Part 2 of "KotWN's First Day at Middle School! Another PreCure Adventure Begins!" explores what we feel makes a good season start, or what might cause them to stumble. We discuss favorite cures, favorite fairies, and favorite baddies from each of these seasons. And we also unveil our official rankings of each season and ponder the commonalities in our votes, or the discrepancies.

In Part 1, we discuss the first episode of 8 PreCure seasons: Splash Star, Yes PreCure 5, Fresh, Suite, Smile, Doki doki, Happiness Charge, and Hugtto

Timestamps

Splash Star 6:10 Yes! PreCure 5 16:38 Fresh 30:12 Suite 44:40 Smile 51:22 Doki Doki 57:59 Happiness Charge 1:04:31 Hugtto 1:12:15

Main Discussion

We talk first impressions, how excited we are to watch more of the series, what we liked or maybe what fell flat. But the most important Takeaway is that Hummy is not suspicious. 

We also have notes from friend of the podcast Desi, who watched the episodes with us in our Discord

Timestamps Discussion Question 4:07 Main Discussion 7:25 Futari Wa Discussion 23:57 Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode Discussion 27:21 Wrap Up/Looking ahead 32:07

Discussion Question

How would the Tropical Club react to a visible ghost appearing before them?

Main Discussion This episode gave us some more depth to Manatsu's character, and we contemplate Elda's future character arc. We also ponder what other weaknesses the characters may display in future episodes.

Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode

Ciel has arrived, and she's both fantastic and somewhat dumb- unable to connect Ichika to Cure Whip.

Futari Wa PreCure

The duo is attacked by piccolo's doppleganger, who can steal souls? Also, the fairies almost got a divorce.

This podcast episode covers episodes 481 - 489

For this episode, we're joined by Franz of @ParameciaCast, who you can also find on youtube. We loved having them on, and we've done cross overs with their podcast before- check out our first collaboration as we build an unholy chart of One Piece characters

Timestamps3:44 Franz's Introduction11:05 Chatting with the Hosts 23:53 Main discussion

Franz's introduction Who is Franz's favorite Straw Hat and Why? You'll be Suuuuper surprised to find out!

Chatting with the Hosts

Main Discussion

This stretch of episodes truly mark the end of an era in the show, and your hosts are thrilled to talk about it. Whitebeard and Ace both perish, and the first like an absolute boss. Shanks makes a surprise appearance and we love his sexy crew. Plus, does Ivan have access to catboy hormones? We talk about the sheesh meme as well, it's a strange time on the podcast.

Timestamps Discussion Question 5:33 Main Discussion 11:20 Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode Discussion 21:58 Futari Wa Discussion 26:32 Tweets in a Bottle 33:14

Discussion Question

What would the crew do if they suddenly had mini Manatsus to look after?

Main Discussion Laura is going to school! She's full of confidence, ready to rule, and the swim team is coming to recruit her! Well, it doesn't go as planned, but we love the return of gremlin Laura. 

Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode

Bibury is here! With her vore puppet Joel will continue to call Kermit, no matter how much the show insists his name is Ill (or Iru).

Futari Wa PreCure

Kat loves the "kicky jump" - if there's an official term for this, please let Kat know! Also this episode is about Kiriya and... love letters?

This podcast episode covers episodes 474 - 480

For this episode, we're joined by John of @ParameciaCast, who you can also find on youtube. We loved having him on, and we've done cross overs with their podcast before- check out our first collaboration as we build an unholy chart of One Piece characters

Timestamps3:02 John's Introduction 12:19 Chatting with the Hosts 24:22 Main discussion 1:34:45 Thoughts From the Crew

John's introduction Who is John's favorite Straw Hat and Why? Surprise, it's Sanji!

Chatting with the Hosts John's been playing Monster Hunter Rise, and has run out of things to do while he waits for more content! We also pick his brain for which monster is his favorite. He cheats and picks two. 

Joel really enjoyed Hbomberguy’s deep dive into the history of the anti-vax movement in Vaccines A Measured Response, it's long but very in-depth and informative. 

Kat has been watching dog-training videos, and has fallen in love with Frankie to the Moon 

Main DiscussionThis episode gets a little weird with the introduction of Joel-saw, who will place you in a deathtrap, and the only chance for escape is to answer obscure One Piece trivia. But that aside, we have Luffy getting the top shelf hormones, a love of Crocodile and Mr. 1, and a discussion of conqueror's haki. We all love this series and bond over how incredible this story is and only continues to be into the future.

Thoughts From the Crew

We mostly talk about Gremlins, something which our podcast has been sorely missing, and John turns out to have an endless wealth of information on the subject.

Timestamps Discussion Question 1:36 Main Discussion 6:46 Futari Wa Discussion 19:20 Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode Discussion 25:04 Cure La Mer's Feet (more Tropical Rouge talk) 29:33 Looking Ahead/Predictions 38:47 Tweets in a Bottle 43:53 Crack Theories 54:35

Discussion Question

What mythical creatures would we turn the PreCure into?

Main Discussion We got our fifth PreCure of the season, Cure La Mer! There are elements of the story that we didn't like, but overall she has a good design! We predict how she might fit into the school in future episodes, of course

Futari Wa PreCure

Honoka is both an excellent wingman and a good big sister. Nagisa, on the otherhand, demonstrates how not to try and court someone.

Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode

Rio has been defeated and Ichika is a great lead cure. Joel really liked this episode, and Kat is a big Bibury fan.

This podcast episode covers episodes 466 - 473

Timestamps X:XX Chatting with the Hosts X:XX Main discussion X:XX Thoughts From the Crew

Chatting with the Hosts

Main Discussion

Timestamps Discussion Question 5:10 Main Discussion 11:33 Futari Wa Discussion 37:10 Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode Discussion 39:39 Crack Theories 43:42

Discussion Question

What Toppings do the Girls like on their pizza?

Main Discussion We discover that Laura is a food thief, and the PreCure can breathe underwater! Beyond that, though, we discuss inclusion in PreCure, and the criticism that it should "do more to appeal to boys/men." And more discussion of Laura's big decision she'll have to make next episode. We can't wait to see how it plays out!

Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode

Yukari is the best, and Rio is seriously trying to seem creepy and evil around the girls. This is how you get your cover blown, Rio!

This podcast episode covers episodes 459-465

Timestamps 2:58 Chatting with the Hosts 21:14 Main discussion

Chatting with the Hosts

We're super excited to talk more PreCure in our June Bonus Episode, and we loved the episodes we got to watch!

Main Discussion

Well folks, the Marineford Arc is off to a turbo-charged start! You have Whitebeard's devil fruit alongside Marco's, Jozu's, and Akainu's. You have admirals and captains facing each other in battle, and the descendant of Oars himself on the battle field. It's high octane, and we get more from Doffy's complex moral character in this one. This arc is just getting started and the anime won't be taking its foot off the gas any time soon.