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Timestamps 1:35 News/Announcements 13:53 Lead In Discussion 20:15 Succinct Summaries 26:24 Max Heart 16 & 17 33:59 Delicious Party PreCure 17 44:33 Suite 46-48 51:00 Wrap Up 52:15 Looking Ahead Announcements Be sure to check out Sparkle Side Chats, a podcast covering all things magical girls! Lead In Discussion We try to write a season in which the three evil generals are based on the land, sky, and sea! Max Heart Joel discusses his feelings on Nagisa & Honoka, Kat doesn't understand Uraganos, and we meet the next heartiel, intelligen Delicious Party PreCure Episode 17 sees the return of Amane, and a special recipipi- we don't have a ton to say about this episode, though it does seem we're quickly approaching the fourth cure of the season with a crystalized hoka hoka heart. Suite PreCure With Suite wrapping up, we largely discuss the theme of sadness and happiness represented by Noise. We love the Cures's combo attacks, and we appreciate the way this season handled its final episode

Timestamps 1:56 News/Announcements 7:37 Lead In Discussion 11:02 Max Heart 15 19:16  Suite 44/45 29:18 Delicious Party PreCure 15/16 43:38 Sweet Sound Bites 47:58 Looking Ahead Lead In Discussion We ponder the Delicious Party girls in 4th of July themed outfits. Also which energy fairy is the one carrying the roman candle and scaring the rest of the cast? Max Heart This episode introduces a one-off character voiced by none other than Mizusawa Fumie, the voice of Erika Kurumi! This alone makes the episode mention worthy Suite We cover episodes 44 & 45 this week. 44 is a Christmas episode that re-visits the "everyone is here!" energy from a few weeks ago. Meanwhile, in 45, Otokichi unveils his Pipe Organ Laser Cannon, do we need to say anything else? We say nay! Oh, but Otokichi and Crscendo Tone are Han-solo'd, things are getting tense as we approach the final episodes Delicious Party PreCure Episodes 15 & 16 give us more time with Kokone and Ran, respectively. Kokone is popular and daydreams of her gi

Timestamps 5:02 Lead In Discussion 14:52 Max Heart 14 21:09 Delicious Party PreCure 14 47:01 Suite 42/43 1:09:01 Looking Ahead 1:11:43 Crack Theory Lead In Discussion Kat tries to convince Joel that Dragon Ball Z is a magical girl anime in disguise, and Joel reminisces about the series Max Heart Joel's seriously at his limit with Max Heart, and he is quite frustrated that this episode treats a new Heartiel like it's a commonplace occurance Delicious Party PreCure Episode 14 Introduces us to Black Pepper, a CooKingdom warrior! But more importantly, a girl named Tomoe who falls in love with Takeda's condiment choices. Amane is still in a coma, and Joel wonders if Yui might be asexual and/or aromantic. Suite Episodes 42 & 43 involve some Road Runner & Wil E. Coyote shenanigans, the potential redemption of Bassdrum and Barritone (but NOT falsetto, okay, we know which one is Mephisto's least favorite), and a plot to... KILL Aphrodite?!? And Mephisto tries to make a heroic sacrifice? We're nearing the end

Timestamps 2:03 Lead In Discussion 13:08 Delicious Party PreCure 13 27:10 Max Heart 13 27:50 Suite 40/41 45:52 Sweet Sound Bites Lead In Discussion How would we construct a season where the PreCure are tasked with protecting the Underworld? We also revisit last week's discussion with some feedback from reddit. Max Heart This episode reveals the next heartiel Suite Episodes 40 & 41 is when the girls realize Pii-chan is Noise, and Ako... loves Otokichi? Something we thought had been established already, but oh well. And episode 41 involves all of Kanon Town trying to thwart the Minor Trio, and we absolutely loved it. Delicious Party PreCure Episode 13 features Yusuke Urameshi (Takeda)'s dad, who is a secret agent of the CooKingdom! Plus Takeda has a delicious stone and has decided to use it to save the girls from the always-pretty vampire Narcistoru.

