Wonderful Precure Episode 1 Review - Very Wonderful

My review of the new Precure show is finally here! Thanks to Hirogaru Sky, I find the franchise quite entertaining! I can’t wait to see what this show has to offer as it has a different feel to its predecessor!

While Hirogaru Sky was a more high-stakes, fantasy/storybook type of story with princesses, knights and nefarious villains, Wonderful Precure feels more light-hearted as it seems to have low stakes. I don’t think it’s necessarily bad. Pokemon had its fair share of light-hearted anime series and so does Yugioh; I’m a fan of both franchises, so I know what it’s like to enjoy the mature, darker aspects and the light-hearted ones because both are precious. Remember that the target audience for Precure are little kids.

I love the animal themed premise of Wonderful Precure. It seems that everyone in Animal Town have animal companions and live harmoniously with them. Even the major characters have pets. Iroha Inukai owns a Papillon dog named Komugi. Mayu Nekoyashiki owns a cat named Yuki. Satoru Toyama owns a rabbit named Daifuku. There’s also the classic “other world” that Precure often has that is filled with animals too. The GaruGaru, the episodic villains, all seem to be possessed animals in a way.

The fight scene with the GaruGaru doesn’t seem to be as intense as its predecessor as Komugi doesn’t really do kicks and punches and prefers to use barriers and hugs to purify the enemy. Will this change? I mean, I don’t mind the hugs, but not all animals would be susceptible to them in the future if one were to make assumptions. 

The transformation scene is actually super short. I do like that Komugi moves around a lot in a short sequence. Not all transformation have to be minute long segments that is basically rinse or repeat. This sort of reminds me of the evolution scenes in Digimon Ghost Game where it’s not an entire segment, but a short, brief one that has good animation nonetheless. Given how choppy and messy some transformation scenes in Hirogaru Sky were (I’m looking at you, Majesty and Prism), sometimes, it’s best to keep it short and simple.

The series introduces its first animal Precure as Komugi is granted the power to become a Precure in order to protect her owner Iroha (note that while Tsubasa from Hirogaru Sky is technically a bird who can transform into a boy, he’s more of a bird fairy as he’s a fictional bird race and not an actual animal). As a dog, Komugi has typical dog traits from being a menace to their owners when its time to wake them up to having separation anxiety when apart. In Komugi’s case, her separation anxiety is very bad. She gets upset when Iroha leaves for school and even wishes to become human just so she can spend more time with her. As a Precure and a human, Komugi’s dog traits are still present as she says to the GaruGaru that being bad won’t get you treats and thinking running off means racing. She also speaks childishly given that dogs have the intelligence of a two-year-old, so it makes sense that her words and dialogue are a bit choppy. Since this episode mainly showed Komugi as a dog with crippling separation anxiety, I do wonder if her character arc is about overcoming it. Now, it pegs the question of whether Komugi will lose her Precure/human form towards the end of the series because the Mirror Stone/Wonderful Pact is the reason she is able to transform and become human. Losing it means she reverts back to her dog form, most likely. Given how light-hearted this show seems to be, I can’t help wonder how the depressing moments will come in when the time comes? Props to Toei for using a rather obscure dog breed as the main dog. I don’t think I’ve seen media where a Papillon dog is used as a mascot or as a character in a story. I’m not too familiar with Maria Naganawa as a voice actress, but her voice is super cute. It fits Komugi’s childish and cute nature perfectly; it makes her sound like a kid, which makes sense given dogs behave like children at times.

