HeartCatch Pretty Cure

[U<3Anime]

I had lieing if I said I wasn't disappointed with the ending. Did they actually blow all their budget in the previous episode? I was expecting an earth shattering battle between 2 giants. Instead, we got an epilogue for the last half of the episode. Talk about Anti-Climatic!

Overall, HeartCatch turned out to be a really enjoyable series. Initially, I was totally turned off by the character designs, but surprisingly, I managed to catch all the episodes from begining to end.

I'll be keeping my expectaions low for Suite and I'm hoping it will surprise me like how HeartCatch did.

[Midonin]

Originally Posted by U<3Anime

Instead, we got an epilogue for the last half of the episode. Talk about Anti-Climatic!

Do not underestimate the power of denouement. Shows that allow themselves an epilogue are generally well versed in storytelling. One of my favorite shows spent two episodes on the epilogue, wrapping up loose plot points and giving characters a fitting final bow, and Heartcatch's decision to do so was one made well.

The epilogue wasn't totally a waste. As that final shot hints at, what's happened now has happened many times before. And will happen many times again.

[scr]

Damn, everyone beats me to it! Is there a recent surge of interest toward Magical Girls or what?

Spoiler for episode49:

Five words: Infinite Pretty Cure! Infinite Love!

And yes, when things started getting really bad i sorta hoped that the Arc Gurren Lagann will appear out of nowhere

[SuperKnuckles]

Great, great show. Genuinely great. It stands alone despite the show being one of the series of magical girl shows that typically has a high wall against non fans and outsiders.

And some of the battle scenes were just jaw dropping the last 3-4 eps. And ep 48 made me have watery eyes even though I feel the characters weren't as fleshed out as they could have been, especially the wave of deus-ex plot twists in the last 4 episodes.

But great voice acting, great animation, great production and a general feel-good attitude of the series carried the day.

IMO this show is right up there with Pretty Cure Splash Star. Production-wise, it is tops easy. In fact, other than maybe The World God Only Knows, the most consistent animation quality I've seen this past year.

[Nightengale]

Spoiler for episode 49:

All Dune wanted was to be loved by a Galactic Precure. ;-;

Thinking back, the Christmas Eve episode where Dune was shown to had been masquerading as a normal boy for a short while felt like it could had been a perfect subplot where Dune ( pretending to be human ) could had played a fake romance/love subplot with the Cures. :3

The sudden subtle Ban x Nami at the last 2 episodes sure came out of nowhere.

But man... Yuri sure got the short end of the stick. Lost her fairy, lost her father, lost her 'little sister', and I don't think she'll ever be able to truly explain to the mother what really happened. And forever having to eat her home meals with an extra serving that will never return.

[Sageblink]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Spoiler for episode 49:

But man... Yuri sure got the short end of the stick. Lost her fairy, lost her father, lost her 'little sister', and I don't think she'll ever be able to truly explain to the mother what really happened. And forever having to eat her home meals with an extra serving that will never return.

Spoiler for episode 49:

Of course it's sad. She was stuck on waiting for news, not knowing what happened. Now that she found (and lost) him, she can put this chapter of her life aside.

It's IMO more painful to get stuck in a in-between state. Now, she can deal with a real sadness and later move on.

[jcdietz03]

This show is great. So Cool It's Awesome.
I feel like Gushing About This Show I Like.

I give this show 9/10, and it is my new most favorite anime. My previous favorite anime was Inuyasha, the first one I ever watched.

What makes it great?
Characters and Voice Acting: All of the main characters, and most of the side characters have excellent voice actors. The exception is [see spoiler below], in my opinion.

Good writing: They gave the characters good lines to say. Somehow, even uber-cliche stuff like "With these feelings, I will not lose to anyone!" give you chills when they are delivered with such force.

Animation quality: This is what put it over Inuyasha. Inuyasha is guilty of having Action Hogging Openings, when the opening has at least as much action as an entire episode. But no, not with this show! They have an action packed opening, but even more action in the actual show! The fighting! My god the fighting! Sometimes I wonder if this series is really for little girls.

