Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro couldn't be more different. Nagisa is sporty and Honoka bookish, and while they attend the same school, they have very little in common - until one day, a shower of shooting stars brings two very unlikely visitors into their lives: Mipple and Mepple, refugees from the Garden of Light, which has been conquered by Darkness. Endowed with new and startling powers, Nagisa and Honoka become Cure Black and Cure White, magical defenders of the light - together, they are Pretty Cure.
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A far too in depth look at the most underrated anime of all time.
No seriously, hear me out this time.
If for some reason all your doing is coming to this review for a recommendation of whether or not you should watch Futari wa Precure, then yes. Go watch it. Right now. I don't even care if you think it looks like a stupid lighthearted magical girl anime (which it absolutely is). I can honestly say tā¦
While I wouldn't recommend it as your first Precure, the fantastic main duo makes this anime well worth a watch.
I'm not sure how much Toei had planned for Pretty Cure, but I really doubt that, at the time of this review, they expected it to be already close to start its 16th entry with Star Twinkle. In my way to watch all the franchise it finally came the time to tackle the original, which did a solid job buiā¦
The humble beginnings for anime's magical girl franchise
While looking back after watching the rest of the franchise, Futari wa has become my least favorite seasons of Precure. However that is more of a sign of how much later entries would improve upon its foundations. That being said, FW is still a good mahou shoujo considering it was enough to get me reā¦
This is more of a personal review as it's based off my own notes while watching
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Aesthetics:
I really enjoy the early 2000s art style of this season. The character designs have a lot of charm, and many of the outfits are genuinely cute. Cure Black's design is easily my favorite; it's simple but memorable and stands out.
Plot:
The story is a bit of a mixed bag. Therā¦