User blog:GlitterInformer/Smile Pretty Cure!/Glitter Force SDC: Episode 16 (Sub), 15 (Dub)

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Japanese title: "Reika’s Troubles! What am I Studying For!?"

English title: "Chloe Quits"

Guys, we all know Reika/Chloe isn’t going to quit Pretty Cure/the Glitter Force. But will she realize what she truly wants to do? Will we find out more about our ice princess? Let’s find out!

We start with Miyuki/Emily, Akane/Kelsey, Yayoi/Lily, and Nao/April standing on the roof of the school, dejected. They haven’t done well on their tests. In the dub, dialogue is added at the very beginning where Emily asks the girls if they all got their tests back, too. Then, the girls all talk about how bad their tests were. In the sub, Akane says she failed at English, Yayoi says she failed at math, Nao says she failed at history, and Miyuki says she failed at everything. In the dub, Lily says she failed at math, April says she failed at history, and Emily says she failed at English.

Reika/Chloe comes over. Reika tells the girls to cheer up, while Chloe asks what’s wrong. Then, in the sub, Nao says Reika must have gotten top marks again and Yayoi says she’s never not been at the top; in the dub, April says Chloe wouldn’t understand and Lily says Chloe’s grades are always perfect. Reika/Chloe then tells the girls their grades will improve if they dedicate themselves to their studies. Nao/April scoffs because Reika/Chloe is treating studying like it’s easy.

Miyuki asks why they have to study, while Emily says studying makes her face hurt. I have no idea why Emily’s face would get hurt by studying (maybe by tripping over her books or scrunching her mouth up in concentration?), but they likely changed the like because Miyuki/Emily is playing with her cheeks during this line.

Anyway, the girls’ responses are changed, too. In the sub, Reika says that Miyuki has to think about their future, Akane says that she doesn’t think it’ll be that bad if she doesn’t study, and Yayoi says they may not even need what they’re learning in the future. In the dub, Chloe says that her face has never been hurt by studying, Kelsey says that’s easy for her to say because she likes studying, and Lily says that Chloe is always responsible about her work.

Miyuki asks Reika why she studies, while Emily asks Chloe if she studies because she wants to or because she has to. This causes Reika/Chloe to freeze up, and then we get the opening themes.

We cut to Reika/Chloe’s traditional Japanese house. In the sub, a rooster wakes her up. In the dub, she’s woken by an alarm clock and her brother. Also, the dub adds the episode title over this scene. We then cut to her and her brother doing warm-up exercises outside. In the sub, the brother is named Juunosuke; he has no name yet in the dub. Also, he has dialogue added in the dub where he tells “Chlo” they need to do at least 5 miles.

We cut to the kitchen, where Reika/Chloe is helping her mom with breakfast. She says she’s finished (in the sub, specifying that it’s eggs). In the sub, her mom thanks her; in the dub, she tells her to check on the rice. After that, we cut to Reika/Chloe doing homework. The Japanese text in her book is replaced with a diagram in the dub. The added diagram looks a bit wrong. It’s flat, while the page is curved. Also, the left margin is wider than the right margin.



 Akaoni/Brute freaks out and the rest of the team cheers. Beauty says that she will keep learning in order to find what she wants to do, and that will be her path; Breeze says that no big orange (he’s red) troll will bring a bad ending to her world. Akaoni/Brute sends the Akanbe/Buffoon forth one more time, but Beauty/Breeze uses Beauty/Sparkle Blizzard to kill the Akanbe/Buffoon. Usually, as an Akanbe/Buffoon dies, it says it’s name as it disappears. This is what happens in the sub; in the dub, this Buffoon says, “I don’t want to play anymore!”

 The X’s disappear and the other four girls fall to the ground. Akaoni says she can’t believe Beauty wants to keep studying, while Brute says he should have studied Rascal’s files. He teleports away and Candy puts the newfound Banana Décor/Charm in the Décor Décor/Charm Chest.

 We then cut all six mains de-transformed and standing around. The establishing shot has some changed dialogue; in the sub, Akane says that Reika’s amazing and Reika says she’s not that amazing, and in the dub, Kelsey says it’s a relief Chloe showed up because they really needed her.

 The rest of the dialogue is changed. In the sub, Reika says that if Akane studies English, she can play volleyball around the world. She suggests that Yayoi make an illustrated guide to help others with math and that Nao teach her brothers (not sisters?) about soccer history. When she gives advice to Miyuki, Miyuki finishes her sentence by saying that if she learns a lot, she can enjoy fairy tales even more.

 In the dub, Chloe says that she needs the others as much as they need her. She says that Kelsey’s enthusiasm and support binds the team together, that Lily’s perseverance on her drawings shows how she never gives up, and that April raising her siblings has developed patience and tolerance in her. When Chloe starts to talk to Emily, Emily says that her good quality is that she can recite a bunch of fairytales by heart.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Anyway, everyone laughs and the episode ends, but not before some added dialogue where Chloe says that’s exactly what she was going to say.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Overall:  I was excited for this episode, and now that it’s over I have gotten everything I came here for and more. This episode not only gave much-needed focus to Reika/Chloe, but also further developed the other four characters at the same time. One of the reasons I like this season is because of how interconnected the girls are. When one girl changes, develops, or has something happen to her, the others are active participants in the ride.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Another thing I like about this season is about how weird the situations get sometimes. We have turning small, switching bodies, cloning monsters, giant can crushers, and today a hilarious quiz show that displayed how each of the girls dealt with an intellectual crisis! (“Watashi Cure Sunny!” and “Ie-something” are my two favorite lines in the show right now.)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Plus, Beauty/Breeze was absolutely amazing. Let me put this in perspective: I have all A’s except for a single B+. I would not be able to answer a good number of the questions Breeze answers (some of the Japanese questions depended on familiarity with Japanese culture rather than intelligence). That just says how superhumanly intelligent Beauty/Breeze is. Couple that with an epic fistfight that rivals last episode, and we have something awesome for Japanese and American fans alike to enjoy!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Next episode:  The girls enter a comedy contest!