# E18 - The Picture Book’s Secret! What is a Princess?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3E5G5/the-picture-books-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!