Episode 3
Act 3:
Rei – Sailor Mars
Airdate: August 2, 2014

Jadeite Instead of relying on his usual clay Youma, Jadeite instead decides to handle business himself today, by running the Demon Bus. Jadeite is much stronger than his original anime counterpart. Like Sailor Mercury, he can freeze his opponents solid. He can fire ice beams and has no problem seeing through Mercury's mists. He can fly very fast, teleport, and open up portals to anywhere he chooses.

Rei Hino, Mii and the many abducted kids from Sendai Hill Rei is a 14 year old shrine maiden/priestess/Miko at Sendai Hill. She lives with her grandfather and her two crows, Phobos and Deimos, the latter of which later reveal themselves to be her personal Guardians, just as Luna is to Usagi. In the manga, it's revealed in the Casablanca Memory story that Rei's mother died when she was roughly five years old. Rei's father is a politician who does not spend any time with her. Unlike her manga and old anime incarnations, both of whom are brash around Usagi, this version of Rei is shy, quiet and pretty darn loveable. Although Rei is a Shinto priestess, she attends T.A. Private Girls Academy, which is run entirely by Catholic Nuns. Mii-chan is a cute little girl first seen in the manga. She is abducted while on her way home from the shrine, and her mother blames Rei for Mii's disappearance.

First time Rei becomes Sailor Mars. Debut of Zoicite and Nephrite. Aside from the hilarious animation quirks in the stream version, there's some classic Sailor Moon humor everywhere. Check out when Usagi gets hit by Rei's scroll and when mamoru is sitting with Usagi! It's a moot point now, since the Blu-Ray/TV edition fixed everything, but the original Hulu cut showed plenty of scenes with Rei's face either being scrunched up or her eyes sliding. Act 3 Guardians that appear but do not help in battle: Total Guardians: Final Blow from: Jadeite escapes.

Today's episode starts where Queen Beryl is reaming Jadeite a new one for the last two episodes worth of failures. Nephrite and Zoicite appear, each trying to prove they can outdo Jadeite. But all three of the guys ask Queen Beryl what the Silver Crystal even is and why do they need to get it. Beryl replies that it's the source of all power. She encourages the three to forget about it for now, and focus on taking down their enemies.

We then see a shot of Rei by the fire. She knows shit's about to get real.

After the theme song, we see little Mii-chan waiving to Rei as she heads for the bus home. This bleeds into a scene where Umino is talking to Kuri, Yumiko and Naru about the Demon Bus, which has been transporting people from Sendai to what he thinks is Hell. Meanwhile, Luna has snuck into school again, and is trying to wake Usagi from an afternoon nap. She reminds her that they need to see Ami, but Usagi is enjoying her nap. So Luna tells her it's time to hit the arcade, and Usagi peps right up.

While Usagi plays the Codename Sailor V game, Luna coaxes Ami, who is still reeling from the last episode. Luna tells her they need to find and protect the princess and the Silver Crystal. While she's giving her this talk, Usagi beats the game and earns a set of communicators for she and Ami.

Ami invites Usagi onto the bus to cram school with her, and tells here about a beautiful girl she sees from T.A. Academy riding the bus in the late afternoon. Luna notes that the bus is coming from Sendaizaka, remembering the gossip Umino was spreading about it earlier, but she dismisses the clear and obvious sign. Once on the bus, Usagi gets a good look at this mysterious girl Ami was telling her all about….. and then Usagi goes Bi for a minute.

While Usagi is starring at Rei with hearts in her eyes, Rei has a flash of the Silver Millennium, but can't quite place what the hell she is seeing.

AAAAAAAAAAAAA BUG EYES!! Don't worry, they fix this for the Blu-Ray.

Well seeing the shrine through the window lets Rei know it's time to get off. Usagi decides to get off with her, just to get a better look. As they walk down the street, Luna yells at Usagi for getting off too early and ditching Ami, but Usagi shrugs it off, since she has free time anyway.

You know, at first I was a little pissed because Toei only re-animated this show to appease all the trolls who were acting like threat throwing, name calling children, but now….. hmm. Ah screw it. They were rushed.

Usagi and Luna end up at the shrine, just as Rei is sensing evil approaching. Fearing the worst, she runs out and throws her demon purging scroll at an unsuspecting Usagi, who is being pecked by Phobos and Deimos. Usagi falls over, as Rei realizes her mistake.

Rei apologizes profusely, as Usagi looks her over. Rei thinks to herself how strange it is that Phobos and Deimos would attack anybody, then she notices a few women saying a prayer. One of them is Mii's mother. She relays the news to Rei that Mii is missing, but before they can go further, the other two women hurry Mii's mom off of the shrine, talking shit about Rei like she isn’t standing right freaking there. Usagi sees the hurt look in Rei's eyes. Rei tells Usagi about Mii always coming to play while waiting for the bus, and tells her the story of the Demon Bus.

Ha ha Rei. Very funny.

The next day, Usagi hears gossip about a student from her school who just went missing on the same bus. Usagi is running track as the gossip spreads about the bus and the shrine.

Track suits. Because we run track. Get it?

As the gossip increases, Usagi tells Luna that she wants to go back to see Rei. Luna agrees, thinking Rei is the Moon Princess. Right. Because we all know a chick with purple hair looks just like a yellow haired princess from 1000+ years ago. SHE'S THE SMART ONE, FOLKS!!!