Sound and Music: Sound is spot on. They put a lot of effort in the music department too: Two full soundtrack's worth! Like every show, they reuse their BGM, but it didn't feel repetitive to me because the songs are awesome and they don't repeat that often because there are so many. A couple of insert songs in Ep 36 and 48 (actually the same one in both) round out the package.

Character Detail:
I didn't like Honoka, the shy cure from the first season of pretty cure. I do like Tsubomi. I think it's because she's cuter than Honoka and has a better voice actor.

Erika is my favorite character. Erika, I will miss your energy, silly faces, and constant jokes!

Spoiler for 3rd and 4th Ranger:

I didn't like Itsuki. I can't think of any other characters that are like her. A Bokukko, and likes fighting. It seemed like she didn't have much personality. "It's cute" is her catchphrase but it doesn't suit her at all.

How can you not like Moonlight? She always acts cool, a real Kuudere and a voice to match. Even though she loses in the opening scene, she does so while staying cool and talking back to the villains. It helps that every other time she shows up she kicks major butt and wins easily. Her fairy partner is cool too; the only one of the fairies I actually like.

The villains are good too. Many people didn't like the villains because they get no character development whatsoever. The main three villains are there to add humor (and antagonists). I always enjoy watching their antics. Just when you thought it was too easy for the Precure to win, they get a mid-season power upgrade (even though it turns out to be mostly useless). They all have their own funny way of talking - Sasorina the beauty queen, Kumojacky the tough guy, and Cobraja the pretty boy. Sasorina is at her best when angry - "I'll get those Precure next time!!" Kumojacky is at his best when thinking up a new move - "With this typhoon punch, I will destroy the Precure, and their little fairy too!" I didn't like Cobraja much. Let's not forget the snackies who just exude humor. I think they are cute too, with their "Kiii" pokemon-esque battle cry. They are so cute, it hard not to smile when they do something. My favorite scene was where the snackies are fighting against Erika - they retreat and patch themselves up with sand, a funnel, and tape! How resilient!

I like Sabaaku and Dark Precure. They're the badass villians, more evil than the above mentioned (who are just there for humor). It seems like these guys care more about winning than the others. DPC kicks major butt and wins easily whenever she shows up, and has a great voice actor to boot. The motivations of the villains (why they want to destroy the world) is never revealed, which would have been a nice addition.

What's wrong with this show?
Only about 3/4 of the episodes were actually good. That's a great accomplishment for such a long series. Sorry HPC, can't win 'em all. Episode 5 and 6 are the first examples. The bad ones are spread throughout the series.

The tacts, ??? [spoiler], and ??? [spoiler] seem like children's toys rather than instruments of power. The kokoro pot didn't seem as bad, probably because Kobato had one too. Also, it's not supposed to be an instrument of power.

I didn't mind the repetitive transformation sequences because I usually skip them when I watch. Especially in the first half of the show they seemed repetitive.

[Midonin]

Originally Posted by jcdietz03

The tacts seem like children's toys rather than instruments of power.

To put it most bluntly, that's because they are. But that's not really a bad thing. The other shows Precure airs with are just as guilty, if not moreso. (Goseiger, I'm looking at you.)

[Guido]

Minna!

Right now I've concluded HeartCatch Precure with the last episode, as of recently.

A masterpiece that TOEI brought and delivered solid or almost to its targeted audience.

To me it became the first for the following points:
1. First Pretty Cure series that I finished out of sequential order from the release order of the previous series.

2. First Pretty Cure series that I began, followed, and ended through fansubs.

3. And this will be to me the only Pretty Cure series in the whole franchise that I concluded in a record time of 346 days, and that's thanks at being dedicated with the releases.

But the special thanks go to Doremi fansubs for allowing me this achievement, and I do appreciate sincerely the great effort you guys put through with HeartCatch.

