#kibou no chikara adult precure

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Power of Hope ~Adult Pretty Cure '23~

[curestardust]

holy shit riko???? 😳

[thesilliestofgals]

OTONA PRECURE SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

Ok as much as I am a bit disappointed that they did decide to de-age them when they transform into Precure... god this fight scene gave me literal chills

[kitty-pilled-gamma]

so more info about the Otona Precure show dropped and they actually look so gorgeous like?????!1

and also I'm really happy Saki and Mai are also appearing too finally Splash Star getting some recognition

[thornrose270]

So excited for Otona Precure, was not expecting this at ALL. Gotta add surprise sequel to my bingo boards every year going forward.

[booloocrew-blog]

I don’t know what it is with the sentai/Cure verse getting adult centric spin-offs all of a sudden BUT BOY AM I ALL FOR IT!

[alpaca-clouds]

So, Otona PreCure and the No Homo Thing

You know, I watched Kibou no Chikara - Otona PreCure now and I surprisingly liked it, even though Yes PreCure 5 is among the PreCure seasons I liked the least. But I kinda really liked how much this show went into the entire "fighting climate change and also capitalism is bad" thing. I mean, there is an irony to it, if course. Given that this very much exists as a capitalist product.

But there was one thing that irked me to no end: The NO HOMO they did with Saki and Mai.

Look, people. PreCure is inherently sapphic, whether it was intended like that or not. It is inherently sapphic in the same way that most magical girl shows are inherently sapphic. It is a show about girls and focuses on the relationship between those girls. And of course the two Futari Wa series were very strong on this.

Especially with Saki and Mai.

And here comes this new show and... gives the two of them off-screen boyfriends. Especially Saki an unnamed fiancé, who we only ever see from behind. Who has no voiceline. Nothing. Which is just such a fucking big ass "no homo" thing.

Like, fuck this. Let the sapphics have this, god darn it.

I mean, PreCure in the past was already at times pretty clear about the queer stuff. So why do we have to make this big thing out of this? Especially given that this show was for fucking adults.

And mind you, Coco and Nozomi - a pretty much beastialic relationship - get their happy end. So... A romance between a girl and her animal fairy is totally okay, as long as it is straight? But lesbians is asking too much? Are you fucking kidding me?

[mahou-furbies]

My Precure season ranking is here again! Series within tiers are in the order I watched them.

Top tier

Go! Princess Precure - Great characters and a particularly lovable heroine, handles its dream theme well and the princess motifs support it and give the show a memorable and consistent visual look.

Star Twinkle Precure - Mostly great characters, the message is a bit muddy but the space theme holds up well and traveling to other planets gives a nice chance of pace.

Tropical Rouge! Precure - A lot less ambitious than the other two, but has excellent characters and was just a lot of fun for what it was. Has the single best episode in the franchise.

Ok tier

Kira Kira Precure A La Mode - I like the character designs and the main theme is consistent, plus sweets visuals always earns some points from me. Not particularly interesting characters though.

Fresh Precure! - Alright characters plus Setsuna has a great character arc and the story doesn’t do anything offensively stupid, but also doesn’t particularly stand out, introduces a major theme out of nowhere at the end and the colours are really ugly.

Futari wa Precure Max Heart - Slow as molasses and Nagisa and Honoka don’t have a lot to do, but Hikari’s story was unexpectedly good and also unique for the franchise.

Smile Precure! - Fun characters and surprisingly enjoyable "filler" episodes, but not enough substance for top tier.

Futari wa Precure Splash Star - A memorable theme and a great villain side. Main duo is ok but not particularly well developed.

Hirogaru Sky Precure! - I really want to like this because 4/5 of the cast is so good, the character designs are excellent and the ending is great but the story is just so nothing. And Ellee baby form detracts from every scene she's in.

Mid tier

Healin’ Good Precure - Nodoka’s story is one of the best in the entire franchise, however I found pretty much everything else about it boring, and find it has the dullest character dynamics and Asumi is to be the blandest Cure overall.

Futari wa Precure - Nice chemistry with the main duo and a main heroine who feels fresh at this point, but is otherwise kind of generic and especially the second half was pretty weak.

