Smile Precure Discussion Thread

[Suwako Moriya]

In only a couple of weeks, it will be time for us to start smiling. Plus, I figure with occasional Smile info coming out, it would be a good idea to make this thread now.


Original Series Discussion Thread (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1621713&postcount=1)
Max Heart Discussion Thread (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1628675&postcount=1)
Splash Star Discussion Thread (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1636570&postcount=1)
Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Discussion Thread (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1653565&postcount=1)
Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go! Discussion Thread (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1672397&postcount=1)
Fresh Discussion Thread (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1531754&postcount=1)
Heartcatch Discussion Thread (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1704719&postcount=1)
Suite Pretty Cure Discussion Thread (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1895608&postcount=1)

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[elior]

here link to the final trailer for smile precure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YahF54PU2-o

[Nork22]

here link to the final trailer for smile precure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YahF54PU2-o

Can't wait to watch. Also Toei, instead of doing some madness All Star PreCure movie, do it like your Kamen Rider movies. I want to see Smile x Yes crossover movie.

[Fencedude]

Can't wait to watch. Also Toei, instead of doing some madness All Star PreCure movie, do it like your Kamen Rider movies. I want to see Smile x Yes crossover movie.

Forget that, they should animate Dissonance.

[Fencedude]

do you think smile precure going to be better then suite by this trailer and the great animation and quality?

What in the world does that have to do with those posts?

[elior]

do you think by this great animation of the trailer smile precure going to be much better then suite or not?becouse from this good animation it looks like it will be great

[Fencedude]

do you think by this great animation of the trailer smile precure going to be much better then suite or not?

Who knows? Seriously, we have nothing in particular to base it on, and while the trailer is fairly well animated, Precure's always had good animation in general.

Also, why does it matter? It'll be what it is, and we'll start to find out next week. Why do you care what we think about it?

[Suwako Moriya]

here link to the final trailer for smile precure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YahF54PU2-o

Next week can't come soon enough. It's so nice seeing their civilian forms, cure forms, and hearing their voices.

[Suwako Moriya]

do you think by this great animation of the trailer smile precure going to be much better then suite or not?becouse from this good animation it looks like it will be great

Personally, I think that all a trailer like that can do at best is increase or decrease my motivation to try a series. In this case, the trailer increases my motivation.

Not that I needed much of an increase. Pretty Cure is by far my favorite magical girl series. As such I look forward to each future version of it. Watching it is fun for me.

I'm not going to compare a thirty second trailer of one series to 48 episodes of another series. It just doesn't work that way. There's just way too much I don't know yet.

That and for me, I'm not focused on whether Smile will be better or worse than Suite. Rather I'm focused on whether or not Smile will provide me with yet another season to enjoy in the series.

[Nork22]

do you think by this great animation of the trailer smile precure going to be much better then suite or not? becouse from this good animation it looks like it will be great

Trailers can be deceiving. ;)
But if the trailers for Smile is anything to go by, I hope it's as good as Yes PreCure 5 GoGo as it's something that you can compare it to.

[elior]

from what i seen in the new images of smile precure the first bad guy will be the big bad wolf and i expected this since this season is about fairy stories

[elior]

a video of reika dancing in a game while the full opening song in the backround also it show her attack and transformation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHwfm4WJ6w&feature=related

[Suwako Moriya]

a video of reika dancing in a game while the full opening song in the backround also it show her attack and transformation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHwfm4WJ6w&feature=related

Well, Cure Beauty is a definite beauty. What? In any case, I have to admit I was focusing heavily on Urara for some reason. The opening song, I'll probably better judge in the actual opening.

[Suwako Moriya]

Well, Miyuki is certainly living up to the "Happy" part. Although she's not so "happy" that she's incapable of showing fear and worry.

Her reaction to Candy was just wow. She took the idea of a mysterious creature from a book far better than I would have expected one too.

Cure Happy certainly seems to have the drive to help out Candy, but it's probably a good thing she's going to eventually have other cures to help her.

[elior]

this was amezing opening my second feivorite opening the first one was heartcatch lot of humor from cure happy and the monster was from the fairy story henzel and gretel

[Suwako Moriya]

this was amezing opening my second feivorite opening the first one was heartcatch lot of humor from cure happy and the monster was from the fairy story henzel and gretel

Well, given the house itself was a trap, it's the first thing to guess. Although I would have expected sweets to cover the house. Which makes me wonder if it might just be a magical house.

In any case, with precure series averaging around 47 to 49 episodes, they're going to go through quite a few fairy tales if they are basing the monsters on them.

[Nork22]

Talk about "Happy". Miyuki is like an ultra-hype version of Nozomi and Love combine into one.

And what's this, a secret world where you can enter by shuffling books on a shelf? Interesting. Works as a warp portal too!

And thankfully she isn't as so bad as a first time PreCure, but I had to laugh at what it took for her to do her Kamehame... errr... PreCure Happy Shower.

Now to wait on the next 4 episodes for the rest of the members to become PreCures.

[Fencedude]

That was pretty fun. Happy sure is Happy.

And remember, everytime Yayoi/Peace says something, imagine it ending in "de geso"

[Funkatron]

I hereby dub the Smile Cures:

The Happy One, the Fiery one, the Banchou, the Crybaby and the Cool One

So far love this a lot better than I did the first episode of Suite. Happy hints of Dream from YPC5 but in a good way. Speculation on Cure Decor: The villains are either using her power to create the monsters are are using pieces of her. If the latter, assembly may be required to get Cure number 6 (or 7 if rumors and the gems in the pact indicate)

[RZetlin]

Smile Precure is follow up for an idea from the last episodes Suite Precure of using Happiness to overcome sadness.

So far the the first episode of Smile Precure is more entertaining than Suite Precure.

We get to see all the 5 main characters in the first episode in the class room.

Happy is one of those comedic energetic characters that I find likable.

Miyuki goes out and searches for the fairy instead of the other way around.

The villain seems more useful and more menacing than the three choir men in Suite Precure.

The main plot of reviving a super bad villain is stated, of waiting 20+ episodes in Suite Precure to figure out what is going on.

Since this is the first time becoming a Precure, Precure Happy powers misfires.

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The only thing I don't like about Smile Precure is the transformation.

The music and transformation scene looks weak compared to the other Precure series.

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Episode 1:

- Do the Precure magical creatures always look like this? Suite was a bit different but this thing looks just like what I remember from Heartcatch.
- Man. This is definitely a different sort of role than what I've usually heard Fukuen Misato in.
- ::watches OP:: Well, the girls are all very cute. I wonder how quickly they'll all be assembled? There's no attempt made to hide any of their identities, so presumably it won't be long.

- So we have Fukuen for Miyuki, and Akane is some total nobody, but I really like her already. And then Nao is Inoue Marina! <3
- Jeeze so they're all in the same class, that definitely gets them together quickly.
- OH GOD YAYOI IS ADORABLE.

- Alright, one of the baddies. Please please please don't be as atrocious as the enemies in Suite, goddamn.
- BAD END!
- Well. So far wolf boy seems at least competent. He's not a sputtering moron like Trio the Minor.
- Happy's transformation is... okay. I'll probably skip it though.

That sure was magical girly. Miyuki is fun, but I think I might like Yayoi best. Not sure yet if I'll end up watching this whole show but it seems okay so far.

[Fencedude]

- Do the Precure magical creatures always look like this? Suite was a bit different but this thing looks just like what I remember from Heartcatch.

Not really, usually they are pretty different (http://fencedude.com/Precure/PrecureMascots.jpg).

Candy does look an awful lot like the Heartcatch Fairies though, and that is unusual enough to be notable.

[Suwako Moriya]

And so it was that Akane learned that she truly does have a Sunny personality. Either that or she became Cure Sunny.

In any case, time for Miyuki and Akane to exchange vows. Wait, sorry I accidentally switched over to my fantasy world.

[Nork22]

The PreCure stuff is meant to be a secret, but Miyuki has already eye'd up Akane and Yayoi for the next 2 and told them about it. Good choice!

Amusing how semi-useless Cure Smile is, and how she needs to build up her super bar to do her special attack. Cure Sunny is at least physically abled. I wonder about Yayoi now.

[HitokiriShadow]

I like the character designs here more than Suite, not as much as Heartcatch.

The way the show introduced the other four Precures-to-be bugged me, but whatever, I'll give the show a pass on the heavy handed, awkward introductions due to its intended target audience.

But "crybaby" is the defining character trait of one of them. Ugh.

Miyuki's genki klutziness and airheadedness was turned up a bit too high for my tastes. Her nervousness over her introduction was ratcheted up to ridiculous levels, having "I'm looking for happiness" as some sort of life goal is excessively cheesy even for a kids show and makes it rather hard to connect with the character, and she was just very tiring to watch for most of the episode up until she became a PreCure. And her "Look everyone, its Candy!" bit was incredibly obnoxious.

The transformation scene was decent. Not as good as Heartcatch, but at least on par with Suite.... though to be honest, I barely remember them already.

The wolf is the least silly and/or annoying PreCure villain I've met yet. He's actually menacing and comes across as at least semi-competent rather than a bumbling idiot or otherwise having some irritating character trait.

By the end of the episode, I'm not remotely able to ship her with any of the other girls. ;_;

Okay first episode, I guess. I just hope they tone down Miyuki a bit in future episodes. I liked her the first 30-60 seconds she was on screen and after she became a PreCure, but it was just too much for the rest of the episode. I suppose if nothing else, sharing screentime with the other girls will help with that.

[Suwako Moriya]

Miyuki's genki klutziness and airheadedness was turned up a bit too high for my tastes.

Clearly she's taking her Pretty Cure name way too literally and this is even before she becomes one. Well, it could be worse. I mean what if she ended up being "Cure Emo" or "Cure Gripes About Everything*?

Actually if this were a different type of series, I'd expect it to be revealed that her attitude is actually a front and that we'd soon find out that <insert a bunch of really bad stuff that indicates a crappy family life here>.

[RZetlin]

I can see the similarities between Cure Sunny and Cure Rouge. Both wearing red as their colours and using sports in their attacks. I wonder if the upcoming DX movie will address this?

Anybody notice the villains clock have 22 hours and it clicks down each episode? So does the main villain will appear in episode 22?

The Precure reaction to their powers is more like HeartCatch not used to it.

[Nork22]

I can see the similarities between Cure Sunny and Cure Rouge. Both wearing red as their colours and using sports in their attacks. I wonder if the upcoming DX movie will address this?
It will be a matter of "We have the same powers! Let's be friends!" like all the other DX movies.

The Precure reaction to their powers is more like HeartCatch not used to it.
It's more like every other PreCures who aren't used to it yet. Once our Sentai team is assembled, they will be more interesting to watch.

I should also go watch Kamen Rider Kabuto since the head writer has worked on this.

[Fencedude]

Oh god, Akane's awesome. She's NEKKETSU and wants to be an Ace Attacker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHE9cQrwok&hd=1). Also ships easily with Miyuki.

I'm really interested in meeting Beauty and March, March should be pretty interesting, "Onna-Banchou" and all that.

[TheGreenMan]

Miyuki is certainly happy!
So, the girls have specific powers? Whatever Miyuki is doing, strength, electroshock, speed...and aqua sword???
Happy is very nervous.
Hey look, all the Precure in one class.
So energetic red head helps her out.
Furry! Kill it! Kill it dead!
Bad end? *face palm*
Pysch yourself up Miyuki...but those sounds...you're not having occasional irregularity.

[TheGreenMan]

Now we meet Akane, aka Cure Sunny. Or as I like to think Miyuki's waifu.
Huh...the girls wear shorts under their skirts. I thought it was only Cure Sunny, but it's Cure Happy as well.

Next episode is Pikachu!

[HitokiriShadow]

I enjoyed this episode a lot more than the first one. It lacked the awkward, questionable introductions and Miyuki was purely entertaining instead of tiring and occasionally irritating.

The way she gathers energy for her Happy Shower is highly amusing.

Akane's a lot of fun too, particularly when Miyuki was asking her to become a Precure and then tried to hide Candy from her.

And now Akane becomes Sailor Mars Cure Sunny. And Sunny Fire is probably a better (in terms of being fun to watch) attack than anything in Suite not done by Cure Muse.

