#CosmoShining: My Top 5 Yuni/Cure Cosmo Moments

Before anything else, I wanna greet a very belated happy birthday to one of the remaining two second generation kenkyuusei/trainees of MNL48 that's Nile Casitas! I wish all the best for her and good luck to her expanded idol journey, especially the upcoming third general elections this October!

Aye yo what's up, everyone?! Yona once again and welcome to the final week of The Road to Cure Earth Watchalongs which just ended yesterday, and we are down to the most recent mid-season Cure and the very first in Japan's Reiwa era that's Yuni aka Cure Cosmo from Star☆Twinkle PreCure.

Yuni isn't only the second alien Cure after her teammate Lala Hagoromo/Cure Milky (who celebrated her birthday last Tuesday), but also she's among the firsts in the franchise that has various traits: to have several aliases or fursonas, to haven't had a surname, to not a transfer student like some mid-season Cures, to have an animalistic human form and to use an alternate persona to infiltrate an evil organization. In fact, Cosmo is the second blue Cure to do shape-shifting and appear mid-season after Siren/Ellen Kurokawa/Cure Beat from Suite.

And as always, here are my top 5 Cosmo moments!

5. Galaxy idol

Her first official debut as the galaxy idol Mao, a very good start for Yuni and I was quite curious about who she was at first. But nevertheless, she quickly captured everybody's hearts including Prunce and her song "Cosmic☆Mystery☆Girl" was really catchy and cute.

4. The chase is on... In space!

Episode 36 of the season saw Blue Cat's return and this time to retrieve an ore of Planet Rainbow from Don Octo that stole it from our space cat in another faraway planet Zeni. More than that, I like how aggressive Mary Ann was as a detective and she was a rival of sorts to Yuni in terms of both principles about justice and being opposites, yet instead that the two would work together to get of those space mafias in an out-of-this-world chase.

3. A stray cat and a space cyclopean gal

Yuni's relationship with Aiwarn was totally complicated and strained when the latter learned about the former's disguise as the butler Bakenyan, and we also learned that the space cyclopean was the responsible for turning the Planet Rainbow inhabitants into stone in the past. But their ultimate reconciliation and forgiveness signaled a whole new beginning for the both of them as we saw them finally making terms in the finale.

2. A spectroscopic maiden debut

When Yuni received a fifth Star Color Pendant and Pen from Fuwa, she transformed into Cure Cosmo and we saw how she fought against the Notraiders with ease. But also, I felt a little concern about what the future held for our space feline afterwards especially she had no place to go.

1. A quite huge adjustments on the blue planet

Normally, most mid-season Cures took some adjustments while they temporarily lived on Earth, and Yuni wasn't an exception for that except the moment when she finally embraced true friendship thanks to Hikaru and the gang, something that she had never felt in any of her fursonas. Moreover, she had a wonderful bond with Earth cats and tendencies to catch a fish due to her catlike features.

That concludes my top 5 Cosmo moments and also my special blogs on this watcahlong! What are your favorite moments from her? Comment here below, on my FB page or my Twitter @goddessyk13.

#TwinLove: My Top 5 Emiru Aisaki/Cure Macherie and Ruru Amour/Cure Amour Moments!

Aye yo what's up, guys?! Yona here once again and welcome to the last two weeks of The Road to Cure Earth Watchalongs and also, welcome to the second half of 2020 yeet~! Well, as we all know that Healin' Good PreCure had just resumed last Sunday and the best thing for our mates in the Americas and Oceania, the season will be streamed on Crunchyroll! Plus, the recent scans and text translations (shout out to Cure Wiki's Bikki for the latter) regarding Cure Earth's debut make me sooooo freaking excited for her even more and also, the plot twist is very surprising aye?! Well, that would be on my next post.

Before we're moving on, let's finish these last two pre-watchalong special posts as we travel back to 2018 aka the so advanced 15th anniversary of the PreCure series and we have not one, but two mid-season Cures debuting in the same episode! I'm talking about Emiru Aisaki and Ruru Amour aka Cures Macherie and Amour from Hugtto! PreCure.

Emiru is the third grade schooler that became a Cure after Ako Shirabe/Cure Muse from Suite and Aguri Madoka/Cure Ace from Doki Doki!, the very first to do so from planet Earth, and the third mid-season Cure from the blue planet after Itsuki Myoudouin/Cure Sunshine from Heart Catch! and Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune from Happiness Charge!

