Delicious Party Precure Ep 19 Review: Team Delicious Party Assembled!

Hi, Everyone! This is my short review of Episode 19 of Delicious Party Precure and my thoughts on the episode. 

Amane is now part of the team and she was even given the special glass cup as a sign of friendship. After introducing herself to the King and Queen of Cookingdom, one of the questions that popped up was about the stolen Recipe-Bon which apparently was stolen before and then recovered before the Bundoru gang stole it again. 

Furthermore, the suspect happened to be Cinnamon aka Takumi's father which led to some doubts for Rosemary to pounder. I believe that there might be an insider in the Cookingdom that is also part of the Bundoru gang and Cinnamom might have his own reasons for what is really going on. 

The focus of this episode is Amane planning to bake two cakes for her elder brothers' birthday which the girls get with the preparation where we do learn that Amane has a kinder side and really loves her brothers. But when Narcistoru captured the cake fairies, the girls sprang into action and this time, we get our full team roll call which is still as lazy as ever with them standing with their hands on their hips. 

Lazy posing...

Black Pepper felt a rivalry with Cure Finale...

I do notice that Cure Precious always faces head-on the Ubauzo which resulted in her getting caught again for the umpteen times. Black Pepper (who appeared again) tried to save her and got a surprise with Cure Finale snatching his chance and even doing a Princess carry for Cure Precious. I could sense some rivalry between Black Pepper and this new Gold Precure. (Toei has confirmed that Cure Finale is a Gold Cure which I don't really see)

After the battle, Rosemary tried to probe Black Pepper about Cinnamon but he refused to say anything it and left...

The girls got their cakes and eat them!

Overall, it did leave some interesting questions on who is really responsible for the stolen Recipe-Bon and the connection with Cinnamon. Cure Precious really needs to learn how to fight properly since her reckless actions might cost the team if she keeps this up in future battles. 

In the next episode, the girls visit Amane's family's high-class restaurant and she insisted that the girls learn some proper table manners. Until then, not much to say. Stay safe and see you in the next post!

Delicious Party Precure Ep 18 Review: Amane's Choice Part 2

Hi, Everyone! This is my short review of Episode 18 of Delicious Party Precure for the conclusion of Amane's choice! Since most of you have already watched the episode, I will just give my thoughts about the episode.

Basically, I felt it was expected for Amane to decline to become a Precure in the beginning since she has guilt over everything she has committed as Gentle. Even though we still don't know what causes Amane to join the Budoru gang in the first place. 

I didn't know that the Ubauzo has a funny bone...

So when Narcistoru captured the Parfait Fairy and created an Ubauzo, it held Amane hostage leaving the girls in a tough situation to save her. But Cure Precious quote her grandmother's words of we can't change the past but we can create a future which finally woke Amane and resonate with the Heart Crystal that she is still carrying all this while.

I prefer this pose to her second pose.

Her attack is definitely nicer than the other three girls' basic finisher.

Amane finally became Cure Finale with her new transformation device-Heart Fruits Pendant and with her swift and powerful moves, she took down the Ubauzo with her finisher-Delicious Fruit Fanfare and saved the Parfait Fairy. Cure Finale herself is great in design but now we have two yellow cures in the team despite Cure Finale having shades of purple and white all over her costume. She definitely could stand on her own against the Ubauzo but then all new Cures tend to be overpowered in their debut episodes. 

Toei is being lazy by putting Cure Finale in the background. But we are getting another ending song soon.

Overall, I like this episode but we still don't know much about Amane and the circumstances of her past sins which hopefully it will be addressed in the future. Furthermore, the girls have been battling two Ubauzo for the duration of one full day for these two episodes which rarely happened in Precure. Poor Takumi missed all the action but he was engaged in an errand as seen in the previous episode. 

Amane has a cute Pout face.

With Amane joining the team, the girls hope to learn more about her but Amane wants to make a birthday cake for her older brothers and tried her best to keep it a surprise in the next episode. Until then, not much else to say. Stay safe and see you in the next post!

Delicious Party Precure Ep 17 Review: Amane's Choice Part 1

Hi, Everyone! This is my review of Episode 17 of Delicious Party Precure as Amane begins her road to redemption.

We see Amane training with her brother at the park before dawn as the next scene is at the Cookingdom, the King and Queen discovered the creation of a new Heart Crystal and informed Mari and the Energy Fairies about it.

The girls arrived at school and saw Amane has returned but before they could get more details from her, their peers surrounded Amane, they decided to meet her later after school. Mari informed the girls about the Heart Crystal that was delivered by the King and he explained the Crystal was created due to the number of positive energies the town people produced thanks to the girls' efforts. 

A Parfait Fairy also appeared and thanks to Pam's translation, it wanted to see Amane again. They went to Amane's family cafe and saw her talking to her vice president, Moe. Amane wanted to step down from chairman but Moe was against it. She even mentioned that Amane gave her encouragement by treating her to her family fruit punch dessert that gave her the chance to enjoy playing the piano. 

The Parfait Fairy also approached Amane and she is still able to see it. The Heart Crystal accidentally fell onto Amane and when she picked it up, it resonated with her. Mari realised that and wanted to ask Amane further but Narcistoru has captured a fairy nearly. 

The girls and Mari rushed to the scene when Narcistoru created an Ubauzo out of large scope and splatter. They then entered the Delicious Field to battle. The Ubauzo was surprisingly strong and nearly defeated the girls when Black Pepper appear to aid them.

Mari also noticed a knot on the Ubauzo and instructed the girls and Black Pepper to attack the knot. The plan worked and the girls finished off the Ubauzo. Black Pepper also fled the scene before the girls could ask him further.

The girls and Mari returned to Amane and he explained that she is worthy to become a Pretty Cure since the Heart Crystal resonated with her. But Amane declined the offer...

My thoughts on Episode 15 and 16 was okay but felt these two episodes should be in the earlier part of the series as they deal with Kokone's indecision to take a stand and getting pressured by her peers while Ran's quirk was made a joke at school by her classmate, Takagi until she finds out Takagi has issues with his brother. Furthermore, Black Pepper appeared as an observer and didn't even appear in Episode 16 at all.     

As expected, this episode focus on Amane's path to redemption. Seeing how she wants to step down as Chairman and reject to become a Pretty Cure might have something to with her being Gentle and the horrible things she has done before. We will probably know the reason in the next episode but I have a feeling that the Parfait Fairy is the key for Amane to regain her confidence to join the team next week since next week's preview already spoiled it. 

Narcistoru also step up his game as we now see him combining two items to become an Ubauzo and the girls barely survived thanks to Black Pepper and Mari's quick thinking. It is just a matter of time before Narcistoru might resort to something worse that the girls are going to need some serious help in the future. Black Pepper actually joined the fight and I love how he act cool in front of Cure Precious and they worked together pretty well. 

Well, this episode is a warm-up for next week's conclusion as we will see the debut of Cure Finale. Until then, stay safe and see you in the next post!