>>230890353>has aliensTR has mermaids (which you already mentioned)
>all 5 girls are cuteDon't be mean to Sango. She's also cute.
>the Pink is genki but not completely retardedLaura counts as both a pink and a blue, and she's not retarded
>full of unique planetsTR is full of unique underwater settings
>full of imagination power>has great story-driven episodes>has great slice of life episodes>rarely slows down its paceAll true of TR.
>memorable villains that actually pose a threatThe villains are memorable. You are right that the villains so far have been seen as a joke. If the theories are true that Butler is responsible for what the Witch is going through, Butler might be far more of a threat than anything ST ever had. We'll have to wait and see.
>makes up for its lack of sakuga with gorgeous aestheticsOpinion.
>breaks the "Cures fight a giant monster every episode" formulaThis is good or bad depending on if you like that formula or not. Some do, some don't.
>amazing transformations WITH SINGINGTR has amazing transformations as well.
>two of the best EDs in Precure historyThey don't really compare to Smile's OP, but I digress...
>kirayaba and oyo are unquestionably two of the most iconic catchphrases in the seriesI think you might be the only one who has said "kirayaba" in the past year. "oyo" is still pretty popular.
>smash hit>god-tier movieWe haven't seen TR's movie in full yet.