Well, the epilogue was unexpected but given that recent Pretty Cure series have been breaking some established traditions within the entire franchise, it was appreciated and commendable.

The thing that bothered me quite a lot it wasn't the climax of the last showdown.

Spoiler:

Though I was screaming for Arc Gurren-Lagann to appear in the cosmos, or the Ginga-bishounen inside Tauburn to break entering into the HeartCatch universe. Just Kidding!

Cure Infinity was majestic, and I respect and have profound thanks that rather finishing Dune with a traditional but brutal Pretty Cure Love Punch, she purified or rather healed his hatred with a gentle Heart-Punch.

Had anyone in the past watched Neverending Story 2 or the second Card Captor Sakura films?

Not to spoil the second Card Captor Sakura fim for those who haven't watched it, but I will for the second Never Ending Story film.

"In the last stand and with only one memory left, the antagonist Xayide urges Bastian to use his last wish to return to his world. But, in an unexpected act of courage and will, Bastian wishes for her to have a heart, which happens.

Because now that she has a heart, Xayide is overwhelmed by all types of feelings and emotions that make her overflow with regret for her misdeeds. Eventually, she bursts into a shower of lights".

Now, my point as to how the climax's conclusion to that aforementioned film relates with the climax's ending for HeartCatch?

That is because Cure Infinity did more than just healing Dune from his hatred. Either she created a heart for him or delivered into him his lost heart; the heart he lost to hatred. That's my way of thinking.

Because either he got his heart back or earned his heart, Dune was overwhelmed with an infinite torrents of emotions, hence, to make amends:

Speculation 1: He apologizes to Cure Infinity for his evil-self by sacrificing his body to renew all plant life in Earth; he willingly accepted his fate and became a shower of light that engulfed the Earth to restore it back.

Speculation 2: Dune was overwhelmed with regret for his previous evil actions, once he was able to have a heart to feel with. At that point, maybe or not, he realized that his body was succumbing to all those emotions and made a first act of encountered kindness to use his self to restore the Earth, but not vanishing before thanking Cure Infinity.

Now, one gorgeous detail that surely would have added a tender, dramatic moment would have been for....

Spoiler:

the Hearted Dune walking towards Cure Infinity and then embracing her as to thank her.

Gosh, I mean when I watched that scene I cringed with expectations that Dune would have hugged Cure Infinity and shouting from within myself, "please let Dune hug Cure Infinity", but I was a little disappointed that he didn't and just walked by her.

Now moving with that issue...

Spoiler:

I got problems at believing how Dune's portrayal was depicted for this last episode.

I mean for only the last episode they tried their best to portray him with a semblance of humanity, and not the usual and stereotypical OverLord of Darkness cliché.

Dune was consumed by hatred. But hatred for what?

If he had played the cliché-&-biblical role of the absolute OverLord of Darkness and Destruction, then his hatred would have been justified and not needing for explanation.
The OverLord of Darkness is the most vile and foulest creature in existence, and whatever is said to reason with or to appeal to, the Dark OverLord neither wavers from the Dark-Side nor accepts anyone else existence except itself.

When Dune appeared midway into series up through episode 48, no background information about his persona was ever revealed or depicted in the storyline. We have nothing else but his accounts of his defeat to Cure Flower, and that's it.

So, I didn't understand TOEI's last-minute decision at depicting Dune as a sort of quasi-tragic villain with a prominent human flaw, which was getting himself consumed by hatred.

I can empathize with ambiguous villains, because their actions are not directed toward the fulfillment of their personal goals just because they please so for being cruel or evil or for darkness's sake.
No. Those villains have an origin, a story, a beginning, a past tale that reminds them who once were, and what did they chose for themselves so as to become into the heartless and frightening antagonists that wreak tragedy into the storyline.
Those villains hold in secret the question as to what tragedy, trauma, or loss did they experience at some point in their childhood or youthful days to make them transform into lost souls driven by revenge and hatred?

