Hanamichi Ran (華満らん)? is one of the four main Cures in Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure. She is a second-year student at Shinsen Middle School and is in the same class as Yui and Kokone. Her family owns a ramen shop called Panda Hut (ぱんだ軒)?.
Ran transforms with Mem-Mem to become Cure Yum-Yum (キュアヤムヤム)?.
Bio
Appearance
Ran has wide red eyes and short brown hair worn in low, braided circles. Her bangs and forelocks frame her face. She wears a gold blouse with quarter sleeves, and the cuff, collar, and buttons are orange. She wears a swirly fish cake necklace and brown tank top beneath this, along with denim shorts and a pair of burnt orange and pale yellow slip-ons with yellow socks. In the summer, she switches to a white top with green stripes on it and an orange strap, light orange shorts, and yellow socks along with orange ankle boots. In the winter, she wears an orange hoodie and the same shorts she wore with her first outfit. She also wears a black and white jacket with a panda on the left over the hoodie, golden yellow tights, and red sneakers.
In the movie, she wears a puffy white and orange hoodie with panda design, a dark brown skirt, black socks with a white trim, and orange shoes.
As a child, she had shorter braided hair, and she wore an orange top with a pattern similar to her current necklace, a yellowish orange and white striped T-shirt, and a green skirt.
As Cure Yum-Yum, her eyes brighten while her hair turns yellow and her braids become tightly curled tails hanging from large red buns. She also gains a yellow flipped bowl with a pink flower in the middle and a turquoise ribbon adorned by a pom-pom and trim of ruffles on the right side of her head, and bronze earrings where the left one is a spoon and the right one is a fork. Her dress resembles an orange and yellow Chinese gown with ruffled trim. The skirt has a split with a heart design, revealing red fabric and an orange accessory on the thigh. The same red fabric is at the center of the chest, beneath an orange gem heart resting on a yellow and white bow. The bodice is white and orange vertical striped with a flower-shaped apron lined in pink and sky blue, adorned by purple and pink bows. On the back is a large orange, green, and yellow ribbon. She gains gold heels with frilly trim and a red bows on the ankle, and white gloves.
In her Party Up Style, her hair and curls grow longer while her buns become larger. Her flipped bowl accessory is replaced with two turquoise ribbons with blue, purple, pink, and yellow flowers. Her dress changes drastically in style, with a yellow top with orange trim and a red middle section held together by thin gold cords going across. One of the cords hangs downward with two yellow tassels hanging from it. Her skirt has orange and pale orange stripes with a yellow and red layer on top of it. The brooch on her chest is replaced with a giant white flower with an orange heart in the center. Her sleeves are pale orange and wide with yellow and red pom-poms lining the ends. Her apron becomes larger with orange and green accents and four flowers at the bottom that match the ones in her hair. The bows around her ankles turn cord-like and small red ribbons appear on the toes. She no longer wears gloves and has a gold ribbon-shaped ring with a pink heart in the center on her left middle finger.
In her Children's Lunch Dress, her buns grow larger with green rings around them and the curls hanging from it thicken and turn orange. On her head is a white frilly headband with a bronze spoon and fork on each side. Her dress is orange with long flared sleeves lined in yellow. The bodice is white with a red and gold insert near the middle and red hearts on each side. On her chest is a golden yellow ribbon with her heart brooch in the middle. The skirt is orange and yellow-striped with a longer white ruffle with light pink petal-like panels along the green lining as well as red biker shorts underneath. Her gloves are pale yellow with orange lining and her boots are orange with red ribbons around her ankles. On her back is a giant orange and white checkered bow.
Personality
Ran is a cute and energetic 2nd-year middle school student who loves to talk. She is very curious about food, and when she gets excited, she can't stop talking, which embarrasses her sometimes. She secretly posts about food on "CureSta" under the username "Chururin". However, she is quite gullible and simple-minded. She sometimes refers to herself in the third person. Ran can be self-conscious about how people view her, but she later learns to accept her uniqueness. She also learns how to be less stubborn and more open-minded.
