for people who doesnt know why Ace looks older is because shes a spitting image of the Queen Ann, shes the love in her heart that brings light and miracles.
I definitely agree with wanting the midseason/surprise cures to have a past connection with the Precure. But even in cases where the time was comparatively short before becoming a cure like Ciel, I think the fact that Regina was right there made the fact that Cure Ace was someone completely new even more annoying for some fans. Cure Earth is another that showed up out of no where, but who in Healin Good could’ve became a sixth ranger? Cure Ace just got unlucky with the Regina factor ALONG with the kind of rushed integration.
I think that was something the writers did intentionally without realizing how poorly they were doing it. There was something similar in a previous precure season where they had a red herring character that was supposed to distract from the actual character joining the group and it worked. The problem here is that the red herring character was too fleshed out and had already become a fan favorite. So when some mean little kid swoops out of nowhere and takes the spotlight it feels less like a "gotcha" that the show pulled off and more like if a fanfic character that's written to be stronger and prettier than a member of the main cast was shoved into the actual show. They traded off a character with depth and a previous connection to the other cast members for a younger stranger that just met everyone but still acts like she runs things. All of her faults are highlighted by the fact that the other character would've worked better in the role.
honestly even in the case of ciel it's kind of annoying because you can definitely see the traces of a midseason cure arc for julio, so even though we get more time with her compared to cure ace it still kinda feels like she was shoved in to fulfill some sort of "boys can't be cures but we need a midseason but we don't wanna get rid of julio" sort of thing, especially since she barely gets any real development before becoming a cure
@@DistantCircusMusic totally like the precures resonated their feelings toward the royal crystals so does Regina when she realized she wanted to be friends with them that wasn’t easy for them to do, while Aguri got her precure power on a silver platter
I love Cure Ace for a lot of reasons, easily my favorite thing about DokiDoki, because she's serious, she's powerful, she's cool in both her forms, and knows how to get everyone's asses into gear (yes I love how bossy she is, because goddamn people in DokiDoki needed someone to light a fire under their ass). Aguri's introduction was botched, like a lot of things in DokiDoki as I see them, and there was an easy fix seeing as her grandma is a regular customer of Mana's diner, so I understand that complaint. I'm not that big on Regina, but I also understand people wanting her to be the mid-season Cure, people want lots of characters to be Cures, and that rugpull soured them on Aguri, fine. But the hate for her bossiness, which is the main reason I hear for people hating her, is far overblown. Especially because most of the time the people she's berating agree with her, and because she forces the same strictness on herself, to the point where she exhausts herself so badly during training she faints. Aguri GETS SHIT DONE, that's her personality, that's how she fights, that's how she goes about her daily life, and I love her for that. You say she's bottom third for you, for me she's at least top third, if not higher. And for the record, DokiDoki is my least favorite season (and I have seen all of them), I can't stand Mana, and I have a LOT of issues with how that story played out. But I did like the three main commanders Bel, Marmo and Ira, they're funny and have great chemistry, and I love Aguri/Cure Ace despite the issues with her introduction. And I will die on that hill defending Aguri from the haters because c'mon guys she's just 10 and she likes sweets what's not to love
Exactly and that’s one of the reasons I like Cure Ace’s character. My only critique is that they should’ve foreshadowed her earlier so that way her appearance could’ve been built up but other than that I thought Ace was a good character and liked how she challenged the girls and made them stronger.
Ah, the life of a Cure Ace defender is a tough one XD Jokes aside, Ace is one of those late bloomer mid-season Cures that takes time to work her way onto the team. I completely understand the desire most have for Regina to have been the sixth ranger, but plotwise, it makes sense that Aguri was the one to join the team. No spoilers here, but given her past and connection to the overarching story, her personality, powers and role on the team work quite well. Maybe it's just my age, but I never found her annoying or bratty - I found her sympathetic, charming and cute, a girl forced to grow up way too fast and handle all sorts of dangerous pressures, one who needed to warm up to the idea of friends to fully accept her quirks and weaknesses. To each their own on whether or not she's a good Cure, but I stand by Ace and believe her to be a well written character and member of the team by the end of the season.
I do believe that her introduction was a bit outta left field, with Aguri herself having never even appeared or have some kind of hint connecting her to the story *BEFORE* we first see Cure Ace But other than that, I do agree with your points!
This was really well researched! 💖 Even though I haven't watched DokiDoki, I've definitely seen the comments and you gave really fair points for each side. I wonder if I'll end up liking or disliking her 😭
I really love Cure Ace design and i don't hate her but i don't care about her because of her random existence. like i'm so disappointed when regina isn't the six ranger cure 😭😭
Very nice video!✨ As like a super big mid season cure stan I was excited about her initially, but when I realized she was a little girl with a bit of an *unbearable* personality, it became clear that she would remain as not my favorite (she’s actually not my least favorite from this season, but it’s pretty close) She is one of my least favorite cures, but I find her unique aspects to make her a cure that I can’t really find myself hating❤️
Regina should have became a cure! She is a reformed villain after all! There were villains who literally decided to leave the evil crew behind to become a cure, like Cure Passion, Cure Beat, Cure Scarlet, Cure Amour, Cure Cosmo, and Cure Finale. If she was a pretty cure, she would have been Cure Jack or Cure Joker.
To answer the question on the title, people hate her because she was thrown into the plot with no character development or even past appearances, and because they wanted Regina to be a Cure.
