Act 4 Masquerade Dance Party (episode)

This page is for the fourth episode of Sailor Moon Crystal. For the fourth chapter of the manga, please see Act 4 Masquerade Dance Party.

Act 4 Masquerade Dance Party (episode)
Act.4 Masquerade -仮面舞踏会-
Airing Information
Air Date (JP)	August 16, 2014
Air Date (US)	December 4, 2015
Written by	Mutsumi Itou
Directed by	Hiroyuki Satou
AnimationDirector	Yasuhiro Namatame and Ken Ueno
Episode Guide
Previous	Act 3 Rei - Sailor Mars
Next	Act 5 Makoto - Sailor Jupiter

"Act 4 Masquerade Dance Party" is the 4th episode of Sailor Moon Crystal and the 4th episode of the 1st season It aired in Japan on August 16, 2014, and in North America on December 4, 2015.

Summary

An embassy party is being held by the Kingdom of D, the world's largest producers of Diamonds, to unveil their national treasure for the first time in public. Luna and the Sailor Guardian suspect that the treasure could be the Legendary Silver Crystal and must investigate; however, the Dark Kingdom intends to uncover this as well.

Plot

Luna finds more information about the Sailor Guardians and Mamoru Chiba, Luna ponders whether he is a friend or foe.

The next morning, Usagi’s mom reads the newspaper, Sailor Moon solving the "Demon Bus" case is on the front page. She also sees a report of Princess D from the D Kingdom, who’s arriving to show their national treasure.

Usagi runs late for school. On the way, she sees policemen on the street regulating the traffic. Arriving at school, Usagi sees Naru who tells her the cops are on the street for security. Princess D, known for her diamonds, is visiting Tokyo. A ball is going to be held at the embassy in her honor.

After school, Usagi goes to Game Center Crown for a meeting, late as she had detention for failing a test.Ami teaches Rei how to play the Sailor V game meanwhile.

Rei asks Luna about their origins, and Ami asks for information about the enemy. Luna doesn’t know much, but tells them they were chosen to protect the princess. The princess can't be found, as she’s sealed away, probably because with the Silver Crystal. Once the other Guardians are found, the princess will be unsealed. The information they need will return to their memories, especially Usagi's. She was the first Guardian, and the leader.

Motoki asks Usagi about the cops, and she tells him about Princess D. Umino shows up with a photo of the princess. With her large glasses, the girls think the princess looks like Umino. Usagi still wants to go to the ball. Rei is hesitant, sensing trouble.

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Back in the Dark Kingdom, while Jadeite recovers from his fight with the Sailor Guardians, Nephrite learns of the D Kingdom treasure and thinks it may be connected to the Silver Crystal. Queen Beryl tells him to find the Crystal, and the Dark Kingdom will rule the universe.

At Usagi's house, her father gets ready for the embassy ball. Usagi asks to come along, but her dad refuses and leaves. Usagi decides to investigate and uses her Disguise Pen to transform into a princess.

Ami, Rei, and Luna go along with Usagi to the ball. Though, pets aren’t allowed, so Luna stays behind. Ami and Rei look for the princess while Usagi wanders around dreaming the dance when someone accidentally spills a drink on her dress. She goes off to find a sink to rinse off her dress in and drops her handkerchief embroidered with her name, which is picked up by Mamoru.

Standing by herself on the balcony, Usagi looks sadly into the crowd. Tuxedo Mask comes and asks Usagi to dance with him, she agrees and recognises him as Tuxedo Mask. Breathlessly whirling with him, Luna calls out to her. After turning towards Luna, Usagi looks back and Tuxedo Mask is gone. Luna explains they found Princess D, however she isn’t the princess they are looking for.

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Princess D prepares to showcase the treasure, wishing she were as important as it seemed to the crowd. Leading the princess to her room, her attendant shows herself as Nephrite in disguise. His shadow possesses her, and she runs with the treasure towards the balcony. Usagi tries to catch her, when she’s pushed over the railing. Tuxedo Mask reaches out to grasp Usagi's hand. Before he can pull her up, they both fall down. Luna tells Usagi to use her pen, which turns into an umbrella that floats them safely to the ground.

Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon, but realises she no longer wears her tiara, which was destroyed by an attack on Jadeite the previous day. Her body begins to feel warm, and a new tiara appears.

The guests are sucked into darkness by Princess D, and Sailor Mars' attack does nothing to Nephrite’s shadow. Luna tells Sailor Moon to reflect the moonlight onto it using her tiara. She uses Moon Tiara Flash which banishes the shadow, for a brief moment all the Shitennou appear. They tell the Sailor Guardians to stay out of the Dark Kingdom’s way before disappearing.

As everyone begins to stir, the Guardians see how beautiful Princess D is without glasses. Usagi wonders whether Umino would look the same. Princess D then presents the treasure, which turns out to be a 2000c Diamond Statue of herself.

A tired Sailor Moon sleeps on a bench in the balcony. Tuxedo Mask kisses her, and she feels like it’s something that happened a long time ago.

Luna immediately shows up and tells Tuxedo Mask to leave Usagi alone, asking if he is friend or foe. Because all he knows is that he and the Shitennou are both after the Silver Crystal, he tells Luna that they might be enemies.

The episode ends with a brown haired girl running in the street after she senses an approaching storm.

Changes

Changes from the Manga

• While Rei states that she has already grown tired of fighting youma she does not go as far as to say that she is a busy woman and expresses her doubts about Luna's credibility (as she has yet to tell them about the princess).
• Ami does not teach Rei how to play the Sailor V game.
• Jadeite was deceased, having been killed in the previous chapter by Sailor Mars, therefore only his corpse appears.
• Kunzite does not make an appearance in this chapter.
• The youma itself is in disguise as the attendant, not Nephrite.
• Usagi gets drunk at the party.
• The Shitennou do not appear all at the same time before the Sailor Senshi.
• Nephrite does not appear in the battle, rather he is commanding the youma from the Dark Kingdom.
• Sailor Moon shouts out her new attack's name, Moon Twilight Flash.

Changes from the 90's Anime

• Ami did not teach Rei how to play the Sailor V game.
• Jadeite was deceased.
• Jadeite, Ikuko Tsukino, Yumiko, Kuri, Motoki, and Makoto did not appear in this episode.
• Nephrite used Naru to smuggle a youma into the party.
• Usagi got drunk at the party.
• Luna did not confront Tuxedo Mask when he kissed Usagi.
• Luna threw the umbrella down to Usagi as she and Tuxedo Mask were falling.
• Sailor Moon did not receive a new tiara.
• Sailor Moon destroyed the shadow with Moon Tiara Action.

First Appearances

Characters

• Kunzite
• Kenji Tsukino
• Makoto Kino (cameo)

Attacks

• Moon Twilight Flash*

^{*The original Japanese dub didn't have Sailor Moon say her Moon Twilight Flash attack and instead say her "In the Name of the Moon, I'll punish you" catchphrase. However, the Viz Media English dub had Sailor Moon say the attack.}

Errors

Sailor Moon's feather barrettes and red hair-pieces are missing.

Usagi does not have the Disguise pen with her...

However, after a few scenes, the Disguise pen is in her pocket.

The Disgiuse pen is very big.

Usagi's weird eyes.

• When Sailor Moon's new tiara formed, her red hairpieces and her feather barrettes were not present.
• When Usagi was running down the street to school, the Disguise Pen was not in her pocket. It suddenly appeared when a car zoomed past her.
• Rei says she is growing tired of fighting youma, but she hadn't fought one yet when she said that.

Gallery

Luna's image of Sailor Moon

Luna's image of Sailor Mercury

Luna's image of Sailor Mars

Usagi's handkerchief

Usagi dancing with Tuxedo Mask

Makoto's eyes

Trivia

• Makoto is the first Sailor Guardian to speak in her cameo appearance.
• In the scene where Usagi wakes up to get ready for school, some of the manga magazines she owns can be seen. One of the magazines was published by Kodansha Comics, a reference to Kodansha.
• This is the first time in the Sailor Moon anime where a Sailor Guardians' transformation sequence is interrupted (with Sailor Moon realizing she doesn't have her tiara).
• The manga Usagi had fallen asleep reading was Prism Time, another one of Naoko Takeuchi's works.