E18 - The Picture Book’s Secret! What is a Princess?

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    Not that way.
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    Not right.
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    So cute!
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    Haruka-chan?
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    What's wrong?
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    Big news!
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    The author of The Princess of the Flowers, Mochizuki Yume-sensei,
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    is coming to Yumegahara!
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    The Princess of the Flowers?
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    My personal bible...
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    The Princess of the Flowers, which I've followed since I was little...*
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    I'll get to meet its author?
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    Strong, kind, beautiful!
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    This is the story of three girls trying to become true princesses.
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    Go for your dream...
    Go! Princess Precure.
SIGN    The Picture Book's Secret!
    Just What Is a Princess?
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    The Picture Book's Secret!
    Just What Is a Princess?
SIGN    The Princess of the Flowers
SIGN    The Princess of the Flowers
SIGN    Original Drafts
    Showcase
SIGN    Author Mochizuki Yume
    Autograph Session
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    A Mochizuki Yume meet-and-greet...
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    It's true!
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    She hasn't appeared in public
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    since her book came out all those years ago...
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    But now she's coming to Yumegahama!
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    I'm so excited!
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    Isn't The Princess of the Flowers...
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    the dream princess you wanted to become?
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    Yes!
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    I'm a fan of Mochizuki-sensei, too!
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    Because you want to be a picture book writer, right?
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    Yes!
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    Which means this is..
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    A no-miss event, right?
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    Yes!
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    The Princess Precures have acquired another new Key, have they?
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    Yes, ma'am.
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    What is the meaning of this?
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    Twilight... weren't you with them?
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    I suppose I toyed with them a bit too long.
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    But don't worry, Mother.
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    I will defeat Precure this time, with my own hands.
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    Twilight-sama... with your own hands?
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    I see. Take this with you, then.
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    I look forward to seeing you fight.
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    Of course.
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    I love the air out here!
SIGN    The Princess of the Flowers
SIGN    Original Drafts
    Showcase
SIGN    Author Mochizuki Yume
    Autograph Session
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    So many people!
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    It's such an old book, but it's still got so many fans...
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    That's what makes picture books great.
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    The books you read when you're little really stick with you.
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    It seems like a rewarding profession!
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    It is!
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    How wonderful!
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    What is The Princess of the Flowers about?
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    You want to know? Well...
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    There's a princess who grows up in a castle surrounded by flowers.
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    She's very kind, and everyone loves her.
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    Whenever she smiles, flowers bloom all around her,
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    and it makes everyone else smile!
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    But one day...
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    A bird who's jealous of the princess's popularity
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    lies to her while she's on her way to meet the prince of the neighboring kingdom,
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    and takes her to a forest where a scary witch lives!
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    But she's not afraid of the witch, and she doesn't blame the bird who lied to her.
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    Her kindness makes the bird regret what he did,
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    and he saves her!
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    Then he apologizes to her again and again for being mean.
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    Who would ever just forgive something like that?!
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    Well... the princess did forgive him.
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    "Thank you for saving me."
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    "I want you to smile, too," she said with a smile.
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    And when the bird shared the princess's smile,
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    the witch's scary forest
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    turned into a beautiful field of flowers!
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    And then the princess continued her journey with the bird and her other friends.
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    What a wonderful story!
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    What a kind person!
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    But there's just one thing I always wondered...
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    The princess of the flowers continues her travels, but she never meets the prince.
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    The story doesn't have a real ending.
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    So I want to ask the author why she wrote it like that!
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    Haruka-chan! Hurry, hurry!
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    They're forming a line for autographs over there!
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    R-Right!
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    We're about to meet Mochizuki-sensei!
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    Yeah. I can't stop trembling.
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    Relax, relax!
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    I never even dreamed I'd get to meet the author...
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    I wonder what she's like.
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    I'm so nervous!
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    She's frozen stiff.
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    It's understandable.
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    I-It's almost time.
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    Next in line, please.
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    O-Okay!
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    She's...
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    the creator of The Princess of the Flowers...
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    Oh?
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    Good day to you.
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    G-G-Good day to you!
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    P-Please...
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    P-Please, sign this!
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    Oh, I can see this one's well read.
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    Y-Yes!
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    Thank you.
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    U-Um...
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    I really love The Princess of the Flowers.
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    I want to be just like the main character.
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    So... I wanted to know more about the story.
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    Please...
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    Does the princess ever meet the prince?
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    What happens at the end?
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    I'm sorry, but I can't answer that question.
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    I never meant to write an ending to this book.
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    Mochizuki-sensei!
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    Why didn't you write an ending?
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    So that more children would read it.
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    I originally wrote The Princess of the Flowers for my daughter.
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    Because I was hoping she'd grow up to be like a princess herself.
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    Naturally, I did try to write an ending.
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    But when I was reading ideas in letters from the children
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    I changed my mind.
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    Each of them imagined a different future for the princess.
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    And my daughter had her own wonderful future in mind for her.
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    "For every idea, there is a story."
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    I decided the book was just fine that way.
