LOCK ON THE PATH OF WAR

Go! Princess Precure - Episode 29

My Own Review:
LOCK ON THE PATH OF WAR

Star Princess Sei, Flower Princess Chieri, and Ocean Princess Yura,

the precursors of three of the Princess Cures.

WE BEGIN IN DIRE STRAITS

At the end of last episode, Lock quickly and stealthily stole the keys of three Princess Cures, Towa Akagi being the sole exception.

Now the three targeted Cures are as helpless as Thor without his hammer or Katniss without her bow.

So all three are dejected, while Towa and token muggle Yui try to raise their spirits.

But this episode begins with my favourite non-empowered character, Seira Azuma, storming into a room full of gloomy Cures as she holds a paper bag full of knickknacks:

SEIRA: Minami, I have brought souvenirs for you... (She is startled to see all three robbed Cures depressed) 

SEIRA: Wh-What's up with the long faces?

(No reply)

TOWA: Everyone... Raise your spirits. There's no use in being all down.

KIRARA (dejected): But... without the Keys... we can't turn into Precures.

MINAMI (concerned): If the Dysdarks attack now...

TOWA (determined): I WILL FIGHT! (WATAKUSHI GA TATAKAIMASU!) I'll take back all of your Keys too.

(A great harangue, Towa, but everyone else is still blue.)

FOLLOW THOSE PET-SERVANTS!

That night, a huge full moon (like the one I saw behind the Poseidon Fountain and Fine Art Museum of Gothenburg three days ago) shines over Noble Academy.

Of course, the full moon has always been something relevant, since our satellite becomes a perfect circle once in every month...

The perfect omen, in spite of its frequent occurrence.

This night, Puff has a dream of waking up in the mist (false awakening) and getting as lost as Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen, only that she thankfully happens to be in a peaceful lea.

Though the sky is cyan/light blue, a full moon and countless stars shine in it. The spaniel immediately recognizes the place in her dream as...

The Hope Kingdom!!!

Apparently, since it's a Magical Land, its physics are different from those of Earth and the moon and stars shine there in the day sky.

Puff is drawn to the scent of a scarlet gerbera-like flower growing on its own and taller than any other flower-plant in the meadow.

From the calyx of this gerbera rises a little sphere of pink light.

From the waters of a crystal-clear lake nearby rises a little sphere of blue light.

A star in the sky becomes a little sphere of golden light.

All three keys soar towards the spaniel and become Dress-Up Keys before her astonished eyes.

Then, the three Keys soar away quickly and Puff darts off in their pursuit.

When Puff awakens, she is glowing with a white light...

...and then given her empowered maid uniform!!!

Then, she notices the scent of the Keys from her dream.

As Puff herself explains, her sense of smell is enhanced by the power-up.

So off go all five girls in the team, following the trail out of the campus and into the woods...

Though it's fearful,
Though it's deep, though it's dark
And though you may lose the path,
Though you may encounter wolves,
You can't just act,
You have to listen.
you can't just act,
You have to think.

There are always wolves,
There are always spells,

So into the woods you go again,
You have to every now and then.
Into the woods, no telling when,
Be ready for the journey.
Into the woods, but not too fast
or what you wish, you lose at last.
Into the woods, but mind the past.
Into the woods, but mind the future.

The way is dark,
The light is dim,
But now there's you, me, her, and him.
The chances look small,
The choices look grim,
But everything you learn there
Will help when you return there.
The light is getting dimmer...
I think I see a glimmer--

Into the woods--you have to grope,
But that's the way you learn to cope.
Into the woods to find there's hope
Of getting through the journey.
Into the woods, each time you go,
There's more to learn of what you know.
Into the woods, but not too slow...
Into the woods, it's nearing midnight...

To mind, to heed, to find, to think, to teach, to join, to go to the festival!
Into the woods,
Into the woods,
Into the woods,
Then out of the woods...
And happy ever after!

Suddenly, the group unwittingly splits up.

Yui, Towa, and the servants are standing before the ocean.

Puff has lost the scent of the Keys.

TOWA: Calm down. Search for the scent one more time.

YUI (turning around): Huh? The others are gone.

YUI (turning around): Huh? The others are gone.

Towa and the servants are surprised.

TOWA/PUFF/AROMA: Eh!!??

Meanwhile, deep in the woods, the other three Cures are looking for the rest of the group.

