Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-43281069-20190806112332/@comment-43281069-20191118160526

Beautifulsatori wrote: Anzan wrote: Pretty much. As Tsubomi sort of stated at the end of HeartCatch, Precure fight for love and to protect what’s precious to them, not for the sake of some personal vendetta (after all, beating someone up just because you don’t like them sounds more like the actions of a playground bully than a hero. There’s a fine line between vengeance and justice).

This is so true, Toei staff even reminded us of this in that 3.5 hour long broadcast thing and said "Precure fight to protect, not to defeat someone". (entire thing was never subbed yet but ToeiPrettyGuardians uploaded a few clips) <3

Even though I'm not really into heartcatch, I'm extremely into this sentiment!

It’s pretty much been a consistent principle throughout the franchise even from the very beginning. Precure don’t kill (and in the rare instances where they do wind up destroying their enemies it’s usually because they’re up against an opponent that literally cannot be reasoned with and would pose a serious threat to everyone if left unchecked) and if you have any doubt in your heart at all you can’t even become one (remember that both Karen and Homare were initially rejected by the power when they first tried to transform).

Even the monsters are usually just corrupted versions of an object/animal/person and defeating it merely restores the afflicted to normal. It might not be the official explanation but I like to think that that’s where the “Cure” in Pretty Cure comes from. Their powers are meant for defense and purification, not attack.