by Villains are an indispensable presence in transforming heroine anime for girls. Anime villains are often portrayed as bad-looking characters, but in anime, for girls, many of them are handsome and kind. They are also full of a mysterious charm that makes the hearts of children in front of the TV flutter.
“Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” is a prime example, with Prince Demand and the Four Heavenly Kings of the Dark Kingdom gaining popularity just as much as Tuxedo Mask, who is in the hero position.
A rare beast character from the series: Urufurun from Smile PreCure!
Ururun, who appeared in Smile PreCure!, which began airing in 2012, is a rare beast-man character and a charming villain. Based on a wolf from a picture book, he has a silky mane, a tall and muscular body, and a sharp gaze, and his whole body is filled with a calm and evil aura. Since there had been no werewolf-type enemies until now, he became a hot topic from the moment he first appeared. He was the first in the series to have a male enemy character as his merchandise.
The items sold out immediately, demonstrating his popularity. In the story, he stands in the way of the Pretty Cure as an executive of the evil organization “Bad End Kingdom” along with his comrades Akaoni and Majorana. He has cornered the Pretty Cure in his beast form and has much potential.
However, his true identity is Ururun, a cute fairy who lives in Fairy Tale Land. Akaoni and the others were also fairies, and in the picture book, they were in despair over the days of being oppressed, and when Joker pointed them out, they turned to evil. In his original form, he looks more like a dog than a wolf and is cute.
Wolfrun’s charm lies in the gap between his coolness and his comicality. Smile Precure has many comedy scenes in the series, but the Bad End executives also gradually become more and more lively. Sometimes, they enter a comedy contest to steal people’s smiles and get criticized by the comedians FUZIWARA; sometimes, they play innocently with toys, neglecting their duties, and sometimes, they turn into humans (Showa-era delinquents) with Majorina’s medicine. Every time such mischievous figures were depicted, his popularity increased. And in episode 38, his cuteness explodes.
In this episode, Majorina’s medicine turns him back into a child, but when he plays “Daruma-san ga korona” with the Precure, he is as cute as his original form. Wolfrun is an enemy you can enjoy twice, with its scary appearance as a villain and its cuteness as a gentle fairy.