Also, I'm not the only one trying to imagine all of Miyuki's lines in Yuuki Aoi's voice, right? ...........Right?

[Fencedude]

Also, I'm not the only one trying to imagine all of Miyuki's lines in Yuuki Aoi's voice, right? ...........Right?

Ao-chan would be awesome as Miyuki. Maybe she'll be the sixth Precure. We can only hope.

And Sunny Fire is probably a better (in terms of being fun to watch) attack than anything in Suite not done by Cure Muse.

Though they pretty much ripped it right off of Cure Rouge's Fire Strike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-olxCFkG1Xs&feature=related&hd=1&t=15s), only with Volleyball instead of Soccer.

[Nork22]

Huh...the girls wear shorts under their skirts. I thought it was only Cure Sunny, but it's Cure Happy as well.

Standard issue tight shorts for PreCures who's skirts aren't some tutus.

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Episode 2:

- Ahaha, so much for secrecy. Miyuki just straight up tries to recruit Yayoi and Akane.
- I really love Yayoi's design. So cute. <3
- So the Akanbee won't all be based on fairy tales and such.
- I wonder if Miyuki will ever stop looking terribly constipated when she uses "Happy Shower". >_>
- Hah it missed.
- Ah, interesting, Akane just sort of naturally breaks out of the BAD END funk. And recognizes Miyuki while transformed. That doesn't seem to happen often.
- Oooh, Sunny's transformation is a bit better than Happy's. She sets herself on fire!

Akane is great, even if I tend to be iffy on that accent.

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Also, I'm not the only one trying to imagine all of Miyuki's lines in Yuuki Aoi's voice, right? ...........Right?
I love love love Fukuen Misato, though. Not as much as Ao-chan, but still, I could stand to listen to Fukuen quite a lot, even if I like her slightly raspier Yoshika or Yami voice better than Miyuki's.

[HitokiriShadow]

Also, I'm not the only one trying to imagine all of Miyuki's lines in Yuuki Aoi's voice, right? ...........Right?
I love love love Fukuen Misato, though. Not as much as Ao-chan, but still, I could stand to listen to Fukuen quite a lot, even if I like her slightly raspier Yoshika or Yami voice better than Miyuki's.

I like Fukuen Misato (though she's not one who's voice I can pick out just by hearing it) and I'm enjoying her Miyuki. It's just that Miyuki reminds me of Hibiki and Hana, them all being outgoing, emotive, somewhat spastic characters that Ao-chan has a particular ability to make so much fun (though her ability to do that is hardly limited to this kind of character). So after being teased that Ao-chan would be in this, I can't help but imagine her doing Miyuki.

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Episode 3:

- Yaaay, it's Yayoi's turn!
- She draws! <3 Heh it is so weird hearing Kanata/Ikamusume coming from her. But so cute.
- Man, Miyuki and Akane have no qualms at all about outing Yayoi immediately. :sd:
- ...Yayoi sure accepts seeing Candy rather easily. And heh she thinks its a pig. Uhhh, I can see "sheep", sort of, but where do you get pig?
- Wow, what a dickhead. Talk a about totally unprovoked attack on Yayoi from the retard who won.
- Booooooo, the double-transformation just handles them completely separately. No touchy feely goodness between Precure. ;_;
- So Happy had to lose so Sunny could transform. Now Happy and Sunny need to lose so Peace can transform. I wonder if this is going to continue all the way up to the last? :sd:
- Pika Pika Pikarin! ~degeso. I like her civilian hair better but god she's still so cute.
- Ahahaha and then she just runs away after doing her superhero poses.
- Cure Peace... uses thunder and lightning. Haha.

Fucking love Yayoi. Kanemoto Hisako does it again.

Next up, Green!

[angelx03]

- Pika Pika Pikarin! ~degeso. I like her civilian hair better but god she's still so cute.
- Cure Peace... uses thunder and lightning. Haha.



At this point on, we might as well nickname her Pika Cure. :P

[TheGreenMan]

Episode 3:

- Pika Pika Pikarin! ~degeso. I like her civilian hair better but god she's still so cute.


They couldn't resist, could they? :p
It looks like Cure Peace is the fan's favorite...if Danbooru is any indication.

[something]

It looks like Cure Peace is the fan's favorite...if Danbooru is any indication.
Pixiv as well. Current counts, taking into consideration the usual caveats about how horribly inconsistent Pixiv tagging is:

Kise Yayoi (黄瀬やよい) - 1521 [R-18: 154, 10%]
Hoshizora Miyuki (星空みゆき) - 659 [R-18: 34, 5%]
Hino Akane (日野あかね) - 480 [R-18: 54, 11%]
Midorikawa Nao (緑川なお) - 350 [R-18: 25, 7%]
Aoki Reika (青木れいか) - 244 [R-18: 20, 8%]

So well in excess of double the posts of anyone else. She used to have the highest percentage of 18+ images but I guess Akane is beating her there now. :sd: In any case, Peace seems like the clear favorite so far. But Nao and Reika haven't had their episodes yet.

[Nork22]

God, wish I didn't watch Ika-musume as my mind wants to end all of Yayoi's sentences with ~de geso. Very cute episode.

Still sad to see that the girls are just semi-useless in battle. Don't let the 5 GoGo team out do you girls right now!

Onna-banchou next episode!

[Suwako Moriya]

For someone labeled as a crybaby, I actually expected the crying to be far more overdone. Not to say Yayoi never cried, but some shows like to take it to a much higher extreme than shown here.

Any chance, that Soga was swallowed by a dimensional rift and sent to another series?

Cure Peace is adorable. Both in terms of being "startled" by her own attack and the rock, paper, scissors thing.

+1 to Miyuki's harem! Err I mean +1 to the Precure count!

Cure March is next and this time the "Green Cure" is going to be Wind? If I remember right, Mint was considered Earth if anything.

[Fencedude]

Oh god Yayoi's so incredibly adorable. Love her so much.

You know, whatever you may think of the CG dancing EDs, this one is really quite fantastic, with easily the best Precure ED in quite some time and a very good dance sequence. Also it looks like they have several variations, with Yayoi leading off this episode's.

[Fencedude]

So well in excess of double the posts of anyone else. She used to have the highest percentage of 18+ images but I guess Akane is beating her there now. :sd: In any case, Peace seems like the clear favorite so far. But Nao and Reika haven't had their episodes yet.

Yeah, somehow its not surprising that Yayoi's leading the porn parade as well.

[HitokiriShadow]

Yayoi is very cute. Thankfully, she's not a crybaby in the way I was fearing. She tears up a bit here and there, but she doesn't just start bawling at any point.

Jan-ken-pon! Yayoi is so happy and cheerful in her transformation sequence and its adorable. Her use of V-fingers peace signs during her attacks amuses me. Gah, so cute.

[Suwako Moriya]

I approve of Cure March, we need more of her Nao! See what I did there?

Cure Peace actually varies her rock, paper, scissors thing a bit. I assume she'll have three in total.

Ok, they are just begging for Sunny and March to do a combo attack. I mean the destiny auras are off the charts.

[Fencedude]

Oh lol. Nao sounds exactly like Yozora. Thats...very strange.

The running gag about Cure Peace is pretty funny, actually.

Anyway, Nao/Cure March is compelete badass, even though it seems like she and Akane are stepping all over each other's characters. Whatever.

[Nork22]

Onna-banchou! I guess the title suits her since she's the boss of the kids in her house. She's also another sporty one of the team. That's just eh... ok that's a strange way to build a team.

And her attack... the team must really like Cure Rouge. 2 types of attack that's similiar to Fire Strike.

[Fencedude]

Onna-banchou! I guess the title suits her since she's the boss of the kids in her house. She's also another sporty one of the team. That's just eh... ok that's a strange way to build a team.

And her attack... the team must really like Cure Rouge. 2 types of attack that's similiar to Fire Strike.

No one liked Mint, apparently.

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TV ratings

Ep# - Smile - Suite
1) 5.4% vs 6.0%
2) 5.6% vs 5.7%
3) 5.9% vs 5.1%
4) 6.1% vs 4.9%

I remember when ep 1 aired there were stories about how 5.4% was low for a PreCure opener, but it looks like it's just increased ep-on-ep since then while Suite fell quite a bit. Looks like Japan approves of Smile so far.

[HitokiriShadow]

Now we get Precure number 4, Cure March. Nao's pretty fun, I liked how her hair kind of explodes during her transformation, her running to the wall was amusing and her finishing move is pretty impressive, even though it bears more than little resemblance to Sunny's attack two episodes ago.

But Yayoi's still the best. I loved the Jan-Ken-Pon gag and commentary. Yes, your Jan-Ken-Pon is very cute Yayoi, don't let anyone convince you otherwise!

[elior]

cure beauty sure earned her name she have great transformation and nice attack also majorina the third villian is sneaky and creepy then the outher 2 villians

[Suwako Moriya]

The girls are going to need some serious training to help with their stamina and such. Otherwise, they might be screwed in the future.

Wow, Beauty not only has beauty, but she has brains too. Take that shows that like to bash characters for being attractive!

Hesitant to call Beauty the favorite, but she fills me with thoughts. And I'll leave it at that.

Oh, and she's "Ice/Snow" technically. So she's like the cold beauty!

You know what? This show needs an episode where the girls are each dressed up as a different Fairy Tale Princesses. To pass it up given the premise of the show would just be wrong.

Ok, maybe they don't have to be exactly Princesses. I'd accept a Red Riding Hood as much as I'd accept Snow White. Assuming they couldn't find a fitting Princess for everyone.

[Fencedude]

The Smile team needs some stamina training.

Yay for getting the team together, interesting to see where it goes now.

Like Cure Beauty quite a bit.

[Nork22]

Cure Beauty has arrive!

Stamina training is a must for the team if they hope to do more than 1 magic attack per turn.

Now to address the issue back in episode one for the next few episodes, hopefully they can travel to that special dimension in the library.

[HitokiriShadow]

Reika/Cure Beauty joins the party, completing the team.

I'm partial to blue/water powers, but Yayoi/Cure Peace is still the best. Pika-pika-pikarin! Jan-ken-pon! I hope the jan-ken-pon gag after the transformation never stops. And her surprise when the lightning struck her hand to use her attack amused me.

I also like how all of them are clearly starting at level 1 and lack the MP reserves to use their special attacks more than once.

[elior]

here is the next episode titles looks like it will be intresting and funny episodes:
episode 7: Where is It? Our Secret Base
episode 8: Miyuki and Candy Switch Places?

[Suwako Moriya]

"They're the legendary warriors", Candy's answer to many questions. Well, this might explain why they were giving no explanation.

Miyuki feels the team needs a catchphrase. Nao and Akane aren't very supportive. However both Yayoi and Reika are. Although in Reika's case, her reasons are more based on err logical benefit than fun.

I really hope that book moving only works for select people, otherwise there is going to be a lot of accidental travels.

It's important to stay focused when traveling to the... PENGUIN!

So the Witch actually wanted the transformation prevented and even had them attacked after their speech.

Heh, Pop can transform into a creature and fight himself. I get the feeling he only has so many scrolls to work with.

You know what's sad? Every time the enemy makes a monster, they bring the Smile Cures one step closer to getting the decors they need. have they considered just not sending a monster in the first place?

Joker appears and there's NO WAY HE COULD POSSIBLY BE THE TRUE MAIN VILLAIN!

Well, even if he's not the main villain, I could easily see him trying for power himself.

[Nork22]

Candy has a brother, Pop, who speaks like a samurai.

So with any bookshelf, you can go to this new world, and it will warp you to the nearest bookshelf that you want to go to. Handy... except that you have to concentrate where you want to go to otherwise you'll end up in the South Pole.

LOL at the end of the group catchphrase, they get hit with a can missle. That's just mean.

Also Joker gotta be the mid-boss of sorts.

[Fencedude]

Oh, looks like its movie preview OP time. Not much there, though the Yes5 team was looking pretty badass (which the Smile team...wasn't.)

And Tsubomi, congratulations, you are officially no longer the worst beginner Precure. Miyuki takes that award by a mile.

Pop was fairly amusing, and balances out Candy's uselessness.

