Detective Pretty Cure: Every Side Character Rallies to Prop Up Ruruka — 5ch: ‘Even Isekai Web Novels Have Less Favoritism Than This’

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The story

The 32nd installment of 5ch’s “anti-thread” for Toei Animation’s latest Pretty Cure entry, “Detective Pretty Cure!,” has gone up — commonly called the “Unchi Thread” (“poop thread,” a play on “anti” used to dodge search filters). This time the poop nickname came from a typo in the thread title, and it kicked off a wave of complaints that the surrounding characters keep being conveniently maneuvered just to hype up the lead, Ruruka. Posters also discussed a theory that the thread count looks inflated because trolls are flooding it with spam, disagreed over why the currently-running movie is doing well at the box office, and expressed surprise at the crossover with the fighting game “Street Fighter 6.”

↑ Put these two lines at the top when starting the thread.

This is the [ANTI-THREAD] for the latest Pretty Cure series entry, “Detective Pretty Cure!”

■ “Detective Pretty Cure!” Official Site

Source: toei-anim.co.jp / Original article here

What people said

2AnonymousSep 21, 2026 05:41
Refuge thread

■ Detective Pretty Cure! Anti-Thread 23 Refuge
https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/anime/11205/1789850326/
3AnonymousSep 21, 2026 05:42
Toei Animation Official   https://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/precure/
ABC Pretty Cure Official https://www.asahi.co.jp/precure/
Pretty Store       https://www.toei-anim.co.jp/ptr/precure/store/
Toei Shop        https://shopping.toei-anim.co.jp/product/healingoodprecure
Pretty Cure Garden     https://www.toei-anim.co.jp/ptr/precure/
4AnonymousSep 21, 2026 05:42
Movie Official     https://www.precure-movie.com/pc/
Musical Official  https://www.hikosen.co.jp/precure_s/
Toy Official    https://toy.bandai.co.jp/series/precure/
Pretty Cure Live Info    https://www.marv.jp/special/precure_live/
5AnonymousSep 21, 2026 05:43
Messed up the title, but it's the anti-thread so it works
7AnonymousSep 21, 2026 05:44
This thread honestly could've gone on a bit longer
8AnonymousSep 21, 2026 06:03
If calling it 'poop' keeps the copy-paste spam trolls away,
I'm fine with this name
10AnonymousSep 21, 2026 07:47
Re: #1, thanks for the thread
Having the characters around her spout lines that just happen to favor Ruruka doesn't actually make Ruruka more appealing
The staff probably think they're doting on her, but it's not doing the character any favors — it feels like watching a bad parent in action
They're setting things up so it looks like Ruruka's getting an unfair boost ("putting her in platform shoes," i.e. rigged advantages) and then just gushing over her without a second thought — that's just the writers' self-satisfaction. Even non-diehard fans of the Arcana side have said this feels uncomfortable
11AnonymousSep 21, 2026 07:55
Thanks for the thread, bumping it to keep it alive (anyone still here?)
The title got a chuckle out of me, guess it really was just a typo
12AnonymousSep 21, 2026 08:02
Saying 'it couldn't be helped' while pinning the blame on your accomplice is less of an apology and more of doubling down
14AnonymousSep 21, 2026 08:06
Shiruku:
'You probably didn't steal it'
'It was that guy who took it (Gouemon)'

The Curator:
'That one was a fake anyway'
'Thanks to you, I found the courage to display the real one'

Re: #12
If Ruruka's letting Gouemon take the blame too, she should stick up for him
Staying silent is basically agreeing with 'Yeah, it's all Gouemon's fault!' lol
13AnonymousSep 21, 2026 08:06
Well, it IS crap (unchi) as a piece of fiction, so I guess the thread title checks out
15AnonymousSep 21, 2026 08:13
Come to think of it, this is actually the first time Kurea and Shiruku meet face to face,
but there's zero reaction from her
Kurea already knew who Shiruku was,
and this is set in an era when TV was still king of media,
so meeting an actress in person should be a bigger deal
Well, Kurea's just a 'funnel' for Ruru-trash (Gundam slang for a drone that acts purely on its master's behalf — i.e. she only exists to hype up Ruruka), so I guess that explains it
16AnonymousSep 21, 2026 08:24
They even got the item stolen from the Curator wrong — it's obvious the staff isn't even trying anymore, this show is paper-thin
17AnonymousSep 21, 2026 08:52
More like a weak excuse than doubling down
If you're gonna lean on an excuse that flimsy, you should've just not done it in the first place
18AnonymousSep 21, 2026 09:53
Every single character is turning into set dressing just to prop up Ruruka
If they'd at least used this nearly month-long stretch of hand-holding to touch on the mystery surrounding the two leads and set up a hook for the next arc, it would've been more tolerable, but instead it's endless Ruruka, Ruruka, Ruruka
Even a Mary Sue-tier web novel has less favoritism than this
19AnonymousSep 21, 2026 10:25
How long has it been since the actual protagonist got bumped out of her own protagonist spot?
She even gets shafted with her transformation sequence airing dead last
25AnonymousSep 21, 2026 11:42
Re: #19
She was still acting like a proper protagonist right up until Éclair's true identity was revealed

Things started going downhill from that reveal
After that, her detective skills basically got nerfed
and she turned into a yes-man just going 'Amazing~!' at everyone
20AnonymousSep 21, 2026 10:33
It says 32, but isn't it really more like 21?
Feels like someone's fudging the count to inflate the numbers
21AnonymousSep 21, 2026 10:59
Yeah, threads 20 through 31 all got buried under spam flooding, so that's right
22AnonymousSep 21, 2026 11:09
The thread title fits way too perfectly lol
23AnonymousSep 21, 2026 11:31
Thanks for the thread

So according to the devoted fans, it's the antis panicking over the movie's success who are self-flooding threads to pad the numbers?
Give me a break (there's wordplay here: the Japanese phrase for 'are you out of your mind' has 'Ruruka' hidden inside it)
24AnonymousSep 21, 2026 11:34
Then again, couldn't it just as easily be the fans doing the trolling?

That said, if the antis start fudging the count too, they're just as much garbage (bottom line: both the fans and antis can drop dead this year)
26AnonymousSep 21, 2026 11:50
Even if you strip out the spam-flooded threads and reset the numbering, nobody's gonna care either way
The main thread's nothing but blind devotees who approve of everything, that's exactly why we split off into this one
27AnonymousSep 21, 2026 12:00
Back in the day, Pretty Cure ○nti threads (censored for search-evasion) used to have joke-contest-style titles
I remember seeing 'Oh No, Pretty Cure 5, Boo Go Go' (a pun on the real series title 'Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!')
28AnonymousSep 21, 2026 12:04
Protagonist Ruruka gets gushed over the whole episode, then right at the end they toss in a bit-part character, Anmiku, to deliver some big summary line and paper over it all — that's hilarious, stop it
I get that doing this makes things easy, since people go 'see, she's still totally the protagonist!' and hype her up for it
30AnonymousSep 21, 2026 12:42
Re: #28
Meanwhile Anmiku just keeps getting shipped off to crossover events
29AnonymousSep 21, 2026 12:34
I think the movie 'doing well' is just people who needed to see it before the typhoon hits moving up their plans, nothing more
31AnonymousSep 21, 2026 12:48
A crossover with a genuinely dominant game like Street Fighter 6? That's seriously impressive for 'Tanpuri' (fan shorthand for Detective Pretty Cure)
32AnonymousSep 21, 2026 13:30
I actually play Street Fighter 6, so hearing about this crossover gives me mixed feelings.
If it were a good season of Pretty Cure, fine, but of all seasons it had to be this boring one…
34AnonymousSep 21, 2026 14:17
Street Fighter 6 is a real competitive fighting game, treat it with some respect
35AnonymousSep 21, 2026 14:24
Poop 💩 Pretty Cure!
166AnonymousSep 21, 2026 14:51
Poop's heeere~
271AnonymousSep 21, 2026 15:02
Anti or poop, whatever,
someone start the next thread please
318AnonymousSep 21, 2026 15:09
They probably want to turn on IP display to fight the flooding trolls and just let the thread go quiet, right?
I see it now, that's the answer! lol
684AnonymousSep 21, 2026 15:44
Wait, isn't this a fake thread?
1001AnonymousOver 1000
This thread has gone over 1000 posts.
Please start a new thread.
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Background and Key Points

“Detective Pretty Cure!” is Toei Animation’s latest entry in the Pretty Cure series, a spin-off-style installment built around a detective theme. On 5ch’s anime board, it’s customary to call “anti-threads” (critical discussion threads) “poop threads” as a way of dodging search filters, and this time a typo in the thread title happened to lock in that nickname for good. The main criticism centers on a scripting complaint: that the characters around the lead, Ruruka, keep being conveniently arranged just to make her stand out, with some comparing it to the kind of protagonist favoritism seen in amateur web novels. Meanwhile, there’s an analysis suggesting the thread numbering looks inflated because of spam flooding by trolls, alongside a view from fans that this flooding is actually self-inflicted sabotage by the anti crowd. Opinions were also split on why the movie is performing well at the box office — whether it reflects genuine quality or just moviegoers rescheduling ahead of an approaching typhoon — with no clear consensus reached. The crossover with “Street Fighter 6” also drew surprised reactions, though it’s worth noting this represents individual posters’ opinions rather than a consensus on the work as a whole.

*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (anime board) thread “Detective Pretty Cure! Poop Thread 32.”

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