they could have afforded to cast artemis and luna as real cats with stickers on their heads with all that money they sunk into human child luna

This is both cost-effective and HILARIOUS so I will mark it as a plus in my book.

Usagi: I need to be there with my friends! I need to fight alongside my fellow soldiers!

Luna: (knocks a cup off the table)

Usagi: (sinking to the ground) You’re right. As the Princess, I must stay hidden, like my past incarnation before me I am but a slave to the strings pulled by Destiny

Luna: (licks her own ass)

SO YOU HAVE FINALLY MET MIO! What’s your opinion of her so far?

Of course, she’s a massive bitch. But she is also the PERFECT antagonist to Usagi. She takes Usagi’s strengths (trust, friendship, unconditional love) and uses them against her. The monsters of the week can overpower Usagi with brute force, which isn’t all that interesting. But to deny Mio’s friendship would be to go against Usagi’s core values: namely, helping people in need and showing kindness to the lonely. By calling Usagi’s own convictions into question, Mio is making Usagi work against herself, like a human virus. She’s a terrible person, but a great character! In any case, I hope that Usagi learns that Mio takes advantage of her unconditional friendship soon. Those fake tears may work on Usagi, but they don’t work on me, the shrewd viewer with a razor-sharp intellect

MIO HAS MADE A POWERFUL ENEMY THIS DAY

THAT ENEMY IS ME

The squad that makes moral judgments from half a flight of stairs away together stays together

Is bad CGI a “technique”? Is she now a fully awakened soldier because of post-production aftereffects? 

Pretty sure this monster is the final form of Queen Arachnia from Star Trek: Voyager.

I don’t know why Mio’s immediate reaction to Usagi talking about Mamoru is to crush an ice cream cone with her bare fists, but damn if I don’t relate