They manage to drive off Pissard with that, and everything magically resetting so no damage is actually permanent, and the episode ends with Nagisa not at all happy with the recent strange developments in her life. But at least Marble Screw is a pretty cool attack. This is a problem Futari Wa would have a lot of. The fight ends anti-climactically as the girls don’t even really win the fight or beat up the Zakenna, they just use their attack Marble Screw and kill it without a fight at all really. The Zakenna however has a good design, in general most do, Pissard summons it with a strange speech in his episodes but this is dropped shortly and doesn’t happen much later. Unfortunately the action itself is very floaty and not particularly good, a problem that would repeatedly plague the franchise pretty much all the way until Fresh. It is the best battle music any season has ever had. The fight begins shortly and it’s worth mentioning that we are gifted with the best battle music in the very first episode. The liquid metal effect and the music is pretty good and the outfits are nice and simple. After a brief meeting between the two girls they transform and it’s certainly a memorable transformation. Who is not remotely scary, intimidating, or funny. Nagisa’s scared reaction to Mepple is hilarious and very normal compared to how other lead Cures would react in later seasons.Īfter following Mepple’s instructions to meet Mipple Nagisa finds herself at an amusement park, along with the first evil minion from the Dark Zone, Pissard. Mepple’s appearance also wakes up Mipple as Honoka finds herself drawn to the storage shed where she’s been kept in slumber for many years. Which in a way is a fairly iconic running gag for the franchise as well. When Nagisa gets home she’s witness to what she thinks are some shooting stars, only for Mepple to fly into her room and smack her on the head. And of course Nagisa getting love letters from girls which is not often brought up again.
The first episode gives us such things as a glimpse of Fujipi, the introduction of Nagisa’s friends Shiho and Rina, and some running gags like Nagisa messing up words and Honoka’s science experiments going awry. The opening theme song would also bring us iconic moments for the season and franchise with the jump from the explosion Nagisa performs used repeatedly as well as the scene of her pulling Honoka up from the rubble. The first episode is a very standard affair, it’s a nice simple introduction to our two leads, with an ultra catchy opening theme song to boot. But just how is the rest of the show? Now for the season that started my all time favorite anime franchise let’s take a look. Nagisa and Honoka are a great duo and well worthy of being the first Pretty Cures. It starts off so simply, Cures Black and White, The Garden of Light and the Dark Zone, the forces of good and light vs. The beginning of an amazing and very big franchise.