Doki Doki! Precure

[Hiroshi Amearai]

>implyng there's someone good enough to be her partner.
I don't see she has any dance partner there.

[Ichuki]

Spoiler for Summer stuff:

Almost fullshot of Ace.

[Midonin]

Never had a team of four that went to five before.

Does this make Ace our Big One?

[elior]

Originally Posted by Ichuki

Spoiler for Summer stuff:

Almost fullshot of Ace.

here translation to the scan story

Spoiler for the scan story:

Obtaining the Love Heart Arrow and continuing their fight against the Jikochu, the 4 Precure have used their combined attack "Love Force Arrow" to defeat Jikochu after Jikochu. But adding to the count of the three generals, a powerful new enemy appears to the Precure! Knowing of their hard battles, the new Precure "Cure Ace" gallantly arrives!! With her equip, the "Love Kiss Rouge", she splendidly purifies enemies! The now 5-member Precure team will unite their power to continue their fight against the Jikochu!

[MogMoogle1]

Guess I'm fine with a Cure Ace. Sounds a lot less villainous than Cure Joker...

[Guido]

So far, another great episode. This episode's civilian was not treated as your average random victim, but Jun was properly treated to make the audience feel more empathetic and related to him. By the way, I did notice that Joe gave him a Cure Lovies, but it isn't out of the ordinary, since I believe it was just a standard one.

What we got here with the Selfishness people looks like for next episodes they'll be fusing themselves with the psyche and go beast mode. Up to now I like their strategy, since they acquire a tremendous boost ability, power, and speed-wise, thus, not making things easier for the PreCure. On the other hand, I also enjoy how the girls have established their roles when implementing their combined attack patern:
- Sword deals the massive damage while taking away the enemy's offensive capabilities.

- Rosetta furthers on by depleting the enemy's stamina with her protection shield, forcing Jikochuu to waste away energy.

- Diamond follows by literally freezing the opponent on its tracks, taking away the enemy's mobility and leaving it openly vulnerable.

- Heart, finally, shots the Jikochuu down with her purifying, heart arrow for the coup d' grace.

[Provocateur]

Spoiler for episode 13:

Delightful Alice episode and nice to see her having a offensive attack ;D. The new girl seems very evil!!!

[Midonin]

Spoiler for Ondul! Precure 13 - Dedizu do Ojolzaba:

A look into the world of the upper class, with Alice (who looked like she was going to pull out a tank to crush Reina at any moment) and her rival. Reina's your typical spoiled rich girl character, complete with her posse of friends who are willing to sabotage Mana and company. I do like that we had another week where the person who became the MotW was built up a bit before being captured, I hope it continues. And hooray for Alice being able to weaponize her barriers! The same four stock attacks with the Love Heart Arrow (and Mana being the only one to get the kill) is a little repetitive, but I've gotten used to that. Just... Rikka got in one kill back in the third episode, so I'd love if she could do it again. The girls still seem to be ignoring that Ai is the queen, but it's not totally obvious to them, just to us. They didn't see the bird that appeared wheneve she was near, but they did notice the rose turning into more merchandise. (And Toei is relentless about merchandise.) Now, as for Regina, she wasn't exactly subtle about her "evil princess" thing when she first appeared, but I love that shot of her in the end. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Though how did King Selfish have a daughter? That's for fanfic. An enjoyable little episode, especially because it was an Alice one. Mai Fuchigami is doing a wonderful job in her role.

Got a small laugh when Rikka was chosen to play the piano and encountered a black cat. In a past life, she knew all about those...

Next time is more Being Rikka is Suffering. Alice may not be the most dangerous one if she snaps.

[Hiroshi Amearai]

Nice episode, Regina is cute, Alice is cool


Also, They fixed something from the preview last week

Spoiler for Why...:

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep13:

So the Jigochu trio didn't even know about Regina's existance?
Anyways, I think the Precure should react a little more to the fact Regina was magically able to kill the roses, un.

[YourIdeas]

Originally Posted by Hiroshi Amearai

Also, They fixed something from the preview last week

Spoiler for Why...:

Makes them look more surprised and fixes some of the off-model ness of it, I guess. (most apparent on Mana)

Also, that almost looks like a Mana panty shot.

EDIT: Noticing that many of the preview scenes don't perfectly match with the same frames from the airing of the episode. Small differences, but it seems to suggest that they're trying their best to keep it fairly on-model, especially color-wise, as Doki Doki's palette is a lot less saturated than Smile's.

Spoiler:

So the Jigochu trio didn't even know about Regina's existance?
Anyways, I think the Precure should react a little more to the fact Regina was magically able to kill the roses, un.

This has been a bit of a pattern throughout the developments, though it's been much worse in Ai's case, who likes to poop out Cure Lovies at any given moment, yet the Precure don't give anything a second thought.