Akane and Nao's reactions to the idea of a catchphrase were as expected, as was Yayoi's (albeit opposite theirs...) but didn't expect Reika to be all for it.

[elior]

Oh, looks like its movie preview OP time. Not much there, though the Yes5 team was looking pretty badass (which the Smile team...wasn't.)

And Tsubomi, congratulations, you are officially no longer the worst beginner Precure. Miyuki takes that award by a mile.

Pop was fairly amusing, and balances out Candy's uselessness.

Akane and Nao's reactions to the idea of a catchphrase were as expected, as was Yayoi's (albeit opposite theirs...) but didn't expect Reika to be all for it.what do you think about the joker do you think he going to be a strong then the outher 3 or not?

[RZetlin]

I am enjoying Smile more than Suite because of the comical approach.

It was funny that the girls where trying to figure out a group catchphrase and when they finally perform their group catchphrase they got blasted with a missile can.

I think the writers for Smile should take the show in a more satire direction with the magical girl genre.

[Suwako Moriya]

what do you think about the joker do you think he going to be a strong then the outher 3 or not?

If you ask me it's kind of a given that in some way he's stronger than the other three. It might not be through sheer power, but there are other ways. Such as manipulating things, etc.

[HitokiriShadow]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Cure Peace didn't end the transformation scene with throwing a jan-ken-pon hand. ;_;

Ahaha. Rather than do something useful like, say, increasing their MP so they can use their special attacks more than once per battle, Miyuki decides they need to decide on their catchphrases and work on their group entry move. Nao and Akane are not impressed with Miyuki's priorities. Yayoi is thrilled. And your priorities can't be too bad if they're making Yayoi happy.

On a side note, I was amused last night when I stumbled upon the blog (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/watariwataru/20120302) of the author of a light novel series I decided to start buying a few days prior, and found that he started off his most recent post with jan-ken-pon and thanking Cure Peace for a peaceful year. He seems to be thanking her for smooth sailing with his novels, as the first novel's one year anniversary is tomorrow.

So anyway, I just thought it was another amusing thing pointing to Yayoi/Cure Peace's popularity in Japan.

[Fencedude]

Ahaha. Rather than do something useful like, say, increasing their MP so they can use their special attacks more than once per battle, Miyuki decides they need to decide on their catchphrases and work on their group entry move. Nao and Akane are not impressed with Miyuki's priorities. Yayoi is thrilled. And your priorities can't be too bad if they're making Yayoi happy.

I was amused when Reika sided with Miyuki and Yayoi, and Akane and Nao just looked positively betrayed. Reminded me of all those times Mugi threw Azusa and Mio under the bus, and every single time they were shocked that she sided with Yui and Ritsu.

[HitokiriShadow]

Ahaha. Rather than do something useful like, say, increasing their MP so they can use their special attacks more than once per battle, Miyuki decides they need to decide on their catchphrases and work on their group entry move. Nao and Akane are not impressed with Miyuki's priorities. Yayoi is thrilled. And your priorities can't be too bad if they're making Yayoi happy.

I was amused when Reika sided with Miyuki and Yayoi, and Akane and Nao just looked positively betrayed. Reminded me of all those times Mugi threw Azusa and Mio under the bus, and every single time they were shocked that she sided with Yui and Ritsu.

I didn't even notice that she had an opinion on the issue one way or the other while I watching. Yayoi was beaming and then it seemed to gloss over Reika's reaction, so I was under the impression just didn't object (and really, who can object when Yayoi's face looks like that? Are you really going to try to kill that smile?) and went with the flow.

[RZetlin]

If you think about it the other Precure groups took it for granted that they didn't have to search for a secret base.

Heartcatch Precure had the greenhouse from Tsubomi's Grandmother
Suite Precure had the old audition hall from Ako's Grandfather

The Mysterious Library seemed to be a obvious place to setup a secret base, but nature got the best of the Smile Precure Team.

The next scenes are a wild goose chase from Mount Fuji, Film Shoot, Toy Store, Zoo to a forest.

The Big Bad Wolf showed up and the typical fight occurs.

After redecorating the Smile Precure Team decided to choose the Mysterious Library as their secret base.

[Fencedude]

Oh god everything Yayoi does is concentrated adorable.

I love watching these five bounce off each other. Also, anyone else notice how Nao has a distinct tendency to go out of her way to touch Akane?

[Nork22]

Team assembled!

Now they need to find a base of operations, since school and their homes aren't suitable to hide a talking doll and other such fun things.

Reika's idea is atop Mt Fuji. It's a whole lot of word puns.
Yayoi on the other hand pick out some sci-fi base. Pity it's already taken by some Tokusatsu filming crew.
Nao's is some toy house full of cute plushies. Sadly it's no more than a doll house in an apartment store.
Akane's just wild and I don't think staying with a Gorilla in the zoo is a better plan.
Finally Miyuki was going to some forest that was inspired from Anne of Green Gables. Again she was beaten to it by 2 little girls.

Bad guys show up, the girls get their butt whooped again (oh dear me, even the Yes girls weren't this bad), but the Akanbe got beated by a single shot of Miyuki's happy beam.

Figures that the best place for a secret base is the magic book world. With the magic decor, they converted a tree stump to Nut's House version 3.

[HitokiriShadow]

The tour of everyone's base ideas was cute. Reika was particularly amusing this episode. Yayoi was adorably awesome as usual.

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Episode 4:

- That's a scary lunch, Yayoi.
- Nao-chaaaaaan! All the girls love her.
- Haha god Miyuki is ULTRA-gay for Nao.
- Nao's imouto Hina is cute. But not nearly as cute as THE BEST HINA.
- "There's something I want you to do with me." I'm sure there is, Miyuki. Many things.
- Ahahahaha, just as I was thinking "I should play janken with Yayoi each ep", Yayoi defeats the Oni with it.
- ...And god her hair is so silly. I swear it's a hairdo Satou gave Popura once in Working.

- Cure March time! You're so cool, Inoue Marina <3 Love march already.
- Heeeeeey Akane, don't make fun of Yayoi's janken, it's adorable.
- ...Haha and Yayoi uses the same defense. Oh god Kanemoto Hisako who are you so fucking adorable?
- Ahaha someone needs to give Nao some brakes.

Yayoi is still the best, but Nao is soooooo likable. She's great.

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Anyway, Nao/Cure March is compelete badass, even though it seems like she and Akane are stepping all over each other's characters. Whatever.
Agreed, the whole time I was watching I found it so weird that we had two earnest sporty types. But they're both awesome so it's okay.

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Episode 5:

- Miyuki borrowed a bishoujo radar from Minorin, and makes good use of it. I like how it's not the flowers whose beauty she compliments, but Reika's. =D
- ...Do Precure usually recruit outside of emergencies? :sd:
- "We're superheroes" Hah.
- Reika is reallllllllly pretty. The character art in general is fantastic in this show, at least for the main five.
- "So Precure weren't a dream!" Uhhh... you didn't realize?
- Ahahaha, belated janken from Yayoi. That joke (and Candy's lack of suitable anatomy to play along) is never going to get old.
- AHHAAH, everyone starts doing their constipation dances and the witch is just like "WTF is this!?"
- Girls, you're gonna need a lot more than 5 Precure if you've all got just one shot.
- "Toorisugari no superhero" Seriously, Yayoi, I absolutely love you.

Cure Beauty is awesome~ She catches on quick, which is nice. She's a welcome addition to the team. So far, I really love all five of them.

[Fencedude]

Agreed, the whole time I was watching I found it so weird that we had two earnest sporty types. But they're both awesome so it's okay.

From what I can figure out, the distinction is that Akane is a tomboy, while Nao is an "Onna-bancho"

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Episode 6:

- Candy's explanation abilities leave much to be desired.
- That's Candy's brother? o_O

- ...Huh. I did not peg Yayoi to be the only one to make a graceful landing.
- "Royal Queen-sama" hahaha wtf
- Oooookay, Joker just got seriously creepy.
- Yes, Yayoi. You're superheroes. Just give in, Akane.
- Haha, Miyuki can rely on Yayoi for support in this.
- Bwhaha Miyuki you fuckup. Enjoy Antarctica.

- Quintuple transofrmation time. Pika pika pikarin! Janken... ::throws scissors:: pon! Okay, we tied this time. 0-0-1!
- HAHAHAHAH, this show definitely has the best sense of humor of the three Precures I've tried. Miyuki is just orgasmically happy over pulling off the catchphrase, and then they all just get blown up.

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Agreed, the whole time I was watching I found it so weird that we had two earnest sporty types. But they're both awesome so it's okay.
From what I can figure out, the distinction is that Akane is a tomboy, while Nao is an "Onna-bancho"
Yeah I was thinking while watching 5-6 that they still manage to have very different personalities. Akane is more into "nekketsu power!" and being a bit impulsive. While Nao is more like a noble samurai, who also spares no effort to crush her opponents, but is more mature and serious.

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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Cure Peace didn't end the transformation scene with throwing a jan-ken-pon hand. ;_;
I took her final pose as throwing scissors. They just didn't make any jokes out of it.

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Episode 7:

- Girls, maybe you shouldn't initiate trans-dimensional contact on school grounds.
- Oh my god Reika is adorable. Nishimura Chinami's voice is great - serious, but also very very cute. And Reika herself is a bit, uh, austere, isn't she?
- Hahaha, oh Yayoi. I thought they were going to say she'd teleported them to NORAD or something.
- Wow they're all really bad at this secret base thing. Go take a hint from Menma and friends.
- Hmm, maybe Yayoi is just going to default to scissors from now on. I thought she'd keep on choosing different ones. I can't play along if it's always scissors. ;_;
- Another easy Akanbee fight.
- Of course they end up making the library their place.

The akanbee monsters need to level up into tehepero monsters.

Next episode looks terrifying.

[EmperorBrandon]

- Reika is reallllllllly pretty. The character art in general is fantastic in this show, at least for the main five.
Character art is one thing that really attracted me to trying this series out. Found out that the character designer is Kawamura Toshie, who worked on adapting the character designs for KamiNomi and Mashiroiro Symphony. That why they felt so familiar to me in their adorability. :)

[elior]

this was very funny episode one of the most funny episodes i ever seen in pretty cure the candy and myuki switch bodies and the akanbe fight was pretty decent

[Fencedude]

Oh god that was way, way funnier than it really had any right to be.

Yayoi's expressions during the classroom scenes were awesome.

Also, for the record, she threw Rock this time.

[RZetlin]

Soul switching situations have been done in other forms of media, but at least this episode is funny.

It was never explained why Majorina created the soul-switching rings in the first place?
Was it to switch bodies with a Precure and spy on them? The motivation is weak here.

Candy turns Miyuki's school life upside down. Yayoi seems to be most embarrassed by the situation.

The monster of the week turns out to be very small riding horse which is the right size for Precure Candy to battle.

[HitokiriShadow]

Aahahaha, oh god, we got to see Cure "Candy" complete with the transformation sequence. And Cure Candy's fight was actually pretty awesome.

This show has always had a good sense of humor and fun, but this episode was particularly funny. More than it should have been, given the premise of the episode.

Normally a body switch plot like this would annoy me with issues related to behavioral slip-ups, particularly with someone like Candy being put in a human body. But it actually worked really well here and the things that would normally bother me still happened (that's the entire source of the joke, after all) but weren't an issue.

The other girls' attempts to cover for Candy/"Miyuki" were actually just cute and funny, and not also cringe-inducing. I particularly liked Reika's attempt to justify "Miyuki's" work of art on the chalk board. "Um, it must symbolize fairy tails." And the whole time, Yayoi just kept hoping the whole thing was a horrible, horrible dream. <3 Yayoi

And somehow, the policebox scene with the witch was actually amusing. A scene in a PreCure series with just a villain and nameless NPC was actually worth a damn. I didn't know that was possible.

[Westlo]

Episode 7:
- Hmm, maybe Yayoi is just going to default to scissors from now on. I thought she'd keep on choosing different ones. I can't play along if it's always scissors. ;_;.

She's playing mind games, trying to get us comfortable with good old rock... and than suddenly... PAPER!! Or what if it's a mind game within a mind game... she foresees us seeing the switch to paper so we go scissors... but than she busts out rock!!