Timestamps 1:46 Lead In Discussion 7:58 Succinct Summaries & Next week's watchlist 12:26 Delicious Party PreCure 12 29:33 Max Heart 12 32:20 Suite 38/39 42:20 Crack Theories Lead In Discussion What kind of season would we write where the Cures can switch powers and/or costumes with each other like in ToQger? Max Heart This episode contains a baby goat! Suite Episodes 38 & 39 first gives us Ako being a party pooper and not wanting to sing, only to realize the Cures are also her family. Then, we get a note-catching episode with Ako being adorable, and the return of Ako's boots! Delicious Party PreCure Episode 12 features Yui using the power of friendship to break Amane free of mind control! Plus, Takumi may impact the plot soon!

Timestamps 2:30 Announcements 3:42 Lead In Discussion 9:35 Succinct Summaries & Next week's watchlist 16:18 Max Heart 11 22:47 Suite 36/37 & Movie 36:43 Delicious Party PreCure 11 46:58 Sweet Sound Bites Lead In Discussion Joel tries to "sneak" another series into PreCure, will Kat correctly guess- and yup, there she goes. Wow she's good! Max Heart In this episode, everyone is holding hands! Plus, the girls receive a new item: the Buy Our Merch-iel! Suite In episode 36, the truth of Ako's past is revealed, and the girls are able to purify his soul! This leads into the movie in which Aphrodite is possessed by Evil and Mephisto is a wife guy?!? Yeah, it gets crazy. And finally in 37, it turns out Falsetto was the evilest of the Minor Trio all along! Also it's a Halloween episode. Also Baritone cries and we all feel bad for the guy. Delicious Party PreCure Episode 11 features Ran and Yui being totally head empty. Meanwhile, Yusuke/Takumi is catching onto Mari, and the girls realize Gentlu was President A

Timestamps 3:28 Movie Time! (Succinct Summaries) 9:57 All Stars DX3 14:38 Max Heart Movie 25:55 Pete's Ad Space 29:02 Succinct Summary for the Shows 38:47 Max Heart 10 42:05 Suite 34 & 35 54:42 Delicious Party PreCure 10 1:01:28 Sweet Sound Bites All Stars DX3 It's a flash from the past as we're reunited with the PreCure of the first 7 seasons, as well as movie-exclusive enemies! We love the jokes, we love seeing Erika Kurumi again, and also it's whacking time! Max Heart Movie The first ever precure movie sees the precure face off against Izma, and we also meet a sentai team of frogs, one of whom is Goku and one is Sasuke! Max Heart In episode 10, Nagisa bakes a cake. We also talk about whether anything happens in this show. We do appreciate the humor of the evil generals and Kat misses Wisdom. Suite Our theories have finally paid off! We discover the truth of Mephisto's mental state, the true identity of Cure Muse, and secret familial bonds! Also the negatones are looking super cool with Mephisto's influ

Timestamps 1:28 Lead-in Discussion 9:00 Suite 30 22:51 Suite 31 26:16 Delicious Party PreCure 35:47 Max Heart 36:29 Looking Ahead Lead-in Discussion We pitch our own Multiverse of Madness, but as a PreCure season. Suite PreCure  We watched episodes 32 and 33. The first of which is about a flea market and the Minor Trio dressing as women to steal the Healing Chest! Joel notes the true villain may fear the chest's power. In 33, Hibiki must face her performance anxieties, and Ellen realizes what her dream is! And it looks like Mephisto himself will be facing the PreCure girls next episode... Delicious Party PreCure in episode 9, Ran and Kokone have a bit of a fight, but we love how emotive Ran is. We meet a new general and speculate what hte future holds for Gentle. Oh, and Kome Kome evolved once more Max Heart episode 9 introduces a new enemy general and an unnamed heartiel, but other than that? We got nothing

Timestamps 1:11 Pre-Show/Announcements 3:02 Lead-in Discussion 10:32 Delicious Party 21:53 Max Heart 25:24 Suite PreCure 53:54 Sweet Sound Bites Lead-in Discussion We pitch a season centered around moms and motherhood, in honor of Mother's Day Delicious Party PreCure This week we cover episode 8 of Delicious Party, in which Ran decides to quit social media! Also, Yui is simply not attuned to Yusuke Urameshi's feelings. Also we surprise even ourselves with a segment on Kamen Rider Drive Max Heart episode 8 was  a nothing burger, but your hosts discuss if the story would work better without the monster of the week business. Suite PreCure  We cover episodes 30 and 31, the first of which is Joel's favorite episode of PreCure ever. Hibiki didn't study for a test, Waon is actually Epona from Legend of Zelda, and the Negatone is actually a quiz show style monster. It's great! And in 31, the girls head to the mountain for a training montage while the Minor Trio decide true power comes from calories! Have they been wa

