Thread:CureHibiki/@comment-386913-20171124112329/@comment-386913-20180315120156

Mucardia started off with promise being the "behind the scenes" guy and I do like his true form's just a giant cockroach. But...he just got annoying and it sort of got stupid, particularly with Five de Chance. Man do I hate "Five de Chance"; one of the worst things to come out of Yes! 5...or any Cure seasons. (I don't mind "play games with the villains" as arcs but the one-shot in Smile probably did it best...)

Phantom...is tough for me to really connect with. He's OK early on and the stuff he did like Cure Unlovely was neat. But yeah, after he's defeated and Yuko basically realizes he's Mirage's (literal) pet, he goes downhill. I do find it weird that how few of the Cures even have fairies this season considering how the main squad have two plus we have PhanPhan or the one the Aloha duo have.

Did finish Happiness Charge after we last spoke...and I am just shocked. How...how does a series this bad...get one of the best end-games of the franchise? Seriously, the moment Mirage and the Phantom Empire is gone, the show actually gets really good with Red and all the philosophical questions he brings about regarding all that happened and who the real enemy was. It's shocking: bad series like Happiness Charge and Fresh get some of the best end-stories and final villains (Red and Moebius respectively)...yet good series get pathetic end-game villains like Dune or Pierrot.

I don't mind Sailor Moon filler, even after the fact. Many episodes that feel like filler really aren't and many times you get things you wouldn't typically get in the main story or that just allow for the writers, directors and animators to have fun with things. (still on the first series and one of my favorites is the crazy one with the wedding dress, since the victim's adorable and it's hilarious watching Usagi and Rei act stupid over making a wedding dress they're not going to wear for years) As for when to watch: I prefer when a show is over than when it's airing; when it's airing we don't know intent and it becomes clearer once the story is complete over as it's airing and it just could get lost or misinterpreted.