Relationships
- Mem-Mem: Upon realizing Mem-Mem is a fairy, she immediately becomes interested in him, and they become close friends.
- Nagomi Yui: They are close friends due to their shared passion for food. Ran usually calls her "Yui-pyon".
- Fuwa Kokone: They are good friends. She calls Kokone by the nickname "Kokopi". Despite initially struggling to befriend Kokone, they both become closer thanks to Yui's help.
- Rosemary: They become friends after she became Yum-Yum for the first time. She usually calls him "Marippi".
- Kasai Amane: At first, Ran didn't like Gentlu, as she had almost ruined her family's shop reputation through stealing the Recipepe that represented the shop's food. However, Ran starts showing sympathy toward Gentlu when she learns that she is actually Amane who is being controlled. She eventually becomes friends with her after Amane joins the team, and gives her the nickname, "Amanen" (あまねん)?.
- Takagi Shinpei: Ran was initially hurt by Takagi's words, prompting her to drop her quirks. However, after understanding how lonely Takagi is, she shows kindness to him and they start to get along afterwards.
- Hanamichi Rin and Hanamichi Run: Her younger sister and younger brother. Ran loves and cares for them very much, but also teaches them how to treat their friends better.
Etymology
Hanamichi (華満)?: Hana (華)? means "flower", but it also indicates Chinese culture as well.[1] In Chinese, it means "prosperity" and "luxury", "shiny" and "bright" .[2] Michi (満)? means "full".[3]
Ran (らん)?: With Ran having many Chinese influences, the meaning behind her name most likely comes from this kanji: 蘭, which means "orchid".[4]
Cure Yum-Yum comes from the word "yummy" which means tasting extremely good.[5] It can also be based on a sauce called Yum-Yum, a Japanese sauce that conveys a similar meaning.[6]
History
Becoming Cure Yum-Yum
After constantly posting food from different shops on her CureSta, Ran meets Yui, Kokone and Rosemary where she serves them her family's ramen. She gets excited about Recipepes and how they are able to see them like she does. She later learns that Mem-Mem is a fairy while on the way to return him to Rosemary. She is actually overjoyed to meet him and quickly befriends him, even taking a selfie with him.
Later on, when struggling to search for a way to see more Recipepes, Ran comes across Kasai Amane who suggests that she can use cheap prices to attract more customers to Panda Hut, so she implements the idea without realizing it's a trap. At first, the shop appears to have a successful business, until Gentlu shows up and causes the shop to lose business by stealing the present Recipepes. After seeing how her new friends have entered a Delicious Field and then watching customers leaving the shop in disappointment, Ran becomes distraught, but she is able to enter the Delicious Field with Mem-Mem as their hearts resonate with each other.
After entering the Delicious Field, Ran is angry that Gentlu deliberately decided to ruin her family's well-made food, but begins to doubt herself when Gentlu claims that the customers only came for the cheap food. But Mem-Mem believes in her, which encourages her to fight back, in which she earns her Heart Cure Watch. With that, she transforms into Cure Yum-Yum for the first time, and saves Precious from the Ubauzo, which she purifies.
Afterwards, Ran quickly becomes good friends with the other girls and Rosemary, and with them having figured out her identity as the CureSta user "Chururin", she commemorates her new friendships with a group photo. DPPC07
Considering Quitting CureSta
Upon learning that the Bundoru Gang had been using her posts on CureSta to find the restaurants they targeted so far, Ran starts to think about stopping her posts. The next day at school, she starts to act strangely, much to the concern of Yui and Kokone, but she insists there is nothing wrong.
Later on, the three of them take a walking tour of Oishiina Town and after seeing a Recipepe more clearly, Ran begins to worry again, but still doesn't admit what is wrong. After buying some pork buns and peach buns to go, Ran is about to post about the latter but hesitates. It is then she announces to the others that she is quitting CureSta because of the Bundoru Gang's attacks. However, Yui and Kokone try to convince her not to because her posts showed her desire to share the food that she likes with everyone, but she is still doubtful.