Iroha is actually a lot different from what I expected of her. I didn’t expect that she���d be so outgoing and polite at the same time. I like that! She greets all the animals she sees but is still able to be a conversation starter as she was the one who went up to talk to Satoru without second thoughts. I do like that she has a strong sense of justice as she wanted to protect the boy and his St. Bernard dog by diverting the GaruGaru’s attention towards her; she also plays volleyball. She also seems to be a bit astute as she quickly realized that the girl standing in front of her is Komugi and that the whole situation became too wonderful for her, as she did wish to be able to talk to animals when she was younger. Oh boy, Iroha is gonna have A LOT of explaining to do with her parents regarding this newly bizarre scenario. Iroha is voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki. I’m quite familiar with the name as she voiced a lot of mainstream anime characters like Anya Forger from Spy x Family and Frieren from Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. I think Tanezaki is extremely talented as I cannot hear Anya or Frieren in Iroha. 

Satoru and Mayu make small appearances, but their personality is shown a lot. Satoru is a bit reserved, but likes to learn. He’s very interested in learning about the origins and background of the Mirror Stone as it’s called the Mirror Stone, but people’s reflections aren’t shown. He’s also the type that seems to get flustered easily as Iroha tells him that she hopes they’re in the same class together. It makes me wonder if they’ve been friends since elementary school. I’m also curious about Daifuku; that bunny is adorable with its basket and lop-ears. Also, I didn’t expect Takuma Terashima to be his voice actor. If you’re not too familiar with voice actors, Terashima is known for being the voice actor of Mahiru Shirota from Servamp and Shiki from Edens Zero. He’s married to Satomi Satou who voiced Tsubasa’s mother in Hirogaru Sky. In terms of magical girl shows, he’s been on one before this, as he was Gero Akoya from Boueibu (a Magical boy show that parodies usual Magical girl genre). Given that his voice actor is quite reputable, it makes me wonder if he’ll continue the trend of having male Precures. I do wonder who Daifuku’s voice actor is and what gender the bunny rabbit is because Iroha used “-chan” which COULD mean the rabbit is female, but it’s mainly used for pets regarding of gender.

Mayu reminds me a bit of Kokone from Delicious Party Precure with her shy personality, but they’re a bit different. Kokone doesn’t really mind being alone or not having people talk to her while Mayu is a nervous wreck around people. Her cat Yuki’s smug expressions are HILARIOUS! I can see why she’s being memed on social media. Mayu is voiced by Reina Ueda, who’s a rising star as of now. I know her as Kanao from Demon Slayer and Miyo from My Happy Marriage (an excellent show if you like supernatural romantasy). Given that Precure characters are expressive, I can’t wait to see Ueda’s range when it comes to voicing Mayu as it does fall into her usual reserved character tropes, but the first episode alone also disproves it. Yuki, the cat, is voiced by Satsumi Matsuda, who voiced Beryberie in Hirogaru Sky. It’s cool that they get voice actors who voiced characters in past shows in this one.

Iroha’s parents seem intriguing too. Yoko, Iroha’s mother, is A BABE. Holy heck, she is beautiful. I’m a woman and I find her dazzling. I do feel bad for her as Komugi doesn’t seem to like her as much as Iroha or her husband. Speaking of Iroha’s dad, he is JACKED! Wow, I guess Iroha’s athletic sense comes from him. It’s cute to see him in a frilly apron and cooking. Komugi does seem to like him a bit more than Yoko as he gives her food; dogs always obey those who give them food (I would know because my dogs follow my mom around thinking she’ll give them snacks or table scraps when they’re mainly loyal to me).

I’m curious to see what this show has to offer as it is a new Precure show. Will it be cute? Will it be depressing? Will I be able to see cute animals? What I am seeing so far is good, so I can’t wait to see more. What are your thoughts on the premiere?

Let's talk about Iroha's daddy, the third star of WanPre's 1st episode for rocking this apron while cooking for his daughter & doggo!! 🥹

Iroha has 2 moms even though the show pretends it's a straight couple

'PEAK DADDY' IS BACK Y'ALL!

