Ep46
The episode takes place on New Years. Last episode was Christmas, so two holidays covered by to back.
The Idol PreCures, Mr. Tanaka, and the two fan fairies are having a New Years party at Mr. Tanaka's place. Mr. Tanaka suggest the idol PreCure transform. After they do, a TV prank show crew arrives and crashes the party. They all have fun playing games and eating food. Once the crew leaves, the Cures question Mr. Tanaka what was up with that. He responds to their questions with, "It was prank." He then explains that with all the hectic stuff and worries they have, he felt the TV prank show would be a fun break for the Cures. Is a very sweet thing and I love his delivery for, "it's a prank."
As they leave the party, KyunKyun and Wink notice Idol's new scarf. Kiss and Zukyun explain she got it from her own personal Santa, Kaito Hibiki. I personally don't like the Idol x Kaito shipping since he's 18 and Idol is 14. The age gap is only 4 years but Kaito is an adult and Idol isn't. I'm fine with Idol having a crush. But Kaito's actions while mostly seeming to be like role model/mentor in the idol industry, tend to lean into the flirting romance. The shojo bubbles aren't helping.
The Idol PreCure have a sleepover at Idol's house. After all, Wink and KyunKyun must get all the details. Idol gets sleepy but didn't want to go to sleep since her friends are over. They decide to have drinks. Hot coco for the fairies and coffee for the humans. Wink is the only one who can stand the bitterness and the other 2 switch to hot coco. Idol's face as she tries coffee is hilarious.
The next morning, the heart tree has turned black. This causes the people in the town to feel anxious. That negative energy is absorbed into the tree and the tree becomes the monster of the day. The cures fight the monster and turn it back into a tree. However the tree is still black.
Magic fairy land's big ribbon light flashes a bit before turning off. The tree is spreading black leaves throughout the whole town. Kaito and Kazuma are out for a jog when they notice the leaves. Kazuma knows it's the work of Darkine. But he even he doesn't know what is up.
We get our first look at Darkine outside of shadow is finally here. I also realize for the first time that the town is star shaped.
I like how what I thought was a nice fluffy episode turned into the beginning of the end game. I knew it was coming yet was still caught off guard by it. I give this episode an A rank. I'm still curious for Darkine's motivations and we've got 3 episodes left in the series.
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