Suite Precure is the tragic story of Seiren, a singer. Betrayed by her homeland, Major Land, rejected as the Song Princess she is, she defects to Minor Land where, like so many defectors, she is forced to prove her loyalty over and over. Put in charge of incompetent and insubordinate subordinates, Seiren labors to resurrect a magical score so that she can at last sing as she was meant to... and who, of all people, must she contend with? Her own best friend and protégé, the very same creature for whom she was cast aside ...Hummy.Seiren is torn between her anger at being betrayed and cast aside, and her affection for the friend who was so important to her. Unfortunately for Seiren, the elite warriors of Major Land outgun her own Minor Land forces and her continued embarrassment at the hands of the Precure begins to eat at her.
Until, one day, Seiren snaps. She regrets her defection, she longs to repair her life and in a weak moment, becomes one of the elite Precure warriors herself. Now, full of loathing and self-doubt she wages war against herself, with no home to return to....
Well...okay, that's not really what Suite PreCure is about, but it's better than the real story, so I'm sticking to it.
Kanade and Hibiki, Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm, are best friends and have to be "in harmony" to transform, so the Japanese fans on Twitter are calling it Yuri. Seiren only transforms to save Hummy, so if you count Hummy as female and cats as eligible for Yuri, then there's Yuri that way. And I'm counting Cure Muse because her costume screams Go Nagai designs.
I like Cure Beat best because 1) She is not wearing pink (which Toei pointed out that all girls like and so, *for the first time EVER* both main characters would have pink elements, how exciting!) and 2) Toyoguchi Megumi (Marimite's Sei) is voicing Seiren/Beat with everything she's got, considering the character is a cat. Purple Cures are always the coolest.
If you ignore all of this nonsense, Suite Precure is a completely predictable, music-themed magical girl cartoon for little kids.
Ratings:
Art - 7, it's returned to type from the Heartcatch designs
Story - A little sillier than usual, I think - 5
Characters - 7
Yuri - 1
Loser FanBoy - 1
Overall - 7
I should also point out that the Fairy Tones, the cute little gem-like creatures that represent the notes of the scale, are excruciatingly cute and I adore them. That's a major step up from previous Precure cute, little mascots. Hummy can die a painful death, though.