Sailor Moon ep. 116-- "Sunny Skies After a Storm! A Friendship Dedicated to Hotaru!"
In this episode, Chibusa is going on a picnic. Usagi, jealous that Mamoru is buying something for Chibiusa due to the picnic, decides to go a picnic too. Hotaru sees them playfully fighting and is reminded of how much her life sucks now. Chibiusa spots her but Hotaru runs away.
At which point Usagi mentions that Haruka told her to keep Chibiusa away from Hotaru. Mamo-chan doesn't point out that Haruka WOULDN'T SAY THAT FOR NO REASON and agrees that Hotaru must be "a good girl." I blame everything that happens on you now, Mamoru. You used to be the smart one.
Chibiusa interrupts a session of evil but giving Hotaru her gift from Mamoru and invites Hotaru on her picnic. Now it seems to be a group outing. This is confusing-- who was Chibiusa going on the picnic with before?
Anyway, cue very-90s music. You know the one. Soft jazz from a saxophone.
The outer senshi watch from afar as Haruka scoffs at Usagi not listening to her warning. The other outer senshi just laugh at them. HARUKA IS RIGHT! LISTEN TO HARUKA!
The bad guys decided to go after a rose horticulturalist. Guess who happens to run into him? Our picnicing quartet, of course. Cause Mamoru knows him, I guess? The guy has a ton of kids. Biologically his, supposedly. Everyone is surprised by this, including Mimet. In America, we wouldn't blink an eye.
Usagi force feeds Chibiusa and Mamoru so she doesn't feel fat. Or something. The gardner "cheers up" Hotaru by shaking her and pushing her over. Which is great for a kid with constant seizures.
If Sailor Moon S stands for Sailor Moon Super, what is Sailor Moon Super S? Super Super?
Hotaru is moody so they leave her all alone. Another good idea. Usagi won't let any woman talk to Mamoru. Mimet, jealous, decides to take Mamoru's heart. Mamoru calls Usagi and Chibusa "his future wife and child," which if Mimet had thought about it for a second, would have been very puzzling to her.
Chibiusa decides not to abandon her sickly young friend after all and goes back to Hotaru. Ominous weather. Creepy music. Time to youma it up!
The hail begins to break the greenhouse with the super special roses. Mamoru and Usagi agree to help. Chibusa freaks out over the hail. Hint: Pounding a nail into glass will not help, Mr. Gardener.
The youma knocks over the ladder with Hotaru and the Gardner. They miraculously survive without any bruises or broken bones. Mimet has evidentally given up on Mamo-chan for the time being.
The Gardner teases the rose-youma for being over fertilized. His heart shard is stolen. Luckily Chibiusa is here to save the day.
Wait.
I hope the outer senshi are around somewhere.
Tuxedo Kamen shows up, which is fitting. Roses versus roses! Then Sailor Moon. The inner senshi have no importance this season. Chibi-Moon actually does something instead of running away (which is what Sailor Moon does), but she's entirely ineffective. Tuxedo Kamen breaks off the youma's arm using his staff, but she grows roots and attempts to destroy the whole greenhouse.
Evil/maybe-not-evil Hotaru wakes up just when all seems lost. She weakens the youma and Sailor Moon offs it. At least the animators had the decency to make Moon's attack interesting this season, as it is repeated every episode. I'm still freaked out by the glass hear thing at the end.
Now the outer senshi show up. Way to help out, guys. They make cryptic comments about "dark power."
Mr. Gardner's wife is pregnant. I'm thinking sex addiction. Or a lack of knowledge of contraceptives.