#miden (precure all stars memories)

[thenewnio]

Niki, my camera Monogami OC

Where Miden from Precure All Stars Memories is an SLR camera, Niki's a mini Polaroid camera. She's also inspired by Nyuki from Clan Apis/The Way of the Hive.

Name: Niki (ニキ) Full Name: Niki Mini 8 Age: Somewhere in her 20s (looks 13 years old) Gender: Androgynous; female-presenting Personality: Cheeky, goofy, peppy, inquisitive, sassy and smart-mouthed Favorites: Exploring, learning new things, making memories, searching for UMAs (cryptids) Personal Pronoun: boku/watashi Abilities: Memory viewing, power copying, flight, shapeshifting between humanoid and spirit forms Birthday: April 20, 1998 Western Zodiac: Taurus Eastern Zodiac: Tiger Flower: Daisy

Seiyuu: Tomoyo Kurosawa

[bluediva]

[muthaz-rapapa]

All Stars Memories’ powerful message and how it ties in with Hugtto

Still in the middle of typing up that review (ahaha, it’s long again~) but I really needed to get these thoughts out there on why this movie is so great, if not perhaps even THE BEST among all the Precure movies.

And that is all because of its antagonist, Miden.

Warning: SPOILERS & NO CUT

Miden is the spirit of a forgotten camera who’s been stored away somewhere cold and dark for a very long, long time. Originally having a purpose to help create memories (taking pictures of people’s happiest moments), Miden lost it when the film was removed from inside him, leaving him utterly empty and depressed.

Driven crazy by his loneliness and desire to be filled with happy feelings once more, he transformed into a frightening spirit and went out to steal the memories of others, namely Precure.

And of course, when they’re attacked, the Cures would naturally fight back.

But the solution to the problem, Miden’s problem, they’re facing is not by winning the fight at the end of the day like how it usually is with the opponents they faced before.

Unlike normal villains, Miden is not motivated by evil or any wish to cover the world in darkness.

He just wants to escape the darkness that covered his own heart.

And it took all of Hana’s development, strength and effort throughout the story - from realizing how important your memories are for yourself, questioning what it’s like to have absolutely no memories at all, reaching out to Miden in order to understand his suffering - to arrive at the place where Miden’s true self has been locked up by his own anger and sorrow.

Seeing him, standing alone under the cold, wet, never-ending rain, she comes to truly comprehend his actions.

Miden was in despair and he, too, was trying his best to overcome it.

But Miden knows what he did was wrong. He hurt people when he stole their memories and tried to make them his. He didn’t want to do that but he was just so sick of being sad and lonely that he couldn’t help but want the happiness of others.

And he abhors himself for acting on that selfishness.

But Hana doesn’t scold him. She hugs him and comforts him. 

She explains to Miden the right way to gain happiness, tells him “It’s never too late or impossible for you to start anew” and reassures him that from now on, he’ll never be alone again.

It’s these words from her that allows Miden to finally cry, to be able to release his pain, and for the rain to finally cease and the cage surrounding Miden’s heart to finally break.

The fighting stops immediately and most importantly, Miden is freed.

So what is this movie trying to tell us? What is it trying to tell remind us about Precure on its 15th anniversary?

I think everybody should know by now.

The answer is ultimately not violence but love.

Y’know, we as fans can always get so caught up in wanting to see epic overkill fight scenes and cheering for the Cures to completely annihilate the bad guys that we sometimes forget there’s another aspect, the stronger one, that makes Precure so great.

That’s why some of us give seasons or episodes that take the more peaceful direction such crap for not delivering the final killing blow that we wanted to see (ex. Heartcatch’s Mugen Silhouette's Straight Punch).

But when you think back on it, Toei has been attempting to do this several times already. Sure, they couldn’t take away the battles cuz that is what makes Precure so appealing but they have used many alternative ways to show us how fighting and beating things up cannot always be the go-to for everything.

There also needs to be forgiveness and acceptance (Setsuna and Ellen), strength to not let hatred consume you (Yuri), reconciliation (Aguri and Regina), acknowledgement of possible coexistence (Flora vs. Close/hope & despair), etc. And that’s just to name a few cuz let’s face it, it’s been 15 years and I can only remember so much in one sitting. :P

Point is, those are all forms of love.

