User blog comment:GlitterInformer/Pretty Cure Plus and Minus Game - VILLAIN EDITION: Round 20 Recap/@comment-7893396-20190905203153

There will be 40 villains total after phase 2 (33+7 of the 14 villains from round 21; not taking into account that Mephisto, Twilight, and Doctor Traum are in phase 3 now) so...

"I'm thinking that in Phase 3, only 3 villains from each round will continue to Phase 4. If you have any other ideas, please let me know."

Split into 10 villains across 4 rounds (10 x 4 is 40!) and keep the voting system - i.e. imagine Kiriya's at +4 during phase 3, but someone else would much prefer him not being in phase 4. So, they can still downvote him ONLY if they don't really like him as much as others. I think that system might be too harsh/misused to downvote ANYONE if they're almost in phase 4, but hmm...