#say what you will about the plot the pacing the characters and everything else

[sailormoonsub]

this is the point where Usagi's idealism tips the scales from practical to metaphysical. it's not just about loving thy enemy, it's about BEING thy enemy. an empathy so radical that you will give up your own life to merge with the rest of the universe and remember what it's like to breathe with a single set of lungs and feel the pulse of the lone common heart.