Live Action Sailor Moon update (Tenth episode full synopsis)

Surprise, surprise; we actually have a full synopsis of episode ten for you! Many, many thanks to Aaron Malhiot (DoseiNoSenshi) and Namiko Kodera - Aino Minako （小寺菜見子・あいのみなこ) for this!

The recap opens with a curtain revealing Usagi in her pajamas on her bed holding her giant, deformed bunny doll. "Rei-chan and them think that Tuxedo Mask is the enemy, because he had spoken to the media about the Illusionary Silver Crystal." She is contained in a pink crescent moon as we see images from the previous episode. "Why did you tell everyone about the Illusionary Silver Crystal?" Sailor Moon asked. "I also need to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal," Tuxedo Mask replied. "I want to know who I am." Usagi's crescent bubble pops up again, "I think Tuxedo Mask has some reason for finding the Crystal, but we don't even know ourselves, either." As she finishes what she is saying, the scene switches to Rei in her shrine at night. A large banner on the wall says "Picture Story Show Princess Kaguya." Before it and under the light of a lamp, Rei is drawing a picture and smiling softly. She finishes a line and sets the pencil down onto the table. She looks up and remembers seeing the Princess Kaguya story on a bed as a child. She smiles ad then stands. Rei opens a sliding door and looks up at the moon with a big smile. The moon turns into the opening sequence.

Inside the Tsukino house, Usagi and Ikuko-mama are having an argument. Usagi gets in her face, "You are so mean because you never listen to what I have to say!" "When have I never listened? You always object my opinion!" "I haven't objected your opinion, you never listen," Usagi says as Shingo eats a slice of bread with jelly on it and drinks some milk. "I always accept your opinion! I'm fed up with your selfishness," Ikuko says. "I'm also fed up with your selfishness!" They glare at each other. "Uh huh! I don't have to do anything for you, including wash you clothes, make your dinner… Ah! It's so good for me!" Ikuko sits at the table while Shingo continues at his meal under it. Usagi puffs her cheeks at this, "HUH?! I, I-- Damn it!!" She shouts and leaves the dinning room. Shingo arises from under the table, "She's running away." He sips at his milk.

Usagi throws down a cute duffle bag onto the floor and begins to pack it. "She's so annoying… It won't fit! That woman is not my mother!" "What were you fighting about?" Luna asks. Usagi flips around in a red light, "Whether we make a cheese or plain omelet." "Oh my gosh! Well, where will you go?" "Umm… What should I do?"

At Karaoke Crown, Usagi enters with her head down. She comes through the automatic doors and is shocked to see Mamoru behind the counter. She expresses this with a, "Huh?!" and alerts Mamoru's attention toward her. "Why are you here?" Usagi remembers him grabbing her handkerchief, or rather, hand back in the house of mirrors after their separation. "What are you doing?" Usagi asked. "I can't stand to be separated again. Let's go." "Alright…" Usagi looks down. "Oh! Usagi-chan!" Motoki calls from the back, exiting while removing his bag, "I have to go out, so I asked Mamoru to stay in place of me." "Oh, I see," Usagi replies. She glances back at Mamoru. He looks down and begins, "How many hours would you like to stay?" "No, Usagi gets in free with her one-year pass," Motoki shoots back. "No, not today. Bye!" Usagi corrects him then leaves. Mamoru watches her go. Usagi pauses at the door and thinks, "I don't know why I couldn't get myself to go in…" she then takes off.

At Naru's place, Usagi rings the bell. She repeats with no answer. "Naru-chan isn't home, is she?"

Ami walks out of a building and is greeted by Usagi, "Ami-chan! Are you going to cram school?" "No, I'm going to the Library. Today, my mama is off, so I want her to sleep well. I also want to research for where Sailor V's base is," Ami says. "Ah, I see." Looking down at Usagi's bag, Ami asks, "Usagi-chan, are you going somewhere?" Usagi shakes her head, "No, nowhere in particular."

Outside Makoto's apartment, Usagi is talk to Makoto, "Mako-chan, why are you wearing these clothes?" With a red bandana on and home improvement habiliments, Makoto replies, "Oh, I'm remodeling right now." She raises a mallet in her hands at the end of her sentence. "Why do you need a mallet to remodel?" "Huh?" "I brought this treat for you because I thought my might be remodeling, here," Usagi smiles and hold up a small white box. She passes it to Makoto and bids farewell as she departs. Makoto peeks out the door at Usagi as Usagi sighs, "What should I do?"

