Or not.”Īll of this, by the way, is in full view of Usagi whose with Naru to watch the practice and she doesn’t pick up at all on the evil vibes coming off of Fancy Pants McGee or The Devil’s Tennis Stick. “Does that count as a fault?” “Would you like me to serve again to find out?” “Point taken. Wait, what the hell was I talking about? Oh right! Well the haunted racket seems to give her super powers as she’s able to hit a tennis ball so hard that it embeds itself into the clay court.
Not the Twilight Zone YOU know about the one with Forest Whitaker as Rod Serling and I think the episode in question was about an evil guitar that makes you kill yourself in a blaze of rock and roll glory. Actually, I’m pretty sure I saw a Twilight Zone episode like this. Not only that, but he puts a curse on Rui’s racket that appears to put her in some sort of hypnotic trance. I’m hot and rich.” “Well, he’s got me there…”Īpparently he’s supposed to be a tennis coach (on top of being a successful business man or maybe he’s the head of a tennis coach company) and he begins to aggressively teach Rui new techniques that seem to be the tennis equivalent of Sweep the Leg from The Karate Kid. “You can’t be creeping on this middle school tennis court!” “It’s okay.
Not that the person expositing this to us KNOWS what this company does, but they do know that this guy (who presumably has just shown up in town a day or two prior) is the president of said company that does… company things. Oh, and one of the random onlookers mentions offhand that the dude is actually the president of a new company in town. Hell, even if we ignore that, can’t Nephrite use his cosmic fortune telling powers to figure out who his greatest enemies are? And he thinks he’s so much better than Jadeite! Speaking of which, the dude also has zero subtlety as his master plan involves him rolling up in a sweet ass Ferrari (presumably manufactured in the bowels of Hell Corp) and walks right in the middle of Rui’s practice to starts giving her pointers. If only Queen Beryl bothered to listen to Jadeite before freezing his ass and sending him to the forbidden zone. So what makes Rui such a perfect candidate for soul extraction? Well for plot convenience, she JUST SO HAPPENS to be best friends with Naru (to the point of calling each other sisters) which is an easy way to get Usagi into the picture the exact LAST person Nephrite should be a mere two degrees of separation from. “My all-seeing mind hole can reveal spoilers!!” Apparently his deal is that he’s got Astrology powers and can actually use it to find someone whose energy potential is at its peak which sure enough turns out to be a girl in Tokyo named Rui who is an up and coming tennis player. Now how exactly is he going to find his golden goose? Well they DO show us how but… things get kind of weird. Queen Beryl gives Nephrite her blessing, so the new guy needs to find the perfect victim for his energy-sapping scheme. “Why don’t you put all your money in Facebook while you’re at it? Oh, I am SO deliciously sardonic!!”
Apparently I’m not the only one taking the piss out of Nephrite’s scheme because Zoisite (another one of the Kings of Dark Kingdom) just floats off to the side and laughs at him. Unlike Jadeite who took energy from as many people as possible, Nephrite’s plan is to pick one person and milk them for all their worth because the FIRST thing you learn about investing is to put all your eggs in one basket. The episode begins on Nephrite’s first day as head of project management at Hell Corp and is giving Queen Beryl his latest proposal to acquire greater quantities of energy in the coming fiscal quarter. Well at least we know this show goes on for quite some time after Jadeite leaves, but can the Nephrite episodes hold a candle to the Jadeite ones or are we doomed to villains with diminishing returns for the next two hundred or so episodes? Let’s find out!! What about The Office? They replaced Steve Carell with Ed Helms… and got canceled two seasons later. Sort of like how Spin City replaced Michael J Fox with Charlie Sheen and got canceled two seasons later. We’re back with the first episode of Leave it to Nephrite! After the untimely demise of everyone’s favorite woman-hating boy in a man’s suit, the show now has the uphill battle of selling us on the guy who will take his place. Sailor Moon and all the images you see in this recap are owned by Toei Animation and licensed by Viz Media