Flower of the Heart

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>Early-Riser Tsubomi-san

>How cruel...
>Using someone's kind heart for your own selfish needs like that...
>...Now then,
>count up your sins!!
>Huh!?
>The heck is that...?
>Tsubomi woke up 30 minutes earlier than usual this morning! [TN:Kamen Rider W aired half an hour before Heartcatch Precure, back when the Super Hero Time aired before Precure.]

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>It doesn't feel out of place for Tsubomi-san to say even something like this while in Glasses Mode.
>At least, that was I think.
>...Am I the only one?

>In my opinion, Philip-kun would be the seductive bottom and Shoutarou would be the clumsy top!
>Tsubomi, I have no idea what you're talking about.

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>Hmm~...

>Erika?
>What's wrong?

>There's something that's been bothering me.
>Eeh? What is it? Please tell me!

>So, like,
>why does Cobraja always wear the same outfit?

>...
>...Eh?

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>When you put it like that, don't Sunrina and Kumojacky always wear the same clothes too...?
>Ah, geez, you don't get it~!

>Those two are different.
>I mean,
>Cobraja's a narcissist, right?

>Ah...

>Well, knowing Cobraja,
>he'd probably just say "I look beautiful even without dressing up", though...
>He's got a gloomy expression, but he's tall and has a decent figure, right?
>Those clothes don't really make him look alive~
>>Achoo

>Erika!

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>Naminami!
>You shouldn't say things like that, Erika!
>I don't know who you're talking about, but he must have a reason why who only wears those clothes.
>Right?

>Na-
>Naminami~ You're such a super good girl~!
>I want you as my wife~(note)
>Wah
>Erika...!!

>Alright!

>Time for the president of the Fashion Club to show what she's made of!
>Let's do it!
>Wah~(note)

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>A few days later...
>A Desert Apostle has appeared!
>Desu~ Desu~ Desu~

>There you are, Cobraja!

>Hold him down, Sunshine!
>Got it!
>Wha-

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>!!

>I made these! What do you think!?
>...

>...I'm retreating.
>Eh?

>I'll get dirty if I fight in these clothes, after all.

>I reached his fashion heart!!
>Good for you, Marine!!
>How has he not been laid off...?

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>The darkness in your heart...

>shall be illuminated by my (watashi) lift!!

>...Gather up, flower power! Shiny Tamborine!!!

>I wanted her to stay as a "boku" girl...!

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>Itsuki.
>I wanna throw her in a room full of cute things.
>I want to add lace to her undergarments and make her concentration wander during training.

>My heart skips just from imagining it. Cute! Cute!

>The page on the right shows Onii-sama expressing my feelings. I wanted her to keep using "boku" as a first-person pronoun!

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>Heartcatch Precure 4-koma
>I preferred the action of giving birth to a Heart Seed before they changed it.
>They don't give off that "Puri Puri Puririri(note)" vibe anymore...

>Half-Boiled Heroine

>Hey, Tsubomi, you seem like the kinda person the Desert Apostles would easily target.
>You think so?

>I mean, you're the type that isn't all that confident, right?
>And yet your Heart Flower is perfectly fine.
>I've got it!

>I'm sure it's because Tsubomi, just like her name implies,
>is still just a bud whose Heart Flower has yet to bloom!
>There's nothing to wilt!!

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>How rude

>I wonder what Grandma was like when she was a Precure...?

>...
>Koppe-sama seems like he'd be in the way.

>Trial and understanding

>I'm getting hungry~~
>I'll make us the Cureful Mix!

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>The ocean is truly vast...
>>Ep 25

>Uwoooooah!!
>Ep 26

>...
>Come on! Let's sing! Bring your voices together!

>Where's the Fashion Club's swimsuit scene...?

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>Tsuku-san! Naminami! Super cute!
>Naturally, that Mother's Day episode made me cry. Her voice was so wonderful that it healed me for long afterwards.
>Putting aside what Kumojacky's looking at on the right page, Naminami's gestures when sitting on the bed during a beach camp episode was so cute, seductive and brimming with maternal instinct that is was just kinda... geez...!
>Aah, how I wanted to see her swimsuit... Maybe she would've changed into a school swimsuit.

>Tsuku Nanami / Tsuku Rumi
>Episode 14: A Tearful Mother's Day! Protect This Family's Smile!!

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>The next manga is the end of the Aoki Ume part. P-Pardon my intrusion!
>I love the details of the hands and feet on Precure characters.
>But I can't draw them well.
>Grrr.

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>In flower language, dahlias represent feelings of "gratitude".
>And Chinese trumpet creepers represent "honor"(note)
>Heh~ You really know your stuff, Tsubomi~(note)

>I also love flowers and flower language.

>But thinking about it again,

>what exactly is flower language?

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>Pretty flowers came to be
>and then people just went and gave them meanings.

>Kinda diminishes its value when you think of it like that.

>For what purpose did someone do that?
>It's a mystery.

>Well, it doesn't matter.
>I should get ready for tomorrow.

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>English, Math
>and Classic Lit...

>Let's see...
>Tomorrow afternoon, I'll lend Momoka my Classic Lit notebook.
>She did give back the Math notebook I lent her yesterday, after all...

