Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25034020-20170630040525

I'm back! A little late but late is better than never, don't you think~?

Anyway, so...you could say a lot has happened for KiraKira in the past 10ish episodes. Or you could say...NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. I would say, biting into this cake for the second time, something interesting has taken place, but still not quite sure if a lot has even happened. I feel like, everything happened in between episode 11 and 13, but other than that, not much. We got character focus episodes, and three brand new mainish characters. Yay~!

I want to today, in this review, talk only about the characters. I wouldn't mind touching the story or the battles, but I think I'll wait for that as maybe something about it will pop up very soon after episode 21.

Starting off with who I am loving at the moment, is Yukari. To start it off, Yukari is the biggest troll. And I love it. You gotta admit it. She trolled Julio so hard in episode 16, that you can't help but love her for it. She seems to be questioning what to do with her life which is nice. But then it seems, if I remember correctly, that she decided she'll do tea ceremonies for now. Which is cool. Not a fan of tea but, you do you, Yukari. Don't let Julio get under your skin btw. He's very good at that, as you may know. Also, I need to see Yukari become a detective. That might cure her boredom, as holy Jesus, did she figure out that it was Bibury spreading the rumours really quickly!

Next up is rock princess, Aoi. I saw Aoi being the daughter of a rich family from a mile away. A.k.a in episode 3. I like how, unlike the past "ojousama" blue Cures, Aoi hates, how should I put it..acting as your typical ojousama? Aoi will not let anyone control her life. She wants to be free. She wants to do what she wants to do. Which is singing amazing rock songs. I am not a huge fan of rock and roll, but Aoi sure changes my mind about that. Even though, I am still trying to get used to her singing voice. I personally am looking forward to more of her development and I am not a huge fan of how she, and the others, are getting sidelined for a certain un-developing character.

Himari, oh wow. I love how she is starting to get over her shyness. I love how she is now a reporter who reports about sweets. How cool is that? I do like how she didn't want to do it at first. It was very relatable. Being forced to be a reporter out of the blue is nerve wrecking and if you're Himari, who is just really shy...yeah. Good work, Himari! I do like the return of her reporting duty in episode 20, glad that wasn't forgotten, and it seems she has been getting better at it. Getting over her shyness step by step~ I would love to talk about Himari more, but I don't want to make this a super duper long review so...

Is bad that I don't find Akira interesting at the moment? I still like her, don't get me wrong, but I feel like I know nothing about her. I don't know if it's because the lack of screen time for her, or I am just forgetting her focus episode. Oh yeah that focus episode. In other words, a Miku focus episode. Yeah, I think I now know why I know so little about Akira. Is this girl ever gonna get a focus episode? Or she is just gonna be there emitting an aura that says "I am a handsome girl. I am very caring and will hurt you if you hurt my sister. A.k.a. I am pretty much a dog!". I have a feeling, once Akira gets an actual focus episode (I don't see her debut episode as one. It felt like an Ichika falls in love episode), I might find Akira a little more interesting, and find more things to say besides, "I know nothing about her".

Oh, lord. Ichika. Ichika. Ichika. You know how I said I know nothing about Akira? Why, that's explainable. She has gotten no screen time or love! Ichika? She has been on screen almost all the time, she even took screen time away from some of the girls debut episodes, and I still don't know much about her. She even got her chance to shine! To grow...bazillion times, and I still don't know anything about her! Let me get this straight: I like Ichika. I don't dislike anyone in this show. But that doesn't mean I don't have any problems with her. In fact, I don't like how all we know about her is what we got told in her bio. We haven't learned anything new about her since episode one! We got told about her mother again in her focus episode, and that still didn't give us anything new about her! It was kind of like a reminder saying "Oh yeah! Ichika's mother is working overseas. Julio, she was depressed about this in episode one! Go steal her Kirakiraru. Trust me, it'll be good". asdfghjkl NO! All I want is to see a new side to Ichika. Not get told and see her do the same old things over and over again. I want to see Ichika actually steal spotlight away from...for example Akira, to actually develop. To give us a brand new side to her. Please, oh my god. Don't make her boring!

OK...hmmm...I'll just talk about Ciel. So, um, to avoid spoilers, we all know what is coming for this girl. We all do. And damn, it's gonna be interesting. But before that, all I can really talk about for Ciel is her first two episodes in this series. Before Ciel debuted, I thought she would be a cardboard cut out of Milk. However, I am glad to say, that is no the case. She is actually really nice, a huge fan of Pretty Cure, a freaking superstar, FRENCH and the supposed relative to Julio. I can definitely say, I can see her becoming my favourite character in the show, that is, if her development isn't cut short. I do like how she decorates her desserts. I would totally eat them. They look so delicious! And I hope to the Toei gods, that she does not make Ichika her apprentice. That would just, really feel like Ichika is getting it too easy. I also hope, that she doesn't join the KiraKira patisserie, unless there is a really good reason for why she is ditching the one she is in right now.

Next up, Julio and Bibury. I'm glad we have actual villains in this show. I was getting really worried for a second when we continuously got new fairy villains! I like the idea of Julio disguising himself as a transfer student at Ichika's school, and I like the idea of weapons of the week. It was always cool guessing what weapon Julio would create next to fight the Cures.

And then there is Bibury. She is an idiot. Let me get that out there. So she uses a doll called Iru, to turn into a monster when Iru sucks up all of the Kirakiraru. When she does that, she creates a portal. What happens next...instead of fighting the girls herself so Iru can reach the portal, she makes Iru fight them. Excuse me, but Bibury should have learned by now that making Iru fight the Cures isn't gonna make him get to the portal any faster. Unless Bibury wants the KiraKiraru to be taken by the Cures? I can already see Bibury realising that she should be fighting the Cures not Iru in her last battle against the Cures. Why are Pretty Cure villains so stupid till their last battle?

I'm just gonna end it there. I am loving KiraKira. It's enjoyable but...omg...it has its problems, like any series would. If you really wanna me to talk about the battles/story, then let me know in the comments. 