“Everyone sung my praises and showered me with affection. It was terrible.”

Ami Mizuno covered up her secret past as hero of the recreational basketball team. She left that life behind long ago.

The only thing worst than Ami feeling inadequate is a flashback to Ami feeling inadequate.

“Mama, Papa, remember the time you tried to kill me as a precautionary measure?”

“Family bonding, sweetie. It builds character.”

Hotaru’s happy moments were few and far between.

Here comes the big reveal that Minako is a time-traveling robot who learned to mimic human actions from television.

Their faces are more intense during dragonfly hunts and cookie-baking than when actually battling the forces of evil.

“hell hath no fury”

“Remember, kids, the real monster is unrealistic expectations for beauty. And possibly whatever’s under that cloak.”