Meanwhile, Ruru is the fourth redeemed Cure after Setsuna Higashi/Cure Passion from Fresh!, Ellen Kurokawa/Cure Beat from Suite and Towa Akagi/Cure Scarlet from Go! Princess, and the very first robotic Cure heroine, in which the latter part has a quite nice call back and tribute to two of the Cure series' classic spiritual mahou shoujo predecessors, Toei Animation's Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan and Cutie Honey.

As always in the past pre-watchalong proper posts, here are my top 5 Macherie and Amour moments!

5. Same misunderstanding, different case

Episode 22 with Cures Black and White as special guests, and it quickly reminded me much of episode 8 of Futari wa having the same software with Emiru and Ruru yet with different cases, and that it's okay to be misunderstood at each other and that makes them stronger even more.

4. Concert in the pool

When Hana was on a blink of crippling depression due to George Kurai, our cutie idols came to the rescue for a mini concert for everyone, and to snapped our cheering leader out of her senses and fought back harder.

3. Friendship never ends

Episode 19 was another wonderful moment from these two and when Emiru learned about Ruru being an android, by in which the latter said that someone like her couldn't be a Cure. However, the two decided to be heroines together then we had a first hear on "Friends With You" as the ending for that episode.

2. A twinning maiden debut full of love

Speaking of which, Macherie and Amour's maiden debut was soooo lit and also we had got a first hear of their signature character song which quite reminded me of the fighting BGMs in Symphogear though. Also, I like how Mother Heart splitting the last PreHeart into two all thanks to their wishing of becoming Cures together with a brilliant miracle and it was amazing to see that way.

1. An emotionally timey wimey reunion

The season finale episode got me a lot of feels and the epilogue was all going wibbly wobbly timey wimey since the future had changed 12 years later! That aside, the grown-up Emiru got an emotional reunion with a little Ruru, though the latter hadn't have any memories of them which made me so sad. Anyway, I got emotionally brink up when they sang "Friends With You" again together and it was so touchable to watch at least.

That concludes my top 5 Macherie and Amour moments! What are your favorite moments from them? Comment here, on FB page or on my Twitter @goddessyk13.

#FeliceFunFunFlowerle: My Top 5 Ha-chan/Kotoha Hanami/Cure Felice Moments

Before anything else, I'd like to greet a very happy birthday to the brilliant Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor! My wish for her is to have good health to her and her fam, a wonderful continuous career and always stay classy, and wishing to have her in Doctor Who for many years to come.

Anyway, welcome to another edition of The Road to Cure Earth Watchalongs and this time we're covering and relieving the amazing sprouted debut of Ha-chan/Kotoha Hanami aka Cure Felice from Mahou Tsukai PreCure! Kotoha isn't only the third baby mascot after Chiffon from Fresh! and Ai from Doki Doki!, and followed by Hugtan from Hugtto!, but also the second Cure heroine who is a part of a divine-like entity after Hikari Kujou/Shiny Luminous from Max Heart, due to being inherited from Mother Rapapa.

As always before the watchalong party, here are my top 5 Felice moments!

5. Returning to the Fairy Village with a oh-so shocking reveal

The gang returned to the Fairy Village with a redeemed Chikurun and met Queen Legend when the latter learned and revealed to them about Kotoha being the one who inherited Rapapa's powers, which made me shock and surprise.

4. Being mischief can lead to being independent

Ha-chan may be mischievous, curious and clumsy at times, but I really like how she manage to do things all by herself and serves as a stepping stone to become independent instead of relying everything to Mirai, Riko and Mofurun.

3. The ultimate sacrifice and sudden reignition

The final fight vs Dokuroxy may be slightly intense but this leads Ha-chan to give her all to defeat him and make a big sacrifice. All of the sudden that she's actually growing up as a human, much like Milk/Kurumi Mimino/Milky Rose but slightly different, and rescues Miracle and Magical from the impending doom by suddenly becoming the PreCure of Happiness, Cure Felice.

2. Ha-chan is born!

Loving the moment when Ha-chan was born from one of the Magic Library's corners which later becoming the Linkle Smartbook and I had to admit, I loved her already and her adorable appearance whether in any form.

