The Seven Great Youma's Strength

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Slowpokeking

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They were told to be very powerful Youma, but in truth other than the cat didn't attack much, only Reika turned Youma was a tough foe. The other 5 really were meh. Jadeite, Nephrite and Kunzite all have made stronger Youma such as the camera, the snow white princess, the lion, the twin and that countess turned one.
 

Nadia

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You could always handwave it away as the Seven Great Youma not really being fully awakened or properly prepared. Unlike the other Shitennou, Zoisite didn't have the capacity to work with these Youma beforehand as part of an evil scheme. Whereas all of the other Youma in the series were directly under the control and working for their masters and were either biding their time or undercover, these seven were simply manifested from slumbering souls. Given that they only said their name when they spoke, this indicates their awakening was not complete or simply botched. Compounding this is that Zoisite prioritized the retrieval of the Rainbow Crystals, so not only is there no plan beforehand, but the boss can't even manage the subordinate mid-fight beyond a couple of basic commands.

Of course, the real reason these villains are weaker is two-fold. One, with an increasing cast and with multiple people having different agendas in that arc, the fight scenes had to be simplified. Two, since Sailor Moon has to heal these people and some of these people are recurring characters, those in charge can't have her beat up on them too badly; deep down they still had "human hearts."

It would have been an interesting complication if once a Great Youma awakened, then it would prove to be too powerful to be a minion and would go against Zoisite (for being an "unworthy" champion of the Dark Kingdom in a bit of classic arrogance) and our heroes.
 
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Onuzim Ima

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And don't forget that Ryo/Bunbo in particular couldn't be completely taken under control because of his 'Shining' Ability. That turned out to be a double-edged sword which came to bite 'em back in the ***. ;)
 
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Nadia

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I still say it would have made more sense for all the Seven Great Youma, once manifesting in the present, to have kept their reborn lives and mentality after transforming, thus forcing Zoisite to have to take a second action brainwash them as was done to Ryo. Given that Tuxedo Mask was on Zoisite like white on rice at times, it would add a different dynamic other than having the Youma keep the girls busy.

In the first episode of the Rainbow Crystal arc, Zoisite extracts the Rainbow Crystal, then leaves before Crane Game Joe even finished changing. What would have happened if much like Sailor Moon, Gesen didn't know/remember what to do at first and didn't start attacking? Then again, Mako was so mad at that point and between that and her hero worship of Sailor Moon, she might have probably tried to pummel him and there'd be a fight anyway.