>Yuri.
>Thank you for everything.

>Ah.

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>I see.
>So that's what it is.

>Yuri!

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>Momoka, here's yesterday's Classic Lit notes.
>Ah.

>Thank you!

>Thank you too, for everything.
>...I'm sure

>this is something
>someone like me, who is bad at expressing her feelings, would come up with.

>...In which case, I wonder if she would do the same?

>Achoo
>You got a cold, Tsubomi?

>The end.

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>...Hah.

>...What's wrong, Momoka?
>Eh?

>...Is it about your little sister again?

>Again...?


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>Well, I suppose it is...

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>I wonder if I'm the reason... that Erika's become such a rebellious little sister.
>What makes you think that?

>There's this girl, Tsubomi-chan, who lives next door.

>She's the same age as my sister,
>but she's always an honest and good girl.
>...Rather than being a good girl,
>she might just be picking the safest things to say depending on the time and place...
>...That's harsh.

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>...Loving someone
>isn't just about looking at each other, but rather looking towards the same direction.
>I think you sisters have that,
>so even if she's rebellious, there's no need to worry.

>Love...
>...You think so?
>Yes.

>But still, you sure say some nice things, Yuri!
>How do you become able to say such lovely worlds while reading?

>No idea... It's the paperback edition of Dragon Ball I'm reading, though.
>Ah, I see...

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>Well then, I've got a shoot to get to!
>Sure.

>...

>...Oh.

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>Momoka's so careless.

>Geez!

>Momo-nee really ticks me off!

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>She's so cruel!
>She said "Why is my little sister is so childish compared to Tsubomi, even though they're the same age"!?

>Isn't that just cruel!?

>Erm, I'm an only child, so fights between sisters make me jealous.

>That sounds a lot like what someone with no obstacles in their way would say!

>What do you think, Itsuki!?
>Me? Hmm, let me think...

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>Sorry. I can't imagine getting into a fight with my beloved Onii-sama,
>so commenting on that would be difficult!
>...

>Ah, I see! Forget it, then!
>It's not like anyone understands how I feel anyway!

>Did I upset her?
>I wonder about that...

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>Honestly! Curse that Momo-nee! Calling people kids is unforgivable...

>...Hm?

>Ah, Momo-nee...

>Ah!? That's...!!

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>The Three Desert Stooges!

>Oh my, that's...

>She's the girl I got my hands on before those Precure interfered.
>Oh? Then we sure get to wilting her Heart Flower right away.

>For someone in such a blessed position, she's always brimming with unhappiness.

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>People from this generation are so weak.
>She's the very example of the dark side of modern society.
>...I wouldn't put it like that.
>...But I don't very much care for the overflowing beauty.

>Shall we try messing with her one more time?
>But can we even do that when we already failed to get her Heart Flower once before?
>If you don't try, you'll never learn.

>Those guys! They're gonna attack Momo-nee again!
>I won't let that happen!
>Why don't you just let them?

>What!?

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>Glasses girl!
>...

>You're always rebelling against Momoka, right? She's be in more trouble if you leave her be.
>Wouldn't you enjoy that?

>Are you stupid!? Of course I wouldn't!
>That's right... But can you take on three of them by yourself?

>...Cure Moonlight fought by herself, didn't she?
>...That's right.

>If you could do it, so can I!

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>But I was defeated, so...

>Momoka, I'll be borrowing this.

>Hm?

>>Momoka-san
>It's from Momoka-san?

>Yes! Hello... Wait... Yuri-san!?
>What's wrong?

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>Erika
>went on ahead...!

>Hey, you guys!

>...Bit early for a Precure to be showing up, isn't it?

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>Shut up! Are you seriously trying to meddle with Momo-nee again after what happened last time!?

>Well... What if we are?
>I won't let you!

>...But you're all alone, aren't you?

>So what if I am!? I can take you Three Stooges on all by myself!

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>You underestimate us.

>!!
>Aaah!

>Ooooh! Here I go!

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>Finishing move! Typhoon Punch!!

>!!!

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>Blossom!

>Then how about this!?
>Kumojacky! Big Bang!! Special!!!

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>Sunshine!

>Here, Erika!

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>Right!
>Precure!!

>Open My Heart!!!

>That's it. That's how it should be...

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>The source of your strength is...

>Man, we beat them good!

>That was a piece of cake!
>A piece of cake, huh... It was Sunshine doing most of the work.

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>The three of us are invincible when we're together!

>That's right!

>Oh, it's you guys.
>Momo-nee.

>Don't you have a shoot today?
>I do, but I dropped my phone somewhere... What a pain.

>Here.

>Yuri.

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>You left it on the bench. Be more careful.
>I see. Sorry. And thanks.

>I did borrow it, though...

>Well, I've given it back, so later...
>Yuri-san!

>...What is it?

>I'm...

>!

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>We're
>never gonna lose!

>I see...

>Yeah!!
>Eh? Eh? What's all this?

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>Not telling. It's got nothing to do with you, Momo-nee! Don't you need to get to your shoot?
>Wha! What the heck!?
>You're my little sister and Yuri's my best friend! It's got everything to do with me!!

>Don't leave me out of the loop!!
>Why are you acting like a kid? You're so hopeless, Momo-nee!