Precure Fights Go Insanely Hard

Find someone who puts as much effort into you as Toei does into selling plastic tat to little girls

This video made possible by the fine users of Sakugabooru, because this doesn't convince me to actually watch Precure

[TheBellman]

On suggestion from the comments I have added credits via the closed captions. I should have done so from the start.

[ecovenus]

non japanese thinks that precure is simply a little girls show, not realizing its literally one of the biggest media franchise in japan rivaling even that of one piece

[arqueiroXD]

I didn't expect that precure girls just did throw hands.

[thetopcats.]

Precure often gets talked about alongside shows like Super Sentai and Kamen Rider, and for good reason. It's not just because they air in similar time slots. Rather than thinking of Precure as shonen for girls and comparing it to things like Dragonball or MHA, it's more like Precure is tokusatsu for girls; wild, hot blooded, henshin heroes that speak with their fists and never give up in the face of evil. If toku heroes are the warriors of justice, then Precures are the little sisters of justice.

[supercoolmaniajon]

People who don't watch the show forget that Precure was like this from the start. Nagisa and Honoka in particular are experts at throwing hands.

You didn't hear no spell? That's cause the fight ain't over yet!

[mitchellalexander]

NOTE: Ex Fight Choreographers for Dragon Ball Z's Anime Run wound up working on the earliest Seasons such as Futari wa when this Franchise started.

[Allthingprecure]

I love Precure because I have always wanted to be a princess. Not a damsel in distress on but a powerful one

[Starlight_ne_]

Go princess had one of the best fighting scenes

[roenais]

that match cut at 0:50 is so satisfying

[Ryuseishun]

Fights in Precure can go harder than even Jujitsu Kaisen, ngl

[curesaul]

I love how people dismiss Precure as a show that’s just for girls when it had this level of consistency with it’s action. So much better than Dragon Ball.

[murderman]

I'm surprised that Cure Beauty's fight with Joker in Smile Precure wasn't included here.

[Yume-AW]

0:50 That transition from Futari Wa to Heartcatch was amazing

[goomyboy]

Just a reminder:

All these clips are either from the very first episode, a pivotal story moment, the final story arc, or a movie.

In a franchise where each series have around 50 episodes each, it obviously can't keep such high quality for *every* episode, so they need to focus on the times that will get most monetary return.

Not to say that the other fights are bad, just that they might not have as much of an "impact" as these.

[jefferyquick]

1:31 Cure Majesty's part was immaculate!

[GELTONZ]

To anyone confused as to WHY Precure is like this? The idea was basically to make a non-lewd Cutie Honey. Cutie Honey wasn't even meant to be a magical girl show, it's a Robot Hero show (like Cyborg 009 or Kikaider) but with a female lead and was mostly aimed at boys. However it became somewhat popular with girls too despite its lewdness and had a massive impact on magical girls going forward so it became an honorary magical girl show. When Sailor Moon finished its run, they decided to replace it with Cutie Honey F, basically a more family friendly aimed-at-girls version of Cutie Honey (which was still quite true to the source material). However, due to Cutie Honey's infamy, parents were a bit uncomfortable with their kids watching Cutie Honey F, so someone said "Lets do something like Cutie Honey but not" and that was Futari wa Pretty Cure!

...at least, that's how I understand it went down. Oh and yes, some seasons are even written by tokusatsu writers.

[SummersMori]

Damn, guess the animation director wanted to work on a shounen show.

[Kyle]

Nanoha also has epic fight scenes, and I would consider Symphogear a magical girl show so that one is also peak.

[Bloomss.]

As much they use their magical powers sometimes but they can also throw hands too without the use of their magic powers

[notawesomebread]

i really wouldn't have guessed that the precure target audience (young girls?) would be interested in highly choreographed fights/beat downs, but oh what would i know