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I know I've said this a hundred times but if you're worried about palestinian fundraisers being scams at least consider donating to MSF. It's a highly reputable organization which has broken its long-standing neutrality to denounce Israel in front of the UN. Here's all the aid MSF is providing to Gazans (documentation available in multiple languages).

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Do you know anything i can donate to for palestine that's not the gofundmes because the idea of having to choose who needs my money more is just. scary to me they all need it 3: maybe there's a thing that splits/distributes money evenly???? idk but help would be appreciated

Gazafunds actually deals with this anxiety and makes a decision for you if you want. Their home page has a spotlighted fundraiser and the code consider things like how close the gfm is to finishing, when the most recent donation is, etc. So it's randomized to help as many people as possible.

There's also @helpgazachildren which if you donate, you can help multiple people at once since it's a whole mutual aid fund, or at least close to it. Hussam distributes money to people who need it when he's asked.

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it really hurts me to see so many gazans asking us for help, though that's through no fault of their own. they've been forced to use a social media site that they're probably not familiar with (because tumblr has kind of faded out of popular consciousness), to interact with us in a second language, to distinguish themselves from the scammers who are taking advantage of genocide, and to ask strangers for help. i don't think there are any cultures where it's easy to ask for help like this, but i'm intimately familiar with how humiliating it can be in arab culture. please be kind, gracious and helpful to the gazans in your inbox. this is a desperate time for them, and in addition to the physical danger inflicted by "israel", the prices of basic resources in gaza are extremely high due to scarcity, and those that manage to escape to egypt are financially exploited by landlords there and have an extremely difficult time finding work due to their unofficial status as refugees. these families will continue to need our help and i hope we can all continue to provide it to the best of our ability.

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Since Tumblr deletes genuine Palestinian blogs, here is a list of verified fundraisers!

Please donate if you can.

Do not hesitate to reblog and share! 🙏🏽

(Click here for Part 2).

IMPORTANT: Bear in mind that I do NOT verify fundraisers. I am not Palestinian, and I do not speak Arabic! They have been vetted by Palestinian users!

1) Mohammed Al-Habil (@mohammedfamily123) and his family (€4,519 / €50,000). Verified and vetted by @/el-shab-hussein.

2) Mahmoud Helles (@mahmoud92hells) and his family (€757 / €50,000). Verified and vetted by @/90-ghost.

3) Asmaa Sheikh Youssef (@asmaalshaikh-blog) and reunion with her fiancé (€3,001 / €30,000). Verified and vetted by @/90-ghost and @/ibtisams.

4) Muhanned Shaheen (@mohanedshaheen) and his family (€2,658 / €35,000). Verified and vetted by @/90-ghost.

5) Momen Al Ostaz (@mo98h) and his family (€11, 213 / €70,000). Verified and vetted by @/el-shab-hussein

6) Tawfik Satoom (@tawfiksatooom) and his family ($14,089 / $40,000). Verified and vetted by @/ibtisams.

(Make sure to donate to his PayPal, as well! It will end in three days!)

It will help every one of them to reach their goal and to evacuate safely.

Thank you!

(06/19/2024)

Divider by: @cafekitsune

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while we're all online and memeing the failed assassination of a usamerican fascist please take a second to [donate to save a family in Gaza] and do your [daily click for Palestine]

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It's marked as non-skip because of the villain developments and lore explanation, as much as Nozococo sucks. If you really don't want to watch the objectionable relationship with your friends just pull up the ep summary and have everyone read it. Particularly the "major events" section at the bottom.

Or, here's a guide on 31 with minimal Nozococo, using this video as reference:

5:42~8:14 villain stuff

11:25~19:36 fight + covers Coco and Nuts' past escape

Yes! Precure 5 Episode Guide

Want to watch Yes! Precure 5, but it feels like there’s too many episodes? Here’s a guide for which ones you can skip! The characters involved in the filler episodes do not play into any larger plot at the end, and the filler is pretty repetitive, so you’re not going to miss much.

Plot is bolded. Recommended filler (character development oriented) is italicized. Skippable episodes grouped in block quote.

1 — Cure Dream

2 — Cure Rouge

3 — Cure Lemonade

4 — Cure Mint

5 — Cure A- haha just kidding

6 — Cure Aqua (really)

7 — Nuts

8 —Rin & Karen get competitive

9 — School newspaper girl is nosy 

10 — Nuts and the woes of capitalism

11 — Remember to study kids! (Nozomi x Coco)

12 — The girls end up doing a sentai show

13 — Rin picks a club

14 — Komachi & Karen solve a budget crisis

15 — Everyone sucks at housework

16 — Nuts is rude (Komachi x Nuts)

17 — Rin has a hetero plot

18 — Group messes with Karen’s interview

19 — Urara’s family

20 — Urara becomes a singer

21 — Milk

22 — Milk is incompetent

23~24 — Midseries Crisis

25 — Nozomi gets a new move

26 — Komachi gets a new move (Nozomi x Coco / Komachi x Nuts)

27 — Rin gets a new move 

28 — Karen gets a new move

29 — Urara gets a new move

30 — Milk tells Nozomi that she sucks as a cure (henchman defeated)

31 — Trying to have a relationship with your teacher is a REALLY bad idea but ok (Nozomi x Coco, villain developments)

32 — Rin makes accessories for a bride. Cue all the “weddings are the most important day of a girl’s life” propaganda (recommended only because it’s related to Rin’s dream)

33 — Camera girl finally cares about interviewing the ppl that saved her life multiple times

34 — Milk gets sick (Karen Focus)

35 — Komachi finishes her book (Komachi x Nuts)

36 — Goodbye another of the henchmen

37 — Dieting for the fairies

38 — Precure Cinderella (Nozomi x Coco)

39 — The Big Bad Arrives

40 — Guess who the school principal is

41 — Komachi & Urara talk about love

42 — Rin & Karen discuss careers

43 — Komachi faces writer’s block (Komachi x Nuts)

44 — Milk has an existential crisis

45 — Christmas Lead-in (Nozomi x Coco)

46~49 — Finale

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Delicious Party Precure Watch Guide

A list of episodes that let you know which episodes are less interesting and skippable.

Plot is bolded. Recommended filler (character development or background -oriented) is italicized. Skippable episodes grouped in block quote.

1 — Cure Precious

2 — Rosemary’s doubts

3 — Kome-Kome gains a new form and Kokone meets her fairy

4 — Cure Spicy

5 — Kokone learns more about friendship

6 — School rumors  Kokone learns to talk to her classmates, but it’s not that interesting.

7 — Cure Yumyum

8 — Stop using my social media to select your targets (Ran focus)

9 — Differences make for a tastier dish (Kokone & Ran focus)

10 — New finisher for Precious (Amane focus)

11 — Wow your brainwashing is coming undone already (Amane focus)

12 — Wash out the brainwashing with this new finisher (Amane & Yui focus)

13 — Takumi’s past and a new villain 

14 — Black Pepper

15 — Kokone tries to interact with more people

16 — Being weirdly passionate is good, actually! (Ran focus)

17 — Cure Finale lead up

18 — Cure Finale

19 — Baking cakes for Amane’s brothers  Has a few plot details in the first 6 minutes though 

20 — Manners are good for something (Kokone & Amane focus)

21 — Nothing lasts forever (Ran & Amane focus) 

22 — Takumi’s doubt

23 — Kokone’s mom

24 — Fairies get into an argument  25 — Camping & a new villain (not that notable) 26 — Eat your green peppers (Kokone focus) Watch first 2 minutes for short explanation on Delicioustones 27 — Ran makes desserts and Kome-Kome wants to look “normal”

28 — New finisher

29 — Journey to CooKingdom

30 — Festival ep  31 — Princess switcheroo (Yui focus) 32 — Missing Recipipi and Kumamon propaganda (Ran focus)

33 — Forgiveness is not a requirement (Amane focus)

34 — Baseball & Oden (Yui focus)

35 — Kokone is honest about her feelings 

36 — Ran’s dream Has some plot relevant stuff at the end

37 — Amane and Narcistoru

38 — Journey to the Past

39 — Yui finally realizes she can do more than parrot sayings

40 — Cinnamon & Black Pepper

41 — Christmas & Fennel

42~45 — Finale

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Hirogaru Sky! Precure Watch Guide

A list of episodes that let you know which episodes are less interesting and skippable.

Note that this season had very uneven pacing and tone. Most episodes are largely slice of life, but occasionally it would dip into extreme drama territory, most notably episodes 14-15 and 22-23. The villain situation is not explained for 90% of the show.

Plot is bolded. Recommended filler (character development or background -oriented) is italicized. Skippable episodes grouped in block quote.

1 — Cure Sky

2 — Settling into Human Realm

3 — Some Lore Stuff

4 — Cure Prism

5 — New Finisher

6 — Gearing up to get Sora to school (watch if you like Sora/Mashiro) 7 — Sora goes to school 

8 — Cure Wing leadup

9 — Cure Wing

10  — Cure Wing welcome party (Tsubasa & Mashiro focus)

11 — Ageha meets Tsubasa (Ageha & Tsubasa focus)

12 — Sky v. Kabaton 

13 — Potentially Parting Ways

14 — Back at Skyland

15 — Skyland part 2

16 — New Mirror Pad Function

17 — Sora & Mashiro relay (Mashiro focus)

18 — Cure Butterfly

19 — Wing & Butterfly finisher

20 — Finding a dream (Mashiro focus)

21 — No knowledge is wasted (Tsubasa focus)

22 — Captain Shalala update

23 — Hero Crisis

24 — Princess Elle background 

25 — New Villain (not that notable, you can see him in a future ep) 26 — More propaganda for our airline sponsors  27 — More propaganda for our mirror pad toy

28 — Ageha’s fashion show 

29 — An abandoned cat stuffie 30 — Beach episode 

31 — Cure Majesty Part 1 

32 — Cure Majesty Part 2

33 — New Finisher

34 — Mashiro deals with rejection (Mashiro & Battamonda focus)

35 — Sora does baseball

36 — Why Ageha wants to be a teacher (Ageha & Tsubasa focus)

37 — Ageha & Mashiro backstory 

38 — Tsubasa to the rescue

39 — Halloween 40 — Elle and Tsubasa Play Wedding

41 — Mashiro counsels Battamonda

42 — Sora decides on the type of hero she wants to be

43 — Mashiro purifies Battamonda

44~45 — Empress backstory 

46 — Christmas  Only relevant part is that Tsubasa sets up the barrier. There’s also a nice Sora/Mashiro segment but the rest is skippable.

47~50 — Finale 

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Healin' Good Precure Watch Guide

A list of episodes that let you know which episodes are less interesting and skippable.

Plot is bolded. Recommended filler (character development or background -oriented) is italicized. Skippable episodes grouped in block quote.

1 — Cure Grace

2 — Nodoka’s motivations

3 — Cure Fontaine

4 — Cure Sparkle

5 — Chiyu / Hinata relationship development 

6 — Latte misses Nodoka’s mom (+1 healing bottle) 7 — Journalist student suspects protagonists and gets the wrong idea trope

8 — Chiyu’s connection to her sport (+1 healing bottle)

9 — Hinata’s insecurities (Basically the same worries as in episode 5 but drawn out a bit longer)

10 — Split attack (Nodoka focus)

11 — New Finisher

12 — Teamwork & a new villain 

13 — Hinata’s pessimism (+1 healing bottle)

14 — Food festival 

15 — Nodoka & Rabbirin have an argument (+1 healing bottle)

16 — Friendship tree

17 — Chiyu gets some career training (+1 healing bottle)

18 — Nyantora gets a crush on a human (+1 healing bottle)

19 — Cure Earth

20 — Cure Earth part 2

21 — Integrating Asumi into society 

22 — Asumi learns about the emotion “like” (Asumi & Chiyu focus)

23 — Asumi learns what “cute” is (Asumi & Hinata focus)

24 — Asumi unlocks teleportation (she only uses this like 3 times) 25 — Pegitan gains a bit of courage  26 — Flashback episode 

27 — Asumi learns what “frustration” is and something very bad happens to Nodoka (+1 healing bottle)

28 — Nodoka & Daruizen’s past

29 — Throw out the self-blame, Nodoka (+ some Asumi focus, +1 healing bottle)

30 — Trip to the zoo (plot relevant part in the last 6 minutes)

31 — New finisher 

32 — Chiyu’s brother gets some career training

33 — Nodoka’s past doctor

34 — Chiyu gains a sports rival 

35 — Beach volleyball 

36 — Hinata reconnects with an old friend 

37 — Caring for the earth 

38 — Chiyu’s career indecision 

39 — Trip to Byogen headquarters (Hinata focus)

40 — Escape from Byogen headquarters (Hinata focus)

41 — Return of the King (Nodoka focus)

42 — Say no to abusive leeches! (Nodoka focus)

43 ~ 44 — Finale 

45 — Omake episode & tie-in to next season It has some environmentalist messages and you get to see the Healing Garden. Cure Summer doesn’t really do squat though.

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46. Star Twinkle Precure ED 2 x All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey)

'Tis the Season!

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Yes! Precure 5 Gogo! Episode Guide

In case you want to watch Otona Precure but completely forgot what happened in the Yes! 5 series, here's a refresher on the eps that are actually important. Season 1's list has also been updated.

Plot is bolded. Recommended filler (character development oriented) is italicized. Skippable episodes grouped in block quote. For insight into how I decided what was what, look at the read more.

1 — Start

2 — So what even is going on, anyway?

3 — Syrup & Mailpo (+Komachi highlights, Emerald Saucer)

4 — Urara’s audition pt 1... +1 Monarch, get! (+ Syrup focus, Prism Chain)

5 — JK the Monarch’s snoozing. Here’s Karen’s student council duties (Sapphire Arrow, some Syrup focus)

6 — Donut King wakes up (Rin + Syrup focus, Fire Strike)

7 — Visit to Palmier Kingdom (Milk focus; Nozo x Coco, Koma/Nuts bait) Main thing that’s important (blue seed) is flashbacked to later. 

8 — Letter from an unlikely sender (Syrup focus) Anything important is covered again in ep 13 

9 — Detective Komachi (comedic)

10 — Milky Rose

11 — First Henchman defeated

12 — Kurumi joins school 

13 — Syrup lore

14 — Kurumi’s identity 

15 — Childhood Best Friends Refresher #1: Rin & Nozomi (+1 Monarch, get!) More of Rin protecting Nozomi (like her first Cure episode in S1) 16 — Childhood Best Friends Refresher #2: Komachi & Karen Basically S1 Ep28, which they directly reference. 

17 — IRL comedian propaganda (not really funny)

18 — Urara trying at her job pt 2 (Urara + Syrup focus)

19 — Karen writes a letter to her parents (Karen & Kurumi focus)

20 — Komachi & Madoka

21 — Group cooking (Rin & Nozomi focus)

22 — Nozomi teaches Rin’s siblings (Nozomi, Syrup, Coco focus)

23 — Midseason Crisis

24 — New Finisher

25 — New henchmen, Syrup moves in 

26 — The Precure save a city

27 — Komachi conducts exposure therapy on Rin

28 — Monarch #3...and she’s really annoying...and in love with Coco. And doesn’t say anything new lore wise.  29 — Yet another new henchman who plays tennis. (Rin & Karen focus) 30 — A wonky Kaguyahime (Nozomi & Kurumi focus)

31 — New powerup for Milky Rose (Kurumi & Nuts focus)

32 — Ant-sized Precure  33 — A friend's curry shop needs to curry favor with the public! (Urara focus)

34 — Goodbye annoying Monarch (Nozomi x Coco) Honestly, I feel like this is skippable too but if you don’t watch this you won’t have any episodes with this Monarch according to this guide.

35 — Bunbee Cringe Reel

36 — Rigged Quiz Show Part 1 (Karen & Kurumi focus)

37 — Rigged Quiz Show Part 2 (Karen & Kurumi focus)

38 — Red & Blue Rose Powerup that is never seen again (Kurumi & Nozomi focus, henchmen defeated)

39 — Last Monarch (Karen focus)

40 — Urara’s audition part 3 (Urara + Syrup focus)

41 — Tennis/Magician henchman finally reveals his identity to them (Rin focus)

42 — Goodbye Evil Granny (Komachi focus)

43 — A visit from the Director (Nozomi focus)

44 — The Precure act as Santa (Syrup focus) The fight with the henchman is basically all that’s relevant, since it alerts him to the existence of a letter

45-48 — Finale

Long explanation of methodology below:

When I make these guides, I generally aim for the least amount of required episodes to follow major developments. If an important fact is introduced in one episode and then is flashed back to in a subsequent episode, I'll just mark the second as plot instead of the first because the necessary information is repeated. As such, I may mark the introduction (and sometimes death) of a villain as non plot if they don't actually introduce any new mechanic or real threat and are just showing that they exist or don't exist anymore. This is also because most villains in Precure don't actually get a development arc.

In this season, plot refers to Syrup's storyline, the rose garden, and any new major Precure powers. I also bothered to mark villain defeats for this one since they seemed to be trying a little more than normal to show us villain relations (primarily in Anacondy's cruel desperation). And the ones that had nothing to do with anyone's character development got vaporized in new powerups which would have been marked as plot anyway.

As for the monarchs, well. They're technically plot since they need 4 of them to open the road to the rose garden, but they also don't add much to the show in terms of character development (besides the first one, Donut King). At some point when it feels like a "gotta catch 'em all" situation like in S1, I really didn't feel like people would be missing out on much by not seeing all their introduction episodes.

Recommended filler indicates one or more of the following:

There is some form of character exploration here, whether that's development, talking about their past, or showcasing a new relationship dynamic between multiple characters. Basically, if I feel like it's somewhat new to them and not just reaffirming the status quo at the end of it, I mark it as recommended.

They get some small new attack that didn't have a ton of buildup to it. (If it really feels like it's pulled out of nowhere I may just mark it as filler, though that didn't happen in this season.)

The episode is particularly comedic (these are always marked in case you still want to skip them.)

The episode is strangely well directed and yet it isn't a plot episode, or it generally stands out in setup

They had some plot information that is sort of repeated in the future but not completely flashed back to. In which case it's a gray area and I just threw it in here and probably left a note.

And filler is everything else. Maybe it's really boring or annoying to watch, maybe it's just an okay episode that would be enjoyable for someone who isn't looking for much character development. Maybe it's a character learning the same lesson over again and was marked as filler for repetition. You can always watch the previews from previous episodes to see if the content piques your interest.

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Hello! I really love your precure watch guides:) Could you please make a watch guide for Yes precure 5 gogo?

well, you see, I forgot to make one when I watched it over a decade ago. but just for you I will consider it after I come back from my trip in 3 weeks

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38. Star Twinkle Precure ED 2 x Out of Touch (Daryl Hall & John Oates)

Happy Out of Touch Thursday!

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16. Star Twinkle Precure ED 3 x ? (Turn on sound to find out...)

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Anon asking about the star twinkle guide here: THAT WAS SO FAST!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Heh, it was sitting in my drafts for the past week or so, I just needed to write up the thing about episode 36. Hope you have fun watching!

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Star Twinkle Precure watch guide

A list of episodes that let you know which episodes are less interesting and skippable.

I have to say this season was overall very engaging compared to most other Precure seasons; as a result there's not going to be a lot of skips here. The main issue with this season is episode 36, which I'll discuss under the read more (will contain spoilers).

Plot is bolded. Recommended filler (character development or background -oriented) is italicized. Skippable episodes grouped in block quote.

1 — Cure Star

2 — Cure Milky

3 — Taurus Pen (+ Hikaru/Lala development)

4 — Cure Soleil

5 — Cure Selene

6 — Leo Pen (Lala focus)

7 — Repairing Spaceship 

8 — Libra Pen (Elena & Prunce focus)

9 — Capricorn Pen (Madoka focus)

10 — Villain powerup (Hikaru focus)

11 — New Finisher (Hikaru focus)

12 — The girls make a movie (Lala/Hikaru focus + Comedic)

13 — Lala goes to school (Lala focus, also good context for the next ep)

14 — Scorpio Pen (Elena focus) 

15 — Capricorn Pen + Blue Cat Entrance (Madoka focus)

16 — Madoka’s Archery Finals (Madoka focus) This episode isn’t bad but basically rehashes the same lesson in episode 9 that shows Madoka embracing her friends as her support. Don't worry, she gets a really good episode later.

17 — Virgo Pen (Yuni focus)

18 — Hikaru’s mom the mangaka (Hikaru focus)

19 — Gemini Pen & Planet Rainbow (Yuni focus)

20 — Cure Cosmo

21 — Cure Cosmo part 2 & Aries Pen 

22 — Tanabata & Hikaru’s dad (Hikaru focus)

23 — Fuwa Panic (Yuni + Elena focus)

24 — Aquarius Pen (Madoka + Yuni focus)

25 — Festivities (Yuni + Lala focus)

26 — Pajama Party in Space 

27 — Water Planet (Yuni + Ayewan focus)

28 — Fixing the Rocket (Elena/Madoka focus)

29 — Cancer Pen part 1 (Lala + Madoka focus)

30 — Cancer Pen part 2 (Lala focus)

31 — Pisces Pen (Hikaru focus)

32 — New Finisher

33 — Fuwa wants to be useful 

34 — Elena guides a cactus alien (Elena focus)

35 — Student Council Election (Hikaru focus)

36 — “But Stealing Is Always Bad Even When You Were Stolen From First :(” (Yuni focus) This episode is. Oof. I disagree very much with the politics of it. Check the read more for spoilers and discussion.

37 — Costume Party (Kappard + Lala focus)

38 — Cosmo Twinkle Imagination (Yuni + Ayewan focus)

39 — English Speech Contest (Elena + Tenjo focus)

40 — Milky Twinkle Imagination (Lala + Kappard focus)

41 — Selene Twinkle Imagination (Madoka focus)

42 — Soleil Twinkle Imagination leadup (Elena + Tenjo focus)

43 — Soleil Twinkle Imagination (Elena + Tenjo focus)

44 — Christmas (Covers Elena’s decision for her future + cool fight in the sky)

45 — Star Twinkle Imagination (Hikaru focus)

46 ~ 49 — Finale

Below is reasons for my issues with ep 36: ↓

So this episode unfortunately falls into the pitfalls of false equivalency that we often see in media, namely the idea that if you do something against your oppressors you're as bad as they are. The other issue is that Yuni's whole situation tracks very closely as a metaphor for indigenous survival against colonialism and genocide, which makes this episode even worse. To top it off, we also have a cop character who wants to capture her that is basically posed as morally good because "stealing is bad" is their overall message.

"Stealing is bad" is a moral that you would expect to find in a kid's show for sure, but when paired with the history of genocide it translates terribly.

Recall that:

Yuni's original culture is the only one inhabiting her home planet, which they came to after being chased away from other planets. In other words, they are historically a persecuted minority.

Yuni is the only current survivor of genocide against her planet by colonial forces Notraider (who specifically say they want to take over all planets and milk them for their resources).

The Notraiders (through Ayewan) then stole all of her culture's artifacts and then put them on the black market

The black market is run by the Mafia

Auctions are held for the equivalent of billions of dollars (juu oku in yen), and there are billionaires. Which implies space capitalism and the plundering of other planets in general. Billionaires do not exist without the mass accumulation of wealth, and there are slums mentioned which Yuni donates to.

Yuni's culture's items have been stolen from her people and sold against their will. Yet, for some reason, if she's to steal them back, that's just as bad as the original plundering of her planet. This is simply false equivalence. Hikaru insists that she needs to ask for her items nicely back from the mafia, of all things (if they're the mafia they're in the business of killing people for money. Hikaru, hello?). To further this kids' moral, Yuni is reduced to begging for her culture's item back from the mafia boss, even promising to pay for it. Why should she have to pay for something that he shouldn't even own to begin with? It's just disrespectful on all levels.

Meanwhile, Hikaru, who lives in Japan, is part of a colonialist legacy herself who have similarly stolen land from indigenous people as well as their artifacts. All over the world, in the United States, and in Japan, governments in power have plundered indigenous graves for cultural remains and items and have not returned them despite repeated petitioning from said indigenous groups. Basically, asking nicely in the real world takes forever and forces indigenous groups to jump through 239480 hoops, all the while subjecting them to continuous destruction of their heritage. Yet the violence of them being taken in the first place is never questioned; it is accepted, while indigenous groups are demonized for standing up, trying to protect their lands.

Honestly, this episode was really bad. Its only saving grace is that Yuni says she won't stop traveling to get her items back, though it's unclear if she's planning to ask for them "nicely" back every time. Frankly, she should be allowed to steal them back. The billionaires who paid millions of dollars for the artifacts won't miss the money — the dragon guy sure didn't. Yuni is literally Robin Hood, and she doesn't even amass her own wealth; she takes back her cultural items and donates anything else she takes from rich people to the poor. I'm sorry, but this isn't even morally grey. She's doing everything right. The dog cop character is convinced Yuni needs to be locked up... why? Is this really the best use of the interstellar police forces' time rather than fighting than the Notraiders? It's not like any of them showed up to investigate what happened to Yuni's planet afterwards. She has literally gotten nothing from them and is being demonized for crimes against the market.

Anyway, given that it's a kid's show, at least Yuni's people are restored in the end, and by Ayewan herself as a form of a reparations. Since Ayewan undid everything she did (this would be impossible in real life) and worked to help Yuni's people afterwards, the rest of the Yuni / Ayewan plot gets a pass in my mind (even though that also runs on false equivalence). It's really just this one episode that is a mess because it refuses to deal with the structural oppression that exists and that Yuni is fighting against.

It's a shame, really, since otherwise Star Twinkle is a very solid show whose themes of embracing individuality and difference between people is incredibly powerful. Hikaru herself is great in every other episode other than this one, and wonderfully neurodivergent. So anyway, here's your warning for episode 36. Recommended skip if you don't want to spend your time fuming.