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Kimi to Idoru rundown episode 4: Legend idol!? Hibiki Kaito

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  Here it comes, a tad behind schedule. Episode 4 After the Toei Animation logo. It shows the cafe where Nana does another performance, and a video of Cure Wink which had been uploaded by Purirun again, then mention of Hibiki Kaito, a world famous idol, and then he comes into the cafe itself, cut to OP After the title card. Uta and Nana question what he’s doing in Japan, and Uta struggles to keep her nerves around her, soon it gets crowded. As Kaito said he used to be a part-time waiter… around the back, Kaito nearly finds out about Purirun. He ended up making Uta and Nana look like amateurs, before revealing the waiter thing was actually from a show he was in. Which suggests he is important, with Nana asking Uta why she was sulking, with double friendly fire. As Kaito goes back to the cafe he watches Uta distracting a girl from crying, before the villains scene as Cutty decides she was going out, after the break it cuts to a random customer going on about her week, as Cutty makes ...

Kimi to Idoru rundown: thoughts on Nana Aokaze/Cure Wink

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  Welcome back to another ‘thoughts on’, this time of Cure Wink, real name Nana Aokaze. Now.. like Hibiki Hojo/Cure Melody 14 years ago, she is the daughter of a famous player of some instrument(perhaps Mutsumi[Nana’s mother] and Maria[Hibiki’s mother] have actually interacted at some point, potential for a scene in an All-Stars maybe?). When she was a little girl she met Uta for the first time when Uta was also playing Piano(this is starting to become a common trope…) this was how Nana gained her usual ‘Wink’ spell. During the debut episode as a Cure, her confidence was tested by her failure, only for Uta to give her her confidence back(again this is starting to become a common trope), as for her song, Winking Score.. I’ll talk about that later. Anyhow, until next time, this is Cure Ranger, signing off

Kimi to Idoru rundown episode 3: Have Courage♪ Cure Wink Debuts!

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  Welcome back to Kimi to Idoru rundown. It’s time for another new Cure After the Toei Animation logo. It shows the choir as Uta offers to join Nana on the way home, at home she wishes for Nana to do well at her piano competition, at the competition she is contacted by her mother and she begins playing(it’s probably not animated correctly) as she screws up, go to op Once the op ends and the title card it cuts to class as she realises Nana has a lot on her mind, and outside Purirun causes Uta to make a fool of herself again, as she said she made a mistake at the competition and now wants to run away, go to Uta’s usual singing, and Nana finds out Purirun speaks, and Uta ended up revealing she’s Cure Idol. Nana said she would keep it secret, as she reveals she saw last weeks fight, and that she finds Uta cool, wishing she could be like Uta. And the trying of the cream soda, before spotting the piano in the corner, which Uta’s little sister, Hamori played, and revelation that they had ...

Kimi to Idoru rundown episode 2: Am I going viral?

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  Welcome back to Kimi to Idoru rundown.. After the tori animation logo, it shows another scene of Uta, and then at her home her transformation truly forms, and then she saw herself on tv, cut to intro After the title card it shows more of Idol on tv and how she goes viral, finding out that Purirun had uploaded her first concert, then the introduction of Kirakiland’s queen, Pikarine, who explains that everyone lived happily until Darkine came and cut the big ribbon, trapping everyone in crystals, and the legend of a saviour wielding the heart broach. More monents of how Darkine’s minions plan to plunge the world into darkness, and the requirements of the ribbons, with Purirun breaking Idol rules for uploading the ‘concert’, the usual "never tell anyone" and we find out first school day is tomorrow, At school, Uta finds out she shares a class with Mikoto and then sees a poster of Cure Idol put up for the Cure Idol Research Club. In 2-A, she finds out Mikoto is obsessed with Cu...

Kimi to Idoru rundown: Thoughts on Uta/Cure Idol

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Hello and welcome back to Kimi to Idoru Rundown, like with last year. I’ll be doing ‘thoughts on’ specials based on how I feel about their actions in their debut episode as a Cure. And as the series is starting, the first will be incredibly short. Uta Sakura, daughter of the owners of Glitter Cafe. Uta is a girl who has been lifting customers at her parents cafe up by her singing since she was a little girl, often leading to her mother joking about her being the ‘official idol’. She also can be incredibly straightforward, leading to some tactless moments as shown in the episode. Like her Senpai leaders, she has shown the bravery common, running up to a monster. Anyhow, until next time, this is Cure Ranger, signing off.

Kimi to Idoru rundown episode 1 "Kirakkiranrun♪ Cure Idol's Debut!"

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  Welcome back to Kimi to Idoru rundown… it’s showtime! After the Toei Animation logo, it cuts to the same animation from the trailer and then to Uta with her dog walking through Hanamichi town, and founding a peach floating, so she runs down to grab it, thinking it's a real life Momotaro, when she grabs the peach it opens up to reveal Purirun, cut to op. Now I will talk about the OP later. After the OP and title card she runs her way home to Cafe Glitter(run by her parents), with her parents and little sister(Hamori Sakura) all think that Purirun is some inanimate object, and then showing Uta helping out her parents, plus her love of singing, involving a mangaka, all before she realises that Purirun vanished and has appeared on her bed, with the introductions and explanations usual for episode 1, as Purirun explained it came floating down the river to find someone to save Kirakiland, telling Uta she's "Idol PreCure" and then Purirun explains that "Idol Precure i...