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A review by chaosandbooks
Sailor Moon, Volume 5 by Naoko Takeuchi
3.0
This arc had a lot of potential and the beginning of this volume started out pretty well, but it fell a bit flat at the end. There's a pretty equal amount of hits and misses, along with a rather pointless ending scene given what happens right after. The Black Lady did turn out to be the best villain, but is overshadowed by everything else.
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
The leadup to the Black Lady is fantastic and compelling, though the incest is a huge yikes for me. I do appreciate the motives and the betrayal, also how it forces Sailor Pluto to play her only hand. She's one of the most important guardians and deserved more time being developed. However, the big villain is still the Wiseman and the fight is pretty short. I love the leadup to it with the transformations of Sailor Moon and a new guardian in Chibi-usa. The fight itself is pretty lackluster though and it all ends pretty fast. Just when it's all over and it looks like Chibi-usa is finally going home with an emotional sendoff, she comes back to train? This strikes me as so odd for a number of reasons, mainly just that there's not need for it? I guess we'll see how the next volume goes.
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
The leadup to the Black Lady is fantastic and compelling, though the incest is a huge yikes for me. I do appreciate the motives and the betrayal, also how it forces Sailor Pluto to play her only hand. She's one of the most important guardians and deserved more time being developed. However, the big villain is still the Wiseman and the fight is pretty short. I love the leadup to it with the transformations of Sailor Moon and a new guardian in Chibi-usa. The fight itself is pretty lackluster though and it all ends pretty fast. Just when it's all over and it looks like Chibi-usa is finally going home with an emotional sendoff, she comes back to train? This strikes me as so odd for a number of reasons, mainly just that there's not need for it? I guess we'll see how the next volume goes.