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gildedstageI’m trying to keep my expectations reasonable considering the reception of the 2025 season, but I can’t help but be excited for Star Detective. It’s been crazy watching the fan theories go from Cure Eclair is the androgynous Phantom Thief villain seen in the trailer (honestly, that could save her Cure design for me) to Cure Eclair and Cure Arcana Shadow are the same person because they both have slightly red eyes. I’m surprised that the Japanese side of the fandom went more tinfoil hat than us this time. As much as I don’t believe it, I do think the idea of a Cure becoming a Cure (civilian -> Cure -> Cure) would be interesting.
From what little we heard of their voices so far, Cure Arcana Shadow’s voice is more mature and gentle than I thought, while Cure Mystique is more girly.
They previewed the ending theme too. As much as I like Hirogaru Sky, I do like the silly, self-indulgent songs like this more. It’s honestly amazing how far the 3D animation has come. There wasn’t a single moment where it felt uncanny valley. Cure Arcana Shadow’s design looks even more beautiful animated. The face that launched a thousand scalper listings. Her cheeks are so round and squishy that it gives her an uncontrollable gap moe compared to her usual elegant and reserved movements. Cure Answer’s dorky expressions and giant ahoge changing like a mood ring is quickly endearing her to me too. The last frame was especially cute, I love the concept of them doing random things in their Cure forms.
It seems like there’s still potential for Cure Eclair to be that Phantom Thief if she’s not a fairy after all. From the magazine leaks, the Phantom Thief uses “boku” as a first person pronoun, but also shapeshifts into a woman. Very interesting.
There’s also the drop of “Shadow” from Cure Arcana Shadow and her image color changing to white instead of purple during certain toy voice lines is interesting too. I’m not too bothered by the idea as long as they aren’t lazy about it.
No sign of Jett being a midseason Cure yet.
From what little we heard of their voices so far, Cure Arcana Shadow’s voice is more mature and gentle than I thought, while Cure Mystique is more girly.
They previewed the ending theme too. As much as I like Hirogaru Sky, I do like the silly, self-indulgent songs like this more. It’s honestly amazing how far the 3D animation has come. There wasn’t a single moment where it felt uncanny valley. Cure Arcana Shadow’s design looks even more beautiful animated. The face that launched a thousand scalper listings. Her cheeks are so round and squishy that it gives her an uncontrollable gap moe compared to her usual elegant and reserved movements. Cure Answer’s dorky expressions and giant ahoge changing like a mood ring is quickly endearing her to me too. The last frame was especially cute, I love the concept of them doing random things in their Cure forms.
Surprise Leaks⁉️
It seems like there’s still potential for Cure Eclair to be that Phantom Thief if she’s not a fairy after all. From the magazine leaks, the Phantom Thief uses “boku” as a first person pronoun, but also shapeshifts into a woman. Very interesting.
There’s also the drop of “Shadow” from Cure Arcana Shadow and her image color changing to white instead of purple during certain toy voice lines is interesting too. I’m not too bothered by the idea as long as they aren’t lazy about it.
No sign of Jett being a midseason Cure yet.
