Jadeite and Furau Flow poses as a radio executive, and knocks out employees at FM 10, a popular radio station. She produces a deadly flower that Jadeite distributes to unsuspecting victims. Her main attack is explosive breath, which can destroy buildings.

Ms. Haruna Sakurada, Naru, Usagi and the people of Tokyo Haruna is a somewhat immature young woman, who is Usagi’s 8^th Grade teacher. Haruna’s love letter is chosen to be read on air by Jadeite, and she is sent one of Flow’s deadly flowers. After putting it on, she collapses at school. Naru also receives one of the flowers, and as soon as she puts it on, both she and Usagi pass out! Luna is able to awaken Usagi at the hospital with a bite, but the other victims do not awaken until after Flow is killed.

Episode 3: The mysterious sleeping disease, protect the young girl's loving heart. First time the Luna Pen is used. First appearance of Yumiko and Kuri. First time Sailor Moon is seen hover-flying in battle. In Usagi’s dream sequence, she envisions seeing Tuxedo Mask about to unmask. Though you can see it’s Mamoru, Usagi won’t see him really unmask until episode 34. Usagi’s hands in the scene where she’s writing a letter are drawn way too small. Many of the facial reactions are drawn really weird. Total Guardians: Final Blow from:

We start the episode with Jadeite telling Queen Beryl that he and Furau are working on a new plan to steal energy. Queen Beryl politely reminds him not to fail.

In the middle of the night, we see Usagi and Naru, each in their own bedrooms, listening to a program called Midnight Zero on FM 10. J-Dite (Wow, real creative nickname there, bud.) is reading Ms. Haruna's love letter to an ex on the air, much to the astonishment of her least prized pupil, Usagi. J-Daito announces that the station is accepting love letters, and that if your letter is chosen, you will receive a magical flower, said to bring you good luck. As Usagi begins to think about whether or not she would write a love letter, Luna yells at her about staying up late, and tells her to get some sleep. Usagi reluctantly complies.

The next morning, Kenji is reading in the newspaper about a deadly new sleeping sickness. He muses that he wishes he would catch the disease just to get a little rest. (Wow, really dude?) Ikuko chastises him over the comment, but everything is made with once Kenji compliments her on her cooking. Let's imagine this conversation in real life, shall we?

Kenji: Oh darn it. I just wish I could catch the plague so I can take a vacation.
Ikuko: Don't you dare! I need you to earn money for me and the kids!!
Kenji: I love your toast.
Ikuko: OKAY all better now. Say ah!

Well no sooner did we clear up this misunderstanding do we hear Usagi screaming. She barrels down the stairs, grabs some toast and runs for dear life to the school building. She just barely makes it, but the teacher is missing. After a few minutes, Haruna comes stumbling in, looking totally drunk. She makes an attempt to start class, but the giant, honking, poison flower on her boob that nobody seems to notice, starts glowing bright purple, sucking her energy dry. Usagi cheers, because this means the teacher won't notice how late she was. YAY FOR POISONING TEACHERS!!

Outside, Luna is bitching to herself about Usagi, when suddenly she meets Motoki. We see Luna has the hots for Motoki, but she turns her attention away once she realizes there's an ambulance coming for Usagi's school. By the way, Luna seems to have a type for skinny guys with either white or blonde hair. Think about Kakeru. Think about Yaten. Think about Human Artemis. Now think about Motoki.

Back at school, Haruna is being carted away and is snoring loudly. Just like her father, Usagi muses that she wishes she could get the sleeping sickness so she could catch some rest. JEEZ it must be a family trait to want the plague! Interestingly enough, she also says she wishes she could be trapped in a dreamland forever. This line later becomes the premise for the SuperS movie, but by this point it's not such a happy thought.

At the same time, Furau is disguised as a new executive to FM 10. Her eyes glow as the other executives try to figure out why they keep getting fan letters for Midnight Zero, when the show doesn't exist on their programming block.

After school, Naru tells Usagi she's been sending in letters to future boyfriends. Usagi starts to muse about who her future boyfriend would be, and she bumps right into Mamoru, who promptly makes fun of her, pissing her completely off. Naru thinks he's gorgeous, totally ignoring the fact he just accused her best friend of being crazy, and Usagi screeches that there's nothing gorgeous about him. She storms home to write a love letter, but has writer's block. She then decides to meet J-Daito at the radio station, and ask him to teach her how to write a love letter, and she darts off with Luna. But the security guard at the station insists that Midnight Zero doesn't exist. When she and Luna return home, they catch the program on air, despite the fact that it's not listed in the paper. Naru's letter is read on air.

