Doki Doki! Precure

[Azuma Denton]

After 5 episodes of DokiDoki Precure, i can say that all the budget runs to ED.
The ED is gorgeus, very gorgeus.
But the fight scene is nothing like Smile Precure.

About character, both has plus and minus.
Overall until eps 5, i still enjoy Smile Precure than DokiDoki Precure.

[Witched]

Spoiler for EP5:

..I just don't like how Mana suddenly gets all down after that one encounter- In less than 5 minutes, she's already feeling depressed and realizes her faults.

[ShiroiRyu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn756io7kHA

Full OPening !
Finally. *_*
I'm in love !

[U<3Anime]

Originally Posted by Azuma Denton

After 5 episodes of DokiDoki Precure, i can say that all the budget runs to ED.
The ED is gorgeus, very gorgeus.
But the fight scene is nothing like Smile Precure.

About character, both has plus and minus.
Overall until eps 5, i still enjoy Smile Precure than DokiDoki Precure.

If Smile had larger budget than I think they could have made better use of it for the final stretch of the show. Personally, the best fights smile had ever done was the mid season battle and Reika's standalone episode.

As for right now, I don't feel the like animation quality of the fights in Doki Doki are any worse than Smile's. However, I feel like the monsters of Doki Doki are what makes the fights a lot more entertaining for me. All the monsters look very unique from each other so far and they say more than just shouting out their names.

And we're only on episode 5. They could possibly be saving for some major battles down the road? I hope. >_>

[YourIdeas]

Originally Posted by 4Tran

It'd be better if the L-O-V-E sequence was either shorter, or different between the Precures.

I was hoping they'd end up spelling things like H-O-P-E, L-U-C-K, and B-R-A-V-E. (to fit with each cure's theme without being too long) Sadly, that didn't happen, though given that they may get more Cure Lavies, they'll probably be spelling other things.

Overall, the style is still very consistent even when the scenes take a noticeable drop in quality. It at least isn't derping out (yet) like various Smile episodes where the characters just had disgustingly drawn faces up-close. I think this is largely the fault of the eyes being overly detailed in the promotional art and the stock footage.

[4Tran]

The quality of fight scenes will fluctuate greatly between episodes so it won't be a very good indicator of animation quality until we have a larger body of episodes. The exception would be if one show had a lot of amazing action animation, but we're not there yet. Look at the transformations, and it's clear that Heart and Dia's versions are lackluster. Ditto for the finishers.

In a long-running television anime, it's natural for the art to go off-model from time to time. Dokidoki isn't stellar here either: a lot of full-body and larger shots look pretty terrible:





These aren't nearly as nice looking as the Arisu from episode 4:

[Liddo-kun]

Episode 5:

Mana and her friends are on a quest to find the 4th member.
It turns out that Cure Sword isn't so easy to acquire, and mana gets an unpleasant experience with her idol.

Enjoyed the battle for this episode. An idol can be jealous of other idols more popular than them - and that jealousy can become a powerful monster. The cure team gets beat up, until Cure Sword appears to save the day. Hmm, now I'm curious on how they could get the 4th member to join, and who is the cat who delivered the letter to to Mana's house.

And lastly, I'm glad that the voices of Sharuru, Raquel and Lance aren't hard on the ears.

[Guido]

Gosh, I'm almost late to deliver my review for the past week's episode.

The drama in this fifth episode was very top notch, IMO. Mana learned from the incident with Makoto to express herself with tact; she's got the empathy, but at the start of the episode she didn't know that her innocent passion would become uncomfortable towards her idol Makoto.

The fight was very good, since the Cures have yet to gain more experience and awaken their magical abilities, but Cure Sword saved the day with elegance and strength.

Now, a good thing that I liked about this episode is that hinted at several mysteries.

Spoiler for Manager DB:

Honestly, I figured it out from a mile away by paying a scrutinizing attention towards the many details shown on the manager's persona.

