Girinma

Girinma (ギリンマ Girinma)^? is the first of the villains to appear in Yes! Pretty Cure 5.

Bio[]

Appearance[]

In his human form, Girinma has pale skin, and light green hair. He wears a suit with a red bow tie, eye glasses, and a green bowler hat with a red band going around the bottom, and carries around a cane.

In his true form, Girinma is a humanoid praying mantis with aqua skin, a green belt, orange boots, and blades on his arms.

Personality[]

Girinma fears his superiors and is often threatened by Bunbee. At first, he is confident to seize the Dream Collet. With each defeat, however, he grows embittered to the Cures and will do anything to enact his revenge out of desperation.

Etymology[]

"Kamakiri" means "mantis" in Japanese.

History[]

Girinma first appears in episode 1 when he attacks Coco and Nozomi in the library and demands the Dream Collet from Coco. He summons a Kowaina monster from a picture in the library, but his Kowaina ends up being defeated by newly awakened Cure Dream's Dream Attack. With his Kowaina destroyed, he retreats.

He makes several other appearances after, with most of them being him scolded by Bunbee. After failing to defeat the Cures many times, Kawarino gives him a black paper and tells him that it will give him enough power to defeat the Cures. Girinma uses the black paper, which is actually a black Kowaina mask and transforms into his final form. Kawarino then uses him to capture all the Cures.

His demise is in episode 24 where he is defeated by the Cures' new group attack Five Explosion.

Abilities[]

He can transform into a deadly praying mantis with arms that slice. While in his human form, he uses his staff as a stand in for the scythes on his arms.

Trivia[]

Girinma was the only villain from Nightmare who didn't have an onscreen interaction with Kawarino.
His human form design is a nod to classic anime villains from the 1970s and 1980s.
Girinma shares the his voice actor with Frozen from Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi.