Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29401121-20170524151017/@comment-6078077-20170524171546

I loved Splash Star, even though I never made it over episode four (it's not the season's fault tho! I just lose interest in one thing (usually an anime), when something new comes up and then I forget the old thing...). I wished more people loved/looked at the season closer, rather than shouting at it, and calling it a "Futari wa rip-off". Sure, Saki and Mai look a little too much like Nagisa and Honoka - we were all confused at first, don't deny it - but that doesn't mean it is a total rip-off. And yes, the theme of two Cures in harmony was the same, so what? Is Go! Princess a HeartCatch copy because both of them have the theme of friendship.

Like mentioned above, I haven't watched the whole season and am probably the wrong person to judge the season. However, I've read enough about it to give my opinions. Like I said, I absolutely love Splash Star, even if it is less combat than the previous seasons (but that's because Max Heart was a little too violent for the producers, or so I've read). I liked the theme and that the Cures were able to use different forms of magic than just the same finisher as always (something that I don't like about Max Heart btw.). I also love the form change thing, even though I think Splash Star would have been better with 4 Cures.

The 4 Cures were introduced in Fresh Pretty Cure!, but like you, Yuki Yamada, stated, Michiru and Kaoru would have been perfect candidates for pretty cures. And I think they thought about them to be Cures as well. I mean, they even kinda became Cures during the final fight! ;w; The final fight, btw., was one of the best I have seen in any Magical girl show!

Now, what I'd improve would be a) forcing me to finish the season already (and Futari wa - Max Heart) and b) I would change the appearance of Saki and Mai a little. They are lovely, but it's unfair that they are only considered as Nagisa & Honoka 2.0. AND, I would at least change their Cure outfits a little. They are better than Mahou Tsukai's (over detailed and stuff, in my opinion) but still a little bit too much. And c) I would rewrite all All Stars to give them the same treatment as any other Cure.

Splash Star is quite an underdog in the franchise, which it shouldn't be!

(Also about the four Cures, maybe Toei wasn't sure about it due to the "girls from earth can be Pretty Cure" thing. This is also the reason - I think - why Milky and Luminous don't have "Cure" names...)