King Of The What Now?

1:44 Announcements start, in which Kat's Curesona name is revealed!

3:32 We start with a discussion question - why does PreCure appeal to Joel and Kat more than Tokusatsu? While we like the expressiveness of anime, you should still check out ToQger and Kamen Rider Drive

9:38 we discuss Kira Kira Pre Cure A La Mode and what makes it so good

13:43 we discuss Futari Wa PreCure episode 7, and why we really appreciated the episode. The growing relationship between Nagisa and Honoka really sold us

17:40 our main discussion begins. We really liked the Minori focused episode and the chance to give the shy girl time to shine. We also meet Kururun, whom we love! They're just a cute lil Pokemon, who we suspect may evolve later in the series. Perhaps into... hot Kururun? We also love Elde's childishness, and the representation of the existential horror of adulthood.

45:19 Crack Theories

We take a moment to plug our previous magical girl episodes, including our HeartCatch PreCure episode, Our Madoka Magica episode, and our spectacular crossover with Trey of The Full Spectrum Podcast as we all covered the PreCure Miracle Universe movie. Honestly we're quite proud of ourselves and are happy to continue covering more Magical Girl media.

The Discussion Question is posed at 4:22, "what aspects of Easter appeal to each of the Tropical Club members?" You just know Manatsu is going to be sprinting around looking for eggs.

The main episode starts at 12:02, in which we discuss Asuka and Laura at length, Manatsu's efforts to get her club officially accepted, and a search for the penguin statue from last episode! We also talk about My Little Pony quite a bit more than in previous episodes. Also, is Tropical Rouge PreCure "On Acid?" Or shall we have to rebuke whoever had levied such foul accusations? Plus, Joel makes a promise from His Heart to Yours to watch more Kira Kira before episode 8 of the podcast- will he succeed?

We share our Crack Theories at 38:08 to end the episode. We shall not spoil them, of course, but we are always excited to hear your silly ideas

We cover episodes 390-396 in this episode.

Chatting with the hosts starts at 2:52. We discuss all manner of stuff.

• Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson- it's really good! The Worldbuilding, as usual, knocks it out of the park. Fantasy Die Hard in a magic tower? Heck yes.
• Jade City by Fonda Lee- magic plus gangsters, be sure to check that out. Kat doesn't go into much details about what she loves about it, but she loved it a lot.
• Re:Zero – Joel fell for the series HARD. He knows its overhyped, but he likes it anyways. There are memorable characters, both lovable and detestable, the character does get some great growth. Don't believe you should watch it? Here's a video essay about how it's brilliant
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger – it's a Sentai season about dinosaurs. It's a lot of fun, though Joel feels it starts off slowly, but the ending more than makes it worth the wait
• Kamen Rider Drive - a Kamen Rider season with perhaps the best opening ever.

The regular episode starts at 15:08, and we met a parade of new characters. Silvers Rayleigh wins the world's sexiest grandpa award, and we meet 9 other rookie pirates with exceptionally high bounties known as the eleven supernova. We don't get a lot of time with them, but they have larger than life personalities and seem like they'll stick around. And then, we have to discuss fishman racism, and how the world didn't even consider them sentient for a long time. The Dark themes rear their ugly heads in this one.

HeartCatch PreCure is the 7th PreCure season, and it centers around the theme of "a new you," and uses flower and fashion motifs. You've got the shy but good-hearted Tsubomi (Cure Blossom), the little gremlin with a big heart Erika (Cure Marine), the popular, beautiful, strong Itsuki who both protecc and attacc (Cure Sunshine), and the glasses wearing upperclassman Yuri (Cure Moonlight). They mainly face off against the three Desert Apostles: Kumojacky- the strength-obsessed captain Harlock lookalike, Cobraja- the beauty-obsessed blue one, and Sasorina- the girl one. TL;DR we really liked this season, and it was Erika that sold us on it! We also reviewed the standalone movie "HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?!" and we enjoyed that werewolf child and his phantom of the opera father.

Our "Living Our Ninja Way" segment starts at 1:33, and involves cats, running, writing, and podcasting!

Main episode starts at 2:59, where we discuss episodes 159-165 of Naruto Shippuden. Pain continues his attack on the Leaf village, and we are saddened to see Kakashi dead and Tsunade likely to join him soon. We talk about Konohamaru's glow up and character growth, as well as Naruto's own growth and what it truly means to be hokage. Kakashi's ability to send objects to hell amuses us to no end, and we talk a lot about Pain, unsurprisingly. He seems to be both singularly driven by a tragic past, as well as someone suffering from Ninja Cancer, the most dangerous disease in the world of shinobi.

We start the episode off with the good news that the OG PreCure has been updated on Crunchyroll to have higher audio quality, and we're stoked!

at 3:04 we start today's Discussion Question: What differentiates the cute fairies from the annoying ones, and informally rank those we love and those we disliked.

The main episode starts at 6:31, and it's largely about Asuka! What did we think of her introduction, how will she get along with Laura and what might her future arc be? We also briefly consider her in the Kira Kira PreCure A La Mode canon.

at 28:51, to end the episode, we discuss potential crack theories for this series- maybe this will be a recurring bit, maybe it won't, but we had fun with it this time around for sure

The Discussion Question starts at 1:39, as we contemplate a brand-sponsored CureSona and what they might look like.

At 7:50 we explain our inside joke regarding Erika and Tsubomi, may they live on forever in our hearts. This also unveils our unofficial mascot: gremlin Erika holding up a giant dorito chip, a representation of her decadence

Next, at 12:10, Joel and Kat give updates on their curesonas, including information about their fairies and potential catchphrases.

The discussion of the main episode starts at 20:16. We meet Minori Ichinose and see her journey to becoming Cure Payapa, and talk about her character, the design, what works about her and what didn't work so well.

We also bring up the subject of subtext in PreCure, and extend the conversation to media as a hole, especially with relationships that could be perceived as homosexual. We briefly ponder a Magical Girl show written by Studio Trigger and continue with our watch of Futari Wa PreCure where Joel highlights where the series falls flat, but then we discuss what's great about that first season.

And of course we finish with predictions of how Cure Flamingo might appear in the next episode, and how her story might evolve.

Also, for your viewing pleasure, we mentioned Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure But Really Fast and we hope you enjoy it.

Our Discussion topic for this episode is characters from different PreCure seasons we wish would interact with each other. We love Sango and Cure Coral, and we compare her depiction to that of Cure Summer. And a rather long discussion of cures with disabilities. We wrap up contemplating future episodes- both how Cure Papaya might be introduced and if Laura and Manatsu might find themselves at odds