Features returning veterans such as Yuko Sanpei (Nozomi/Cure Dream) and Junko Takeuchi (Rin/Cure Rouge), alongside Yoko Hikasa as the voice of Bell.
Bell reveals herself to be from the near future . She aims to "protect" the town by wiping out humanity, showing the Cures a vision of a destroyed, abandoned future that she blames on them. Kibou no Chikara- Otona Precure -23 Episode 10
This breaks the spell. Nagisa and Honoka realize that Kurata's trap wasn't about power—it was about isolation. By reverting them to children, he removed their adult bonds. But Hikari, as an adult, brought the bond back. Features returning veterans such as Yuko Sanpei (Nozomi/Cure
The voice acting is awards-worthy. (Nagisa) delivers a raw, cracking performance when she screams, "I want to go back to my messy apartment!" Yukana (Honoka) is devastatingly quiet, her whisper of "I'm scared of being alone again" barely audible over the wind. Rie Tanaka (Hikari) provides the emotional anchor, her calm voice never breaking even as her character breaks down. This breaks the spell
Viewer reactions to Episode 10 were polarized, reflecting the experimental nature of the series:
arrive from the Palmier Kingdom to deliver a dire warning: the blooming of the Time Flower
Some viewers on platforms like Reddit felt Bell’s plan—to protect the town by turning its people into shadows—was contradictory, as the town would fall into ruin without its inhabitants to maintain it. Production Credits