If you loved Maruyama, the Middle Schooler, try Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: The Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel!
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
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What they share
Theyboth carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Family / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Maruyama, the Middle Schooler, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: The Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel! is
Here's a film that really wants to assemble every magical girl ever. When a dark entity seeks a gem holding all the world's hopes, it's up to the Pretty Cures to stop him. It probably pleased its target audience, at least.
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