Talk:Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure episodes/@comment-38150524-20190320065307

Aha, even the planets are modelled after yokai.

Kennel has dog aliens which resemble either inugami or jinmenken (two dog yokai in japan folklore)

The planet Coumarin, in japanese KUMArin, has kuma in the name, which means bear in japanese. So the aliens might be themed after onikuma, bear yokai in japan folkore

maybe