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Also it’s not like every season follows the same general rules (or does so for the same reasons).

Take secret identities for example, Candy wanted the Smile team to have them basically because she thought they were cool and the only reason the Maho Girls never revealed themselves while in Magic World was simply because Riko thought it’d be too embarrassing for her. Plus a few teams wound up revealing their secret by the end anyway (including Fresh).

Like I said, while young girls will always be the norm in this series because that’s their target audience, the one element that does seem to remain consistent from season to season is that being a Precure requires a good heart and a strong will to protect others even if it means risking your own life in the process (granted, Nagisa and Honoka were sort of forced into it at first and Megumi basically got her powers by accident but even they managed to earn their wings before long). In that sense, hypothetically anyone could have the potential to become one.

After all over the years we’ve had child Cures, teen Cures, adult Cures, Cures of different races and nationalities, Cures who weren’t even human (including a few man made entities like Mofurun and Ruru), and in some rare cases, Male Cures as well.

Also as others have mentioned there is nothing inherently wrong with Hugtto’s message. It’s stupid to think that only certain people should be allowed to follow their dreams just because a few of them make the wrong decision.

Even the best people still make mistakes but the key thing there is learning to live with them and more importantly be able to learn from them and correct them if they can. No two people are exactly the same after all.

And if those decisions wind up hurting others only then does it fall on others to stop them if the one in question is unable or unwilling to stop themselves. If it’s not hurting anybody then it’s not your business, plain and simple.