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    You have your own future
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    in mind for the princess, don't you?
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    Well...
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    And that's your very own princess of the flowers.
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    My very own princess of the flowers?
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    Beautiful thought it may be, it's still just a story...
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    To a true princess like me, it looks utterly empty.
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    Twilight!
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    Pathetic beings who call yourselves princesses...
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    I'll face you myself.
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    Yui-chan! Mochizuki-sensei!
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    All right.
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    It's time for the banquet.
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    Braids!
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    That's despair energy from the people whose dreams I locked up.
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    It's happier being used by me
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    than locked up in those frames...
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    Put them back to normal!
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    Watch your tongue, girl.
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    I'll look after the book!
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    Precure.
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    Princess Engage!
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    The princess of blossoming flowers!
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    Cure Flora!
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    The princess of crystal clear oceans!
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    Cure Mermaid!
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    The princess of sparkling stars!
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    Cure Twinkle!
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    Strong.
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    Kind.
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    Beautiful.
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    Go! Princess Precure.
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    You've locked dreams away in frigid frames...
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    I intend to retrieve them!
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    Have you prepared yourself?
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    You fools show no respect for true nobility.
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    I'll see that you pay for your crimes!
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    Play the melody of despair!
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    I'll start with you, Cure Mermaid.
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    Your comportment and breeding are fine enough.
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    But they're no match for mine!
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    Mermaid!
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    Your sparkling talent is mere stardust before me,
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    Cure Twinkle.
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    Do you enjoy the burn of the flames of despair?
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    Surely you'll no longer presume to call yourselves princesses.
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    Nor will you, Cure Flora.
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    You're the worst of all, Cure Flora...
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    Someone like you, with neither breeding nor talent...
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    defiles the name "princess."
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    The truly exalted are born that way.
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    I am the daughter of Dyspear, mother of all despair...
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    The black princess of Dysdark.
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    You're nothing like me.
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    I believe it's over. I'll erase their dreams now.
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    We won't let you do it.
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    We will protect their dreams!
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    Yeah!
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    That despair energy didn't hurt us one bit!
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    Yeah! Because no matter what you say, we...
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    We are Princess Precure!
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    Bubble!
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    Shooting Star!
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    Rose!
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    Rage, bubbles!
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    Precure...
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    Bubble Ripple!
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    Sparkle, shooting stars!
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    Precure...
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    Meteor Humming!
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    Dance, roses!
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    Precure...
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    Rose Tourbillon!
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    You filthy frauds!
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    My dream is not a fraud!
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    A princess is a purely singular being, like me!
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    It's not something you can achieve through hard work!
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    Give that back!
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    Poor thing.
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    This is what filled your head with such silly dreams, isn't it?
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    I'll just have to awaken you.
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    No!
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    Twilight. You really are incredible...
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    Ever since I met you, I've thought you were what a princess must be...
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    But after hearing what Mochizuki-sensei said,
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    I think there's more to it now.
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    Everyone has their own idea of what a princess is.
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    Including me.
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    I've got my own kind of princess that I'm trying to be!
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    Flora...
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    Your own kind of princess?
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    Nonsense.
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    It's my ideal...
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    The strength not to fear a witch!
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    The kindness to care for others!
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    And the inner beauty to make
    flowers bloom all over the world!
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    The princess of the flowers, whom I've admired since I was little...
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    That's the kind of princess I'm trying to be!
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    It's Flora's Miracle Dress-Up Key!
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    It was that close all along?
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    Another new Key?!
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    Give it to me!
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    Lily!
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    Dance, lilies!
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    Precure...
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    Lys Tourbillon!
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    Bring the power of the Keys together...
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    ...and beat Twilight!
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    You really think you can beat me?
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    Your dreams will die out here!
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    I'm going to be my own kind of princess!
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    Exchange!
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    Mode Elegant!
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    Lily!
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    Bubble!
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    Shooting Star!
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    Shine, the power of three!
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    Precure...
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    Trinity Explosion!
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    Have... Have I...
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    It can't be...
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    Cure Flora.
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    I will never acknowledge you.
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    I'm the only princess here!
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    You did it!
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    You beat Twilight! That's amazing!
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    Thanks.
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    I see. Strong, kind, beautiful...
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    They're the same. The princess of the flowers and the Grand Princess...
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    My dream will carry me to becoming a Grand Princess.
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    Headmistress.
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    Why did you choose to hold that exhibition now?
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    You set down your brush fifty years ago to encourage the dreams of children
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    by founding Noble Academy.
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    Why come back to it now?
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    This crop of first-years are just such excellent students.
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    I hate rain! We can't even go outside!
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    Hey, there's fun things you can do inside the dorm, too!
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    Want to go on a treasure hunt?
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    Huh? Yeah!
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    Solve the riddles to find the treasure!
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    Should we compete to see who gets it?
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    I won't lose! But just what is the treasure?!
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    Go! Princess Precure.
SIGN    Found It!
    The Treasure of the Dorm!
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    Found It!
    The Treasure of the Dorm!
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    Go, go for your dream! And a good day to you!