Scent of a Monster: Chanela Will Steal Your Love

Shingo wakes to find Luna curled on his bed and, terrified of cats, demands she be tossed out. When Usagi asks to keep the cat, their parents leave the siblings to settle it themselves, and Luna even visits a pet shop to study how house pets should behave. Meanwhile Jadeite pitches Beryl a fresh energy-gathering plan built on amplifying people's cravings.

Shingo's friend Mika introduces him to a Chanela, a fluffy rabbit-like creature that gives off a heady perfume and is sold only at Pet Shop Perfume. The scent hypnotizes both children into buying one, and soon nothing else holds their interest. As the fad spreads through Usagi's class, students smuggle their Chanelas past Ms. Haruna and walk out in protest when she tries to confiscate them, prompting a suspicious Usagi to investigate the shop.

Inside the store Usagi runs into Luna, who is snooping as well, and promptly falls under a Chanela's spell until Luna carries the creature off in her teeth and breaks the trance. Recognizing the Dark Kingdom's handiwork, they move to take Shingo's pet, but he bolts back to Pet Shop Perfume, where the entranced owners fall under Jadeite's Youma Iguara and prepare to spread the creatures across town.

Sailor Moon arrives and is chased by the mesmerized crowd. Unwilling to risk hurting her own brother with Moon Tiara Action, she follows Luna's advice and instead uses Moon Tiara Stardust, which shakes everyone free of the trance. When Iguara seizes her, Sailor Moon finishes the Youma with Moon Tiara Action even while held fast. Believing his rescuer to be Sailor V, Shingo listens as she urges him to treat the cat named Luna kindly, and from then on he dotes on her completely.

The episode introduces Mika Kayama and debuts the Moon Tiara Stardust attack. It is also the first time the Moon Princess is described as coming from the Moon, building on her vaguer mention in the premiere.

DiC never dubbed this installment, making it the second of six episodes cut from that release, and it reached English audiences only through the later Viz Media dub, which streamed online in 2014. Although Iguara never featured in the DiC run, the Youma did turn up briefly in an early promotional reel DiC produced for the series.