[Midonin]

Spoiler for Ondul! Precure 01 - Mukkorosu!:

I like this. I like this a lot. The first scene alone sets things up well enough, with Makopi fighting against the MotW and winning, but just barely. She's broken. Not Homura-level broken, but probably as close as Toei can let her get. Great performances from everyone - Mayumi and Atsuko Tanaka are two of the villains, and all the heroes established themselves well enough.

Mana's smart, calm and as cheery as Miyuki. She can't be every place at once, and she is bound by human limitations. But I love her already. She tried to talk down a MotW and wasn't freaked out by her fairy at all. Also? She did a Kamen Rider pose. Mana, all my love to you. Like, now. You may not be Yayoi, but that is damn close. (L-O-V-E! LION! ...wait, wrong show.)

I still hear a bit of the Nishizumi style in Alice, and a lot of Mugi in Rikka. Mana/Rikka is my current favorite couple, but Mana can be shipped with anybody. As for the villains - they have the chemistry of the Bad End Trio, but a slightly more villainous air. I like how we had a MotW who was defeated rather quickly, only to make way for a bigger one. Scissors always loses, but Cancer takes a while. And it looks like it may be an episode or two before Rikka becomes a Cure.

The OP is cute, the ED is amazing (on par with some of the CGI in Love Live), and the show feels like it has an amazing amount of self confidence. I loved Smile on a week to week basis, but this may top it yet in the long run. As long as it can keep its momentum going.

But really, I loved the Kamen Rider pose.