Spoiler for Do not read unless you want to get spoiled:

I do not want to spill the beans, but I'm pretty sure that manager DB is actually Makoto's fairy partner, Dabie.

Aside from the ornaments (the Spade-shaped, purple earrings) seen on the manager, the most obvious hint came towards the end of the episode when Mana had the mysterious letter delivered at her place and there was a little shadow that ran away after delivering it.

That shadow must had been Dabie.

[YourIdeas]

Originally Posted by Guido

I do not want to spill the beans, but I'm pretty sure that manager DB is actually Makoto's fairy partner, Dabie.

Aside from the ornaments (the Spade-shaped, purple earrings) seen on the manager, the most obvious hint came towards the end of the episode when Mana had the mysterious letter delivered at her place and there was a little shadow that ran away after delivering it.

That shadow must had been Dabie.

Hardly a spoiler, given that they throw the hints at your face, with the biggest give away being the scene you just described. (That and "D-B" is phonetically similar to Davi, which even the Japanese girls that this show is targeted at can probably figure out). It's a lot like Cure Sunshine's identity from Heartcatch Precure, in which they basically gave away who it was several episodes before her actual introduction.

[4Tran]

Cure Sunshine's identity was still meant to be a surprise. Davi's identity is as obvious as Cure Moonlight's.

[YourIdeas]

Originally Posted by 4Tran

Cure Sunshine's identity was still meant to be a surprise. Davi's identity is as obvious as Cure Moonlight's.

Mostly speaking from a more adult-thinking standpoint.

Spoiler:

I forgot the specific episode, but it was the one where Itsuki first tried designing clothes. The shirt she designed had the same heart-bow that were on Erika and Tsubomi's casual clothes. From this point on, it was a matter of waiting.

Spoiler for Episode 6 - Cooking Omuraisu is a Battlefield!:

That was a rather quick change in attitude from Makoto, but I suppose that's the power of Mana's optimism. Still, it was pretty amusing seeing Makoto initially fail that bad at cooking. Cure Sword's transformation manages to sneak its way into this episode. Outside of the flowing hair when her earrings materialize. This is probably one of the stiffest transformation sequences I've ever seen, even if she has a cool end pose. Overall though, I was rather unimpressed, especially when compared to Rosetta's. Aside from this, we get some more insight into Cure Sword, who was a singer for Trump Kingdom at some point.

Ira's pretty much incompetent at this point. Marmo is at least better about using Jikochuu in a threatening manner. Ira's all have this weird habit of being silly, gluttonous, and dying before being able to do much of anything. Hell, Cure Sword just transforms and dispatches it instantly. Hopefully either he gets some sort of power up later, or Marmo and Bel attack more often. Speaking of which, Bel gets up finally, and the first thing he does is send the Precure into a different realm? On episode 6? Damn, that escalated quickly.

With Bel's action, this is easily one of the quicker Precure series I've watched. It's not like Futari wa's, in which there was a major baddie to beat every 6 or so episodes, thus keeping the story flowing with less fillers. Once they've gotten out of this dimension and they meet the baby, I'm thinking that's when we'll start to get into the filler, but for now, the ride's been pretty good so far.

[Midonin]

Spoiler for Ondul! Precure 06 - Yavi Kuddeen:

Finally, we get Makopi's stock sequence! It took six episodes, but the team is finally assembled. And it looks elegant. So yes, her manager was obviously Davi, but I don't think the fandom minds. Davi/Mako is now a valid pairing, and her human form has gained a lot of fanart. I can't help but notice that Toei replaced "Makopi with sticky white stuff on her hands" to make it "Makopi with sticky yellow stuff on her hands". Look, Toei, the genie is already out of the bottle, you can't make people forget their image of Mako being... I'll stop here.

