Delicious Party Precure Ep 14 Review: The Masked Teen Black Pepper! (Product Placement Episode!)

Hi, Everyone! This is my review of Episode 14 of Delicious Party Precure and the arrival of the Masked Teen Black Pepper!

Ran bought a new product Sweet Crystals which contains different flavours of sweets for everyone to taste. The girls then spotted Takumi being confessed by a girl named Tomoe who ran away after confessing and didn't hear Takumi's answers.

The girls and Mari saw her and they learn that Tomoe has a crush on Takumi since they both loved to put mayonnaise and ketchup in their pasta. Mari encourages Tomoe to have the courage to hear Takumi's reply which she planned to do.

Later, Takumi went to Yui's family restaurant and saw Mari at a table. He wants to confront Mari about Yui but instead got teased about Tomoe's confession. Takumi asked what was Yui's reaction which is just only surprised about it.

The next day, after the girls and Mari failed to meet Amane again at her home, they went to eat some pasta and joined Tomoe together. But Narcistoru appeared to capture the Pasta fairy and Tomoe lost her memory of why she loved eating pasta.

The girls and Mari confronted Narcistoru and they entered the Delicious Field with Takumi trailing behind. Narcistoru created a Ubauzo out of a sandwich maker and the girls were getting overwhelmed by it. When the Ubauzo was about to attack a weakened Cure Precious and Mari, a blast knocked the Ubauzo out and when the smoke cleared, a masked teen appeared in front of the girls.

The Masked Teen introduced himself as Black Pepper and Mari finds him oddly familiar and calls out his name "Cinnamon" after seeing a Delicious Stone on his hat. But Black Pepper has no reaction to his reply. The girls then finished off the Ubauzo with Triple Mix and saved the Pasta fairy. 

Black Pepper disappears after the battle but Mari wonders if that is really Cinnamon-one of the "Cook Fighters" from Cookingdom.

Takumi finally replied to Tomoe and she told the girls and Mari that she was rejected by him. They cheered her up with some Sweet Crystals sweets as everyone wondered what their first love will taste like...

Although this episode is the introduction of Black Pepper, it keeps on focusing on the Sweet Crystals in almost every scene that even the Bundoru gang were also tasting. Toei, I know you want to promote your items but this is too obvious that like what Mike Myers said in Wayne's World-"I will not bow to any sponsor" and continue to eat a slice of pizza from Pizza Hut on screen. 

Minus Tomoe's first love in this episode, we get to know more about Black Pepper from Mari and I suspect that Mari has a crush on the Original Black Pepper named Cinnamon who maybe Takumi's father Monpei is Cinnamon and he belongs to a group of "Cook Fighters" that protect Cookingdom. The dots are getting connected...

It was expected that Yui was only surprised that Takumi has a love confession which probably means she has yet to see Takumi as a boyfriend but rather as a childhood friend. Maybe she might end up liking Black Pepper in the future like Sailormoon and Tuxedo Kamen's encounters. I find Black Pepper not cool enough with his debut and not even theme music for him? But I understand this is his first rodeo so maybe after a few times, he might even make an impact on Cure Precious but hopefully not too long. 

Next episode, the class is going on a picnic outdoor and Kokone is excited as she never had a picnic before! What hijinks will ensue during the picnic? Until then, stay safe and see you in the next post!    

Delicious Party Precure Ep 13 Review: A Family Secret!

Hi, Everyone! This is my review of Episode 13 of Delicious Party Precure as we begin a new arc!

The girls visited Amane at her home but were informed by her two elder twin brothers that she is resting and will be taking a leave of absence from school. 

Meanwhile, Takumi learned from her mother, An that they will be having a video call later with Takumi's father, Monpei and Yui's father Hikaru together with Yui and her mother Akiho. Both Monpei and Hikaru are fishermen and is travelling the world to catch new hauls. Takumi then recalled a year ago that he found the mysterious box in his father's belongings and the Delicious Stone inside it resonated with Takumi. 

Monpei was surprised to learn his son is the chosen one and explained that he is from the Cookingdom and An is also aware of his identity. He told Takumi that he must use his power wisely and keep it safe. Takumi also mistakenly believed that Rosemary is using Yui and her friends to fight the Ubauzo. He then opens his closet and pounder about a particular outfit...

After talking to Monpei and Hikaru on the video call, An started reminiscing about how she first meet Monpei ten years ago and she makes a bowl of Whitebait rice to save him from starving. The two of them soon fell in love after that. Akiho also prepares some Whitebait rice for everyone to eat. 

Yui shouted her catchphrase "Food is Smile" and Takumi remember teasing her when they were kids. After Yui's grandmother gave both of them onigiri, Takumi apologise to Yui and became the best of friends. At the same time, Narcistoru used his new fairy capture device to capture the Whitebait rice fairy which cause people to lose the taste and also lost their memories of why they love eating the Whitebait rice.

Yui's bracelet alerted her of the capture and was about to leave when she spotted An acting all strange about why she ate the Whitebait rice in the first place. Everyone gathered at the same place and saw Narcistoru acting all snobby. He then explained of his devices take away people's memories of food which got Yui all fired up.

Narcistoru then created a new Ubauzo dubbed Motto Ubauzo and the girls entered the Delicious Field created by Rosemary. Takumi was behind them and entered the field too. The girls went into battle but the Ubauzo was stronger and faster than them. The Ubauzo was about to ambush Cure Precious from behind when a ray of light knocked a giant boulder onto the Ubauzo and the girls finished it off with Mix Heart Attack.

The other two girls thought they were lucky but Cure Precious thinks otherwise. Back in Takumi's room, he makes the decision to protect Yui after learning she is fighting the Ubauzo by choice as the camera panned to a white outfit in his closet...

As I claimed last week that Takumi is somehow related to the Cookingdom and I was right somehow! Takumi's father Monpei came from the Cookingdom to our world and has a similar encounter with An like Yui and Rosemary in the first episode. The only difference is that Monpei choose to stay with An and had Takumi. But secrets never stay hidden forever and Monpei realised that the Delicious Stone had chosen his son as a chosen one. This also explains why Rosemary finds Takumi oddly familiar since he might have seen Monpei back at the Cookingdom. So what was Monpei's role in the Cookingdom that lead him to come to our world? A chef or perhaps a Prince? Wouldn't that make Takumi royalty also if his father is a prince?

Narcistoru is a complete jerk compared to Gentle/Amane since originally Gentle only removed the taste of the food when capturing the food fairies. Narcistoru also takes people's memories of why they like the food in the first place as shown how An suddenly forgets why she ate the Whitebait food since that was the food that brought her and Monpei together in the first place.

We don't really see it but during the fight, a flash of light save Cure Precious from certain doom and the viewers all know it was Takumi that save her. After hearing Yui's speech about protecting the food fairies from the Bundoru gang, he decided to protect her beliefs which sounds like a love confession.

In the next episode, Takumi got confessed by a girl which got everyone but Yui a little confused. But when a new Ubauzo appears to confront the girls, a mysterious masked man in white appeared before them. What will happen next? Until then, stay safe and see you in the next post!