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There's so much forshadowing at this point I'm even more convinced Fuyuki is Darknest. Especially these eyes, seems done on purpose: https://twitter.com/CureLovelyLWF/status/1198604074280783872 https://twitter.com/CureLovelyLWF/status/1198605866351640576 And also the fact that what Fuyuki told Madoka is practically an exactly an exact parallel of what Darknest said to Garouga. The fact that Fuyuki seemed to show absolutely no sympathy towards Madoka at all, and even with her strong moments, just showed not even an OUNCE of love at ALL. And the last line of the episode was literally said by Madoka's mother (in support of Madoka), and I imagine many are probably thinking this cliff hanger means that him accepting this one liner a second later off screen is like a given, but I'm thinking totally not! Thinking on his recent previous actions too, harassing Sakurako was really inappropriate. A full fledged adult who doesn't work for the school (not her teacher/principal/etc) who also works for the GOVERNMENT just interrogating school students about aliens. And perhaps we are supposed to just think "well, the government is the government, like it as we may not the truth is cruel and they won't try to reform villains or aliens if they invade, they'll just shoot them dead and put Earth first" but it's like Fuyuki is way worse than that and goes way further. Literally doing mean actions, including to other earthlings, about just ONE alien, one who clearly isn't hurting anyone, and also knowingly spreading LIES just to do that. This part with him intimidating Sakurako was huge as far as indicating just how far out of his way he will go, and also, do you wonder? Maybe he's not targeting Lala because she's an alien.... but because she's a Precure. He wants to bring her down, and perhaps bringing down the rest of the team will follow. And this would've effectively stopped her from unlocking her twinkle imagination, Darknest's very exact goal. The classmates and Madoka all told Fuyuki Lala was their friend, and this seemed to make him just get even more angry and once again showed no sympathy for even his own daughter's feelings even a tiny bit. But maybe... his anger here is not "how dare my daughter defy me / miss an archery shot etc" but more like Darknest's voice saying "Grrrrr! Two of them have unlocked their twinkle imagination now! Get them, my minions, or else!" But at the end of this episode make that 3 now, including his own daughter... maybe we didn't see it because of where the episode ended, but honestly I think he is REALLY pissed at this point now. But imagine how even MORE pissed he will be if all 5 cures unlock their twinkle imagination, AND start to purify/reform Tenjo and then the other minions likely to follow? Even if he clearly doesn't care about them at all, he's going to be totally pissed at the cures because of them now he has no minions! This may likely be the turning point that actually truly causes him to reveal himself. I can't say what will happen for sure at this point, but probably an obvious big battle, he'll turn into a giant monster or something, he'll ultimately be redeemable but it will be REALLY hard, since if he's as evil as I think he is, and might not have ever been good to begin with, and also isn't being used or brainwashed.... he's gonna need a true convincing, and on top of that one which will actually have to make him find his new self (which was a big theme that last episode, btw, is being yourself vs being a sheeple who follows orders and throws their sense of self away), which since he's just so hardened it's just gonna be so difficult to get him to do that.

So that out of the way, here's the one major hole I did find in this theory. The fact he lost his job. One he took orders from. This could mean he's not the big bad and also, might even be an indicator that he too, is now a sympathetic victim who lost his place to "belong" like all the other villain minions. But this would mean 3 possibilities, imo: 1. Fuyuki isn't Darknest, but is still a villain or minion of Darknest. 2. Fuyuki is Darknest, but Darknest is not the big bad and even he has somebody above him. 3. It's just a red herring and Fuyuki is actually still both. possible fourth possibility is that the one he takes his orders from is Darknest but he just doesn't know it somehow (doesn't know who he's actually even talking to?) and is being tricked (with his strict sheeple mentality being the thing allowing him to successfully be tricked). I also have some wilder theories where perhaps the big bad (Darknest or not) is actually someone even higher in the government like the Japanese Prime Minister, or even the President of the United States (viewed by many as the most powerful position in the world, despite being the leader of just one country). I know that's wild but there actually was a meta but fairly undeniable reference to Trump previously on the show (I described it somewhere in a comment on Fuyuki's page, don't feel like writing it again) it'd honestly be really satisfying to see Trump be villified, even if it's just a character loosely based on him somehow, and hey, My Little Pony actually did it first (with Gladmane)!

The one problem with the above however, is the issue with Darknest's VA being a secret is still there, and if the big bad is above Darknest, or even if Fuyuki is a Darknest minion making Darknest someone completely else and worse, we still probably haven't met them yet. So, like, I'm still thinking Fuyuki is Darknest...

Despite the few possible holes, most of it seems equally obvious to me as was the foreshadowing that Henri would become a cure. I think the only way Toei got away with doing that much of it and not being EASILY found out was because Toei knew quite well simply the fact that enough people would be skeptical enough they'd ever do a male cure like that to the point even if some people still correctly guessed it, many people would still be the type to deny the truth up until the very last minute and would actually still be shocked by it. Likewise I think Toei is playing off a similar "trick many of the audience" tactic, except this time, it's to make you think Fuyuki is likely to fit either or both of two tropes: 1. Evil jerk but still just a jerk regardless of how far he goes and his amorality is just a throwaway thing that viewer and characters won't like but Madoka will just have to learn to put up with it or deal with it somehow. I think this one is out of character for Precure, and even if he was this, you'd think he'd show at least an OUNCE of love towards his family or towards something at least? Like even totally sucky characters that are jerks but not villains, still do have their moments... But with Fuyuki absolutely nothing... this type of character at first might seem like a slightly more "mature" trope, but if he turns out to be the big bad, it all suddenly fits and isn't out of character anymore.... 2. A father who is strict and kinda cold and brusk/etc but ultimately still loves Madoka deep down in his own way despite also his amorality. But again, I'm not buying this, both because of his COMPLETE lack of sympathy for Madoka's feelings and also the ways in which how far he's shown to go (described above mainly where he interrogated Sakurako). So like yeah.... I think this guy's actions just scream "he's an evil villain" to the core! But everybody supposedly has the heart of a hero deep down, right?💖

Ok, jeez, like probably I just wasted like 10+ minutes of my life just to type that, jeez. Hope it was meaningful to someone somehow at least! 💖