Punish Them! the House of Fortune Is the Monster Mansion

This episode of Sailor Moon establishing for all the viewers that this series (in Japanese) was intended for an audience over the age of 10. After all it does in some ways promote bad behavior, discuss dating, and involve showing a girl's panties in a detrimental way.

That aside - I am not under 10 - so those things do not bother men. What made this episode not the best was that the story wasn't riveting. Some Sailor Moon episodes are not super interesting. This was one of them.

The Dark Kingdom premise was vague at times and it took some stretching of common sense to understand how energy was gained by them instead of just wasted on misbehaving boy's actions.

The comedy of the episode, especially between Usagi and Mamoru was super entertaining. I remember the scene between them so very well, and often times find myself seeking it in English only to recall it was this episode which was never dubbed.

An evil fortune teller is an awesome idea for the show. It's so hilarious seeing Umino transformed into a devil may care rebel. Hahaha.

We get lots of great Usagi moments in regards to boys here: the dreamboat who works at the arcade making her heart go crazy, the smug guy on the street who frustrates her immensely and the nerdy Umino at school who desperately wants to date and marry her.

The villainess of the episode looks awesome as some kind of Medusa type creature with hair claws.

I just love the mix of humour and horror throughout this whole episode!