EP 20 - It's a Ghoul Summer, Leaving Me Here on My Own

Across the Mooniverse

In this episode, Madz and Hollywood Mike discuss Season 1, Episode 20: The Summer, The Beach, Youth and Ghosts. Luna takes the Sailor Scouts several hours away for a Summer training camp. The hosts talk about anime's "beach episode" trope as the girls frolic at the oceanside location. Everything would be perfectly care-free, fun in the sun if only their lodging was more like a swanky resort and less like the Bates motel. We find all sorts details to ponder from Gothic Revival aritecture and gargoyle door knockers to narrative continuity and whether Dr. Victor Frankenstein's monster was ever given a name. We go over the attributes of various supernatural entities and conclude that the concept of using hypnosis as a means to create ghosts is flawed, at best. We also cover Rei's roles and responsibilities as a Miko (Shinto Priestess) versus her psychic gifts. We get pretty deep for a filler episode that was never produced, dubbed or broadcast in the original American release.