Star Detective Precure! Episode 17 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Kurea and Anna Make a Cake Together

The story and preview images for Episode 17 of the new TV anime Star Detective Precure! (JP: 名探偵プリキュア！), the 23rd installment in the long-running Precure franchise, have been revealed. The series is set to begin airing on May 24.

Episode 16 Story

After solving a request to find a missing rabbit doll, Anna Akechi watches as the young client walks home with her mother, reminding Anna of a memory from her own childhood when she returned home with a birthday cake alongside her mother.

Even after returning to the Curett Detective Agency, Anna remains distracted. To clear her mind, she heads out to buy candy for Jett-senpai, but along the way she is approached by Kurea Howa, who invites her to Patisserie ChuChu.

Known for her talent in creating original cakes, Kurea explains her philosophy for baking: imagining the feelings of the person who will eat the cake and finding the one that would make them happiest. Wanting to see Anna smile, Kurea offers to make a cake especially for her.

When Kurea asks Anna what “color comes to mind in her heart,” Anna recalls a snowy day when she and her mother walked home carrying a birthday cake together. Encouraged by Kurea, Anna eventually decides to make a cake together with her as well.

Introduction

Star Detective Precure introduces the first detective themed Precure storyline in the franchise and is set primarily in 1999. The protagonist Anna Akechi is a 14 year old second year middle school student living in Makoto Mirai Town. On her birthday, she encounters a fairy named Pochitan and is guided by a mysterious pendant found in her room, triggering a time slip from the year 2027 back to Makoto Mirai City in 1999.

There, Anna meets another 14 year old girl, Mikuru Kobayashi, who dreams of becoming a great detective. When a series of incidents begin to occur, the two girls find themselves unable to ignore people suffering from stolen treasured possessions. Together, they transform into the Star Detective Precure, solving mysteries with the catchphrase “That mystery will be cured” while protecting smiles through sharp deduction and searching for clues that may allow Anna to return to her original time.

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