And, honestly, Dune did not fit into that category no matter TOEI's best attempts to depict him as a flawed human radiating misery for everyone before Cure Infinity healed him from his accursed fate.

Overall, HeartCatch presented and preserved a thought-out, constructed storyline making sure to flesh the heroines properly so for the audience to watch them grow as people and at an empathetic level.

Too bad, they didn't go for some character growth for Sasorina, Kumojacky, and Cobraja; that's what it looked like me.

For everything that HeartCatch put a smile on my face with the characters and the storyline, I bestow this series with a high-score that not even I granted to the first Futari Wa Pretty Cure series. It deserves an 85% mark from my part.

[Sageblink]

Originally Posted by Guido

Minna!

Right now I've concluded HeartCatch Precure with the last episode, as of recently.

A masterpiece that TOEI brought and delivered solid or almost to its targeted audience.

To me it became the first for the following points:
1. First Pretty Cure series that I finished out of sequential order from the release order of the previous series.

2. First Pretty Cure series that I began, followed, and ended through fansubs.

3. And this will be to me the only Pretty Cure series in the whole franchise that I concluded in a record time of 346 days, and that's thanks at being dedicated with the releases.

But the special thanks go to Doremi fansubs for allowing me this achievement, and I do appreciate sincerely the great effort you guys put through with HeartCatch.

Well, the epilogue was unexpected but given that recent Pretty Cure series have been breaking some established traditions within the entire franchise, it was appreciated and commendable.

The thing that bothered me quite a lot it wasn't the climax of the last showdown.

Spoiler:

Though I was screaming for Arc Gurren-Lagann to appear in the cosmos, or the Ginga-bishounen inside Tauburn to break entering into the HeartCatch universe. Just Kidding!

Cure Infinity was majestic, and I respect and have profound thanks that rather finishing Dune with a traditional but brutal Pretty Cure Love Punch, she purified or rather healed his hatred with a gentle Heart-Punch.

Had anyone in the past watched Neverending Story 2 or the second Card Captor Sakura films?

Not to spoil the second Card Captor Sakura fim for those who haven't watched it, but I will for the second Never Ending Story film.

"In the last stand and with only one memory left, the antagonist Xayide urges Bastian to use his last wish to return to his world. But, in an unexpected act of courage and will, Bastian wishes for her to have a heart, which happens.

Because now that she has a heart, Xayide is overwhelmed by all types of feelings and emotions that make her overflow with regret for her misdeeds. Eventually, she bursts into a shower of lights".

Now, my point as to how the climax's conclusion to that aforementioned film relates with the climax's ending for HeartCatch?

That is because Cure Infinity did more than just healing Dune from his hatred. Either she created a heart for him or delivered into him his lost heart; the heart he lost to hatred. That's my way of thinking.

Because either he got his heart back or earned his heart, Dune was overwhelmed with an infinite torrents of emotions, hence, to make amends:

Speculation 1: He apologizes to Cure Infinity for his evil-self by sacrificing his body to renew all plant life in Earth; he willingly accepted his fate and became a shower of light that engulfed the Earth to restore it back.

Speculation 2: Dune was overwhelmed with regret for his previous evil actions, once he was able to have a heart to feel with. At that point, maybe or not, he realized that his body was succumbing to all those emotions and made a first act of encountered kindness to use his self to restore the Earth, but not vanishing before thanking Cure Infinity.

Now, one gorgeous detail that surely would have added a tender, dramatic moment would have been for....

Spoiler:

the Hearted Dune walking towards Cure Infinity and then embracing her as to thank her.

Gosh, I mean when I watched that scene I cringed with expectations that Dune would have hugged Cure Infinity and shouting from within myself, "please let Dune hug Cure Infinity", but I was a little disappointed that he didn't and just walked by her.

Now moving with that issue...

Spoiler:

I got problems at believing how Dune's portrayal was depicted for this last episode.