The next morning at school, Naru shows off her flower, and Usagi points out it's the exact same one Haruna had. This leads Yumiko, Kari and Naru to figure out their teacher was the same lady whose letter was read on Midnight Zero. *Clap. Clap* Good job. Well as soon as Naru puts the flower on, it sucks out her and Usagi's energy, and the two girls pass out.

Usagi has a dream where she is flying. She lands by Tuxedo Mask and asks if he will be her future boyfriend. He says yes and she's all happy. She asks him to reveal his identity for her. As he pulls off the mask to reveal his identity as Mamoru, Luna screams, waking Usagi up. Even in her dreams, this cat is phenomenally good at cock blocking her.

Usagi wakes up in a hospital, and sees that Naru apparently can sleep right through the shrill noise of a screeching cat. Usagi and Luna decide to investigate the radio station.

Meanwhile, Jadeite praises Furau for creating the flowers, musing that they will put more girls to sleep, and then siphon off their energy through the flowers to Queen Beryl. They go to once again infiltrate FM 10 and start the show. As all this is happening, Luna gives Usagi the Luna Pen, and helps her transform into a gorgeous newscaster. Once Usagi figures out how to walk in heels, they march up to the room Midnight Zero is being sent from, and find the entire crew asleep. Usagi also finds that J-Daito is pretty cute, which now that I think about it, he sort of looks like Motoki and Haruka. Hmm. Well anyway, hormones aside, Usagi barges in and announces via radio what a crock the flowers are, and encourages the females listening to turn away, return the flowers, and to be brave enough to tell those they care for in person how they feel. (This was actually Luna's advice, but who's counting?)

Just then, Furau breaks the soundproof glass, blowing back Usagi. She then fully becomes a Youma, and fires off explosive breath. While escaping death, Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon. After her speech, Furau attacks Moon and Luna, and chases them through the roof outside. After running away from attacks for a while, Luna reminds Sailor Moon about the tiara again. Sailor Moon throws the tiara, and initially it misses Furau. But Sailor Moon starts to hover, and she uses her arms to redirect the tiara around like a boomerang, and slices Furau in half, letting her die screaming. (This is a bad ass scene!!)

She turns her attention to Jadeite and flings the tiara again, but he stops the attack in mid air, causing Sailor Moon to panic, because at this point, that really is her only attack. She tries to aim for a physical attack, and he bounces her back onto concrete. But just as he's getting closer to her, a rose appears. Jadeite smiles, and races back to the Dark Kingdom. Tuxedo Mask laughs, promising to see Sailor Moon again, and she fawns all over him. He literally did nothing.

As the sun rises, Haruna pops up, completely fine. The studio heads wake up fully charged and Naru awakens in her bed, at home, and with a clean set of PJs on. Did her mom cart her home and redress her? Who knows. But soon everyone is at school. Usagi is writing a letter to Tuxedo Mask, and Naru snatches it. Before long, Usagi is chasing Naru, and Haruna starts chasing them both, because she wants to know who the love letter is for.

For the first time ever, Usagi uses the Luna Pen, and becomes a gorgeous newscaster.

From far away, this looks like a tasteful outfit, but let's keep in mind, this is just an adult disguise for a 14 year old girl.

Upon closer examination, we see that she's wearing a tight, magenta, button down shirt with long sleeves, a very tiny, very tight, maroon mini skirt, white high heels and white-lavender earrings and necklace. Accompanying this is a pair of black sunglasses. Usagi is wearing pink lipstick to match the blouse, and she has her long tresses cut short, and her bangs are removed.

For a 22 year old, this would be a tight but appropriate ensemble, and it's one of the more fashionable outfits of the season. But on a 14 year old girl, it's still pretty revealing, but maybe the bigger issue is getting Usagi-chan to walk in those shoes.

BONUS!!
Did anybody catch these scenes?


Not only was this an episode heavy with animation blunders, it practically spoils who Tuxedo Mask is:

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