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Written by maehara
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Saturday, 27 August 2005 01:00 |
 Whaddya know - Pretty Cure's bodycount
increases by one in this batch of episodes, and it's a death that could
have some consequences. Read on if you don't mind being
spoiled. In other news, the show continues to play by the mahou
shoujo book with a bit of a power-up, some romance, and a falling out
between two lead characters. Good thing I don't watch this for
its originality...
18 - Hearts a-Beating! The Midterm Test is a Maze of Love
One of Nagisa's classmates is in love - Seiko-chan's working herself up
to her first confessions of love. To Kiriya. Not the best
of choices, there, but she's not to know that. Her confession
doesn't go well, though - not knowing much about human habits, he just
gives her the brush-off, but something makes him go to Honoka for
advice on how to deal with people. Time for another lesson in
friendship, and maybe some doubts about whether helping the Dark Zone
is a good thing or not. Meanwhile, Nagisa's having trouble
preparing for the mid-term exams, Seiko hasn't given up on Kiriya just
yet, and Poisonee has what seems to be a flawless plan for getting the
Prism Stones...
19 - Too Scary! The Dark Zone's Last Card
Mepple's been a real pain lately (yes, even more so than usual), and
it's gotten to the stage where Mipple's just about had enough of
him. Could the love affair between anime's most annoying mascot
critters be coming to an end? Speaking of ends, the Dark Zone is
edging closer to destruction, and still hasn't recovered any of the
Prism Stones that are need to save it. Desperate times require
desperate measures, as the Dark King's most powerful lackey, Irukubo,
takes on the job of defeating Pretty Cure and seizing the Prism
Stones...
20 - Which One is Real? Together with Honoka
Nagisa and Honoka's last battle seems to have given them a bit of a
power-up, which is always a good thing. Just as well, as in the
face of the Dark King's growing rage Poisonee has promised to bring the
Prism Stones back to the Dark Zone, even if it costs her her
life. Her plan? To separate Nagisa and Honoka by taking on
Honoka's form - but a slip of the tongue gives the game away.
Unable to fight on her own, Nagisa runs for it - but when both Honoka's
track her down at the same time, Nagisa has to decide which one to
trust...
Makes a nice change to see Poisonee kicking ass for a change instead of
just being comic relief - not that it does her any good in the
end. Chalk one down, two to go. Promising to do something
or die should probably be in the Evil Overlords' List of Things Not To
Do, as death is pretty much certain as soon as you say it.
This death does appear to have consequences, though - Kiriya has been
softening up of late and definitely has problems with finding that he
likes humans more than he's willing to admit - his sister's death could
be the thing to push him to becoming truly evil. It'll be
interesting to see where that part of the story goes.
Sadly, Mipple and Mepple kiss and make up, so there's no escape from
their antics for now~mepo. I can also hope~mepo. Anyone got
a shotgun~mepo?
Other than that, Pretty Cure is still faithfully
following its formula. There's a definite feel that Something
Big™ is going to happen in the not-to-distant future - nicely timed
with the mid-point of the series, I suspect - but we're not quite there
yet. I'm having great fun working up to it, though, in a "guilty
pleasure" kind of way...
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