The show opens with Usagi Tsukino waking up late for school. On her way, she saves a mysterious black cat with a "crescent shaped bald spot" on its forehead. During school, Usagi and her classmates talk about Sailor V, a mysterious warrior. After school, Usagi goes to her best friend's mother's jewelry store, which is having a big sale. However, the sale is being used as a plan to steal energy for the evil Queen Beryl.

The episode was rated 7.99 from 167 votes.

Shingo's friend, Mika, is an award-winning doll maker, like her mother. Nephrite targets Mika after winning a French contest. After school, Usagi and Naru are approached by two girls from Shingo's school; they say that he is mean because he broke Mika's award-winning doll without apologizing! Mika has been visited by Nehprite and is under his control. Shingo is saddened by her cool attitude and begins to make a [Sailor Moon] doll of his own to give her as an apology. Later, Usagi, Shingo, Ami, and Rei with Mamoru, go to a huge doll show.

The episode was rated 8.02 from 42 votes.

Nephrite gives up trying to get power from humans and focuses on finding the Silver Crystal. He uses a black crystal to help him identify its location. He thinks that Naru (who is still in love with his human guise) may have the clue. However, when he asks for the Silver Crystal, she brings him a jewel from her mother's store. Sailor Moon busts in on the scene just as Nephrite realizes that maybe Naru's love for him is itself a powerful source of energy. A monster sent from Zoisite, who mistakes Nephrites's locating crystal for the Silver Crystal, also appears. Sailor Moon dispatches it and tries to finish Nephrite as well... but Naru throws herself over him, and Sailor Moon is forced to stop her attack.

The episode was rated 8.03 from 38 votes.

Makoto has a crush on Motoki (the arcade attendant) but is saddened to hear that he already has a girlfriend. Usagi and Makoto get into an argument when Usagi announces that she likes Motoki. Meanwhile, Zoisite targets the girlfriend, Reika, as the 5th crystal carrier. He attacks her and turns her into a monster and steals the crystal. Tuxedo Mask arrives and fights with him for the crystal, but Zoisite tricks him and escapes with it. Sailor Moon and Jupiter work together to fight the monster and restore Reika to normal.

The episode was rated 8.05 from 37 votes.

On her way to the arcade, Usagi runs into a young musician. Yusuke, the musician, was being chased by one of Jadeite's monsters because of a tape he accidentally got a hold of. The tape is Jadeite's newest plan to collect energy. Usagi and Luna sense something is wrong with Yusuke, so Usagi uses the Luna Pen and becomes a cool grown-up musician to sneak into the club Yusuke is performing at.

The episode was rated 8.08 from 64 votes.

Luna becomes suspicious of the new girl in school, Ami Mizuno. Usagi also joins in on the suspicion when they find a brain-washing program on a disk that Ami leaves behind as she rushes to cram school. Usagi enters the school by disguising herself as a doctor with the Luna Pen. After transforming into Sailor Moon, Usagi realizes the cram school teacher is the monster, not Ami. The monster tries to steal Ami's energy, but a symbol appears on her forehead...

The episode was rated 8.13 from 61 votes.

Queen Beryl wants the Silver Crystal to revive Queen Metalia, the supreme ruler of the Dark Kingdom. Metalia explains that the Silver Crystal is made up of 7 Rainbow Crystals that contain the spirits of 7 powerful monsters. These crystals are sealed away inside of humans. Zoisite uses the black crystal to find the first human carrier. Meanwhile, there is a new girl at school named Makoto. Although she has a bad reputation for starting fights, Usagi makes friends with her because she is an excellent cook. They go to the arcade and see a boy, Joe, win a bunch of prizes.

The episode was rated 8.16 from 45 votes.

Usagi and Ami visit a Shinto shrine after hearing rumors of a cursed 6 o'clock bus. The disappearances of young girls who take the bus are being aimed at the shrine. However, the priestess at the shrine believes that the new helper is the source of the evil. Disguising herself as a bus attendant, Usagi is forced by Luna to go on the bus to see if the rumors are true. Usagi and the bus are transported to another dimension, while Ami is left behind. When Rei, the Shinto priestess, confronts the new helper, Jadeite in disguise, she is also thrown into the other dimension.

The episode was rated 8.21 from 52 votes.

Kunzite and Zoisite work together on a plan to trap Tuxedo Mask and take his crystals. Zoisite disguises himself as Sailor Moon and pretends to be in danger. Tuxedo Mask rescues the fake Sailor Moon and gets stabbed by Zoisite. In the struggle, his mask is torn off and his true identity is revealed to Zoisite. The Sailor Warriors also arrive but get trapped in an energy absorbing dome by Kunzite. Kunzite makes the dome smaller and smaller to force Tuxedo to give up his crystals, but -just in time- Sailor Venus appears with Artemis and rescues the trapped Warriors.