While Ran receives further encouragement from Rosemary and Yui, Gentlu attacks a hamburger diner, which Ran also posted about in the past, and takes the burger and fries Recipepes. Ran blames herself and becomes determined to save the Recipepes. Gentlu then summons a spatula Ubauzo and the Cures transform to fight it, but immediately struggle against it. As Yum-Yum tries to retreat from an attack, she nearly trips over a crack in the ground. It is then that she gets the idea of using her Crunchy Cutter Blades attack on the ground, forming more cracks that the Ubauzo gets one of its feet caught in, allowing her to purify it. The group then gets some hamburgers and fries to-go, with Ran announcing that she will not quit CureSta and just have the food she gets to-go instead.DPPC08
Understanding Kokone
After joining the team, Ran is eager to become Kokone's friend, but they start having conflicts with each other, due to their differing opinions on trivial matters. Afraid to upset Kokone, Ran decides she should always listen to Kokone's perspective rather than voicing out her true thoughts. But when they try to babysit Kome-Kome, they argue over what's wrong with Kome-Kome.
With their unresolved disagreement, both Yum-Yum and Spicy are unable to cooperate with each other. While Yum-Yum argues that it's better to act first, Spicy believes that thinking things through is preferable. But after listening to Precious's advice, Yum-Yum adopts Spicy's approach and successfully purifies the Ubauzo as a result. Afterwards, both girls learn that being honest with each other is the key to fostering their friendship, and they become closer friends.DPPC09
Self-Acceptance
One day, Ran is spotted by Takagi when she is talking to her egg sandwich, and she subsequently loses her confidence after he mocks her. Afterwards, she drops her usual speech pattern. She later sadly explains to Yui and Kokone that her peers left her because they found her passionately expressing her love for food weird.
Later at Yui's house, Ran's friends decide to cheer her up by encouraging her to teach them how to make the best ramen. After some hesitation, Ran regains her confidence and passionately teaches them. Through Rosemary, Ran realizes that it's totally fine to be herself and have a love for food.
After learning that Takagi is lonely without his older brother around, Ran checks out the restaurant he is in, noticing that he seems to have a memory related to the meat stew. When Narcistoru steals his memory, Yum-Yum is determined to retrieve it, so she frees herself from the restrains of the Motto Ubauzo, and successfully purifies it with Delicious Yum-Yum Drain. Afterwards, she realizes that Takagi really misses his older brother, and they start to get along. The next day at school, Ran gives Takagi Nagomi Diner's meat stew made from the recipe she created.DPPC16
Becoming Open-Minded
After learning that her favorite Japanese sweets store Hagoromo House is closing down soon, Ran is determined to save it from the business competition and begs Amane to help her advertise it by visiting the store with their friends. During the visit, Ran excitedly takes photos and plans to write a post about it, even telling the owner Sakie that this will help save the store and preserve its history. But when Amane explains to her that Sakie might have other reasons to close the store, Ran is upset that Amane disagrees with her and storms off, believing that it is better to do the advertising on her own.
The next day, after failing to promote the store at school, Ran visits Hagoromo House again, where she meets Sakie. There, Ran learns that Sakie is closing the store due to necessary retirement, and that even though it is sad to see the store go, there are customers visiting it for one last time.
During the fight against Narcistoru's Motto Ubauzo, both Yum-Yum and Finale finally come to an understanding, and together they finish off the Motto Ubauzo. Ran then has sweets with her friends at the store together for the last time, and creates a post on her CureSta account to preserve its memory. DPPC21
Helping Kome-Kome
When seeing some children playing with wand-shaped bubbles, Ran decides to make edible bubble candies. Despite some failures, Ran soon succeeds thanks to her friends' help. While occupied, she lets her sister Rin and brother Run spend time and become friends with Kome-Kome as they make ice cream with Yui.
When washing the dishes and thanking Kome-Kome for her help, Kome-Kome tells Ran how she wants to get rid of her ears and tail to become more normal like any other human. Ran promises to help her, only to wonder how she can fulfill this request. But after hearing her peers praise her for her love for food, she realizes that instead of removing Kome-Kome's ears and tail, she should be encouraging her to accept herself.
