Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25034020-20170122070258

So, we have the Cures, the story, the mascot and the voice actors of the Cures revealed, and I am already so excited for episode 1 in two weeks. Okay, actually, who wouldn't be after the snail train wreck of Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure?

This interesting train wreck has left me with a lot of hopes for this new season which appears to have already ticked one of them off my list by the looks of the PVs.


 * 1) Comedy or Entertainment - All Pretty Cure series have at least made me laugh or cry (in a good way) in almost all their episodes. However, in Mahou Tsukai, I spent the whole time falling asleep because it was so boring with no comedy or entertainment what so ever. However, the PVs for KiraKira seem to be bringing back the crazy Erika and Haruka faces/comedy/entertainment with Ichika. Now that has me on my toes. I need my comedy and entertainment right now!
 * 2) Music - If you don't know me, then let me tell you this right now. I am a music freak. And I also have an interesting opinion when it comes to songs sometimes. I frankly hope the OST, OP&ED and the character songs are amazing, beautiful and catchy. I've heard the new music director is really good so maybe I'll be one happy duckling this year. I hope for entertaining theme songs. Magic・Ala Thanks and CURE UP↑RA♡PA☆PA! ~Magic That Turns Into Smiles~ were catchy but got rather repetitive after a while. I hope the OP&ED are just as amazing as the Go! Princess OP&ED as I listened to them every episode. Please be good!
 * 3) A Good Simple Story To Follow - I really hope we have a better story this year. One that is simple. It doesn't have to be complicated as sometimes complicated equals a mess or plain old hard to keep up with. I don't want it to be too simple that we can guess what's gonna happen before it happens, but I just want it to still be good enough so it's enjoyable and let's me understand what in the world is going on in the land of sweets XD
 * 4) Character Development - From the looks of Yukari's bio, it looks like we are gonna get character development. I don't expect the development to be amazing. There is five main characters, and having that many characters to develop over 49/50 episodes is rather difficult. All I want from this season is to see the characters change. I don't want them to stick to being how they were from the get go. I want to see them at episode 49/50 and think back to episode 1 to remember how much they have grown. Especially Ichika. I hope to see Ichika learn over the course of the season to become a better patissiere or whatever she wants to be. I want to see her struggle and grow from those struggles. I wanna also see Aoi struggle with being a rockstar, a student, a Cure and a patissiere. Same with the others. I just wanna see them grow and change into better girls.
 * 5) The Villains - I'm not a fan of stupid villains. The past seasons since Suite♪ (excluding Go! Princess) have had stupid comic relief villains. And I'm over it. My ideal villains are those who are serious. They are desperate to win. They are evil, cunning masterminds who wish to win. I wanna see them at least maybe get their way in some episodes. Like steal some Kirakiraru and make the Cures think "shoot, we're screwed" like how the Suite♪ Cures lost the Notes. This might not happen but...reading that the Bad Fairies have some deep dark secret is keeping me on my toes. I so hope this secret isn't stupid either.
 * 6) No Mana 2.0...Please - If Ichika ends up stealing the spotlight, I will scream. Yes, she's a pink Cure. Yes, she's a lead Cure. Yes, she's the main main character. But that is not an excuse to make her hog all the spotlight. Like, no. I hope to see this season share the spotlight as equally as they can between the five Cures. Like how they did it with Go! Princess. However, if Ichika does end up stealing all of the spotlight, I hope she has changed a little bit at the end. Mana hogged the spotlight and never changed. So yeah. No Mana 2.0!

Welp, that's my hopes for the series. What about you? List your hopes below! 