Quote:I have to disagree here. Its a matter of directorial timing. Its like the transformation sequences... they probably take 2-4 seconds max... its just that they use them as filler so they can make the episode 22 minutes or so each week, with less character interaction.
Hell, it's not explained in Sailor Moon what the rest of the damned city was doing. It's things like that which made me write up the Invisible To Normals entry over on the TVTropes Wiki.
Its like a Transformer transforming... only stretched out to show all the details in slow motion, so it looks like 45 seconds and not 2. The same with most attacks they take a second or two but are stretched out stock footage... this even happens with attacks that are cast symotaniously, usually the multi-element balls of energy, that looks like one is cast then the other. If three or more are involved its time to get a drink.
Most of the time between the initial confrontation and the end of the fight 5 minutes or less have past... so by the time the call to the cops is made and the cops get to the sight its all over but the paperwork. It doesn't help that with Beryl and minions if youre close enough to be a witness, your already being drained. The others are into killing the witnesses and/or ripping out random physical manifestations of chnks of the victium(s) soul(s). Youve stated before Bob Doug hasnt got to finish a song in game, because the battles last 30 seconds.
The normals do notice Sailor Moon and Co they Sailor Senshi have fans. This is, because people notice they are being saved. Part of the issue is that we dont have a companion story arc. Say the Tokyo edition of COPS, where the police are always getting there after the fact, just in time for paperwork and clean up. Ive heard that the Sailor V manga actually contains interaction with law enforcement officers. In the Sailor Moon manga Beryl gets skewered on Sailor Venus sword, instead of plot deviced to death. Its more directorial focus warping things.
Also, by the time things are both taking long enough for the cops to get there and noticeable enough to attract a swarm of cops Whatever the Senshi are fighting is going to require more than the clubs and the few firearms available to the cops. At that point its time to call in an air strike and send in the marines (JSDF whatever) which means at least 30-45 minutes have past. Lack of an armed populace is apparently a factor in determining where baddies show up in SM.
Which leaves us with where are the MADMs and other magical girl groups during these dragged out fights. If its not a universe with only one group of abnormals there may be territories that each particular group of abnormals handle the weirdness in. If not turf wars result in the marines (JSDF) and air strikes getting involved, which attracts media vultures and looks bad for politicians. The Japanese like to sweep things they dont want to deal with under the carpet. Having various zoned sections for each group to exist in mean that avoiding that section or directing the tourists elsewhere effecting solves the problem by ignoring it until spreads out. Hence all the weird dojos in Nerima they cant get zoned anywhere else not rural.
Yes, Im ignoring bad writing as a reason its not covered. I think we covered that eariler.