[RZetlin]

I don't know how popular April Fools is in Japan, but Yayoi should have stuck with a physical practical joke like a snake in a can.

The moral of the episode that lying is bad, but a better lesson is not to pull April Fools jokes on Miyuki.

As an April Fools Joke, Yayoi tells Miyuki that she is transferring to a different school. The joke backfires and Miyuki takes the lie out of hand and the whole class thinks Miyuki is transferring.

Yayoi being a shy person couldn't bring herself to tell the truth.

Overall this episode was a little on a bland side because it relied on Miyuki blowing the lie out of proportion and Yayoi not telling the truth.

[Suwako Moriya]

So she essentially threatens Candy by in essence doing something that she's supposed to do by default anyway given her job description.

Switching places with Candy is dangerous.

Darn it, Cure Candy was the most powerful Cure ever! Maybe

[Suwako Moriya]

Yayoi learns the problem with April Fools day is that sometimes people believe what you say too well.

You know, while I knew the transfer wasn't actually going to happen, the fact this episode was going to be related to April 1st slipped past me. At least until I saw it.

[Nork22]

Finally watched this episode. Was rather funny, but still ughhh to the body swap. It's only funny because Miyuki swapped with Candy. Can say Inori had it worse when she swapped with Tart.

[Nork22]

I don't know how popular April Fools is in Japan, but Yayoi should have stuck with a physical practical joke like a snake in a can.

Popular enough that a lot of the media/entertainment industry seems to do it.

Poor Yayoi, should have started the joke with Akane. Starting with Miyuki instantly means you are already 6ft under.

Next episode focus on Akane and her okonomiyakis.

[Fencedude]

While Yayoi's timidity didn't help, this really was Miyuki's fault.

Also, while Yayoi having a boyfriend may be April Fools, I think she may have just gotten a girlfriend.

I think I can live with Pink/Yellow and Red/Green/Blue

[elior]

it was funny to see what yaoi was think in her mind and her reactions

[HitokiriShadow]

I think this is the first time I've seen April Fool's Day mentioned in an anime.

Mind Yayoi was adorable. Especially as she gets more and more frazzled as things spiral out of control.

Miyuki really sucks at pretending to dislike her friends.

[TheGreenMan]

Haha...Pure Candy is a better Precure than the rest of them. I nearly lost it when she transformed and was smacking the Akanbe around.

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Because there's nothing like jumping directly from two episodes of Mirai Nikki into two episodes of Smile Precure! >_>

Episode 8:

- Ahaha oh god yes, they maintain their old voices in their new bodies. That makes it much funnier.
- Candy's voice coming from Miyuki is adorable. And the goofy faces she makes are just hnnnnnnnnngh
- ...This episode is hilarious.
- Nice save, Yayoi. :sd:
- All the girls trying to cover for her (and Yayoi looking utterly moritified) is the best part.

- And the old hag goes to a police box to put in a missing item report. :sd:
- Henshin... failure!
- Peace threw rock this time! I'm really liking these multi-girl transformations - they edit them together quite nicely, and it works better than the individual transformations do.
- HAhahaha, speaking of transformations... XD
- Cure Sunny, Rolling Attack!

The battle was won. But sadly, Hoshizora Miyuki was institutionalized as mentally disturbed the very next day.

Great episode.

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Episode 9:

- Yayoi episode, yessssssssssssss~
- Haha, Yayoi telling lies, this is going to be the best.
- And her lies rapidly spiral out of control. Inner Yayoi is ADORABLE.
- Oh man. Sure, the whole gimmick of this episode is going to revolve around Yayoi being stupidly unable to say, like, 3 words, but it's executed hilariously so far anyway. And inner Yayoi's fretting is the main reason.

- Bwhahaha, Yayoi looks up from an emotional group hug with total desperation on her face.
- At least she was going to try another way to tell them. Even if it didn't work out. Her art is cute.
- XD!! And there's a class going away party. It gets worse and worse.

- Awwww, crying Yayoi makes me sad. ;_;
- Henshin! I'm totally throwing scissors...
- We tied!
- Oh jeeze. Things get harder and harder for Yayoi.
- But she's outed! And has to apologize.
- Aka Oni is so nice to sit back and let them have this adorable moment together.
- Fuck yeah, Yayoi solos the akanbe!

Haha, that was kind of mean, Akane. :sd:

Gooooooood I love Yayoi so much. She may even eventually beat Marine for my favorite Precure.

[TheGreenMan]

Yayoi, why are you so adorable?
Well, that got out of control fast.
Yayoi has four waifus now.
It's Akane's turn next time.

While March got the spotlight in the ED this time, I took a look at the last's episodes episode and it's Peace. I love how she fell on her face and then her red nose afterwards.

[RZetlin]

It's Akane Hino's turn in the spotlight with this episode.

Akane father runs an Okonomayki store where he hurt his back which spends him to the hospital.

We meet Akane's family in this episode, Akane's chubby parents and her younger brother.

Akane decides to take the responsibility of cooking while her dad is recovering in the hospital. Akane has to cook for the Neighbourhood Association President.

The rest of the Precure decides to help out as well.

Akane's younger brother Genki comments that their father uses a special ingredient in his Okonomayki.

Akane's father won't spill the secret, so Akane spends the rest of the show trying to figure out the secret recipe.

Meanwhile Wolfrun is very hungry but gets kicked out restaurants.

We get a new eyecatch Akanbe!

Wolfrun spends three days searching for food with no luck, so he decides to go on the attack.

The Precure Team shows up and most of the team is defeated by the Akanbe (Leaving only Precure Sunny and Precure Beauty to fight.)

Precure Sunny finally figures out the secret ingredient which is passion and spirit in making the perfect Okonomayki and went on defeating the Akanbe.

Akane's father recover just in time to see Akane get approval from the Neighbourhood Association President.

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Next episode is ... Honey, I shrunk the Precures!

[Fencedude]

Heh, that went about as expected, but was amusing nonetheless.

I liked how Miyuki and Yayoi were very clearly separated from the RGBCombo, I wouldn't trust those two in the kitchen either.

And Akane's use of Beauty's attack to free herself was good thinking. MORE OF THIS. PLEASE.

[Suwako Moriya]

At long last, we finally got a HOT SHOWER scene in Precure! I feel so err like ending this joke before I get killed. Seriously, it was an a nice moment. It also, makes me hope even more that we'll get actual combos in the future.

Focusing on Akane was nice, and Nao should be next if the preview is any indication.

Speaking of the preview, it looks like we know which villain they'll use for those type of episodes now.

[HitokiriShadow]

That was an interesting way to use Cure Blizzard.

And it seems Akane is destined to run her family okonomiyaki shop when she grows up.

[TheGreenMan]

I guess this'll be a running gag with the witch losing her stuff?
If anyone ships the witch with the police man, I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN.
Nao freaking out over bugs made this episode--and her clinging to Reika and Akane is really hilarious.
And Yayoi loves bugs?
Mini-Precure versus the missile launching dandelion. Really, missiles?

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Episode 10:

- I'm sure it'll still be enjoyable and all, but you can see the plot of this episode coming a trillion miles away. :sd:
- Smile smile smile smile smile, okonomiyaki!
- Henshin time! ::gets scissors ready:: Yay, I win this round, Yayoi!
- Oooh, Akane got to be a total badass during the fight. Go go Akane!

[Fencedude]

RGBTrio Shipping. The Episode.

Thats basically what this was.

[RZetlin]

This seems an ongoing pattern where Majorina loses an item which ends in the human world.

Candy uses the hammer and shrinks the Precure girls down to size.

The girls chases after Candy but they encounter large size obstacles. Puddles become lakes and stairs become stone cliffs.

Despite being known as a tomboy, Nao is afraid of bugs - very cute looking bugs.

The most athletic of the Precures Nao and Akane are afraid of heights.

Majorina makes another stop at the police station to report her lost item.

Majorina summons a very small flower Akanbe...see the pattern here.

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Next week episode, the Precure Team get new powers.

[elior]

this was great and funny episode and from the next episode preview it seems the cures will get new attack

[EmperorBrandon]

If anyone ships the witch with the police man, I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN.
It's definitely already been done on Pixiv. Time to go hunting, I guess. :)

[Suwako Moriya]

Lucky for the Smile Precure, they met up with nice bugs. As opposed to a vicious rat, a gila monster, etc.

For some reason I want to pretend the child pill bug is actually a magical insect that defends the bug city from an evil scorpion.

Nao clinging to Reika and Akane is fun. She really needs to confess already.

RGBTrio Shipping. The Episode.

Thats basically what this was.

Hence why the episode managed to be glorious. Now if only more time was spent on it and they could go even with further with the idea of Nao, and her two wives.

[HitokiriShadow]

Welcome to hell, Nao.

Meanwhile, Yayoi is enjoying the experience. The whole thing is a fun adventure for her and she's in constant awe of things. Her sense of danger is severely damaged if not completely broken.

And the show managed to make fighting a flower pretty awesome, especially the missile dodging and kicking at the end.

[Fencedude]

Meanwhile, Yayoi is enjoying the experience. The whole thing is a fun adventure for her and she's in constant awe of things. Her sense of danger is severely damaged if not completely broken.

There is nothing that Yayoi can do that isn't absolutely adorable (http://fencedude.com/Precure/Umbrellas.jpg)

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Episode 11:

- Mini-precure! Another "witch's magic item drops to earth" ep.
- Poor Nao. Enormous bugs everywhere. And seeing them in a leaf boat makes me wonder when Mini-Ika is gonna show up.
- Wait, how strong is Yayoi that she can move an enormous ruler? Is she Mugi-strong?
- Add acrophobia to Nao's list of fears. Akane too. Amusingly, Yayo fears none of this.
- Nao hanging onto Akane <3 <3
- Oh god, Nao's absolute terror is too fun. :sd:
- Now she's hanging on to Reika! RGB! RGB! RGB!
- Their sizes in this episode are inconsistent as hell. Sometimes they're barely a millimeter, sometimes it's at least a centimeter or two.

- Mini-henshin! Jan-ken... I lose! I went scissors, she went rock. You take this round, Cure Peace!
- Hah I like the idea of Majorina just being stupid and not thinking to make a large Akanbee.
- Suddenly Akanbee jumps in side about 2000%. MOST INCONSISTENT ANIMATION EVER.
- Majorina is dumb. =D

That was so much fun, but I have to laugh at the "bugs are cute and just like us" message.

[elior]

episode 12 was great the new group attack rainbow healing was very good and finally they combine their powers in this episode before the new power

[Suwako Moriya]

Well, now that they know how the blue noses work, will they remember it and not waste future attacks?

Err Candy going with them should be a given regardless. Unless Precure really thought that just because they'd be on a trip they wouldn't be harrassed.

*Looks at power up and watches opening* Oh, that's an interesting way to handle it.

Reika might be the intelligent one... Understatement?

[elior]

i wonder what is this miracle jewel joker was talking about in the episode

[Fencedude]

Well, that sure was a new attack.

Also, Reika's pretty badass.

[HitokiriShadow]

Reika finally gets an episode focused on her (other than her intro episode) though it ends up being half her and half Candy. Candy yelling at the class for her and Reika covering it up was amusing.

So they'll be dealing with the special blue-nosed Akanbe for at least four more episodes. And they don't get Cure Decors for beating them. There was a notable discrepancy between how many Cure Decor their case could hold (20) and the number to fill the Bad Energy Clock, and this brings them more in line.

And we start getting hints of some larger plot beyond just reviving Pierre. Something about a Miracle Jewel.

[Suwako Moriya]

Figures, Miyuki would choose a fairy tale character for someone to like. Even so, Peter Pan? Do we focus more on the fact he's an eternally young boy or how he is often played by a woman? From what I heard anyway....

The universe apparently hated Miyuki during this episode.

Hair down mode for Miyuki and Nao was nice to have.

Osaka next time and we get butterfly wings for March, Sunny, and Beauty? Clearly those three have been watching a certain other Cure series. They want to be just like them.

[RZetlin]

The whole class is going on a field trip to Kyoto and Osaka.

Candy is not happy that she is not tagging along on the trip.

Candy tries to help out the Precures plan their trip, but makes a mess of things.