Precure is extremely guilty of glorifying fighting and violence but it never forgets its main message. Love.

And 15 years of all that love culminates into Hugtto Precure, where, yes, there’s still fighting but also finishers that don’t leave the villains screaming in agony as they are purified.

Instead, they are encased in hearts and embraced by this giant, 50-something foot tall goddess-mother figure. And their thoughts and the expressions on their faces when this happens? 

A look of peace and relief from their inner turmoil.

A renewed hope to stand up and try their best again.

Just like how Miden is here when Yell thanks him for connecting all the Cures together and helping them remember the important things that got them through to where they are today. She told him that he was able to fulfill his original purpose after all. Making people happy by helping them recall their memories.

Knowing that, Miden can now move forward to make even more memories, ones that he can truly call his own because he has Hana’s help now and we all know, with confidence, she will never let him be alone ever again.

This is why I believe Hugtto is the embodiment of the quote “the answer to negativity is not positivity, it’s warmth”.

Sometimes when you’re being tortured by your demons and it feels like the world is crushing down on you and there’s nothing you can do to make it better, what you need is not for someone to push you beyond your current limits. It’s for someone to talk to you, to hold you as you give yourself a good cry, to support you and tell you “I love you, I’m here for you and I will never leave you when you need help the most”.

It’s from this that you will be able to find it in yourself to stand up and “fight” again. To “fight” the right way.

That is what Precure’s about.

[precurestyle]

[star-universe]

HUGtto! Pretty Cure♡Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories - Pretty Cures VS Miden, The New Villain

[flamestar1031]

thinkin bout fancures and had the idea for an anniversary season-type lead cure! Her name is Cure Memory, she lives in a world where the big bad has made everyone forget about the precure. she becomes cure memory after her interest in photography leads her to finding the miden camera from all star memories, and the two team up to try and restore the memories of the precure to the world!

[105ttt]

That part in All Stars Memories where every Precure team attacks the miniature Midens while an orchestral version of their series' theme song plays… I felt that

[aquarterasian]

Could you post screenshots of Miden from Precure All Stars Memories?

i normally just post whatever comes to mind, maybe i can at some point?

[linuxmints-archive]

✨ + 💕 + 💎 ? :0

✨ what draws you towards your hyperfixation? what is interesting about it? 

i really like the concept of magical girls.... idk! im not really sure entirely

💕 tell us about one of your favorite characters and why you like them! 

i have been thinking about smilepre so i’ll talk about yayoi kise! she’s a shy, sensitive girl who wants to become a mangaka... she loves heroes and robots and i love her so much... her arc really resonated with me...

💎 are there any fun facts or trivia that you would like to share?

i find it really fun how a lot of seiyuus voicing precure characters now say they enjoyed precure as a child! i think the most notable example of this is mamoru miyano as miden, the main villain in hugtto precure/futari wa precure all stars memories!

[justselfloathingthings-blog]

So I was going to type something thoughtful up about the Precure All Stars Memories movie but like fuck it let’s just do a list

- I loved the scene where Honoka got her memories back it was just so beautiful; like the entire way that played out from depowered Nagisa taking the blow to Honoka and Nagisa transforming was so fantastic I was smiling so wide the entire time. And it helping Hana get the motivation to fight again was so good. 

- Also the stuff before then where Nagisa and Hana are in so much pain because they want the people they care about the most back was so sad it hurt to watch a little. 

- It kinda sucks that we didn’t get to see Team Yes actually, strictly speaking do anything in that fighting montage but they got an awesome pose so it’s all okay. And the fact that they all their bits got accompanied by their respective themes was so nice and awesome. 

- It’s so nice that basically everyone got something to do. The Pink Cures got most of the big moments, as is their wont, but I can’t say that I felt like pretty much anybody felt strictly excluded from anything. One thing I really liked seeing in that montage was that it really felt like all of them, from A la Mode to Suite to Fresh to Yes, were a team. You saw it most obviously like, with Fresh with their combo attack or Smile with their banter and choreography, but all the teams really felt like they were working together and it was so good.

