and then we get this

GOSH I WONDER WHO CURE ACE WILL BE……………

so basically by the end of the episode they’re friends again

makoto should have stayed pissed at her, imo

regina has, in this episode alone, repeatedly bullied rikka, bossed around alice, dragged around mana constantly like she owned her, got pissed off because mana is not her friend and her friend alone, and tried to murder mana’s friends because she wants mana all to herself

MANA ARE YOU INSANE

what kind of fucking reasoning is that bullshit

why are you two okay with that?????

wHY

well FINALLY SHE GETS SOME SENSE

it just annoys me that she didn’t say anything sooner, like when regina was repeatedly bullying rikka or bossing alice around

but what ARE mana’s real feelings about it? she wants to be friends with regina WHY? regina has shown repeatedly to be selfish and dangerous and petty - she walks all over alice and rikka and mana does nothing about it

i don’t understand any of this

p.s. - you are still a shitty friend if you KNOW it’s going to upset your friend and you selfishly do it anyways

here are the highlights, but basically makoto tears into mana for being so stupid, points out that regina is the daughter of the guy who DESTROYED HER WORLD to which mana says ~*but i don’t think she had anything to do with that*~ and when mana says she can’t find it in her to hate regina, makoto storms off, slapping mana’s hand away when mana tries to stop her

and when they get to school, mana slumps into her chair and starts whining

i cannot find myself feeling bad for mana at all. makoto has every goddamn right to be furious - and it makes mana a supremely shitty friend for whining about how makoto hates her now instead of maybe considering that makoto has a goddamn point

this girl just tried to kill you guys

this girl explicitly works for the big bad and is completely fucking unapologetic about it

your friend is really goddamn pissed about this chick

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS MANA

pictured: makoto finally having some sense for once

okay really what is the timeframe for this whole subplot

makoto makes a snow white movie in…days??? and then it’s already sent out to the theaters?????

there’s this magic thing called post production, you guys????

how long did this movie take to make, i don’t understand

I MISS YOU GUYS COME BACK AND BE THE VILLAINS AGAIN 8C

remember when the girls in fresh had to strengthen their bonds with chiffon to earn their cure sticks

remember when the heartcatch team had to face their other selves to earn the right to the super silhouette form

remember when the smile team had to earn their princess forms and their powerup attacks

well

apparently toei doesn’t give a shit about working for your powers

just have a baby deus ex machina hand them a new powerup with nothing more than a small speech from sword about how they can beat it if they work together

gOD

THIS ISN’T SAILORMOON GODDAMNIT

ARRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

IT WAS OKAY WHEN SAILORMOON DID THIS BECAUSE USAGI HAD THE MOST POWERFUL CRYSTAL IN THE UNIVERSE AND THIS WAS SOMETHING TUXEDO MASK DID BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AS POWERFUL AS THE LADIES

THERE IS NO REASON THIS SHOULD HAPPEN IN PRECURE BECAUSE HEART IS NOT ANYMORE SPECIAL THAN THE OTHER GIRLS???? BECAUSE THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT THE SHOW IS SAYING

THAT HEART IS STRONGER THAN THE REST OF THE TEAM

UGHHHHHHH

so it’s

really cool!!!

that regina can inject people with selfishness???

but that’s

about it

she’s still a useless character

why is her character necessary, wouldn’t it make more sense to give this power to the trio