Star Detective Precure! Episode 13 Story & Preview Cuts Released: World on the Brink as Pochitan Changes and Cure Arcana Shadow Enters Battle

The story and preview images for Episode 13 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 April 26.

Episode 13 Story

At a family restaurant in a shopping district, Anna Akechi and Mikuru Kobayashi hear from a five year old boy named Reiji that his treasured robot toy has gone missing. The two begin searching for the toy.

After solving the mystery, they discover that the culprit who stole the toy is actually Nijii, who had been in disguise. Revealing his true identity, Nijii quickly flees the scene with the robot toy in hand.

Anna and the others chase after him through the shopping district. When Nijii transforms the robot toy into a Hanninda, Anna and Mikuru transform into Star Detective Precure to confront it. At that moment, Luluka Moria arrives alongside Mashutan.

Hearing from Mashutan that Usonoir is approaching, Nijii becomes alarmed, saying that “the world might be destroyed.” Luluka agrees, and transforms into Cure Arcana Shadow, pushing Cure Answer and Cure Mystique into a corner as the battle intensifies.

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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