Talk:PhanPhan/@comment-24740411-20180722053239

About the debate over her name. The Kimikita twins did say this: *looks for link but can't find the tweets for proof* But they basically said something about "unlovely is not precure" and then later said (this part is a direct quote)"We understand that Unlovely is a man. Even if he changes appearance to Unlovely, the fact is Phantom." However I would not take their statement as the show's word of god, especially since it seems that, based on his artbook, the designer might disagree with them. They also said she's not female, but I just have  a lot of trouble with that idea when she clearly is one, even if in that form only. Bear in mind they don't speak English well, the part where they said "we understand that" could perhaps be supposed to mean "our opinion is that" so it might be their opinion alone and not neccessarily all of Toei's.

As much as I like my own ideas of her being used on this wiki, I figured I'd better be honest with you guys. I have also talked to the designer on twitter, he was kind and helped me figure out where to buy his artbook when I was having trouble finding where to buy it on a Japanese store with the unlovely illustration card as a bonus item. He did not refer to her as "Cure Unlovely", but rather just "Unlovely". I have a theory that maybe her being a cure is his own personal headcanon that slightly shows through in his art book, however he might be obligated not to actually say it because of contract. I still really do have trouble with the idea of her not being female though, especially considering both the form change and the voice change. It's like saying Cure Ace isn't an adult. ♥