"The Legendary Lake Yokai: The Bond of Usagi’s Family" is the 40th episode of the 1st season of the Sailor Moon anime and the 40th episode overall. It aired in Japan on January 16, 1993. The DiC English dub title for this episode is "Last Resort" and it aired in North America on October 30, 1995.
Summary[]
Usagi and her family visit a hot springs resort, while Prince Endymion is sent to resurrect an ancient legendary monster.
Plot[]
In this episode, the Tsukino family visits an onsen (hot springs) where a story of a monster is said to haunt the lake. Queen Beryl, meanwhile, is speaking with Kunzite about the energy the lake seemed to emit.
Both agreed that it was possible the energy was coming from a monster, so Beryl sent Prince Endymion (who was under her control at the time) to investigate. Kunzite, however, expresses doubt of Endymion's loyalty and fears his old memories are returning. Queen Beryl disagrees.
Back at the lake, Usagi is seen gazing at a statue on the shores of the lake while clutching her pendant. The pendant had reacted to the lake and opened itself so that it could play the music within. Prince Endymion was there as well, but does not recognize Usagi or his old name, Mamoru when she reaches out to him. Shortly after, Usagi's mother is heard calling out to her. When she arrives, Usagi is alone. She begins to tell Usagi about the story of the statue, and the "legendary lovers". They leave not too long after, unaware the Endymion had been listening to the entire time.
Endymion used his powers to summon the monster and watched as it went after Usagi and her family. As it attacks her father, Usagi desperately attempts to transform into Sailor Moon but is stopped by a rose thrown by Prince Endymion. He yelled to the family to escape while the Sailor Guardians descended upon the scene. During the mayhem, Usagi was able to transform.
The monster, however, proved to be a difficult foe, and it took the combined efforts of the Sailor Senshi to damage it enough for Sailor Moon. She finally used Moon Healing Escalation on the monster, and destroyed her.
International Dub Titles[]
- Brazilian Portuguese: O Espírito Maligno do Lago Une a Família ("The Evil Spirit of the Lake Unites the Family")
- European Portuguese: O Espírito Mau do Lago ("The Evil Spirit of the Lake")
- French:
- TV: L’esprit du lac ("The Spirit of the Lake")
- DVD: Le yôkai légendaire du lac ! Usagi et les liens familiaux. ("The Legendary Lake Yokai! Usagi and Family Ties.
- German: Der Geheimnisvolle See ("The Mysterious Lake")
- Hebrew: הרוח המרושעת באגם: קשרים משפחתיים (The evil spirit in the lake: family bonds)
Changes[]
Changes from the Manga[]
- None of these events had happened in the manga
Dub Changes[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This is the second episode where the Sailor Senshi battle a monster that has no affiliation with the season's antagonist group, after The Summer, the Beach, Youth and Ghosts.
- This is the only time Usagi uses Moon Healing Escalation on a non Dark Kingdom-related monster.
- This episode was omitted from the Korean dub.
- At the end of the episode, Usagi's image song You Can't Just Dream played in the background.
- There was a noticeable plot hole in DiC's English dub of the episode. In this dub, Prince Endymion was called Prince Darien, with Darien being the dubbed name for Mamoru. Despite that, in the episode Prince Darien says the line "Darien? Serena? I've never heard these names before. What is it that you want?"