- Man Love both your dramatic lines had to directly relate to Passion didn’t they just like date already girl. Also LULU PROTECT MODE even as a memoryless child was the sweetest thing I swear. And Homare just like... going to the ice skating rink because it’s Where She Should Go, even if somebody had to explain to me exactly what they meant was so good. ALSO HONOKA CONFUSING A RANDOM DOG FOR HER’S OH MY GOD. 

- Also the whole bit where like USE YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES TO BRING BACK YOUR FAVORITE CURE isn’t just great because it’s sweet and awesome but it comes with the implication that all of them have at least one person who has them as their favorite, which is just the nicest sentiment for characters in fictional franchise ever. 

- The Cures without their memories helping out Harry because it is the Nice Thing to do and people should do Nice Things was so sweet oh my god. 

- The whole resolution to Miden was just like... capturing the core of the series in a unique and effective way and I loved it. Like, that was just pure Magical Girl anime injected straight into my veins and it was so great. 

Like, I guess even though she isn’t the most popular, having Shiny Luminous kinda k-o’d out of the entire movie, almost, 5 minutes in wasn’t super great, it’d have been cool if Michiru and Kaoru could have been included, and I’d have actually really liked it if Toei could have gone all in and just done like... a 2 hour epic making the fight a whole story rather than starting at the end with the Last 8 Cures, but like... it was so good I don’t really mind any of those things that much like holy shit. Toei could have just like... said this was the last Precure product that would ever be made and I can’t say I would care that much because goddamn what a note to go out on. 

[thenewnio]

Yokai that I have made up or otherwise discovered and named

Ipponashi-Onna: A woman with a gnarled single leg. Possibly related to Ippon-Datara.

Kagebozu: A short shadowy figure with glowing eyes that’s only visible in dark areas. Also encountered in America. First discovered in Fuan no Tane.

Monogami: A more modern species of Tsukumogami. An example in the form of the camera Miden F MK 2 was first discovered in Precure All Stars Memories.

Tatemonogami: A type of Monogami that’s a building or a structure. Also found in America. Discovered in the Archie Comics two-parter “Fun House” and Drifting Home.

Ryugujin: The human-like inhabitants of the underwater kingdom of Ryugu. Not to be confused with merfolk.

Konchujin: Bugs who can take human shape. Found worldwide.

[ffprecurespain]

[Hugtto❣ Precure & Futari Wa Precure All Stars Memories] Nueva imagen de la película. Black, White y Yell vs Miden. 💖

[bluediva]

Movie: Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories

Part 3 of the new set for @thenewnio. Skipped a few, but I'll try to add them in a separate one. 👍

[muthaz-rapapa]

A Break Down of All Star Memories: The Good & The Bad

This is ridiculously long so I put everything under the cut.

And I split it into the good and the bad but the good actually outweigh the bad by a lot so no wonder this was the best All Stars movie we’ve had in...wow, 7 years.

On top of that, it really did feel like an anniversary movie and I’m so glad they made that part really count.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD 

Good Points

Story 

Y’know, as much as I loved the DX movies, I admit that their storylines weren’t all that great which is why I suspect Toei tried to change that with New Stage and every other All Stars after. Except when you put new, exclusive characters in the spotlight, you kinda also take (too much) focus away from the Cures, the main reason why I want to watch the crossovers in the first place.

And I can tell they tried to find some equilibrium to that. One where they can develop a conflict and a resolution for said new character while giving the newbie Cures their time to shine. It’s difficult because there are just so many of them that you have to feature, oi. @_@;;;

Not to mention, needing to incorporate those fight scenes and climactic endings...and stupidly nerfing the established Cures to keep them on standby/out of the way until they’re needed for a dramatic entrance later. It’s been pretty formulaic one movie right after the other so by “Minna de Utau”, nothing was interesting anymore.

Then Dream Stars and Super Stars came along with a “smaller” cast but those were also so-so at best because again, it’s hard to break revamp habits and get a coherent flow of events without compromising some things along.

Now we have All Stars Memories and it’s...different.

