Mahou Tsukai PreCure!

A poster featuring Cure Miracle, Magical, Felice, and Mofurun

**Mahou Tsukai PreCure!**, officially translated as "Maho Girls PreCure!", sometimes also called "*Witchy PreCure!*", is the thirteenth anime series of the *Pretty Cure* franchise.

Directed by Mitsuka Masato and produced by Toei Animation, the series premiered on TV Asahi on February 7th, 2016, succeeding *Go! Princess PreCure* in its time slot.

The series' themes are sorcery, gemstones, and centrally friendship. It takes place in both the No Magic World and the Magic World, with the main characters travelling back and forth between them.

## Synopsis

Mirai Asahina, a soon-to-be student in junior high, witnesses an object fall from the sky one night during spring break. Excitedly exclaiming that it could be a witch, Mirai sets off the next morning with her beloved teddy bear Mofurun to search the park. At the park, Mirai witnesses a girl soaring through the air on a broom. Excited and curious, Mirai barrages the girl with questions. The young witch introduces herself as Riko and explains that she's come to the "No Magic" World to search for certain objects. The two girls notice that they're wearing similar pendants.

Meanwhile, Batty, a companion of Dokurokushe the Wizard of Darkness, appears in front of Mirai and Riko! Batty demands that Riko hand over the "Linkle Stone Emerald", which Riko herself had been looking for. To make things worse, Batty uses dark magic to create a monster known as a Yokubaru! Mirai, Riko, and Mofurun join hands. With the magic words "Cure Up RaPaPa!", their pendants shine a magical light over them! The legendary witches "Pretty Cure" are born!

## Characters

### Pretty Cure

**Mirai Asahina** / **Cure Miracle**

Mirai is a thirteen-year-old girl who is just about to enter her second year in middle school. She's strange, lovely, funny and an energetic girl who is interested in many things. Now that she can transform into a Pretty Cure, Mirai is given the opportunity to attend a "magic school". Her goal is to study the magic she loves and to gain Riko's admiration. Her alter ego is the legendary witch, **Cure Miracle** whose theme color is pink.

**Riko** **Izayoi** / **Cure Magical**

Riko is a thirteen-year-old girl who attends a magic school. Although she is great at studying, her magic is very weak so she hopes to become a respectable witch in the future. Living together with Mirai, her life become bright and a little more worrisome. While searching for the jewel "Link Stone Emerald" in the "No Magic" World, she met Mirai. Her alter ego is the legendary witch, **Cure Magical** whose theme color is purple.

**Ha-chan** / **Hanami Kotoha** / **Cure Felice**

Ha-chan is a mysterious baby-like fairy who lives within the Linkle Smartbook. Her alter ego is **Cure Felice,** whose theme color is green. Her true identity is Mother Rapapa's successor.

### Mascots

**Mofurun**

Mofurun is a toy teddy bear Mirai received from her grandmother, Kanoko when she was a little girl. Being extremely important to her, Mofurun goes everywhere with Mirai. When Mirai and Riko became Pretty Cure, Mofurun gained the miraculous ability to talk. She is able to have a good sense of magic and she ends her phrases with "~mofu".

### Dark Magicians

**Batty**

A humanoid bat underling created by Dokurokushe. He encounters the Pretty Cure when he searches for the Linkle Stone Emerald. Always a polite gentleman, but he will do what it takes to obtain the Linkle Stone Emerald.

**Sparda**

Another underling created by Dokurokushe. She is a humanoid spider person and a bold and prideful tactician who sets traps to lure the Pretty Cure in order to find the Linkle Stone Emerald.

**Gamettsu**

One of Dokurokushe's created underlings who is a humanoid turtle soldier. Even though he seeks the Linkle Stone Emerald for Dokurokushe, he's more fired up to beat up the Pretty Cure as a dignified soldier.

**Yamoh**

Dokurokushe's second in command is a humanoid gecko. As only he is able to sense Dokurokushe's will, he's the one who sends out Batty, Sparda, and Gamettsu. He finds out where the Linkle Stones are through divination. In the later half of the series, he receives a design change and starts attacking the Cures as well.