KIRARA: Yuiyui? Towachi?

Suddenly, Haruka spots a maiden with Rapunzel hair and a ballgown the colour of cotton candy (It's her precursor Chieri) walking through the woodlands.

Then, Haruka sees a maiden with turquoise hair and an empire waist gown the same colour. Thinking that Yura is Towa, she darts off in her pursuit.

HARUKA: Towa? (Storms off ahead of the other two.)

OK, Haruharu, you displease me for your lack of culture, but I didn't know you were colour-blind. Or was there a branch in between, covering her hair from your eyes?

All three Cures dart off as a golden-haired and golden-skinned maiden in yellow (that was Sei) walks her own way through the woods at a more relaxed hair.

The main three follow Sei and get lost in a Lützen-thick fog. When it lifts, they're standing on the upper floor of a Neoclassical palace, on a balcony above the patio.

Cue their surprise.

KIRARA: This place is...

All three Cures dart off as a golden-haired and golden-skinned maiden in yellow (that was Sei) walks her own way through the woods at a more relaxed hair.

The main three follow Sei and get lost in a Lützen-thick fog. When it lifts, they're standing on the upper floor of a Neoclassical palace, on a balcony above the patio.

Cue their surprise.

KIRARA: This place is...

MINAMI (afraid): Is this place a part of the Academy?

Suddenly, Haruka spots a set table full of delicious cakes, scones, tea, and jam. An unbirthday party of sorts, whose hosts are unseen. Forgetting what she has seen about the the Mines of Moria, she is at first overexcited.

HARUHARU (thus elated): A garden party!!!

PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY, AND TIME

The cotton-candy-haired girl appears in the patio and addresses all three Cures.

CHIERI (smiling): Are you customers? Have a nice day. (Gokigenyó.)

Did Chieri just say the Noble Academy salute?

She did.

So I suspect a connection between this school and the Hope Kingdom. Like many other boarding schools, Noble Academy hails from the turn of last century (Belle Époque, Taishó era in Japan), so it must have been a century-old affair.

21ST C CURES (surprised): G-Gokigenyó...

MINAMI: Uh, where is this place?

YURA: This place is our garden.

SEI (from persimmon treetop): Would you like to have some tea with us?

SEI (picking persimmons): Today's scones came out pretty well.

I mean, she's my second fave Cure so far, after Scarlet. Just notice Sei's boyish manners, contralto voice, and extroverted personality. Golden hair and honey eyes make her resemble me even more!!!

Sei's persimmons are as iconic as Renly's peaches.

As a result, I will give a series of GPPC awards at the end of the series,

presented by Sei and shapled like golden and ruby persimmons.

There will be Best Dysdark, Best Male Muggle, Best Female Muggle, Largest Male Ham, Largest Female Ham, Greatest Badass, Best Hope Kingdom Person, Hottest Male, Hottest Female...

The former Cures invite the present-day ones to join them at the table.

MINAMI (reserved, doubtful): Thank you very much indeed.

And thus it is agreed.

LOCK, STOCK, AND A GAUGE FULL OF DESPAIR.

Let us return to the court of the Hope Kingdom to see which plans Joff... Lock has got for the Dress-Up Keys. And also what will become of Shut...

SHUT (frightened, looking around): Wh-What's going on? Three Locks... nine Keys... What happened when I was gone!? (He is in a cold sweat.)

LOCK (playing with Haruka's Keys at throw and catch): I didn't get to take Twilight's Keys. But these are enough.

Lock then takes up a Horned Padlock, as Shut, aghast, looks on.

SHUT (shudders): That's...

LOCK (looking at the Padlock): This is custom made. With this... (Throwing Haruka's Keys away)

BLUE LOCK: ...I'm sure we can... (Thowing Minami's Keys away)

GREEN LOCK: ...do this!! (Throwing Kirara's Keys away)

All nine Keys soar up to the sky.

LOCK: Take the power of those dreams!

LOCK YOUR DREAM!

The Keys are trapped in a Despair Prison that hangs, suspended by crimson tendrils, above the throne.

Shut is shocked.

SHUT (surprised and afraid): What are you doing?

LOCK: (snickers)

Deep purple despair surges through the bars of the Despair Prison, tainting the Keys within, as the ducts on top of the Prison absorb the pure dream energy of the Keys.

