- "Food brings smiles♡
Everyone, gather around and eat to your hearts' content!" – Phrase from the website
Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure (デリシャスパーティ♡プリキュア )? is the nineteenth installment in the Pretty Cure franchise.
Directed by Fukasawa Toshinori and produced by Toei Animation, the series started airing on February 6th, 2022, succeeding Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure in its initial time slot.
The series' main themes are food, gratitude, and sharing.
The series is available for streaming on Crunchyroll.
Production
Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure was first trademarked on November 2nd, 2021. On November 26th, 2021, the teaser website launched. The site officially opened on January 9th, 2022.
Media
Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure episodes
Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure: Yumemiru♡Okosama Lunch! (Movie)
Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure Manga (Kamikita Futago)
Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure LIVE 2022: Cheers! Delicious LIVE Party♡
Synopsis
CooKingdom is a delicious happy world run by cooking.
One day, the Recipe-Bon, the treasured power with which they cook with, is taken by the phantom thief Bundoru Gang! Next, they're after the cooking fairies, Recipepes...!!
The Energy Fairies arrive in Oishiina Town in search of the Recipe-Bon and by chance, three ordinary girls become Pretty Cure!
They'll take back the Recipe-Bon, protect everyone's smiles, and defeat the Bundoru Gang!
Characters
Pretty Cure
Nagomi Yui (和実ゆい )?
Yui is a straightforward and energetic 2nd year middle school student. Her family owns a diner, and she is an only child. She has outstanding physical drive and gets hungry quickly. Her catchphrases are "Delicious smile~!" (デリシャスマイル~! )? and "I'm hungry~!" (はらペコった~! )?. She loves fresh vegetables. Yui cherishes her grandmother's motto, "food brings smiles". With Kome-Kome's power, she can transform into Cure Precious (キュアプレシャス )?.
Fuwa Kokone (芙羽ここね )?
Kokone is a fashionable, cool beauty. She's a 2nd year middle school student who loves make-up and cute things. Her family owns a fine restaurant, and she is an only child. She is admired by many people, but she prefers to be alone, and doesn't speak much until later episodes. Kokone's favourite breads are Curry Bread and Heart Bread. With Pam-Pam's power, she can transform into Cure Spicy (キュアスパイシー )?.
Hanamichi Ran (華満らん )?
Ran is a cute 2nd year middle school student who loves to talk. Her family owns a ramen shop, and she has a little sister and a little brother. She is very curious about food, and when she gets excited, she can't stop talking. She secretly posts about food on "CureSta". With Mem-Mem's power, she can transform into Cure Yum-Yum (キュアヤムヤム )?.
Kasai Amane (菓彩あまね )?
Amane is a reliable 3rd year middle school student with a strong sense of justice. Her family owns a fruit parlor, and she has two older brothers. She is the student council president who cares about the wellbeing of the whole school. She is good at both sports and her studies, and is taking karate lessons. Amane's favorite sweets are ohagi and parfaits. She is good friends with the Parfait Recipepe, who she loves dearly. With the power of the Heart Fruits Pendant, she can transform into Cure Finale (キュアフィナーレ )?.
Energy Fairies
Kome-Kome (コメコメ )?
Kome-Kome is the Energy Fairy of Rice, and is a female white fox. Compared to the other two, she's young, innocent and energetic. When she combines forces and transforms with Yui, she enters her "rice ball form".
She ends her sentences with "~kome" (~コメ )?.
Pam-Pam (パムパム )?
Pam-Pam is the Energy Fairy of Bread, and is a female dog. She's 4 or 5 in human years, and loves getting compliments. She loves Kokone. When she combines forces with Kokone, she enters her "sandwich form". She ends her sentences with "~pamu" (~パム )?.
Mem-Mem (メンメン )?
Mem-Mem is the Energy Fairy of Noodles, and is a male dragon. About 4-5 in human years, he's very calm, and doesn't make a fuss about anything. He's impressed by Ran's passion. When he combines forces with Ran, he enters his "bowl form". He ends his sentences with "~men" (~メン )?.
CooKingdom
Rosemary (ローズマリー )?
Rosemary came from CooKingdom in search of the Recipe-Bon. He has high beauty standards and knows cosmetology. He also cries often and is emotional. His catchphrase is "◯◯ sized~!" (◯◯盛り~! )?.
CooKing (クッキング )?
The king of CooKingdom.
CooQueen (クックイーン )?
The queen of CooKingdom.
Bundoru Gang
Godatz (ゴーダッツ )?
Bundoru Gang's leader who wants to collect all of the Recipepes so he can own all types of cuisines. It was later revealed that he is Fennel (フェンネル )?, the Imperial Guard Captain of CooKingdom.
Gentlu (ジェントル― )?
A general who isn't fond of using violent methods. After many headaches, Gentlu is freed from the control Godatz had over her, and goes back to being her true self, Kasai Amane.
Secretoru (セクレトル― )?
A general who has an insidious way of speaking. After Narcistoru is arrested and imprisoned in CooKingdom, Secretoru takes over with the mission of capturing Recipepes.
