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I\\\'m genuinely perplexed by the split between \\\"Classic\\\" and \\\"Current\\\". I can\\\'t think of a single person or organisation that puts such an arbitrary divide between the two, at that exact point. It\\\'s certainly not like the way Toei officially splits Kamen Rider into \\\"Showa\\\" and \\\"Heisei\\\" eras.
The split doesn\\\'t even make much sense. The \\\"changes\\\" that the \\\"Current\\\" era refers to arguably started back on Yes! Precure 5. That was the first major departure from the previous pattern, and codified many of the tropes that Pretty Cure use today: individual transformations, the use of \\\"Pretty Cure\\\" in the attack names, a heavier use of special attacks instead of martial arts (which varies from season to season).
And what do you call the \\\"Current Era\\\" when the \\\"next era\\\" starts? How ill-thought-out is the naming scheme when you can\\\'t think of anything more descriptive than \\\"Current\\\" but can *assure* people that a \\\"new era\\\" will start after HappinessCharge?
It\\\'s arbitrary and adds nothing to the discussion. If anything it only confuses the issue by suggesting that there\\\'s a clear divide in style and tone at that one specific point. \\\"Futari wa\\\" was different from \\\"Splash Star\\\", which was *markedly* different from \\\"Yes!\\\". There are some broad patterns which have emerged (the move away from martial arts, the use of \\\"Pretty Cure\\\" in the names) but those are very much on a season-by-season basis. Some seasons started with three heroines; some with two, some with five! \\\"Yes!\\\" started with five and ended with six... yet it\\\'s considered \\\"classic\\\"? Do you see how muddling and strange this \\\"era\\\" classification is?
I could understand if it was like Showa/Heisei. Or how some Kamen Rider fans refer to the post-Decade series as \\\"Neo-Heisei\\\". But in those instances, there were actual interviews with the production staff who stated that a conscious effort was made to homogenise each series after Decade. There\\\'s no such thing here to indicate a radical change in the way each Pretty Cure series was produced or written. There are broad strokes over a long period of time, but nothing as decisive as \\\"an Era\\\". How does the formula of \\\"Smile Precure\\\", a character-based slice-of-life show, compare to the long plot-driven arcs of \\\"Suite Precure\\\"? They are radically different shows because the formula of Pretty Cure changes year-by-year!
The split doesn\\\'t even make much sense. The \\\"changes\\\" that the \\\"Current\\\" era refers to arguably started back on Yes! Precure 5. That was the first major departure from the previous pattern, and codified many of the tropes that Pretty Cure use today: individual transformations, the use of \\\"Pretty Cure\\\" in the attack names, a heavier use of special attacks instead of martial arts (which varies from season to season).
And what do you call the \\\"Current Era\\\" when the \\\"next era\\\" starts? How ill-thought-out is the naming scheme when you can\\\'t think of anything more descriptive than \\\"Current\\\" but can *assure* people that a \\\"new era\\\" will start after HappinessCharge?
It\\\'s arbitrary and adds nothing to the discussion. If anything it only confuses the issue by suggesting that there\\\'s a clear divide in style and tone at that one specific point. \\\"Futari wa\\\" was different from \\\"Splash Star\\\", which was *markedly* different from \\\"Yes!\\\". There are some broad patterns which have emerged (the move away from martial arts, the use of \\\"Pretty Cure\\\" in the names) but those are very much on a season-by-season basis. Some seasons started with three heroines; some with two, some with five! \\\"Yes!\\\" started with five and ended with six... yet it\\\'s considered \\\"classic\\\"? Do you see how muddling and strange this \\\"era\\\" classification is?
I could understand if it was like Showa/Heisei. Or how some Kamen Rider fans refer to the post-Decade series as \\\"Neo-Heisei\\\". But in those instances, there were actual interviews with the production staff who stated that a conscious effort was made to homogenise each series after Decade. There\\\'s no such thing here to indicate a radical change in the way each Pretty Cure series was produced or written. There are broad strokes over a long period of time, but nothing as decisive as \\\"an Era\\\". How does the formula of \\\"Smile Precure\\\", a character-based slice-of-life show, compare to the long plot-driven arcs of \\\"Suite Precure\\\"? They are radically different shows because the formula of Pretty Cure changes year-by-year!
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I\\\'m genuinely perplexed by the split between \\\"Classic\\\" and \\\"Current\\\". I can\\\'t think of a single person or organisation that puts such an arbitrary divide between the two, at that exact point. It\\\'s certainly not like the way Toei officially splits Kamen Rider into \\\"Showa\\\" and \\\"Heisei\\\" eras.
The split doesn\\\'t even make much sense. The \\\"changes\\\" that the \\\"Current\\\" era refers to arguably started back on Yes! Precure 5. That was the first major departure from the previous pattern, and codified many of the tropes that Pretty Cure use today: individual transformations, the use of \\\"Pretty Cure\\\" in the attack names, a heavier use of special attacks instead of martial arts (which varies from season to season).
And what do you call the \\\"Current Era\\\" when the \\\"next era\\\" starts? How ill-thought-out is the naming scheme when you can\\\'t think of anything more descriptive than \\\"Current\\\" but can *assure* people that a \\\"new era\\\" will start after HappinessCharge?
It\\\'s arbitrary and adds nothing to the discussion. If anything it only confuses the issue by suggesting that there\\\'s a clear divide in style and tone at that one specific point. \\\"Futari wa\\\" was different from \\\"Splash Star\\\", which was *markedly* different from \\\"Yes!\\\". There are some broad patterns which have emerged (the move away from martial arts, the use of \\\"Pretty Cure\\\" in the names) but those are very much on a season-by-season basis. Some seasons started with three heroines; some with two, some with five! \\\"Yes!\\\" started with five and ended with six... yet it\\\'s considered \\\"classic\\\"? Do you see how muddling and strange this \\\"era\\\" classification is?
The split doesn\\\'t even make much sense. The \\\"changes\\\" that the \\\"Current\\\" era refers to arguably started back on Yes! Precure 5. That was the first major departure from the previous pattern, and codified many of the tropes that Pretty Cure use today: individual transformations, the use of \\\"Pretty Cure\\\" in the attack names, a heavier use of special attacks instead of martial arts (which varies from season to season).
And what do you call the \\\"Current Era\\\" when the \\\"next era\\\" starts? How ill-thought-out is the naming scheme when you can\\\'t think of anything more descriptive than \\\"Current\\\" but can *assure* people that a \\\"new era\\\" will start after HappinessCharge?
It\\\'s arbitrary and adds nothing to the discussion. If anything it only confuses the issue by suggesting that there\\\'s a clear divide in style and tone at that one specific point. \\\"Futari wa\\\" was different from \\\"Splash Star\\\", which was *markedly* different from \\\"Yes!\\\". There are some broad patterns which have emerged (the move away from martial arts, the use of \\\"Pretty Cure\\\" in the names) but those are very much on a season-by-season basis. Some seasons started with three heroines; some with two, some with five! \\\"Yes!\\\" started with five and ended with six... yet it\\\'s considered \\\"classic\\\"? Do you see how muddling and strange this \\\"era\\\" classification is?
