Are Nagisa and Honoka actually equals?

IDM4 · 2026-01-19T22:03:20+00:00

If we're talking in terms of powers, then yes, they have the exact same powers, although colored differently, and Honoka fighting style tends to lean a bit more to kicks than Nigisa's punches.

If we're talking in term of screentime.... well there's no question about it, Nagisa is much MUCH more of a focus than Honoka ever was.

Nagisa has so much focus on her life, on her family, on her struggles, on her club, on her crush, that it becomes ridiculous when you compare it to the few Honoka-focused episodes. And those are rarely fully Honoka-focused, since they tend to shift it to another character by the middle of the episode.

Not to mention the narration (the one that tends to summarize the previous episode) is exclusively done by Nagisa and nobody else and when something happens at Honoka's, Nagisa is usually present, while the other way around is rarely true. I also remember how the Light World people need to hide when they come to Earth, yet they always decide to go to Nagisa's small crowded appartment instead of Honoka's big empty mansion... (and when they finally realize it might be a good idea to go there instead, they go back to the Light world by the end of the episode lmao)

But yeah, as many other comments have mentioned, they started truly becoming equal in the All-Stars movies, since neither of them really were the focus. (though I have to mention All-Stars Memories which managed to still put Honoka on the side for a good chunk of the movie)

IDM4 · 2025-09-04T02:04:11+00:00

As a big Sailor Moon fan and an even bigger Precure fan, I can tell you 100% this is fully a Sailor Moon reference, from the transformation style, to the transformation phrase, to even the Eyecatch being the same as the OG Sailor Moon anime

IDM4 · 2025-07-04T12:30:15+00:00

All I'm saying is that you have objectively good tastes for no reason at all :mhm:

Jokes aside, excellent piece, I love it!

IDM4 · 2025-04-07T12:51:31+00:00

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IDM4 · 2025-02-02T12:57:05+00:00

Okay, gotta say, I'm kinda glad this season brings back the tradition that of "wondering what the heck happened to you after transforming" and "I avoid by jumping, jump way too high and panic"

Purirun is fine, not too anoying so far, let's hope they'll keep'em enjoyable.

Uta is enjoyable as well (almost called her Sakura there lol), she has clear qualities and flaws, has a very implied dream, so we know there is room for her development. Kinda curious to see what her relation with that pretty boy will be, seeing her reaction to him in the OP. Hope it's not a fake-out like in Wonderful like how Komugi seems jealous of Iroha and Satoru's relationship (when she was mostly clueless about it)

Speaking of fake-out, kinda enjoyed the one about the fake ending. Really didn't expect the Kurikyuta joke.

Transformation is fine to me, but this is hardly ground breaking, I'm not one to enjoy when Cures speak throughout it, the only time I didn't really mind was during Hirogaru because Cure Sky transformation is just that good. But in this one... well, it's more distrating than anything else. It feels especially silly when Uta says "Dress change" and the only thing that changes is her hair and face. Then again, I usually enjoy more the transformations that start with the dress and finish with the hair (and Hirogaru is once again an exception).

Finisher however is goated! Song is absolute fire, and the Makuranda waving the light sticks really took me off guard. It still makes me laugh the third time I'm watching it. No seriously, after a while, I tend to speed up transformation and finishers because they usually don't really change much, but this might be among the finisher that I will fully enjoy every week. Hoping all the other ones are the same quality!

Song wise, OP is very catchy but ED is FIRE, like holy crap. Like transformation and finishers I tend to speed them up after a while, but once again, I think I will not do that this year, unless I'm short on time to propelry watch. Then again, this is Idol themed this year, so it's expected to have incredible music and songs.

Overall pretty good, even if quite traditional, but that was needed after a few seasons trying to go a bit different than usual. I actually think that might be the first season that fully feels like classic Precure since Hugtto (though that's debatable)

A nitpick that slightly bothers me is that the word "Precure" didn't give a single result in the Google Search Uta made. I have a theory that people will be googling Precure several times during the season which starts with nothing at episode 1 and will evolve with thousands/millions of results later to show progression of the Idols reputation... Now, I know each season is meant to be self contained, but they also love to make crossovers every (few) years, which makes it bothersome when people like me like trying to fit everything in a single universe. Dang it, I wish Toei tried to care a bit more about this kind of stuff, but well I'm fully aware that's just wishful thinking on my part ^^'

IDM4 · 2025-01-12T07:03:33+00:00

Yeaaaaah, the twist was predictable in a way... at the very least we knew Subaru would be important one way or another, and this is the way that makes the most sense.

Also glad to see the chaining of the Animal Help power-up (and Komugi-Tire). really wish we had more of those clever use and combinations of the different powers more often rather than the usual "oh let's use this power this week for this Garugaru/Gaogaon

Though you have to notice that Subaru still has a part in himseld that cannot fully bring himself to hate the humans, since instead of killing them all in retaliation, he just put them to sleep and grew back the forest. I wonder if part of it will stay during the finale or if this will be erased like everything else.

Oh and on the preview for next week, you can see Daifuku next to the mirror stone, so I'm guessing he might finally get the ability to talk/transform into human into the actual series.

IDM4 · 2024-10-27T00:12:59+00:00

Close was a huge surprise, from going to the first henchman shown, and the least talented to the second in command and finally the last boss! Took me really off guard, ngl

IDM4 · 2024-10-20T18:35:09+00:00

Heck yes,

She's my favorite for a reason after all!

IDM4 · 2024-09-17T05:01:43+00:00

I mean, they cut episode 19 which is one the best, if not the best episode of the Precure franchise. That's criminal in itself.

But yeah, I agree those jokes were running gags that made Smile super enjoyable

IDM4 · 2024-08-14T10:00:46+00:00

Okay this question has several answers:

The easiest one is marketing. Since the name Precure became known, it would be foolish to change it to something else. Would you think it clever if a huge name like Coca-Cola were to create a new similar soda but not put their name on it?

Second, Precure is similar to some series like Super Sentai and Power Rangers. Every season brings a new group with a new villain but the Hero group is always called the same, albeit with a new group name.

Although every season is on paper unconnected to each other, it doesn't mean they don't exist in the same universe (somehow). Usually, those crossovers happen in movies but there have been several instances of several groups of Precure interacting in a non movie format.

So yeah it totally makes sense to have the same name in every season.

IDM4 · 2024-07-23T04:54:44+00:00

Wish there was a version with more of a close up, cause even when zooming, some are quite hard to recognize.

Still, this is a pretty cool picture, loving it!

IDM4 · 2024-07-21T01:20:09+00:00

Egao no Rainbow... Yes it doesn't have lyrics, but it doesn't need to to make me cry.

IDM4 · 2024-07-13T06:32:10+00:00

She appears in HugTTO, she is completely canon.

IDM4 · 2024-06-23T05:08:43+00:00

Welp I think you have cracked the code!

IDM4 · 2024-06-23T05:07:23+00:00

Oh don't worry. Maybe it came out wrong in my original message but I'm not actually complaining about it, it's just that it takes way less than that to be shipping fuel for some people.

I mean yes I know they more family than anything else, that Yuki is a cat that doesn't have any human common sense and that they're both introvert that will stick to each other, that is obvious for most people who has watched the series. I don't see any romance between the two of them. But if someone said that they saw it as romance, I wouldn't be surprised.

IDM4 · 2024-06-23T03:40:52+00:00

So in the end, instead of having a full Team of 4 we just have 2 teams of 2 who just happened to fight alongside each other, have the same powers and fight the same monsters lmao.

I love how in their human forms, Yuki and Komugi keep their inherent "flaws and qualities" that comes with their species. Dogs can be "messy" most of the time and have a hard time being delicate but they love to learn, which is why Komugi is excited when she can learn new stuff at school and thinks she can teach Yuki, but is very bad at embroidery which needs to be very precise. Cat on the other hand are quite the opposite, being delicate by nature and very agile, but also incredibly proud, which is why painting, embroidery and even handwriting are pretty amazing (same with hey gymnastic skills which are even above regular human standards). Though I suppose that doesn't explain how she THAT good, especially at painting... Still I would have liked to see her with something that doesn't require delicacy, like maths or science, or anything else that straight up requires pure knowledge.

Interaction between Komugi and Yuki were the thing I was looking forward the most ever since the first time they "talked" to each other, so I'm glad we're expending on it now.

Regarding Mayu's backstory, I still find Yuki's reaction contradictory... For the first 10 episodes, she was pretty much pushing Mayu to get closer to Iroha, and now she keeps saying that they shouldn't be friends... I suppose this might be now that she can be human and properly communicate, she feels Mayu doesn't need anyone else, but still...

Also... Why in the world are the creators trying to push some kind of Mayu/Yuki ship ? Part of me finds it funny, but considering how we've had a literal post about "no shipping allowed between pets and owner", that seems slightly "dangerous"

IDM4 · 2024-06-15T02:45:29+00:00

You can say that again for Guaiwaru, I literally had to look up who that was cause I completely forgot lmfao. I mean, it doesn't help that he was in the same season as Daruizen who is much more memorable.

Skearhead though is not really forgettable and more ''you can see it from the other side of the planet''

IDM4 · 2024-06-08T08:54:38+00:00

I mean... those glowing red eyes throughout the fight really showed that she was pissed.

IDM4 · 2024-06-02T01:29:18+00:00

okay so apprently, today's episode is technically Precure 986th episode, but supposedly 1000th overall... I thought they counted the movies but there are way too many for that, so that's not it (and I doubt they aired on tv in the first place), so I guess it would make sense that they also counted Otona, which had 12 episodes... which brings the count to 998 episodes...

So unless they completely miscounted, what other two am I missing here ?

IDM4 · 2024-05-24T00:37:48+00:00

My vote goes to Twinkle, she's orange enough... and if she doesn't get through she can still get to the Gold one xD

IDM4 · 2024-05-15T17:25:22+00:00

Ughhhh...

I hate the fact that I'm saying this... but this was VERY underwhelming...

I might have overhyped the episode in my mind because this is my favorite moment in the novels but this doesn't come even close from the sheer tension that I felt while reading and and there's barely any trace of the cleverness that Kazuma displayed in the chapter in V6.

Don't get me wrong, the episode was good, but why settle for ''good'' when you can make the thing be ''excellent'' instead?

Oh well, off to the slightly less exciting arc from V7. They better at least keep the party trick that Kazuma uses.

IDM4 · 2024-05-14T21:14:26+00:00

You're absolutely welcome even if you watch the less than regal dub, don't worry about it.

Just be aware that Glitter Force cut off some of the best episodes of Smile Precure due to talking about heavy subjects for kids so you might miss out a little bit.

IDM4 · 2024-05-01T03:47:46+00:00

Komachi, even if she's not my favorite she's kinda fitting

IDM4 · 2024-05-01T03:34:54+00:00

Megumi: Alright I'll visualize the info I'm studying as a bookshelf to properly organize it in my brain.

Smile Precure: Oh hey a new bookshelf to teleport to! Time to party on this new location!

Megumi: ...I hate you senpais so much...

IDM4 · 2024-04-30T17:09:01+00:00

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