SHUT (shocked): The power of the dreams is turning into despair...

The energy within the Keys is absorbed by the Gauge, which instantly fills with glowing red despair in Lock's right hand. Shut is flabberghasted.

SHUT (surprised): Wow, all of a sudden! 

The Gauge absorbs the little despair energy Shut has gathered as well.

LOCK (confidently showing the full Gauge, but with a sociopath voice): Just as expected.

LOCK: Now... Preparations are complete.

All three Locks snicker to themselves (or among themselves?)

SOMETHING LOST AND SOMETHING WON

Mmm... scones...

I have never eaten them in my life, so this episode is awakening a craving within me...

CHIERI (holding up the teapot): We've got lots more!

KIRARA (taking a big bite of her scone, to Sei): Oh wow, this scone is as delicious as Marbled Doughnuts!!!

SEI (chortles, winks an eye at Kirara): Seems like our tastes are similar.

These two are kindred spirits. If Sei and Kirara had lived in the same time period and dimension, they would surely be besties, and thus I ship them so hard!!!

***PersimmonStar***

YURA (to Minami, who is sipping): Why did all of you come here?

MINAMI (taking the cup from her lips): Uh?

HARUKA (sad): We lost something important...
CHIERI: What do you mean?
HARUKA (looking down) Some keys... (I put "keys" in lower case because Haruka says "kagi", in Japanese, and not the English loanword "Kii" as in "Doressu Appu Kii", i.e. Dress-Up Keys).
CHIERI (surprised): Some keys? What kind of keys?
HARUKA (teary-eyed): Important keys that are used to protect dreams...
CHIERI (wondering): Dreams?
YURA (smiling): Dreams...
SEI (smiling, sincerely): What kind of dreams?
CHIERI (smiling): Tell us. What kind of dreams have you got?
KIRARA: I want to become a world-famous top model.
MINAMI: I want to become someone who can help others, like my father and older brother.
HARUKA: I... I want to become an amazing princess.
CHIERI (smiling warmly): I see. All of you have got such wonderful dreams.
YURA (smiling warmly): I hope all of them can come true.
SEI (smiling warmly, more openly, winking her eye): You girls can do it.
Dark clouds cover the sky, and the present-day Cures are brooding and feeling blue once more.
CHIERI (smiling warmly): We have got dreams, too. They are very vast dreams. (She sighs and buries her head in her hands) But... (Pause.)
Silence at the table.
Suddenly, thunder and lightning.
Then, a desporg roars.
All six maidens leave the table and turn around, to see a colossal desporg towering over the patio.
KIRARA: A desporg? Why?

Then, suddenly, Sei notices a dozen black tendrils appearing from the marble-floor ground and shooting up and entwining at lightning speed, to form a familiar female face with a black raven mask and ruby eyes.
The Cures, all six, are obviously startled.

KIRARA: No way! Dyspear!?

Dys-Dyspear...

The desporg suddenly breaches the walls of the estate...

The Cures reach for their non-existant Keys by conditioned reflex. Alas! Right when they needed to transform the most...

MINAMI (to Yura): Let us get out of here first.

YURA: (nods in agreement)

KIRARA (to Sei): We're gonna run.

SEI: (nods in agreement)

All six Cures escape running through the breach in the wall, each 21st-century Precure holding her predecessor's hand.

KIRARA: Without our Keys, we can't fight.

The six maidens run as fast as they can, yet black thorns spring suddenly from the ground and seize Haruka's left wrist as the desporg closes in...

In the end, all six Cures are forced to hide from their opponent behind a ruined wall.

KIRARA: The desporg will find us soon.

MINAMI: But we just cannot keep on running away forever.

KIRARA (determined): Then, we have to fight!

MINAMI (sternly): That's impossible!

HARUKA: Somehow...

A tangle of black thorns springs quickly from the ground, becoming a pillar with Dyspear on top.

HARUKA: Somehow we have to do something.

(Minami and Kirara are surprised)

MINAMI: How?

HARUKA (determined): In any way we can... even if we can't transform... even if we can't run away... We have to do something! Or else everything will come to an end! Our dreams... Their dreams... That won't do!! We have to save everyone!!

MINAMI (agreeing): Yes.

Kirara agrees without words.

The desporg now sees the girls behind the ruined wall.

HARUKA: Run!

All six Cures run away as fast as possible again...