I have yet to watch her season and while a lot of #precure fans have valid points about Cure Ace, I wholeheartedly agree that she’s definitely overhated for sure and I feel they should have tweaked her to make her less unlikeable. This is very well researched and I will say her transformation and her design is honestly not bad. If someone doesn’t like it whenever characters age up upon transformation then that’s perfectly fine but even so, the amount of the hate is a bit overwhelming at times!!! 😰😌💕 #precure
i will forever defend cure ace's design and transformation. i haven't watched dokidoki in full so i can't really speak for her personality but her aesthetics are so good. i will say though that when it comes to precure a lot of time the better midseasons are the ones who got more time to spend with the cures beforehand (setsuna, itsuki, yuri, towa) and ace not getting that really did not help her case
She is unlikeable but she has her reasons for her personality. She reminds me a bit of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. I like her transformation and colour scheme and theme
i do really like cure Ace despite the initial shock that she isn't Regina, and i LOVE Regina. i just think it's funny how we all got dupped, it feels like something that happens once in a lifetime for the franchise and i don't want to trade it for anything else but if i had too, the only thing i can think of it's for Aguri to go Ako's route, not being introduced in civilian form super early cuz that normal, but being introduced in solo "vigilance cure" form that only went after Regina? that way we know there's a new cure that isn't Regina and still don't know her identity yet? and maybe make the team suspect baby queen Ai to be the mysterious cure for funzies and also that can foreshadow the 3 to come from 1 entity (im not really fond of that plotline but it's still integral to Dokidoki' identity so i don't want it to be erased either)
My ass was so confused when cure ace just popped ou of NOWHERE, Like bro i just wanted Regina instead because she had SO MUCH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, SO WHY WASN'T REGINA CURE ACE OR CURE QUEEN LIKE BRO SHE WOULD BE THE BIGGEST BADDIE, WOULDVE BEEN THE BADDIE SLAYYYYY OF THE GROUP.
@@PikaWASP I know what you mean like Mana, Rikka, Alice, Makoto, and even Regina resonated their feelings to each of the royal crystals and Aguri didn’t even do anything to become a precure it is so senseless
Actually I never watched Doki Doki. But I can understand why some people got disappointed (even Japanese people disappointed). Regina was the main of all time, she has her arc, her character and she's interesting. So she was favourites and everyone wants her redemption since it's what always done before per one season. But when Ace came everyone was shock because Toei didn't said or even gave foreshadowing that Cure Ace is someone different. Some Japanese children's really cried when Regina became evil since they really liked her and Cure Ace just turn it around. This IS also developed into Doki Doki low ratings with many major problems. So Ace never helped. And even though she has some good and cute moments, damage was done. So this is the reason why hate was toward and I really understand them since later Asumi was introduced suddenly with no foreshadowing (related to problem with pandemic and hacks). Also both of them actually never have any meaningful in plot so they just watsed their place in show.
I don’t really care for Cure Ace but yeah she is a little overhated😂 But it would have been nice to get some time with her before hand because she just showed out of nowhere 😂
when I was a kid, I thought Regina was Cure/Glitter Ace. I mean, technically, I was a bit correct, because they're technically the samepeople but, yeah.
Regina also tried to get rid of Mana`s friends with manipulation, and that is why i hate Regina (also she`s annoying with that laugh) p.s. also tried to kill them
Cure Ace is such an awesome person! I love how she lectures bullies and other types of people who are wrong, even if she's "butting in" I think that is actually a good thing, when it comes to standing up for morality. Her "bossy" tendencies are used in ways that are good and I think Ace is a sweet and kind person regardless. I really really really love Cure Ace! ❤
I’m planning on making DokiDoki one of my last PreCure seasons to watch, so I can’t really throw my 2 cents in on anything story-wise, but I love her transformation sequence at 5:50. Never underestimate Naotoshi Shida.
I really like Aguri/Cure Ace! She is my wallpaper on my phone, even though I love Tsubomi Hanasaki. Unfortunately, she gets a lot of hate. At first I couldn't get used to her Cure form, but I got used to it and I really like it!
Honestly, between her and Milky rose; i hate the fairy more. At least, Ace won't abandon her friends if they are in trouble and she is not rude to them. She is a good person plus her transformation is so cool! I love the fire and her dress is amazing 😍 Milky rose is awful, often impolite for no reason with Nozomi and the others. Also, the first time they saw her as a cure; not only she refuses to join their team but Rose ABANDON them with a giant monster. What a selfish girl!
Cure Ace is a nostalgic Cure for me. Her design is lovely, and as a fourteen-year old watching for the first time, Cure Ace’s appearance was one of the coolest things ever to me. My favourite insert song scene, Kokoro wo Komete probably couldn’t have happened if Regina had become a Cure, but I understand Ace coming out of nowhere would feel cheap to some people
As an asexual/ace , her line, *I always bring my A game, as in war, just like cards, NOTHING beats an ace. Is empowers me spiritually, I like cure/glitter ace
Aguri is without a doubt my least favorite Pretty Cure. Now I will say it is mostly because I love Regina and wanted her as the sixth ranger of Doki Doki. But also because I hate her character archetype. For me the bratty know it all little kid is right next to boy who belittles or makes rude insults to the girl they like, as my least favorite character type. And Aguri is one of the worst offenders of it. She is bossy in her first episode taking Mana's power simply because she won't stand up and fight inspire of losing her friend. A friend mind you who she really cared about and really wanted to see be happy. A friend who risked her life for her and even almost killed herself by falling into Magma to save Mana's life because she loved her. And now this out of nowhere snot nosed brat appears and forces her to not even grieve. It's reprehensible and absolutely the worst moment in the show for me. But I am nothing if I am not fair so I will say while she is my least favorite Cure, she does improve. Not to much at the start given her attitude persists throughout episode on top of episode, but soon she does start to grow. She becomes nicer and kinder and even starts to bound with the girls. Namely in her Birthday Episode as well as a few moments with the others in their character episodes. And then we have her backstory episode with Regina which was the thing that made me slightly thankful Aguri was who she was and gave context in a way that made things work. And even the ending with her and Regina fighting together with Mana to save their father, it was sweet. It doesn't take away how bad of an intro she had but it did make her above the I wish you never existed camp to the your fine camp.