Mahou Tsukai Precure! - Ha-chan is great but otherwise felt pretty plodding, really weak villains.

(lower tiers under readmore)

Meh tier

Delicious Party Precure - Memorable theme but otherwise doesn’t have much that stands out about it. Has disjointed plot elements and I didn’t particularly care for any of the characters.

Yes! Precure 5 - No glaring issues (aside from the fact I don't like Nozomi) but also no particular highlights either, kind of meh all around. Has some nice character dynamics.

Bottom tier

Happiness Charge Precure! - Hime is lovely and the concept of the International Precure is great, but I also find half of the main Cures awful and in the end the show is a directionless mess that doesn’t do anything with any of its unique ideas.

Doki Doki! Precure - Great Cure designs and props for trying with the lore, but the show is far too busy making everything about how amazing Mana is, which consumes everything else.

Yes! Precure 5 GoGo - Unnecessary sequel with a generic story and doesn't really add anything worthwhile to the Cures' character arcs.

Kibou no Chikara: Otona Precure '23 - The stuff on the Cures' adult lives was good but a letdown on all other fronts. Nostalgia pandering without properly delivering. And no new Cure forms!

[pochqmqri]

It is now May and we still haven't heard anything about the adult Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! sequel that is supposed to air sometime this year. Nothing official or direct has been said about it since the initial announcement over a year ago, but despite that, there have been some bits of information we can piece together about it.

To start off, let's look at the initial announcement back in March 2023. To celebrate the Pretty Cure franchise's 20th anniversary, Toei Animation announced that they would be producing two sequel PreCure anime for adult audiences.

The first one was Kibou no Chikara ~Otona PreCure '23~/Power of Hope ~PreCure Full Bloom~, which was a sequel to the first five PreCure seasons, but primarily Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! It aired on NHK-E in Fall 2023 for 12 episodes, and was streamed internationally on Crunchyroll.

The second one was tentatively titled "Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! 2," obviously a sequel to the 13th season of the same name. It was said to air sometime in 2024 on the late night ANiMAZiNG!!!! block. And that's all we ever heard about it since.

ANiMAZiNG!!!!

Let's look at what ANiMAZiNG!!!! actually is. It's an anime programming block from 2:00-2:30AM on Sundays created by the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation with TV Asahi; these networks are the ones responsible for airing PreCure in Japan every Sunday at 8:30AM, so it's familiar territory. ANiMAZiNG!!!! started in October 2020.

Notable anime that aired on this block include: Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie, The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious, The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, SK8 the Infinity, Iwa-Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls, I Shall Survive Using Potions!, and Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement.

A 2:00AM slot for PreCure is quite interesting, as even OtonaPre aired on NHK-E as late as Saturday 6:30PM. Despite this, the anime that airs on this block usually isn't too "adult," i.e violent or sexual, so I don't expect MahoPre2 to be anything of the sort. Similarly, the recent Tokyo Mew Mew New aired around midnight, and it wasn't out of the ordinary in terms of content.

With the exception of the Jahy anime, the anime that airs on this block usually does for just one cour, i.e. it has about 11-12 episodes and takes up one seasonal anime slot. We can assume that MahoPre will also have 12 episodes, not just because of this, but also because that was the same amount OtonaPre had. Relatedly, since MahoPre2 is airing on a different network than OtonaPre did, I also think that MahoPre2, when it gets an official title, is probably not going to be under the "Otona" label. OtonaPre aired on NHK-E, the "E" standing for education, and thus was heavily tied in to topics such as climate change and SDGs, of which I don't see MahoPre2 focusing on as much given it will air on a different network that doesn't have such an educational slant (see the other anime that usually airs on ANiMAZiNG!!!!).

At this point in time, the Winter 2024 anime season has long since concluded, and the Spring 2024 season is currently ongoing. So, we know what anime has aired/is airing on ANiMAZiNG!!!! this year so far, but we also have information on a few anime that will air later in the year too, so let's paint a schedule:

The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids — Jan 7 - Mar 24 (Winter 2024)

Tonari no Yokai-san — Apr 7 - TBA (Spring 2024)

??? (Summer 2024)

The Healer Who was Banished From His Party is Actually the Strongest — Starts Oct (Fall 2024)

All of the seasonal slots for ANiMAZiNG!!! this year, except for Summer, have been filled up, and none of them include MahoPre2. On the official site, the poster for the upcoming Summer season is just a blank "Coming Soon." I find it surprising in the case of the Fall slot, because I was expecting MahoPre2 to air there, as OtonaPre also aired in the Fall last year. Based on this information and lack thereof so far, one can assume that MahoPre2 will be airing in the Summer, but doesn't that seem a little strange?