Meanwhile the Joker gives out Blue Akanbes to the Villains.

The Blue Akanbes are immune to the Precure attacks but are weaker.

Wolfurun attacks with his new Blue Akanbe.

The Precure are getting beaten but they learn a new group attack to defeat the Akabe.

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Unlike the other Precure series, the Smile Precure team developed a group attack early in the series.

The Blue Akanbe are stated to be weaker than the Red Akanbe but there is no difference why it is weaker.

[RZetlin]

The girls arrive in Kyoto with Candy stowed on board.

Reika turns out be an amateur tourist guide provide bits of information on the sites the girls have visited.

Miyuki pulls a bad luck fortune which leads to terrible luck on her field trip. (E.g. Landing in the pond, bird popping on her head and a broken gift.)

Miyuki reveals she has a crush on Peter Pan which doesn't impress the other girls.

Akaoni attacks but Miyuki's bad luck trips up the team. The Precures still manage to win the battle.

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Next episode March, Sunny and Beauty gets new powers, but no new powers for Happy and Sunny?

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Oh my, japan found the only way to make Yayoi cuter... have Ume-tentei draw her!

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-9191.html

Sooo cute. <3 Now I want to see Namori (Yuru Yuri) take a go at the Smile girls.

[Fencedude]

24 minutes of Miyuki getting humiliated. Yay?

Nao with her hair down though. Damn.

[HitokiriShadow]

That was a pretty crappy episode for Miyuki, but it sure was entertaining for us. And her friends. Especially Yayoi, who was trying not to crack up at the end.

And Yayoi finally gets to see her Maikos. Naturally, her reaction is adorable.

[EmperorBrandon]

Oh my, japan found the only way to make Yayoi cuter... have Ume-tentei draw her!

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-9191.html

Sooo cute. <3 Now I want to see Namori (Yuru Yuri) take a go at the Smile girls.
Oh, that's awesome and so adorable. I would like to see Namori draw them too. I wondered if maybe she had done some Precure stuff already, as she has done fanart of cute characters before, but guess not... (don't see any on Danbooru currently at least).

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Episode 12:

- "Mind the house"? Don't you have a family, Mitsuki? That's kinda mean. :sd:
- Oh hey, a new ability for the enemies that actually has drawbacks.
- Candy is extra fuckupy this week.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! I win this round with scissors, Yayoi!
- Beauty gets to protect everyone until new powers and stuff kick in. I guess this is something of a minor upgrade.

[RZetlin]

The girls arrive in Osaka and continue with their field trip.

Miyuki and Yayoi get lost and Akane, Nao and Reika spends most of the episode looking for them.

Miyuki and Yayoi meets a trio of friendly ladies who offer them lunch and candy.

Meanwhile Akane, Nao and Reika are starving, but they vow to find Miyuki and Yayoi before eating.

Miyuki and Yayoi heads on top of the Tsūtenkaku tower to get a better view finding their friends.

Majorina is not happy that a store is sold out of a famous candy and turns the tower into a Akanbe.

Miyuki and Yayoi are trapped inside the tower!

All the girls transform, but they don't know how to get Cure Happy and Peace out from the tower.

Candy suggest using the Butterfly Decor and Cure Sunny, March and Beauty have butterfly wings.

Sunny and March seem to overcome their fear of heights but March is not comfortable with insects.

Sunny, March and Beauty leads the Akanbe on a chasing tiring it out - eventually spitting out Happy and Peace.

Surprisingly there are no collateral damage like buildings destroyed with such a large Akanbe moving around - must a N-Field around the city.

They all use their group attack and it's over for the Akanbe.

The five girls finally are able to gather together and eat takoyaki.

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Next episode is Mother's Day! We finally meet Miyuki's mother.

[something]

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-9377.html

Just a useless little bit of trivia: Cure March's character color was originally planned to be purple, not green. So we'd be shipping the RGV instead of RGB team, I guess.

I wonder if her personality was also planned to be different. Green seems to fit Nao better, for some reason.

[Suwako Moriya]

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-9377.html

Just a useless little bit of trivia: Cure March's character color was originally planned to be purple, not green. So we'd be shipping the RGV instead of RGB team, I guess.

I wonder if her personality was also planned to be different. Green seems to fit Nao better, for some reason.

That's interesting to learn, and darn it, I now want to see a purple cure make her appearance in some form because of this.

[Suwako Moriya]

Butterfly Wings and they get used for the trio. It's like they're sending a message. Now they just need to meet Nozomi and see what real butterfly wings are like.

I'm glad Yayoi has good taste and appreciates the divine world of RPGs.

[HitokiriShadow]

Yayoi gets candy and somehow being lost becomes an RPG. Never change, Yayoi, never change.

It was fun to see the Precure get to fly (well, some of them) in this episode, long before some final battle power up.

And this episode is really trying to stamp out that "don't take candy from strangers" idea from little girls' heads. Between the two groups, they took candy from the ladies about five times, and even went with them at one point.

[Fencedude]

Whats with all these middle aged ladies in Osaka hitting on middle school girls? How very strange.

Anyway, Yayoi was having far too much fun. Team RGB on the other hand not so much.

But seriously, Natto-Gyouza candy? ugh.

[Fencedude]

So, Mother's Day. Huh.

Also, that fight. Damn. The show really can pull it out when it wants to. More like that please.

[RZetlin]

Today is a Mother's Day episode.

At Precure HQ, the girls are creating their own Mother's Day present when Miyuki realize she doesn't have one. (We also get to see Candy use the toy of week to make necklaces.)

Miyuki decides to help her mother out with the chores. Miyuki's mothers name is Ikuyo who looks a lot like her daughter.

Miyuki is still a clumsy girl and ends up messing up the house chores, but Ikuyo seem to have a patient and calm personality. (Though we still do not know Ikuyo does for a living)

Miyuki heads back to the HQ still not too sure what kind of gift to give to her mother when the toy of the week Candy is using comes into play. (Remember kids bug your parents to buy this toy for Mother's Day!)

The girls heads out to buy a Mother's Day card when Wolfurun shows up. The girls transform and fight. We get a red-nose Akanbe this time. The group fight is probably the best I have seen so far in the series.

With the bad guys defeated, Miyuki gives her necklace to her mother and all this well. (What happened to the Mother's Day card?!)

[HitokiriShadow]

Huh, this one was a red nose. I thought they had one or two more of those left. *checks* Yeah, I believe the villain received five blue noses, and the first one was in episode 12, so there should still be two more.

Anyway, the highlights of the episode were everyone struggling to think of something Miyuki was good at and Cure Peace finding a new way to shock herself while she attacks thus giving the animators a reason to give her new biribiri faces.

[RZetlin]

The girls (Miyuki, Akane, Yayoi and Nao) are a little down because they failed one test in a particular subject.

The only one who aces the tests is Reika who is a role model as student.

The girls then wonder why they need to study at all since they won't need them for their futures.

Reika then questions herself as to what she wants to do with her future because she took on these extracurricular activities because she was asked to.

Taking advice from her grandfaher, Reika takes some time off from these extracurricular activities to find herself.

Reika ends up spending time with each of the girls to find out what they do with their free time.

Meanwhile Joker tries to help out Akaoni by providing him stacks of books on the Precures, but Akaoni got bored. Akaoni gets the idea he would not have to study if just beat the Precures and heads off.

Miyuki, Akane, Yayoi and Nao ponders on Reika situation when Akaoni shows up to fight.

The girls transform and get ready for battle Akaoni pulls out a red-nose and creates a quiz book Akanbe.

The Akanbe ask questions that the girls cannot get and they get trapped. (There was a similar monster in Suit Precure!)

Maybe the girls should have asked Cure Blossom and Cure Moonlight for help.

Reika shows up and transforms to Cure Beauty and gets the all the questions correct and defeats the Akanbe.
(Remember it pays to study for your education - you never know if you need it to fight a quiz monster.)

Reika ends up telling the girls how studying can help them with their specific strengths.


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Next episode is a stand-up comedy competition (Manzai). Since Osakans are known for comedy this episode is built for Akane!

[Fencedude]

Reika, you are so adorably, hilariously, wonderfully perfect.

I liked how Nao jumped right in and understood what she was doing.

And then Reika was totally badass at the end!

[elior]

great episode this was funny with the questions and now only 3 decors left to get before the queen of marchland will apear

[something]

Time to catch up on this!

Episode 13:

- Miyuki is extra hyper today jeeze.
- I like seeing different shows visit the same field trip places. Watching this Rokuonji bit reminds me of K-ON!!'s visit to the same.
- Today is doing its best to test Miyuki's happiness. Into the water she goes!
- Oh my fucking what the hell THIS IS TERRIFYING (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/31857183/Screenshots/Shows/Smile%20Precure%20-%2013%20%5BAesir-Anxious%5D%5B21-45-42%5D.PNG).
- A bird shits on her head. Haha poor Miyuki.
- It just keeps piling on. :sd:

- Miyuki is rather pretty with her hair down.
- Nao's is down too~ Ah this is what I love about these out of school episodes. Nee mysteries and wonders to behold!
- ...Miyuki has a crush on Peter Pan. That takes a special kind of weirdo.

- Precuring time! Pika pika pikarin, jankenpon! I win with rock!
- And smiles and happiness and friendship win the day. Shocking!

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Episode 14:

- Akane is really excited to be Reika's first. RBG! RBG!
- Meanwhile Yayoi goes into RPG-mode. Yayoi obtains candy!
- She and Miyuki also keep getting fed by suspicious Oosakan ladies.
- Awww no kitsune udon for Nao.
- This show really plays fast and loose with whether Candy has to be hidden from other people or not. Sometimes they make a big deal of it, other times she just yaps loudly in the middle of a busy public place. :sd:
- And more candy for Hero Yayoi and Hero Miyuki.
- Oh god, those ladies are totally stalking Yayoi and Miyuki.

- The entire tower becomes the Akanbee >_>
- Pika pika pikarin, jankenpon! I win again, with paper! No experience points for you, Yayoi!
- "Our attacks don't work against the blue-nosed Akanbee!" Yes, you've known this for at least three episodes now.
- RGB level up! Now they can fly! Heh, poor Nao, they just had to be bug wings.
- And finally Hero Yayoi and Hero Miyuki are rescued by their princesses.

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Episode 15:

- Oh man Miyuki's mom is adorable. <3
- What is Miyuki good at? ... ... ...Optimism?
- Uh, I guess it's nice you want to make something for your mother, but she's a grown woman so kids' jewelry isnt going to work very well.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! I throw scissors and go 3 for 3 against Yayoi tonight! I'm a pro.
- Oh shit, Akane got totally badass when cheering Miyuki up about the crappy necklace. Fuck yeah Akane!

Too cute... need more of Miyuki's mom! She should become a Precure too!

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Episode 16:

- Ooh looks like a Reika episode.
- Overreact much, Reika? And how do you "quit studying"? :sd:
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! And... it's a tie, double rock.
- "Watashi Cure Sunny." ...:sd:
- Tokugawa Ienantoka, the most powerful shogun in history!

Reika, you might have the least personality of any of the girls but I still love you, and you're so cool when fighting~

[Fencedude]

The best part of the episode was Reika's SUPER STRAIGHTMAN routine.

Otherwise...lol Japanese comedy?

[Fencedude]

Wow.

That was a really good episode. Nao's so <3 <3 <3.

I was legitimately surprised when Nao tripped, that was a really nice twist to add at the end, and the massive group hug was just...I was almost crying myself.

Yayoi also got some nice development here, and she's going to be featured next time.

SMILE PRECURE

WHY ARE YOU SO DAMN GOOD.

[HitokiriShadow]

How old are you again, Cure Peace? About 10? And you couldn't do a first grade level math problem? Well, its okay, you're still adorable and, uh, I guess its never too late to start actually studying.

[Fencedude]

How old are you again, Cure Peace? About 10? And you couldn't do a first grade level math problem? Well, its okay, you're still adorable and, uh, I guess its never too late to start actually studying.

They're first-year middle school, so 13~14. Same age as, for example, the Madoka girls.

[HitokiriShadow]

How old are you again, Cure Peace? About 10? And you couldn't do a first grade level math problem? Well, its okay, you're still adorable and, uh, I guess its never too late to start actually studying.

