Sappy, but in a good way. This episode was all about a genuine love drama between a couple that’s about to propose to each other, where our heroines take up the role of matchmakers. The plot really took a back-seat here, and we didn’t really learn anything new, but it was a good and charming episode nonetheless.
Well, okay. That nothing new happened isn’t entirely true. We now learn a bit more about that strange power that Tsubomi keeps using to get rid of the desatorians, which is some sort of extreme make-happy-and-relaxed beam. Seeing as how Erika also was hit by it this time, we learn that it’s quite a bit different from your average mahou shoujo godmode beam. Whether it’s going to come back later in the series, I don’t know, though.
In any case, what this episode also stressed was how important family is. One of the big nonsensical stereotypes of anime is that kids with normal parents are really rare: we either have one parent, or no parents at all. With Heartcatch Precure you can really feel that the characters have their own families, however. That’s also one of the things I liked about such a series as Telepathy Shoujo Ran. Sure, its plot was ridiculously stupid, but Ran’s family was really well portrayed.
Next up: episode 13, the climax of the first quarter of this series. I’m very curious what the creators have in store. You could really see that these past thirteen episodes have been building up. If the creators really know what they’re doing, then it’s there where we should see the first hints of all the pay-off of this build-up. What I want to see is a new direction in the next quarter: something new and fresh that we have yet to see in the past thirteen episodes. Whether it’s about revisiting past characters, developing them even more, a more linear storyline or more daring concepts for episodes. Surprise me, Heartcatch!
Rating: * (Good)
I think the theme “family” has portrayed in this series a lot.You’ll see that the character development of every main character mainly come from “family”. Tsubomi with her parents and Erika with her sister. that make their character more lively. I like it.
Good episodic story as always. Look like their effort still good. Keep it up !
I saw this episode and I thought it was just absolutely ADORABLE! It relaxed the heck outta me! I loved it.