[xizro345]

I haven't commented the episodes in a while because I feel the series has been consistently going into a downward spiral, despite some occasional good moments. The powerup episode was kind of embarassing, especially since the animation was really subpar, for example. Episode 13 wasn't really better for reason already stated in a couple posts (Toei, even if it's children show, hiring competent writers would be a good start point, wouldn't it?). It' getting, at least for me, dangerously close to Suite-level of quality.

[YourIdeas]

I don't think it's been necessarily a downward spiral, persay, but I agree that Doki has had 2 terrible habits:

1) The characters all remain relatively stagnant.

For whatever reason, they've decided to relegate all of the Cures into the same basic plot-line/issue whenever they get an episode centered around them. Mana is always helping people with a smile. Being Rikka is suffering. Alice is always being tested as to whether she can control her rage or not. Makoto, who was one of the more interesting characters early on, sort of loss whatever personality she had and is just this awkward girl who doesn't understand Earth customs and broods over the Queen's whereabouts.

2) They introduce new characters, new developments, etc. that either go unnoticed by the characters, or are getting shoved on a bus for no apparent reason.

What happened to Joe's possible connection with the Trump Kingdom? Why does Ai crap out Cure Lavies every other episode, yet the Cures have only questioned this once, maybe twice, and only as an afterthought? Is it just normal for a human to wilt roses, since the cures don't react to Regina doing so?

They really need to slow down and focus on one thing or two. I'm hoping that in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the series, they'll have fixed the development a bit (eg. Joe giving exposition about himself, Ai finally understood, etc.), but they could at least do this earlier instead of wasting literally 3 episodes in a row on the exact same Mana-school-scenario.

[elior]

Originally Posted by YourIdeas

I don't think it's been necessarily a downward spiral, persay, but I agree that Doki has had 2 terrible habits:

1) The characters all remain relatively stagnant.

For whatever reason, they've decided to relegate all of the Cures into the same basic plot-line/issue whenever they get an episode centered around them. Mana is always helping people with a smile. Being Rikka is suffering. Alice is always being tested as to whether she can control her rage or not. Makoto, who was one of the more interesting characters early on, sort of loss whatever personality she had and is just this awkward girl who doesn't understand Earth customs and broods over the Queen's whereabouts.

2) They introduce new characters, new developments, etc. that either go unnoticed by the characters, or are getting shoved on a bus for no apparent reason.

What happened to Joe's possible connection with the Trump Kingdom? Why does Ai crap out Cure Lavies every other episode, yet the Cures have only questioned this once, maybe twice, and only as an afterthought? Is it just normal for a human to wilt roses, since the cures don't react to Regina doing so?

They really need to slow down and focus on one thing or two. I'm hoping that in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the series, they'll have fixed the development a bit (eg. Joe giving exposition about himself, Ai finally understood, etc.), but they could at least do this earlier instead of wasting literally 3 episodes in a row on the exact same Mana-school-scenario.

it just my feeling but i think after regina will enter the fight they will focus on her most of the times becouse of the titles of the next episodes with the crystal episode and regina attack and the fight against her will be more interesting becouse she the king douther

[Hagoshod]

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This is depressing news to me.

[4Tran]

This episode is an improvement over the last few, but it still lacks energy and compelling characterization. The new throwaway character has antics that could have provided for a fair bit of fun, but they just don't click very well. We see more of Alice but it's just more of the same characterization that we got from her earlier scenes. Oh yeah, having a princess competition without the requisite frisbee competition should be a major negative as well.

Regina is a more interesting proposition, but she doesn't do anything yet. Moreover, the Precures didn't question her blatant use of magic so the whole affair feels flat and pointless. I hope the show starts picking up real soon, or I might just end up bailing for Jewelpet.

Originally Posted by YourIdeas

I don't think it's been necessarily a downward spiral, persay, but I agree that Doki has had 2 terrible habits:

1) The characters all remain relatively stagnant.

For whatever reason, they've decided to relegate all of the Cures into the same basic plot-line/issue whenever they get an episode centered around them. Mana is always helping people with a smile. Being Rikka is suffering. Alice is always being tested as to whether she can control her rage or not. Makoto, who was one of the more interesting characters early on, sort of loss whatever personality she had and is just this awkward girl who doesn't understand Earth customs and broods over the Queen's whereabouts.

This wouldn't be a problem if the creators at least made the characters fun. Smile was stagnant for its entire run, but it was also enormously fun to share in the characters' adventures. Here, Mana's weak characterization is really starting to drag the rest of the series down.

Originally Posted by YourIdeas

2) They introduce new characters, new developments, etc. that either go unnoticed by the characters, or are getting shoved on a bus for no apparent reason.

What happened to Joe's possible connection with the Trump Kingdom? Why does Ai crap out Cure Lavies every other episode, yet the Cures have only questioned this once, maybe twice, and only as an afterthought? Is it just normal for a human to wilt roses, since the cures don't react to Regina doing so?

