User blog:GlitterInformer/Smile Pretty Cure!/Glitter Force SDC: Episode 12 (Sub), 11 (Dub)

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Japanese title: "Awakened Power! Rainbow Healing!"

English title: "Feeling Blue"

Hmm… judging by the English title, I wonder if this episode is going to focus on Reika/Chloe??

The episode starts on the roof of the school, where the girls are congratulating Yayoi/Lily’s newest drawing. Candy pops out of Miyuki/Emily’s bag and asks what she’s drawing. Yayoi says it’s a guidebook for their school trip, while Lily says it’s a travel guide. Then, sub Candy asks what a school trip is while dub Candy asks where they’re travelling. Miyuki/Emily explains that they’re going on a 3-day, 2-night trip (which the sub oddly abbreviates as 2N/3D), and that they’re going to take the train there. Miyuki says that they’re taking the bullet train and they’re going to go buck wild. Emily just says they’re going to ride a long train and blabber to each other the whole way.

Akane says they’re going to Kyoto and Osaka. Kelsey says they’re going to an Asian Pacific Expo. This episode must have come so close to suffering episode 10’s fate…

Yayoi/Lily gushes about how they’re going to talk to each other at night, and Nao/April gushes about the souvenirs they’re going to buy. In the sub, Reika reminds the girls that school trips are for learning and there’s a 500 yen limit on snacks; in the dub, Chloe reminds the girls that they have an essay to write about what they learned at the expo but then tells them to focus on the snacks they’ll get to eat.

Candy, of course, gets really excited. Unfortunately, Miyuki/Emily decides to be a jerk and leave Candy at home to take care of the house. That’s mean to do, especially after getting her so excited! Plus, Candy is naïve about the human world; how will she know how to clean up the house? What will she even do there? There’s no good reason Candy can’t come on the trip! No wonder she gets so mad!

Also, side note: the subs translate Miyuki’s line as “Thank you for taking care of the house!” Given that Candy never agreed to do so, it would better be translated as “We’re leaving the house to you!”

The opening plays. Then we cut to Miyuki/Emily’s house at night. The dub adds an exterior shot of her house at the beginning of the scene and adds the episode title onto it. Miyuki/Emily is in bed, muttering about how much fun she’s going to have on the trip. In the sub, she just says it’ll be fun; in the dub, she says, “All abord for the field trip of fun! Woo woo!” I had to turn on subtitles for this line because it’s quiet in both versions.

Candy puts the Phone Décor/Charm in the Décor Décor/Charm Chest, which summons a hologram of Pop. (YAY POP IS BACK!!) In the sub, the Décor Décor makes no noise; in the dub, it has its usual “Activate Glitter Charm! [Charm Name]!” When Pop asks what’s wrong, Candy rants to him about how the girls have left her behind. In the sub, Pop responds by reminding Candy of her mission to collect the Cure Décors, revive the Royale Queen, and save M ärchenland; in the dub, he tells her she has to stay home in case the Shadow Realm attacks (but what can she do? She can’t transform). However, Candy falls asleep before Pop can finish his sentence.

In the sub, we have the title card. Then, we cut to the Bad End Kingdom/Shadow Realm. The three villains are playing cards. Akaoni/Brute is upset that he picked a joker (in the dub, this comes after Ulric urging him to hurry up and pick a card) and Wolfrun/Ulric celebrates his win. Then, the cards start flying and Joker/Rascal appears. (YAY JOKER/RASCAL IS BACK!!)

In the sub, Joker asks how his three subordinates are doing. Wolfrun says it’s just Joker, and Majorina asks what he wants. In the dub, Rascal ridicules their silly game and asks Ulric how he won. Ulric says it’s simple if you know the rules, and Brooha says he changes them all the time. Joker/Rascal congratulates them on collecting so much Bad Energy.

Name Change: It is really stupid of me not to have noticed this late into the show, but the sub calls it Bad Energy, while the dub calls it Negative Energy. They’re literally synonyms.

