User blog comment:CureHibiki/Pretty Cure Plus and Minus Round 1: Magical Start!!/@comment-37117761-20191202041226

Cure Dream +1, Cure Echo -1

White, Dream, and Magical are all really good. But I chose Dream because at the time ''Yes! 5'' was released, Nozomi was a really interesting and unique lead. She wasn’t an ace like Nagisa and Saki before her, but instead had pretty much nothing going for her except her cheerful personality. But she kept on trying and eventually improved a lot as a person, getting better grades and finally finding her life’s goal. It says something about how memorable Nozomi is that most pink Cures nowadays are rip-offs of her.

As for Cure Echo… well, I haven’t yet watched New Stage 3, but in New Stage the first, Ayumi’s transformation into Cure Echo was completely pointless. Ayumi is a fine character, but all she did as Cure Echo was run and talk to Fuu - things she had already been doing just fine beforehand. Also, because the movie focused on her so much, we didn’t get to see as much of the TV Pretty Cures we already knew and loved - you know, the entire point of the All Stars movies.