Board Thread:New on Pretty Cure Wiki/@comment-25034020-20181022151836/@comment-37117761-20181024234334

MetalLuigi64 wrote: Hibiki, I think shy characters are close to being autistic because they can have communication and relationship problems too. 2-4 Cures should at least be acceptable because having more Cures can mess up the show, and how will the Cures be able to differentiate from the other Cures and how will the plot be able to develop. Yes, even 2-4 Cures can sell, so they would give us an easy reason for them to sell. Having their own identity, what is it to like about the characters, and so on. I don't know if the second color on top is blue or green, but we need a green Cure because that's never been done before since Ciel. It's better to risk having a girlish green Cure than insulting the viewers in a Doki Doki fashion. Shyness isn't the same as autism, but you are right in that they both make for social problems. While shyness is fear and discomfort with socialization, autism is a mental condition that makes it hard for the affected person to understand social rules in the first place. Autism also sometimes results in obssessions, stimming (when an autistic person does actions and noises that make him/her happy, such as jumping, flapping hands, or talking in a high-pitched voice), sensory problems (oversensitivity to light, sound, or uncomfortable surfaces), or difficulty talking (some autistic people are non-verbal). Of course, an autistic person won't necessarily have all of these symptoms; the reason it's called the autism spectrum is because every person with autism is different and has different needs.

You're right: 2-4 Cures can sell. The amount of merchandise made isn't limited by the amount of Cures. Toei can give the Cures more weapons, gadgets, and forms to make up for it. If there are less Cures, that likely means one of two things: more attacks, like in the arms race that was Suite, or different forms of the same characters, like in Splash Star, Go Princess, and Mahou Tsukai. The very prospect of these makes me even more excited for Star☆Twinkle!