Pretty Cure is a long-standing magical girl series!! There have been TONS of different seasons of this, each featuring a team of different Cures, but THIS is the first. Fans refer to this first season by its Japanese title, “Futari wa Pretty Cure” to differentiate it from Pretty Cure as a franchise.

What’s really cool about Pretty Cure is how action-y and martial arts-centered the combat is!! There is a combination of sparkly friendship-based magical beams with very cool kicks and punches! These girls are STRONG!!

It feels very retro to watch this season now (it’s from the mid-00’s), with fuzzy yellow subtitles and everything, which is appealing if you happen to be a retro lover. 😀

Check these links for:
episodes 1-12 (you are here), 13-24, 25-36, and 37-49.

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Episode 1 – You Want Us to Transform?! No Way!

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Episode 2 – Give Me a Break! A City Targeted By Darkness

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Episode 3 – Beware of the Cute Student Teacher

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Episode 4 – A Miracle? The Art Museum Comes to Life!

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Episode 5 – Serious Trouble! A Desperate Pisard

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Episode 6 – A New Darkness! The Bear in the Dangerous Forest

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Episode 7 – A Bitter Lacrosse Battle! A Maiden’s Heart is So Delicate

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Episode 8 – The End of Pretty Cure! Isn’t It Too Soon for That!?

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Episode 9 – Give Him Back! The Great Mepo Mepo Strategy

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Episode 10 – Honoka Explodes! A Wonderful Birthday

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Episode 11 – Save Ryota! Gekidrago Panic

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Episode 12 – The Evil Flower! Poisonny Appears

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Check these links for:
episodes 1-12 (you are here), 13-24, 25-36, and 37-49.

This is a REALLY CUTE AND SWEET magical girl series!! It’s pretty retro, with loads of bodacious 90’s outfits you’ll get to see on the characters in their casual clothes, and tons of classic anime tropes (like her step-sister’s GREAT ojousama laugh).

The storyline is SOOOOO sweet – you will get so invested in Himeno and her triumphs as a magical girl, while she struggles at home with her new, rich family. Being surrounded by the handsome dudes who offer her their powers, the Leafe Knights, offers some happy salvation (…when it isn’t adding more drama).

A cool detail unique to this magical girl is that her costume and powers are different depending on which knight she connects with!! They are all REALLY cool!!

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Episode 1 – Winds of Destiny

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Episode 2 – Let Me Hear Your Heart Flutter

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Episode 3 – The Way of Becoming Pretear

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Episode 4 – Promise Made Under the Sunlight

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Episode 5 – Smile of Darkness

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Episode 6 – Secret of Rouge

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Episode 7 – Can’t Protect Anyone Anymore

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Episode 8 – Moment of Awakening

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Episode 9 – Unreaching Melody

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Episode 10 – The Furthest Reaches of One’s Emotions

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Episode 11 – Eyes of Glass

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Episode 12 – Warmth, Once More

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Episode 13 – The Legend of White Snow

The “Monthly Girls'” in the title refers to shoujo manga, which is published monthly, lol;; To search for merch and stuff, also try the Japanese title, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun~

This show is SOOOO FUNNY, omg. And the cast of characters is wild! One by one, you will be introduced to the colorful classmates that have influenced Nozaki as he writes shoujo manga in secret. The heroine of the story is the only sane person here, for real.

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Episode 1 – This Love… is Being Turned into a Shoujo Manga

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Episode 2 – Say Hello to the New Heroine

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Episode 3 – Violence VS. The Prince

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Episode 4 – There are Times When Men Must Fight

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Episode 5 – The Man Who Envisions Love

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Episode 6 – I’ll Cast a Spell on You

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Episode 7 – The Manga Artist’s Brain, Nozaki-kun

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Episode 8 – The Prince (Girl) of the School’s Problems

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Episode 9 – Do You Have Enough Excitement?!

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Episode 10 – What’s Strengthened is Our Bond and Our Reins

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Episode 11 – Let’s Rice

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Episode 12 – If This Feeling Isn’t Love, Then There Is No Love in the World

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(Tbh I am not a fan of the localized title for this show – I think “Cleanliness Boy! Aoyama-kun” is way better! The Japanese title, for those searching for it, is “Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun”~)

This is a comedic sports anime about a mysophobic character, and the incredibly weird characters all around him. Although it’s mostly jokey, I do appreciate that they spend some conversation in the first episode to make it clear that his fixation is a highly inhibiting disability, and how difficult it is that he has to work around it!

Though there is some cool soccer action in this series, there are all kinds of other hijinks going on, and sometimes it seems that Aoyama-kun isn’t even the central character, only showing up and doing something amazing when it’s important, lol!

Also enjoy the super retro thowback-style credits sequence LOL.

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Episode 1 – Aoyama-kun is a Clean Freak!

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Episode 2 – Aoyama-kun, Do You Remember?

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Episode 3 – The Reason Aoyama-kun Isn’t Here

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Episode 4 – Narita-kun Keeps it a Secret

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Episode 5 – Tsukamoto-kun’s Life is All About Laughs

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Episode 6 – Ozaki-kun Has His Pride

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Episode 7 – Odagiri-san Can’t Get it In

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Episode 8 – Umeya-kun is Very Patient

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Episode 9 – Miwa-chan Wants to Do a Training Camp

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Episode 10 – Aoyama-kun Has Many Secrets

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Episode 11 – Sakai-kun’s Hairstyle Has Changed

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Episode 12 – The Reason Behind Aoyama-kun’s Choice

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This show… is so… GOOOOOOOD!!!! I really think there was no predicting just how emotional and investing this was going to turn out to be.

Figure skating is a beautiful sport to observe (I did ballet as a kid and love seeing ballet show up in this anime, too!), and there is a diverse cast in this show that we get to see performing a variety of routines!! And the friendships and blossoming love between the characters are so, so precious~

Good, GOOD stuff all around! Hope you enjoy it! nn

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Episode 1 – Easy as Pirozhki!! The Grand Prix Final of Tears

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Episode 2 – Two Yuris?! Drama at Yu-topia

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Episode 3 – I Am Eros, and Eros Is Me?! Face-Off! Hot Springs on Ice

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Episode 4 – Like Yourself… And Complete the Free Program!!

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Episode 5 – Face Beet-Red!! It’s the First Competition! The Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship

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Episode 6 – China’s On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Short Program

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Episode 7 – China’s On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Free Skate

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Episode 8 – Yuri vs. Yuri The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Short Program

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Episode 9 – Yuri vs. Yuri The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Free Skate

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Episode 10 – Gotta Supercharge It!! Pre-Grand Prix Final Special!

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Episode 11 – Gotta Super-Supercharge It!! Grand Prix Final Short Program

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Episode 12 – Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge It!!! Grand Prix Final Free Skate

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