It’s like any All Stars, the same in many aspects but still...different.

In the good way.

We have a very compelling antagonist this time and the writers did a great job of keeping the mystery about him till the reveal during the latter half of the movie. 

Then there’s Hana/Yell who was absolutely amazing as the central protagonist of this story which I’ll get to in a bit.

Finally, letting Black and White actually share that spotlight with the Hugtto girls. Not as secondary or supporting but, for a while, they were the main characters again. I haven’t even watched their seasons yet but man, did it feel awesome to see them show off their wisdom, experience and badassery as the most senior of all Precure. <3

As for the rest of them, yea, they were nerfed again but it actually makes sense this time because they’ve been turned into babies, for cryin’ out loud, and their Precure memories were taken away.

Naturally, without those memories, they can’t do their Precure stunts.

Very good, Toei. You’re finally learning from your mistakes. *thumbs up*

Anyways, despite them being powerless for most of the movie, we still made the best of their cuteness so all’s good.

Last but not least, the conclusion. For 10 years, 10 years, all the All Stars movies boiled down to almost every Cure transforming to their respective super forms and/or then holding hands together in a circle or something similar to that effect before shooting one gargantuan rainbow-attack at the Big Bad while screaming in unison, “HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!”.

That didn’t happen for Memories and let me say THANK GOD.

If anything, I felt that gently releasing Miden from his suffering was infinitely more impactful than the combined effect of every All Stars group attack in existence.

It was quiet but it moved the heart. And damn it, if it didn’t made you cry as well! No one was immune to tears as they recalled the times they spent with each other. And not one among them wanted to hurt Miden anymore than how hurt he was already. They all sincerely wished, as they made their way up to the top to meet Yell, to set him free.

Which brings me back to what I said in my earlier post, about what this movie is trying to remind us about Precure: you don’t save people by fighting them, you save them with love.

Compassion, not retaliation.

Wow.

Animation

You can immediately tell that Toei spared no expense in making this movie look as fabulous as possible. Whether it’s a fight scene or a light-hearted moment, everything is not only shiny, colorful and bright. It’s polished to the extent that if there was a mistake somewhere, it’s hardly noticeable to even be existent. At least I didn’t notice any flaws while I was watching it.

Moreover, that 3D.

Actually, this should come as no surprise to those who’s seen all the EDs up to this point. They’ve been steadily making improvements in this area for the past few years and there were even times during the movie that I couldn’t tell whether I was still watching 3D or if it switched back to 2D.

They move back and forth between the two formats so smoothly that you literally have to stop paying attention to the story to notice when they make the shift.

It’s so seamless that it left me speechless, to be honest.

Sympathetic, well-written antagonist 

Like I said earlier, Miden is a very interesting adversary in the fact that he’s just as much the victim as he is the “villain”.

Unlike past All Stars villains, he was not motivated by evil or greed. He wasn’t a manifestation of another person’s negative feelings nor was he manipulated or brainwashed into doing bad deeds.

Miden was just an extremely lonely soul who had no way of communicating to people just how much he was suffering because his true form is that of a discarded camera.

And when you learn of his backstory, how the film in the camera was removed because those memories weren’t his to keep. How he spent what felt like ages in the dark being tortured inside out by that hollowness. How eventually he couldn’t take it anymore and turned into a monster in order to find a way flee from that pain. Don’t you feel sorry for him?

I did. I felt so bad for Miden because most people, in their entire lifetime, are lucky enough to never have to experience this sort of thing. Even if your unpleasant memories outnumbered your good ones, at least you have them and can go on to make good ones.

Miden had nothing but a faint recollection that he used to carry someone else’s memories and for years, he could do nothing to change it.

So it’s understandable he’d been driven insane by that.

Also, the fact that his spirit form resembles a teru teru bozu and the significance of the never-ending rain we see when Yell reaches the core of his heart.

Teru teru bozu are believed to have powers to bring good weather (aka make the clouds and rain go away).

But no matter how hard Miden tried to bring the sun back, by stealing other people’s memories and surrounding himself with their brilliance, it still rained non-stop. The darkness still lingered inside him. He may have the light of those memories but the feelings that come with them are not his. They still belong to the owner of those memories. That’s why he’d never be able to fill the void inside him.

It’s not enough to just have. He had to understand what it means to have them as well.

Truly, the portrayal of his character that encompassed all those troubled feelings of his is one of the things that makes this movie so memorable.

The frantic way he moves about, how his eyes creepily open and close like a camera lens and how he even sounds like a deprived ghost starving for something to make him whole again. How you eventually realize he’s more severely unstable (jumping frequently between moods from childishly gleeful to violently angry) than he is outright malicious...

And just how tired and sad he is when we finally learn the full truth about him.

Miden is pretty much a child himself. A very lost child who really needed a hug from someone and for them to tell him it’s alright now and that he no longer has to hurt.

Miden is not human and he may be fictional... but he certainly felt real (bonus for casting Mamoru Miyano to voice him) and in some moments, maybe even realer than an actual person.

Which is why I was so genuinely happy for him when he got his happy ending. I never felt that deeply or related to that deeply about a movie-exclusive character before so I’m glad Miden has the honor of being the first.

Cure Yell/Hana

I’ll admit it, I don’t think I ever officially warmed up to Hana. I’m always wary these days on whether I can accept the genki girl archetype into my good graces and when Hugtto began, Hana was just a little too cartoonish that she threw me a distance away further.

However, throughout this season, I can see the progress she’s made. I saw her grow from simply being optimistic with little to no basis for her confidence (in fact, I believe most of her early cheeriness was just a lot of bravado) into a person who understands that you won’t get what you want right away just by charging into it. In fact, it takes several tries, several trips and falls, maybe even a failure or two before you really find your footing again to press on.

I mean, she’s still the same Hana from the beginning in many respects. Brimming with energy, loud, silly, and prone to exaggerating.

But her development shows how she’s really matured. Before, her reaction to everything always seemed to be “cheer till your throat gets sore!”. 

Nowadays, she takes time to pause and think before leaping (well, in some cases). She’s learned to accept hardship, no matter how hard it is to swallow, while still retaining a strong belief in the future.

And the movie kinda revisits all that development from the show.

Like the part when her entire team gets turned into babies, Hana broke down from all the stress that came with trying to take care of them.

When Precure are fighting, they actually don’t need to think much. They only have to focus on defeating the enemy in front of them.

But this dilemma was new for Hana and much more complicated than beating any enemy. Not even babysitting Hugtan was enough to help prepare her for getting four (ok, three) very fussy toddlers to just stay in one spot.

On top of that, her dearest friends forgot who she was as well and were constantly trying to run away from her because without their memories, Hana was essentially a stranger to them.

It was all too much for Hana to handle and she cracked because she didn’t know what to do. How to change them back, how to get them to remember her, how to stop them from crying. Hana was extremely overwhelmed.

And this scene and the voice acting felt so raw because of how Hana’s hopelessness was portrayed. Even full-fledged adults would tell you how hard this hits home cuz hey, sometimes even they don’t know what to do when the problem get the better of them.

Moreover, like Nagisa said, Hana is still a middle school girl. Despite having magical abilities that enable her to save the day, she’s still a child. You can’t ask the impossible of her. She can’t be a strong heroine every waking moment. She needs a break to deal with her frustration just like anybody else does.

But once she does give herself a moment to cry it out and witnesses the strength of Nagisa and Honoka’s bond, she realizes that just because the current situation is bad doesn’t mean she’s lost anything. She still has her memories of her friends and she still has powers to protect them. And protect them she will cuz that is what Nono Hana would do. The Nono Hana she wants to be.

As long as she still has a future she wants to reach, there’s no hurdle she can’t overcome. There is no reason why she should ever give up.

This is one of the most incredible things about Hana, really. It’s what drew the Hugtto girls to her in the first place and is essentially what won them their memories back and returned them back to her side.

Then there’s the final confrontation with Miden.

Notice how Hana was the the first among the only available Precure at the time to question Miden’s motives for stealing other people’s memories.