The episode was rated 8.26 from 42 votes.

Using the power of the Silver Crystal, Princess Serenity sends Zoisite running. Then, overwhelmed by the memories of her past self, she passes out. With Serenity out, Kunzite appears and takes both Zoisite and the unconscious Tuxedo Mask. When he arrives, Queen Beryl kills Zoisite for his incompetences and turns her attention toward reviving Tuxedo Mask. Back in the cave, Sailor Moon wakes up and finally remembers the past. She and Prince Endymion lived on the moon in a great kingdom called the Silver Millennium. Then a great evil took over the Earth and tried to steal the Silver Crystal. Sailor Moon gets scared and declares that she doesn't want to fight anymore. Then Kunzite returns and blasts the Sailor Warriors. When only Sailor Moon is left, she finally accepts her destiny and calls on the Silver Crystal's power to send Kunzite running.

The episode was rated 8.38 from 45 votes.

The Sailor Warriors discover the portal to the Dark Kingdom and are traveling down the tunnel when Kunzite confronts them. During the fight, the girls are transported to a ruined Kingdom. Queen Serenity appears before Sailor Moon and explains the sad history of the once-great Silver Millennium kingdom. In order to save her daughter, Queen Serenity sent her spirit (along with the other Sailor Warriors and Endymion) to the future Earth with no memory of their former selves. Meanwhile, the cats find the entrance to the Dark Kingdom and are attacked by Kunzite. The Sailor Warriors come to their aid, and after a fierce fight, Sailor Moon manages to kill Kunzite.

The episode was rated 8.43 from 40 votes.

The Sailor Warriors teleport to the North Pole for a final battle with Queen Beryls and the forces of her Dark Kingdom. Beryls sends her 5 most powerful monsters after the girls and, one bye one, the Sailor Warriors die to protect Sailor Moon. Distraught at the loss of her friends, Sailor Moon is about to give up the fight when the spirits of the Warriors appear before her and tell her that they will always be with her. With new resolve, Sailor Moon sets off for the final battle.

The episode was rated 8.50 from 40 votes.

Nephrite decides that Naru is connected to Sailor Moon after all. When she can't tell him who Sailor Moon really is, he leaves. While he is away, Zoisite's monsters come and kidnap Naru because they think that Nephrite cares for her and will exchange her for the black crystal. Nephrite tracks them down and drives off the monsters, saving Naru. Unfortunately, the monsters return and stick Nephrite with a life-sucking thorn. Naru risks her life to protect Nephrite, but they are both helpless unlit the Sailor Warriors appear.

The episode was rated 8.53 from 38 votes.

Zoisite tracks down Mamoru and challenges him to a duel where winner takes all of the Rainbow Crystals. Mamoru is heading to duel when he runs into Usagi. She notices his bleeding shoulder and follows him. When they arrive, Zoisite tricks Mamoru into laying down his crystals and Kunzite appears and takes them all. Then Mamoru and Usagi get trapped in the elevator of a crumbling building, and they are both forced to transform (and reveal their identities to each other) in order to save themselves. They find themselves transported to the Dark Kingdom. Zoisite attacks Sailor Moon with a shard, but Tuxedo Mask takes the blow instead. When she sees Tuxedo Mask wounded, Sailor Moon cries. Her tears call all of the Rainbow crystals to her and they form the Silver Crystal. The crystal takes its place on the Moon Stick and Sailor Moon is now transformed into Princess Serenity.

The episode was rated 8.66 from 44 votes.

Sailor Moon arrives in the throne room to challenge Queen Beryl. Under Beryl's orders, Endymion attacks Sailor moon. She refuses to fight and instead pleads with him to remember his true self and their former love. Endymion recovers his memory just in time to block a spear thrown by Beryl and dies in the crumbling throne room as Sailor Moon cries. Queen Beryls flees to Metalia, and they combine their powers to become the terrifying Super Queen Beryl. Calling upon the power of the Silver Crystal, Sailor Moon becomes Princess Serenity, and the final showdown begins. Just as the Super Queen seems to be winning, the spirits of the dead Sailor Warriors surround Serenity and lend her their power. Beryl is defeated in an energy blast that engulfs the entire Dark Kingdom. As Serenity dies, she wishes that everything could be the way it used to be... back when she was a normal teen with no super powers and no great destiny. As the Earth returns to normal, the Sailor Warriors appear as

The episode was rated 8.74 from 38 votes.