Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS
(Season 4)
Shown in the USA?: Yes
Episodes: 38
Original Air Dates: March 4, 1995 - March 2, 1996
My thoughts:
This season is the most underrated season of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. Chibi-Usa is the spotlight character, and due to the fact that many fans can't stand her it is usually the least favorite. However, I found this season absolutely charming, and it improved my impression of Chibi-Usa. I would call this season the "cute season", because not only is Chibi-Usa the main character, but all the villains somehow manage to be cute! I also adore the relationship between Chibi-Usa and Elios. They are so cute together!
Summary:
The series begins with Usagi and Co., Mamoru, Unazuki and Motoki watching a solar eclipse. During this, an unusual circus tent descends onto Tokyo. No one notices except for Usagi but she forgets about it when no one else sees it.
In the tent is the Dead Moon Circus, who serves as the opposition to the senshi in this series. They are looking for Pegasus, a mythical creature, so they can take his horn, which is the Golden Crystal. To do this, the Golden Mirror needs to be found; each person contains a mirror (of their dreams), but only a very pure person contains the Golden Mirror where Pegasus is hiding. What the Dead Moon Circus doesn't know is that Pegasus is in Chibi-Usa's dreams. He stays with Chibi-Usa and they become close friends, but Chibi-Usa does not tell anyone.
To find the Golden Mirror, Neherenia (the leader of the Dead Moon Circus) through her servant Zirconia, sends out the Amazon Trio (which consists of Fish Eye, Tigers Eye and Hawks Eye) to find the Golden Mirror.
In their search for the Golden Mirror, the Amazon Trio's first target is Unazuki. As expected, Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon come to Unazuki's rescue. During the battle, Pegasus appears and upgrades their attacks.
Later, the Amazon Trio attempts again to find the Golden Mirror. This time Usagi's mother Ikuko is the target. Once again, the Pegasus comes and aids Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon; in this battle, he gives the two Moons the ability to become a "Super" form of themselves (Sailor Moon had lost the ability to transform into Super Sailor Moon with the loss of the Holy Grail in the previous season). Chibi-Usa is also given the power to summon the Pegasus through a bell.
For some time, the Amazon Trio keeps attempting to find the Golden Mirror but keep failing due to the senshi stopping them. During this period, all of the other senshi are given more powerful attacks by the Pegasus.
After several failures by the Amazon Trio, Zirconia gives them one last chance; the target is Mamoru. Fish Eye disguises himself as a woman and tries to flirt with Mamoru but to no avail. This gets Fish Eye to thinking about his actions; he eventually comes up with the conclusion that what he is doing is wrong. Later he realizes that none of the members of the Amazon Trio have dreams.
After Fish Eye fails, Neherenia sends Tigers Eye to kill Usagi. Tigers Eye is able to remove Usagi's heart mirror. At that point, Fish Eye appears and stops him. Unfortunately, the Amazoness Quartet, whom Neherenia sent to shadow the Amazon Trio arrives and attacks the Amazon Trio. During this fight, Usagi's heart mirror is destroyed and she dies.
Fish Eye and Hawks Eye are saddened by Usagi's death and agree to give their energy to bring her back to life. Usagi is revived and she and the rest of the senshi (who had recently arrived) are able to defeat the monster the Amazoness Quartet sent. Chibi-Usa summons the Pegasus who revives the Amazon Trio and gives them dreams.
The Amazoness Quartet is the next group of enemies the senshi face.
Each member of the Amazoness Quartet is paired off with one of the inner senshi save Moon. In the following episodes, each senshi develops their "Super" form and is able to defeat their particular member of the Amazoness Quartet.
During this period, Pegasus explains his story to Chibi-Usa. He explains that in his world, the creatures live off the energy of the beautiful dreams of people. However, one day, the Dead Moon Circus tried to capture the Golden Crystal; if the Dead Moon Circus gains control of the Golden Crystal, Pegasus' world (Elysion) will become a world of darkness. Pegasus also reveals his true persona, that of Elios, guardian of the Golden Crystal.
Eventually, Neherenia takes over the role of the Amazoness Quartet. Eventually, it is discovered that Chibi-Usa has the Golden Mirror and the Pegasus is found. With this, she covers the world in darkness. The Amazoness Quartet, at this point in time, is so annoyed with Neherenia that they steal the Golden Crystal and give it to Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon tries to use the Golden Crystal but fails. However, Chibi-Usa tells Sailor Moon that the energy of the entire world is needed to make it work. With people chanting "Moon Crisis Power", the darkness is lifted and the energy from the crystal destroys the Dead Moon Circus' tent.
Neherenia captures the unconscious Chibi-Usa (who fainted due to the power of the crystal) and takes her on to a piece of debris which Neherenia then floats upwards. Sailor Moon grabs on to the debris and eventually makes it to the top where she confronts Neherenia.
Neherenia explains her side of the story. She was once a gorgeous Queen beloved by her people for her beauty. But one day Neherenia realized she wouldn't be beautiful forever, and used the dream energy of her devoted subjects to stay beautiful forever. She tells Sailor Moon that without the dreams of people, she will become ugly. Sailor Moon says she knows how Neherenia feels which angers Neherenia causing her to throw Chibi-Usa off. Sailor Moon jumps off after Chibi-Usa while Neherenia seals herself in a mirror to keep her beauty.
While falling, Sailor Moon changes into Princess form and eventually reaches Chibi-Usa. After Chibi-Usa eventually wakes up, she summons Elios who converts to Pegasus form and gives them wings. They transform into Princess Serenity and Princess Serenity (err...Princess Chibi-Usa that is), and land safely on the ground. At the end of the episode, Elios returns to Elysion, which saddens Chibi-Usa.
-portions of summary from BSSM for Neophytes-
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