They really need to slow down and focus on one thing or two. I'm hoping that in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the series, they'll have fixed the development a bit (eg. Joe giving exposition about himself, Ai finally understood, etc.), but they could at least do this earlier instead of wasting literally 3 episodes in a row on the exact same Mana-school-scenario.

Precure doesn't thrive on mysteries, so I have no idea why they're trying to semi-incorporate them. I think that these unadressed elements, and all of the other unrelated oddities have hurt Dokidoki, and that this negative impact has grown worse and worse.

[elior]

Originally Posted by 4Tran

This episode is an improvement over the last few, but it still lacks energy and compelling characterization. The new throwaway character has antics that could have provided for a fair bit of fun, but they just don't click very well. We see more of Alice but it's just more of the same characterization that we got from her earlier scenes. Oh yeah, having a princess competition without the requisite frisbee competition should be a major negative as well.

Regina is a more interesting proposition, but she doesn't do anything yet. Moreover, the Precures didn't question her blatant use of magic so the whole affair feels flat and pointless. I hope the show starts picking up real soon, or I might just end up bailing for Jewelpet.


This wouldn't be a problem if the creators at least made the characters fun. Smile was stagnant for its entire run, but it was also enormously fun to share in the characters' adventures. Here, Mana's weak characterization is really starting to drag the rest of the series down.


Precure doesn't thrive on mysteries, so I have no idea why they're trying to semi-incorporate them. I think that these unadressed elements, and all of the other unrelated oddities have hurt Dokidoki, and that this negative impact has grown worse and worse.

another mystery that showed in this episode was the blue bird that apeared when ai touched on the flower i don't think they showed her for no reason meybe she is regina spy or joe spy

[ujiuji]

Originally Posted by elior

another mystery that showed in this episode was the blue bird that apeared when ai touched on the flower i don't think they showed her for no reason meybe she is regina spy or joe spy

Or the "Blue Bird" of happiness. Smile had a traditional fairy-tale theme, it looks like Doki-doki is going to include references to literary ones. "The Happy Prince" has been mentioned several times already.

[Guido]

Originally Posted by YourIdeas

I don't think it's been necessarily a downward spiral, persay, but I agree that Doki has had 2 terrible habits:

1) The characters all remain relatively stagnant.

For whatever reason, they've decided to relegate all of the Cures into the same basic plot-line/issue whenever they get an episode centered around them. Mana is always helping people with a smile. Being Rikka is suffering. Alice is always being tested as to whether she can control her rage or not. Makoto, who was one of the more interesting characters early on, sort of loss whatever personality she had and is just this awkward girl who doesn't understand Earth customs and broods over the Queen's whereabouts.

2) They introduce new characters, new developments, etc. that either go unnoticed by the characters, or are getting shoved on a bus for no apparent reason.

What happened to Joe's possible connection with the Trump Kingdom? Why does Ai crap out Cure Lavies every other episode, yet the Cures have only questioned this once, maybe twice, and only as an afterthought? Is it just normal for a human to wilt roses, since the cures don't react to Regina doing so?

They really need to slow down and focus on one thing or two. I'm hoping that in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the series, they'll have fixed the development a bit (eg. Joe giving exposition about himself, Ai finally understood, etc.), but they could at least do this earlier instead of wasting literally 3 episodes in a row on the exact same Mana-school-scenario.

I haven't watched the thirteenth episode yet, so right now I don't feel tired of Mana's gung-honess to help the entire world in need out there. Following, Rikas' issues concerning to Mana are my favorites. As for Alice and Makoto, I have to be honest that they are lukewarm and of no consequence to me. So maybe unconsciously I'm reaching my "jumping the shark" limit with this show.

Just hope that they don't do something absurd in this season like giving magical powers to a household pet to make it talk; that cat from Splash*Star became too much for me to take.

[Midonin]

Spoiler for Ondul! Precure 14 - Diva Voodoo:

Maybe being Rikka isn't suffering after all. She's got a great family, one of the nicest in Precure thus far. And her mother's got a great attitude. Rikka wanting to be a doctor like her mom is commendable, but she still has plenty of time to change her career path to something else. Like singer/superhero. Or samurai of boobs. Or Mugi. Also, even if I've never watched Chihayafuru, it's thanks to it even existing that I was slightly familiar with karuta for this week. Ira didn't even need to be here, really. The MotW was in complete control of him. And Regina is clearly enjoying the perks of being an evil princess. Makes me wonder just how bad she's going to be when she takes action.

We also know what that merch Ai created last week was. Part of the Royal Crystal, which, when all five are brought together (including Biiiiiiig One!), should summon another toy for the Precure to use. So prepare for a string of focus episodes! Next week is Makopi! I'm okay with this - more character exploration.