I mean for only the last episode they tried their best to portray him with a semblance of humanity, and not the usual and stereotypical OverLord of Darkness cliché.

Dune was consumed by hatred. But hatred for what?

If he had played the cliché-&-biblical role of the absolute OverLord of Darkness and Destruction, then his hatred would have been justified and not needing for explanation.
The OverLord of Darkness is the most vile and foulest creature in existence, and whatever is said to reason with or to appeal to, the Dark OverLord neither wavers from the Dark-Side nor accepts anyone else existence except itself.

When Dune appeared midway into series up through episode 48, no background information about his persona was ever revealed or depicted in the storyline. We have nothing else but his accounts of his defeat to Cure Flower, and that's it.

So, I didn't understand TOEI's last-minute decision at depicting Dune as a sort of quasi-tragic villain with a prominent human flaw, which was getting himself consumed by hatred.

I can empathize with ambiguous villains, because their actions are not directed toward the fulfillment of their personal goals just because they please so for being cruel or evil or for darkness's sake.
No. Those villains have an origin, a story, a beginning, a past tale that reminds them who once were, and what did they chose for themselves so as to become into the heartless and frightening antagonists that wreak tragedy into the storyline.
Those villains hold in secret the question as to what tragedy, trauma, or loss did they experience at some point in their childhood or youthful days to make them transform into lost souls driven by revenge and hatred?

And, honestly, Dune did not fit into that category no matter TOEI's best attempts to depict him as a flawed human radiating misery for everyone before Cure Infinity healed him from his accursed fate.

Overall, HeartCatch presented and preserved a thought-out, constructed storyline making sure to flesh the heroines properly so for the audience to watch them grow as people and at an empathetic level.

Too bad, they didn't go for some character growth for Sasorina, Kumojacky, and Cobraja; that's what it looked like me.

For everything that HeartCatch put a smile on my face with the characters and the storyline, I bestow this series with a high-score that not even I granted to the first Futari Wa Pretty Cure series. It deserves an 85% mark from my part.

Amen to you !

[Liddo-kun]

A little sad to see the final episode, but all good things do come to an end..
I began this series last year, primarily because Nana Mizuki is the voice of Tsubomi. Though after some episodes I began to enjoy the series for what it is, and not just because Nana Mizuki the seiyuu of the lead character.

The "cartoon" feel of the character designs was a turn-off at first, but the decent action scenes made up for it. What surprised me most though is the storyline, some of the episodes are mature for a show aimed at young audience. For example,

Spoiler for Mother's Day episode:

the episode where there's a girl who's mom died, and has to act as a foster mother to her younger sister, I almost cried at the end of that one. ;_;

The action packed debut of Cure Sunshine sealed the deal, and I watched Heartcatch up the end.

And lastly, this is the second precure series that actually made me spend cash (first one is Precure 5). Got the Heartcatch Jigsaw Puzzle last Christmas, and the Heartcatch Vocal Best CD a few days ago (has an english version of Tomorrow Song).

[Sageblink]

Spoiler for Heartcatch little tiny quick review:

Well, surprisingly, it's the first time i don't get sad about an anime ending.
Maybe the fact that it only last for a season plays a big role.

I really liked the characters and the design, and as usual I hated the filler episodes.
But as it got a lot of scenario based ones, i won't complain.

A really good show, overall.

[Dop]

Started watching this show out of curiosity, got fished in by the 'Cure Moonlight - Dark Precure' dynamic, loved the sparkly attacks ("Shiny Tambourine!" never failed to make me smile) and was completely hooked.

Yeah, they could have had a big Gurren Lagann style battle between giga-Dune and Cure Infinite, but that would have been missing the message. The power of infinite love beats all, even a bad guy who tries to punch out the Earth.

On earth, nothing is stronger than love...

I also loved the way they had time to wrap everything up with some nice closure. I did wonder earlier if we'd ever see the real Sasorina again, and we did!

Overall, I enjoyed this series a lot more than I expected to when I started. That's always a win.

