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Star*Twinkle Pretty Cure - Episodio 42
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Previously on Star ☆ Twinkle, Madoka had some doubts about her future. In the forty-second episode, it is her moirail Elena’s turn to do the same.  -- add more about Nena and interpreters ** https://prettycure.fandom.com/wiki/STPC42/Image_Gallery

Plenty of Elena & Madoka interactions in this episode

In this episode, Elena wrestles with doubts about her future. Its not something she is able to hide from Madoka, though. Tenjou targeting Elena’s mum also brings those doubts right to the forefront of Nena’s mind, as she hears what her mother Kaede really thinks about the smile she wears.

Kaede encourages her daughter to spend time with the others

If there is one thing that can be said about Elena, it is that she is selfless. ALTRUISTA. Ever since her debut as Cure Soleil, she has wanted to protect the smiles of the people she knows. This episode asks if Elena’s own smile is genuine, or just a mask... ie if she is a Stepford Smiler --cue existential crisis

You don’t often see Madoka and Hikaru paired up like this

This may be an episode that focuses on Elena, but her significant other Madoka plays a key role in it.

Elena helped Madoka overcome her doubts; Madoka intends to do the same for Elena

Seeing Elena and Madoka grow closer over the past couple of episodes has been nice. Glad to see that is a recurring thing, with Madoka telling Elena she will be there for her sake. En tête-à-tête; again that "I admire you, Lord Baelish/I admire you, Lord Varys" quid pro quo in their heart-to-heart conversation! No doubt the other girls and mascots are willing to support Elena as well, but it is Madoka who has the biggest influence on her.

See? Lots of talking between Madoka and Elena in this episode -- lots of Soluna fluff!!

I am happy to see that both Elena and Madoka are playing important roles in each others’ respective episodes. Hikaru and Lala have had important moments together, there’s definitely something between Yuni and Ayewan and now Elena and Madoka are getting a bit of a boost as we come up towards the end of the season.

Kaede is the victim of the week

Can’t have an episode of a magical girl warrior series without a cadre villain turning up, and Tenjou is the one who does so this time around. Being an Elena focus episode, this particular fight has Elena struggle with her doubts; particularly as her evilized mother Kaede reveals, in possessione veritas, what she truly thinks of Elena’s smile.

Cure Soleil overcomes her doubts with a little help from her friends

After the fantastic fight we got against Garuogre last week, this one is pretty much a return to basics. In other words, standard procedure. The only notable thing is Cure Selene being the first to support Cure Soleil when she is down.
As it turns out, though, this was only the first of two Elena-focused episodes. Ask me what I enjoyed most about this episode, and my answer will be all the interactions we got between Elena and Madoka. Fortunately, a good chunk of the episode was spent on that.
Everything else was a bit standard, but we still have more from this Cure Soleil mini-arc. Hopefully the events of this episode (and the one where Tenjou disguised herself as a teacher) will feed into what might just be a climactic confrontation between Soleil and Tenjou next time... IN TENJOU'S HOMEWORLD, NO LESS!!
A decent enough episode, but I feel that it might be sandwiched in between two fantastic episodes. Well, I’m hoping the next one will be fantastic; only time well tell.










MI PROPIA HUMILDE OPINIÓN:
Siendo la mayor de una familia numerosa, nuestra Nena Solar tiene problemas muy diferentes a los de su otra mitad (hija única como una servidora):
UN MONTÓN DE SOLUNA... (Moët et Chandon POP!!) And again that "I admire you, Lord Baelish/I admire you, Lord Varys" quid pro quo in their heart-to-heart conversation!