Reviews for Power of Hope ~Precure Full Bloom~

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.

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.

Otona Precure is an interesting show in that it takes a formula normally geared at kids and performs minimal modifications to direct it at adults. Specifically, if you look at a decent amount of child-oriented daytime TV (original Precure included) many of a show's episodes are set up around addressing casual life experiences during the downtime, and personal struggles during the focus, using the action/fantasy element as a catalyst to get the discussion about the personal struggle moving. For kids and teens this means that you see them at school or in clubs, or going out and getting a snack or something with friends, beforepivoting to a worry about teen romance, or grades, or family pressures, which play into how they handle some kind of monster attack. Otona is dealing with adult characters, so instead of school or clubs, they're at work. Instead of snacks, it's drinks. Instead of the list of things that worry a child, it's things like long-term romantic status, work/life satisfaction, comparison of how you're "doing" to others in your peer group, and so on. There are still monsters to fight, and the monsters still work as a catalyst for self-reevaluation, but Otona realizes that the adult audience knows this and places more of its time on exploring the adult experience than on the fights.

In that sense, if you've seen any Precure, you've already seen this Precure. Granted, this one is helped by a tighter, more focused writing due to having only 12 episodes to tell its story instead of 48 to make its point, but it's still vanilla Precure, so if you liked the original Yes 5, you'll probably also like this one too. If you're here for characters, you'll like this. If you're here only for fights, you won't--more on that in the art section below.

As a result, in an odd way, the question of whether this show will land is less to do with what the show is doing, and more to do with where in life you are. Younger anime fans may struggle to relate to the adult concerns being discussed, while older fans, especially those in their mid-late 20s, would experience a greater impact.

Outside of the writing, the art is visually competent but nothing spectacular. Some clips are recycled from the 2008 Yes 5 sequel, while others go further back to 2006's Splash Star, but the majority is modern animation and looks reasonably smooth and well-composited. The only bad animation that stands out are the CG low-tier baddies, but these are insignificant enough to character events that I never really found myself caring...but as a result the combat isn't really up to snuff compared to the hand-drawn prequels. This may change as the cast engages the final boss (who is hand-drawn) later in the story. Otherwise early combat, when it occurs, is clunky and goofy due to the very simple and manually rigged CG models.

Overall it's a decent, honest character drama about continued growth as an adult, and while as of E4 it hasn't done anything to leave me gobsmacked, it does well for what it does, and is a solid show I feel satisfied coming back to each week.

As of E4 - 7/10. Will update this review if something significant changes things in the second half of the show.

This was a surprise, but a welcomed one at that. Many animes that come to an end, more likely that's it. Unless a spin off comes out, that series is done and dusted. Never to be seen again, but in this case, it's nice to actually see the characters once again, evolved, and following their dreams. A much more welcomed sight, that I wish more shows did. We all would love to see how our favorite characters are doing Story and characters: 7 As explained through my starting point, it follows on in the former Precures adult lives, and seeing them grown, and how they reached theirdreams. Only to fall into another bad situation, which results in them becoming Precures once again. But it's the overall presentation of the story that will really draw people in, is the whole mystery behind it, and the mystery of what the story means in general. Those two things mixed together, will make for a great watch from start to finish.

Art and sound: 9

I really, really, really can't express how much I love this?? It feels like how it looked in the old, but as if it's really been polished up, to look modern. Which really adds such a nice touch, which makes it stand out a lot, and look brilliant. Every inch of detail. Sure, there are some elements that don't look so good, but past that, everything else looks really nice, like a fresh coat of welcomed paint, and I can't wait to see how it looks even further. I really do love the transformations too.

If you're a fan of Precure, you're going to love this. A follow up that is bound to be enjoyed by all.

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

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.

I highly recommend you watch the saga first I recommend you before watching 1 - Yes! Precure 5 / can be divided into 5 days 2 - Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! / can be divided into 4 days 3 - Kibou no Chikara: Otona Precure '23 / in 5 hours simply watching the yes precure 5 saga, even with the participation of other precures, was simply a 9-day journey, which warmed my heart.A sequel would be a dream.

Following the development of all 5 characters was very satisfying, even though I watched something from 2007/2008, I thought the animation at the time was still very good for today.

As a pre-cure fan ,since I was in elementary school, I was really excited about this sequel. The start of the series is about what adult life have the pre-cures from pre-cure 5 and the original, it's the same formula for most of them " oh no my dream job is not going as expected'' then when the villan shows up the formula becomes ''oh no I don't have the power to help, but oh wait sudden motivation arrives and I can trasform'' almost all the series is like this with sporadic heart-warming scenes. The ending was as cliché as it could get, the pre-cures team upand promise to help with the climate and pollution to save the city and the villain retreats not happy but hopeful that the future with them will change.

The art is mediocre sadly, there are a lot of anatomy mistakes and the enemies "the shadows" are in the most awful 3D I've seen in a few years. Still some sceanes are not painful to look at and the design of the pre-cures are the same as they were in the original series.

For long time fans the anime is really similar to the orignal with a satisfying conclusion to the *SPOILER FOR THE FINALE* love story between cure dream and coco, ending with a marriage and a promise to see eachother as often as possible.

My verdict is a 6 because it's fine for long time fans but not for anyone else, the long trasformation and attacks are common for the genre but they became really painful in the last two episodes where they are spammed too much.

Not gonna lie , it's not the worst Sequel ever nor is it the best sequel ever , Precure The Power of Hope is a pretty decent adult spin off of the franchise, it's have pretty decent animation , bit the flaws are of many, frustratingly they never remake new animation for the transformations , nor use the HD version from the movies , second they use weird rules for the Cures transformations , they also have cameos for past Cures in the last two episodes, this show is also seems to get a season 2 if the last episode is anythingto go by , or maybe a movie , This show isn't ground breaking at all , it's seems to want a adult show , and a kids show at the same time, like it's a bit too much on the Climate change topic , in almost every episode, this season is more of the kiddie show Precure seasons than its so called adult made promises were never live up to , all it's have is the Cures drinking alcohol , its a mix feeling for me