[U<3Anime]

Originally Posted by Midonin

Do not underestimate the power of denouement. Shows that allow themselves an epilogue are generally well versed in storytelling. One of my favorite shows spent two episodes on the epilogue, wrapping up loose plot points and giving characters a fitting final bow, and Heartcatch's decision to do so was one made well.

The epilogue wasn't totally a waste. As that final shot hints at, what's happened now has happened many times before. And will happen many times again.

I think i was just pretty spoiled by all the build up of action and intensity from the previous episodes before the final episode. One of the main attractions of this series for me has always been the awesome action you would rarely find in this type of genre and 46-49 totally exceeded me expectations. I could say it was truly a blessing and the action rivaled, if not, better than other action-oriented shows I have been watching lately. Hence, why seeing Dune, the almighty king of desert, who single-handedly turned the entire earth into a wasteland, get's knocked out by......one punch? Is quite a downer for all the anitcipation i had built up for the final climatic battle. I think it doesn't help much either when we still don't really know much about Dune in the end(Like am i suppose to pity him eventhough I dont know much about him?). I truly think he truly deserves a better fight in the end. I just can't help but shake off the impression that the fight was totally rushed.

I'm not a hater for epilogues by any means. Infact, I dislike shows that cut short on epilogue without much sense of a closure. I just feel like a good balance of a climatic battle and epilogue could have been made if they squeezed in every last minute they could by cutting out the usual OP&ED song sequences(Personal taste, but I find it a shame that anime rarely do that now).

But really, I'm jumped in without much expecations. I have only checked out clips of previous precure in the past and know they had good fight scenes here and there. However, outside of the action, the story and the characters do make a good job at making you laugh, cry and heartwarming moments that just makes your all body fuzzy in general. The mother's day episode did moved me a bit and got me teary. On other hand, the summer homework episode sure had me laughing in stiches because of how lot's of us could be related to Erika's situation.

Seeing the new series reverting back to original precure designing is a bit saddening. I will forever miss all the, crazy, cute, humourous expressions from the cast in HeartCatch.

The show is not perfect, and it does have moments that put me to sleep. However, a show that is mainly targetted towards little girls and being this entertaining is quite an accomplishment. Am I a Precure Fan now? Yes, it seem like I have been converted into, but not a big one. My favourite kid show from the morning schedule is still the one for boys, Kamen Rider. I have to say, Kamen Rider has improved a lot in the recent years. Kamen Rider OOO is currently my favourite( I had doubts that it could beat W). However it has gotten me hooked since the first episode. Perhaps it's because they try to fit in some plot progression within every episode.

I just hope that the future Precure series will continue to get better like how Kamen Rider is doing.

[Guido]

In my case, I was asking too much for HeartCatch with each episode on how about the baddies can actually deliver a fighting back, or how about introducing some other gloomy aspects into the storyline.

Now, that I look back at this show, IMO, HeartCatch Precure has been as well the gloomiest entry into the franchise up to now that TOEI handled from preventing the storyline or scope tresspassing away from the mahou-shoujo guidelines.

I mean just take a look of some serious stuff that happened in the series:

Spoiler:

1. Dune might had lied in reference that out of despair Prof. Tsukikage came to the former and asked for power out of Prof. Tsukikage's free will.

As I explained in another post of mine, in TOEI's magical-girl universes humans are both inherently and morally correct about their choices, hence, they cannot become evil out of free will or pure malice.
I think someone needs to check the Japanese to English translation, because I tend to think that Japanese language is tricky in the sense that one and same words have many different uses, meanings, and contexts. Doing this, to check for sure if really Prof. Tsukikage made his choice to join the Desert Apostles, or it was all along a ruse from Dune.

2. Characters who died in this PreCure entry, then died for good. No magical DEUS-EX-MACHINA plot element was used for resurrection.