Ran soon finds Kome-Kome after school, where Kome-Kome keeps asking to become more normal. There, Ran reveals to Kome-Kome that she used to feel the same way for her love for food, until she realized her friends accepted her for her uniqueness and passion. She then puts on handmade ears and tail to cheer Kome-Kome up, teaching the fox fairy to change perspectives about herself. When Kome-Kome reappears, Ran is surprised to realize Kome-Kome has grown into a teenager, but is delighted to know that Kome-Kome has learned to accept her own uniqueness. DPPC27
Having Faith In Mem-Mem
With the noodle festival approaching, both Ran and Mem-Mem are excited as this means they can help promote Panda Hut. But just before the festival, Ran and her friends realize the Udon Recipepe has gone missing, so Ran, despite her concerns, lets Mem-Mem search for the missing Udon Recipepe. However, when the Cures have to rescue the Udon Recipepe from Secretoru, Yum-Yum's performance and attacks are affected because Mem-Mem used up too much energy to detect the Udon Recipepe. Despite Mem-Mem feeling guilty, Yum-Yum cheers him up by thanking him and telling him that he is the perfect soup to her being the ramen, and together they improvise and restrain the Ubauzo with the weakened noodle attack. In the end, Ran enjoys herself at the festival with Mem-Mem and her friends. DPPC32
Finding Her Own Sense Of Self
When her idols Gal Sone and Tatemotte visit her family restaurant, Ran is excited. However, despite her admiration for them, she hasn't figured out what career she wants to pursue in the future, and worse, she gets too anxious and messes up during the show like her father did. But after learning that Tatemotte used to feel the same way, Ran is surprised when Tatemotte invites her to another show as a special guest. After saving Tatemotte who faints after almost being harmed by the Gossori Ubauzo, Yum-Yum gains the courage to save her trapped friends and uses Delicious Yum-Yum Drain to attack it, before the Cures purify it. After returning the damaged notebook to Tatemotte, who praises her for doing a great job with the performance, Ran finally has more confidence in herself.DPPC36
Epilogue
After the final battle, Ran helps her family by delivering food to different people in Oishiina Town. She and her friends then visit CooKingdom, where they celebrate with its citizens. In the end, Ran says goodbye to Mem-Mem, but still visits CooKingdom from time to time.DPPC45
Cure Yum-Yum
きらめくヌードル・エモーション！キュアヤムヤム！
Kirameku nūdoru・emōshon! Kyua Yamuyamu!
Cure Yum-Yum (キュアヤムヤム)? is Ran's Pretty Cure alias. She transforms using Mem-Mem and performs her attacks with either the Heart Cure Watch or the Heart Juicy Mixer. During battles, Yum-Yum mainly stuns her enemies before they're purified.
Transformation
The transformation starts with Mem-Mem changing into his bowl form. Ran catches him and after spinning a couple of times with Mem-Mem landing on her head, she shouts the transformation phrase. After leaping up, multicolored lines fly up and the noodles in the bowl glow and grow longer before going inside the bowl, spinning around like they are being stirred. Ran then shouts "Sharing energy!" and flies into the air. The jewel on Mem-Mem's collar shoots out a fireball while he shouts "Wonton!", causing a yellow bowl of noodles to appear, which Ran eats. Then her hair changes color, length, and style, with Mem-Mem bouncing on top of her head, making her hat appear. After that, heart-shaped highlights appear in her hair along with her earrings. Then her dress and gloves appear, with Mem-Mem's bouncing making her bow and apron also appear. Yum-Yum then holds Mem-Mem, which causes her front bow and high heels to appear. With the transformation complete, Yum-Yum back-flips as Mem-Mem nuzzles face before appearing on her left hip. Yum-Yum taps Mem-Mem twice before saying her introduction and striking a final pose. Finally, she says "I won't let you hog all the good stuff!" before posing again.
Attacks
- Crunchy Cutter Blades (バリカッターブレイズ)?: Cure Yum-Yum's sub attack that she uses to stun the enemy.
- Ultra Crunchy Cutter Blades (バリバリカッターブレイズ)?: The upgraded version of Crunchy Cutter Blades that Yum-Yum uses from episode 12 onwards.
