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Written by maehara
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Tuesday, 22 March 2005 14:10 |
 Let's see. Fifty-two episodes (in this season, anyway),
and seven Prism Stones to find - that adds up to a lot of filler.
While this batch of Pretty Cure episodes can't be
accused of being entirely devoid of plot (there are two new bad guys to
introduce, after all), it has to be said that there's not a huge amount
going on here. But then, if you're still watching PreCure at this stage, plot is hardly high on the list of priorities, is it? :)
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- Saving Ryouta! Gekidoraago
Panic!
Nagisa's been press-ganged into taking Ryouta to the aquarium - he's
got an assignment on fish to do, and since both their parents are busy
over the weekend, Nagisa's got the short straw. At least she
was
able to persuade Honoka to come along with them. Gekidoraago,
meanwhile, is under more and more pressure from his 'boss' back in the
Dark Zone to come up with some Prism Stones, but he's about to find out
that putting Ryouta in danger when he attacks the girls may not be one
of his smarter ideas. Not that he's ever had
any smart ideas...
12 - Meet the Evil Flower, Poisonee!
Who's She?
Gekidoraago seems to have finally been defeated, and Nagisa's hoping
that's the end of the fighting - but it's still far too early in the
series for that, and a new enemy is just around the corner.
When
Nagisa is given some free chocolates by a street vendor, she doesn't
realise she's dealing with one of the Dark Zone's minions, and her
cellphone (complete with Mepple) is stolen while she's busy drooling
over the chocolate. Once Nagisa realises what's happened, she
rushes to find Honoka, fearing she's about to be attacked herself - but
it seems Honoka's already under their new enemy's spell...
13 - Beware of the Younger Transfer
Student!
There's a new transfer student at the school, Kiriya, and he's making
quite the impression - brains, brawn, and a cool demeanour to go with
it,
and it doesn't take long before the girls are going nuts over
him. Even Nagisa doesn't seem immune to his charms - but
there's
something just not quite right about him. Meanwhile, Honoka's
working on a science project with Yuriko, one of the other Science Club
members, and they reckon it's a certain prizewinner - but they didn't
account for another attack by the Dark Zone...
I'll keep this short - half of
PreCure's charm (and
pretty much any mahou shoujo show of the same ilk) is that it doesn't
take a whole lot of explaining.
PreCure is still very
much in the 'monster of the week' phase, so I'm not expecting any real
fireworks from the show for a while yet.
That said, it still has that 'guilt pleasure' appeal, and a
sense of humour that takes the edge off an feeling of repetitiveness
you may be feeling. The addition of Poisonee (you've gotta
love goth bay guys) and Kiriya to the list of adversaries also adds a
bit to the show - they at least have some intelligence, which is a huge
improvement over Gekidoraago.
So far, so good -
for all its faults,
PreCure remains a
'must see' for mahou shoujo fans.
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