The Strange New Cell Phone
is the first chapter of Maple Sugar Pretty Cure.
On her fifteenth birthday, Meilin Lee finds a Card Commune containing a little fairy named Mepple, who grants her Pretty Cure powers.
Tropes:
- Adaptation Amalgamation: While the story takes after the original Futari wa Pretty Cure, Cure Panda is a pink leader, a tradition that didn't start until Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star.
- Birthday Episode: The chapter takes place on Mei's fifteenth birthday.
- Pink Heroine: Cure Panda is a heroine whose theme colour is pink.
- Squee: Mei's reaction when Ming tells her that she and Jin are discussing getting Mei a cell phone.
- Time Skip: While Turning Red happened in April-May 2002, this story starts in September 2003.
