Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32453627-20190724191444/@comment-24740411-20190911181143

Anzan wrote: I’d be ok with them experimenting with including a permanent male Cure as part of the main roster but I wouldn’t make him the main character. At least not right away anyway, let people get used to the idea first.

You would also have to be very careful with how you use him (that is, he has to have roughly the same amount of focus as the rest of the team), this is still primarily a show aimed at young girls after all despite having elements that everyone can appreciate. It could still be done provided it was handled right of course. Makes sense!

I think when Henri as a male cure happened, it was like, they got people used to the idea by saying it's ok for boys to wear dresses and be princesses, first. So then when he became a cure, it wasn't so shocking anymore.

I think maybe Cure Waffle was rejected, simply because they thought it was too soon? As in, they wanted to "get it right", by portraying all the other stuff first....