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The story
A thread went up on 5ch’s News VIP board for fans to watch and live-comment on a Sunday-morning anime together. Participants zeroed in on the fact that the new mid-boss in the Precure series, “Usonowaaru” (a name that puns on “uso,” meaning “lie”), apparently can’t transform into a human form, sparking comparisons to past villains and debate over whether “she’s sealed away, or she just never had that power to begin with.” Talk also turned to the show’s mascot-costume character and a Detective Conan-style inverted mystery structure, with one jab — “aren’t you embarrassed watching a cartoon at your age?” — met with sharp comebacks, keeping the whole thread lighthearted.
What people said
An adult man having tea with a stuffed animal is pretty wild
Basically fighting on the level of an actual top executive
There's that bit of foreshadowing where Akechi showed zero reaction even to Kobayashi disguised as an adult — so if it's someone else, who could it be? Even the theory crowd is stumped
Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?
One step of courage is the answer!
Case closed — gold star!
Believe in the beat-up old Kobayashi Sword
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
The Precure series is a transforming-heroine anime franchise from Toei Animation that has aired in the Sunday morning slot since 2004, swapping out its setting and cast every year. Each season features a weekly “boss villain” and “grunt” characters, and debating the merits of their strength and backstory is a time-honored pastime for viewers — the thread’s question of whether the inability to turn human means she’s “sealed” or simply lacks the power at all fits squarely into that tradition. The nod to Columbo-style inverted mysteries (a structure where the ending or culprit is revealed up front and the audience instead follows how they get caught) is a technique normally associated with live-action detective dramas, and the fact that it’s being used in a kids’ show appears to be part of what caught the commenters’ attention. It’s worth noting that the posts alone don’t specify the episode title or number, so this content is strictly an excerpt from live commentary posted on the day of the broadcast.
*This article is composed as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (News VIP) thread “Tan Puri → Mystic → Omega Horn → Back to Sleep.”
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