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Go! Princess PreCure is set in a boarding junior high school, named Noble Academy. The protagonist Haruka Haruno is a 13-year-old first-year student. Her big dream is to be a princess someday because she admired a princess in the picture book she has kept since her childhood. One day, she transforms into Cure Flora with the "Dress Up Key" which Prince Kanata of Hope Kingdom gave her as a good luck charm when she was little. Then she also finds other Pretty Cure girls in her school, 14-year-old Minami Kaidou as Cure Mermaid and 13-year-old Kirara Amanogawa as Cure Twinkle. As the Princess Pretty Cure team, with two fairies Pafu and Aroma, they fight against the dark witch Dyspear, who hates all the dreams in the world and wants to turn them to despair.
Go! Princess PreCure is set in a boarding junior high school, named Noble Academy. The protagonist Haruka Haruno is a 13-year-old first-year student. Her big dream is to be a princess someday because she admired a princess in the picture book she has kept since her childhood. One day, she transforms into Cure Flora with the "Dress Up Key" which Prince Kanata of Hope Kingdom gave her as a good luck charm when she was little. Then she also finds other Pretty Cure girls in her school, 14-year-old Minami Kaidou as Cure Mermaid and 13-year-old Kirara Amanogawa as Cure Twinkle. As the Princess Pretty Cure team, with two fairies Pafu and Aroma, they fight against the dark witch Dyspear, who hates all the dreams in the world and wants to turn them to despair.
The film's central conflict revolves around universal themes of dreams versus despair and the importance of individual perseverance and mutual support, which are largely apolitical in nature.
The movie features a cast that is diverse in personality and character types, consistent with its Japanese origin, without engaging in explicit DEI-driven casting or race/gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, focusing on themes of dreams and self-empowerment rather than explicit critiques.
The show features female characters, the PreCures, who consistently engage in and win close-quarters physical fights against male antagonists like Close and Shut. Their victories involve direct physical exchanges and martial arts-like maneuvers, demonstrating their physical prowess.
Go! Princess PreCure is a magical girl anime centered on themes of dreams, friendship, and self-empowerment. The series does not feature any explicitly identified LGBTQ+ characters or themes, nor does it explore queer identities or relationships within its narrative. Consequently, there is no discernible LGBTQ+ portrayal to evaluate.
Go! Princess PreCure introduces new, original female protagonists for its season. There are no characters who were previously established as a different gender in prior canon or source material and then portrayed as a different gender in this series.
Go! Princess PreCure is an original anime series. Its characters are depicted in a manner consistent with the typical racial/ethnic representation found in Japanese animation, and there is no prior canon establishing any character as a different race.
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