Walking down a street, Luna suggests, "Will try Rei's Shrine, next?" "Rei's so intense, she'll scold me." Usagi turns into the Hikawa Shrine and meanders about. She sees Rei hand a thin pile of papers to a young girl, "You can use this paper to draw on. Bring them to me when you're done." "Okay!" She takes off running with a smile. "Usagi! What's wrong?" "You're busy, aren't you?" "Of course." "I see. Bye." "Just a minute, Usagi!" "Huh?" "You ran away, didn't you?" "How did you know? Did you use your ESP?" "No way, I've had experience in such things," Rei says as she flips around to head back into the building. Usagi lowers her head and begins to leave, but Rei stops in her tracks and says more, "If you have no place else to go, would you like to stay at the Shrine?" "Huh? Really?!"

Inside the Shrine, pictures are spread about the table Rei has been working at. Usagi picks one up, "Ah, are you making a picture story show for the Shrine?" "We are doing a show here, please help me paint these," Re says as she picks another one up and then sits down, handing the picture to Usagi. "Oh! It's 'Princess Kaguya'!" "What is 'Princess Kaguya'?" Luna pops up. Usagi looks at her and begins to explain, "Huh? You don't know the story? The main character is Princess Kaguya and she was born in a bamboo stalk. An old man found her; he and his wife took care of her and when she became an adult, when people came from the moon to take her. She then went to the moon." "Princess of the moon? You have such a story in Japan?" Usagi nods, "I think the author had a dream to go to the moon if there were a moon kingdom. I want to go to the moon and not home!" She picks up a paintbrush and begins to color Rei's drawing as she goes on about, "Perhaps, she is not my real mom!" "It may not be a dream." "Huh?" Usagi says turning her head. Rei also looks up at Luna. "Ah, never mind," Luna says. Usagi smiles, "Did you believe that story? It's not possible! On the moon--" "When I was a child, I believed there was a moon kingdom. My mama liked the story and always read it to me," Rei says. "Ah!" Usagi says nodding. "So, don't say such a thing in front of the children, understand?" "Yes," Usagi nods again.

In the Dark Kingdom, Nephrite stands before Queen Beryl, "Lady Queen Beryl, I'm so sorry! I haven't been able to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal, yet." "I told you, Nephrite, you're looking for the Illusionary Silver Crystal only for me, I think it is lovely." Nephrite rises from his bow, "Lady Beryl, I will surely find the Illusionary Silver Crystal for you!" Beryl nods and smiles slightly. She then perks up and asks, "What is Zoicite doing?" "He's trying to make a requiem before he kills the princess. He is creepy." "I heard Zoicite can match his soul with people. I want to try that myself."

In Zoicite's piano room, he works on composing his "Requiem for a Princess". He ads a not to his sheet music, but then rips it from its bindings and throws it behind him onto the floor, which is scattered with previous mistakes. He tries new notes.

Back at the Shrine, Usagi whines about her mom, "I wanted to make the omelet with cheese, but mama wanted to make it plain, and she made it plain without my consent! My mama is so sefish!" As she sifts through the colored drawing, Usagi notices, "Huh, you don't have the last scene when Kaguya goes back to the moon, do you?" "Yeah, the girl wanted to draw it, so I gave her paper to do it on." "Ah! That girl from earlier! She likes this story?" "She wants to be a Princess Kaguya. She thinks that her late mother stays on the moon." "Huh?" Rei once again remembers looking at the book 'Princess Kaguya' on a bed as a child. She appears to be in a hospital room. "My mom didn't die, she went back to the moon," she thought, then smiled. "It's kind of like a dream," Rei says presently. The young girl from before then enters the room. "Rei-chan!" "Erika! What's wrong?" "I messed up." "Oh, the paint jutted out of the lines." "What should I do?" "It's all right!" Rei then paints the picture of the girl's hair black, "Paint like this." "Ah! Rei-chan, you're amazing!" Erika smiles. "This picture of Princess Kaguya looks like you! Do you imagine going to meet your mom?" "Yeah!" "My mama is also on the moon." "Ah! My mom might be a friend with your mom!" "Maybe." Usagi's facial expression becomes shock. She then thinks, "I see… Rei-chan's mama is also dead…" "On the moon, the rabbits make mochi [sticky rice cake]," Rei says. "I see!" Usagi then gets up to leave. "Let's keep painting the pictures," Rei says to Erika. She responds with, "Okay!" Luna notices Usagi walk off and turns, "Usagi-chan?" Usagi walks outside then leans against the frame of her exit door, "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" she says lightly pounding her head. "Rei-chan doesn't have a mom, but I keep complaining about my own mom so much!" CG!Luna walks out to Usagi's side, "It doesn't matter; you didn't know that." Usagi signs, "I respect her…" She looks down.

