Okay, I'm not sure what we're seeing. Are the girls getting more skilled -- i.e., faster, no need for invocation -- on some of their attacks? The latest episode shows them standing in a row and firing extended blasts of their various attacks to try to bring down a force wall or something like one. No attack calls, no fancy hand movements, just "1-2-3", outstretched hands and zap. Yet in the same ep, Mars calls a "Youma Taisan" (yeah, that's the name, and it's a firejet attack) to throw it, and Mercury does the full "stock footage" thing with a new attack -- "Aqua Mist" something, which unlike it's probable anime couterpart is a killing shot.
(Mercury has been probably the most useful and versatile Senshi, pulling a new use of her power out of thin air in almost every episode. She's also been getting a lot of character development -- the major subplot of ep 16 is her and Naru's mutual jealousy of each other over Usagi's friendship, which has been building up for several eps now.)
Anyway, I think this is a case of the girls are getting more expert with their earlier attacks, but there's such a wide variety of them -- I think Sailor Moon alone has shown more different attacks in 16 episodes than she got in all the anime seasons combined! -- it's hard to keep track and be sure.
-- Bob
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There is no spork.
(Mercury has been probably the most useful and versatile Senshi, pulling a new use of her power out of thin air in almost every episode. She's also been getting a lot of character development -- the major subplot of ep 16 is her and Naru's mutual jealousy of each other over Usagi's friendship, which has been building up for several eps now.)
Anyway, I think this is a case of the girls are getting more expert with their earlier attacks, but there's such a wide variety of them -- I think Sailor Moon alone has shown more different attacks in 16 episodes than she got in all the anime seasons combined! -- it's hard to keep track and be sure.
-- Bob
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There is no spork.