I’ve seen many Precure tournaments on this website, but none dedicated to one of the most catchy aspects of Precure: it’s music!
Welcome to the Pretty Cure Opening Showdown, where every single Precure OP will go head to head, to see which song is most beloved!
I matched every OP chronologically, except in cases where I needed some minor rearranging to make sure an OP was pitted against its alternate version in the first round, and the English OPs were grouped together at the end. You’ll also notice a three way split between The Great Pretty Cure Gathering and it’s two alternate versions, Light of Hope and Flower of Life, both because of an otherwise uneven number and also to condense each song into it’s Best Version before everyone really starts duking it out.
Linked songs will be their TV edits, as they would be heard before an episode/movie, and wherever possible I’ll embed the OP itself, not just audio.
Current polls linked here, previous rounds under the cut!
EDIT:: AND THAT'S ALL, FOLKS! Suite Precure has come out on top with the best opening song!! Thank you to everyone for voting and for making this such a fun tournament to host! Keep your eyes on this blog, the next Precure Music Tournament will be to determine the best ENDING song! :D
ROUND 5
FINALE:
- La♪ La♪ La♪ Suite Pretty Cure♪ VS Viva! Spark! Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure
ROUND 4:
A SIDE:
- DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure VS La♪ La♪ La♪ Suite Pretty Cure♪
B SIDE:
- Viva! Spark! Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure VS Sparkling and Cute! The Great Pretty Cure Gathering♪ ~Flower of Life~
ROUND 3:
A SIDE:
1- DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure VS Alright! Heartcatch Pretty Cure!
2- La♪ La♪ La♪ Suite Pretty Cure♪ VS Dokkin♢Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!
B SIDE:
1- Sparkle☆彡Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure VS Viva! Spark! Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure
2- Pretty Cure ~Forever Friends~ VS Sparkling and Cute! The Great Pretty Cure Gathering♪ ~Flower of Life~
ROUND 2:
A SIDE:
1- DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure VS Pretty Cure 5, Full・Throttle GO GO!
13- SWITCH ON to Pretty Cure Mode! VS Pretty Cure ~Forever Friends~
14- We'll Smile Tomorrow! VS Pretty Cure! Make A Yell☆Miracle
15- Sparkling and Cute! The Great Pretty Cure Gathering♪ VS ~Light of Hope~ VS ~Flower of Life~
16- Together We Are Pretty Cure VS Glitter Force
I hope no one minds me @’ing them for reach, and I hope this isn’t a breech of poll etiquette, but here are a variety of tournaments/brackets that I really enjoy that seemed thematically relevant to my tournament here.
So as I have been watching each season I have been rating different aspects of it and giving an overall rating. I thought I'd share my thoughts and see what other's think. This post is about Futari Wa, not including Max heart. I rated the seasons separately however I do give both seasons 2 bonus points to their overall rating for being the pioneers of the show. Respect your elders and all that jazz.
Futari Wa Pretty Cure
Plot: 6/10
So far the plot has been pretty average
The stones have been stolen and only two remain and the precure have to defeat the enemies and get the other 5 back
I enjoyed the side plot about Honoka and Kiriya’s friendship/borderline romance
I hate that the queen doesn’t open her eyes or move her mouth
Feels like cheap animation
I don’t like how the bad guys got the power of the stones back, seemed cheap
Cures: 7/10
Cure black (Nagisa)
Sporty
Self absorbed
Food focused
Kinda basic
Cure white (Honoka)
More depth
Demure
Intelligent
Well rounded
Fairies: 6/10
Mepple
Kinda annoying
Not a huge fan
Very self absorbed
Mipple
Cute
Quiet
Helpful
Prince Pollun
Extremely annoying
Overly hyper and whiny
Slowly growing on me
Overall
I like mipple and mepple’s little romance story with each other
Villians: 5/10
Very 90’s esque
Pisard looks like david bowie from the labyrinth
I like Kiriya’s story arch
Everyone else was kinda one note and forgettable
The 3 new villains are slightly more interesting
The woman is kinda weird in her human form, she seems to not want to be evil, she seems depressed and exhausted
Magical Items: 4/10
Not a fan of the whole cell phone and cards idea
Seems very impractical
Not a fan that they can only transform when together and can only make attacks when holding hands
Only having 2 different attacks is kind of boring.
Pollun gives them a new power which I like but I think it is dumb that he has to give it to them each transformation instead of it being permanent
Overall Season Rating: 8/10
The average of all the ratings make it a 6/10 but it gets 2 extra points for being the first of the series
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Hello! Would there be any interest in translating the GBA "Pretty Cure" platform games + "Max Heart" beat 'em all for the DS? They're from a popular magical girl series (think Dragon Ball Z + Sailor Moon + Kamen Rider) that will be turning 20 years old in 2024. All games after "Max Heart" are mini-game collections that are aimed towards young girls, but the aforementioned games are solid fun experiences that can be enjoyed by anyone, and have unique stories that don't show in the anime.
Pretty Cure games… That would be Futari wa Precure: Arienai! Yume no Kuni wa Daimeikyuu and Futari wa Precure Max Heart: Maji? Maji!? Fight de IN Janai on GBA, and Futari wa Precure Max Heart: Danzen! DS de Precure - Chikara wo Awasete Dai Battle on DS.
It looks like there's a full (dialogue) translation of Maji Maji! Fight de IN Janai with detailed notes here, which is certainly very interesting. I couldn't find any evidence of previous translation attempts for the other two.
The Precure OP Showdown is back, this time as the Precure Ending Showdown! Come vote for your favorite ending, help them rise above the rest!
Just like last time, I went roughly chronological except for a few instances of rearranging to make sure songs went up against their own alternate versions, or to keep other things like that grouped together. The list of featured songs is rather long with 60-some entrants, double last round's number, so it should be rather exciting!
Polls will be linked here as they get posted!
ROUND 1:
SIDE A1:
- Get You! Love Love?! VS GO by "Smiling is Victory!"
- Impossible!? Possible!! IN the Alright?! VS Wonder☆Winter☆Hooray!!
- Ganbalance de Dance VS Ganbalance de Dance ~Dreaming Miracles~ VS Ganbalance de Dance ~Relay of Hope~
-So Sparkle My True Love! VS Connecting Our Hands Also Links Our Hearts!!