Futari wa Precure (Pretty Cure)

Middle school students Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro are the epitome of dissimilarity. Popular with their classmates, Nagisa is the school's energetic star lacrosse player, while Honoka is the soft-spoken "Queen of Intelligence."

As unrelated as they may seem, Nagisa and Honoka live double lives as the "emissaries of light": Cure Black and Cure White of Pretty Cure. With the assistance of two fairies, Mipple and Mepple, the girls fight against the Dotsuku Zone—an evil force that has invaded the Garden of Light. In order to prevent the Dotsuku Zone from taking over the Garden of Rainbows as well, the pair must work together to find seven Prism Stones and restore the Prism Hopish to drive out the vile forces.

With strong foes standing in their way, Nagisa and Honoka learn to work together and harness their newfound powers in order to save the worlds from further ruin.

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Adaptation:	Futari wa Precure
Alternative setting:	Futari wa Precure: Splash☆Star, Yes! Precure 5, Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!, Fresh Precure!, Heartcatch Precure!, Suite Precure♪, Smile Precure!, Dokidoki! Precure, Happiness Charge Precure!, Go! Princess Precure, Mahoutsukai Precure!, Kirakira☆Precure A La Mode, Hug tto! Precure, Star☆Twinkle Precure, Healin' Good♡Precure, Tropical-Rouge! Precure, Delicious Party♡Precure, Hirogaru Sky! Precure, Wonderful Precure!
Sequel:	Futari wa Precure: Max Heart
Spin-off:	Precure All Stars Movie DX: Minna Tomodachi☆Kiseki no Zenin Daishuugou!, Precure All Stars Movie DX2: Kibou no Hikari☆Rainbow Jewel wo Mamore!, Precure All Stars Movie DX3: Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai wo Tsunagu☆Nijiiro no Hana, Precure All Stars GoGo Dream Live!, Precure Dream Stars! Movie
Other:	Precure kara Minna e no Ouen Movie, Precure All Stars DX the Dance Live♥: Miracle Dance Stage e Youkoso, Hug tto! Precure♡Futari wa Precure Movie: All Stars Memories, Precure Miracle Universe Movie

Koyasu, Takehito
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Takahashi, Tomoko

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Nishio, Daisuke

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Igarashi, Takuya

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Yamauchi, Shigeyasu

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"DANZEN! Futari wa Precure (Danzen! ふたりはプリキュア)" by Mayumi Gojo

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"Gecchuu! Rabu Rabu?! (ゲッチュウ！らぶらぶぅ？！)" by Mayumi Gojo

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Jan 28, 2015

ktulu007

Recommended

We've reached the end of magical girl month, so let's dive back into the Precure franchise. It wasn't that long ago that I looked at Doki Doki Precure, one of the more recent installments in the franchise. This time let's go far, far back to 2004 when Toei animation first started the franchise with Futari wa Precure. Was the series as good back then or is this one of those franchises that got a rough start? Let's take a look and find out.

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Young Misumi Nagisa is in her room when she notices falling stars. One of them crashes into her room, hits her in the ...

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May 9, 2017

TripleSRank

Mixed Feelings

Don't make this your first Precure.

I had mixed feelings toward this series even beyond the halfway point before I made up my mind on what I thought of it, and those thoughts never really changed or felt challenged afterwards: that this is a wholly average, yet enjoyable series.

The show developed a good bond between Nagisa and Honoka and fleshed out their respective personalities quite well. This extended to the fairies also, which is more noteworthy in Mepple's and Popo's cases because I didn't like either of them at first. The villains' personalities and motives fluctuated a lot in quality, but overall I thought they were ... quite serviceable.

The plot was a lot more shaky and was the overall low point of this Precure iteration. Although there were definitely highlight episodes in relation to the plot, the big picture always felt very simplistic, and while that in itself isn't a bad thing, the straightforward nature or the villains' goals (regardless of their motives) combined with the repetitive feel this iteration had at times made the majority of the plot aspect feel lackluster. I do caveat that the ending was still pretty great and surprisingly bittersweet though.

Regarding themes, this is the first Precure I've encountered that was so theme-light, which unfortunately also contributes to its non-standout nature. There's a vague idea of never giving up and keeping hope that is conveyed, but little more.

And as for the action, the Precure claim to fame, it was serviceable and on occasion well choreographed, but rarely ever well animated. For as much as I've seen Futari wa Precure hailed for the Cures getting their hands dirty with the action, I can't help but think those claims are somewhat exaggerated.

All of that being said, aside from some of the repetitive aspects there's very little I could point to that the series actually did "wrong", and the characters carried it pretty well enjoyment-wise. Futari wa Precure did the bare minimum I'd require from the mahou shoujo genre and as such it will in some ways work as a baseline for me going forward. This show is the line where, if a mahou shoujo isn't at least doing this well, I'm going to start levying criticisms more heavily and will consider dropping the series.

The thing is, if you can handle the repetitive aspects in Futari wa Precure, you can probably handle them in, say, Sailor Moon as well, and Sailor Moon gets much much better than this series does when it gets good, so if given the choice I would rather relegate this series moreso to people who are already mahou shoujo fans or those who really want the historical context. It's just not standout enough to recommend to most people outside those categories.

If you're interested, then go for it. Just be aware of where your expectations ought to be. Even within the Precure franchise there are iterations better at pretty much anything you could want from a mahou shoujo, be it great characterization, a great plot, great thematic development, or just great action. As such I'd ask that others don't base their views of the franchise on this installment, especially if they insist on this one as their first Precure.

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Nov 12, 2011

VanillaIceCream

Not Recommended

I'm a big fan of the magical girl genre, so I decided it was about time I watched Pretty Cure, a show which has had 7 seasons so far. I don't know if the other six seasons are any good, but the first one certainly wasn't, which has put me off watching the rest of the show.

Story: 3/10
Basically, Nagisa and Honoka meet Mipple and Mepple and find out that they're the legendary soldiers, Pretty Cure, destined to protect the Garden of Light from the Dark Zone. And that is pretty much it. The entire series is basically filler, with Nagisa and Honoka fighting one enemy ...

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