Even when Miden mercilessly launched another attack at them after they discovered his true identity, Hana did not lift a finger against him. And when he swallowed everyone whole, she was still trying to figure out what it meant, how painful it was, to have no memories to call your own.

She clung to him, refused to leave his mind even when every other Cure went back to normal and withstood all his resistance to reach the depths of his heart.

In the end, Hana could never understand that emptiness Miden felt because she always had her memories. She never lost them like Miden did.

But if there’s one thing she does know, one thing she can relate to, it’s this: Miden wasn’t satisfied with who he was so he tried his best to become what he wanted to be.

Once she knew that, there was no more reason to fight him. What she needed to do was save him. And that wasn’t by using magic.

It was by easing Miden’s anguish. Hugging him, talking gently with him, sharing with him the warmth he lacked and which she had plenty to give, and letting him know that he can get a second chance. That he can be the Miden wants to be.

Miden can do anything. Miden can be anything.

And she’ll be with him every step of the way.

By now, everybody should understand the reason why Cure Yell was designed like a cheerleader.

It’s not only because Hana shows enthusiastic, outwardly support for the person she’s rooting for but also because when they can’t be at their best, she’ll still be there for them. If you need to cry, she’ll be there to hold you. If you’re in doubt, she’ll try to think of a way out with you. Even if she can’t give you exactly what you’re looking for, she’ll always, always be there for you.

And she’s done a fantastic job at being the heroine she was meant to be.

Good job, Hana. All of us cannot be more proud of how far you’ve come.

Emotional scenes

It’s pointless to describe these moments in words as you really need to watch them to get that resonance echoing throughout your chest and the waterworks flowing.

But this probably being the best All Stars in history (I’m really getting to that point where I can firmly say it is), I think I’m required to list a few. Namely...

Nagisa standing up against Miden, saying all the reasons why he is NOT Yukishiro Honoka and how only Honoka, her Honoka, can be Yukishiro Honoka, and demanding that Miden return the one she loves most in the world.

FutariWa fans, are y’all still alive? 8D

Then of course, Hana saving Miden from his despair.

And the tear-inducing finale.

Again, it’s quiet but profoundly beautiful in a way Precure hasn’t been before.

And you have no soul if you didn’t feel even the least like crying during this part. *sniff*

Insert Song “Rewind Memory” 

This song is beyond awesome and every bit of it pretty much screams “PRECURE!” all the way across the globe.

I mean, lyrics-wise it’s just like a lot of the Precure insert songs before it. Idealistically and generically beautiful with it words. And frankly, when it plays in the movie, you kinda almost don’t hear it with all the action going on.

But the melody and instrumentals? Andand those vocals by the first and most recent Precure OP singers?! The emotions it evokes when you do listen to it by itself?

It’s okay, I’ll cry with you. *hands you a tissue* (;w;)

Baby Precure

Need I say more? I didn’t think so.

Humor

Well, this one’s a given because you can’t make an All Stars entirely dark and sad.

However, I found I was more receptive to the funny bits this time around. Maybe because I really needed a good laugh after all those serious moments? Maybe because it was combined with the cuteness of the babies? 

I dunno but I really enjoyed it, nonetheless. (^ ∀ ^)

Everybody got speaking lines

YEA-HUH.

Everybody.

I mean, not everyone got a full sentence. A lot of them were limited to only one line or even one word and most of it was either yelling out their attacks, their catchphrase (mostly the Pink Cures), their group call, some other Cure’s name, or just a kiai shout.

But yea, EVERY Cure present, for the first time since DX3, spoke at least once in this movie!

Woohoo~! ✽-(ˆ▽ˆ)/✽ ✽\(ˆ▽ˆ)-✽

Interaction among Cures in their civilian forms

Ok, so the last part didn’t have any of them talking with each other but we do see them mingling outside their usual groups and that’s all I can ever ask for.

*sighs happily* I need to go over this again when I do that funny/cute/awesome moments compilation which will also be ridiculously long but hey, can you blame me? This movie is just that good.

ED dance

Dancing and singing in the ending credits are such a staple of the Precure franchise (as much as the fighting elements is, I must add) that any season or movie without them feels wrong somehow.