So, yes, sound effects training and lots of ManaMako subtext. And Pudgy Pig. For our first sort of "regular" episode, it was a lot of fun. And I'm glad to see Alice at Mana's house too. Yotsuba Manor is fun and full of surveillance equipment, but they don't need to be there all the time. Even if Sebastian is kind of awesome. But man, that cliffhanger. It's only episode 7 and our heroines are already getting dropped into evil landscapes where the final villain lurks, waiting to be revived. Even the title sounds like a finale, and the show's barely started.

Where's Tendou Souji when you need him?

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep6:

OIIIIIIIIIIIII~~~~~~~!!! The liquid on Makopi~'s hand became yellow!
It was WHITE in the preview. Why change it?!

Oh yeah, because people on the net had a good time imagining it as a certain other white liquid(?).
Tch~...

[YourIdeas]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Spoiler for ep6:

OIIIIIIIIIIIII~~~~~~~!!! The liquid on Makopi~'s hand became yellow!
It was WHITE in the preview. Why change it?!

Oh yeah, because people on the net had a good time imagining it as a certain other white liquid(?).
Tch~...

Likely, it just made more sense from a realistic standpoint. Egg whites are initially clear before they're cooked, so there should've been no real way for her to get white on her hands, unless she was playing with a different food (or substance :x). Yellow (egg yolk) makes more sense because she was quite literally crushing eggs like a barbarian.

[elior]

it only episode 6 and they already go to the world?this season pace is very fast

[Sageblink]

Is it just me, or each time Makoto is going "one, two, three, four... FLYYYYYY", it just sounds off ?

[4Tran]

Quick thoughts:

-Hah, Cure Sword is a Starlight! I'm not a fan of '90s boy bands, but I think that Search for Your Love sounds better.

-The main enemy goes by the name of King Monster-of-the-Week? He must have been on vacation when they handed out all the really good villain names.

-Cure Sword's transformation is marginally better than Heart and Diamond's but it's still sort of meh. On the plus side, Davi's constant apology act was pretty good (possibly the best part of the episode really).

-I'm not sure I'd be so quick to be friends with Precures who transform, and then do nothing for the rest of the fight.


I think that this episode is a bit on the weak side. Considering that all of the action happens inside Mana's house, there's no feeling of any stakes being involved or any fun factor derived from that. Couple that with some pretty weak animation makes for a pretty dismal outing. This episode should have been more like the Sailor Moon episode where they trash Usagi's house, but it's nowhere as good or as memorable.

[Matts]

Originally Posted by Sageblink

Is it just me, or each time Makoto is going "one, two, three, four... FLYYYYYY", it just sounds off ?

No, it is completely off. Not only that, but watching her sing that line while pulling off that very, very stiff 'crane pose' is downright embarrassing.
On the bright side, the ending sounds and looks great, and having suffered through worse idol songs and poses in the past, I can give this a pass.
Great episode, love how

Spoiler for 6:

instead of the usual episodic battles, they are going with cliffhangers. For now it really feels like the story is moving forward at a steady pace. I just hope they can keep this up, seeing how there's about 42 episodes to go.

[Yui Is My Wife]

Funny thing about Nabatame Hitomi (Mana's voice)

She is reportedly said to be a "butch lesbian" in real life; coarse voiced tough hard drinker, "married" to Itou Shizuka (of Hinagiku from Hayate fame) until the latter was recently married.

Not to mention the fact she is famous for and so good at playing tough, dark, macho deep-coarse-voiced women like Kanu (Ikkitousen) and the Neck-Snapping Dorm Mother (Railgun)

And yet when receiving a bright, adorable, sweet kind and idealistic role that stands for everything she is not, she reportedly bursted into tears of joy like a little girl.

Curious isn't it?

[Guido]

Originally Posted by Matts

Spoiler for 6:

instead of the usual episodic battles, they are going with cliffhangers. For now it really feels like the story is moving forward at a steady pace. I just hope they can keep this up, seeing how there's about 42 episodes to go.

Wait... !!!

Spoiler:

So, that means Doki Doki is going to run for about 48 episodes in total?