I pretty much think the reason why she was most hated is because the personality she has, especially the people on TikTok. Cure ace has this personality that almost nobody really liked, she’s cocky, strict, and can be very confident but her confidence is just a narcissistic type and she’s mean too sometimes. Same goes to milky rose, she was kinda the most hated due to her personality as well or it’s just people on TikTok saying she was the most hated precure. I though people hated Cure ace is because of her design
I love Cure Ace and Reginá`s origin story, on how the are two side of the Princess´ hearts. The are like the yin Yang: Aguei is the yang as she is the light/good part of Princess Marie Ange who wanna protect her people, but from her own dad is the sad part. And Regina being the yin as she is the dark/bad part who stand with the villains but loves her dad. And Ai being the body of the Princess reborn and the Princess spirit fades away. Another reason I like the Split hearts idea, is that it can be a good technique If you make a character for fun, or roleplaying like DnD. I don´t play DnD but I would love too, but it can help to out one of your traits into your character and later make it more individual😸 I hear from other roleplayers😸
I despise Cure Ace because of several writing flaw in her character, including, but not limited to: 1. She comes out of nowhere (no foreshadowing or buildup before her appearance); 2. Is immediately unreasonably strong; 3. Lectures everyone about how much of a failure they are despite her not knowing any of their struggles; 4. Once she's revealed to be about 10 years old, nobody questions why they're being lectured by a literal child; 5. Her connection with Regina and Queen Ann only served to weaken Regina and Queen Ann's characters; 6. Regina takes up the space Diamond and Rosetta needed to develop their characters, and now that she's more or less out of the picture, it's Aguri who takes up their space instead; 7. Her rivalry with Regina was overly rushed and them being two sides of the same being only weakened their characters. But I do not despise Ace as much as I despise Aida Mana, but that's a story for another day.
A Pretty Cure that I really dislike is Cure Parfait. Too much attention is put on her, it's like the definition of "I'm better than everyone and I'm superior". She's always portraid by the perfect one, when the other girls have one color, she has ALL. She is... exagerated, her character is the great rappresentation of "too much", she's too much everything, worse than a Mary Sue. I lost it when the entire Kira Kira movie was only about her...
In the first 7 seven episodes of her like debut or wtv, she was so annoying! But i grew to love her! But there was definitely better choices for the midseason… cough! regina! they even could of made it where regina and aguri both became cures, like honestly i would of loved that!
I personally didn’t like cure ace because she was thrown in then when normal complained about them hanging with her but then got mad when they didn’t and had a rude personality (I also loved Regina and wished she was red not ace)
She Went from the Youngest to the oldest in a Transform I Find it Weird but, Cool at the Same Time Don't Now How i feel about her let, but, I Want to know Why nobody likes Natalie as much as the others.
As someone who has not watched this season but knows people who do, from what I can gather Cure Ace is very hated for two distinct reasons: 1) That she when was inserted into the show, the lore, the worldbuilding, everything, bent to Cure Ace’s existence. New things were thrown at the team for Cure Ace. Her general explanation for even existing is seen as complete BS. 2) this a lesser reason, but Regina by my online acquaintances’ eyes, seemed to them that she was being set up as the mid season Cure and the final battle type thing only reinforced this. Cure Ace led them to ranking Doki Doki Precure as one of the lowest and worst Precure seasons despite them admitting they loved a lot of Doki Doki up until the introduction of Cure Ace. The show became terrible after that to them since so much of it was focused on bending just about everything to Cure Ace.
Cure ace or regina Cure ace appeared Regina, daughter of main villain, was evolving, shareing, growimg kindness, and loving the world Cure ace is a part of the queen who split into 3 Oh boy i sure do see how cure regina could have been made but no, random child becomes cure ace
Now don't quote me on this, but I have heard that Toei basically trolled the audience into thinking that Regina was going to be Cure Ace, only for them to blindside us by introducing us to this complete stranger.
I think that it wouldve been nice to see Regina become a precure, but i dont think she entrely deserved it. And anyway Regina and Cure Ace are both Pincess Ann, but split in half. Regina being the selfish side of her and Ace being the better side. But it couldve been better if Ace had a better start to the show instead of just coming out of nowhere.
ok I’m never been deep into the precure fandom. Like Ive heard of it and I know that there are a billion of precure series but I only ever watched the American dub of smile precure and doki doki. BUT Glitter Ace was and is always my favorite in Doki Doki. I never knew people dislike her! I always thought she was so cool and iconic. I will say Natalie herself is a little annoying but overall her whole character is pretty cool.
Well, blame it on executive meddling. If it weren’t for All Stars New Stage 2 having Cure Sword in it, the plot would have been different, and Sword would’ve been the mid season cure. Nuff said.
I mean like she’s a little annoying and bossy and I think that’s why she’s not one of my favorites, she’s a very good design though, I also think it’s cool that she’s younger then the others. But I mean I love the sibling will always be my favorites, I mean Marmo and Ira, like, they’re the best! People say there not siblings but they ARE. I think there’s a lot more to them and stuff
Personally, really do like glitter ace to me it’s just the fact that she’s so bossy and pushy and she thinks that she’s the main character she thinks that she’s the best she thinks she knows everything even though she’s younger and I also hate how her age changes when she transforms she just doesn’t look that good I like her transformed You know it’s really nice her her character transformed is nice but it’s not like I like it too much because Ace is just really pushy and mean and she also didn’t respect on how to Maya like Regina was a really good friend to her and she still is Regina is like my second favorite character so I’m just going with that but I just hate how she’s really mean Bossi pushy and thinks that she knows everything and thinks that she’s the main character and she thinks that she’s the best so that’s it. I just think that her personality is what’s messing it up is what is causing the hate but I don’t really like her cure. It’s not my favorite I don’t really like it. She just looks too old in my opinion she looks older than what she supposed to be on like all of the other ones to stay their age, and still look like teenagers.
