User blog:GlitterInformer/Smile Pretty Cure!/Glitter Force SDC: Episode 25 (Sub), 22 (Dub)

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Japanese title: "Summer! The Ocean! Akane and Nao’s Stubborn Contest!!"

English title: "Battle on the Beach"

All right! This is the episode where we might discover what’s going on with the extra Glitter Charms last episode! Let’s dig in!

We start with a bunch of establishing shots of the town, which are followed by Miyuki/Emily stretching. In the sub, all we hear over the establishing shots are school bells; in the dub, Emily talks about how great today is going to be. We then cut to her using the hose outside. Candy is confused about why she isn’t going to school (in the sub, she reminds her that it isn’t Sunday; in the dub, she asks if it’s a holiday).

Miyuki/Emily tells her it’s summer vacation, and Candy asks what that is. Miyuki says it’s a vacation where you do lots of stuff, while Emily says it’s two months of no school. Interestingly, in Japan, summer vacation is only one month. I doubt that’ll cause any problems with the dub, though. Anyway, Miyuki/Emily and Candy celebrate together and spin around. In the sub, there’s a part where both of them laugh; in the dub, Emily speaks over this part.

Unfortunately, Miyuki/Emily has no idea what to do. In the sub, Candy says, “Oh, goodness.”; in the dub, she suggests they eat pizza. Then, the phone rings, and Miyuki/Emily runs inside to answer it. It’s Akane/Kelsey, and she’s inviting Miyuki/Emily to the beach. In the sub, we only hear Miyuki/Emily’s voice during the conversation; in the dub, there’s unintelligible muttering on the other end.

Dialogue is added after the phone call where Candy asks what happened. In the sub, Miyuki repeats “The beach!” over and over, and then we cut to her at the beach where she screams it. In the dub, Emily repeatedly tells Candy to guess where they’re going, we cut to her at the beach, and she tells Candy they’re at the beach.

We pan over everyone at the seaside. Dialogue is added over it where Emily freaks out about going to the beach on the first day of summer break and how amazing it’s going to be. Also, Japanese text is replaced.



Reika/Chloe says the combination is good. Yayoi says that it combines both menus, while Lily says she wanted a corndog, but this is good as well. Miyuki/Emily says the customers will love the set. In the sub, Akane says it’s because the okonomiyaki is delicious and Nao says that the shaved ice is delicious instead; in the dub, Kelsey says the customers will come for the okonomiyaki and stay for dessert, and April says they’ll just come for the dessert. The two get into an argument again. Miyuki says that Akane and Nao are friends in that sort of way, while Emily says it’ll be a long summer.

In the sub, Candy says she’s looking forward to summer vacation and Miyuki says it’s already begun; in the dub, Candy says she hopes summer vacation will be long and Emily says she’s right and that it’ll be fun. The girls run out of the restaurant, Miyuki/Emily commits herself to making vacation awesome, and the episode ends.

But first, the Japanese version gets its second ending theme! This song is called Full Bloom*Smile! (Mankai*Smile! untranslated) It’s a pretty good song, and it’s catchy, too. The animation is also a nice break from the lackluster CGI of the latter Glitter Force endings. However, the song is ruined by the singer’s painfully high-pitched voice. Oddly, Full Bloom*Smile! has the same singer as ''Yay! Yay! Yay!'' However, it seems that she just can’t pull off the high notes in this one without making the viewer turn down the volume. For now, I still think ''Yay! Yay! Yay!'' is better.

Overall: This episode was fun. The rivalry between Akane/Kelsey and Nao/April was interesting to watch, but I felt bad for Miyuki/Emily and Reika/Chloe, especially since it seems the former two didn’t remember their lesson of working together for long. The fight scene, while not EPIC, was engaging and better than last time. Akaoni/Brute was pretty funny as well. The only thing I’m confused about is the dub. Why remove April’s dad and a shot of the food? You’re not on TV, so there isn’t a time constraint. And, of course, there’s still the Mystery of the Extra Glitter Charms, but that’s for next episode.

Next time: The girls celebrate the summer festival!