I have to admit a certain amusement at how Eriol had planned on Yue/Yukito pairing off with Sakura, only for him to go with Touya; not even the most powerful sorcerer in the world can anticipate for the power of Ho Yay it would seem. It's also interesting how there are no bad guys or villains in this story, and yet there's no lack of conflict or tension; it's a very rare thing.

Also, Sakura/Shyaoran OTP forever and ever.

P.S. I'm going to give Puella Magi Madoka Magica another try soon, now that I have a few more magical girl series under my belt.

Blah blah blah, Syaoran continues to be adorkable, yadda yadda yadda, Sakura is a total bamf...

Oh, and Touya is now providing Yue with magic at the cost of not being able to see his mother's spirit and it seems like Fujitaka is going to be some sort of construct that Clow had created as part of his ridiculously, ludicrously convoluted plan to do...something. Yeah.

Syaoran finally realizes that he's totes in love with Sakura, and Sakura herself takes on a giant teddy bear monster by growing wings and cutting its ear off with a sword, all while suffering from a fever, because she's badass like that. Aside from that, most of this volume was just setup for later stuff, like how Eriol, Yukito, and Sakura's dad all look alike apparently.

Heartcatch Precure is a very good Magical Girls series with a lot of good humor, great fight animation, and some absolutely wonderful handling of character and gender.

( Discussion of character arcs behind the cut. )

So yeah, watch Heartcatch Precure, it is a really, really good show.

That was really good and amazing and emotionally satisfying and epic and hilarious and moving and was a very well executed final arc for the series and after I've had a chance to decompress and look back at it all without turning into a big pile of ooey-gooey emotions going "bwaa-waa-waa-waa" like I've been hit by a Precure Fortissimo, I will be able to post a more thorough overview of the whole series.

Hint: it was really good.

Yay, Kaoruko got to be Cure Flower again for a Christmas Miracle! Oh crap, Dune is on Earth and is going to start wrecking everything.

The remaining episodes are going to be a bit tense I'm imagining.

Two things; one, LOL at the one little boy who didn't want to watch Precure until Yuri said that he was just scared of the monster, and two, it seemed like the fight animation in this one was really smooth and well done, even more so than usual.

Well! Now we know what happens if the Precures don't pretty cure a rampaging desertian now don't we? I hope the lady-formerly-known-as-Sasorina gets to come into play again before the end.

Give me a pairing and I'll bold which of the following I feel about it:

[vomit / don’t ship / ok / cute / adorable / sexy / perfect / beyond flawless / hot damn / screaming and crying / i will ship them in hell]

That was a really nice little movie; I liked all the scenes with Olivier bonding with everyone, though I kept expecting there to be this bit where Olivier would reveal that he was actually a girl and Tsubomi would freak out about it. Also, for a guy supposedly consumed with hatred, Salamander never got very mad at all that I noticed, he always seemed calm and composed even when Olivier was betraying him and stuff.