Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~

キボウノチカラ～オトナプリキュア'23～

6.64(3K votes)

Ranked #6967Popularity #7257

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Status

Finished Airing

Aired

Oct 7, 2023 to Dec 23, 2023

Studios:Toei Animation, Studio Deen

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Synopsis

When Nozomi Yumehara was a very ordinary middle school student, she met the mysterious fairy Coco, who had come from Palmier Kingdom. In order to protect everyone's hopes, she became the Precure of Hope, Cure Dream, and fought against powerful enemies alongside her friends. Years later, Nozomi and her friends are now adults. They are all busy and enjoying their work, private lives, friends, family and love lives, while also stressing over the obstacles and troubles that adult life brings. Then suddenly, the mysterious Shadows appear, attacking humans. At the chiming of the clocktower bell, grown-up Nozomi and her friends embark on a new saga. (Source: Toei Animation)

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Worth Watching? — Global Verdict

7.0/10

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80%

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CorrectorYui

Not RecommendedInformative

Initially when I heard about this spin-off, I was excited and optimistic. However, after watching, I feel disappointed. It quickly became clear that this was simply nostalgia-bait. A good amount of the episodes followed the formula of "I'm doing my dream job but it isn't what I expected oh no" and then they transformed and became Cures again. There was so much reused and poorly upscaled animation for the transformations and finisher attacks along with flashbacks to the old seasons. The Shadows were so ugly too, being jarringly 3d-animated. And the motivation of Bell made no sense. The show was clearly trying to do amessage on climate change and how we all must do our parts to keep our Earth clean but it just fell flat. The negatives, visually and writing-wise, just aren't worth it for a handful of heartwarming character moments.

21 found helpfulDec 23, 2023

Asahana

Episodes (12)

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This review comes from a long-time Pretty Cure fan who barely watches the latest seasons (yes, if I recall correctly, the last series I watch is Healing Good). If you just want to relieve old memories and have a bit of nostalgia, you'll like this spin-off. Yes! Precure 5 and the GoGo series are some of my favorites among all franchises (followed by Futari wa and Max Heart a.k.a the OG). Seeing the girls (and boys) are all grown-ups really brings all the nostalgia. I actually like the idea of portraying several problems that might occur to someone when they reach adulthood. It really givesthe feel that these girls have really grown up, still chasing their ultimate dreams with bumps on the road here and there. But for me, Syrup's glow-up is the cherry on top of this series (wink wink). Do I have high expectations for this spin-off? Not really. This is just my honest opinion and preference, but early Precure seasons are much better plot-wise, which is why I don't expect any "good" plot for this. The plot is so-so, the basic Precure plotline but shortened. Don't expect all that fighting and battle plots for sure, but there are a decent amount of those. The animation is somewhat worse than the regular Precure series, especially the CGI. Precure has been improving their CGI and animation quality throughout the years and it's a bummer they kind of flop on this one. One last thing is that I don't know why they left out Nagisa, Honoka, and Hikari's life as adults (I mean, they're the legendary OG first-ever Cures?! Should I make a petition for another spin-off for them...). This might be a bit biased but I was REALLY looking forward to seeing them as adults as much as the others.

DigiCat

Recommended

What a sweet trip down memory lane A sequel to some of the earliest Precure seasons is not something i was ever expecting to get, and yet here we are, watching not only Nozomi and friends of Precure 5, but also Mai and Saki of Splash Star, all grown up with jobs, responsibilities, relationships, and drinks... why is watching your fav childhood characters getting drunk so freaking hilarious?? Although the writing can be a little cringe at times, and the villain is probably the worst out of all Precure seasons i've seen so far, including character design for the Shadows (they could've at least spared us theCGI), it's nothing childhood ruining The time we get to spend with the Precure and some expected, and unexpected, cameos is something that'll bring that childlike awe to your eyes, but i can't shake off that feeling that this went all too fast I do wish we'd got a full leangth 50 ep. Precure season for this, and a couple more cameos

3 found helpfulDec 26, 2023

Fenekin

Recommended

I am not the biggest fan of Precure, but as a person who likes the series, I never expected something like OtonaPre to ever exist. Basically, it is a "sequel" to Yes Precure 5 Go Go, where everyone is already an adult (I think the show occurs approximately 10 years after 5GoGo ended). A lot of things happened in this meantime, and almost everything has changed in the protagonists' lives because of their pursuit of their dreams. The designs have obviously changed, and there were some that I liked and others that I didn't, but in the overall, they were good. The animation is bad. I knowthat Toei is not the best anime studio in Japan, but in the main series of Precure, the animation is better. Furthermore, the CG is horrible. Precure always had state-of-the-art CG, but something went wrong on this show. The story and storytelling were not great. Precure is a kids' show, but this one is supposed to be watched by people who watched Precure 5 when they were kids and have grown up now, so I was expecting for something more of it. Furthermore, there were a lot of "convenient" moments that were so poorly prepared that they broke my suspension of disbelief. So, should you watch this show? I think you should if you have already watched Futari wa Precure, Futari wa Precure Max Heart, Futari wa Precure Splash Star, Yes Precure 5, and Yes Precure 5 Go Go. The ending is good and makes you believe that it was worth watching 12 episodes of it.

6 found helpfulDec 23, 2023