#kurihara

Komugi’s previous owner Kurihara had to be sent to a senior care facility, so Komugi was taken to a shelter. She escaped her cage and ran off, got hurt and then met Iroha in the rain. However, Komugi doesn’t remember any of it. That’s what’s bothering me. It’s only been two years since Komugi lived with the Inukais. Dogs are good at remembering things, but it does seem a little odd that Komugi just completely forgot about Kurihara completely. She doesn’t even remember her old name. It makes me wonder if something happened during the time frame of her escaping the shelter to her being found by Iroha that caused her memories to be erased? We don’t even have an answer to what had hurt her that day. Given the preview for the next episode, it makes me wonder if Gaou has something to do with it.

It’s a little unusual to have Iroha and Komugi focus so late into the story, but it’s welcomed. Iroha has been getting some focus lately with her romance plot with Satoru. Iroha focus had been in the earlier episodes with how she became a Precure because she wanted to protect Komugi. Though, it’s really nice that it’s brought up now and that Iroha cannot abide to the promise she made to Yoko. After everything that has happened since Komugi came into her life, Iroha doesn’t want to part with her beloved dog. It makes sense. She’s a loving person and I do like that she’s being selfish about this because she found and raised Komugi. I get her. I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to give my dogs back to their previous owners or to a new one. I love them so much.

Kurihara seems like a sweet man in general. I do wonder why the episode didn’t conclude with Iroha and Komugi promising to let Kurihara see Komugi every once in a while. It sucks that he lost Komugi, formerly named Marron. Given she escaped the shelter, it seemed that Komugi was trying to look for her previous owner, but then met Iroha.

The part with Torame chasing the sloat was cute, but I do wonder how the heck he found the egg. Did he always have it with it? It just magically appeared into his hand. Now that we’re almost at the forty-episode mark, I do wonder just how many more eggs are left.

Also, there was a sneak peek of human Niko at the end, watching over the group with a smile. Niko, since when can you do that? We’re almost at the 40-episode mark and you’re gonna be the fifth Precure? Is she going to be a Precure? Maybe she just has a human form but is still a supporting role as Goddess of Niko Garden? So many theories surrounding this unicorn… What are your thoughts?