The Summer anime season usually starts in July, and that's two months away now, so why have we gotten basically no official information on the anime yet, not even a proper title or a few visuals? Despite the fact that OtonaPre aired in October last year, we got a peek at the first visual about a week after the initial announcement in March, followed by a moderately paced reel of information throughout the year. Looking at the other non-PreCure anime on ANiMAZiNG!!!!, Strongest Tank was officially announced back in October 2023 (three months prior to airing), Yokai-san was officially announced back in November 2023 (five months prior to airing), [insert overtly long isekai title] was announced earlier this year in January (9 months prior to airing), so MahoPre2 definitely stands out in its lack of information at this late of a stage. Even so, I can't think of any other anime that would be taking the Summer slot at this point in time. There's also the possibility that Yokai-san runs for a second cour, but usually anime that airs on ANiMAZiNG!!! only run for one season, and Yokai-san's original manga concluded with 4 volumes and one side story, which is generally enough content to fit one cour.

So, what can we expect in the coming weeks/months? The first thing is, like most PreCure anime, a logo/title drop in the Japanese trademark office. Just a day before the initial announcement of OtonaPre, the logo was recorded in the office, so it's likely that whenever the MahoPre2 title drops, an official reveal will follow shortly.

What Rie Takahashi said

Another bit of information comes from Rie Takahashi, the voice actress for MahoPre's Mirai /Cure Miracle, on her radio show with fellow voice actress and friend, Reina Ueda (who coincidentally voices Mayu/Cure Lillian in the current Wonderful Pretty Cure!). For the episode uploaded on February 19 earlier this year, she talks a bit about MahoPre2, how it's airing sometime in 2024, and that they're excited for it, that this year is going to be a great one, no new information really, but it's probably the most recent information we've gotten from an official source, albeit a reconfirmation of what we already know.

Somewhat relatedly, the Kamikita twins, who draw the seasonal PreCure manga adaptations every year, posted a tweet earlier this year in January asking if there was anymore news on MahoPre2, which seems to indicate that, even to them at that point, they weren't briefed on anything behind the scenes.

Speculation: The "Wonderful PreCure!" movie

For the sections labeled speculation, I ask that you please do not take anything I write here as pure fact.

While browsing the Japanese side of Twitter, I came across a few opinions of PreCure fans on why Toei is being hush on MahoPre2. One idea is linked to the WonPre movie coming out later in September. In the film's initial trailer, there's a line said towards the end:

さらに素敵なお友達の出番です!っていいました？！ "Sara ni sutekina otomodachi no deban desu! tte iimashita?!" "Did you just say, 'It's time for even more wonderful friends'?!"

What's the significance of the Japanese characters I highlighted in bold? In the context of PreCure, they are the catchphrases of Sora from last year's HiroPre, and Mirai from MahoPre. The 出番, deban, comes from Sora's catchphrase, ヒーローの出番です!, Hero no deban desu!, or officially translated as "It's hero time!" The っていいました？！, tte iimashita?!, or "Did you just say [x]?!" is a quoting particle frequently used by Mirai. Tumblr only allows one video upload per post, so I'll have to link to a separate post I made with the video comparison.

With this in mind, a fair amount of fans believe that the WonPre film will be another crossover one, like the HealPre and TroPre ones were, only this time, that team will be crossing over with the HiroPre and MahoPre teams. It's likely that MahoPre is added in to promote the upcoming sequel, which could be airing around the time the film hits theaters. For that reason, it's probable that Toei wants to combine the marketing for both MahoPre2 and the WonPre film, neither of which has started yet.

Speculation: MahoPre2 Delayed?

