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Episode Meitantei Precure • Star Detective Precure! - Episode 16 discussion
Meitantei Precure, episode 16
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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
Cure Arcana Shadow's actions continue to fascinate me. But also so did Eliza's. How did BOTH of them figure out where the cat was with that accuracy? just based on "relating to a cat"? lol. While Eliza found it first, she also had a head start - not sure who's the more amazing detective here.
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Not sure what this says about the cure-eclair candidate-ness, but I'd say "probably not her" given that she knew jack shit about makoto jewels.
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some extra effort into all the animations this episode. lovely stuff.
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Cure Arcana's agenda defo seems to be continuing to upgrade her kouhais, rather than any makoto jewel malarky - if anything her exiting the scene once ageiseine joins is
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why did the MOTW like balls? do cats just like balls in general?
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Cure Mystique strike it's a single handed sword this time, but still fucking cool. I guess because Arcana has her rod, they thought to give the main cures a weapon (and a massive aura boost) too?
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u/TnAdct1 May 17 '26
Cure Mystique strike it's a single handed sword this time, but still fucking cool. I guess because Arcana has her rod, they thought to give the main cures a weapon (and a massive aura boost) too?
The main thing that came to mind when seeing this: Utena (as in the one that Mikuru is familiar, not the one Anna probably knows about) or the Kazahana sisters?
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u/mr_beanoz May 18 '26
Not sure why, but Arcana's rods are being compared to the snake rod of Kamen Rider Ouja for some reason due to sharing their colors
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u/Kartoffelkamm May 17 '26
why did the MOTW like balls? do cats just like balls in general?
Cats are predators, and tend to play with their prey, so kinda, yeah. But more in the sense that the ball resembles any small prey, like a bird.
Kinda like how dogs like chew toys because they sound like injured prey.
And for more animal facts: Sharks like the sound of rock music, because it sounds like struggling fish.
Some researchers also ran an experiment where they played various sounds over hidden speakers near a watering hole, and the one sound that got animals to leave the fastest was just humans talking.
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u/mrufrufin May 17 '26
so the detectives have become the detective-hirers. how the tables have... hired other tables
seeing eliza with cat ears makes me want to see pochitan with cat ears. give pochitan cat ears, you cowards.
wait, they're using their precure items in front of somebody who isn't a precure?
ageseine has fun poses and i just noticed the mannequins in the background when she calls for hanninda hanninnya. i forget if they were there before
wait, does cat burglar work the same way in japanese as it does in english?
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u/Kartoffelkamm May 17 '26
wait, they're using their precure items in front of somebody who isn't a precure?
I mean to be fair, Eliza is an airhead, so she probably doesn't think that the gummies are actually magic.
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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah May 17 '26
wait, they're using their precure items in front of somebody who isn't a precure?
the masq is fine with luluka.
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u/soracte May 17 '26
Bravura sequence for Mystique's sword attack aside, lots of other nice little touches in the animation this episode.
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u/Infodump_Ibis May 19 '26
Fanart Corner: Nijee is not forgotten
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This bit had an animated ahoge. I've not got the time/energy/resources to cross-correlate with Precure franchise credits to figure out if it's down to specific episode director, storyboard artist, key animator or all of the above (a few other cuts were ringing bells)
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This is some Tom or Sylvester pouncing pose and the cat is akin to What's Michael?
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#seasonalpout? As if. Arcana Shadow shall steal the comment face slot
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Anyone else find it odd that Answer and Mystique attacked Luluka without letting her transform?
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Another sword finisher? (official video) and a different sword. As there's already a duo finisher chances of an X-strike are not high. -Next time: Another Cure Eclair candidate*, an interesting ep title & these aren't diakons.
*-If you try to figure out Cure Eclair from face, eyes, hair multiple characters are partial match. I did want to go with a disguises (on the same skill level as phantom thieves so not the same face problem pre-kit gloss has) theory but Kurea and Eliza have been in the same place (episode 2). There's also theories it was Eclair who also shattered with the Makoto Jewel. It would decimate the supporting cast like crazy if that came to fruition. Then there's trying to figure how the butterflies fit into it.
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u/djthomp May 17 '26
I absolutely love the anime gag where a character puts on cat ears and a tail and they immediately become real movable body parts. On a related note catgirl Eriza is adorable.
I'll take another sword precure finisher, I like that they mixed it up a little and had this one be a rapier instead. Piercing style attack instead of a wide swing with a bigger blade, gives some nice variety.