In Zoicite's piano room, he continues with his song. With a quick, final stroke of his feathered pen, he picks the sheet and echoes, "This 'Requiem for a Princess' is a masterpiece!" He then drops the paper to the floor where they other lie. He starts again. A wind blows the papers about, and picks up Zoicite's hair and cape. The papers swirl together into a youma. It holds its bladed fingers together, and then separates them as it begins to sing like an opera singer to the music Zoicite is playing. It does a little puree and we then see a view of Tokyo where its voice echoes about.

In the Hikawa Shrine, Rei and Erika are still painting the remaining pictures. The youma's voice bellows there, too, and a picture of Kaguya's face is set on fire. Rei gasps in shock.

At Makoto's apartment, she looks around for a place to put a lamp. "Over there…" On the TV is a news reporter reporting on the arrival of a foreign princess.

The princess exits her ride, with a smile across her Caucasian face. She waves elegantly, but then hears the youma's voice, which causes her to become disoriented. She holds her head, and then collapses. The paparazzi crowds her and the reporter on Makoto's TV kneels at her side, "The princess has collapsed!" Makoto is alerted and flips around, "Huh?"

In a park, two little girls are playing with dolls on a bench. One holds a princess doll saying for her, "I am Princess Kirakira." It then sparks and goes a flame as she throws the doll to the ground.

In a library, another little girl flips through a book and comes across a picture of a princess. It also spontaneously combusts. The girl shouts (she had no emotion whatsoever, though). Ami, sitting behind her, looks up.

Back at the Shrine, Erika is sweating and groaning. Rei tells her to take it easy. Usagi comes dashing in asking what's wrong. "It's a youma! You can hear it, right? This voice!" Usagi looks about, then kneels next to Erika and examines the pictures. Princess Kaguya's face has been seared from every image. "What happened?! Princess Kaguya was targeted?" "In other words, the enemy might have targeted princesses" Luna says. Rei turns to her. "I see," Usagi says turning to Rei, "but Erika-chan is…" "Because Erika compared herself with Princess Kaguya," Rei says. Erika continues to cringe. "How terrible! We have to fight the youma as fast as posible!" Usagi and Rei rush outside. "Moon Prism Power!" "Mars Power!" They do a split screen transformation like Jupiter and Mercury did last episode. "Make-up!!"

The youma continues to sing atop a building. Mars and Moon run about looking for it. They run up behind it without its notice. "Moon Tiara Boomerang!" The youma is hit and falls to the level the girls are at. "What you're doing is terrible for bestowing pain onto such a small girl! In the name of the moon…" "In the name of Mars…" "…We'll punish you!" The youma begins to sing again, this time firing iridescent musical notes at the soldiers. They prance around, trying to avoid being hit. They then hold their ears as they swing back and forth. The youma then stops singing and flips forward with a screech. It lands behind them and fires a single note at Moon. Mars blocks it and is hit herself. She falls to the ground and Moon screams, "Rei-chan! Rei-chan, Rei-chan! Hold on!" The youma then prances off, but is stopped by Jupiter and Mercury. "Hold it," Jupiter commands. "Mako-chan! Ami-chan!" The youma does the sing and fire notes thing again, and Mercury and Jupiter dance around them. They then need to hold their ears as well, as the youma continues to sing. The two girls are hit and fall to the same fate Mars has. Moon stands up in shock. "Everyone…" Luna comes up, "Sailor Moon! Put your feelings into your stick!" "Huh?" "Hurry! Use your feelings that you want to help everyone." Moon nods and makes her Moon Stick appear. She holds it before her. "Please… Save everyone!" She turns around and holds the stick out. Pink beams come from it and go to the youma, who counters with its singing. Moon tightens her lips and forces more energy out. The beams begin to overpower the notes and destroy the youma. Moon smiles, "I did it!" Luna shouts, "Sailor Moon!" as everyone lies on the ground. Moon holds the stick up again, and the pinks beams once again flood the area. Mars, then Jupiter and Mercury are revived. All of the ill and burning princesses are restored. Moon collapses to her knees, "I made it…" The other three run up to her. "Usagi, good job," Jupiter says. "You did well," Luna says. Usagi turns to her with a smile. Zoicite's piano begins to play again and the girls are alarmed. "Now way! Again?!" Queen Beryl stands, laughing behind them. "Are you Sailor Moon?" They flip around, "Who are you?" "You don't remember me, do you? I've changed since the past. You Sailor Soldiers have also changed." "What are you talking about?" Mars asks. "Are you, perhaps…" Luna begins. "My name is Queen Beryl of the dark kingdom, the queen of the Dark Kingdom!"

