Episode 31 of "Detective Pretty Cure" Features Cure Arcana
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A new episode of the anime show "Detective Pretty Cure!" is out. It is episode 31.
In this episode, a character changes into a white form. Her name is Cure Arcana.
Two women give voices to the characters. Their names are Ikumi Hasegawa and Nao Toyama.
Ikumi Hasegawa is the voice of Cure Éclair. Nao Toyama is the voice of Cure Arcana.
The two characters are like a "miracle pair." They work together in the story.
Nao Toyama talked about her character, Mori Aruruka. She said she wants to understand her.
The two characters carry a heavy problem together. This happens for six months in the story.
The two voice actors talked about this in a special interview.
Vocabulary15 words
- episode
- one part of a TV show
- miracle
- something amazing; hard to believe
- understand
- to know how someone feels
- interview
- talking with someone to ask questions
- transform
- to change into something new
- character
- a person in a story
- voice actor
- a person who speaks for a character
- anime
- a Japanese cartoon show
- pair
- two people together
- burden
- a heavy problem to carry
- detective
- a person who solves mysteries
- form
- the shape or look of something
- story
- the events in a show
- six months
- half of one year
- white
- the color of snow
Quiz
Answer key
1. Cure Arcana 2. Nao Toyama 3. True
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A new _____ of the anime show "Detective Pretty Cure!" is out. It is episode 31.
In this episode, a character changes into a white _____. Her name is Cure Arcana.
Two women give voices to the characters. Their names are Ikumi Hasegawa and Nao _____.
Ikumi Hasegawa is the voice of Cure Éclair. Nao Toyama is the voice of Cure _____.
The two characters are like a "_____ pair." They work together in the story.
Nao Toyama talked about her character, Mori Aruruka. She said she wants to _____ her.
The two characters carry a heavy _____ together. This happens for six months in the story.
The two voice actors talked about this in a special _____.