User blog:FairySina/Cure Ange and Cure Ange

Yeah, it's me again with my HUGtto related most favorite topic. HUGtto is not even out and the comparisons and jokes about this topic are already flooding the fandom, so I thought I take some of my time to explain this properly to everyone here ^.^

Seriously, it's already as "bad" as the jokes with "Akira being a dog and chocolate" we had in A La Mode.

As most of you guys have noticed, the next season of Pretty Cure, HUGtto Pretty Cure! will feature a Pretty Cure called "Cure Ange".

Wait, Cure Ange? That name sounds familiar. It indeed is familar, since Toei introduced a Cure Ange in Heartcatch Pretty Cure!'s movie already. When I first heard of her name, I thought of Heartcatch's Ange as well. But here's a thing:

They are not similar in Japanese at all.

Thus everyone thought of Heartcatch's Cure Ange, the Japanese characters for "Ange" have been added: キュアアンジェ, which are the same as the characters used for Heartcatch's Ange. The given kanas are pronounced like Kyua Anje.

However, as Toei leaked the first real information on HUGtto, the characters used to write Saaya's Cure name were slightly different: キュアアンジュ, which are pronounced like Kyua Anju.

Yes, for someone who doesn't know much or any Japanese this seems minor, but having a difference between ェ ("e") and ュ ("yu") is as big an Japan, as accidently writing "Close" with a capital "i" in English.

I'm pretty sure Toei didn't name two Cures the same on purpose but rather on accident. Yes, it seems lazy and uncreative that now we have two "Anges", but remember that only the English (Spanish, French, German, uh... bascially any but Japanese) translation is the same and for a Japanese person, especially for Toei, they are different. Japanese fans also realized the similar names, but I've never seen anyone going overboard with the "Ange 2.0" like I've seen English Speaking fans doing it.

So much from my side. As a reminder, I'm not a fan of two Anges either, neither do I like the name "Ange" very much and I think Toei focuses on English and French a little too much but meh. What should I do?

I hope some of you can remember that and may even share this information with other fans!

See you around!