...but the three present-day ones are trapped in black thorns, their wrists shackled.

CHIERI (frightened): Everyone!

HARUKA: We're all right.

MINAMI: Everyone's all right!

KIRARA: Take this chance!

HARUKA (determined): We're not done yet!

MINAMI (determined): We won't give up!

KIRARA (determined): We won't stop until our dreams come true!

MINAMI: We have dreams that we want to protect!

KIRARA: Dreams that we want to fulfill!

HARUKA: Our dreams won't get defeated by some desporg!

ALL THREE CURES (unison): That's our power!!!

Three lights in the theme colours of the Cures flash brightly, enveloping the maidens and dissolving their thorny shackles, much to their amazement.

CHIERI (giggles): Thank you. Cure Flora. Cure Mermaid. Cure Twinkle.

HARUKA (startled): W-why do you know our Precure names?

CHIERI (smiling, holding up a Dress-Up Key, which glows pink): Use this.

MINAMI (surprised): A D-Dress-Up Key?

KIRARA (even more surprised): Why?

SEI (smiling, holding up a Dress-Up Key, which glows golden): We'll tell you later.

YURA (smiling, holding up a Dress-Up Key, which glows blue): For now, do what you need to do.

CHIERI (tossing her Key to Haruka): Please. Protect everyone's dreams!

Yura and Sei give Minami and Kirara the same plea as they toss the Keys to their successors.

When the 21st-century Cures transform, the Keys turn out to be exactly alike their first ones and trigger their first transformations.

The desporg is soon curbstomped with a three-Cure joint attack.

Then, quite unexpectedly, Dyspear vanishes.

CURE MERMAID: Dyspear... disappeared?

All three Cures are separated from their Keys and return to their muggle forms.

CHIERI (smiling): Thank you, everyone.

All three Cures turn around, and they are astonished upon seeing their predesessors transform exactly into their same battle costumes.

MINAMI (surprised): Are you... perhaps...

HARUKA: ...the previous Princess Precures?

CHIERI: This is the world of our memories. The Hope Kingdom of the past, where we lived.

The world of your memories... Are we dreaming?

I'm sure all of you were called into our dreams.

YURA: In any case, your worries combined with our worries...

SEI:...The power of those worries together created the illusion of despair.

HARUKA: Worries?

CHIERI: The great power of darkness.

HARUKA: I'm sorry. We lost our important Dress-Up Keys.

CHIERI: But you defeated the desporg illusions. I'm sure after this battle you now understand what's truly important.

All three present-day Cures look at one another.

HARUKA: We will not despair.

MINAMI: We want to protect our own and everyone else's dreams.

KIRARA: That is the source of our power!

CHIERI (sighing): I guess your worries are no more. (Soaring up to the sky, surprising the three present-day Precures) The darkness will revive once again. It will be stronger than ever before.

YURA (soaring in the sky as well): But this is your battle now.

SEI (soaring in the sky as well): Please do not ever forget. Your feelings have the power to create dreams.

HARUKA: Um, what are your dreams?

CHIERI: We wish for the Hope Kingdom to be eternally filled with love.

Then, in the middle of the sky, the previous Cures dissolve into balls of coloured light, from which the Dress-Up Keys fall into the hands of their successors.

Haruka receives the Cherry Key.

MINAMI (receiving the Coral Key, surprised): This is...

KIRARA (receiving the Milky Way Key, surprised): Oh...

HARUKA (receiving the Cherry Key, surprised): Dress-Up Keys?

All three Cures wake up on the beach at sunset, with Venus already shining in the evening sky.

HARUKA: Their powerful dreams... are contained within these Keys.

Suddenly, Towa, Yui, and the pet-servants, as worried as can be, storm along the shore towards them.

And they are surprised by seeing the new Keys in their hands.

Cherry...

Coral...

Milky Way...

KIRARA: They want the Hope Kingdom to be eternally filled with hope.

TOWA: We have to take back the Keys they took from us, too.

LOCK'S MOVING CASTLE, PART ONE

(AND SOME SCARY CROW TOO):

Back in the Hope Kingdom...

LOCK (chuckles): I can finally use these toys. (Looking at the full Gauge): LOCK YOUR DREAM!!

Lock throws the Gauge onto the façade of the royal castle, which rises from the waters of the lake and up to the sky.

Shut's reaction once more... Priceless.

