This week on Moon Makeup we say goodbye to Nephrite! Before we get into three more episodes of the original Sailor Moon though we have a slightly longer introduction than normal, as John talks about a truly awful anime con experience in New York from this past weekend, brought to you by New York Comic Con and Anime Expo. Thanks for nothing guys! Once that's out of the way we start with Episode #22, Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss. An unspecified princess has come to town with an unspecified treasure, and both sides of our ongoing conflict are SUPER convinced this must make her the Moon Princess carrying the Silver Crystal around. You can guess how that goes, I'm sure. Then we begin the 2-part tale of Nephrite's demise with Episode #23, Wish Upon a Star: Naru's First Love. Poor Naru is hopelessly in love with a villain, and most of this episode is dedicated to Usagi trying to break that very upsetting news to her. We also get a pretty prime example of "be careful what you wish for" with Usagi's titular wish at the end. Finally we wrap things up with Episode #24, Naru's Tears: Nephrite Dies for Love, which uh, kind of gives away most of the plot right there in the title! Zoisite makes his big move to steal Nephrite's new toy, Nephrite repeatedly declares how much he doesn't care about Naru while also repeatedly saving her, and then, yeah, he pretty much dies for love while Naru cries about it. It's one of the saddest endings of any Sailor Moon episode, but only one of the two hosts are moved by it. See if you can guess which one, this week on Moon Makeup!

Timestamps:

0:53-12:30: Introduction

13:05-39:51: Episode 22, "Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss"

40:27-1:00:49: Episode 23, "Wish Upon a Star: Naru's First Love"

1:01:25-1:22:11: Episode 24, "Naru's Tears: Nephrite Dies for Love"