They're first-year middle school, so 13~14. Same age as, for example, the Madoka girls.

..... Seriously Yayoi, how did you manage to get this far?

I was thinking they were mid to late grade school for some reason. I forgot that they are, in fact, all wearing school uniforms. Most of them just cover it up with sweaters and shirts. I think its also because I was thinking they were more in line with the age of the show's target audience, which I was under the impression was a bit younger than that. I would think most girls would be growing out of Precure when they're hitting middle school.

[HitokiriShadow]

Yayoi is impressed! Spinning Yayoi!

.... I really don't get manzai duo comedy.

But the girls completely flubbing their routine was pretty amusing, particularly Reika seemingly having absolutely no concept of jokes and no understanding that they weren't actually talking about Miyuki's real love life.

And, uh, for some reason FujiWara don't completely succumb to the Bad Energy.

..... Whatthefuck.

[Fencedude]

.... I really don't get manzai duo comedy.


Apparently these two are a real comedy duo. But yeah. WTF?

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Episode 17:

- I'm with Reika. This kind of humor doesn't work for me either.
- ...Fujiwara are the first ones to notice Candy talking, it seems like. :sd:
- I love Miyuki's Candy impersonation. But the best part of this episode is Reika, the unconscious tsukkomi.
- GoPrecure are comedy geniuses through their failure.

- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Scissors beat paper, I win again!
- Oh hey they upgraded to a double Akanbee.
- ....o_O Oh god. Fujiwara henshin.
- And their identities are out.
- Then Akane gets awesome.

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Episode 18:

- Well the Precure athletic ranking is about what you'd expect. But Nao, you're stepping on Akane's sporty-cure image! And lol Yayoi.
- Also fuck yeah Reika ponytail.
- Oh jeeze Nao. Way to put pressure on poor Yayoi. he's an artist, not a runner!

- Miyuki with her hair down again~
- Assholes are badmouthing Yayoi. ;_;
- Race time. Nao totally looked like a samurai with her headband in one shot. And Reika's hair is really cute.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Rock beats scissors! Man I'm getting a rather unlikely win rate against Yayoi lately.
- S.O.S.! You're doing it wrong, girls. :sd:

- Back to the relay!
- Go go Akane! Go go Miyuki! Gog go Reika! GO GO YAYOIIIIIIII!!
- And now it's Nao's turn to make a stunning comeba-... oh no, Nao! ;_;
- Oh fuck. Nao's crying face got me crying, and then when everyone runs up to her I just statred bawling. Awwwwwwwwwwww~~~

Nearly every relay race in anime is about the same until the very ending, but wow, this was absoluetly one of the best ever.

I love these girls so much. <3

And next episode is going to be amazing as well. Fuck this show is so good.

[HitokiriShadow]

Ahaha, the girls are waiting for Nao to nominate herself and are happy when she does..... and then she nominates all of them to be her teammates. Their shock is hilarious. Especially Reika and Yayoi's.

It's kind of surprising to see Reika suck so much at running. I mean, sure, archery or kendo or whatever all she does isn't the same, but still. Wait, didn't she run every morning with her brother, too? Er..... :sd:

It starts off looking like a Nao episode, and it partially is, but it ends up being Yayoi's episode at least as much. Yayoi gambare-ing it up in the relay near the end was fun to watch.

And then.... damn, Nao trips at the end and ends up in last place. Wow, didn't see that coming at all. But man, that scene with all of them crying together at the end really got to me. Teared up a bit myself. Great stuff.

[HitokiriShadow]

Wow, what a great Yayoi episode. ;_;

We saw Yayoi with her mother back in the April Fool's joke episode, but nothing was said about her father. It turns out her father passed away when she was five. So she spends the episode trying to remember a conversation she had with him all those years ago. And its incredibly touching.

And this was the most action-y Akanbe fight in a while. The Precure really got smacked around in this one. And Cure Peace's expression when the lightning hit her hand has changed. Instead of the adorable shocked face, its more of a determined grimace. But anyway, yay for Cure Peace taking out an Akanbe on her own.

[Fencedude]

Yayoooiiiiiii

<3 <3 <3

Really fantastic episode, why are you so amazing, Cure Peace?

Also, good fight. Damn that had to hurt when Miyuki hit that telephone pole.

[Nagato-san]

This was a very touching episode, even if I don't empathize with the whole Father thing as well as I should. Kind of an bummer episode in terms of it's mood, but it pulls it off well and really shows what this series is capable of. The fight scene was pretty good too. Yayoi centered episodes are always a pleasure to watch anyway (not that the others are slouches).

Bah, the one week delay is killing me! >_<

[something]

Episode 19:

- Two shows in two weeks with a "ask your parents about the meaning of your name" assignment?
- Damnit I love Yayoi. I'm already tearing up at the scene in her home before anything has even happened.
- Awwwwwwww, she just makes something up for the assignment. Poor Yayoi. ;_;
- Yayoi all subdued in the rain, wondering if her father would be proud of her... ;___;

- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! ... ...Okay, I genuinely feel bad for winning again. I should rewind and throw paper instad this time.
- Holy shit! What's with this amazing action this week. Wow.
- And AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, that backstory was ;_________;-level sweet, goddaaaaaaaaamn.

That's two weeks in a row this show got me totally crying. Smile Precure you are SO GOOOOOOOOOD!

[Fencedude]

Invisible Akane and Miyuki!

Pretty decent episode, all in all.

[Fencedude]

Well, it was time for one of the two milestones to be reached, so of course something happens, Joker finally makes his move.

Next time should be very, very interesting...

[HitokiriShadow]

LOL Yayoi. Her food gets stolen and she just thinks its so awesome to watch it get eaten by someone that's invisible.

I continue to be amused by the Majorina police box running joke.

And Nao sure seemed particularly protective of Akane during the fight.

Anyway, the whole thing was very silly and thoroughly amusing.

[something]

Episode 20:

- Miyuki and Akane are totally the two Precure you can least trust with invisibility.
- Awwwwww damnit, I was hoping they'd still be invisible when they transformed. I wanted to see empty clothes doing a transformation.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Hey, Yayoi beat me for the first time in a while.
- Sight, smell, and sound have all be taken away from them. Oh no~ So they do what they should have done from the start.

...Candy is really, really dumb.

[something]

Episode 21:

- So the presumably at least half-competent baddie steps up now. Just a few more episodes before Pierrot revives.
- And one more decor left. I hadn't noticed that not every Akanbee gave a decor.
- Tanabata~
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Rock beats scissors, I lose again.
- Yay, a Peace Thunder! We don't get enough of those.
- The girls were super extra serious today. But the Decor being stolen was inevitable.

Next episode looks interesting...

[Fencedude]

Wow. Just, wow.

That was an AMAZING episode. One of the best of the entire franchise. Joker's one of the few recent Precure villains who's legitimately threatening, and he drove all five of them into despair.

And oh god, next time...UPGRADES

[Nagato-san]

Wow. Just, wow.

That was an AMAZING episode. One of the best of the entire franchise. Joker's one of the few recent Precure villains who's legitimately threatening, and he drove all five of them into despair.

And oh god, next time...UPGRADES

Agreed. Joker impressed me as a Precure villain. Honestly, Smile has turned out to have exceeded my expectations, and this episode just kind of blew me away. The part where the Cures were trying to decided on wither they wanted to continue fighting was thoughtful and well done. The scene it self had twinges of Madoka Magica to it. What really impressed me was how it avoided being preachy or whiney.

Can't wait to see the upgrade forms in action.

[HitokiriShadow]

Alright, they got the last Decor, so now the Queen will be revived and the show will end. And if you're the show's target audience, you might actually believe that and be surprised at the end. Good episode though.

And at least this show is probably not going to drag out the "ZOMG Candy has a Big Secret, WHAT COULD IT BE!?!?" issue for 20 freaking episodes.

[HitokiriShadow]

- And one more decor left. I hadn't noticed that not every Akanbee gave a decor.


I'm pretty sure they didn't get any from the Blue Nose ones.

[HitokiriShadow]

It probably says a lot about the PreCure franchise that of the shows I've seen, the villain I'm most able to take seriously as a threat is an evil court jester. Well, okay, I guess there was Dark Precure in Heartcatch as well.

The fight was pretty awesome, the show did a nice job of showing how incredibly outmatched the Precure were and their utter terror of him, and the serious, contemplative stuff was handled very nicely. Damn good episode all around.

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Episode 22:

- Interior decorating saves the day.
- Henshin already! This episode means business.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Paper vs paper, it's a tie. I think that's the first time we've ever tied. What an ambiguous omen.
- Oh nice, Joker doesn't summon an akanbee, he just mixes it up directly with the girls.
- And he makes short work of the girls. I think you're all due for a power up!
- This show does some pretty good "oh fuck we're screwed" faces.
- ZETSUBOU SHITAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

- Ooooh... dark. The girls are ready to plunge in and fight Joker again, but Yayoi has to remind them that if they fail they might be trapped there forever and nevr return home.
- Man I even feel bad for Pop. ;_;
- This whole scene is incredible. Since when do magical girls not written by Urobuchi Gen ever have to seriously stop and think about whether they should continue to fight?
- I also love the lack of music as the girls walk away from the gazebo thing.
- Seriously this is awesome. Precure seriously, even somewhat morbidly reflecting on their own mortality. Wtf. Why is this show so good?
- And of course, in the end, they'll fight. GO GO SMILE PRECURE! <3 <3

Oh god I can't wait for episode 23 now. Seriously.

[Fencedude]

Holy shit. There are Precure series that have end-of-series battles that aren't that awesome. In fact, I think one just ended. *cough*

Anyway, that was goddamn amazing on every level. Seriously. Love the Princess forms, especially Akane's. Damn girl, leave the hair down from now on.

In the individual battles, March and Beauty put on the best showing by far, and certainly had the hardest opponents.

So anyway, now what?

[HitokiriShadow]

"ZETTAI NIGENAI!! ;_;" <3 <3 I love you Cure Peace!!

OMG OMG OMG THAT WAS AWESOME.

The fights kicked massives amounts of ass, and Marche and Beauty had particularly impressive finishes. The big bad comes out and the first thing he does is say "fuck this, I'm ending this NOW", not overconfident dicking around, and fires a Bad Energy Beam of world destroying power and size. Then the Precure get a very nice looking upgrade in the Princess form and instantly (again, no dicking around) use their new finishing move, and its pretty awesome. Soooooooo much better than everyone jumping in a giant flaming RingPop.

And, uh, villains defeated? I mean, obviously at least one of them isn't down for the count, but man, that sure felt like a final battle, and a damn good one at that. Hell, that was vastly better than the (too long) final battle in Suite. Actually, Suite just looks increasingly bad the longer this show goes.

[Suwako Moriya]

Ah, so that's the real reason we had four Bad End Generals!

Over all a nice episode, but the not-final battle was kind of odd. Not just because we're around the half-way point, but because of the behavior of our main villain.

It almost felt more like he was going through the motions than anything else. Hi, I'm evil and going to destroy everything. Either he's acting out a role or he's really impatient and just wants to get things over with.

I wonder if we'll get to see the Princess forms again and I mean before the actual final battle.

[elior]

Holy shit. There are Precure series that have end-of-series battles that aren't that awesome. In fact, I think one just ended. *cough*

Anyway, that was goddamn amazing on every level. Seriously. Love the Princess forms, especially Akane's. Damn girl, leave the hair down from now on.

In the individual battles, March and Beauty put on the best showing by far, and certainly had the hardest opponents.

So anyway, now what?i dont think pierrot is dead becouse if you seen during the blast of the rainbow brust some kind of spike core flew away out of him so there is a chance he still alive

[Fencedude]

OMG! Pierrot isn't dead! TEH SHOCKU

Anyway, we get the cures as fairies, which is...odd, then we meet the SUPER AKANBE, which must be taken down using Rainbow Burst.

[HitokiriShadow]

If your guards run away in terror win a small group of middle school girls try to say hello.... you really need to get some new guards.

Yayoi looks like a badass in her princess form. I'd really like to see them actually fight in their Princess forms and not just use it for the finishing move.

Boo, no Precure next week.

