EN QUE ELENA Y MADOKA AVIVAN EL FUEGO

Star*Twinkle Pretty Cure - Episode 2?
My Own Review
EN QUE ELENA Y MADOKA AVIVAN EL FUEGO


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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).

IN WHICH AYEWAN TAKES THE DEEPEST PLUNGE

Star*Twinkle Pretty Cure - Episode 27
My Own Review
IN WHICH AYEWAN TAKES THE DEEPEST PLUNGE

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I noted last time how the opening animation had changed to reflect Cure Cosmos joining the team, but there was also something else that I failed to notice last time. When the shot of the villains comes up, Ayewan is wearing a riding hood – I wonder if that particularly signifies anything.

Who knows, perhaps this episode will provide an answer.

OK, Purunce showing off for Yanyan was pretty funny

After Lala’s starship was damaged for the umpteenth time during a battle, PreCures travel to the home planet of Yanyan in order to get their transportation fixed. Before that, though, they explore the underwater planet of Bubblepool.


Ayewan also appears, intent on getting revenge on Yuni for deceiving her.

Cure MerCures and Yanyan

In something of an unusual twist, this episode gives us two different sets of transformation sequences. Of course, we get the usual PreCure transformation for the villain-of-the week fight, but Yanyan’s morphpearls also give us a sequence where the girls transform into mermaids.

Does that make MerYuni a catfish? :3

Hikaru and Yuni

Merfolk have been quite a common theme throughout PreCure. For a start, Go! Princess gave us Cure Mermaid (AKA Minami Kaido), but I can also recall seeing them in Maho Girls and Hugtto!. Not that I mind, considering we get to see some quite interesting underwater sights.

Ayewan

The antagonist for this episode is Ayewan, who says she is no longer with the KNotraiders. In fact, she has nowhere to go, and seems to be jealous of Yuni who has found a place for herself.
Perhaps Yuni, or the other members of our PreCure crew, could start steering Ayewan towards the path of redemption.

Ayewanbot 16

No 'triggers from Ayewan this time; instead, she transforms the stolen spacecraft she is using. As these things tend to be, Ayewan has some things to say about Cure Cosmos. Naturally, Cosmos’s allies are there to rebuke Ayewan’s claims, and the fight ends in typical fashion.

Huh, its like we’re in the middle of an arc or something. The past few episodes have all been directly connected; I can’t help but think that this is leading up to the acquisition of the last two Princess Star Colour Pens, and the inevitable confrontation against Darknest.
Darknest might seem like the big-bad final boss for the moment, but I feel like there could be something far darker lurking behind the scenes (ie a Man/Woman/Entity Behind the Overlord)…

As for this episode, it was a good one. The mermaid transformation was a fun touch, though I think it would have been pretty funny had they gone with Hikaru’s initial idea for transforming into something that could breathe underwater.

The mermaid stuff was fun, but the most important aspect of this episode has to be the stuff concerning Yuni and Ayewan. Ayewan is no longer with the KNotraiders, though she is still very much an enemy to PreCures.
Hoping to see that change, even if just gradually.

Seems like the wrecked starship will finally be repaired in the next episode. Seems that Elena and Madoka have particularly important roles to play, too. (HOPE THERE ARE INTENSE SOLUNA MOMENTS...)

MY OWN HUMBLE OPINION:
So the quest for Lala's homeworld is growing into a feuilleton -- if a four-parter can be called one. It began in episode 26 and will conclude in episode 29: encompassing four parts in total.

Purunyan or Yance? Purunce and Yanyan are another pairing...
It is either Valjean or Jav-... well, either Yuni/Cosmos or Ayewan! ... (on this scenario)



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