Narcistoru (ナルシストルー )?
A self-proclaimed genius who invents new items to make the Ubauzo stronger. With Gentlu no longer a part of the Bundoru Gang, Narcistoru takes over with the mission of capturing Recipepes, but later gets arrested and imprisoned in CooKingdom.
Spiritoru (スピリットルー )?
A robot made by Narcistoru, who is powered by the Delicious Stones. Spiritoru was originally programmed with Narcistoru's tastes in mind as well as being very kind with cheerleader-like tendencies, but after Secretoru reprogrammed him, Spiritoru became serious and more task-oriented.
Ubauzo (ウバウゾー )?
The series' main monsters. They say "I'm stuffed~" (オナカイッパ~イ )? when they are purified by the Cures.
Supporting Characters
Shinada Takumi (品田拓海 )?
Takumi is Yui's childhood friend and a 3rd year middle school student. He's blunt but takes care of people. His family runs a guest house Fuku-An. His alter ego is the Cook Fighter, Black Pepper (ブラックペッパー )?.
Recipepes (レシピッピ )?
Fairies that dwell near food. They love to be near warm hearts, and are found mostly in Oishiina Town.
Minor Characters
- Main Page: Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure Minor Characters
Nagomi Yone (和実よね )?
Yui's late grandmother, and the narrator of ther series. She was well-known for inspiring Yui with her quotes and kindly helping others when she was alive.
Nagomi Akiho (和実あきほ )?
Yui's mother. She works at Nagomi Diner.
Shinada An (品田あん )?
Takumi's mother who runs the guest house Fuku-An.
Shinada Monpei (品田門平 )?
Takumi's father. He used to be a Cook Fighter from CooKingdom known as Cinnamon (シナモン )?.
Kasai Yuan (菓彩ゆあん )? and Kasai Mitsuki (菓彩みつき )?
Amane's older brothers who are also twins. They work at Fruit Parlor KASAI.
Todoroki (轟 )?
The Fuwa family's butler. Todoroki mostly looks after Kokone, and helps her overcome her issues.
Items
- Recipe-Bon (レシピボン )?: A source of power that the citizens of CooKingdom used to cook with.
- Heart Cure Watch (ハートキュアウォッチ )?: An item the Cures use to perform their solo attacks, and store the Recipepes.
- Heart Juicy Mixer (ハートジューシーミキサー )?: An item the Cures gain later on in the season that they use during battles.
- Party Glass (パーティグラス )?: A glass from CooKingdom, which symbolizes Rosemary's friendship with the Cures.
- Delicious Stone (デリシャストーン )?: A heart-shaped charm used by the Cook Fighters.
- Heart Fruits Pendant (ハートフルーツペンダント )?: Amane's transformation item.
- Creamy Fleuret (クリーミーフルーレ )?: Cure Finale's main weapon.
- Party Candle Tact (パーティキャンドルタクト )?: A candle-like weapon that the four Cures use to purify the enemy.
Locations
- Oishiina Town (おいしーなタウン )?: The city that the series takes place in.
- Shinsen Middle School (私立しんせん中学校 )?: The middle school that the Cures of the season attend.
- CooKingdom (クッキングダム )?: The world Rosemary and the Energy Fairies are from.
- Pretty Holic (プリティホリック )?: A cosmetics store that Kokone visits often.
Trivia
- Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure is the first season to:
- feature a narrator, with the narrator being Miyazaki Yoshiko, Nagomi Yone's voice actor.
- have a separate fighting ground set up for the Cures to fight against their enemies and to protect civilians from harm.
- feature subtitles that show the names of the characters.
- give the Cures heights since Fresh Pretty Cure!.
- But this time, there are heights for both civilian and Pretty Cure forms.
- have all of the main Cures had only one group attack, instead of two since Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!.
- have the Cures switch into their summer casual outfits since KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode .
- feature a Christmas episode since Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure .
- not feature any Cures from the past seasons in its series movie since Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure .
- feature the sponsor's logos in color during the sponsor billboard notice. The first 5 episodes of this season and previous seasons had the sponsor's logos in white during the sponsorship notice.
- feature a season finale not scripted by the series' head writer since Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart.
- On March 11th, 2022, Toei Animation announced an indefinite hiatus, due to its production being affected by a third party hack that had tampered with the studio's interal system[1]. It was later announced on April 6th, 2022, that the season would resume on April 17th, 2022.[2]
- This hack resulted in the season being shortened down to 45 episodes.
- During the episode title sequence, the embroidered floral place mats feature a different Energy Fairy, depending on who the focus character of the episode is.
- Delicious Party was originally going to have a pool party episode, as well as an extra Christmas episode where the four Cures would have dressed up in Christmas outfits.
Merchandise
Please refer to the main page Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure Merchandise.
Gallery
External Links
- Official page on Toei Animation (Japanese)
- Official page on TV Asahi (Japanese)
- Official page for Pretty Cure LIVE (Japanese)