The Battle in a Demonic Dimension! The Sailor Senshi's Bet

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When Mimete decides to help in the production of a Daimon, she accidentally creates an anomaly that fractures the dimensions inside the Tomoe residence, trapping Chibiusa and Hotaru.
The North American dub title for this episode is It's in the Cards.

Summary

Episode Data
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Professor Tomoe finds himself in Sailor Moon's debt
Original Episode
Name (Kanji/kana): 魔空の戦い! セーラー戦士の賭け
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Name (Translated): The Battle in a Demonic Dimension! The Sailor Senshi's Bet
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Episode Number: 118
Director: Noriyo Sasaki
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumizawa
Animation Director: Masahide Yanagisawa
Air Date: 17th of December, 1994
Previous Episode: Higher, Stronger! Cheers by Usagi
Next Episode: Awakening of the Messiah of Silence? Stars of Destiny
First English Dub Episode
Name: It's in the Cards
Number: 111
Company: Cloverway
Air Date: 20th of July, 2000
Previous Episode: Heightened Hazard
Next Episode: Goodness Eclipsed


Hotaru and Chibiusa are playing a variation of Old Maid at Hotaru’s house. Down in his basement laboratory, Professor Tomoe is about to make a new Daimon as Mimete looks on. She suddenly realizes it’s time for tea, and the Professor remembers it’s his turn to get snacks for everyone. After the Professor leaves on his errand, Mimete disparages his half measures in the making of Daimon, and overloads the Daimon egg fusion chamber. She quickly realizes she’s in over her head, and bails out as strange and massive explosion rattles the house. Upstairs Hotaru and Chibiusa, realize something has happened. They quickly discover numerous displacements of the time / space continuum in every corner of the room. Chibiusa uses Luna P to contact the Sailor Senshi. When contact is suddenly broken, the Senshei head for Hotaru’s house immediately.

More time space anomalies are discovered by Hotaru and Chibiusa, and the last one, a lion coming through Hotaru’s roll top desk, forces them to flee the room. On the other side they find themselves in a desert at night. When the door behind them disappears, they are now trapped in a labyrinth of distortions. Hotaru collapses and begins to despair. Chibiusa tells her that help is coming, and that they must do their best until it arrives. Professor Tomoe is back from his errand to fetch snacks, and finds the door to his house will not open. After attempting to break it down, he hears voices behind him. Sailor Mercury is explaining what has happened to the house. He turns to see the Sailor Senshi standing behind him. Tomoe fears they have realized who he really is, but after Sailor Moon embarrasses everyone with a ridiculous introduction, he realizes they have only come to try and rescue Hotaru from whatever strangeness has happened to his house. Sailor Mercury explains that they have an hour before the house is irrevocably lost to the distortion.

Hotaru and Chibiusa are now in a jungle, hot and thirsty, only to find the problem solved in next moment when they are suddenly in a frozen wasteland. Outside the house, Sailor Moon tries to come up with a plan, but only succeeds in further embarrassing everyone and making Professor Tomoe wonder if the Sailor Senshei are up to the job. Sailor Mars and Sailor Moon begin arguing, but Sailor Mercury interrupts explaining they cannot enter through the door or the stability of the distortion will be broken and the house lost, so they must use the Sailor Teleport to gain entry. They arrive inside the house only to find themselves looking at an alpine vista. But, Sailor Mercury insists, whatever the change in scenery, they are still inside the house, and they begin to look for Hotaru and Chibiusa. Outside, Tomoe contemplates the irony that he must rely on the Sailor Senshei to rescue Hotaru, who is so critical to his plans. He settles down to wait and starts eating the snacks he bought. Just outside the gate of the house, Haruka and Michiru arrive to find Setsuna spying out the situation. Setsuna explains what has happened and Haurka remarks that because Hotaru is so dangerous, it might be for the best if she is not rescued even if it means Sailor Moon and her group are lost, too.

Now in a forest, Chibiusa is getting hungry and tired. She tries to walk it off, but the scenery changes and suddenly she is already halfway over a chasm. Hotaru grabs her, but she isn’t strong enough to pull her to safety and eventually falls over with her. The Sailor Senshei arrive in the same space just in time for Sailor Venus to save them with the Venus Love-Me Chain. After momentarily blacking out, Hotaru awakens to hear Sailor Mercury explaining that they cannot teleport out with both Chibiusa and Hotaru. Hotaru begs them to take Chibiusa and go, and to leave her behind, because she is someone who should have never been born anyway. Sailor Moon insists that they will all get out together.

The Sailor Senshi, Hotaru and Chibiusa finally arrive “back inside” the house, where they discover the source of the distortions, a Daimon calling itself U-Ikasaman. Sailor Mercury explains they must defeat the Daimon to escape. Sailor Mars is ready to use force but U-Ikasaman is a pacifist villain, and prefers gambling to fighting, so she challenges the Sailor Senshi to a series of betting contests. She promises to let them all go if even one of them can beat her, but if not, they must be her gaming partners forever. One by one, they fall prey to her rigged games, and are imprisoned inside giant playing cards, until only Chibusa and Hotaru are left. They challenge her to a game of Old Maid. Chibiusa proves to be clever at using her poker face, and goes out first, but U-Ikasaman reneges on her promise and demands that Hotaru also beat her. Hotaru is terrified at how everyone’s fate now hangs on her choice, but the Senshei tell it doesn’t matter if she fails, because they like her so much. She chooses the correct card, and then passes out from the pressure.

U-Ikasaman again reneges on her promise. Chibiusa transforms into Sailor Chibi Moon and attempts to hit her with the Pink Sugar Heart Attack. It finally kicks in and frees Sailor Moon from her playing card prison. Sailor Moon undergoes her second transformation and blasts U-Ikasaman with her Rainbow Moon Heartache, freeing everyone and returning the house to normal. The Sailor Senshei emerge through the front door, with Jupiter carrying the unconscious Hotaru. Professor Tomoe thanks them for rescuing her and then thinks to himself that one day they will deeply regret today’s kindness. Outside the gate, Setsuna tells Haruka “too bad” and Michiru says that, in fact, Haruka believes in Sailor Moon more than either of them. Chibiusa leaves happy, her friendship with Hotaru affirmed yet again.

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