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  Welcome back to ??? Rundown. Last time we talked about the one emoji(a candle), now there’s one theme that I’ve heard fans clamouring for… if you read the title, it’s clear… Ninja.. now, Toei has been toying with this concept for a while now… first example I can think of was in Happiness Charge! And more famously, the Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Ninnin Girls vs Boys FINAL WARS movie during the “Two-Dimensional Jutsu” sequence(which was basically just a callback to the Marble Screw MAX attack Nagisa and Honoka had) Now for a while, very boy-oriented themes(dinosaurs, etc.) have been pushed by a lot of the western fandom, things Toei ABSOLUTELY WON’T DO, but given that they’ve done a lot of ‘Feudal Japan’ things with PreCure, a Cure season calling to imagery from that would be interesting to see, anyhow until next time this is Cure Ranger, signing off.

Welcome back to Star Detective Rundown  After the Toei Animation logo the episode opens with the letter opened, revealing her birthday and that she formerly worked at London before moving to Makoto Mirai(then who did she  replace?), go to OP  After the OP and title card it cuts to Anna explaining about her time while searching, they find the location of the jewel being shattered and that Luluka left afterwards as Anna tries and fails to get info, cut to villains as it revealed Ageseine had gone out and Mashutan disguised herself as Arcana Shadow, cut to Mashutan and Luluka as they mentioned a secret, as Anna yet again talks about what her thought process is, finding something before a Makoto Jewel as the Cameraman from episode 1 had lost his camera as Mikuru and Anna figures out what happened, go to ad break  After the ads they revealed what Ageseine had done(pretending to be the victim) and creates a Hanninda from the camera, go to transformation and the...

Welcome back to ??? Rundown, and YES. I KNOW  that Star Detective PreCure isn't even halfway through, but Cure Secret has given hints at the 2027-2028 season .  Now for those unaware of who Cure Secret is, they’re a leaker on a Chinese message board who has been involved with the franchise, and most of the time while they get things wrong, they said Anna and Mikuru would have a day/night thing before the reveal of Star Detective(as I mentioned in a previous ??? Rundown), but they have NEVER talked this early. But, what have they said? Their clue image is a single emoji: 🕯️, last year they posted: 🕙✨, the year before that: 🎵, and the year before that they posted this(not exactly but an example): 2023’s image of Yui Nanase and Pafu from Go Princess PreCure hinted to a major part of Wanderful Purikyua, 2024’s music note hinted to Kimi to Idoru Purikyua, and the sparkle and clock hinted at MeiTantei Purikyua(the current season), so what could the candle be in refere...

Welcome back to Star Detective Rundown  After the Toei Animation logo the episode opens with Anna and Mikuru walking to school, both thinking about Usonoir's words as Rei questions about Pochitan speaking, go to OP  After the OP and title card it continues with an awkward moment with Rei and the two Cures, at the agency the Cures leave without Pochitan, at school Rei mentions problems she has(if she's going to be Cure Eclair, that would be interesting), then Pochitan decided to head off to bring this letter from the London agency to the Cures that Jett had messaged for, Nijie sets off at the same time to get it as Luluka tries to get to it, then random incidents with Pochitan who finds herself lost, eventually at the library Rei continues with her thing as Pochitan hears Rei's voice as she's reading this book with a Komugi-esque dog in it named Maru as Rei sees Pochitan moving, go to ad break  After the ads Anna and Mikuru try to find Pochitan, meanwhile at ...

Welcome back to Star Detective Rundown. OK let's go with our bizarrely early main villain debut(if Usonoir IS the main villain) After the Toei Animation logo it opens with Usonoir about to make his move which concerns Luluka. cut to the other Cures undergoing the investigation into what Nijee is up to and points to the one in disguise, go to OP  After the OP and title card it reveals who is Nijee in disguise and he runs off and creates a Hanninda from a plush robot toy, go to transformation(I don't think I've ever seen a transformation in the first five minutes, at least I think, there might be one in Kimi to Idoru PreCure) and beginning of the fight as Luluka arrived and told Nijee that Usonoir is now on the move, go to finisher(again really early) as danger of such an early move is made clear, go to Arcana Shadow transformation(also Tom Kenny, yes that Tom Kenny had a photo taken with a plush of her) as she enters before space bends, revealing Usonoir, go to a...