SHUT (exceedingly surprised): The castle... became a desporg!!??

LOCK (standing on a window ledge): This is nice. We need to go buck wild.

The desporg castle teleports itself to Earth in a purple light.

An eerie ruby-eyed crow watches the scene from a branch:

Can this red-eyed crow be Close? Or Dyspear?

On the seashore, the Cures see the evening sky cracking and shattering, much to their surprise.

Their reaction is priceless when Lock's Moving Castle hovers towards them.

LOCK (sarcastic): Now, let the fun and games begin.

(Ominous instrumental music)

Milky Way, Cherry, Coral. Perfect complements for the Sun Key.

Lastly, it's finally Cure Scarlet's turn to sing the solo part of the ending!!!

Hoorray!!!

Here's the translation:

Kanaetai mirai he no michi (The path to the future you want to make true)
Sore wo "yume" to yobu no nara (You may call that your "dream")
Nakama to hashiri daseba ī yo ne (Just take off with your friends)
Let's Go! (Go!) gokigen'yō (Let's go, go, have a nice day!)
Let's Go! (Go!) Sukāretto! (Let's go, go, Cure Scarlet!)

Doko kako mo ikiru chikara ni (No matter what happened in the past, the power to live on)
Watashi no honō dare mo kesenai (exists in my eternal flames.)
Tsunaida te towa ni shinjite (I believe in these hands held tight, forever)

Yūki tamesu kyō wa kitto (Because I have the courage today,)
Ashita kaeru tame ni aru kara (tomorrow I will definitely change!)

Goran purinsesu! Guran purinsesu! (Take a gander, princess! Grand Princess!)
"Yume" wa hate shinaku tsuzuite (Your dreams will continue on...)
Hora ne! Minna wo matte iru no yo (See! Everyone else is waiting for you!)
Goran purinsesu! Guran purinsesu! (Take a gander, princess! Grand Princess!)
Sharara sekai ni wa shiawase ga niau yo (Shalala, the world deserves more happiness, so...!)
Kibō no kagi de tokihanate! (Set it free with the key of hope!)
Let's Go! Purinsesu Purikyua (Let's go, Princess Precures!)

MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION:

This episode, ending with the second cliffhanger in a row, is merely the prelude for the finale of this arc, and does it set some dramatic pace for next week's epic confrontation!

The idea of precursors for a hero team is always interesting. CHYKN for example. They inspired me to write many a thrilling slash fic.

To change theme, the Cures minus Towa got new Keys from their precursors: the Cherry, Coral, and Milky Way keys (fitting their plant/ocean/outer space motifs, respectively). Still, they can't transform without the first Keys they received, a hitch that I consider partly annoying, partly the catalyst for storming Lock's Moving Castle in next episode (impatiently waiting for it!)

Yet another mention of Minami's dad. Possibly he's still alive, a widower or divorcé given the fact that there is no Mrs. Kaido mentioned, but either too busy with his schedule or in a lamentable state of health (leaving his eldest son and heir the whole conglomerate), or, my headcanon so far is that he has retired from business: a gentleman with a twentyish/thirtyish eldest son is surely in his sixties, and thus, the old Kaido patriarch has "abdicated the throne" so to say. Or not. Only time will tell.

As for the current and former Star Princesses: Both use "atashi" for an I pronoun, both are dynamic, both are outspoken and unafraid, love the same flavour... These two are kindred spirits. If Sei and Kirara had lived in the same time period and dimension, they would surely be besties, and thus I ship them so hard!!!

***PersimmonStar***

Sei... I mean, she's my second fave Cure so far, after Scarlet. Just notice Sei's boyish manners, contralto voice, and extroverted personality. Golden hair and honey eyes make her resemble me even more!!!

What Lock has done with the power of the Dress-Up Keys is awesome. Believe me. Just what we needed for the arc finale.

Is Dyspear a plant-based lifeform or something more? Guess we'll find out this winter. And winter is coming.

We also got to see my fave muggle character, bifauxnen/otokoyaku (tomboy that looks and acts like a princely young man) Seira Azuma, once more. At least a little cameo and a little more info about her, but that is all...

