Japanese
71
"Yuujou no Tame! Ami to Beruche Gekitotsu"
(For Friendship! Ami and Beruche Clash)
1993-10-16
English
64
"Checkmate"
1995-11-20

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- 2:31-2:52 - Ami beats Usagi at chess. Wall of dialogue time:

[holds up a book saying “Chess Master”]
>> Usagi: “And I did my research too! But I guess you’re good at chess as well as schoolwork.”
>> Ami: “Chess is the perfect game of intellect. It cultivates a strong mentality and accurate judgment.”
[Chibiusa slides up to Usagi]
>> Chibiusa: “’Calm and accurate’…words that you’ll never be associated with, no matter what you do.”
>> Usagi: “You are so not cute!”
>> Chibiusa: “But you’re amazing, Ami-chan!”

- 3:03-3:14 – Ami has just suggested they all learn chess from Ami and aim to be champions.

>> Makoto: “Eh, I think I’ll pass. Being calm and stuff like that isn’t really my thing.”
>> Usagi: “Yeah! I can totally understand that! You’re even worse than me at those things!”
>> Makoto: “You don’t have to say it like that…”

- 3:17-3:34 – Chibiusa offers Usagi a game of chess.

Chibiusa: “Hey Usagi, you want to play with me?”
Usagi: “Sure. Bring it on and don’t hold back. I’ll show you just how harsh competition can be.”
[they play a game and…]
Chibiusa: “Checkmate!”
Usagi: “Oh…wait, wait a minute!”
Chibiusa: “No! The world of competition is harsh!”

- 3:48-3:59 – The three remaining Ayakashi Sisters watch Koan, who has been healed and is living a normal life working at a beauty parlor. The cut shows the eyes of each Sister against a weird background.

> Calaveras: “Pitiful.”
> Koan: [to her customer] “Thank you so much!”
> Petz: “She’s a disgrace to the Four Phantom Sisters.”
> Koan: [to another customer] “Yes, may I help you find something?”
> Beruche: “But why?”

- 7:05-7:07 – Ami has just beaten the old man at chess. The cut is a closeup of his face, he says “Ami…”. [he goes on the say “Would you mind letting me rethink that last move?, but that scene isn’t cut, just the dialogue is different]

- Body lines from Mercury’s transformation are erased.

- 9:33 – Jupiter’s “Sparkling Wide Pressure!” attack hits Beruche and causes some blood to be sprayed.

- At 14:20, Beruche shoots her Dark Water a the camera, disabling it. The static signal displayed is changed in the dub.

- The dub still replaces the Star Power transformation with the previous “…Power!” transformation from the previous series. See Episode 65 for more information.

- 20:01-20:03 – Koan is hit by a piece of the ice from Beruche’s power. [A few another notes at this time. It appears Beruche controlled that ice and flew it into Koan herself, and that the ice storm Beruche is in is meant to take everyone with her.]

- As Koan runs toward Beruche, who has by now stopped her ice storm, the dub adds a border.

- As Beruche is being healed, her breast body lines are erased and the screen is brightened.

- The original irises out the episode with a heart; the dub uses their generic crescent moon background.