Unfortunately Ive only seen the glitterforce version (come on crunchyroll get smile and doki doki) and well she was asshole in it to put it bluntly. That's why I didnt like her. IT was her attitude and how badly she treated the other cures
I don't like or hate Ace. I just don't care. I do have a few complaints for one foreshadowing. How the heck was I supposed to know that she exists if she had foreshadowing like Regna, then things would've changed she just feels like a plot device and a plot hole at the same time at least give us hints that she existed. the good thing. She teaches the other's really good lessons. The complaints I have with the show. Stupid people keep on complaining about ace. How come their not complaining about the freaking polt holes!? There everywhere! Doki doki and the smile pretty cure are the only ones I've seen so far. The villains don't get me started with them for one ignoring that stupid villains can easily easily! Defeat the pretty cure since they know their identities, they can easily take them out. The pretty cure. It's unbelievable stupid to show their identities IN FRONT OF THE VILLAINS but their stupid anyway so I guess it's a win. Number 5 or 6 (I lost count) the purple pretty cure. It's nice seeing her pop star and I'm ok with that I could've been if she actually singed! It's so freaking lazy that they had a whole different person sing instead of the actual one who is voicing the purple pretty cure why aren't you guys mad why am I the only one that's ticked off!?
I haven't watched Smile precure doki doki, i watched glitter force doki doki and honestly i did not like the characters, i cringed as soon Maya opened her mouth because she just acted like Emily/Miyuki, but worse. And then out of nowhere an anoing baby appeared and honestly it made me quit. Sorry if this is offensive.
love your video, my reasoning's for not liking cure ace is b/c not only her personality, but also she's a bit of a mary sue, and without that crown she basically in combat
Now glitter force isn't doing any favors but it's so hard to stand her. I get it but i think my problem comes from the fact she's a child like if she was an adult 24/7 then i know i would be far more... understanding, less annoyed... I'm not entirely sure but also hearing her coldly talk to them just annoys me.
If people disliked Ace then they must have absolutely abhorred Earth. Personally - I liked Ace for similar reasons I liked Moonlight. She was OP as f and acted as a teacher for the other cures.
Here is the main reason why I hate Cure Ace. I know she was bossy to the other Precure which I respect a little bit and I understand that because warriors needs to get their (excuse my language) crap together and start acting like a true Precure warrior. And I’m glad she helped them level up. But here are the two MAIN REASONS WHY I HATE CURE ACE A LOT. 1.) SHE TRIED TO KILL REGINA. (good thing cure heart stopped her) The second reason is how I fully hate Cure Ace. 2.) She was talking trash about Cure Sword’s singing and made her feel sad. (This is the reason I had to cross the line with her because of the way she shows no sympathy towards Cure Sword’s singing and a job as a Precure. I know it’s her opinion but you just can go so far with other people singing. I do hate for trying to kill Regina, even though Regina is a villain. Hey I’m sorry for the cure ace fans who are offended to this but Regina is Cure heart’s friend and cure ace is attempting to kill her which makes me cross the line with Ace. Thankfully Cure Ace deserved to get her toush beat by king selfish. Cure Ace really didn’t had to go that far on Regina to kill her. I’m sorry, but I can’t change my decision.
Personally, really do like glitter ace to me it’s just the fact that she’s so bossy and pushy and she thinks that she’s the main character she thinks that she’s the best she thinks she knows everything even though she’s younger and I also hate how her age changes when she transforms she just doesn’t look that good I like her transformed You know it’s really nice her her character transformed is nice but it’s not like I like it too much because Ace is just really pushy and mean and she also didn’t respect on how to Maya like Regina was a really good friend to her and she still is Regina is like my second favorite character so I’m just going with that but I just hate how she’s really mean Bossi pushy and thinks that she knows everything and thinks that she’s the main character and she thinks that she’s the best so that’s it. I just think that her personality is what’s messing it up is what is causing the hate but I don’t really like her cure. It’s not my favorite I don’t really like it. She just looks too old in my opinion she looks older than what she supposed to be on like all of the other ones to stay their age, and still look like teenagers.
for people who doesnt know why Ace looks older is because shes a spitting image of the Queen Ann, shes the love in her heart that brings light and miracles.
Cure Ace is one of my favorite designs and my favorite character of the season.
omg samee
ace doesn’t deserve the hate she gets >:(
Ya they also chose the younger to hate on
I definitely agree with wanting the midseason/surprise cures to have a past connection with the Precure. But even in cases where the time was comparatively short before becoming a cure like Ciel, I think the fact that Regina was right there made the fact that Cure Ace was someone completely new even more annoying for some fans. Cure Earth is another that showed up out of no where, but who in Healin Good could’ve became a sixth ranger? Cure Ace just got unlucky with the Regina factor ALONG with the kind of rushed integration.
I think that was something the writers did intentionally without realizing how poorly they were doing it. There was something similar in a previous precure season where they had a red herring character that was supposed to distract from the actual character joining the group and it worked. The problem here is that the red herring character was too fleshed out and had already become a fan favorite.
So when some mean little kid swoops out of nowhere and takes the spotlight it feels less like a "gotcha" that the show pulled off and more like if a fanfic character that's written to be stronger and prettier than a member of the main cast was shoved into the actual show. They traded off a character with depth and a previous connection to the other cast members for a younger stranger that just met everyone but still acts like she runs things. All of her faults are highlighted by the fact that the other character would've worked better in the role.
honestly even in the case of ciel it's kind of annoying because you can definitely see the traces of a midseason cure arc for julio, so even though we get more time with her compared to cure ace it still kinda feels like she was shoved in to fulfill some sort of "boys can't be cures but we need a midseason but we don't wanna get rid of julio" sort of thing, especially since she barely gets any real development before becoming a cure
I thought cure earth’s appearance was built up?
I agree with the Cure Earth opinion, but I still say Cure Ace's debut was worse.
