User blog:GlitterInformer/Doki Doki! Pretty Cure/Glitter Force Doki Doki SDC: Episode 15 (Sub), 11 (Dub)

Episode 14 (Sub) | Table of Contents

Japanese title: "Super Busy! Makoto's Idol Days!"

English title: "Lights... Camera... Distraction!"

At the event, Tamaki/Tiffany tells everybody what a pleasure it was working with them. She thanks the crew, the director, and most of all, Makoto/Mackenzie. Makoto/Mackenzie is delighted to have finally earned the approval of Tamaki/Tiffany, and they shake hands while everyone applauds.

We cut to Joe/Johnny’s shop, where Makoto/Mackenzie is holding Tamaki/Tiffany’s script. Makoto/Mackenzie says that right before she left, they traded scripts so they could remember the production forever. Suddenly (and only now for some reason, even though the script was close to the Royal Crystals a few seconds ago), the yellow and blue Royal Crystals start glowing. The script glows, too, and a purple Royal Crystal pops out of it. The group is delighted. Makoto is happy to have one more clue to the queen’s whereabouts, while Mackenzie promises the princess that she will someday find her.

Overall: This was another nice episode. One of the things I like about this show is that it doesn’t glamorize Makoto/Mackenzie’s life as a celebrity. It goes into detail about the negative side effects, such as paparazzi, being super busy, and the pressure to be good enough for the job. However, it still shows that this is the life Makoto/Mackenzie wants. She’s not there because she likes being famous; she’s there because she genuinely loves singing and acting. It’s an important message because a lot of kids get very jealous of famous singers and actors. You should only pursue that sort of job if singing and acting is your passion. You shouldn’t do it just to get famous.

It was also cool to see Makoto/Mackenzie go out of her comfort zone. Although Tamaki Ootori/Tiffany O’Hara was rude to her, she still had a good point that to be a movie star, you have to be willing to put in a lot of work. It was nice seeing Makoto/Mackenzie get better at acting. I feel that her struggle parallels that of the dub actors. Both Glitter Forces have actors who start out mediocre or even bad. Fortunately, most of them get much better as the episode goes on. Makoto/Mackenzie’s voice actress was one of those actors. Although she sounded stilted in episode 5->4, she’s gotten way better since then. I can imagine that she really empathized with her character in this one.

Speaking of the dub, it was a mess this time around. This is one of the cases where Glitter Force Doki Doki’s missing episodes really hamper it. We went into detail about how Clara got the yellow Royal Crystal and Mackenzie got the purple Royal Crystal. But due to episode 14 being cut, it looks to someone who hasn’t watched the sub that the writers didn’t care about Rachel, so they just dumped the blue Royal Crystal into her hands and didn’t look back. As I said before, it would have been very difficult to dub an episode all about karuta. But there’s no denying that the result of the episode being cut is not good at all.

But hey, at least we got a group attack! Now, Heart isn’t stealing the spotlight by finishing off every single Jikochuu/Distain; the others get to join in, too!

Next time: Regina wants to become Mana/Maya’s friend!