Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25034020-20191022161652/@comment-43281069-20191105224430

A show where the Cures tried to keep their identities secret even from their enemies would be an interesting idea, yes.

Near as I can tell the whole secret identity aspect is mainly just to protect their private lives as otherwise the bad guys usually know exactly who they are and sometimes even specifically target their friends and families.

Heck, sometimes there isn’t even a particularly good explanation for it (Smile did it more or less because Candy thought secret identities were cool and Riko chose not to reveal herself as a Cure in Magic World simply because she thought it’d be too embarrassing for her).