Hi, Everyone! This is my review of Tropical Rouge Precure Episode 17 and will Laura able to escape from the Witch of Delays to save her friends?
The Witch of Delays offered Laura a chance to be human as long she does not interfere with their plan to steal the motivational energies from humans. However, Laura refused and she was thrown into a jail cell where Kururu is also there. (How did the little seal get there?) The Witch of Delays is pouring the stolen motivational energies into a large fruit item and claimed it is still not enough for their plan.
Chongire and Numeri created two Zen Zen Yaranade from a cruise liner and the girls tried to stop them. Kururu was spotted by Elda who was playing house (Yeah, she is still a kid!) and Elda took her back to the jail cell. Laura ambushed her and they escaped. Laura tried to get back the Aqua pot but the Witch of Delays caught her.
She managed to escape out of the castle with the Aqua Pot but Bulter chased after her. Laura was knocked out by Bulter and she fell into a quarry presuming to be dead. However, Kururu rescued her and brought her back to their kingdom where the Queen was present.
Laura admitted that she wants to help her friends now even though she has fulfilled her duties of finding the Precures. The Queen then gave her a fossil item and told her it will aid her in time. Meanwhile, the girls were struggling against the Yaranade and were knocked out eventually. Laura saved Manatsu from drowning and her feelings reacted to the fossil item which transforms her into Cure La Mer!
Together with the other girls, they transformed again and defeated both Yaranade. After the battle, the girls discovered that Laura has human legs and is rejoined by her feelings. Laura also enrolled at Manatsu's school and stayed at the dorm near the Aquarium centre...
So Laura joined the team as Cure La Mer! It was expected. But I was surprised that it didn't come with any condition for Laura like a time-limited transformation. Although the path to getting her new power was pretty simple as all she has to do is just ask the Queen and she gave it to her but at least it wasn't some BS where the item appeared out of nowhere.
But then, I was a bit disappointed that the Witch of Delays was kinda slow (literally) in forcing Laura into giving in and she even let Laura wait in a jail cell to let her pounder it. However, we do know the villains' plan of conquering the world is using the stolen motivation energies into a large item that will probably be the villains' endgame.
Cure La Mer's debut is okay since she fulfilled the Blue Precure slot in the team. Her finisher- Kurukuru Lamer Stream is basically Hydro Pump from Blastoise although her victory pose is the cheerleader split!
So with Cure La Mer's debut and a new ending song now, what is going to happen next? Is it going to be more slice of life episodes or are we heading straight into the main plot soon? I am actually worried this season might be short and after sixth ranger appearances, there is not much other than a new power-up and the finale. Unless something interesting like an anti-Precure character appears or a change in the status quo, I am really worried about this season.
But for now, Laura joined as a student in the school and enrolled in the swimming club. Will she be making waves in her new club? Until then, stay safe and see you in the next post!
I'm usually too lazy to comment but thanks, as always, for the review.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the staff are using "Kururun did it" to fill in any gaps in the narrative. My other criticism of this episode is of the part where Manatsu de-transformed under water and, instead of getting her to the surface as soon as possible, Laura spent what seemed like forever arguing with Chongire. Apart from that a good conclusion to the "Laura becomes a Precure" arc. I like the fact that her basic personality has not changed but her attitude to her human friends has.
A few questions.
Will Laura be able to become a mermaid again? Is she still eligible to be a queen candidate? The conversation she had with Minori in the library last episode about having to give up one thing to achieve another makes me wonder.
The fact that Laura is going to join a sports club could be a lead-in to Asuka's back-story. Asuka and Laura haven't had a lot of interaction and Asuka seems to have some unfortunate history with the tennis club. Maybe the writers have a plan!
I just hope La Mer won't hog all the spotlight. It never fails. The new Cure gets fleshed out. Have all the cool moves. Trounce monsters Singlehandedly. Leaving the other girls( minus the Leader) forgotten and useless. So far, Tropical Rouge is pretty boring. No trinkets to collect. The girls are club hopping. Bad guys plan doesn't make sense. Are they're trying to make a slothful Earth? On a bright side note, I like how Laura takes the role as the helpful mascot. She may be bossy, but she means well. I knew that she was going to be the fifth cure. Kururun is okay, but she doesn't really do much. I really think that the team would be alright without her. But it wouldn't be Precure without the cute team pet. Would it? All in all, perhaps now they'll spice things up for the second half. As long as La Mer doesn't steal all the glory.
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