Thread:CureHibiki/@comment-386913-20171124112329/@comment-386913-20180601141553

Eh, the closest I'll ever get to more Honey will be if I ever get around to watching Dragon Ball Super. It's hilarious how you have Cure Passion and Cure White as the two big "female Super Saiyans" of Super (Setsuna was Caulifla, Honoka was Kale)...yet Yuko/Cure Honey is the Magical Girl ripoff Ribrianne. (and her two teammates weren't ever Cure VAs or anything) That's strangely the closest thing we'll get to justice to the world. (especially with how many people hated Ribrianne in Super) It's more funny compared to Berry's VA being another magical girl named Miki in Madoka Magica...but I'll take it.

I sort of get what you're saying about Ellen: the earthquake probably changed some of Suite's original intent. Sad thing is I liked what we got regardless...but I guess in a way, Ellen's story arc was just done the moment she got over what she pulled. The whole Seiren/Ellen arc was bizarre anyway and I sort of get some of the creative decisions (including "let's brainwash her to keep her evil until the episode when new Cures tend to show up"; it works in the same weird way as "let's keep Bassdrum and Baritone evil an extra episode" later on) but it sort of just feels like it keeps the Suite narrative as strong as it is.

I do notice that evil Cures just become "good" way too quickly but I guess it's the genre. The only good thing is I do like how the evil characters do still have resentment and aren't just throwing their past away despite their change in heart. Setsuna isn't just throwing away that she's from the Land of Measurements/Labyrinth and basically is fighting to save it; while in a way being Cure Scarlet is just Towa's acknowledgement that she's using this power that she gained through evil means for noble, good purposes that just ended up being purified. It's the same sort of thing as, say, Ken Ichijouji being on his own with Stingmon early on after he's saved from being the Digimon Emperor/Kaiser speaking in another genre's means: what they did isn't going away, but they have grown from it.

BTW: thinking of taking a break from Cure shows after I finish Go Princess; not stopping but do want to get to other stuff that I may want to watch in the meantime.