Ranma Half Moon chapter 31, Moral Crisis?
Author's note: This episode fits in with Sailor Moon episode 24, Nephrite Dies for Love.
Author's note: I now have a fiction press site for non-fanfiction stuff. If you want to check it out, do a search for "resop" at the "fictionpress" website. My story is called "A Dream of Roses". It is about a group of blossoming young girls who are giving it their all for an opportunity to shine brightly as professional wrestlers in Japan.
Nephrite materializes in Naru's room while Naru sleeps in her bed. The dark crystal responds to Naru again. I must examine this more closely. Nephrite examines Naru by transporting Naru's naked body into an alternate dimension, where warm water envelopes Naru.
Unfortunately for Nephrite, the water is too warm to trigger Naru's Jusenkyo transformation. This is impossible. I still don't know why the dark crystal keeps responding to Naru.
I will lay a trap. I will tell Naru that I want to defect and join with Sailor Moon.
Across the street, Zoisite observes this with his three monsters. So, that disgusting human Naru infatuates Nephrite? Then I can put Nephrite at a disadvantage by kidnapping Naru.
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Ranma-ko arrives at Minako's place.
"You got the chips! That's great! Everything is set up."
Ranma-ko smirks inside. Happosai made me suffer horribly in the past by giving me 'full body cat tongue' syndrome. Happosai was also always causing problems by stealing young women's underwear. If I don't take care of him soon, Happosai could really start causing problems for me and the Tendo family, not to mention Minako.
Artemis points to the twister boards. "Come on guys, you don't have to transform for another twenty minutes. Let's get some training in."
Minako and Ranma-ko sigh. "Yes."
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Usagi, responding to Naru's phone call, runs towards Naru's place only to be confused by Nephrite's astrology mahou which causes her to imagine the road contorting in weird ways. Usagi transforms and inadvertently reveals her identity.
Nephrite attacks Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen comes to her aid. Nephrite is about to attack both when he hears Naru is in trouble, so he leaves but not before warning Sailor Moon that he knows who she is.
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"Right foot blue. Okay, excellent!"
Both Ranma-ko and Minako collapse on the twister mats tied up like pretzels. "Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch."
"That was our highest level of synchronization so far. We'll see if Dual Idol Star Projection works better now."
Ranma-ko rubs her shoulder. "It had better!"
Artemis nods. "Okay, guys. Time to transform."
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Nephrite saves Naru but takes damage to his arm. Naru leads him into the park for some first aid and some embarrassingly mushy conversation about parfaits.
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Sailor V and Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon wait patiently for Happosai.
Minako nervously smiles. I blew part of my pay from the Goldfish Warning musical to buy a really nice bra, one that Happosai would not be able to resist. This had better work!
Finally, the video camera reveals on the television set that a shadowed figure is attempting to take the bra!
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Zoisite's Yoma Monster's attack, and Nephrite sacrifices himself to save Naru. Naru uses some of her Jusenkyo transformation energy to try to save Nephrite from the monster's thorns, but the monsters attack again and Nephrite again takes the full force of the attack. Zoisite retrieves the dark crystal.
(However, since Kunzite does not have Jusenkyo transformation energy running through him, the black crystal does not point out Kunzite to Zoisite, even though Kunzite and Zoisite love each other over a hundred times more intensely than Naru and Nephrite love each other.)
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Minako and Ranma-ko lock one pair of hands and point with the other pair of hands. "Dual Idol Star Projection!"
A spiral tidal wave of stars erupts from the warriors' hands. This catches the shadowed figure, who had to waste time untying the bra that Minako had carefully secured, by surprise. He turns to see Sailor V and Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon.
The tidal wave washes over him. He lights up revealing that the shadowed figure is indeed Happosai. (Well, duh!) Happosai uses his will to fight back against Dual Idol Star Projection but in the end, the attack rockets him off the balcony off into the sky.
"I hate magic girlsssssssssssss!"
Happosai rockets through the air. "That Ranma is in for such a bruising! Does he think I can't see through a magic girl's disguise?"
Happosai lands on a peak near Mount Fuji, getting buried twenty feet into the mountain's snow. Happosai starts to lose consciousness. "I'll be back."
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Zoisite leaves Nephrite to his monsters. The Sailor Warriors show up and not even getting in the first attack helps the monsters, as the superior teamwork of the Sailor Warriors allow them to totally pwn the monsters and give the monsters a one-way ticket to jabroni-land.
Nephrite dies in Naru's arms.
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Sailor V and Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon celebrate.
Suddenly, Tuxedo Kamen appears on the balcony beside Minako's bra, which is still secured to the clothesline.
Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon notices. "Oh, are you also after young girls' underwear?"
Tuxedo Kamen lets himself in. "Tuxedo Kamen always appears when Sailor Moon is in danger. The Sailor Warriors just won a battle where another faction of the Dark Kingdom killed Nephrite. Something you might keep in mind. However, there is a reason why I am here and not there."
Sailor V frowns. "We have better quality bras?"
Tuxedo Kamen does not respond to the taunt. "Sailor Moon, you are in danger tonight. Not from some Yoma Monster, but from yourself. You used your powers for revenge, not for saving innocent lives."
Sailor V turns to Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon. "Is this true?"
"Yes, I had a pretty good idea that the bra thief was an old enemy of mine."
Artemis jumps up on a bookcase so he can be eye to eye with Tuxedo Kamen. "Hold on, if Sailor Moon's enemy was human, the attack would not have hurt him. I approved of this attack, and I still don't think they were wrong."
"Everyone, arguing over the fine points of morality doesn't change the danger that Sailor Moon is in. It is a slippery slope that she is on. It is best that Sailor Moon never use her power for revenge. A Sailor Warrior who turns evil could be a danger to the entire galaxy!"
Artemis nods. "While I agree with your words, Tuxedo Kamen, we were hiding in the bushes at the embassy and heard you tell Sailor Mercury that you could possibly be our enemy."
Tuxedo Kamen nods. "I did. And, if we are both going after the Silver Crystal, I could be. But, I still will protect Sailor Moon from the Dark Kingdom, and herself."
Tuxedo Kamen turns and vanishes.
Sailor V and Ranma-ko's Sailor Moon transform back.
Minako grabs Ranma-ko's hand. "I think Tuxedo Kamen is correct. We should have handled the problem without using our Sailor Warrior powers if possible."
Ranma-ko sighs. "I feel ashamed. The 'Anything Goes School of Martial Arts' is all about meeting challenges head on, not avoiding them by using mahou."
"Could you have beat that guy?"
Ranma-ko play hits herself in the head and sticks out her tongue. "He founded the 'Anything Goes School of Martial Arts!' I might still be ten years too early to challenge him."
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Mio Kuroki pouts in a store. It wasn't fair that Kino Makoto got away! Mio's eye is caught by a magazine "Idol Singer Monthly". An evil grin comes over her face.
"Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!"
To Be Continued!
Next up on Ranma Half Moon: Kino Makoto, a brawny girl in love, starts her first day at Juban Junior High School. Will she find new friends, new loves, and new enemies? Tune in and find out!