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Sugar and spice, and everything nice! Hmm, wrong show. La la la la la…Tokyo Mew Mew? Huh? What do mean it's the wrong show again? I got it this time! I know it! Pretty Witchy Doremichhi! NO! WRONG SHOW, BRAIN!



Sweets. You have gotta love them. Even anime and cartoons loves them as they have been a theme for a lot of shows in the past few years. And most of them have been really good! But does that mean you’re gonna love KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode? Well, it really depends on how you react to your first taste of the show. The first 10 episodes serve as your first bite of a brand new sweet. You're not quite sure if it is gonna be good or bad. So far, for me, that is the first 10 episodes. It seems good but there is this layer that is confusing me as to why I taste something odd. In a nutshell, this is my first bite of KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode.



The 14th season of Pretty Cure follows a girl called Usami Ichika, who gains the power to become Pretty Cure when Pekorin comes flying into her face, causing her to accidently lead Gummy to Ichika's kitchen, her shortcake being taken by Pekorin so Gummy doesn't take it, and Ichika realizes that her shortcake is not a waste just because her mother won't be coming home. Wala, Cure Whip is ready to serve! Hang on, what I just wrote makes no sense. Welp, no one cares as that is pretty much episode 1 in a nut shell.

And then, Ichika pretty much helps four other girls with making their favorite sweet, giving them their favorite sweet or teaching them that you can fix any thing with - CURE A LA MODE DECORATION. *coughs* These girls that she helps coincidentally become Cures like her: Shy Himari becomes Squirrel like Cure Custard, loud Aoi becomes Lion like Cure Gelato, sly Yukari becomes Cat like Cure Macaron and friendly Akira becomes Dog like Cure Chocolat.



Phew, with that out of the way, I like the characters from what I know of them so far. However, there isn't much I can say about them due to the lack of characterization, which is alright, I suppose as it has only been 10 episodes. So, no surprise there. However, I do have a slight problem and that is the amount of Ichika we have gotten so far. Ichika is a fun character. She really is. However, I feel like the creators have dumped too much Ichika into the show's recipe thus far. I get that she is the cream that sticks the cake *coughs* group together, but she doesn't have to do everything. It makes no sense whatsoever that she was the one to make the other Cures respective sweets. If anything, Ichika should not only be Cure Whip but Cure Custard, Cure Gelato, Cure Macaron and Cure Chocolat. Haha, imagine that!

As well as that, she definitely has been taking the spotlight. But not to an extreme level that I would call her a Mana 2.0. Because it makes sense as she seems to be the only person really interested in getting the KIRAKIRA Patisserie up and running. So, I don't really mind but I do hope she will step back and let the other four girls solve some of the customers sweet disasters. If not, I do want to see a good reason as to why she is always stealing the recipe *coughs* spotlight. If I had to describe Ichika in some stupid way, she's that taste that never goes away when you eat a sweet. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.



Arisugawa Himari is a cute character. A ridiculously cute character that makes me wanna talk to her about pudding all day long. Okay, maybe not. But anyway, I relate with Himari's shyness. I'm pretty shy myself and I have problems trying to open myself up to people I do not know. But I feel like her shyness is…um…a problem as from what I remember from these past 10 episodes, Himari has faded into the background. She's like that ingredient you didn't even know was in that sweet until someone tells you. I really hope Himari will be given better screen time in the near future, which will help her grow into a more loud, talkative character all the time - like how she was in that flashback, as she was just super adorable!



First things first, if you come near my blue lion ice cream, I will hunt you down and make you regret stealing my ice cream lion. Hehe, Aoi is mine and mine alone! And why is that? Well, she is so enjoyable and unique for a blue Cure. She's a singer, she is the strength of the group, she's loud and she's a lion. Ok, that last point makes no sense but shhh. Aoi is, like the other characters, a fun, lovable dork. But she is the most lovable dork to me making her very precious. But like everyone besides Ichika, she suffers from the lack of screen time. So, I do hope she'll be able to get her time to shine very soon! And just because I can, Aoi melts my heart like I'm the ice cream and she's the sun. I'm sorry…not sorry!



Now that the juniors are out of the way, what about my thoughts on the seniors? I'll sum these two up quickly so I can move on to other stuff as this is getting quite long. Yukari is hilarious. Which is nice and all but I feel like that is all that is going for her right now. She just feels like she is there to be perfect and know exactly what is going to happen. She is so perfect, she can predict the future! I still love her though. And Akira, she is amazing and really friendly, loyal and...*brains goes dead*. Wow, I can't think of anything. I wonder why...I hope Toei does give more focus on these two very soon. Episode 10 was nice, but not good enough!!! Geez, those fan girls were so creepy that they distracted me!



The mascots are nice. I like the focus episode on Pekorin. I liked how Pekorin is also bad at making sweets but learned from her mistakes to help Ichika in episode 1. I thought that was a nice touch. Chourou is really funny! I like how he is a ghost, however, Toei seems to have forgotten that Chourou can't go outside as we see him plenty of times in his human or ghost form outside.



And then I move onto the villains. Are these guys even considered villains? I have to be honest. The villains are the bad part of this show. They are what make me scratch my head as to why they even exist. 10 episodes and no backstory whatsoever for these weird fairy stealing KiraKiraru things. They're cute but I want answers as to why they exist and why they each only go after one certain sweet respectively. A little ridiculous and I hope episode 11 answers my two questions as well as kicking them out of the show, as it is getting repetitive. All I hope for is the normal villain trio method with the monster of the week again. All I ask for Toei!



This season also marked a new change in the battles. A lot of people hate it, some don't mind it, and others like it...I think. I personally don't mind it. It's unique but I would be lying if I said I want this colorful pop battles to continue on into future seasons. Because, I don’t want it to. I think it is a nice change but it should just stay in this season. It makes the battles shorter, and a little less exciting. And not to mention, the lack of incantation attacks. I hate hearing Kirakirakiraru! Kirakirakirarun! being said by all the Cures. It doesn't make the individual attacks feel special. I also do miss the physical fights. I miss seeing the Cures go all out but I'm gonna sit tight and hopefully enjoy this colorful pop ride.



I would comment on the story but there is no story to be seen. I look forward to whatever it may be. All I know for now is that the Cures have to stop the bad fairies from stealing the KiraKiraru. I hope I'm not just blind and actually missed something.



Music wise, I like the songs so far. I really like how the Cures have their own individual insert character songs. Reminds me how Heartcatch did that as well, which makes me happy. The OST is really good. One track that stands out to me is the one that you hear in episode one when Pekorin flies off with Ichika's shortcake to protect it from Gummy. I can't wait to hear it without screaming people over the top! The transformation themes are cool, I suppose. I really like Whip and Chocolat's individual transformation themes.



However, talking about transformations, besides Gelato’s, the others have strange transitions. Not to mention, the recipe like phrase that the Cures say before Let’s-La-MazeMaze, I think that should have came after they transform, because in the group transformation, only the leader of the transformation’s recipe phrase is said. Which is sad, in my opinion.



To end this on a short note, KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode’s first ten episodes do have problems. But that is expected as this is a 49 to 50 episode season and it would be horrible if they did lay the plot all out in front of you from the get go. Just...villains need fixing, ASAP!

Let me know if you agree with me and also, your thoughts on the first 10 episodes! 