Sailor Moon Redux

[Xenoproctologist]

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Which actually exceeds the minimum estimable power of Belldandy without her limiter...

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Really? Hmm...lemme think for a minute...
Okay, I'll buy that one. There's a bit of a perception problem with the power levels, as the anime gives me the distinct impression that the tools are doing most of the work. (Here's your broach/pen/crystal/wand. Ooh look, arbitrary upgrade broach/pens/staff. Oop, here's your talismans/glaive/grail. Etcetera, etcetera...) Maybe it's a translation flaw--either from manga to anime, or from Japanese to English.
And you might be right about Usagi's power actally eclipsing Belldandy's. Belldandy has the distinct leverage of being a ten-dimensional being, whereas Usagi has to expend energy to break out of three-space before she can pull some of her more-nifty mojo. Not to mention that Belldandy also has how-many years of experience, whereas Usagi has to get by with brute-force and gut feelings.
Of course, a direct link to Yggdrasil is a Royal Flush to the Ginzuishou's Full House.

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All I know is the anime and fanfics. I suppose I should find the manga, if my local stores are still carrying them. From what I understand, the Senshi are far more professional/dedicated to Usagi in the manga than they are in the anime, too.

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They are, indeed, more dedicated in the manga. Everything in the manga has a bit more meat to it. Well, at least it does up through the end of the Pharoah90 arc. I haven't been able to bring myself to wade through the Chibi-saccarineness that is Supers, yet. ^^;

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I think having any kind of support group other than themselves and Pluto will do a lot to humanize Neptune and Uranus.
Some heavy training with Doug will help, too.

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"The beatings will continue until morale improves!"

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Gaaah. That's so appropriate. And scary. Although I was actually thinking of Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion...

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The Cowardly Lion voice only works for well-meaning--if ineffective--protagonists and bumbling, incompetent antagonists. Metallia is a vicious nasty who has been trapped for a couple millennia and has had to watch her only hope of success become progressively stupider every year. I'd say she's pretty damned pissed by now. Plus, I'm of the opinion that any violent rant is funniest when voiced by Sam Kinison.