**Dokurokushe**

The wizard of darkness who seeks the "Linkle Stone Emerald" to plunge the world into darkness. He is a wizard shrouded in mystery. It is revealed in episode 21 that Dokurokushe is, in fact, Kushe, someone who used to be a professor at Magic School. He became Dokurokushe when he experimented with too much Dark Magic.

### Never Ending Chaos

**Deusmast**

Deusmast is an evil being whose intention is to unleash chaos upon the world. They currently reside in the sun.

**Labut**

A mysterious genie who came from a golden lamp in the No Magic World. He is sly and has no memory of why he exists and why he was awakened. He brought Yamoh back to life in episode 22.

**Shakince**

Shakince is a monster who is awakened from a stone statue. He is a follower of Deusmast, the never-ending chaos. He executes his missions while speaking like a soldier. He ends his sentences with "~teki".

**Benigyo**

Benigyo is a monster who is awakened from clay like earthenware. She is a follower of Deusmast, the never-ending chaos. She speaks like a gyaru.

**Orba**

Orba is a loyal follower of Never Ending Chaos. He speaks politely but becomes cold and manipulative when carrying out a mission. He appears for the first time in episode 34.

**Chikurun**

Chikurun is a bee fairy accompanying Orba. Chikurun tries to spy on the Pretty Cure to gain information on them and ends up interacting with Mofurun in comedic ways.

**Yokubaru**

The monsters for this season who are made by dark magic. It has another form known as the **Donyokubaru** which can only be created by the generals of Deusmast.

## Trivia

* The mechanics that are present in this season are similar to those that appeared in the first  three seasons of the franchise:
	+ In *Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!* the main Cures:
		- Are only able to transform as a duo which is present in all three *Futari wa*seasons. Similar to *Max Heart*, the duo can finish off monsters together, while the the third Cure can do it by herself.
		- The Cures do not know the names of the villains, and instead address them with a startled "It's you!" when they appear. In *Futari wa PreCure* and its sequel season, the Cures didn't call their enemies by their names as well. But those antagonists did not introduce themselves and were shrouded in mystery, while the *Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!* villains frequently mention their names.
		- Have more than one *Pretty Cure* form that they can change to, which is similar to how the Cures from *Splash Star* have two *Pretty Cure* alter egos.
	+ The residents from the parallel world address the human world with another name. That element appears in all three *Futari wa* seasons.
	+ In *Futari wa Pretty Cure* and *Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!*, the Cures faced two groups of antagonists throughout the season. Though in *Mahou Tsukai!* each group had a different leader.
* This season is the only one in the franchise to have kanji in its title so far.
* The Pretty Cure in this season are not known as legendary warriors, but as legendary witches instead.
* *Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!* is the first season where all three Cures of the show have a growth spurt when they transform into their Cure form.
	+ However, *Mahou Tsukai!* is the second season overall where the Cures undergo a growth spurt during transformation after *Doki Doki! Pretty Cure* with Madoka Aguri to Cure Ace.
* Mofurun does not change into a device during the Cures' transformation and stays in her normal form instead. This was unique in merchandising as the mascot plush toy was also the transformation toy. The plush Mofurun toy was hugely popular in Japan and was the second most popular toy in 2016.
	+ Mofurun's surprising popularity led to an increase in Mofurun merchandise, with exclusive merchandise such as a Mofurun LINE Sticker set being made. She is also the main mascot of *Pretty Cure Connection Puzzlun* and even in 2017, Mofurun receives special merchandise, unlike other mascots.
* *Mahou Tsukai!* does not have a second Vocal Album. It is instead replaced by a Drama and Character Song Album.
* *Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!* is the first season where a Cure from a different season makes a cameo appearance, with Ichika Usami from *KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode* appearing during the last episode.
* The Cures along with Mofurun make a cameo appearance in the movie *KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode: Paritto! Omoide no Mille-feuille!*.
* This is the first season of the entire franchise for which veteran scriptwriter Narita Yoshimidid not write any episodes.
* *Mahou Tsukai!* is by far the only season not to refer its mascot as a "fairy", but instead applies the term exclusively on the actual fairies that are minor characters.