YMMV / I'm Here to Help

• Alternate Character Interpretation: Due to the nature of this fanfiction, there are just as many readers who view Emerald as an Ax-Crazy Villain Protagonist as there are who think he's an Anti-Hero.
• Fanon: The story is the Trope Codifier for many now commonly seen fanons, most notably that Neo-Queen Serenity banished anyone who didn't accept her rule, that Purification is some form of mind control instead of more of an exorcism (and that Crystal Tokyo is a utopia devoid entirely of sorrow or negativity for that matter), that the Black Moon clan and their ancestors were freedom fighters, and that the senshi deliberately manipulated events to bring about a second Moon Kingdom.
• Moment of Awesome: Emerald sneaking into the Dark Kingdom to rescue Mamoru, in spite of the plan’s eventual failure and his overall victory over time itself and joy at the end, even as he lay dying in the snow.
• Paranoia Fuel: The second chapter has a youma posing as a policewoman to drain energy from petty crimes.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Emerald, depending on how reliable one considers him. If his claims are taken as true (that he's fighting to save Earth from brainwashing), then his goal is noble enough but his constant mockery of the people of Crystal Tokyo (calling them zombie, cattle, and sheep, even the children) can make him come across as unlikable. He also is condescending to the present-day senshi despite claiming to hold some respect for them and some of his more violent thoughts can come across as a bit alarming. His jabs and behavior towards Mamoru also come across as mean-spirited, particularly when he admits to mainly bothering to save him from the Dark Kingdom to win the senshi's trust and, despite partially wanting to impress Mars, admitting he didn't do it for her to be nice. The story also makes a big deal out of the youma being much less Always Chaotic Evil than in canon... and Emerald just gleefully murders them for power.

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