Timestamps 1:41 Pre-Show/Announcements 6:41 Lead-in Discussion 11:51 Delicious Party 24:27 Max Heart 25:01 Suite PreCure 39:00 Thoughts From the Crew Delicious Party PreCure This week we cover episode 7 of Delicious Party, in which Ran and Mem Mem join the party! With the Bundurou Gang targetting restaurants that appear on the social media feed of one Chururin, the girls investigate. The Student Council President is still sus as heck, and we wonder when that will come to a head. Max Heart In Max Heart episode 7, Shiny Luminous can generate strength enhancing rainbows Suite PreCure We cover episodes 28 and 29, which involve Ellen going to school and being adorable, and then a trip to Major Land where the girls go super saiyan to fight some buff Easter Island heads.

Timestamps 3:14 Pre-Show/Announcements 7:51 Delicious Party 30:24 Max Heart 33:59 Suite PreCure 43:12 Thoughts From the Crew Delicious Party PreCure Delicious Party is back with episode 6! Kokone is still adjusting to having and making friends, and Pam Pam starts a rumor that the school's haunted! Max Heart New villain dropped- we have a pirate looking demon man, but other than that we don't have much to say, but hey, next episode we'll get another heartiel. Suite PreCure We cover episodes 26 & 27, which focus a lot on the fairy tones! It's super cute and we love it. Plus... the bad guys get their own henshin sequence??? These are high quality episodes, and also Hibiki appears to be hearing voices- uh oh!

Timestamps 1:45 Announcements 4:19 Lead-in Discussion 12:02 Suite PreCure 43:12 Sound Bites Lead-in Discussion We pitch a PreCure season themed around video games! Suite PreCure This episode covers episodes 22-25! We have the "former villain is unsure if they can be redeemed" arc, which feels quite reminiscent of Eas from Fresh PreCure, but at least we get plenty of cute Hummy, and Siren's new human identity as Ellen, and the official reveal of her cure name, Cure Beat! Joel's predictions come true as Ellen is both trapped in human form AND her finishing move is straight up just a gun! The last two episodes are the state-mandated beach and festival episodes, and they are more adorable than a litter of piglets putting on a play! Ellen is scared of monsters, she still has the hots for Ouji, and she's a wonderful actress. Plus, they build a shrine to Hummy's greatness at the beach.

Timestamps 2:14 Announcements 5:06 Lead-in Discussion 10:42 Suite episodes 18 & 19 23:05 Suite episodes 20 & 21 39:15 Sound Bites Lead-in Discussion We pitch a PreCure season themed around holidays! Suite PreCure We watched episodes 18-21, which range from an adorable note catching spree (as well as Cure Muse's top 10 anime betrayals), to Siren separating the girls with magic which is thwarted with friendship, as well as Siren pretending to be Hummy's friend (which is her top 10 anime betrayal, of the many times she has tricked the girls), but it's all resolved when she actually is Hummy's friend and she becomes a PreCure! But then she just sort of leaves.

Timestamps 1:32 Lead-in Discussion 11:19 Suite episodes 14 & 15 25:04 Suite episodes 16 & 17 47:31 Sound Bites Lead-in Discussion We pitch a PreCure season in which the girls are secret agents! Suite PreCure We watched episodes 14-17, which range from more Cure Muse investigation, more Siren trickery, Hibiki and Kanade switching places, and Hibiki's mom being the only person who would protect her if the whole world turned on her, a very specific statement with a very specific method to test it. Let's also appreciate Siren x Ouji, and we also briefly talk headcanons for Ouji and Hibiki.

Timestamps 2:00 Lead-in Discussion 8:10 Max Heart 17:27 Suite Lead-in Discussion We pitch a PreCure season in which the girls work in a small town government building, inspired by Parks & Rec Max Heart We cover episode 5, which introduces Hikari's transformation into Shiny Luminous, and then a lot of pondering if Hikari could be the Queen's Light. The answer seems to be yes. Suite PreCure We cover episodes 11-13 of Suite PreCure, which focuses primarily on a new, mysterious figure named Cure Muse and who she could be, as well as the growing divide between Siren and the Minor Trio.