Akaoni/Brute says, “Of course.” While Majorina asks if that’s all he wanted to say, Brooha says that of course they’d collect so much because they’re “experts at evil.” Joker/Rascal then talks about how the other three just haven’t been able to defeat the Pretty Cure/Glitter Force. The others insist that they’ll defeat them next time, to which Joker/Rascal shows them some blue Akanbe/Buffoon noses and says they won’t be needing them.

In the sub, Joker says that Pretty Cure’s powers won’t work on the blue noses because they aren’t made of Cure Décors, however they are weaker than red noses. When Akaoni says they can’t use them if they’re weaker, Majorina says they’ll be useful for a sneak attack. In the dub, Rascal makes no mention of the noses being weaker or immune to the Glitter Force’s attacks, only mentioning that the Glitter Force won’t grow stronger because they won’t get any Glitter Charms from the blue noses. Brute tells Rascal to get to the point. Then, it’s Brooha who says that the blue noses will be immune to the girls’ attacks.

Joker says that it’s a pleasure to work with them, while Rascal says they catch on surprisingly quick. The other three then fight over who’s going to defeat the Pretty Cure/Glitter Force while we cut to Joker/Rascal outside. He ridicules the group of subordinates, then goes off to search for the never-before-mentioned Miracle Jewel. Joker mentions that it will grant any wish, while Rascal just says it’s the best prize of all.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">We cut to school, where Reika/Chloe is asking the class what they want to do during their free time on the trip. The opening shot of this scene is replaced in the dub. In the original, we see a shot of the classroom window. In the dub, it’s the exterior of the whole building. There was no Japanese text in the original shot, so I’m guessing they did this to make up for the extra couple of seconds added in the extra shot of Emily’s house when Candy was talking to Pop.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> The girls then shout the name of their attack.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Name Change:  The Japanese attack is called Pretty Cure Rainbow Healing. The English attack is called Glitter Force Tiara Mode Torrent.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> This attack creates a column of rainbow-colored light that destroys the Akanbe/Buffoon and disintegrates its nose.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Wolfrun/Ulric curses Joker/Rascal’s failure of a weapon and teleports away, turning everything back to normal. We see a group of kids who are back to normal and playing with the gumball machine that was turned into the Akanbe/Buffoon. While in the sub, the kids giggle, in the dub, Lucky shouts that everything’s back to normal. Candy jumps into Happy/Lucky’s arms, and the girls congratulate her. In the sub, they also ask how that happened.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> We cut to Joker/Rascal, hovering above the city, who muses that Candy’s power might be a clue for finding the Miracle Jewel. We then cut to the de-transformed girls and Candy returning home. In the sub, Akane wonders why a Cure Décor didn’t come out, Reika says it may be because of the blue nose, Yayoi is excited that they powered up, and Akane says it’s because of their teamwork. In the dub, Kelsey says the villains are getting harder to defeat, but Chloe says that they are, too. Where Yayoi and Akane originally spoke, Chloe says their individual attacks didn’t work, but when they worked as a team, they succeeded. Hmm, I wonder what the moral of the story is? Glitter Force may not be emphasizing it enough… (sarcasm)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Miyuki/Emily says that there’s six people on the team, and Candy gets really excited. There’s a bit where the girls originally laughed but the dub adds in dialogue. Then, Miyuki/Emily invites Candy on the field trip, and the episode ends.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Overall:  Cool episode. Cool fight, cool conflict, cool new finisher. I’m excited to see if there’s anything new to be done with the new Décors/Charms. However, there were two things that bugged me about this episode. One: it was really mean of the others to leave Candy at home. She’s been doing just fine with them at school, so why should the field trip be any harder? Plus, what is she going to do at home? It’s no wonder Candy blew up. Two: Candy’s voice, as usual. It was all over the place. Sometimes it was okay, sometimes it was good, but most of the time it was bad. I wonder if I should give up hope of Candy becoming better?

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Next time:  Miyuki/Emily has bad luck!