Perhaps that’s why I didn’t really like Dream Stars or Super Stars outside of the few things I did like in them. Because even if the rest of it is sub-par or even downright awful like Haru no Carnival or Minna de Utau, I can always count on the CGI dancing and singing to be the saving grace for the movie.

Yea, it’s narmy and the songs are cheesy and corny and will give you diabetes and all that stuff but that’s what makes Precure utterly charming.

Without that, it’s just something I want to skip to see if there are any post-credits scene.

?

These are the points I have unsure feelings about. They’re neither good nor bad. They’re just stuck in the middle and I just wanted to get them out for the sake of it.

Panty shots - Granted, I think every Cure is wearing either bloomers or shorts under their skirts anyway but it was so awkward to see it from this angle multiple times during the movie that the silly child inside me was compelled to go “Mommy, look! I can see her undies!”

(;; ^ ▽ ^)

Fourth-wall breaking/Deus Ex Machina (aka Miracle Lights) - Arguably the weakest aspect of every Precure movie in general but since these are primarily aimed at children and the fact that they positively love these gimmicks, I’m not in a position to say anymore than that.

*zips my trap shut* :x

Bad Points

These are just based what I felt were bad. No need to get personal or offended as that was not my intention. These ARE NOT facts, they’re just my opinions.

That one line from Harry - The one where he told Hana to pull herself together when she broke down crying and Nagisa chewed him out for it.

Yea, ok, canon!Harry would NOT say such an insensitive thing like that to any of the girls when they’re down. Harry is NOT that type of guy.

Especially not after he’s been with them for so long so this OOC-ness was quite a shock for me.

I don’t know why the writers seem to hate him but Harry’s always been on the end of somebody’s criticism for the dumbest things. Except this time, it’s not dumb, it’s just plain stupid mis-characterization. 

The fact that Nagisa immediately scolds him right after he says that makes me believe they were just itching to give Nagisa something to say during this situation.

But did you really have to use Harry as a verbal punching bag? Couldn’t you have done it a little more nicely?

Harry’s role was already reduced to being stuck as the talking mascot for 99% of the movie so why you have to write him in a way that would get him bad rep?

Stupid Toei.

Violence against defenseless girls/shock factor - When Miden attacked an untransformed Hana and Nagisa, I really could not believe what I saw with my own two eyes.

I mean, it’s not unbelievable. It’s just that attacking the Cures in their civilian forms rarely ever happens. In fact, I can’t recall a time it ever happened???

So when it happened, I was like “WTF?!!!?!”

ARGH, I’m talking in circles.

But seeing the girls get physically hurt in a way where magic cannot protect or heal them from serious damage afterwards reminded me of when I watched Pocahontas for the first time in theaters. 

That moment when Kocoum got shot? Scared the shit outta me that I couldn’t go anywhere by myself for months. That was the first time I ever saw someone die on screen and it left a scar I could never forget.

So I don’t have to imagine how scary and upsetting it was for the babies when they saw their temporary guardians get blown off their feet right in front of them.

Yea, sure, nobody died here and it triggered Honoka getting her memories back but I’ll always be asking “Did they really have to take it that far?”

...good god, I don’t even want to think how many little kids cried in the theater when they saw this. I hope none of them did. I hope they’re all okay.

...I may be overreacting but I still hope they’re okay.

It’s finished. I’m done. Please don’t let me do this again.

*falls over dead* ◎☆（♯××）┘

[precurestyle]

[starrybacio]

I’m begging you TOEI, make Risa Uchida (Kairi, Xion) and Iku Nakahara (Naminé) join the Precure cast (better: one of the two is a Precure herself)

For the majority, I don’t have to mention the Kingdom Hearts cast. For the Precure ones however, I’ll list them in order:

Mr. Natsu /Natts (Yes! Precure 5 [GoGo])

Siren/ Eren Kurokawa/ Cure Beat (Suite Precure)

Kenji Ban/Ban-kun (Heartcatch Precure)

Baron Salamander (Heartcatch Precure)

Yuya Kaidou (HappinessCharge Precure)

Miden (HUGtto! Pretty Cure♡Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories)