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Happy Birthday Himari!

New poster here! This is Ember, Pike’s girlfriend who got her into Pretty Cure! I’ve been working on a pretty ambitious meta series for this blog, but it’s kind of been stalled out for a while, so in the mean time, I’ve decided to introduce myself with a birthday tribute to one of my all-time favorite Cures, Arisugawa Himari, aka Cure Custard!

Cure Custard poses after her transformation sequence.

I’ve found that Himari is pretty direly underappreciated in Pretty Cure fandom! In my opinion, KiraPre as a whole is underappreciated, but I’ve also heard people specifically say that they found Himari’s arc underwhelming, which I really don’t get because I feel she had the most satisfying and well-constructed arc out of all six heroines in her season. Here, I’m going to break it down to try to explain why! It might get rambly, but I suspect that Himarin would appreciate a loving infodump as a birthday tribute even if it is a bit unpolished!

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