STPC41

**Moon, Shining: Madoka's One Step!** (月よ輝け☆まどかの一歩！ *Tsuki yo Kagayake☆ Madoka no Ippo!*?) is the forty-first episode of Star Twinkle Pretty Cure.

## Info

* Air Date:November 24,2019
* Next:Episode 42
* Previous:Episode 40
* Opening:Sparkle☆彡Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure
* Ending:Please Tell Me...! Twinkle☆

## Major Events

* Cure Selene unlocks her Twinkle Imagination.
* Sakurako begins her duties as student council president as Madoka's term comes to an end.

## Synopsis

Madoka stares at the window remembering when she told her father to stop investigating her friends. She notices her father and walks away. Meanwhile, Galogre decides to fight the Pretty Cure again, so Darknest lends him his powers.

At school, Madoka dubs Sakurako as the new student council president and gives her a bouquet of flowers. Sakurako announces to everyone that she will do her best to protect the school as the student council president, even if she isn't a member of the Pretty Cure team, then thanking Madoka for everything.

Back at home, Madoka talks to her parents about how great it was to have been the school president, but she then gets upset when she realizes that she has to study abroad in London. She then remembers when she was young that her father taught her how to do archery. Madoka asks her father about Lala, and learns that he did not have proof about her identity as an alien and failed to produce results for his company. Madoka is then told by her father that aliens don't exist anymore which angers her.

The next day at school, the teacher tells the students about the famous Neil Armstrong quote and asks Madoka to translate it. Madoka gets a little distracted at first, but does what she is told. She looks at the word on her paper "London" and gets concerned about it as Elena notices her strange behavior.

After school, Hikaru comments how Madoka has more time to socialize nowadays, but Madoka isn't sure how to answer her. Suddenly, Uni surprises Hikaru and she explains that nobody else told her what they were up to until her stomach growls. embarrassing her. As the girls enjoy their Star Donuts, Madoka has a pep talk with Elena about her as the school's moon and her feelings towards her father. Elena then explains to her that she never a knew somebody with such a nice smile which allows Madoka to finally understand what it's like to have a dazzling smile.

Later on, Galogre appears and the five girls transform into Pretty Cure and fight him. During the battle, Selene confronts Galogre about how she feels towards her father and studying abroad in London, which allows her to unlock her Twinkle Imagination and perform an unnamed upgraded version of Selene Arrow. Afterwards, Selene and the others end the battle using Star Twinkle Imagination. Galogre leaves and the five Cures decide that they won.

Madoka then confronts her father about continuing to go to school with her friends so she can find the answer to what she will do in her life. Her father thinks Madoka made a mistake but Mitsuka tells him her daughter's desicion wasn't wrong at all. Madoka goes back to her room and fixes the mistake she made in Neil Armstrong's famous quote and imagines herself flying to the moon.

## Characters

* Hikaru Hoshina/Cure Star
* Lala Hagoromo/Cure Milky
* Elena Amamiya/Cure Soleil
* Madoka Kaguya/Cure Selene
* Uni/Cure Cosmo
* Fuwa
* Prunce
* Kappard
* Tenjo
* Galogre
* Knot Ray
* Darknest
* Fuyuki Kaguya
* Mitsuka Kaguya
* Sakurako Himenojou

## Trivia

* Each episode ends with a horoscope fortune telling for people with their respective astrological signs Leo, Aries and Sagittarius.
	+ The horoscope for Leo is "Why not try to go to an event?". The lucky item is "A diary to cherish each memory".
	+ The horoscope for Aries is "You can have a big dream◎". The lucky item is "A porch that makes you feel like running".
	+ The horoscope for Sagittarius is "You can use good communication as well". The lucky item is "A smartphone to enjoy conversations".
* The transformation sequence focuses mainly on Madoka because of her being the subject of this episode.
* This was the lowest-rated Pretty Cure episode of all time with a 2.8% rating, preceeded by Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!.
* This episode is similar to that of SmPC43 as one Cure (Beauty/Selene) needs to make up her mind on whether to study aboard in London or not. In both cases, they rejected because their place was with their friends.