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School Excursion! Miyuki's Least Happy in Kyoto!? (修学旅行!みゆき、京都でどん底ハッピー!? Shūgaku Ryokō! Miyuki, Kyōto de Donzoko Happī!??) is the 13th episode of Smile Pretty Cure!, the 12th episode of Glitter Force, and the 402nd episode of the Pretty Cure franchise overall. The English title is "Emily's Unlucky Day".

Synopsis[]

Miyuki's always-happy personality is pushed to its limits after a series of several unfortunate events befall her.

Summary[]

Finally, the much-awaited school excursion trip to Kansai is here. On the bullet train ride, Miyuki is extremely excited. Just as she is about to bring out her snacks to share with everyone, she discovers that Candy had broken into her stash and eaten most of it. However, Miyuki declares that she will not get angry today because she is "ultra happy" and excited about the trip.

The class' first stop is the famous Golden Pavilion. The studious Reika educates with facts about the historic building, admitting that she did a lot of research.

As Miyuki admires a koi pond, Candy appears on top of her head, having gotten lonely on the bus. In her haste to hide Candy, Miyuki slips and falls into the pond. With her uniform soaked, she has to change into a sports jersey for the rest of the day. This begins a series of unfortunate events for Miyuki.

Next, the girls draw their fortunes at a shop near the Pavilion. Expecting to get a "Great Blessing" fortune, Miyuki is devastated to receive a "Great Curse" fortune instead. The other girls hasten to comfort her, but just as she feels a little better, bird poo drops on her head.

During their free time, the girls visit the Togetsukyo Bridge, a symbol of Arashiyama. The girls decide to take a commemorative shot, but no matter how many times they try, they just could not get a good photo.

Next, they visit a souvenir shop, where Miyuki decides to get a Kyoto doll for her mother. Just as she goes to pay for the doll, the shopkeeper accidentally knocks over a series of dolls which ended up hitting Miyuki on the head. When eating matcha ice cream, a kid knocks into Miyuki, smashing it into her face. As they were stroll in a bamboo grove, Miyuki's souvenir bag slips out of her hand and smashes onto the ground, breaking the doll she bought for her mother.

That night in the hotel room, Miyuki is feeling sorry for herself. To cheer her up, Akane starts a pillow fight, and all the girls join in. Suddenly, Miyuki's flying pillow hits a tea kettle, knocking it into the air. Nao and Akane try to save it, and just as Miyuki manages to catch the kettle, Miss Sasaki camees in to ask the girls to turn in. The kettle upends the tea onto Miss Sasaki, earning a long lecture for the five.

After lights out, the girls are chatting when Akane dares Miyuki to tell who she has a crush on. The girls are excited to hear that it's someone they know, speculating on who it might be. They are left unimpressed when she reveals her crush is the fictional character Peter Pan.

The next day, Miyuki hopes that the "Great Curse" has worn off, but unlucky things continue happening to her throughout the entire day. However, she does not let the bad happenings get to her, choosing to remain happy.

The girls end up at Gion Street, and Yayoi is extremely excited at the chance to spot a maiko or apprentice geisha. Candy offers herself as a maiko by using the lipstick Cure Decor to transform herself, but the girls do not manage to find a real maiko. Discouraged, Miyuki suspects that her "Great Curse" is rubbing off on everyone, making them have bad luck as well.

Just then, Akaoni, who read a story about demons terrorizing people in an old folktale book, identifies the location in the story as Kyoto, and hence travels there to wreak havoc too. However, the girls' classmates mistake him for a mascot character and take commemorative photos with him. Angered, Akaoni creates a Bad End space at the temple, stealing everyone's happiness.

The girls rush to where Akaoni is. Candy, who was holding on to Miyuki's fortune, loses her grip, and the fortune floats to Akaoni, who changes it into an Akanbe. The girls transform into Pretty Cure to fight, but as the Cures dodge and block the Akanbe's attacks, the stray missiles always end up striking Happy. Sunny tries to purify the Akanbe with Sunny Fire, but it fails to work on the Blue Nose Akanbe, which is immune to such attacks.

