This is the second of the episodes that appear to be for the purpose of causing the Star KiraRing Brooch to start unlocking, with this being Luluka’s focus episode for the batch. While I am disappointed that neither of our two supposedly main girls have had their light activate yet…well, you’ve got the end of this post to wait for, as I make my thoughts clear there.
Anyway, we see the girls heading to school as they look at the brooch, with Kurea’s light still being the only one that’s lit up. Mikuru asks the question of “but how can we make them glow? :(“, to which if you’ve seen Episode 38, you’d know that the answer is to have a DnM (Deep and Meaningful) occur during the fight. During the walk to school, however, Luluka senses something off, and makes the claim that she’s going to head out and buy ice cream since she’s craving it, and asks for the others to go on without her.
As it turns out, her reasoning is actually because she sensed Goemon nearby and wanted to know why he was there. As it turns out, the reasoning is that there’s a Makoto Jewel in the school, and that one of Luluka’s classmates appeared in the Tome of Mirages by name as being the person with the Makoto Jewel. According to the Tome of Mirages, the item with the Makoto Jewel is a gift from the classmate’s boyfriend.
When the four girls investigate, however, they find out that not only has that classmate not received any gifts from her boyfriend, when three of the four of them ran into her boyfriend while he was out shopping, he wasn’t even shopping for a gift for her. Then, of course, a big question pops up. If that classmate hasn’t gotten any gifts, and her boyfriend isn’t planning on giving her any gifts, then where’s the Makoto Jewel? I won’t give the full answer here, but I’ll give you a hint: it’s not a physical object that’s the gift.
Honestly, I’m wondering if at this point the mysteries are more of a formality to make it look like they’re sticking to the theme than something it feels like the series is really trying to focus on.
Anyway, we go through the motions of the summoning of the Hanninda. Luluka transforms into Cure Arcana and starts the fight, while Anna, Mikuru, and Kurea come in later on to transform and provide their own assistance, Luluka is the one who gets the majority of the aura from the fight. During this fight, it’s also revealed that Luluka can choose whether she presents herself as Cure Arcana or Cure Arcana Shadow, and can even wield both of her rods at the same time.
During this fight, Luluka’s light on the KiraRing Brooch lights up and Luluka uses a new move that utilizes both of her rods. This new move is a solo non-finisher…meaning that now Luluka has three solo non-finishing moves, even if we’ll likely never see one of them again. I also wonder if we’ll actually see this new move again, or if it only exists for this episode to really hammer in the Luluka focus.
We also find out in this episode that Goemon is a member of the Forgotten Race, despite him clearly having a human form. Meaning either Usonoir lied about the fact that members of the Forgotten Race don’t have human forms (and thus is lying about being unable to lie), or there’s more nuance to the whole thing with the Forgotten Race that will be explained in future episodes.
The episode itself ends with Luluka having a bit of a moment before Mikuru comes in to cheer her up. Anna and Kurea also come in later, but there’s an important thing to note about this conversation: Luluka pointed out that Precure isn’t supposed to be public knowledge. However, like we saw in Episode 1, Mikuru knew that there is (or at least was) a Precure at the CUREtto Detective Agency.
Now, the only other character that we know is connected to the CUREtto Detective Agency that I think could have some connection to Mikuru is Mafuru. If I remember correctly, as I did not have point out this specific thing in my writeup, Mikuru had been in London with her grandmother in the past, and Mafuru is from the London branch of the CUREtto Detective Agency. What if Mafuru is Mikuru’s grandmother, and Mikuru remembers that trip and being with her grandmother, but not exactly who her grandmother is? It could explain how Mikuru knew that a Precure should be at the CUREtto Detective Agency, as if my theory is true, then Mafuru could’ve told Mikuru about the Precure. If this gets paired with the (at this point seemingly less likely) Mikuru is Anna’s mother theory, then if both of those were to be correct, then Mafuru would be Anna’s great-grandmother.
Under normal circumstances, I’d be like “Meitantei Precure will likely never answer this question” and move on. However, considering next episode is literally called Mikuru’s Answer, and from what I’ve read on the Precure Fandom Wiki for what’s currently know about Episode 42 (most likely originally being sourced from leaks), I’m hopeful that this question will get addressed in some way.
But yes, Episode 41 is going to be a Mikuru focus episode! And one where, unless the team pulls some bullshit, should be a solo focus episode, not one where it feels like she’s sharing the spotlight with Anna! Hopefully this episode (and the one after it) manages to tackle the “we don’t know as much about Anna and Mikuru compared to Kurea and Luluka” problem. This isn’t a guarantee that I’ll watch Episode 42, though.
While I appreciate the plot progression provided in this episode when it comes to the KiraRing Brooch, the fact that it was a Luluka focus episode dragged it down for me. Probably because, unlike the rest of the fandom, I couldn’t give less of a damn about Kurea and Luluka. I honestly feel like Luluka was at her strongest when she was a member of the Phantom Thieves’ Guild, and I don’t really see the reason for Cure Eclair to return in this time. But, like, that ship has sailed already, and I can’t go back and change the story that’s already been written.
While Episode 41 is going to be the make or break for me when it comes to this series (and I’ll spoil you right here: I’m currently leaning towards it being a make due to it being a Mikuru focus episode), I cannot guarantee that if I continue after that episode I won’t be critical. I still believe Meitantei Precure has its flaws, and that some parts of the fandom believes that Kurea and Luluka being in the series is somehow enough to cover up those flaws.
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