The episode opens with Queen Beryl wanting to revive Queen Metallia, as usual. Beryl finds out that she needs to get the Ginzuishou in order to do it, and so, today's evil scheme unfolds. ^_^

Meanwhile, we come upon our friend and heroine Usagi, who is running to school because she's late, again, as always. At the same time, Luna is running after her, trying to catch up and give Usagi her lunch, which she accidentally left behind.

Usagi turned a corner, only to run into three rather unfriendly looking punks, who proceed to get angry with her and start picking on her. One of the guys said that his leg was broken, and Usagi started getting freaked out, until salvation came, in the form of a very tall and strong young girl. (This would be our own beloved Mako-chan!) She took out the three punks, which really impressed Usagi in the process. That's what they get for picking on helpless girls! They barely had time for thank yous when they remembered that they were late, so they started running to school again.

Back in the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl was giving Zoisite and Kunzite the details of their plans. She explained that the ginzuishou was now in seven fragments called the nijizuishou, and trapped inside each piece was one of their seven strongest youma. Each piece was being carried inside a human, and Beryl bestowed a crystal (kurozuishou) on Zoisite, and that crystal would react to the presence of a nijizuishou. Zoisite then saw his first victim, a boy with glasses...

It was lunchtime at Juuban junior high, and Usagi went outside, seeing the girl who had saved her earlier sitting alone. Umino came up to Usagi and told her that the girl was Kino Makoto. Makoto was a very strong girl, and she had been kicked out of her previous school for fighting, and Umino warned Usagi to stay away from her. But, of course, Usagi's curiosity got the better of her, so she hid in some bushes behind Makoto and took a peek for herself.

Usagi's stomach was the first thing to kick in, when she saw the yummy-looking lunch that Makoto was eating! Usagi was busy admiring Makoto's lunch when Makoto noticed Usagi hiding in the bushes. Makoto offered to share some of her lunch with Usagi, and Usagi accepted the offer, of course. Makoto told Usagi that she most of the other students wouldn't approach her, but Usagi was exclaiming over Mako's lunch. Usagi said that Mako's mother is a wonderful cook, but Makoto replied that she had made the lunch herself, which made Usagi look a bit surprised.

When school got out for the day, Usagi and Makoto went over to the Crown game center. Usagi was hoping to see Motoki at the game center, but he wasn't there, and Usagi said so to Mako, and Makoto asked if Motoki was Usagi's brother. Then Makoto went over to play the Sailor V video game, and Ami and Rei arrived soon after. Usagi introduced them to Makoto as "the smart Ami, and the mean Rei," which resulted in Usagi and Rei arguing. During all the commotion, however, Luna had a strange feeling about Makoto, but she kept up the adorable cat facade for the time being.

Once things calmed down, the girls noticed a big crowd gathered around a boy in glasses who was playing the crane game. The boy kept winning all the stuffed animals, because he had a strange power that allowed him to move the animals into the crane's grip. (Moving solid objects with the mind is called telekinesis, by the way) One of Usagi's friends who was there told her that the boy was "crane arashi no Joe," and he always won all the stuffed animals at all the game centers. The others were amazed, but Makoto blushed and said that he looked just like a boy she used to know.

Joe finally left the game center carrying the big bag of stuffed animals that he had won, and Makoto decided to follow him secretly. She followed Joe down an empty street, when Zoisite appeared in front of him. Zoisite took out the kurozuishou, and the power of it activated the nijizuishou inside Joe's body. Joe started yelling in pain, when Mako rushed in.

Mako-chan got in front of Joe to protect him, and then she tried to attack Zoisite. Zoisite managed to avoid the attacks at first, but then Makoto threw one of her rose earrings at Zoisite, and when Zoisite dodged it, Mako hit him in the face! Zoisite got angry at Mako for daring to hit his pretty face, but Zoisite vanished when Usagi came onto the scene.

Usagi and Makoto went over to Joe, intent on helping him, but Joe got up by himself and left, saying that he didn't want any of their help. Makoto pursued Joe, and as she left, Luna said that she felt something evil that could be the fault of the Dark Kingdom.

Mako-chan was still going after Joe, but Joe told her to stop following him. Makoto said that she would be his bodyguard, and then she asked him how he got all the stuffed animals out of the crane game. Joe just replied vaguely, saying that she couldn't use his method. Joe then went into a coffee shop, but Mako still waited outside. Usagi finally caught up with Makoto, and as she waited with Makoto, Makoto told her that Joe was just like a boy she once knew.

Joe was still in bad shape thanks to the kurozuishou, and was still in pain. After a while, he finally asked Makoto to come inside, because he didn't like her staring at him from outside that way. Joe then told her that he had strange powers that helped him win at the crane game. He showed her by lifting the ash tray without touching it, and Makoto said that it was cheating. Joe merely said that it didn't matter.

Zoisite appeared suddenly in the coffee shop, and blasted Makoto, which made Joe start running away. Usagi ran in and asked Joe incredulously if he was just going to leave Makoto behind and run away, but Joe answered, "That big girl isn't my type," and ran off. Usagi then went to Makoto, who said sadly, "He said the same thing to me..."

In the meantime, Zoisite had caught up with Joe in the park, and he extracted the nijizuishou from Joe's body. Then, Sailormoon appeared, and Zoisite beat a hasty retreat, pausing only long enough to introduce himself before he transformed Joe into a youma and disappeared.

Sailormoon got scared, and the youma started attacking her. Sailormoon just kept trying to dodge the attacks, but Makoto came in, picked up the youma, and threw him to the ground. The symbol of Jupiter started glowing on her forhead as the youma extended one of his arms and caught Sailormoon.

Luna explained to Makoto that she was one of the Sailor Senshi, and she gave Mako her henshin stick, telling her to say "Jupiter power... make up!" Makoto said the words, and she transformed into Sailorjupiter.

The youma attacked Jupiter, but she dodged the attacks, and hit the youma with her Supreme Thunder attack. She almost did it again to finish him off, but Luna stopped her, because there was still a human inside the youma.

Luna then jumped in and gave Sailormoon a new item, the crescent moon wand! She then instructed Sailormoon to say "Moon Healing Escalation!" Sailormoon said the words, and the wand made the youma disappear, leaving a weary and fully-human Joe in its place. Joe collapsed to the ground, and the battle was finally won. Senshi victory! ^_-

The next day, Makoto and Usagi were at the Crown Game Center, and Mako was playing the Sailor V video game, yet again. Then, Motoki came into the arcade, and Usagi saw him, and introduced him to Makoto. Mako said that Motoki was just like a boy she once knew, and when Usagi mentioned Joe, Mako said that Motoki has a similar voice...

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Muchas gracias to the grand poobah of Sailormoon, Mr. Hitoshi Doi, for providing some of the specific quotes used here in his summary of the ep.