Introduction
During the summer festival five years ago, two girls met at a mysterious tree and saw two glowing spheres. Now, these two girls--Saki Hyuuga, ace pitcher on the school softball team; and Mai Mishou, who prefers sketching over stargazing--are chosen by the spirits of flowers (Flappy) and birds (Choppy) to restore the Seven Fountains and save their worlds from Dark Autumn. Together, they are the NEW Pretty Cure.
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
7 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
DigiCat
The 2nd generation of PreCure is a solid entry in the franchise
Similar enough to the OG that is has a sense of familiarity, but also different enough that it brings some novelty to the series
The dynamic between the PreCure is a very sweet one, with Mai and Saki being more similar in personality to eachother than Nagisa and Honoka were, it brings a fresh and more chill perspective on the power of friendship trope that's seen in many mahou shoujo and battle shounen
I'd say the one downfall of Splash Star is some of the villains are quite weak writing-wise, but the second half of the show brings on villains with a lot more depth to them, from codependant relationships with their leader, to breaking the pure evil black and white mold, and mastermind puppeteers in the shadows, this season d…
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People often judge this series without watching it and believe that it was just a copy and pasted Futari Wa. I strongly disagree. This cast is one of the best. Mai and Saki, at first glance, seem like Nagisa and Honoka but there are key differences. The tone of this installment is much lighter with villains more often used for comedic relief. Mai and Saki are also more optimistic and much faster friends compared to their predecessors.
The side cast were also more memorable. Kenta with his comedy and his family. Hitomi and Yuuko who were similarly high energy like Saki.
I also found Minori much more tolerable compared to Ryouta
The villains were funny and their designs were so unique and fun. The twist with Akudaikan and Gohyaan was out of nowhere and very interesting.
Finally, Michi…
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I started watching Precure in its release order, avoiding the trouble of looking in thousands of threads to see which entry is the best one to start the series with. Thus, Splash Star is my second dive (third, if you count Max Heart separately) in this huge sea that I still have left to explore.
First of all, I’ve read some people pointing out the similarities between the OG Futari wa and Splash Star. At first sight, it may seem impossible not to look at the two Splash Star protagonists and see our old friends Nagisa and Honoka, but as the episodes progressed different dynamics can be seen between them that distinguish this instalment from its predecessor. With that said, I’ll try not to remark on any parallelism between both of them (even though I couldn’t stop doing comparisons between t…
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Let's take another look at Toei's PreCure franchise. So far, I've looked at Futari wa, Max Heart & Doki Doki. This time around, let's talk about Splash Star. The third instalment of the franchise that ran from '06 to '07. How well does it hold up compared to the other instalments we've looked at? Let's take a look.
Story:
Young Mai is moving back to a city she used to live in. While exploring, she encounters a familiar looking girl, Saki, underneath the sky tree. The two encounter a pair of faeries, Flappy & Choppy, who remind them that they briefly encountered each other beneath that same tree five years ago. A brief instant that was so formative for the pair that it apparently caused their fates to intertwine because PreCure has never been subtle with its massive amounts of subtext. T…
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Now I’d read lots of praise about this Precure series, but for me it really didn't live up to it.
tl;dr: Episodes without Kaoru and Michiru = average. Episodes with Kaoru and Michiru = good.
I found the story was too slow paced with little happening and not interesting enough. Apart from Kaoru and Michiru of course, their part of the story was the best. Unfortunately it doesn't focus on them all of the time. Precure stories aren't the fastest pasted in anime, but this series seemed especially slow and dull compared to others. The main story itself is generic - a big bad guy with various minions trying to destroy the universe/worlds. There's only one plot twist right at the end. I feel other Precure series handled this better, especially Fresh.
I also felt like there was too much filler w…
Read at the sourceFirechick12012
My first Pretty Cure series was Heartcatch Precure. I did see the first episode of the first series, Futari wa Pretty Cure way long ago, but I never went beyond it, partly because of other things, and partly because one mascot's voice was so grating and annoying I just couldn't stand it. But after I finished Heartcatch Precure thanks to a fellow blogger's praising it up the wazoo, I later watched the first 5 episodes of Smile, but I had to put it on hold due to other real life obligations. Then I found Splash Star on TVTropes and apparently people used to outright hate it back when it aired but now its held with higher regard. Out of curiosity and boredom after watching too much Pokemon and Sword Art Online, I decided to check it out. As of now, it is the second Pretty Cure series I have e…
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"The shining golden flower, Cure Bloom!"
"The sparkling silver wing, Cure Egret!"
"We are Pretty Cure!"
Pretty Cure has become a monster of a franchise with multiple different seasons and continuities, and that's not even counting the movies. Splash Star is the first of those alternate continuities, and in my opinion the best. I will try to make this review as spoiler free as possible, but still be wary. This is an updated version of the review.
Right from the beginning the first thing that anyone would notice about Splash Star is that it looks similar to it's predecessor. The general plot outline and even the main characters look similar, Saki and Mai even fill out the same archetypes of their older sisters Nagisa and Honoka respectively. And this is possibly a big flaw of Splash Star's…
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