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I think it fell off earlier than that
My main complaints are weak dialogue/characterization, lack of adversity, uninteresting fights
Using Smile as a comparison:
||I find that the dialogue/situations in Idol don't tie back into their characterization and the dialogue in particular is simple, without much back-and-forth conversation. For example, we can tell Akane is goofy, Yayoi is a crybaby nerd, Reika is serious but maybe a bit of an airhead, etc from what they say and how they say it. From what I remember, the Smile characters often contribute their own ideas to a conversation and there was more reaction to what the others were saying. Apart from the dialogue, we learn Nao is a bit of a glutton from the travel episode, afraid of bugs from the shrinking episode, Akane and Nao get competitive in the beach episode, etc. We learn more about the characters by putting them in various situations. Meanwhile from what I remember most Idol episodes revolve around fansa, Kaito, and maybe some lunch/club episodes at school||
||I also think the lack of adversity makes it hard to showcase the grit or power of friendship that I consider one of the best parts of precure. Take the Brian and Akane episode as an example, where Akane is scared to see Brian off before her friends giver her a little push and they all chip in however they can to get her to the airport. The Reika foreign exchange episode where the whole team is unsure of what to do, Reika deciding to stay or go, and the team wanting to be together but not able to say it. As an aside, I don't think the Idol team has been pushed that hard in many of their fights.||
I don't think the Idol fights have been particularly good, between the lack of h2h exchanges and it feels like most of them are just using their stock footage moves in response to the enemy gimmick, then finisher. Also, Uta's super form being a recolor with the same finisher is really disappointing.
Hopefully next year is better