@@DistantCircusMusic totally like the precures resonated their feelings toward the royal crystals so does Regina when she realized she wanted to be friends with them that wasn’t easy for them to do, while Aguri got her precure power on a silver platter
I love Cure Ace for a lot of reasons, easily my favorite thing about DokiDoki, because she's serious, she's powerful, she's cool in both her forms, and knows how to get everyone's asses into gear (yes I love how bossy she is, because goddamn people in DokiDoki needed someone to light a fire under their ass).
Aguri's introduction was botched, like a lot of things in DokiDoki as I see them, and there was an easy fix seeing as her grandma is a regular customer of Mana's diner, so I understand that complaint. I'm not that big on Regina, but I also understand people wanting her to be the mid-season Cure, people want lots of characters to be Cures, and that rugpull soured them on Aguri, fine.
But the hate for her bossiness, which is the main reason I hear for people hating her, is far overblown. Especially because most of the time the people she's berating agree with her, and because she forces the same strictness on herself, to the point where she exhausts herself so badly during training she faints. Aguri GETS SHIT DONE, that's her personality, that's how she fights, that's how she goes about her daily life, and I love her for that. You say she's bottom third for you, for me she's at least top third, if not higher.
And for the record, DokiDoki is my least favorite season (and I have seen all of them), I can't stand Mana, and I have a LOT of issues with how that story played out. But I did like the three main commanders Bel, Marmo and Ira, they're funny and have great chemistry, and I love Aguri/Cure Ace despite the issues with her introduction. And I will die on that hill defending Aguri from the haters because c'mon guys she's just 10 and she likes sweets what's not to love
Exactly and that’s one of the reasons I like Cure Ace’s character. My only critique is that they should’ve foreshadowed her earlier so that way her appearance could’ve been built up but other than that I thought Ace was a good character and liked how she challenged the girls and made them stronger.
Ah, the life of a Cure Ace defender is a tough one XD Jokes aside, Ace is one of those late bloomer mid-season Cures that takes time to work her way onto the team. I completely understand the desire most have for Regina to have been the sixth ranger, but plotwise, it makes sense that Aguri was the one to join the team. No spoilers here, but given her past and connection to the overarching story, her personality, powers and role on the team work quite well. Maybe it's just my age, but I never found her annoying or bratty - I found her sympathetic, charming and cute, a girl forced to grow up way too fast and handle all sorts of dangerous pressures, one who needed to warm up to the idea of friends to fully accept her quirks and weaknesses. To each their own on whether or not she's a good Cure, but I stand by Ace and believe her to be a well written character and member of the team by the end of the season.
Yes, finally someone who thinks like me! Also because my nostalgia lives to defend her, hah!
I do believe that her introduction was a bit outta left field, with Aguri herself having never even appeared or have some kind of hint connecting her to the story *BEFORE* we first see Cure Ace
But other than that, I do agree with your points!
This was really well researched! 💖 Even though I haven't watched DokiDoki, I've definitely seen the comments and you gave really fair points for each side. I wonder if I'll end up liking or disliking her 😭
Thank you so much!! 🥹💖💖💖
I really love Cure Ace design and i don't hate her but i don't care about her because of her random existence. like i'm so disappointed when regina isn't the six ranger cure 😭😭
Totally and I’ve come up with a good cure name for Regina. Cure crimson
It was horrible that she was an alternate Regina, how difficult was it to make Regina be Cure Ace?
@@anthonyubertini9605 How abt Cure Joker since it matches the card theme??
Even if she’s not my favorite Cure, at least her voice actress did a good job.
Totally like on glitter force doki doki Nathalie isn’t my favorite precure, but I do love the actress that plays her
Very nice video!✨
As like a super big mid season cure stan I was excited about her initially, but when I realized she was a little girl with a bit of an *unbearable* personality, it became clear that she would remain as not my favorite (she’s actually not my least favorite from this season, but it’s pretty close)
She is one of my least favorite cures, but I find her unique aspects to make her a cure that I can’t really find myself hating❤️
Thank you!!! And same here, I really liked her design/her personality until the last couple of episodes 😅❤️
@@glitteremm no prob! and same :)👍❤️
Regina should have became a cure! She is a reformed villain after all! There were villains who literally decided to leave the evil crew behind to become a cure, like Cure Passion, Cure Beat, Cure Scarlet, Cure Amour, Cure Cosmo, and Cure Finale. If she was a pretty cure, she would have been Cure Jack or Cure Joker.
Omg cure joker sounds so cool! I totally agree as a Regina lover 😅❤️💜
If Regina was a precure I would name her Cure emerald
I agree, for me Regina should have been a cure and not a cure. Ace, she had had more development and fit in perfectly with the group.
@@anacelysousaramos not to mention she looks like she’s in the same grade as Mana
I have good news for regina fan! Regina did become cure, and their name was cure joker
To answer the question on the title, people hate her because she was thrown into the plot with no character development or even past appearances, and because they wanted Regina to be a Cure.
I am currently watching Precure Doki Doki and I like all of the characters. I do wish Cure Ace stayed as a little girl when she transformed though.
She looks older as ace because cure ace resembles the princess
She represents the princess which is a grown woman
In my opinion Cure Ace is overhated tbh
I have yet to watch her season and while a lot of #precure fans have valid points about Cure Ace, I wholeheartedly agree that she’s definitely overhated for sure and I feel they should have tweaked her to make her less unlikeable.
This is very well researched and I will say her transformation and her design is honestly not bad.