The idea of MahoPre2 being delayed isn't really based on any evidence, but pure speculation. Some fans believe that internal politics at Toei have made them shelve the sequel for the time being. Sailor Moon fans are familiar with how Sailor Moon Eternal and Sailor Moon Cosmos were mishandled and delayed multiple times.

Ojamajo Doremi, PreCure's older sister franchise, is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary with a potential animation plan adapting the sequel light novels with the girls grown up. Funnily enough, that's similar to the concept of MahoPre2, so maybe Toei somewhere down the line turned MahoPre2 into Doremi1620? Hahaha...

Another common theory is that MahoPre2 will actually air in early 2025. That sounds a bit weird, doesn't it? They explicitly said 2024, even Rie Takahashi said so, right? Technically, that wouldn't be a lie, if Toei was looking at Fiscal Year 2024, which in Japan, lasts from April 2024 to March 2025 for governments and corporations. That would give MahoPre2 time to air in the Winter 2025 season, and thus the promotion hasn't started yet because it's still too early.

So, with that all said, there are at least two time periods I believe MahoPre2 could air in, the Summer 2024 season, or the Winter 2025 season. As of now, we can only wait for more information, but I do not have reason to believe that Toei cancelled this project.

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Antis DNI

Comship Bracket 3 | PREQUEL ROUND | Mod Guaranteed Entry Poll

Mod Satou (She/Her Only) here! So, as it turns out, gaining new mods means a difference of shipping opinion on what myself and Mod Happy want to include as a guaranteed ship of Comship 3racket. We both know we want a Precure ship as part of Comship Bracket 3, but we're torn between two.

We have a ship chosen by myself - NozoCoco (Nozomi Yumehara x Coco), from Yes! Precure 5, Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!, and Kibou no chikara, Otona Precure '23

And a ship chosen by Mod Happy - SakaFuu (Ayumi Sakagami x Fuu/Fusion), from Precure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no tomodachi

Propaganda will be underneath the poll.

Remember, you are voting for the ship you prefer, not the ship you find more problematic

Propaganda for both ships under the cut.

NozoCoco Propaganda (Species Difference, Age Gap, Originally AdultxMinor, Originally AdultxTeen, Originally TeacherxStudent)

While the Nozomi of the current day featured in Otona Precure is an adult, she first met Coco back in Yes! Precure 5, when she was 14 and he was an adult, working as a teacher at her school to keep an eye on her after a fated encounter. She'd end up protecting Coco, and saying what she wanted most in the world was to help Coco's dream of saving his kingdom come true.

Through becoming a Precure, Nozomi would have stereotypical cliché anime couple encounters with Coco, such as him landing on top of her and causing her to blush immensely, or him crawling into her bed in human form to wake her up when her mother walks in - before turning back into his fairy form to hide that he was ever in Nozomi's room.

In a later episode, Nozomi is struggling to study, getting 18% or lower on tests, and failing to retain any attention towards the study group, but seeming excited at a hot air balloon outside, which is when she runs off. Coco is the only person to follow her, taking note that she liked the balloon, he asks if she'd like to run off in that direction to ride it. During their talk, Nozomi opens up, mentioning that she feels like she's useless and can't do anything - Coco gives her an immensely heartwarming talk about how even if she takes longer to retain information she's not interested in, she's smart when it comes to her interests - she's great at making progress with what she likes, and that's not useless.

I haven't seen any GoGo! Yet, but the two reunite and become officially married in Otona, so these two end up a canon couple!

SakaFuu Propaganda (Species Difference, HeroxVillain, Yandere Tropes)

When the villain Fusion was defeated by all the Precure from Futari Wa to Suite Precure, the body split into several pieces and became scattered around Yokohama. On a trip, the Smile Precure join in with the rest in hunting down the pieces of Fusion before he can reform, as that would spell disaster for many of the Precure.

Ayumi Sakagami got to one piece of Fusion first, who she saved from underneath a leaf that was making it hard for him to move and breathe, naming him Fuu. After she saved this piece of Fusion, he decided to protect Ayumi with his life, and morphed into a bracelet on her wrist when needing to hide from the Precure.

