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Since we have reached the semi-mid final, I thought I could review the pre-Parfait arch of KiraKira ⭐ Pretty Cure A La Mode! I wanna remind you tho, I have only watched the first three episodes, and episode 9 – 22. The reason of that will be mentioned beneath.

Fairy La Reminder: Please remember that this Review contains Fairy-sama’s own opinion and could be differ from your own opinion. If it happens that you don’t agree with it, that’s alright, but no need to point it further out or make me feel bad for having a different opinion. Thanks in advance.

⭐ Let’s La Start! About the first three episodes; I totally loved the three episodes. I loved the way they introduced Ichika and the others. I also liked Ichika’s reaction on Pekorin even though I don’t remember much of it. In her debut, Ichika reminded me a lot of Love (aka my favorite Cure), which I totally loved. Her background, about missing her mother, made me tear up and it was a good episode in general. Talking about tearing up, Himari and Aoi’s debut also made me cry. Himari was and still is something you need to protect with all your strength. It’s so sad that I could relate to her on every way. She is my favorite Cure, which I’ve known even before the season officially started. Unfortunately, I don’t remember much about episode three… sorry Aoi :/ Now about the episodes 4 - 8. I don’t know, don’t get me wrong, but it would have been better if they introduced Akira and Yukari right away, instead of waiting an episode. Also, the villains, the fights, they were just meh until Julio appeared. And that’s where we start again. I didn’t return to the season because Himari is so cute, but because I liked Julio very much :’D And the episodes 9, 10 and 11, I came to watch them because they seemed interesting to me. This is how I usually watch Pretty Cure, by the way.

Let’s La Start ⭐ For Real! So, gonna sum up episode 12 to 22 with “I love you Pikario, let me hug you”. No, I don’t know why, but the episodes when Rio appeared, Pretty Cure got more intense again, even though they have no real combat. The Cures had awesome character based episodes. I didn’t quite like how they introduced Kuroki Rio tho. That’s a Toei problem, they always make it too obvious. I think it would be nice once, if not only the Cures, but also the audience was surprised about someone’s true identity. Every episode of that arc was a master piece, starting with Himari. She finally got her chance to tell others about what she loves so much and I’m proud at the little girl. Be strong little squirrel. It’s not easy to overcome your shyness, and Himari is doing a good job on supporting the kids out there to try their best, in my opinion.

Aoi’s episode was really a surprise, especially the beginning. I don’t know if I was surprised, shocked or amused by Mizushima’s appearance. However, I’d never imagine Aoi to be a rich girl. It’s such a difference, I should have seen that coming to be honest. However, I liked how she convinced Mizushima to accept her way of living. Sassy Aoi all the way. Yet, the best episode was Akira’s. Not only is her sister the cutest, but how intense Chocolat got, as Julio attacked Miku. L-O-V-E We need more sibling relationships like that in Pretty Cure. And of course, when we’re talking about sass, we gotta mention the queen of sass, Yukari. The way she played Julio was priceless. Perfect and priceless. Along with her “nya” during her attack. Gotta admit that I got a little sick of Ichika during Aoi’s episode tho. It’s not because she took the screen time, but because she did that determined pinky speech, that I hate so much. No seriously, Megumi does that, Mirai does that, Tsubomi does that, I may never stand that. It’s okay for the pinky one to be the glue to hold the team together, but… Toei… can’t they be a little more individual? At some point, all pinkies are the same. And that’s what I’m sick of.

Talking about pinky! Here comes Goddess Whip’s episode, even though I didn’t consider her as goddess Whip back then. Even though it was Ichika’s Kirakiraru that have been stolen, I felt bad for Julio. Back then, we didn’t know his troubles, so he left the group AND ME behind in worries. I was more worried about him than Ichika. Something’s wrong with me. I also got a little upset that Bibury replaced him, especially as I thought she was less powerful than Julio for some reason. But I love that she’s using her stuffed toy to attack. Makes her cute, even though she can be considered quite scary.

Parfait! As Ciel appeared, I got obsessed with saying “parfait” instead of perfect and used it a lot, because it sounds so good and is not as overused as “perfect”. I had no opinions about Ciel herself when she was revealed. Everyone else thought she’d be a Regina 2.0 but… why? Just because she seems to have confidence? That’s like saying Elza is a monster for having trust in herself and her (idol) powers. I found her arc Ciel appears, Ciel is Kirarin a little boring tho, because it was all about Ciel and Ichika. Ichika there, Ciel’s better. During that episodes I sure missed the other four, like for reeeaaal. Yet, I didn’t hate the episodes, Ciel is a great character. Next! Is Kirarin. Her secret was no surprise (like Rio’s), but I LOVED the episode where her secret was revealed. I totally loved it. I saw nothing bad about it (besides of the lack of Aoi-Hima-Yuka-Akira-Screen time). The celebration was cute, the fairies were cute, Ichika’s reaction to them was even cuter. I never knew an umbrella can shoot fireworks tho. Luckily they do in KiraKira! Else, Ciel wouldn’t have reached the Strawberry Mountain and the Cures wouldn’t have learned about Kirarin. Parfait! Was Kirarin’s reaction on Ichika being Pretty Cure too. Priceless. The fight was alright, Ciel went to support them but else, it was normal for KiraKira.

HOWEVER, Noir-sama first appeared in that episode and He is an actual joke. He’s not scary at all. Julio was scarier in that episode. Noir has repaired Julio’s wand and Julio returned to get rid of the Cures for real. That’s where the episode ended. Episode 21 is my favorite episode of the whole season yet! For episode two, the episode was gold, but the end was less good, to say it nicely. Kirarin recognized Julio as her brother Pikario and I gotta admit, their past in Paris is more than cute. To sum it up, while Kirarin got better and closer to their dream (which is becoming Pretty Cures), Pikario was still stuck at the same space, unable to reach his sister. In the end, Kirarin couldn’t respond to Pikario’s attempt to get her appreciation and that’s what led Pikario into despair. Pikario then has been “saved” by Noir-sama, as Julio claimed. The bad thing about that episode was that Julio was saved by Ichika aka Goddess Whip and not Parfait. And that’s what ruined the end for me. I mean, I’m happy that Pikario is normal again BUT… why Ichika again? Just because she is pink? Why was she the only one to hear Julio’s true feelings? Stupid pink hair! Like, yes she is a legendary Pretty Cure, but so are the other four!

* coughs* Well, that’s where the review ends and… if this review seems strange to you, I’m not used to making review, so hehe…

Hope you enjoyed reading  