You And Idol Precure Episode 1 Review - Your New Idol Bias Is Here
Yes, I know I’m late into reviewing this, but better late than never, right? Anyways, my first impressions of You And Idol Precure is that it’s surprisingly fast-paced. One minute into the story, the protagonist meets the mascot and after shenanigans, she becomes an Idol Precure!
The story is basically about Uta Sakura who finds a washed up peach in the river when walking her dog Kyutaro one day and out of curiosity, she picks it up and a fairy called Purirun comes out of it. Purirun is looking for a person called an Idol Precure in order to help her save her homeland, Kirakiland, from the bad guys.
I do admit that this is the funniest premiere I’ve seen so far in a Precure show. It’s super goofy. First, you have Uta finding a peach washed up in the river equivalent to how the tale of Momotaro is like, but instead of Momotaro, she finds Purirun. Uta initially is freaked out over Purirun’s appearance, but she is soon wrapped around her fingers as Purirun is adorable and a giant menace to her wallet. Then, when she finds a guy named Precure, they go off in the peach and the story ‘ends’, but then the same cycle of the peach being in the river shows up again the next day. Like, whoever the writer is knows how to be comedic.
For the characters, Uta is a fun lead. While she likes singing, she has a lot of humility. She just does it for fun and not necessarily to make it a profession, though that could change later on. She likes how singing makes the people around her happy, hence why she mainly does it for the people at her family’s cafe. Her family seems to be chill people as well. She has parents, a younger sister and a dog named Kyutaro. However, the biggest menace is Purirun who feels like a scammer to me. She just goes around making Uta buy stuff for her and then dips when she finds Precure (who’s actually Kurikyuta) and when she comes back, it feels like everything was for naught until Uta becomes the Precure. Though, I do like that Purirun is not a menace intentionally as she feels like a handful because she’s so laidback.
The villains are actually interesting! Man, I missed having villains at the very beginning of the story. I’m so glad they brought recurring villains back. I think Precure does a superb job with goofy yet menacing villains, so I can’t wait to see what these guys have in store.
I really like the transformation scene! It’s fast, but has a lot going on in contrast to Cure Wonderful’s. I love the top to bottom transformation sequence where she goes from hair to dress to boots and accessories. I haven’t seen that pattern in Delicious Party Precure and it should be a thing. I don’t know if transformation patterns are a thing in the magical girl fandom, but my favorites are hair-dress-shoes-accessories and dress-shoes-hair-accessories. If you have a favorite pattern, let me know!
I do like that Cure Idol struggles with her newfound powers at first but gets adjusted to it. I do like that singing is a part of her finisher and it’s a completed version of the rhythm she’s been singing since the beginning of the episode.
The voice acting cast is pretty good. Uta is voiced by Misato Matsuoka, who voiced Kirarin Rabbit in Wonderful Precure. I’m also familiar with her role as Uta Kirishima from The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons. She actually improved a lot since then, so I’m impressed! Purirun is voiced by Yoshino Nanjo of Love Live fame—though, I’m not too familiar with the franchise. The most surprising casting is the famous Kenjiro Tsuda as…the dog, Kyutaro. Yes, TSUDAKEN VOICES THE DOG—his best role yet. Precure sure loves making animals be voiced by famous male voice actors—we had Yuichi Nakamura as Daifuku and now Kenjiro Tsuda as Kyu-chan. Who’s next?
But yeah, I think this will be a funny show and I’m all for it. I like comedic stories and I can’t wait to see how idols tie into this. The next episode will air tomorrow night where I live, so I hope to get a review out next week. Once again, sorry that it’s late! Let me know your thoughts on the premiere of You and Idol Precure!
GUYS DID YOU HEAR THAT? I’ve got rumors about the future chapter finally confirming Annie’s status as a special ops SC soldier!!!!-
Wait, that wasn’t very convincing now, was it? Ok, I’m just trying to warn you from potential early leaks.
Last month, we were left with two titans down, one unconscious, a SC kicking and a cinnamon roll in danger. Will Marley throw the situation over? Will Reiner wake up? Did Isayama spare Stallion Man on his upcoming birthday? Has Zeke something in mind? Will best girl Pieck live another day? Will Porco not be a bullhead? Will Gabi or Magath pull the trigger? Where is Hange? What will Levi do? Is Eren ready for a 3rd and last round? Will Armin still be ugly?
I don’t know when the leaks will drop, but as a general rule, I’m not expecting anything till the 6th. Since the 6th is falling on a Friday, perhaps we will get the full content at the end of next week.
Besides, Goldenweek starts April 28th and ends the 6th of May. You know what it means, right?
Early leaks at the end of the month! If Yonkou and OrganicDinosaur are kind enough, they’ll release the leaks and their translation before Goldenweek starts, just like Christmas! On the downside, May is going to be a very long month, just like January.
As a reminder, I’ll keep the #snk_spoilers and #snk_104 as spoiler tags, as usual. At the end of the month, I’ll do the same with chapter 105 (#snk_105).
Considering the birthdays this month…
5th: Eren Kruger
7th: Jean Kirstein
10th: Sandra (Floch’s friend)
12th: Hannah Diamant
14th: Gabi Braun
15nd: Darius Zackly
19th: Sannes’ colleague (when Dimo helped the SC capture Sannes)
Okay so basically I think Zackly wished he could torture Eren with the shitmachine but obviously knew he couldn’t. I mean, he glanced at it right after Armin and Mikasa asked what would happen to Eren lol.
