[Midonin]

Spoiler for Wilhelm Grimm's Magical Girls 08 - Maddy Candy: Spring-Heeled Jack's Legend:

If Toei didn't have stretch the show's budget over 50ish episodes, I wish they would've redone the OP to reflect the Miyuki/Candy switcheroo. The one-time-only Cure Candy transformation/attack sequences make up for it, though. Not very often you get to see the mascot fight like that. The failed Candy-as-Miyuki Smile Charge was a nice touch too.

For the show's first non-exposition episode, it was pretty good. Candy doesn't know a thing about how the human world works, and the comedy they got out of that was well timed. Majorina's explanation of the body switching rings and how they got to Earth in the first place provided some nice interplay between the villains. Akane showing that just because you're trapped, it doesn't mean you're useless was another point in this season's favor.

One of Smile's strongest points its its comedy, and for that it's a fun way to finish off the week.

Next week: Major Yayoi focus. The sound of a thousand computers coming to life echoed across Japan.