Nozomi says "8 Pretty Cure," so she's including Milky Rose among them, who technically isn't a Pretty Cure, right in front of Michiru and Kaoru, which man, feels so disrespectful to them lmao. 💀 Granted, she obviously isn't aware of their past history and all, but still...

Adult Precure is coming!!! And the Girls are DRINKING!!! 🥂🍷🍻🍹🥃

happy bday mullet queen

GO by "Smiling is Victory!"

A redraw of an old screenshot redraw (lol).

Here's the old one and the original screenshot

Happy Cure Bloom day!

THEY'RE BACKK!!

Also the end omg-😭

#4 Cure Bloom/Saki Hyuuga and #5 Cure Egret/Mai Mishou

babe wake up, new splash star official art just dropped

sakimai makes me so ill. so so ill. so ill. ph my god. cries dies flies dies falls to the floor dies agaim

I've been thinking about how in Otona Pretty Cure, one of the main and obvious takeaways is that the events of Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star, Yes! Pretty Cure 5, and Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! all occurred within the same universe.

That's not exactly a new revelation, especially since the Pretty Cure All Stars films exist, but in those cases, it seemed to be more of a non-canon affair; that is, not directly tied to the events of the TV anime.

But I also think that, back in the original Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and its sequel, they made slight hints that it took place in the same universe as Splash Star. Whether or not this was intentional for OtonaPre is up in the air, but I still think it's neat.

In the 28th episode of the original Yes! Pretty Cure 5, Komachi and Karen are checking a phonebook to see if there are any locations that can provide ice for their confectionaries. When the anime shows a page of that phonebook, if you read the Japanese text carefully, you'll see that several of the locations are named "Yuunagi" (夕凪).

If you recall from Splash Star, "Yuunagi" is the name of the town that Saki and Mai live in (and also the last name of Tsubasa Yuunagi, Cure Wing).

Karen also mentions that they've been checking locations that are "farther away," and since their goal is to try and get ice, we can assume this means Yuunagi is within a semi-reasonable driving distance from wherever Yes! Pretty Cure 5 takes place.

Now, by itself, this may not mean much, perhaps Yuunagi is the name of another unrelated place. To counter that, I'd like to go back to the phonebook picture. In the address lines for each location listed, the address is written as "Unabara-shi Yuunagi" (海原市夕凪), or rather, "Unabara (Deep Sea) City — Yuunagi."

Unabara City is also a location referenced in Splash Star. Yuunagi is basically like a town within the sector that Unabara encompasses. Unabara is written on signs in the actual anime, referenced to in official material like the website and print stuff like the Memory Book, and was spoken out loud at least once to my knowledge, in the Splash Star film. The Yuunagi mentioned in the phonebook is the same Yuunagi that Saki and Mai lived in.

Another small piece of evidence is that, in the 36th episode of Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!, when the girls get invited onto a game show, we see students from different schools competing, and in one shot, we see girls wear school uniforms that look very similar to the ones Saki and Mai wore while attending Yuunagi Junior High.

So in short, I believe that it has always been referenced since the original Yes! Pretty Cure 5 that it took place in the same universe as Splash Star, and this is what OtonaPre was built on.

Perfect form!

Most Legendary Face in all of Precure

CURE BRIGHT AND CURE WINDY from SPLASH STAR are the winners of the Green and Purple Bracket!

Congratulations to the girls for finally winning a competition!

Bowie, you'll get them next time!

Shoutout to our runners-up, Twyla and Ferb!

(there was a lot of controversy, if you want a good time scroll through the notes of the final poll)

That one Mishou family scene from Splash Star episode 4.

ID: a five panel comic featuring Mishou Mai and her family from Futari wa Precure Splash Star. Panel 1. Mai has her hand on her chin and asks, "What does 'the scenery of spring' mean to you? I need inspiration for an art contest...." Panels 2 - 4 all have Mai's family members, smiling excitedly. Panel 2. Mai's brother Kazuya has his eyes closed and a hand on his chest. He says "Frogspawn (heart and sparkles effects)" and "it's very emotional for me." A small frog and some frog eggs decorate the speech bubble. Panel 3. Mai's mother has one finger up. She says "Well, people would go into the mountains to search for tree buds & edible plants during spring!", and the speech bubble has a flower bud decoration. Outside the speech bubble, she adds, "It has been done since time immemorial" and "did u know they're very nutritious?" with lines suggesting them as part of a longer ramble. Panel 4. Mai's father says "Oh, the Lynx! Also Leo, Hydra, Centaurus, Corvus, Virgo, Bootes...." Around him are sparkles and constellation effects. Panel 5. Mai is in front of a dark background, staring with a tired, concerned expression. Her speech bubble only contains "..." to denote her stunned silence. End ID.

decided that just sharing these as screencaps wasn't enough so here's gifs of the water