Thread:CureHibiki/@comment-29401121-20160828095017/@comment-26261048-20160828150440

About Shiny and Milk

There is no official list of the Precures (and never was). But in the early years of the franchise there was some unofficial rule "only normal human girl, Japanese, middle schooler can become a Legendary Warrior" (1). So initially they wasn't a Cures; from the other side: "この映画公開の頃はシャイニールミナスはプリキュアではないとされていたのだが、その当時の公式サイトでも、ルミナスのパワーアップフォームは「スーパープリキュア」と呼ばれていた".

But then this movie was released than All-star series starts (2) and this rule was changed. Some part was removed (Setsuna, Yuri, Ako) and the final version said: "anyone can became a Precure if she can transform herself into a normal Japanese-looking schoolgirl". From that (3) point of view Shiny is a Precure (because she is now just Hikari, not someone's Life FwPCMH47). Milk situation is more complicated (there is a funny picture - like Milk and Kurumi have different personalities).

The more time has passed, producer who implemented this rule (4) leave the project and starting from New Stage 2 (Pretty Cure Textbook) both Shiny and Milk became a full-graded Pretty Cures. Anniversary message (HapCharge) confirms that.

In my opinion Shiny is a 100% Pretty Cure, Milk is about 90-10% Pretty Cure. More interesting info (5) (6) (7)

P.S. Cross-offtop (for the balance): I like Mahotsukai especially Kotoha "HAAA-chan" Hanami (◕‿◕)✿) But i have a strong doubt that Mofudrella Mofurun became a real Pretty Cure for the rest of the season.