keyofnik: Not a phraseless attack, but one outside the stock footage, so definitely worth some love. I like several things about this. First is that Ami’s keeping the same body motions she goes through in the stock footage. I think this is what Ami’s opponents actually see when she does this attack, which is supported by the moments in Episode 80 where Ami keeps almost starting her attack and the others recognize it. I like that again Ami has to take a second to “charge up”. That Ami has to gather her strength before launching an attack is a nice way to demonstrate the Senshi’s relative power levels (versus Rei and Mako especially who give the impression that they’re trying to control something rather than manifest it). And I really, REALLY like that Ami still has her visor on. It’s a tiny thing, an obvious thing, but so often what we see the Senshi do is so compartmentalized, and it’s exciting to have Ami at her smart Amiest unleashing Shine Aqua Illusion hell while keeping them on. I’m sure she must’ve observed everyone’s attacks through her visor before now, herself included, to see what information she could glean about them. But I have to think that for someone as scientific as Ami that she’d just always get the tiniest little thrill about using science to observe magic.