If someone doesn’t like it whenever characters age up upon transformation then that’s perfectly fine but even so, the amount of the hate is a bit overwhelming at times!!! 😰😌💕
#precure
Bro she is so underrated
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i will forever defend cure ace's design and transformation. i haven't watched dokidoki in full so i can't really speak for her personality but her aesthetics are so good. i will say though that when it comes to precure a lot of time the better midseasons are the ones who got more time to spend with the cures beforehand (setsuna, itsuki, yuri, towa) and ace not getting that really did not help her case
I like cure ace because of her henshin
She is unlikeable but she has her reasons for her personality. She reminds me a bit of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. I like her transformation and colour scheme and theme
I like her
@@crueltyfreecolorist1025 at least both of those sailor guardians don’t take aim at someone who is defenseless
i do really like cure Ace despite the initial shock that she isn't Regina, and i LOVE Regina. i just think it's funny how we all got dupped, it feels like something that happens once in a lifetime for the franchise and i don't want to trade it for anything else
but if i had too, the only thing i can think of it's for Aguri to go Ako's route, not being introduced in civilian form super early cuz that normal, but being introduced in solo "vigilance cure" form that only went after Regina? that way we know there's a new cure that isn't Regina and still don't know her identity yet? and maybe make the team suspect baby queen Ai to be the mysterious cure for funzies and also that can foreshadow the 3 to come from 1 entity (im not really fond of that plotline but it's still integral to Dokidoki' identity so i don't want it to be erased either)
My ass was so confused when cure ace just popped ou of NOWHERE, Like bro i just wanted Regina instead because she had SO MUCH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, SO WHY WASN'T REGINA CURE ACE OR CURE QUEEN LIKE BRO SHE WOULD BE THE BIGGEST BADDIE, WOULDVE BEEN THE BADDIE SLAYYYYY OF THE GROUP.
@@PikaWASP I know what you mean like Mana, Rikka, Alice, Makoto, and even Regina resonated their feelings to each of the royal crystals and Aguri didn’t even do anything to become a precure it is so senseless
Actually I never watched Doki Doki. But I can understand why some people got disappointed (even Japanese people disappointed). Regina was the main of all time, she has her arc, her character and she's interesting. So she was favourites and everyone wants her redemption since it's what always done before per one season. But when Ace came everyone was shock because Toei didn't said or even gave foreshadowing that Cure Ace is someone different. Some Japanese children's really cried when Regina became evil since they really liked her and Cure Ace just turn it around. This IS also developed into Doki Doki low ratings with many major problems. So Ace never helped. And even though she has some good and cute moments, damage was done. So this is the reason why hate was toward and I really understand them since later Asumi was introduced suddenly with no foreshadowing (related to problem with pandemic and hacks). Also both of them actually never have any meaningful in plot so they just watsed their place in show.
I love Glitter Ace, she's amazing with her colour scheme and her serious attitude
I don’t really care for Cure Ace but yeah she is a little overhated😂 But it would have been nice to get some time with her before hand because she just showed out of nowhere 😂
I only hate cure ace for her interactions and her personality and she was annoying like cure ma cherie.
when I was a kid, I thought Regina was Cure/Glitter Ace. I mean, technically, I was a bit correct, because they're technically the samepeople but, yeah.
Regina also tried to get rid of Mana`s friends with manipulation, and that is why i hate Regina (also she`s annoying with that laugh)
p.s. also tried to kill them
Cure Ace is such an awesome person! I love how she lectures bullies and other types of people who are wrong, even if she's "butting in" I think that is actually a good thing, when it comes to standing up for morality. Her "bossy" tendencies are used in ways that are good and I think Ace is a sweet and kind person regardless. I really really really love Cure Ace! ❤
0:58 i am one of those people who loves dokidoki precure's designs
They’re really cute to me! I love the card themes!
I’m planning on making DokiDoki one of my last PreCure seasons to watch, so I can’t really throw my 2 cents in on anything story-wise, but I love her transformation sequence at 5:50.
Never underestimate Naotoshi Shida.
I really like Aguri/Cure Ace! She is my wallpaper on my phone, even though I love Tsubomi Hanasaki.
Unfortunately, she gets a lot of hate. At first I couldn't get used to her Cure form, but I got used to it and I really like it!
Honestly, between her and Milky rose; i hate the fairy more. At least, Ace won't abandon her friends if they are in trouble and she is not rude to them. She is a good person plus her transformation is so cool! I love the fire and her dress is amazing 😍
Milky rose is awful, often impolite for no reason with Nozomi and the others. Also, the first time they saw her as a cure; not only she refuses to join their team but Rose ABANDON them with a giant monster. What a selfish girl!
Cure Ace is a nostalgic Cure for me. Her design is lovely, and as a fourteen-year old watching for the first time, Cure Ace’s appearance was one of the coolest things ever to me. My favourite insert song scene, Kokoro wo Komete probably couldn’t have happened if Regina had become a Cure, but I understand Ace coming out of nowhere would feel cheap to some people
As an asexual/ace , her line, *I always bring my A game, as in war, just like cards, NOTHING beats an ace.
Is empowers me spiritually, I like cure/glitter ace
The Witches Precure also are little girls who become Teenager also by becoming Precure
Hot take: The Cure Ace hate is another instance of people hating a child character for acting like a child
thats not why people hate her though
Well my thoughts is will be the mid-season cures will be a villain but a baby!?
Aguri is without a doubt my least favorite Pretty Cure. Now I will say it is mostly because I love Regina and wanted her as the sixth ranger of Doki Doki. But also because I hate her character archetype. For me the bratty know it all little kid is right next to boy who belittles or makes rude insults to the girl they like, as my least favorite character type. And Aguri is one of the worst offenders of it. She is bossy in her first episode taking Mana's power simply because she won't stand up and fight inspire of losing her friend. A friend mind you who she really cared about and really wanted to see be happy. A friend who risked her life for her and even almost killed herself by falling into Magma to save Mana's life because she loved her. And now this out of nowhere snot nosed brat appears and forces her to not even grieve. It's reprehensible and absolutely the worst moment in the show for me. But I am nothing if I am not fair so I will say while she is my least favorite Cure, she does improve. Not to much at the start given her attitude persists throughout episode on top of episode, but soon she does start to grow. She becomes nicer and kinder and even starts to bound with the girls. Namely in her Birthday Episode as well as a few moments with the others in their character episodes. And then we have her backstory episode with Regina which was the thing that made me slightly thankful Aguri was who she was and gave context in a way that made things work. And even the ending with her and Regina fighting together with Mana to save their father, it was sweet. It doesn't take away how bad of an intro she had but it did make her above the I wish you never existed camp to the your fine camp.
