Maho Girls Precure Movie: The Miraculous Tranformation! Cure Mofurun!
So that's where the weird ending came from. Hah, Cure Flora. What is it with Precure leads getting bonked in the head anyway? And why do the Miracle Lights have a bear on top of them? In-universe of at least. There was nothing bear themed about the festival. Anyway, neat stuff in the beginning. Haa steals the show by being adorable as always. Hopefully she had a lot of books in those years she was gone. She puts everyone in the Magic World to shame. That dragon in particular was cute. Bad guy is obviously going to have a tragic backstory. With a name like Dark Matter, probably possessed. Mofurun always wins these competitions. That is one blessed bear. Hey bear, why don't you wish for their enemies to just disappear? Would give you more time for fun.
Mofurun kidnapped! Mirai depressed! Local bear ruins everything because now the heroes can't stop the bad guys! Felice being able to transform while Miracle and Magical are depowered reminds me of the first Max Heart movie. There's a village full of bears, but surprisingly we don't spend too much time seeing Mofurun be cute among them or getting friendly with one in particular. Doesn't slow the story down. And no one likes the black bear. Racists. Kumata is of course the evil Dark Matter attempting to befriend Mofurun. It works, but not that well. Mirai's despair is sold pretty well.
Felice gets to be awesome and solo a dragon. Major props to Riko for dueling with the main baddie with nothing but her wand. Cure Mofurun herself is cool. She's got a bearish design to her. Good fight with some sweet magic tricks with the brooms. Felice continues to be awesome by riding a dragon for backup. The fairies really do dominate this movie. Tragic backstory time. Surprisingly, he's not possessed, and just wanted to help people, but because he's a bear people were always terrified of him. Sort of reminds me of a certain other show about bears. Anyway, an effective backstory that explains why he's evil while still being sympathetic. Oh noes, the teddy bear is dead! And the evil magic is running free! And the world is doomed! Nah, just kidding. I like that the dragon stuck around the whole time. Mofurun manages to naturally feel like part of the team. Great fight scene, and rapid form switching is hype. Especially Topaz making clone Precure. Now that's what I call overpowered.
Another surprisingly good Precure movie. It's impossible to determine whether these will be good or not based on the trailers. Instead of inventing a whole new world and a bunch of oneshots, they make use of the established world and focus on just a single new character, the villain. The movie is not bogged down by a bunch of annoying characters, and the cameos of the regular show characters are well paced. The emotional beats work since it's with characters we actually know instead of with a bunch of newcomers. The fights aren't the best, but they work well enough, and the final battle in particular was great. Not much of a moral other than be nice to the scary looking guy, but it's entertaining. Everyone gets their moment to shine (though Riko gets the short end of the stick), and Cure Mofurun delivers. Worth a watch if you liked Maho Girls's characters.
