We open with the smart Girl, From history we totally know its Ami and totally know its Sailor Murcury, going about her school day, acing tests, eating lunch alone while at the same time hearing people talking about her. Interestingly they're not really making fun of her so much as making comments about her clear massive intelligence. Whats really interesting about this is that its not her personality that so much makes her an outsider as it is her high IQ and success in school that makes her hard to be friends with. I find this to be really interesting cometary on society since in school its hard to bring new people into social circles when they show a high aptitude like that.
After the credits we see Jadeite being questioned as to when he will bring Queen Beryl the Legendary Silver Crystal. Upon his apology She instructs him to collect more energy, revealing that the energy is being collected for the yet unnamed great ruler.
Usagi and Ami meet finally and Usagi brings her to the arcade for the first time, and encourages her to play the Sailor V game, which she hits the high score on, depositing her a pen as her prize, which Usagi is instantly jealous of and shakes the machine forcing it to deposit her a pen as well.
Ami leaves the arcade and hits her cram school where she's encouraged to use a study disk under the pretense that if she uses it she'll definitely become a doctor, her overall career goal. Her eyes go dazed.
Later on Usagi catches up with Ami at the library, who is being the studious student and studying for whatever class. On getting invited out to ice cream, Ami declines and heads off to cram school, leaving her disk behind. Usagi and Luna examine the disk at home and realize that its a brainwashing program and head off to Ami's rescue. On getting there, Usagi realizes she needs to get in and Luna instructs her to use her pen, indicating that its an item that gives her the ability to disguise herself as whatever she wants.
Inside Amy is under the brainwashing spell once again and as she is working the "teacher" sees the pen from earlier, takes it and throws it to the floor. Usagi bursts into the room after the teacher tries to force Ami's face into the screen and starts telling her not to be fooled by the fake teacher! Once the teacher realizes that her gig is up she shows her true colors. Luna tells her to transform in full view of Ami
On Usagi getting pinned in battle by the monster, Ami snaps out of her trance and awakens with her planetary symbol on her forehead. Luna instructs her to say loud "Mercury Power, Make Up". To which she does so and transforms into Sailor Mercury for the first time. Clouding the room with her Aqua mist, she blinds the monster enough where it inadvertently frees Sailor Moon, and then being pulled out of the way by Tuxedo Mask just before the monster attacks again and puts its hand though wall just behind where Usagi's head was just seconds before.
Sailor Moon finishes the monster and at the end befriends Ami, and cut to credits
This is getting really interesting and we're starting to see some hints of change in the details of the story line. First of all the senshi introductions are coming fast. Where in the classic anime there are typically several episodes in between finding and awakening each senshi, it starts out finding them very quickly. Also in the classic anime its Luna that gives each scout their transformation pen directly and usually in the heat of the battle. In Crystal, Mercury gets her transformation pen, probably still set up by Luna somehow, though prize slot of the Sailor V video game shes playing at the arcade.
There's also a major difference in how Luna discovered Ami. At first, Luna suspected her of being with the dark kingdom and was surprised that she was actually the next senshi they were looking for. So we're starting to see a little bit of divination from the classic anime and it looks like this is where the storyline starts following the manga a little bit more closely.
Next up, Act 3- Rei - Sailor Mars
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