I pretty much think the reason why she was most hated is because the personality she has, especially the people on TikTok. Cure ace has this personality that almost nobody really liked, she’s cocky, strict, and can be very confident but her confidence is just a narcissistic type and she’s mean too sometimes. Same goes to milky rose, she was kinda the most hated due to her personality as well or it’s just people on TikTok saying she was the most hated precure. I though people hated Cure ace is because of her design
I love Cure Ace and Reginá`s origin story, on how the are two side of the Princess´ hearts. The are like the yin Yang: Aguei is the yang as she is the light/good part of Princess Marie Ange who wanna protect her people, but from her own dad is the sad part. And Regina being the yin as she is the dark/bad part who stand with the villains but loves her dad. And Ai being the body of the Princess reborn and the Princess spirit fades away. Another reason I like the Split hearts idea, is that it can be a good technique If you make a character for fun, or roleplaying like DnD. I don´t play DnD but I would love too, but it can help to out one of your traits into your character and later make it more individual😸 I hear from other roleplayers😸
I despise Cure Ace because of several writing flaw in her character, including, but not limited to:
1. She comes out of nowhere (no foreshadowing or buildup before her appearance);
2. Is immediately unreasonably strong;
3. Lectures everyone about how much of a failure they are despite her not knowing any of their struggles;
4. Once she's revealed to be about 10 years old, nobody questions why they're being lectured by a literal child;
5. Her connection with Regina and Queen Ann only served to weaken Regina and Queen Ann's characters;
6. Regina takes up the space Diamond and Rosetta needed to develop their characters, and now that she's more or less out of the picture, it's Aguri who takes up their space instead;
7. Her rivalry with Regina was overly rushed and them being two sides of the same being only weakened their characters.
But I do not despise Ace as much as I despise Aida Mana, but that's a story for another day.
Good job on the new video glitter Em ❤
My opinion about cure ace
she Is Pretty
i wonder if yui from princess precure was regina better handled because she does not become a core either
I feel like cure ace is more serious than mean she is just trying to keep the bad guys away
The Cure Ace backlash is from the same group who absolutely love Regina and never got over her not becoming a Cure.
i like doki doki precure as a whole it was hype
A Pretty Cure that I really dislike is Cure Parfait. Too much attention is put on her, it's like the definition of "I'm better than everyone and I'm superior". She's always portraid by the perfect one, when the other girls have one color, she has ALL. She is... exagerated, her character is the great rappresentation of "too much", she's too much everything, worse than a Mary Sue. I lost it when the entire Kira Kira movie was only about her...
In the first 7 seven episodes of her like debut or wtv, she was so annoying! But i grew to love her! But there was definitely better choices for the midseason… cough! regina! they even could of made it where regina and aguri both became cures, like honestly i would of loved that!
I personally didn’t like cure ace because she was thrown in then when normal complained about them hanging with her but then got mad when they didn’t and had a rude personality (I also loved Regina and wished she was red not ace)
She Went from the Youngest to the oldest in a Transform I Find it Weird but, Cool at the Same Time Don't Now How i feel about her let, but, I Want to know Why nobody likes Natalie as much as the others.
As someone who has not watched this season but knows people who do, from what I can gather Cure Ace is very hated for two distinct reasons:
1) That she when was inserted into the show, the lore, the worldbuilding, everything, bent to Cure Ace’s existence. New things were thrown at the team for Cure Ace. Her general explanation for even existing is seen as complete BS.
2) this a lesser reason, but Regina by my online acquaintances’ eyes, seemed to them that she was being set up as the mid season Cure and the final battle type thing only reinforced this.
Cure Ace led them to ranking Doki Doki Precure as one of the lowest and worst Precure seasons despite them admitting they loved a lot of Doki Doki up until the introduction of Cure Ace. The show became terrible after that to them since so much of it was focused on bending just about everything to Cure Ace.
Great Video Glitter Em Natalie Miller doesn't deserves this And Erica Lindbeck loves this girl!
Oh I got an idea, why don't you make a video of why Cure Butterfly got a lot of fans?
Cure ace or regina
Cure ace appeared
Regina, daughter of main villain, was evolving, shareing, growimg kindness, and loving the world
Cure ace is a part of the queen who split into 3
Oh boy i sure do see how cure regina could have been made but no, random child becomes cure ace
Why does no one love cure ace I'm a big Fan Of Ace I like her style
Now don't quote me on this, but I have heard that Toei basically trolled the audience into thinking that Regina was going to be Cure Ace, only for them to blindside us by introducing us to this complete stranger.
Cure Ace is my favourite
I think that it wouldve been nice to see Regina become a precure, but i dont think she entrely deserved it. And anyway Regina and Cure Ace are both Pincess Ann, but split in half. Regina being the selfish side of her and Ace being the better side. But it couldve been better if Ace had a better start to the show instead of just coming out of nowhere.
I loved her design but not her introduction to the story.
ok I’m never been deep into the precure fandom. Like Ive heard of it and I know that there are a billion of precure series but I only ever watched the American dub of smile precure and doki doki. BUT Glitter Ace was and is always my favorite in Doki Doki. I never knew people dislike her! I always thought she was so cool and iconic. I will say Natalie herself is a little annoying but overall her whole character is pretty cool.
Cure ace is my favorite character
Well, blame it on executive meddling. If it weren’t for All Stars New Stage 2 having Cure Sword in it, the plot would have been different, and Sword would’ve been the mid season cure. Nuff said.