On the buss, Usagi muses about how many cram schools Ami attends. Luna reminds Usagi about the communicator, and then realizes TOO LATE that Mamoru is sitting right freaking next to them. Mamoru accuses Usagi of talking to herself. When she asks him if he's a junior high student, he shows her his card:

He's a second year high school student, which makes him roughly 17 years old. One year younger than his first anime counterpart, and this is in keeping with the manga. He attends Moto-Azabu Private High School.

Usagi calms down a bit, and tries to make small talk by mentioning the Demon Bus. As Mamoru acknowledges that he's heard of it, her heart begins to pound.

Oooooh Toei. Must you tempt me to expand Quirkalicious?

Well, the longer she stares at him, the more she has the hots for him, and since she can't figure out how to deal with that yet, she must now rub her face on a cat.

As evening gives way to twilight, Rei is being heckled by Mii's mother and Mii's mother's bitchy friends. They all insist Rei should use her powers to find Mii, but Rei says she doesn't have that power, and encourages them to go to the police. Go to the police? How dare you come up with logic! I shall now accuse you of kidnapping my child!! Usagi sees this and stands up for Rei. WHAAAAT say you? You dare to insinuate that a mere 14 year old child could not have possibly kidnapped and hidden an entire busload of missing girls? How DARE you, equally aged child of 14. I dare say YOU must be kidnapping my daughter too!! Of course, this idiocy is too much for Rei, and she screams for the women to leave. Usagi offers to help Rei find Mii, but Rei tells Usagi to stay away, afraid she'll be harmed. Usagi and Luna wonder off.

Rei consults the fires, only to see an image of jadeite kidnapping Usagi.

Rei freaks out, and realizes she made a mistake in letting Usagi walk off, and she races down the street, trying to find her. But in doing so, catches the Demon Bus, and is possessed and kidnapped by Jadeite. Usagi and Luna see Rei's limp body slumped in a chair inside the bus, and they watch the bus drive into a wall. But as they expect the bus to crash, a portal comes forward to suck the bus in, and Usagi and Luna make a 1960's Astro Boy 'OOooOO??" sound, with a matching face:

Usagi whips out the Luna Pen, and turns herself into a flight attendant. She chases down the bus and hops onto the back, but in doing so, loses Luna, who falls into Tuxedo Mask's arms. He watches helplessly and frightened, as Usagi is pulled through the portal.

Luna drops Usagi's hat and flees. Tuxedo Mask picks the hat up, and assures himself he just saw her transform. While he muses about who she could be, Luna screams into Ami's communicator, which just looks totally normal.

Meanwhile, Nephrite teases Jadeite about how lenient he is, because he hasn't killed any of his hostages yet. But Jadeite assures him it's all a part of his plan. He looks down, seeing Rei completely unconscious.

Usagi is wondering around in the dark, bumping into things and crying. Luna and Ami develop a software that would allow them to put a GPS tracker on Usagi's transformation…… meaning that she has to get naked and transform for them to find her. Perverted much?

Usagi transforms, which allows Ami to find her. Ami transforms, and she and Luna head out to Usagi's position.

Jadeite is caressing Rei's cheek. He muses that although he's never seen her before, he's got a thing for her.

But before he can touch her further, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury arrive.

Mercury does Mercury Aqua Mist while Moon tries to run to the children, but Jadeite stops them both with an ice attack. As the girls are getting hit hard, Rei wakes up, and figures out Usagi is Sailor Moon.
Rei figures out that Usagi has super powers too, but she needs help. So Rei jumps into action.

Jadeite tries to freeze Rei, but Rei's fire power starts bursting through, along with the sign of Mars on her head.

Luna chucks Rei's new pen at her, and screams at her to call out "MARS POWER MAKE UP"

Rei becomes Sailor Mars!

Jadeite tries another ice blast, but it just bounces right off of Sailor Mars's body. Usagi flings the tiara, which wraps around him tightly. Mars performs Aku Ryo Tai San, which engulfs Jadeite in flames. But just before he can be killed, he disappears in a flash, leaving Sailor Moon's tiara to burn up.

That night, Rei is sitting on a sidewalk by the bus stop, waking up Mii-chan. Police are everywhere, as all of the kidnapped kids are set free, back to their parents. Mii's mother hugs her, and totally ignores Rei. Sheesh, not even an apology, but Rei doesn't care. She has new friends, and Mii is safe.

Somewhere in the distance at an airport, photographers are going nuts for a certain jewelry box……

Usagi is dressed like a flight attendant. Because when I think riding the Bus, I always think Delta Airlines.

For the very first time, Usagi has transformed into the exact same outfit using the Luna Pen, at the same time, for both anime shows and the manga, albeit in a situation where slight changes were still made.

In today's episode, her uniform is done in a sailor style, complete with a lapel and navy inspired coat with yellow buttons. Her tight skirt is almost mid-thigh length. Here, she has a giant blue bow, while in the first anime, it was a red bow with a yellow stripe. This is followed by a very tiny hat, just between her Odango, though again, we have a slight change. In this episode, the wings on her cap are tiny, and behind them rests a dark blue sash, while in the old anime, the wings are less angelic and more butterfly-like, and they rest upon a thick, red sash. In all three incarnations, Usagi's hair is kept Chibi Chibi short, with tight, wispy curls coming loose in all the right places. She is wearing a white, buttoned undershirt beneath the navy jacket, and the outfit is finished off with blue-black pumps ~ and boy can she actually RUN in them heels!

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