- Yum-Yum Lines (ヤムヤム・ラインズ)?: Cure Yum-Yum's solo attack that she performs with her Heart Cure Watch.
- Delicious Yum-Yum Drain (デリシャスヤムヤム・ドレイン)?: Cure Yum-Yum's second solo attack that she performs with her Heart Juicy Mixer.
- MIX Heart Attack (MIXハートアタック)?: A group attack that Cure Yum-Yum performs with Precious and Spicy. To perform it, she and her teammates need their Heart Juicy Mixers.
- Light My Delicious (ライト・マイ・デリシャス)?: A group attack that Cure Yum-Yum performs with Precious, Spicy and Finale. To perform it, she and her teammates must be in their Party Up Style, and they need the Party Candle Tact.
- Precious Eternal Dreamia (プレシャスエターナルドリーミア)?: An attack that Cure Yum-Yum performs in the movie.
Songs
Ran's voice actor, Iguchi Yuka has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include songs with Hishikawa Hana, who voices Nagomi Yui, Shimizu Risa, who voices Fuwa Kokone, and Kayano Ai, who voices Kasai Amane.
Group Songs
- Bonds♡Specialty (Along with Hishikawa Hana, Shimizu Risa, and Kayano Ai)
- Cheers! Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure ~Precure Quartet Ver.~ (Along with Hishikawa Hana, Shimizu Risa, and Kayano Ai)
Trivia
- Ran's height is 150cm, while her height as Cure Yum-Yum is 160cm.
- Ran's birthday is on July 11th, making her Zodiac sign Cancer. Her birthday falls on Ramen Day. She also shares her birthday with her voice actor, Iguchi Yuka.
- Prior to episode 7, she served as a running gag of being a victim from having bad food, due to Gentlu stealing the Recipepes from the areas she was in.
- In an interview from the January 2023 Animage Precure Special Edition issue, it is revealed Cure Yum-Yum was originally going to be named "Cure Yummy", but was changed to make her sound cuter. Mem-Mem was chosen to be her partner to match both her Chinese motif and the food "ramen".
- In the same interview, Yufu Kyouko originally drew Cure Yum-Yum wearing a Chinese hat in her first draft design.
- During the Delicious Party Kanshasai, Iguchi Yuka said that Ran's ideal romantic partner is someone she can go on adventures with.
- Ran's surname, "Hanamichi", is a homophone with Hanamichi Town, the primary setting for Kimi to Idol Pretty Cure♪.
Gallery
- Main Page: Hanamichi Ran/Image Gallery
References
- ↑ 華 (Japanese) at the Wiktionary
- ↑ 華 (Chinese, definitions) at the Wiktionary
- ↑ http://www.romajidesu.com/dictionary/meaning-of-%E6%BA%80.html
- ↑ 蘭 (Japanese) at the Wiktionary
- ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/yummy
- ↑ Yum yum sauce at the Wiktionary
| V • E Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cures | Nagomi Yui/Cure Precious • Fuwa Kokone/Cure Spicy • Hanamichi Ran/Cure Yum-Yum • Kasai Amane/Cure Finale | |
| Mascots | Kome-Kome • Pam-Pam • Mem-Mem | |
| Villains | Godatz • Gentlu • Secretoru • Narcistoru • Spiritoru • Ubauzo | |
| Others | Rosemary • Recipepes • Shinada Takumi/Black Pepper • CooKing • CooQueen • Fennel • Cerfeuil • Ginger • Nagomi Akiho • Nagomi Hikaru • Nagomi Yone • Fuwa Hatsuko • Fuwa Shousei • Todoroki • Hanamichi Tsurune • Hanamichi Koshinosuke • Hanamichi Rin • Hanamichi Run • Kasai Botan • Kasai Shuichi • Shinada An • Shinada Monpei • Kasai Yuan • Kasai Mitsuki • Matsuyama Sakie • Maira Isuki • Tatemoto Hanna (Tatemotte) • Other Minor Characters | |
| Movie only | Cait Sith | |