Omg, i was not expecting to get jumpscared by my own comment. XD
I mean like she’s a little annoying and bossy and I think that’s why she’s not one of my favorites, she’s a very good design though, I also think it’s cool that she’s younger then the others. But I mean I love the sibling will always be my favorites, I mean Marmo and Ira, like, they’re the best! People say there not siblings but they ARE. I think there’s a lot more to them and stuff
Personally, really do like glitter ace to me it’s just the fact that she’s so bossy and pushy and she thinks that she’s the main character she thinks that she’s the best she thinks she knows everything even though she’s younger and I also hate how her age changes when she transforms she just doesn’t look that good I like her transformed You know it’s really nice her her character transformed is nice but it’s not like I like it too much because Ace is just really pushy and mean and she also didn’t respect on how to Maya like Regina was a really good friend to her and she still is Regina is like my second favorite character so I’m just going with that but I just hate how she’s really mean Bossi pushy and thinks that she knows everything and thinks that she’s the main character and she thinks that she’s the best so that’s it. I just think that her personality is what’s messing it up is what is causing the hate but I don’t really like her cure. It’s not my favorite I don’t really like it. She just looks too old in my opinion she looks older than what she supposed to be on like all of the other ones to stay their age, and still look like teenagers.
In my fourntry its glitter ace
For me its milky rose. I DESPISE HER SO MUCH GRAHHHHHHHHH
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Unfortunately Ive only seen the glitterforce version (come on crunchyroll get smile and doki doki) and well she was asshole in it to put it bluntly. That's why I didnt like her. IT was her attitude and how badly she treated the other cures
I don't like or hate Ace. I just don't care. I do have a few complaints for one foreshadowing. How the heck was I supposed to know that she exists if she had foreshadowing like Regna, then things would've changed she just feels like a plot device and a plot hole at the same time at least give us hints that she existed. the good thing. She teaches the other's really good lessons. The complaints I have with the show. Stupid people keep on complaining about ace. How come their not complaining about the freaking polt holes!? There everywhere! Doki doki and the smile pretty cure are the only ones I've seen so far. The villains don't get me started with them for one ignoring that stupid villains can easily easily! Defeat the pretty cure since they know their identities, they can easily take them out. The pretty cure. It's unbelievable stupid to show their identities IN FRONT OF THE VILLAINS but their stupid anyway so I guess it's a win. Number 5 or 6 (I lost count) the purple pretty cure. It's nice seeing her pop star and I'm ok with that I could've been if she actually singed! It's so freaking lazy that they had a whole different person sing instead of the actual one who is voicing the purple pretty cure why aren't you guys mad why am I the only one that's ticked off!?
I haven't watched Smile precure doki doki, i watched glitter force doki doki and honestly i did not like the characters, i cringed as soon Maya opened her mouth because she just acted like Emily/Miyuki, but worse.
And then out of nowhere an anoing baby appeared and honestly it made me quit.
Sorry if this is offensive.
Your right the baby was annoying asf
@Florathefox1111 Yeah!!!! Did you at least like glitter force doki doki?
Ik why ppl hate her cuz she was rude to cure heart for some reason
love your video, my reasoning's for not liking cure ace is b/c not only her personality, but also she's a bit of a mary sue, and without that crown she basically in combat
Now glitter force isn't doing any favors but it's so hard to stand her. I get it but i think my problem comes from the fact she's a child like if she was an adult 24/7 then i know i would be far more... understanding, less annoyed... I'm not entirely sure but also hearing her coldly talk to them just annoys me.
The way Aguri was pointing her rod at Regina back at trump kingdom is why I liked her the least
If people disliked Ace then they must have absolutely abhorred Earth.
Personally - I liked Ace for similar reasons I liked Moonlight. She was OP as f and acted as a teacher for the other cures.
I never liked her because she makes the other Cures irrelevant and they built up Regina but just threw away her buildup.
Here is the main reason why I hate Cure Ace. I know she was bossy to the other Precure which I respect a little bit and I understand that because warriors needs to get their (excuse my language) crap together and start acting like a true Precure warrior. And I’m glad she helped them level up. But here are the two MAIN REASONS WHY I HATE CURE ACE A LOT.
1.) SHE TRIED TO KILL REGINA. (good thing cure heart stopped her)
The second reason is how I fully hate Cure Ace.
2.) She was talking trash about Cure Sword’s singing and made her feel sad. (This is the reason I had to cross the line with her because of the way she shows no sympathy towards Cure Sword’s singing and a job as a Precure. I know it’s her opinion but you just can go so far with other people singing. I do hate for trying to kill Regina, even though Regina is a villain. Hey I’m sorry for the cure ace fans who are offended to this but Regina is Cure heart’s friend and cure ace is attempting to kill her which makes me cross the line with Ace. Thankfully Cure Ace deserved to get her toush beat by king selfish. Cure Ace really didn’t had to go that far on Regina to kill her. I’m sorry, but I can’t change my decision.
Personally, really do like glitter ace to me it’s just the fact that she’s so bossy and pushy and she thinks that she’s the main character she thinks that she’s the best she thinks she knows everything even though she’s younger and I also hate how her age changes when she transforms she just doesn’t look that good I like her transformed You know it’s really nice her her character transformed is nice but it’s not like I like it too much because Ace is just really pushy and mean and she also didn’t respect on how to Maya like Regina was a really good friend to her and she still is Regina is like my second favorite character so I’m just going with that but I just hate how she’s really mean Bossi pushy and thinks that she knows everything and thinks that she’s the main character and she thinks that she’s the best so that’s it. I just think that her personality is what’s messing it up is what is causing the hate but I don’t really like her cure. It’s not my favorite I don’t really like it. She just looks too old in my opinion she looks older than what she supposed to be on like all of the other ones to stay their age, and still look like teenagers.