1. A miraculous, magical and felice reunion

I almost cried when the magic fam got separated following Deusmast's demise in the second-to-the-last episode of the season, like seriously almost crying while watching the grown-up Mirai crying and playing "Futatsu Negai" (the insert song for the Mahou Tsukai! movie) at the background. But fortunately with the power of miracles, she, Riko and Kotoha were reunited finally with Mofurun coming back to life, which made me hit in the chest with joy.

That's for my top 5 Felice moments! What are your favorite moments from her? Comment here, on my FB page or my Twitter @goddessyk13.

#PhoenixBlaze: My Top 5 Towa Akagi/Cure Scarlet Moments

Gokigenyou! Before anything else, I'd like to greet a very happy birthday to Saaya Yakushiji aka Cure Ange from Hugtto! PreCure! How we are still missing our angel so much but yep, we still love and adore her, so here's another year full of endless hugs to Saaya.

Anyway, welcome to another edition of The Road to Cure Earth Watchalongs and this week, we're relieving the blazing and scorching debut of Towa Akagi aka Cure Scarlet from Go! Princess. Towachi is the third redeemed heroine in the Cure series after Setsuna Higashi/Cure Passion from Fresh! and Ellen Kurokawa/Cure Beat from Suite. She is followed by Ruru Amour/Cure Amour from Hugtto!, who debuted alongside Emiru Aisaki/Cure Macherie.

Without further ado before the watchalong proper, here are my top 5 Scarlet moments!

5. Hydrophobia strikes

Towachi is basically having hydrophobia, or the fear of any body of water especially the ocean, as revealed in the beach episode, which is ironically fitting considered her powers as a Cure.

4. Emotional reunion with an amnesiac Kanata

One of the episodes that hits me so hard emotionally from the season when the gang finally reunited with Kanata, who actually and really survives Dys Dark's wrath, but has amnesia which makes our blazing Towachi sadden so much.

3. Her first debut as the Black Princess

I was struck about Twilight's debut in awe yet somebody told me that she was gonna be a Cure one day. Anyways, very majestic but nerve chilling one and I like how she matches her Black Keys with the Princess Cures' Dress Up Keys, plus her staff is too amazing coz of its design and her melancholic violin tune for me might be used in funerals.

2. Saving Mochizuki-sensei

I love how Scarlet now utilizes about teamwork and fixing mistakes, and uses Mochizuki-sensei's words as a better trigger to save the principal from despair, something which is a return of the favor, with the power of dreams. Later on, she was enrolled in Noble Academy and goes with the surname Akagi which means "red castle" or "red dragon" at the end of the episode, in which made a surprise about Mochizuki-sensei's truth.

1. A scorching hot debut as the fourth Princess Cure

One of the most wonderful mid-season Cure debuts in the franchise, Scarlet's is basically not exempted in that! Her violin duet with Flora is so beautiful, and I like how she bravely faces Dyspear and replies back that she's not Twilight anymore before dragging into despair once more. However, her renewed dream of becoming a Grand Princess and resolution on committing her sins lead to becoming a Cure. Her entrance is so, so hot yet amazing and I love how the Scarlet Violin was born from her lovable bond with Kanata. Scarlet also vows to bringing back her brother in front of her new teammates.

That concludes my top 5 moments featuring Scarlet! What are your favorite moments from her? Comment here, on my FB page or on my Twitter @goddessyk13.

The Ultimate Past Mid-Season Pretty Cures Watchalong: Overture of Friendship Presents... The Melody of Truth ~First Stanza~

Here's part one of the Cure Muse watchalong audio story. Enjoy! 😃💛

[SYNOPSIS]

Ako has always wanted to tell Souta everything about her second life as a PreCure and as a princess, but fear keeps her from doing so. Now with her birthday coming up, Ako wants to tell him, ignoring her fears. How will the other Cures react? How will her family react? More importantly, how will he react?

[STAFF]

Written by Akari Stella (based on the same title on FanFiction.net)

Read by Jossa G. Manalili

Characters designed by Akira Takahashi

Covers and audios edited by Jossa G. Manalili

Music by Yasuharu Takanashi, Enya, and Nicky and Roma Ryan

OP and ED themes performed by Mayu Kudo and Aya Ikeda

Insert songs, "Orinoco Flow" and "Only Time," performed by Enya

Music produced by Marvelous, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music

#OvertureOfFriendship #SuitePrettyCure #PrettyCure #PreCure #CureMuse #AkoShirabe #Lockdown #Watchalong

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