Ayumi would take Fuu to shops to look around, and feed him things in her room in secrecy, without her mom knowing. Ayumi asked him to make sure he ate a lot so he could grow big, as that was healthy. Fuu recalled her getting scared at a dog earlier, and... well, he ate. To protect Ayumi, he ate the thing that was scaring her.

As things continued, Fusion got bigger, and they played games together, learning to have a close connection and love each other. That's when an argument broke out between Ayumi and her mom, causing Ayumi to say she hated her mom, she hated her school, and she hated all of Yokohama. Even though the Precure tried to intervene, Fuu's desire to make sure Ayumi was always happy began the destruction of Yokohama, as he attempted to delete every last thing that was hurting this girl he loved so much.

Ayumi realised her mistake, and wanted to get her true feelings across to Fuu - her feelings for Fuu and wanting him to understand her were so strong, it resulted in her transforming into a Precure herself, Cure Echo - She explained her feelings to Fuu, how much she adored him... and Fuu adored her back. Yokohama (and the dog) were all restored, as he realised he was simply making Ayumi sad.

This is a blob of goo who would erase the world for this girl if it was hurting her. I love them so much.

[magical-demigirl]

Here is the 1st Episode of the new yes precure 5 gogo adult series!

[ffprecurespain]

Kibou no chikara ~ Otona PreCure 23]

¡Tenemos un primer teaser de The power of hope ~ Adult Pretty Cure 23!

Como ya sabíamos, saldrá en octubre y confirmamos que Nozomi mantendrá su seiyuu.

Adicionalmente, se reemitirá la serie original, específicamente a partir del 9 de mayo se emitirá un capítulo de Yes! Pretty Cure 5, GoGo!

Míralo en YouTube aquí: https://youtu.be/1d-u6ahqIdA

[nocturne-of-illusions]

finally watching kibou no chikara bc of that gif and... i dont talk about my early precure series love, but i'm tearing up just from seeing nozomi as an adult helping her student. it's so every-magical-girl-show episode-of-the-week but i'm CRYING. I LOVE NOZOMI SM THAT'S MY BESTIE THAT'S MY DAUGHTER...... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[thesilliestofgals]

What's Precure /gen?

According to the wikipedia, Pretty Cure, also known as Precure (pronounced Purikyua), is a "Japanese magical girl anime franchise created by Izumi Todo and Bandai and produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Asatsu-DK, Toei Animation and Bandai. Each series revolves around a group of magical girls known as Pretty Cures who battle against evil forces." The magical girls of this franchise, like many other magical girls, have a magical (usually animal who can turn into a human) mentor to help guide them.

The franchise first kicked off in February 2004 with Futari Wa Pretty Cure, and got so popular that it spawned a sequel series, Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart in February 2005. Popularity continued to grow for the franchise, and eighteen series later, we are now in the year 2023 with Hirogaru Sky! Precure. There is also going to be an adult Precure spinoff series, Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure '23~, which will consist of the Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! and Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star team members as adults, which will begin releasing on October 7th of this year.

Each series of Precure will usually have a movie about half-way through, though sometimes a series movie will instead be a crossover movies. These crossover movies, called Pretty Cure All Stars, began in March 2009. In fact, on September 15th, Pretty Cure All Stars F will release in Japanese theaters.

You can find some of the Precure series on CrunchyRoll, but you can find a majority of them by looking hard enough (if you catch my drift, wink wink.)

Pretty Cure is a really good franchise (of course, some of the series have their moments), and have had some pretty big stars voice some characters, such as Sailor Moon's VA voicing Hummy on Suite Precure. I recommend it!

[glorioblog]

First Look: Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~

Alternative title(s): Kibou no Chikara – Otona Precure ’23 Anime original by Toei Animation and Studio DEEN Streaming on Crunchyroll Premise Back in middle school Nozomi Yumehara and her friends helped save the world as members of the magical girl team Precure 5. Now though they’re grown up and facing the challenges of adult life, while in the shadows a new evil is beginning to grow… Zigg’s…

[total-faggot-crisis]

Kibou ko Chikara is really resonating with me so far! I love seeing adult Nozomi lighting up with passion and standing up for what she believes in. I see myself in her, and I feel proud that this is the kind of person a precure grows up to be. I think I'm going to come away from this series with a deeper sense of satisfaction with myself and my life 😌💖🌹