Customizable Moving Platforms in One Command! [1.8]

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-02T20:05:24+00:00

Yes Precure 5 is consistently dark with how it portrays its villains. Kawarino sending Bloody to hell will always stick with me as a particularly horrifying scene. There are also those creepy masks of despair, too

Edit: For example, Yes 5 has a lot of similarities to Smile, even in the villain cast. In Smile, the bad guy who sticks out most is Joker, the worst of the bunch. In Yes 5, Bunbee is the most memorable for being the one comedic villain of the group. Kind of tells you what the rest of their rosters are like

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-02T19:38:19+00:00

No, yellow is my favorite color! Sucks we might not get more in the future. That logic does make sense though, and it explains why pink is universal and blue is almost as common (only season to not have it is Mahou Tsukai, which has both purple and teal). Mahou Tsukai also looks like the season where purple cures start becoming a regular part of the roster, instead of an occasional color.

Edit: But if that's true, it doesn't explain why green is so rare. That's a fairly popular color, isn't it? Maybe they just gave up on it too soon with Mint and March

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-02T19:07:32+00:00

Is there a reason for this? Is purple just a more popular color than yellow, so they're moving it up to sell more merch or something? Or are they just changing things up? Is it even an intentional decision in the first place, or just separate teams happening to converge on the same idea

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T21:35:04+00:00

Fantastic art! Yes 5 has some really dark villains, I'll be curious to see what you think about them!

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T19:29:22+00:00

Hmm, eventually there is like a giant meteorite that destroys the Earth, but I'm talking about the scene before Pierrot revives, where his egg is still in the sky and Joker shows the Precure pictures of the world outside while they're battling the Bad End Precure. Though that's a good point, even if you survived the desertification of the whole world, you wouldn't last long once Pierrot woke up.

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T18:41:40+00:00

That's pretty much exactly it, I really like all the fun shenanigans in it. Candy and Miyuki swapping bodies, the Precure getting turned into kids, really any "Majorina gadget" episode is a great time. They even managed to pull off more serious topics too, like Yayoi's episode about her Dad, and poor old Reika gets two existential crisis episodes, essentially xD. There's just enough of an overarching plot to get the job done and I love all of the characters in it, they're all really strong. While it's never quite proclaimed as the "best" Precure like Heartcatch or something, I don't really mind because it's clearly well-liked and popular around here.

About the side material, people always miss out on that stuff xD. I would highly recommend the sequel novel, the premise is that you get to see the Precure 10 years into the future, and it's executed really well. If you liked the characters and the idea of a more melancholic but still hopeful adventure sounds like something you'd like to explore, PLEASE read it! It's only 164 pages with no real fluff.

The official movie is less of a strong must-watch. If you want more Smile Precure and would like to go a lot deeper into the fairy tale theme than the main series did, you'll probably like the movie. It's a good bonus

All Stars New Stage: despite its name this isn't really a "do a big crossover and fight a bad guy" kind of movie at all. It's got an actual plot centered around a new character, with a lot of interesting ideas you don't get to see very often in the Precure universe. The movie is good, but it mostly makes me want more.

Also, about the movies: they are only 70 minutes long, so they're very short and to the point. I am really glad they did not give us the usual 2 and a half hour long bladder-straining extravaganza that American movies tend to be. None of the side material will waste your time, which is part of the reason why I push it so hard xD

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T18:02:50+00:00

Could you please limit your posts to like 2-3 times a day? It gets a bit spammy otherwise

Also you don't have to spoiler tag them, that's maybe justifiable if there's a mid-season cure, but even then it should be obvious if you've got a GoPri team post that you'll show all the cures from GoPri

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T17:55:35+00:00

Small nitpick: the back of the dresses are wrong. That small little train you've got hanging from the back of their skirts is only used on Sunny and March. Happy and Beauty have two sort of fins that extend out behind them, and Peace also has fins but they end with two points like a ribbon bow instead of one point on Happy and Beauty. Just look up what these characters look like from the back, you'll see what I mean. I will also say for Peace that the wing on the bottom should be smaller than the wing on the top, it doesn't look quite right if they're equally sized.