Timestamps 3:16 Lead-in Discussion 7:40 Max Heart 12:42 Suite 33:22 Star Twinkle Lead-in Discussion We pitch a PreCure season focused on animals and kindness Max Heart We cover episode 4, and spend most of the time talking about Nagisa's art skills and how mean everyone is to her. Also, it seems Hikari is closing in on the secret of PreCure. Suite PreCure We cover episodes 9 & 10, focusing on Kanade trying to imitate Hibiki (and bribe Hummy) to get her own Belltier. Then, the pair teach some kindergartners by becoming gorillas! Oh, and Siren discovers what warmth is and develops a crush. And is also a bad boss. Star Twinkle PreCure Kat has watched up to episode 21, which introduces the season's mid-season cure. We discuss how much she's liked it so far, favorite characters, as well as potential weaknesses of the season.

Timestamps 1:26 Max Heart 4:09 Suite PreCure 34:12 Delicious Thoughts Max Heart We briefly cover episode 3 of Max Heart, though we realize that nothing happened. We also eventually compare Pollun with other fairies, including Kururun, long may they reign. Suite PreCure Covering episodes 5 - 8, we have a lot to talk about! Kanade and Hibiki have a falling out but are able to recover, Kanade is an angry older sister to her little brother, Souta (who also has a jerk of a friend, gosh she's rude!), a leprechaun lives in the old music hall, taking the guise of an old man, and finally Siren learns what friendship feels like by trying to become Hibiki's friend and drive her away from Kanade

Timestamps 2:57 Lead In Discussion 7:31 Tropical Rouge Movie 16:31 Delicious Party PreCure 40:01 Delicious Thoughts 47:19 Looking Ahead Lead In Discussion Let's Pitch a PreCure season focused on stage magic Tropical Rouge Movie We watched "The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!" and found it lovely to revisit both the Tropical Rouge and Heartcatch girls. Erika Kurumi and Laura make for the best pair of goblins! And our deepest apologies for not talking about the movie's version of PreCure Giant Lady. We can and will do better. Delicious Party PreCure We cover both episodes 4 and 5- Which we dub the Kokone Fuwa Power Hour! Kokone is new to friends, but Yui barges into her heart and demands they become best friends, and it works out for both parties. Plus, we discuss the all-important power of rectangles!

Timestamps 1:54 Lead In Discussion 9:17 Delicious Party PreCure 2 25:50 Delicious Party PreCure 3 48:33 Max Heart 2 53:17 Suite PreCure 3 59:57 Suite PreCure 4 1:07:36 Delicious Thoughts 1:15:38 Looking Ahead Discussion Question We pitch a PreCure season themed around mechs! Delicious Party PreCure We cover both episodes 2 and 3- in which Mari breaks up with Yui for her own good, and we meet the second energy fairy Pam Pam! We also discuss the heartbreaking framing of Kome Kome's desire to be appreciated. Max Heart PreCure The second episode of Max Heart formally introduced Hikari Kujou, the mysterious girl. And a new villain in the form of Dracula! Suite PreCure Covering episodes 3 and 4, we see Hibiki's troubled relationship with her dad and music, and kanade's cakes! No one knows Kanade's cakes better than Hibiki. Why are you giggling?

Timestamps 4:45 Call to Action 9:56 Delicious Party PreCure 35:43 Max Heart 1 42:37 Suite PreCure 1 & 2 54:22 Delicious Thoughts 58:01 Looking Ahead Discussion Question We pitch a PreCure season themed around bugs! Delicious Party PreCure With a new season comes a new cure, a new mentor figure, a new fairy, and new villains! Did this show serve a premium first bite of deliciousness, or did it leave a funny taste in our mouths? We loved every minute of it, and especially Yui and Kome Kome for their adorableness. Itadakimasu Max Heart PreCure We watched the first episode of Max Heart, and found it was much what we expected- not a ton happened, but we liked the visuals and are intrigued by the mysterious new girl... whoever could she be? Suite PreCure We review episodes 1 & 2 of Suite, and are absolutely delighted by our lead cures, and we don't find Hummy suspicious at all! We try to decide which of us is Hibiki and which is Kanade, and who has the better outfit as a PreCure.