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Episode 23:

- Starting right off with pika pika pikarin, jankenpon! Rock beats scissors, I win.
- Heh they all pair off and little Yayoi gets big Akaoni.
- Uhh meanwhile Majorina sheds 60 years, and gaint 4 feet and lots of boobs.
- Whee fighting. ANd Joker is trying really hard to be Hisoka.
- So there's really no logic to why Wolfrun and Akaoni are so strong now. Majorina at least has a form she hasn't revealed before, and Joker was always strong. But those other two were wimps.

- This looks like level-up time!
- Ah, it's "use your sceens from the OP" power.
- Hahah, Nao is like "screw accuracy, it's danmaku time".
- Okay so they beat the goons without an obvious level up. Buuuuuut I've seen the new costumes a hundred times now so it should be coming by the end of the ep.
- Ah there we go.
- Uhhhh hm. I'm not sold on these costumes yet. They just look too bulky. And Akane's hair doesn't look quite right. I'd need to see these forms with less explosions and pegasi flying all around.

Anyway, good ep. Some of the fighting was pretty epic.

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Episode 24:

- The queen isn't waking up because she's not a morning person. >_> Okay, Miyuki.
- "They're the palace guards." No wonder you guys were screwed without the Precure.
- And now the girls turn into fairies. >_>
- Yayoi's -yayo is the cutest verbal tic.
- Heh, and she tries it again after they transform back into humans.

- So barely half an episode before the girls are fighting again.
- 18 hours on this clock. So into the early 40s before he's back again.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Scissors beats paper, sorry Yayoi.
- Pegasus Princesses is like, the most magical girly thing that ever magical girled.
- Another 14 decor to go.

[Fencedude]

NISSAN COMBO SHIPPING: THE ANIME

Anyway, our NEKKETSU SPORTS SHOUJO end up competing over their food stands at the beach, and basically everything else.

But in the end they have to work together to save the day.

LETS DO THIS CLASSIC PRECURE STYLE! (https://twitter.com/Fencedude/status/232635929901268992)

[HitokiriShadow]

Everyone kept doing things without Yayoi. Everyone lost. This episode sucked. Good thing she's easily amused with Candy, otherwise this would have been a depressing episode.

Marche/Sunny's combination attack was underwhelming. Beauty's use of Sunny's fire back in episode 8-ish was vastly more interesting.

[Fencedude]

Summer Festival!

Girls in Yukata. Thats about it.

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Episode 25:

- Umi daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! So will any of the girls wear a bikini? Miyuki and Yayoi seem like guaranteed one-pieces to me. Reika too probably. Nao or Akane seem like the best bet.
- Or it could be a beach shop sales competition. It's so appropriate that Reika is helping sell shaved ice.
- It's Yayoi time! so her and Candy just go and play while the others get their capitalism on.
- ...is Candy the only bikini we're gonna get this episode? Cruel.

- Akanbee time.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Scissors draw.
- Reika, Miyuki and Yayoi are captured. Nao and Akane are all alone! They must overcome impossible odds with yuri power!
- HOT BURNING YURI PASSION MELTS ALL OPPOSITION!

No swimsuits. ;_;

[HitokiriShadow]

Yay, yukatas.

The Ringtoss stuff was pretty amusing. I'm still impressed that this show has a villain that's consistently entertaining rather than something between mildly irritating and incredibly obnoxious. Fun little episode in general. Um, yeah. Yay Smile PreCure.

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Episode 26:

- Yukata time! Oh man Yayoi's hair cracks me up.
- And now it's one of those episodes where the girls walk around a very crowded public area, freely talking to Candy, who talks back and moves and even plays carnival games and... well so much for consistency with the scenes where they try so hard to hide her. :sd:
- And right on cue they go back to asking like she's a plush. Even though she was just talking right in front of- oh god why am I trying to think about this seriously. But I can't help it, it's so blatant. >_>
- One chance each to win Candy back. Honestly I think that would be a lot better spent if you just let Reika try five times.
- Or maybe she's terrible at it.
- Heh I was wondering when someone would comment on Candy's big head making this impossible.
- So Candy cheats. >_>

- Pika pika piakrin! Jankenpon! The victory is mine with scissors.
- "Why would you to ruin this festival?" Does this really still confuse you, girls? :sd:

Yay for yukata, but just kinda decent otherwise.

[Fencedude]

Oh god. Miyuki's grandmother DESPAIR BLOCKING Wolfrun was the funniest thing I've seen in ages. Absolutely fantastic.

Really good episode overall, especially with the cameos by Aya and Nitori.

...at least, thats how I'm interpreting what happened.

[Fencedude]

It takes an awful lot to scare Yayoi.

And yay for MAJORINA TIME

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Episode 27:

- I really can't just bite into a raw vegetable like that. Just holding a tomato in your hand and taking a big bite... I dunno, just doesn't taste right to me.
- Heh, grandma totally knows about Candy. I wonder if she used to be a Precure.
- HAHAHA grandma has not a drop fo Bad Energy in her. That was hlarious.
- Oh god this woman is sooooooo Miyuki's grandma.

- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Paper0paper tie.
- Oh man, don't mess with grandma's house, Super Akanbee. Precure will fuck you up.
- Heh. Grandma is friends with kappa and tengu.
- I still don't like Princess Form very much. I'm hoping there's another upgrade left.

Very cute episode.

[Fencedude]

Oh god. This episode.

Freaking hilarious.

Also accomplished nothing, but remember kids, do your homework!

[Fencedude]

Well, that went downhill, didn't it?

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So I guess I'm at least 5 eps behind on this.

Episode 28:

Wow the art and animation went to total shit in this episode. Saving up for big fight scenes, I hope. Anyway this episode belonged to:
1) Reika's "No running in the hallway!"
2) Yayoi's first reaction to Majorina is "she's pretty!". Always on the look out for sexy women aren't you, Yayoi?

Oh and pika pika pikarin, jakenpon! Yayoi won.

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Episode 29:

- An early Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Yayoi wins again.
- Happy, you cheater.
- Oh wow I would totally watch a sports anime if it were Yayoi playing bowling. She was absolutely hilarious the whole time.
- Heh, Reika has no time for sharks. Love the little spin at the end.
- Super Tutor Cure Beauty will save them!
- Super Tutor Cure Beauty could not save them.

[Fencedude]

Smiles.

Serious. Fucking. Business.

So now a phoenix? Whatever.

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Episode 30:

- Nao's dream vacation is the Mongolian steppes. >_>
- And so they go to France. And Taiwan. And Mongolia. And China. And the United States.
- "Sankyuu very muchi!" <3 <3 <3 Yayoi.
- Where the hell did they find a bookshelf in the Amazon?
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! I win~
- Mermaids because okay why not.
- ...Lightning under water? GJ Yayoi.
- You've collected all the decor! Your reward is... the next piece of merchandise.

[HitokiriShadow]

Grandma thinks Wolfun is a cute little fox. <_<

And her being immune to the Bad Energy drain was amusing.

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Episode 31:

- Not foreboding at all!
- How long do you really need to chew 1/6th of a cookie, girls?
- Hyper Akanbe. >_>
- Pika pika pikarin! Janken pon! I win.
- Candy kidnapped, again. But hey at least the baddies are being proactive.
- Oh hey she escaped mostly on her own. Too bad all your friends are dead already.
- Uh woah, Candy powered up.
- And Joker didn't just leave when there was a small setback. He's really the only competent servant Pierrot has.

Also, they won't show it, but we all know that "happy dream world" for these girls can be seen in Smile Precure yuri doujins. =D

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Episode 32:

- Bad End amusement park. Not suspicious at all!
- o_O those dead precure eyes are creepy as fuck.
- Jeeze, Miyuki talks big, but she's taken in by the sloth ball within minutes. Candy has to save their butts again.
- Seriously. CREEPY.
- Miyuki is pretty badass, isn't she? Also, <3 Fukuen Misato.

Well that got pretty awesome.

Wish they got a costume update though. Still not feeling Princess/Pegasus form.

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Episode 33:

- And now the precure star in a samurai movie.
- Princess Reika fills Yayoi's head with endless yuri doujiin ideas.
- Kunoichi Nao!
- Yayoi is waaaaaay too cute.
- Human form Pop. >_> What about Candy?
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! A rock-rock tie.
- Pop is a narcissistic son of a bitch isn't he?

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Episode 34:

- Silly Toyoshima-kun, nobody cares about culture fest bands unless it features cute girls!
- Blah blah mopey kid.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Yayoi wins.
- Well that was a needlessly roundabout way to dealing with the Akanbe. :sd:
- And then a fashion show and stuff.

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Episode 35:

- Yayoi the mecha otaku. This should be awesome.
- Oh god she's adorable. I love how the line she's in is all little boys... and Yayoi.
- Pika pika pikarin! Jankenpon! Another tie.
- MECHA HAPPY! Versus gattai of evil.
- Haha the best part of this episode by far is the diverging reactions between Yayoi and Akane/Nao. And Reika just being Reika (Ara!).
- Of course Reika is the one who figures out how to pilor Miyuki.
- BADDO ENDO DOKKINGU!
- GATTAI SHITAAAAAAAAA! Gaaaaaaah. I love Yayoi so much.

Easily one of the best one-off episode.

But next week is going to be horrible. I'll probably skip it. What a travesty.

[Fencedude]

Easily one of the best one-off episode.

This episode had animation direction by Oobari Masami, and after it aired, his 8 year old niece called him and told him how much she enjoyed "Masami Onii-san's episode"

[Fencedude]

Middle School Elections.

Serious. Fucking. Business.

[DenpaWa]

Based on Reika's blush when Yayoi talked about going into the control room, she caught the subtext that the others missed. Ah, the quiet intellectuals. Still waters run deep...

Ah, I'd figured Reika would memorize that encyclopedia, just because, though I didn't anticipate her using it like this.

And Aka Oni and Wolfrun provide the only example I know of for yaoi subtext in a Precure series. Bad End Docking pretty much writes its own joke.

[Fencedude]

OH MY GOD THAT WAS THE MOST ADORABLE THING EVER OMG OMG OMG

*ahem*

[Fencedude]

That was just about the gayest episode ever.

Also Witch Yayoi hhhhhnnnnngggg

[elior]

wow this was a great episode the 1 on 1 battle between akane and wolfrun was awesome and it seems this will be the end for wolfun by what joker said in this episode

[HitokiriShadow]

Oh right, I haven't been posting about these.

That was.... not a good episode. It focused on some kid that we'd never seen or heard of before being a brat about the festival and I could not possibly care less about him and his issues. And the fight was pretty dull and forgettable.

At least the actual fashion show at the end was decent. But that was the only part of the episode I actually liked.

Edit: Ahahaha, it was so bad no one even bothered to make a subthread for it over at Fandom Post.

[elior]

this was very emotional episode with nao and her femily and the battle was good as well

[HitokiriShadow]

That episode wasn't particularly bad or anything but it sure wasn't one of the stronger episodes of the series.

A few lines tried to make it into a character growth episode for Reika but that was overpowered by the Message for its audience and the general dumbness in execution. Oh well. The previous episode about giant robots (which I forgot to post about) was fantastic.

[Fencedude]

Nao's fucking badass.

And you don't piss her off. Ever.

[HitokiriShadow]

Oh my god, that episode fantastic and amazingly adorable. I'm pretty sure the transformation sequence and catchphrases gave me diabetes.

[Fencedude]

...wow. Beauty is incredibly badass.

Really great episode, Reika once again secures her spot as the best Smile Precure.

[elior]

beauty is the best and the battle was great with the unlimited ice swords

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Episode 37:

Reika learns that democracy is a pain in the ass. But awww, it was great when everyone stood up for Reika during the fight.

And I love how nobody is fazed in the least when "Wolf Runtarou" just vanishes into thin air on stage.

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Episode 38:

THAT TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE.

Oh my god that was outrageously adorable, but Reika totally wins. Sooooooooooo cute.

And mini-Yayoi is such a janken cheater.

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Episode 39:

I figured it had to be either Akane or Nao who played the prince but... they're mice. >_> And horses. >_>

So it ended up being Reika, and she plays the part perfectly well. She's so into it, and I think Miyuki's heart skipped a few beats when she saw her. So did Yayoi's when she saw them dance. Ohhh the many many doujins she just came up with. Then she just outright falls in love when Reika helps her up. =D

Then Cinderella becomes a magical girl and defeats the monster to save the prince. Way better than the original. And how convenient that Wolfrun only brought a red nose.

