Why I rate this series as horrible? Well, here's the reasons:
- Story: The staff forgets the questions they appeal in the previous episode. This was more broader because Royale Queen didn't know what's her relationship with Joker, and in Episode 48 Candy forgets that she is the new Royale Queen in epilogue (if that's so, then Miyuki will meet Pop alone instead of meeting Candy together with the other 4 in my opinion). And the story focus more on character development than fairy tales, very terrible.
- Copy: More severing, remember that the staff decides to reuse ideas? Really, most copy episode are very blunt and horrible, which is another worst point in the series. Like in Episode 34, where they reuse the idea from Heartcatch Episode 36. And they forced to do that for promoting 'Warau Waraeba Waraou' and really didn't match the vocal (really!). The other severing points will be explained in the next section, and moving aside is the positive points. Episode 29 is the best summer episodes despite of reusing Yes! 5 GoGo! Episode 36 and 37 because it has a story 'playing around in summer holiday until they forget the homework', which I agree.
- Reuse: Smile Pretty Cure has borrowed some motif from Gokaiger and some to Kyoryuger (Pop and KyoryuCyan), and so far Smile has reuse the most from Gokaiger. You'll remember the most are from Episode 31 in both series and Episode 22 in Smile (for Episode 31 - return to previous form, and Smile Episode 22 and Gokaiger Episode 31 - Gai Ikari and Pop falls down first following the others and must suffer the unconscious and despair respectively). Moreover, the character profile reuse to another I can feel the most so far are Joe Gibken and Reika Aoki. If you watch both series at the same time and in whole, you'll know the similiarities of the both series.
- Character: As usual, the main characters are 5 similiar to Yes! Pretty Cure 5, which are: Miyuki Hoshizora / Cure Happy, Akane Hino / Cure Sunny, Yayoi Kise / Cure Peace, Nao Midorikawa / Cure March, and Reika Aoki / Cure Beauty. The most developed one is Yayoi, followed by Reika and Akane, Miyuki and Nao is bad. Came to the villain, the trio weren't bad, but Joker and Pierrot is the worst due having no background. That's what I shorten the review about character.
However, most fans refers this series as excellent, causing this series to have two sides: praising the character development or scolding most of copy episodes and the story makes no sense.
Overall, I recommend watching this for the starters to find the pro in the series, but for you who hates any suffer of fear by the important episode, and hates a disappointing series due for being too many copy episodes, please refrain from watching this one.