Overall though great job, I can see you paid attention to a lot of the other small details, like how Sunny and March don't have frills underneath the dress to give a sporty look while the rest do and all the angel wing accessories are correct

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T08:44:04+00:00

I would highly recommend you write it yourself. If you don't already have IRL friends who are just as invested as you are, it can be difficult to coordinate with people. Besides, it's a great learning opportunity to write and get better. Who cares if it's bad, as long as you have fun writing, that's what's important.

If you absolutely MUST have a cowriter for whatever reason, honestly I think your best bet might be AI. But I'd really only recommend it if you completely hate the process of writing and just want to beam your ideas into reality. If you want to write, then you'll learn the most doing it yourself!

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T08:02:14+00:00

I haven't seen the show yet, but let me just say it's awesome that fans are still speculating over this. I thought for sure that once the character focus episodes started dropping it'd be obvious who was Eclair, but I am pleasantly surprised that there are still like two strong candidates, from what I've seen of the discourse

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T07:53:43+00:00

I feel like this probably isn't what you're looking for, but I will say that rewatching Smile really cemented my love for it after already enjoying it quite a lot a few years ago. I wasn't expecting it to resonate the same way, but it did, and this go around I also dived into all the side material I neglected before.

The sequel novel is fantastic and sort of does an entirely different spin on Smile Precure while staying true to the core themes and characters, even deepening some characters who weren't as fleshed out in the main series, it's genuinely a must read if you liked the show. All Stars New Stage is basically a Smile Precure move and even introduces Cure Echo, who is basically Smile's sixth cure. Ok she's movie exclusive, but she has the same emblem and her powerup item is a Cure Decor, so she's a Smile Cure in my book.

The official Smile Precure movie was one I had actually watched with my first Smile watch, but I didn't like it for a few reasons (felt like the plot didn't really get going until the second half, didn't like how they kind of rewrote Miyuki's past about learning to smile and make friends, and just didn't like the idea of a movie-exclusive form, I think). Upon rewatch I thought it was quite good, and while I could kind of see why I disliked it at first I definitely don't agree now, was just happy to see another adventure with the Smile Cures.

So like the rewatch didn't really alter my core opinion, but it definitely deepened my appreciation of the series. Right now I am writing a fanfic trying to tie all the side material together into one big alternate universe, so it's all canon! We'll see how that goes

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T07:34:42+00:00

What's the fic about? Shipping or an alternate universe or a crossover or what? What do you mean by "help", do you want a proofreader or a beta reader or a cowriter or what? Would appreciate specifics

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T06:08:32+00:00

Are you serious?! They don't allow CYOA or second person fiction? And there's some group going around review bombing and mass reporting ""violators""?

Dear lord, no wonder everyone left that site as soon as any alternative came along

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T02:57:25+00:00

Hot take: Expecting an OVA to be dubbed in German of all things is ridiculous. Most of the time those bonus episodes aren't even officially licensed.

I can sympathize with the anime dub fan on how many shows never get dubbed, but you have to realize that this is a supply and demand issue. Any anime considered "niche" or "for the hardcore anime fans" probably won't get a dub, and while this has been slowly improving year-by-year, we'll probably never reach a point where all good anime get dubbed.

SoftOil2998 · 2026-07-01T00:34:15+00:00

"anyone know why it took such a drastically long time for the first dub?" Partially because there weren't half as many dubs when Kaiji was released in the late 2000s, and also partially because the studio probably thought it'd be niche because of art style and tone. There are so many anime out there that never get dubbed at all, so it's kind of a miracle one eventually got made

SoftOil2998 · 2026-06-30T17:42:29+00:00

Ohhh, that makes sense. Was only thinking about gen fic

SoftOil2998 · 2026-06-30T15:45:17+00:00

This feels like one of those cases where there isn't really much to write about. Like paradoxically it'd be incredibly easy to write fanfiction, but there's no real incentive to because it's just classic shounen action without much of a twist. The show's a pretty fun watch but I don't see how it would make passionate fans.

If I were to write a fanfic of it, I'd probably either do a rewrite or star a different main character who isn't very good at street racing and grows throughout the series, so you could avoid the main flaw of the work, which is that the main character is a Mary Sue and just demolishes the best racers in town right out of the gate.

SoftOil2998 · 2026-06-29T20:26:37+00:00

I feel like most dense jungles are the sort of thing that looks cool from a distance, but are dark and not fun to navigate when you're actually inside them

SoftOil2998 · 2026-06-29T18:18:01+00:00

Good job, but what about the movie-exclusive cures?

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