User blog:GlitterInformer/Smile Pretty Cure!/Glitter Force SDC: Episode 14 (Sub), 13 (Dub)

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'Japanese title: School Trip! Lost in Osaka!?'

English title: The Lost Girls

Way to reference last episode, Glitter Force! Okay, onto the actual episode. We start with a flashback to the last episode, and both versions are so rude to us that they show us one of Miyuki/Emily’s fish-eye faces again! Then, we cut to the bus. Akane shouts that they’re finally in Osaka, while Emily shouts that they’re at the Asian Pacific Expo. Um, Emily, aren’t you guys already at the expo? The only way this could remotely make sense is if the hotel was far from the expo.

The scene on the bus is rather heavily edited for an episode of Glitter Force. A couple shots are swapped, and a couple more are removed. Let’s go through this together!

In the sub, Nao fantasizes about the different dishes she’ll eat in Osaka: okonomiyaki, kushikatsu (a skewer of deep-fried meat and vegetables), kitsune udon (a soup with tofu, fish cake, and scallions), and takoyaki (ball-shaped snacks made of wheat-flour batter, octopus, tempura, ginger, and green onions). Nao says that she only ate three bowls of rice this morning so she could eat everything in Osaka, and Miyuki says Nao’s getting pumped up. Reika says she’s looking forward to eating her first takoyaki, and Akane tells her she’s going to show her the best places around. When she exclaims it’ll be a takoyaki explosion (complete with an octopus-themed background), Yayoi compares it to art creating an explosion. I suppose that’s some Japanese metaphor? It would explain the ”ART GOES KABOOM!!” line in episode 3.

In the dub, Chloe speaks first, telling the others they have to stick together. Then, we see April gushing about taking her “taste buds on a sight-seeing tour of Asian food.” The clip shown above of the Japanese food appearing is cut, so her line is much shorter. Emily then asks April if taste buds can see. Kelsey tells Chloe to loosen up and have fun (this would have been better if the shots hadn’t been swapped and she was saying this directly after Chloe’s line), and the shot of the octopus background is removed. Lily is left lineless as Chloe says it’ll all be fun and Emily says, “Let’s go, Expo!”

We have the opening themes. Then, we cut to the outside of the temple, over which the title is shown in the dub. The teacher is telling the class to stay in groups and behave. The Japanese teacher mentions a schedule where the English one doesn’t; the English teacher mentions parent chaperones where the Japanese one doesn’t.

Miyuki says they don’t have to worry, because as Pretty Cure, their teamwork is perfect; Emily just says it’s time to show them the meaning of teamwork and they’re going to be the first group to see everything. Then, Nao says they’ll be fine because Akane’s lived in Osaka and Akane says she’ll show them a fun time, while April says there’ll be plenty of time to eat and Kelsey says they just have to get past the cultural stuff. Where Akane says they should eat takoyaki while Reika tries some, Kelsey says they should decide whether they’ll have Chinese or Japanese. Miyuki/Emily and Yayoi/Lily enthusiastically agree in both verisons.

Reika/Chloe then reads their schedule. In the dub, text on the cover is removed, while text on the inside is translated. You know what, I think I realized why they keep removing text on the covers! Japanese books go from right to left, so where the title would be on a Japanese book is where the back would be on an English book. The text is facing Chloe!

Japanese version:



From up above, Majorina says she’s letting Pretty Cure off easy today, while Brooha says, “Talk about leaving a bad taste in your mouth!” Then, she teleports away and everyone goes back to normal, including the team. Miyuki/Emily is happy that the day is saved. Then, Nao/April’s stomach grumbles. In the sub, Miyuki and Akane are reminded that Reika wanted to eat her first takoyaki, while in the dub, Emily and Kelsey just decide to get some food. Yayoi is silent, while Lily says, “Foood!!” Reika/Chloe is down with getting some lunch.

We cut to all six main characters preparing to eat takoyaki. Nao is excited to finally be able to eat; April says she doesn’t know what it is, but it looks good. In the sub, the girls say, “Itadakimasu!” which is the Japanese version of “bon appetit.” In the dub, they say, “1… 2… 3, 4, 5, let’s eat!” Given that the countdown’s rhythm is weird, I find it implausible that they could really be totally in sync.

Candy chomps down and then recoils. In the sub, the takoyaki is too hot; in the dub, she’s hurt by the pointy stick. In the sub, Akane asks how Reika’s first takoyaki tastes and Reika says it’s delicious. In the dub, Kelsey asks if she’s okay with not keeping to the schedule and Chloe says it’s fine. Then, Yayoi says the food tastes good with everyone and Nao says that kushikatsu is next, while Lily asks if April feels better and April asks if anyone wants dessert.

Then, the rest of the class calls out to the five girls. In the sub, the ponytailed girl in the middle says she’s glad everyone found each other and Miyuki asks her if they’ve tried takoyaki yet. In the dub, the girl asks if they’ve seen everything on the itinerary yet and Emily says they haven’t but the “rice ball thingies” they just ate were delicious.

Then, we cut to a table covered in pictures from Osaka. Miyuki says that their field trip ended full of good memories with everyone smiling and ultra-happy; Emily lists everything they went to go see and says it was another happy ending. Something I’ve noticed: whereas Miyuki’s catchphrase is “ultra-happy,” Emily’s is “another happy ending.” Cool, huh? Anyway, that’s where the episode ends.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Hey! If you take the episode number in the dub, subtract 1 from it, and divide the result by 4, you get an integer! You know what that means, right? A new English ending theme! I’m sooo excited ~

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Okay, so the song, All Stars, is great! It’s got a conventional American pop feel to it that the other ending themes haven’t gotten yet. For some reason, it’s about going on a vacation and shopping spree in L.A., which is weird because the Glitter Force hasn’t done that, and I doubt they ever will (unless Saban decides to Americanize another city, that is). However, the animation is a bit off. Not only are the backgrounds minimal as usual, but the animation of the characters is a bit off. I don’t know how to describe it. It also doesn’t help that the girls don’t blink.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Overall: Another charming, interesting, and captivating episode! Just like last episode, it was interesting to see how the girls went with the mishaps and turned their field trip into a fun journey of their very own. It was fun to see Miyuki/Emily and Yayoi/Lily react to the situation, especially the latter with her RPG/quest metaphors. At first, I felt horrible for the other three, but when it got to the fight scene, they were having so much fun flying around and disorienting the Akanbe/Buffoon that it was completely worth it! Plus, Candy’s voice acting in the dub was good… mostly.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Next time: Miyuki/Emily rushes to make a last-minute present for Mother’s Day!