I don’t think a lot of people realise that assassination of a public figure, where said public figure is then turned on by the public, is not something that has only happened to Abe in Japan

Hara Takashi was assassinated in 1921 by an ultranationalist youth who disliked Takashi’s attempts to prevent militarism from rising in power

Hamaguchi Osachi was wounded in the exact same train station nine years later in 1930 for exactly the same reasons, dying a couple years later of complications, with major nationalist support for his death

Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated by eleven junior Japanese navy officers in 1932, ending Japanese democracy with a gunshot, cementing firmly the rise of militarism to grip control of Japan’s government. The perpetrators had popular support - tens of thousands of letters were written begging for their punishment to be lenient, and so it was

Former Prime Ministers Saito Makoto and Takahashi Korekiyo were killed in 1936 when the military firmly seized power, with the current PM, Okada Keisuke, only surviving because his brother got killed instead. This time the public was profoundly hostile, and so the coup failed (but gained incredible political power anyway)

after that people figured out assassinating political leaders wasn’t really working, so they stopped

there is, of course, socialist leader Inejirō Asanuma, assassinated live on television in 1960 with a sword, which directly led to the socialist party’s decline

and now Abe got got by the macgyverest of guns

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1932 –May 15 incident

In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.

Wonderful Precure Episode 9 Review - The Dog Goes To School

Komugi going to school was every bit of chaotic as I expected it to be. Since she spent most of her life as a dog and very little as a human, it’s obvious that her animal habits and instincts will dominate her human ones. Iroha legit felt as if she aged ten years due to all of her shenanigans.

How was Komugi able to register for school? Mey Mey got it all solved. He used the power of the Niko Diamond to help her get into school, but how the process went is never explained because Iroha and Komugi stopped paying attention to him. This running joke is starting to get a bit old. It only makes Iroha and Komugi seem a bit disrespectful and Mey Mey a stick in the mud. Hopefully, Mey Mey will find a way to shorten his speeches in a way that they can understand without diverting away.

Komugi transfers to school as Iroha’s cousin, so this is where she uses the Inukai surname as it’s necessary to have one. She reverts back into a dog when she’s tired, so she needs to be extra careful on where she needs to sleep or she’ll be exposed. I do wonder what will happen to parent/teacher meetings. What if the homeroom teacher question Yoko or Tsuyoshi about Komugi and they’re like “What about our dog?”, not knowing that the dog can turn into a person and is going to school as a human. Will Mey Mey go to school as her guardian or something? How will Komugi deal with school subjects too? Like what Iroha warned, if she fails school, she’ll get expelled and she cannot come to school anymore. Komugi never learned anything school-related, so how will she improve academically? If she is able to pass school, she’d be one intelligent dog.

She also gets a rival in a boy named Sho Ikari who is a passionate soccer athlete who never gets his goals through as Komugi finds a surprising talent in goalkeeping and catches all of his goals.The way Ikari and Komugi have a one-sided rivalry is hilarious. Ikari means anger in Japanese, so it makes sense why he’s constantly angry. I do like that he doesn’t look down on Komugi for being a girl. He finds her challenging to overcome, hence a formation of a rivalry. Though, the fact that he has zero sense of danger when balancing the GaruGaru egg on his head surprised me. I’d avoid putting a strange round object on my head.

The GaruGaru segment was…interesting. It was funny how the Precures were gushing over the duck swimming in the lake and then suddenly used Water Gun on them as if it was making them alert of how dangerous it is. It’s nice to implement the goalkeeping part of Komugi’s experience to catch and purify it. The duck just reminded me of Ducklett or Quaxly due to it spitting out water.

I can’t wait to see Komugi on the path to becoming the smartest dog in animated media. Next week’s episode will focus on Yuki and Mayu, so I can’t wait! What are your thoughts on the episode?