Reika makes all the girls swoon.

[Fencedude]

So Miyuki had a ghost girlfriend...ok.

Anyway, looks like with this, the endgame is ready to begin.

[HitokiriShadow]

That was definitely the best of the one-on-one episodes.

The character plot was decently good, the villain is actually threatening and uses an interesting plan to deal with her, and the fight was easily one of the best in the series. Reika was pretty awesome in that fight.

[Fencedude]

ZOMG that fight.

And then Cure Happy becomes Madokami. Not sure how to feel about that.

NEXT TIME BAD END CURES FUCK YEAH

[Fencedude]

BAD END PRECURE!

And oh god Joker's fucking creepy.

[HitokiriShadow]

That was pretty good, though disappointing in some ways. I wanted a bit more focus on fighting the Bad End Cures and I especially wanted more battle chatter and taunting. Bad End Happy was the only one that got a decent amount of dialoge, and she had about 80% of it. The rest barely talked.

Bad End Happy was great though.

[Fencedude]

That sure was some fight sakuga. Goddamn.

Really great penultimate episode, with some of the best battles in quite some time.

Looks like they could use the Mugen Silhouette though...

[Suwako Moriya]

Candy as the new Queen? I'm not sure what to even think about this. The idea of her in a position of power is kind of scary actually.

Negative feelings of course. Why can't the positive feelings be as proactive? Also for once I want the negative feelings to come from a difference source.

So the final boss is a black hole?

Hopefully we can see decent use out of their new forms in the final episode. Granted, they need to both finish the battle and do the wrap up.

[HitokiriShadow]

Well, uh, that was a pre-final boss fight episode.

Wonder how on earth they're even going to fight a giant face larger than the moon. I assume Pierrot will take a more human sized form to fight them.

[Fencedude]

ULTIMATE MIYUKI HUG

And thats how you defeat a giant planet destroying emoticon.

Also crying. Lots and lots of crying.

Anyway, all in all, very good Precure series.

[HitokiriShadow]

Well that sure was a final battle. And the final boss is defeated by.... getting hugged to death by Ultimate Miyuki.

Also, about 1/3 of the planet was COMPLETELY OBLITERATED. Somewhere between 1/3 and 2/3 of the world's population was wiped out depending on where it hit. Oh, and and hit like that had to knock earth of its axis at the very least, and then there's all that debris and smoke floating around.... Emperor Pierrot was defeated but humanity is fucked anyway. But its okay, at least Candy came back to visit!

[Fencedude]

Also, about 1/3 of the planet was COMPLETELY OBLITERATED. Somewhere between 1/3 and 2/3 of the world's population was wiped out depending on where it hit. Oh, and and hit like that had to knock earth of its axis at the very least, and then there's all that debris and smoke floating around.... Emperor Pierrot was defeated but humanity is fucked anyway. But its okay, at least Candy came back to visit!

Eh, it got better.

Its like that time the entire planet was turned into desert. Or the time when the universe was destroyed except for the spot four girls happened to be standing on.

*shrugs*

[HitokiriShadow]

Also, about 1/3 of the planet was COMPLETELY OBLITERATED. Somewhere between 1/3 and 2/3 of the world's population was wiped out depending on where it hit. Oh, and and hit like that had to knock earth of its axis at the very least, and then there's all that debris and smoke floating around.... Emperor Pierrot was defeated but humanity is fucked anyway. But its okay, at least Candy came back to visit!

Eh, it got better.

Its like that time the entire planet was turned into desert. Or the time when the universe was destroyed except for the spot four girls happened to be standing on.

*shrugs*

It's not like I have a serious problem with this. I'm just having fun poking at something that the show seemed to ignore.

[RZetlin]

The last episode was predictable -- the girls supercharged their powers and killed off Pierrot.
There was high price to be paid as the girls could not see the fairies anymore, but Candy managed to come back at the end.

Overall, Smile Precure had more likable main characters than Suite Precure, but the ideas and themes were recycled from past Precure Seasons (Precure 5 and Heartcatch Precure).

Smile Precure could have done better if the fairy-tale themes were explored better. It would have been cool it see the girls fought weekly storybook monsters like jack in the beanstalk, or Alice in Wonderland instead of common day items.

Compared Heartcatch and Suite Final Bosses, Pierrot was really one dimensional that kept repeating the same lines and doing nothing else.

Smile Precure had the second best ultimate group attack with Rainbow Burst in the Precure Cure franchise. First place is still with Heartcatch Orchestra with Heartcatch Precure.

Starting from Strongest to Weakest this is how I rate the characters:

Cure Peace: Kise Yayoi was the top favourite character in the series. Her character was explored the most in the series from her origins of name to her love of anime and manga. Yayoi was the most interesting characters as each week the audience had to guess if she would for rock, paper, or scissors.

Cure Sunny: Hino Akane comes close to Kise Yayoi as a favourite character. She has a hot-blooded Osakan personality. Akane was even lucky enough to have real-life comedy duo Fujiwara appear on the show. Though Hino Akane will probably going to be compared as a carbon copy to Natsuki Rin in terms of firepower and sports hobby.

Cure Beauty: Aoki Reika comes in the distance third. The majority of her episode deals with Reika following her path and situations testing her resolve whether or not she would stray from her path. Personality wise Aoki Reika reminds me of Minazuki Karen.

Cure March: Was it really necessary to have a second sports Precure? Midorikawa Nao got the end of stick as she was presented as a sports playing girl with 6 younger brother and sister (Unusual for a Japanese family). Nao personality was not explored more in the series.

Cure Happy: The weakest of the team in terms of character development. Hoshizora Miyuki is somehow the default leader of the group, but lacking in leadership qualities. Miyuki is only presented as a girl who loves fairy tale storybooks.

[Nagato-san]

That was a pretty cute final episode, and was what I expected. While nothing groundbreaking, it wasn't unenjoyable, and it kept with the spirit and tone of this series.

All in all, Smile was really enjoyable. The characters and the off-beat humor really made this one stand out. It wasn't as serious as SplashStar, Heartcatch, or Fresh, but this was a pretty good comic relief series. Other long running series, like Digimon and the Brave shows typically cycle through tones like that, so I'm used to the shifting silly - dark tone.

I enjoyed Smile for what it was. I liked Suite and enjoyed it, but I think that Smile wound up being able to pace itself better, while also balancing some personal growth moments from the Cures that could be taken seriously. Sadly what hurt Suite the most was trying to repeat the "Cure Passion" stunt from Fresh over again. Too much time was wasted on some meaningless teasing to generate ratings and interest. The thing that Suite did right, and was carried over into Smile, was focusing the episodes on the Cures and not some random passerby (admittedly Fresh did this first though).

I think in the end though, Smile was a well made series with great pacing a a good balance of humor and plot. I'm honestly going to miss it.

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So it became apparent that we were getting an episode per girl here, so let's do them all in one go:

Episode 40, Akane: Almost painfully feel good, but Akane is badass.

Episode 41, Yayoi: HELL YEAH PEACE THUNDER HURICANE. God damn Yayoi was amazing. That totally outdid the Akane episode for me.

Episode 42, Nao: ...Fucking wow. Peace still had the most badass scenes of these character-by-character episodes so far but this episode was absolutely the best so far. My god. That was incredible. Nao's look of utter, bottomless, infinite despair. And then Nao crying in Miyuki's arms at the end. So many tears. Just a goddamned outstanding episode.

Episode 43, Reika: Not as OH THE EMOTIONS as Nao's episode but just as badass as Yayoi's, and better overall in story structure. Reika also comes closest to soloing, and up against by far the strongest of the villains too. Plus that sword fight was pretty damn epic.

Episode 44, Miyuki: To be perfectly honest I expected Miyuki's episode to be well below the level of the others, but the backstory about her magical/imaginary friend was really cute. The "everyone saves the focus character" bit felt a but sloppy with her though, seeing as how she was totally wiping the floor with Wolfrun and didn't need it, until all of a sudden she did..


In the end I'd rank these episodes: Nao > Reika > Yayoi > Miyuki > Akane. Nao's was just waaaaaaaay too awesome, while Reika got to show off why she's the strongest Precure. And Yayoi is just Yayoi, seeing her act badass is doubly awesome because of how she usually acts.

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Episode 45:

- Wolfrun this is, what, your twelvth final chance?
- Full team fight! Precures, why bother with your entry level attacks? :sd: Still, pretty cool.
- Yay, Princess form loses! I never liked the Princess form designs much, so this is good, because now they have to level up to something better.
- Somehow I don't think I'm going to care about the villains' sob story.
- Oh god this is a stupid development. >_>
- Really really stupid. >_>
- No, Miyuki. Do not hug the evil out of them. No.
- She just hugged the evil out of them. >_>

Well that episode ended up being sort of terrible. Is making the villains at least as good as the Heartcatch ones really so hard? The concept behind these being fairies who were consumed with negative energy by playing the villain roles in fairy tales isn't terrible but the execution of their "redemption" was plain shit.

But whatever YAY BAD END PRECURE. Now that I've seen like 5000 pieces of fanart of them.

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Episode 46:

- ...Bad End Happy is awesome. I love how Fukuen Misato is voicing her.
- So is Bad End Peace. What a troll.
- Haha oh wow Joker, that laugh.
- I like to imagine that the seiyuu arguing with themselves in these opposing roles looked something like that Gollum scene in LotR.
- Goddamn Fukuen Misato has some lungs on her.
- looooool Joker

That was pretty great. But I'll miss Bad End Precure. ;_;

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Episode 47:

- lol Royal Candy. That hair.
- Fuck yeah the initial battle against the cannon fodder was awesome.
- Man that eyecatch music has never been so inappropriate.
- BWhahaa, Pierrot is busy gloating and Miyuki is all like "STFU LASER BEAM!"
- Hahah HOLY SHIT, they just fucked him up in the face.
- Speaking of faces.

Well that was great.

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Episode 48:

- A giant hand isn't the most exciting opponent but um wow he just obliterated a large chunk of the earth's surface.
- ...Things are looking a bit grim.
- This sure is a lot of crying.
- Still crying.
- And yet more crying.
- That was literally five minutes of crying, holy crap we get the point.
- HAHAHA oh man I literally cackled out loud when COSMIC HAPPY appeared. And then hugged the villain to death. Again. >_>
- Now time for goodbyes. But hopefully not much more crying.
- ...well less than five minutes at least.
- Decent epilogue, and of course Candy comes back.

What I wouldn't have given for an extra half episode or so of Bad End Precures so they didn't have to pad this episode out so much.

Still, good show, with some truly epic moments. The vast majority of it from the individual character episodes onwards was really damn good.

[Fencedude]

- That was literally five minutes of crying, holy crap we get the point.


Its pretty hilarious how this finale was effectively identical to the end of DX3, only in that case it was twenty-one Cures and something like 15 mascots crying.

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15 mascots crying.
I am pretty sure my brain cells would spontaneously self-destruct if I had seen that.

[Fencedude]

15 mascots crying.
I am pretty sure my brain cells would spontaneously self-destruct if I had seen that.

The only good part was when Kurumi/Milky Rose turns back into her mascot form and leaps into Karen's boobs.

[Fencedude]

Also admittedly in DX3 the final boss wasn't hugged to death (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtzOarkRkTI)

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Also admittedly in DX3 the final boss wasn't hugged to death (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtzOarkRkTI)
Man Heartcatch is OP.

Also, Nagisa and Honoka must have some anti-aging magic going on, because in another few series they're going to be old enough to be new Precures' mothers.

[Fencedude]

Man Heartcatch is OP.

So OP. Though Splash Star's been getting shafted since apparently Kaoru and Michiru aren't ~real~ Precure, so they can't use Precure Spiral Heart Splash Star, WHICH RESET THE FUCKING UNIVERSE.

Also, Nagisa and Honoka must have some anti-aging magic going on, because in another few series they're going to be old enough to be new Precures' mothers.

It kills me so hard that we'll never get any OVAs or something using the older cures.