Star Twinkle Precure Episode 14

This week we turn to Elena’s family, where we see one of her brothers Touma, struggling with how a friend of his told him his parents are crazy for holding hands and dancing everywhere. The comment hurt him, and he became self conscious of what people thought of them ever since.

It didn’t take me long to realize the direction the episode was going, but I am quite happy to Precure is diving into the subject of addressing the struggles of kids born from mixed families with different cultural backgrounds. I thought it was handled well by utilizing Lala’s character as a foreigner who hails from another planet. Lala was able to talk to Touma about her dialect, and shared bits about her culture, such as instead of holding hands they touch their feelers and dance with them. She goes a step further by sharing how every culture has their own thing, but none of them were weird, nor does it make them any less normal than anyone else.

I really enjoyed the episode. It’s good to see them using Elena’s character and her family background to expand onto these subjects. Elena’s parents are especially endearing, and I love how affectionate they are. It’s also worth noting we are actually seeing how different each of the girls’ family dynamics are, which gives us a great insight to their character. Elena’s is radiant to say the least, making it a stark contrast to Madoka’s solemn household, I would say Hikaru’s family is definitely in the middle. Now it makes me curious about what Lala’s family dynamic is like, so I wonder if we will ever get the chance to see it!

But goodness, did anyone else get mildly freaked out with the way they transformed Touma into a Notray? They litterally made him into one of their own, and turned him into a giant! And then they made his candy into a weapon! To that I was like, “Well shit, I wouldn’t want to be hit by THAT!” He seriously gave the girls a run for their money this week, also in part of the Scorpio Pen, which Tengou had found while she was roaming around worlds, actually doing her job.

Next week, the girls are off to another planet! Looks like it’s going to be a tricky one with the pen being at an auction house! Let’s see how the girls will tackle this one!