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Heart Catch Pretty Cure! Episode 27: Grandpa Was a Hottie!? Cure Flower's First Love!

Podcast watch is HERE.

Magical girls can be toku!

This time, En-chan joins me in talking about this episode of Heart Catch Precure, which is probably my favorite one in the show?

As the title would suggest, most of it has to do with Grandma Godai's' first meeting with her deceased husband, which not only furthers the mystery of who exactly the Tuxedo Mask-esque guy who's been saving the crew is, but also established that Granny is a trained martial artist.

There's also the B-plot of Tsubomi's' childhood friend Mitsuru, who very obviously has a crush on her and yet she doesn't see it. The two plots interconnect well enough, but the Grandma plot is definitely much stronger.

But, in general, there's alot of solid character work and interactions all throughout, and that's definitely the big reason as to why this episode stands out to me so much(outside of establishing more backstory for one of my favorite characters of the season). The action takes a bit of a backseat as a result, but really, I think it's a worthwhile trade off.

And... that's kinda it, really? Sure, on paper it's dead simple, but in execution it does what it does very well, and in turn that makes the episode itself a really enjoyable sit, especially with how it manages to balance out the transitions between comedy, action, and melancholy. It's a solidly touching episode about waiting for love to reach you, and really, it didn't even need to attempt to be anything more than that.