Star*Twinkle Pretty Cure - Episode 2?
My Own Review
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PreCures’ quest to get their starship repaired continues in episode twenty-eight of
Star ☆ Twinkle. The opportunity for Elena and Madoka to grow closer also arises in this episode.
Yuni wanting to eat all the seafood planet’s inhabitants is pretty funny
After arriving on Bubblepool, Yanyan takes PreCures to the surprisingly dry core of the
planet, where they meet Rick Flare – a being from the planet Plasma that can
repair their starship. The girls will have to work with Flare to get their
transportation fixed, but the task assigned to Elena and Madoka proves to be
too much for them.
Mr. Flare emerges from his home
You may be wondering why a being made of fire decided to take up
residence on a planet made up of water – and that is something that this
episode touches on. It does come across as Flare choosing to live on
Bubblepool because everybody else on Plasma said it was impossible (a fireball's chance in the ocean). Fair play to
him, I suppose.
Lala, Hikaru, and Yuni definitely got the easier job
Fortunately, Mr. Flare seems like a friendly fellow, and is willing to
repair – as long as the girls put in some work as well.
Hikaru, Lala, and Yuni get it easy – all they need to do is some
barbecuing. Elena and Madoka end up with a more physically demanding
task: pumping the bellows to fan the flames. It doesn’t go well for the sun and moon of
Mihoshi.
Elena and Madoka grow closer in this episode
Now, I could focus on the repair, but the highlight
from this episode has to be Elena and Madoka calling each other amazing,
and just generally appreciating each other. They get a real ‘just kiss
already!’ Soluna moment – or that’s how I see it, anyways.
Kappard will be our villain for this week
The antagonist that our crew has to fight in this episode is Kappard –
and being on a water planet means that he has an advantage. Also worth
noting is that the transformation sequence focuses on Elena and Madoka
in particular.
Cure Soleil and Cure Selene will surpass their limits
Cure Star, Cure Milkyway, and Cure Cosmos all get to do their thing during
the fight, but it is Soleil and Selene who impress most. Oh, and Purunce
gets a small moment to shine, too. This battle is also a rare case of a
cadre villain actually getting hit by the finishing moves – Kappard only
retreats after taking the full brunt of Soleil and Selene’s combined
attack. I’m sure he’ll be back in fighting form before we know it,
though.
Madoka and Elena will burn bright
The second round of repair goes much better than the first,
and PreCures are able to resume their journey to Lala’s home planet once
more.
You know what I’ve been thinking
PreCure needs recently?
More Soluna stuff. This episode certainly delivered that. Their
conversation during the squall was absolutely wonderful.
It’s also nice to see these two get some focus, as Yuni’s addition to the
cast has kind of overshadowed everything else since Cure Cosmos’s debut.
I’m happy that we get episodes like this that take time to elaborate
upon the relationships of the other characters.
An excellent episode. Next time, we’ll finally meet Lala’s family.
MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION:
When did Calucif... I mean Rick Flare... I mean HE SERIOUSLY LOOKS LIKE CALUCIFER FROM HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE move to the surprisingly dry centre of a waterworld, in spite of everyone else at home saying he had a fireball's chance in the ocean? That BADASS adventurous spirit...
An OTP fanning the flames? Seriously... is the metaphor able to be more blatant?
That chemistry between both halves of Soluna: the only child of privilege and the firstborn of a set of numerous siblings finally wore their hearts upon their sleeves when it came to their feelings for one another - it just said click during that conversation in the downpour. Think "I admire you Lord Baelish, the self-made outsider / I admire you Lord Varys, the all-knowing foreigner" vibes. Speaking of which, I was and am the Madoka to friend Ana Garcés and we had frequent conversations similar to both of these examples (
although she is the middle sibling of three, instead of the firstborn of seven -- and also the divorcé vs. decades-married parents angle factored into our equation, as well as Ana having asthma vs. my own iron health -- issues that our OTP in this series does not have to establish them as further foils to one another; both Madoka and Elena have the good state of health AND the married parents).