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‘To better situate the life of Inukai, let us first start with the year 1932, a turning point in world history. In the United States, despite major opposition from the Wall Street faction inside the Democratic Party, Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidential election, paving the way for a “New Deal” in America. Here was a light at the end of a long tunnel. At the same time, though unbeknownst to many, a similar situation existed on the other side of the Pacific: In Japan, Tsuyoshi Inukai, a student of the American System economist Henry C. Carey, won the prime ministership in the early Spring of 1932. His policy for the new administration was centered on two key issues: first, ending the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and, second, launching an economic recovery based on a federal industrialization program not unlike FDR’s New Deal. With Inukai in office, a potential existed for Japan to turn itself away from fascism, and, instead, rebuild its economy in the aftermath of the global depression. What would have been the course of world history if New Deal policies had been implemented on both sides of the Pacific?

On May 15, 1932, merely two months into his term in office, Inukai was assassinated by a dozen Japanese Imperial Army officers. Conspicuously, the Japanese media at that time was rather quiet about the murder of the Prime Minister, and the sentences against the offenders were so lenient that some among them were released, and assassinated again. From the time of this violent coup until the end of World War II, military generals dominated the office of Prime Minister and the cabinet. 

To this day, explanations of Inukai’s death as a mere “incident” have been accepted and tolerated. Yet his life attests to the contrary; for the British Empire to initiate “the Great Pacific War,” his death was a sine qua non.’ (x)

Until his last breath, Inukai kept insisting "If I could speak, you would understand" (話せば分かる, hanaseba wakaru)

(Translated from a writing in Japanese language)May 15th,85 years ago,an event occurred that shocked Showa politicians.

That was a coup.

On May 15, 1932, naval officers and military officers was preparing a assassination.

Finally young officer assassinated the prime minister at his residence.

Inuka Ishiyoshi, 1855-1932,also known as “master of the constitution”.

Inuka tried youth officers in a mildly attitude.

"What did you come for?" "Don't be a rough impersonator, how about taking off your shoes?

However,said the officers, "No question, shoot!"

The bullet entered the temple of prime minister,stoped beside the nose. bleeding couldn’t stop. Consciousness faded, Inukai died in the middle of the night.

This is so called“may 15th incident”

Charlie Chaplin,the king of comedy,was also planned for assassination.

Chaplin was stoping in Japan while traveling around the world.

Why was Chaplin targeted?

“We can efficiently kill the man who are spreading western culture “The young officers thought.(oh my goddess they were just horrible!

On May 15, Chaplin is invited to a welcome party held at the prime minister's office. Chaplin will also attend.

The day of destiny,”I want to see sumo contest”,said the fanciful Charlie.The welcome party was postponed to May 17, two days later,for the preparing of a sumo contest.

Charlie's whimsical personality help him luckily escaped from death.

On May 18th, Inukai’s funeral was held and Chaplin sent a message.

"I mourn for the death of the great minister of the country of friendship"

Chaplin loved tragedy, and almost played a tragic roll this time.

“Political parties politics” ended with the “5/15 incident”. A nationally united cabinet was formed, headed by Minoru Saito (1858-1936).

Minoru Saito was also destined to be shot dead in the "226 Incident"(February 26th,1936)

June 1932 - Charlie Chaplin in Japan, meets with Prime Minister Admiral Makoto Saitō  , newly selected following the assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi on May 15th 1932.

Events 5.15

221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. 589 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility. 756 – Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain. 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury. 1602 – Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold. 1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made). 1648 – The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty. 1791 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance. 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse. 1849 – The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished. 1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina. 1851 – The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. 1891 – Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching. 1905 – Las Vegas founded in Nevada. 1911 – In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. 1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. 1918 – The Finnish Civil War was ended, when the Whites took over Fort Ino, a Russian coastal artillery base on the Karelian Isthmus, from the Russian troops. 1919 – The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job. 1919 – Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades. 1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. 1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated. 1933 – All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe. 1940 – USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus. 1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. 1940 – Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant. 1941 – First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft. 1941 – Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak. 1942 – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law. 1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International). 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. 1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. 1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals. 1972 – The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control. 1974 – Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. 1988 – Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. 1991 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister. 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans. 1997 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir. 2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles". 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. 2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. 2013 – An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.