Just as the Cures are going to try Rainbow Healing, Happy loses her grip on her Smile Pact, and it falls into the river nearby. While she is busy searching for it in the water, the other Cures are blasted by the Akanbe. Happy blames herself for their failure, and is forced to abandon her search to protect them from the Akanbe.

The other Cures assure Happy that they were blessed to have her on the team. Happy's Smile Pact glows and rises triumphantly from the river. The other four girls join Happy in pushing the Akanbe back, giving them an opening to purify it with Rainbow Healing.

After the fight, the girls remember Miyuki's misfortune and laugh. Just then, they luckily spot a couple of maiko out for a walk, and finally manage to take a good commemorative photo. Miyuki wonders what caused her luck to change. Reika quotes an old idiom: "fortune favors those who smile".

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Trivia[]

  • This episode features many famous tourist destinations of Kyoto, such as the Kyoto Tower, Temple of the Golden Pavilion (金閣寺 Kinkaku-ji?), Togetsu Bridge (渡月橋 Togetsu-kyō?), Kiyomizu Temple (清水寺 Kiyomizu-dera?), and Gion district.
  • The fortune slips[1] drawn by the girls at Kinkaku-ji are:
    • Miyuki: "Great curse" (大凶 dai kyō?).
    • Akane: "A blessing to come" (末吉 sue kichi?).
    • Yayoi and Reika: "Great blessing" (大吉 dai kichi?).
    • Nao: "Middling blessing" (中吉 chū kichi?).
  • The story Miyuki and Candy argue about in the bamboo groove is "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" (竹取物語 Taketori Monogatari?)[2], also known as "The Tale of Princess Kaguya."
  • The number 13 is considered unlucky in many cultures[3] such as Japan, so it fits that the 13th episode of the season focuses on Miyuki's bad luck.
  • The "Hoheto Inn" (ほへと旅館 Hoheto Ryokan?) the class stays at was based on the real-life "Iroha Inn" (いろは旅館 Iroha Ryokan?) in Kyoto, which closed in late 2015.[4]
    • After the episode first aired, the inn staff wrote a blogpost on a booking site comparing a shot of the Hoheto Inn with its real-life counterpart. They thanked the class for their patronage and acknowledged the "Five Legendary Warriors, Pretty Cure," hoping they would enjoy their stay in Osaka next episode, especially Miyuki, who had trouble in Kyoto this episode.[5] In an online diary entry by the inn staff, they made another comparison of a room in the Hoheto Inn with its real-life inspiration, noting a "perfect match" and that it was incredible to see other aspects such as the large public bath recreated. They also wrote that the adaptations of the Golden Pavilion and Arashiyama were faithful.[6]
  • This is the sixth episode where Miyuki is hit in the face with an object: previously with Candy, a volleyball, a soccer ball, Pop's book, and a mallet, and now a doll and an ice cream.
  • The Japanese idiom Reika quotes at the end of the episode is 「笑う門には福来る」, "warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru". The literal meaning is "a smile opens the door to good fortune".

Edits in Glitter Force[]

SmPC13 (GF12) - Dim edit

Darkened shot in Glitter Force.

  • The attraction in Kansai was called the Asian-Pacific Expo since the dub is set in the US.
  • Throughout the episode, some of the girls are suspicious of whether the fortunes are real or not. This isn't the case in the original.
  • On the train, after eating Emily (Miyuki)'s snacks, Candy burps in the dub.
  • The scene where Emily shakes when Candy is on her head is darkened probably due to the rapid movement on screen.
    • This is also the case during the girls' pillow fight.
  • The detailed omikuji fortunes were replaced with "Good luck! You will have good luck." in Lily (Yayoi) and Chloe (Reika)'s case, and "Bad luck! You will have bad luck." in Emily's.
  • While Nao says she got medium luck, April theorizes that all the fortunes say, "Good luck!"
  • Instead of pretending to be Princess Kaguya, Candy now pretends to be a panda.
  • The boys that the others think Emily may like get their names changed.
    • The boy that Lily suggests, originally named Toyoshima Hidekazu, is renamed Nathaniel.
    • Like in episode 5, the student council president, originally surnamed Irie, is renamed Jared.
    • The boy that Chloe suggests, originally named Munemoto Shinya, is renamed Teddy.

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References[]

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