assistant wears sexy dresses and piles her red hair up in a bee's nest, she may be evil. Additionally, Hotaru should have an ambulance nearby at all times. I'm surprised she's not dead already.
Surprisingly, Usagi isn't always a bitch to Chibiusa, as shown in the hospital scene with Hotaru.
The animation for Sailor Moon may be low-budget and crappy but it makes me miss the old days when everything wasn't too-glossy CGI.
"Don't worry, it's just one of my regular seizures. I'm sorry to have trouble you." Hotaru, I'm no Doctor, but I think "regular seizures" are probably not a good sign. Brain tumor, perhaps? That would explain why she's befriended Chibiusa. Sorry. That was mean.
Haruka's car is a pussy-mobile. No boys allowed. Also, she can park wherever she wants! Even on the side of a busy road! And she never gets speeding tickets! This is yet another reason why she is awesome.
I'm pretty sure this week's victim was voiced by Tuxedo Kamen's VA. Or they just have the same intonation.
"You can't win over a man's heart by force."-- How would you know, Haruka?
I thought Usagi's transformation was annoying, but Chibiusa's is much, much worse. And she shouldn't be allowed the screentime for her stupid speech.
Anyways, Haruka is immediately thrust into making good on her promise and protecting Chibiusa. But then the inner senshi come and it doesn't matter.
The pun of this week's youma-- "Utomodachi," who wants to be your friend. The youma are a lot more important when they're carrying people's hearts. Good on Haruka for bothering to chase after it. A couple episodes earlier she probably would have just told Usagi to deal with it. But I guess since the grail is around... Wait, what are the outer senshi even bothering with youma for? They just need to find the dark messiah.
Also, it seems the youma didn't have a heart shard. So... umm... Let's all watch while Hotaru confesses to being an abuser with amnesia.
WAIT, WHAT? Haruka just transformed back in front of all the inner senshi and we definitely saw her naked butt. There are trees all around, Haruka, use them. Or maybe you're showing off?
And the inner senshi entirely ignore Haruka's warning to stay the hell away from Hotaru. Good to know some things don't change.