 Lock locked up the 9 Dress-Up Keys and gasp!!! He successfully filled the gauge with despair! But why is he turning the castle into a desporg? And why is he using the gauge for this rather than summon Lady Dyspear back? Why is there a little fellow observing what he has done with the Hope Kingdom's Castle? Is the three-eyed, I mean, ruby-eyed crow Dyspear in disguise or probably Close? So many questions.

This ruby-eyed crow... think we've got another case of Chekhov's gun in here...

This episode has a counterpart in Dokidoki! Precure, where, in a similar arc pre-finale with a Secret Test of Character, the precursor Cures put their present-day counterparts to the test with a mock fight to prove if they were worthy of the mid-season upgrade. Upon returning to their hometown of Oogai, they found their families, friends, and acquaintances all tainted in their hearts by selfcenter spores, and thus the episode ended with a cliffhanger, with the mid-season upgrade used to purify everyone in the very next episode.

The Cure Scarlet version of the ending? I expected to hear Towa's name (literally "forever"), and "flames" ("honoo"), and my wishes came true, aside from getting to hear a series of words that sound like her creed. Makes up for the lack of Towa/Cure Scarlet in the episode itself, doesn't it?

NEXT EPISODE (30, ARC FINALE)

Lock's Moving Castle hones in on Earth and on the Cures for yet another riveting arc finale, as our heroines, bereft of their powers except Cure Scarlet, will give everything to storm the redoubtable fortress, and we will discover the powers of all four new Dress-Up Keys. Will Shut or Lock forfeit his life during the course of this battle?

And who or what is this frigging red-eyed crow?

AFTERWORD:

What will the future have in store for the Princess Cures in next arc? We have leaked some upcoming recaps and an interview:

Director Tanaka also directed Suite episode 23, in which Siren/Ellen/Cure Beat joins the good side.

Tanaka: "The important part is how you carry your sins. If you don't depict that gradation, the viewers won't accept it. The important is whether you can say "sorry". Those "purifying episodes" are undoubtedly needed by Towa too. Therefore, I explicitly told Junko Komura (who's on the script) to insert a scene in which Towa apologize in episode 23, and I also noted to the storyboarder Narumi Kuroda that that part was Towa's highlight.

They literally said that, in English.

"Even when they had a strain in their relationship in episode 24, they naturally worked the solution out themselves."
Tanaka: They are more mature aren't they? Towa is earnest, and Kirara is the type of person who notices these kind of things after all. Also, this year heaving situations in which they fight each other doesn't really fit (laughs). It went as far as both of them, who share a bunk bed, going to sleep without saying anything to each other, just covering themselves with their sheets. I think it felt more real than forcibly having them fight.

Interviewer: We are at the turning point of the series, what should we look forward in the latter half?
Tanaka: From the September broadcast when Towa has completely become a friend of the others, there will be new developments. We have a lot set and prepared for you to see, so please look forward to it.

I hope it includes the new generals. The ones with green as a theme colour and clone trooper helmets...

UPCOMING EPISODE SUMMARIES

EPISODE 31 (9/6) New Semester! A New Dream and a New Threat Once More*!
Heading to weed the flower beds, Haruka instead discovers her classmate Komori who has already weeded them.

EPISODE 32 (9/13) Minami's Fiance!? The Super Celeb Who Came Back!
Visiting the academy from his study abroad in England is the self-proclaimed "Minami's Fiancé" Kimimaro Ijuuin (伊集院キミマロ). He notices Minami's change during his time apart from her......
Ep 32: Minami's Fiancé!? The Comeback Super Celeb!: Minamin's childhood friend and super celeb Kimimaro Ijuuin, is back home from his study abroad for the time being. After reuniting with Minami, he notices how she has a different aura compared to before...
So Minami's got a superstar childhood friend/old flame, who studied in the UK, and who will marry her once they come of age... And that surname of his... I think we've got a descendant of a certain half-German lieutenant!!! And he's betrothed to Minami Kaido!!! Squeeeeeee!!!! (Please let it be a cultured and good-looking young fellow, a kindred spirit of hers!)

Ep 33: Teach Us, Shamour 🎵
 Wish-Granting Happiness Lesson!

Madame Shamour and Kuroro participate in a cat conference. For some reason, the cats are in a contentious mood, so the Cures decide to settle things once and for all through a fashion showdown.

Who's this Kuroro? Maybe one of the "clone trooper" twin generals, with a cat theme???

AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION:

"From Ashes, a New Life"
Towa becoming Cure Scarlet