Thread:CureHibiki/@comment-386913-20171124112329/@comment-386913-20171125095951

The Setsuna situation sort of feels like the next step of what happens with "redeemed villains", especially considering Kiriya and the Kiryuu sisters before her. Obviously it was a fresh thing to do in '09 and it worked in some manners but not others. Obviously I'm coming at this season having done 9 Cure seasons before this one, but somehow whenever you see a Cure reach out to a villain in the way you see Love and Setsuna, you know something is going to happen. I liked a lot of how they made it work building up to the Cure Passion reveal (like how their's a comparative pain occurring between the whole "they're overworking themselves between the dance club and Cure duties" bit and Setsuna's sacrificial cards) but the reveal itself was a bit contrived. Somehow she's magically dead...only Akarun flies right into her...and then they talk in her inner conscious...and then bam, she reawakens as Cure Passion. It sort of makes me appreciate the Cure Beat reveal way more I admit, but then again I think Suite improved on a lot of other Cure season's plot elements.

I am not looking forwards to HapChar. Only want to get through it so I can just check it off and start Go Princess.

Not really a fan of baby fairies and unfortunately with Potpourri the first I had seen of that type, it made it just a target for me. It isn't the worst anymore (Pollun and Ai have done way worse and Chiffon isn't doing me any favors), but I still think it's a little spazz, especially in the early episodes before it meets Itsuki.