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" 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 as well as Mamoru Chiba. She wonders who he is, and if he's a friend to them or an enemy.

The next morning, Usagi’s mom reads the newspaper, Sailor Moon solving the "Demon Bus" case is on the front page. She turns it over, to see a report of Princess D from the D Kingdom, who’s arriving in Japan to show off 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 reasons. Princess D who is famous for her diamonds, is coming for a showcase, a ball is going to be held at the embassy in her honour.

After school Usagi goes to Game Center Crown for a Sailor Guardian meeting, late as she had detention for failing a test. Ami teaches Rei how to play the newest Sailor V game on one of the machines. Luna calls the meeting, and says they were chosen as Sailor Guardians to protect their princess. The princess can't be found yet, as she’s sealed away her powers, and may have the Silver Crystal too. Once the other Guardians are found, the princess's seal will be broken, and the information they seek will return to their memories, especially Usagi's as she was the first to awaken.

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

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

At home, Usagi’s father gets ready for the embassy ball as he needs to write a story on the event. Usagi asks to come along, but her dad refuses and leaves the house, she decides to investigate and uses her Disguise Pen to transform into a princess.

Usagi, Ami, and Rei all attend the ball. The two look for the princess while Usagi wanders around fantasising about her life as a princess, when someone accidentally spills a drink on her dress. She goes off to find a sink to rinse off and drops her handkerchief embroidered with her name, which is picked up by Tuxedo Mask. Standing by herself on the balcony, Usagi looks sadly into the crowd as she doesn't look like a princess anymore because of her stained dress. Tuxedo Mask comes and offers her a dance, she happily agrees when recognising him. As they start to get romantic, Luna calls out to her, explaining they found Princess D, however she isn’t the princess they are looking for.

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 to escape. 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, he loses his grip and both of them fall. Luna tells Usagi to use her Disguise Pen, which turns into an umbrella to float them down safely.

Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon, but realises she no longer wears her tiara, which was destroyed by the attack on Jadeite the previous day. Her body begins to feel warm, and a new tiara appears on her head. The guests are sucked into darkness by Princess D, and Sailor Mars attacks do nothing to halt Nephrite’s shadow. Luna tells Sailor Moon to reflect the moonlight onto it using her new tiara, using Moon Tiara Flash she banishes the shadow, causing the Shitennou to appear momentarily. They tell the Sailor Guardians to stay out of the Dark Kingdom’s way and swear vengeance before disappearing.

Princess D then presents the treasure to her crowd, which turns out to be a 2000c Diamond Statue of herself. A tired Sailor Moon sleeps on a bench on the balcony. Tuxedo Mask sees her and kisses her, when Usagi remembers she may have kissed him a long time ago. Luna immediately shows up and tells Tuxedo Mask to leave her alone, asking if he’s an enemy. He tells Luna that they might be enemies since he’s after the Silver Crystal too.

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.
Ami and Rei did not changed back into their princesses disguises after the battle.

Changes from the 90's Anime[]

Ami did not teach Rei how to play the Sailor V game.
Jadeite was deceased, having been sentenced into “Eternal Sleep” encased in a crystal by Queen Beryl.
Jadeite, Ikuko, Yumiko, Kuri, Motoki, and Makoto did not appear in this episode.
Usagi and Luna attended to the party separately from Ami and Rei, and they were briefly stopped at the reception for not being invited.
Naru also attended to the party, and Nephrite used her to smuggle a youma.
Naru rushes into the princess's room to try to obtain the treasure, and the spirit leaves her body to possess the princess.
Princess D then runs out of the room to take the treasure to Nephrite, but she is quickly stopped by Tuxedo Mask and the Sailor Guardians.
Luna threw a normal umbrella down to Usagi as she and Tuxedo Mask were falling.
Sailor Moon did not receive a new tiara.
Sailor Mars uses her Akuryo Taisan attack to cause the spirit to leave the princess's body, and Princess D falls to the ground, unconscious.
Sailor Moon destroyed the shadow with Moon Tiara Action.
When she wakes up, Sailor Moon rushes to help her. She seems to have no recollection of the time when she was possessed. Luna asks her if she is the princess for whom they have been searching, but Princess D doesn't respond because she has lost her glasses and is unable to identify who is speaking to her. When she finally puts her glasses on and realizes that a cat was speaking to her, she screams and faints. Luna says that she must not be the princess.
Usagi got drunk at the party.
Usagi changed back into her princess disguise after the battle.
Luna did not confront Tuxedo Mask when he kissed Usagi.
Makoto Kino did not appeared until Episode 25.

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[]

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[]

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.