In Splash * Star, after the climax of the last episode's battle, Michiru and Kaoru died, but the Pretty Cure along with all the spirit fairies from the fountains poured all their love into them to resurrect them magically.

The same can be said about both Souler and Wester that got killed but later were revived and reformed by Chiffon, towards the end of Fresh Pretty Cure.

I was surprised that the writers for HeartCatch refused any magical resurrection that would had meant the return of the reformed Prof. Tsukikage , Dark PreCure healed, and Cologne.

However, at the same time I felt relieved and commendable for TOEI to pull that decision, because their noble sacrifice added depth and meaning for Yuri to move forward.
It made their worth as characters not only heroic but meaningful; pulling a magical revival for them after the not-so-climatic final battle against Dune, would have seemed a cheat and cheap to me.

3. The start of HeartCatch Precure opened up with the defeat of Cure Moonlight at the hands of DarkPrecure right away.

That was a first defeat to a Pretty Cure since the era of Pretty Cure classic (1st series) for as I can recall.

4. Some people out there, out of the few victims healed by PreCure, discovered by chance that the fairies were alive and just a few were able to play or interact with them.

In the previous six series, all fairies either had to act as motionless, stuff dolls or shapeshifting into human forms to avoid bystanders attention so as not to be found out.

[fertygo]

I'm just love this series, easily the most enjoying show I watch in last 2 year...

The animation is so gorgeous, bloody hell the fight is just... the music, pacing... even most of filler is good. And I'm just love the Precure roster, all of them is likable n balancing to each other. Cheerful Erika, Shy Tsubomi, tomboy Itsuki, Mature Yuri, God knows how much I love them.

I'm can't say much about this series, because I love everything about its.

[jcdietz03]

Unanswered (and mostly pointless questions):
What is the light that comes out of Tsubomi's chest when she holds the kokoro perfume against it? You can see it clearly in this shot:

This is present for all the characters except Moonlight.

After the opening scene, it seems like Hakase has won, once and for all. He even says the world now belongs to the Desert Apostles.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Why hasn't he already won at this point?

What is the reason for Dune's hatred? Why does he want to make the world into a desert?

Why does DPC give up in episode 10?

Why does Hakase stop DPC in episode 13 when she's clearly winning?
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Another couple things that makes HPC different:
1) They transform independently. Most seasons of Precure don't do that.
2) They wear shiny dresses in the transformation sequences. All other Precure and most other magical girl shows use shiny bodies.

[Sageblink]

Originally Posted by jcdietz03

What is the light that comes out of Tsubomi's chest when she holds the kokoro perfume against it? You can see it clearly in this shot:

This is present for all the characters except Moonlight.

IMO, it's the result of the perfume spray. It's her heart which is opening. Or simply the perfume itself turning into her outfit.
And as Moonlight uses the Heartpot, maybe that's why she doesn't get her shining burst during her henshin...

Originally Posted by jcdietz03

After the opening scene, it seems like Hakase has won, once and for all. He even says the world now belongs to the Desert Apostles. Why hasn't he already won at this point?

Because he wasn't expecting for a new Precure to appear so fast.

Originally Posted by jcdietz03

What is the reason for Dune's hatred?

Too much sand, no water to make castles.

Originally Posted by jcdietz03

Why does DPC give up in episode 10?

Cause seeing Yuri made her realised she got unfinished business with Moonlight, and that the 2 new Precure are too weak for her to be afraid. Hey, she's born to fight Moonlight, right ?

Originally Posted by jcdietz03

Why does Hakase stop DPC in episode 13 when she's clearly winning?

Maybe he hoped that the Precure would give up, Dark Precure being much stronger (and scary)... Actually, i'm clueless on that one, cause it's been a while.

[Laevatein]

Really enjoyed this series. It's not going to revolutionise the genre or anything, but it's a very well done example of a magical girl show.

I'm looking forward to Suite.

[scr]

Spoiler for large image:

This is probably what happened when Yuri went home after she saved the world. Is it bad if i laugh to this?