[She said the first 'dark kingdom' in Japanese, then 'Dark Kingdom' shows the name of the other 'dark kingdom'.]

"Queen Beryl?" Moon repeats. "You all are wreckage of the fallen Moon Kingdom. You should sleep quietly, together with the princess of the Moon Kingdom. However, it's already too late. I will present a great, dark blessing onto your princess. It is destruction!" She laughs as she disappears. "Queen Beryl… She is…" Luna says. "Luna, that story…" Mercury says.. "What's happening? What is the Moon Kingdom? Is she talking about Earth's moon?" Moon asks. "Yes, it was my intention to talk to you guys about that time, but… Our princess is the Princess of the moon." The girls are shocked. "But, the moon is…" Moon says. "It's true! I too came from the moon. And you guys are the four soldiers of the moon who protected the princess." They all gasp at this. Moon gets up, "Moon kingdom?

At the Hikawa Shrine, Erika narrates the story of Princess Kaguya with the pictures they have drawn. "The Moon Kingdom is sounds like a dream," Makoto says lightly. Ami nods. "It's real," Rei says. Erika continues narrating, and as Usagi listens, her lips quiver and her watery eyes shed a tear. She sniffles and Ami hears her, "Usagi-chan?" "I don't know why I am crying. And suddenly… I guess I'm surprised." "Usagi-chan!" Luna says. Usagi goes on, "Hey, don't we come from the moon? Am I not my mother's daughter?" As she says, Rei listens with teary eyes, about to cry herself, "Usagi…" "It's alright," Luna says, "I'm sorry I confused you! It wasn't my intention to speak of this so suddenly." She hops onto Usagi's shoulder, "Don't worry! Usagi-chan is Usagi-chan. You are your mom's daughter! Let's go home, your mom is waiting for you." Usagi nods. Rei looks away from Usagi with tears in her eyes.

Back at the Tsukino house, Shingo is watching the television, and Usagi runs past him. She runs up and hugs her mother, "Mama!" "Oh my! It's dangerous!" "I'm home!" "Yup! Welcome home!" "Huh? She was only gone a few hours," Shingo says, then turns back to his television. Usagi begins to help Ikuko cook and they chat. Luna comes into the door, "The enemy is approaching us rapidly. I hope the Princess is safe…"

At Narita Airport, a Northwest commercial jet lands. A paparazzi surrounds Minako, but she just nods a whole lot.

Meanwhile, Zoicite is sitting at his piano, with his head back. His eyes open suddenly. "The climax…" His head drops forward, "…begins now!" He begins to play a new, quick tune on his piano.

Exiting the airport, Minako and her guard prepare to enter her limo. She stops suddenly as she hears Zoicite's new tune. She looks about and her guard's attention is caught, "Minako-chan, what's wrong?" She doesn't answer as a truck comes speeding around a bend and head straight for Minako. The driver is under the control of the song, and goes for Minako. She turns shocked.

Next time… Usagi holds out a notebook full of Minako pictures and goes on about, "I'm your fan! I have bought all of your CDs and I'm fourteen-years-old, just like you!" "Huh?" Minako replies.

Moon and Jupiter pose, facing Mercury and Mars, but Jupiter suddenly grabs Moon, "Mako-chan?!"

"Such a girl is… Sailor Moon?" Minako says, looking down, then up with a cool glare.

They go on to advertise the first two revised manga.

Once again, a huge thanks from all of us at Genvid to Namiko and Aaron for this complete summary!

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