Neo Quinn
[Precure rambling]
Neo Quinn
I think my favorite thing about precure is
Neo Quinn
...OK, my favorite thing about it is how the original series was inspired by American buddy cop dramas
Neo Quinn
but my second favorite thing is just how aggressively the original director didn't give a flying fuck about courting the adult otaku market at every stage of conceptualizing it
Neo Quinn
"Fanservice episodes?" "Children don't give a shit about fanservice episodes"
Neo Quinn
"Gothic lolita aesthetic?" "Kids don't even know what that means, who cares"
Neo Quinn
"Isn't this supposed to be replacing a shoujo romance show on the rotation?" "Little girls like violence plenty tbh"
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i respect the hell out of the precure directors
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the smile director called out people who draw creepy fanart of the cures once, it was great
Neo Quinn
nice
nerDIE
It immediately made it a success too
Neo Quinn
The niche of "about girls and actually aimed at girls at the same time, what a concept"
Neo Quinn
I'm like 40 episodes behind on mahopre now, is it any good? I feel like I've gotten conflicting vibes on my timeline
Neo Quinn
jury's out on the A La Mode leaks, I immediately deduct 2 points from anything where a girl has bunny ears
Ji-snow
Yeah, the Smile director said something like "you know this is for kids, if you have to draw this stuff, at least make sure they can't come across it, but really why."
Neo Quinn
that's about my stance on it too
Neo Quinn
if someone really wants to draw porn of kids shows, I can't stop them, but don't fuckin put it where GIS will turn it up
Neo Quinn
also, gross, don't
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the bunny ears make me sort of suspect it's a fake because
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the tokyo mew mew sequel manga (which is terrible) has an MC who has bunny ears
Neo Quinn
we'll see, I guess
Ji-snow
I still kind of want to see Berii redeemed by a better writer without all the executive meddling that went on.
Neo Quinn
100% of what I know about Tokyo Mew Mew I learned indirectly through Undertale
Ken
I think Maho is really solid overall? Slow start but every main girl gets sufficient screen time, thanks to there just being three.
Ken
Hell. Side characters and villains that don't stay around long get more development than some major characters in other shows.
Neo Quinn
I'll pick it up at some point
Neo Quinn
maybe when I get tired of Naruto Kai
Neo Quinn
gotta have SOMETHING long and mindless in the backgruond
EsperBot
My favorite thing about Pretty Cure is that Eiichiro Oda considers it his rival because his daughter likes it better than One Piece.
Neo Quinn
hahahaha
Ji-snow
Mew Mew Kissy Cutie actually does not resemble it as described aside from featuring a catgirl and having a contested sequel, and even then, very few people think Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode is good.
Ji-snow
It was a reference but not a full lawyer-friendly mention, if that makes sense.
Neo Quinn
I figured as much