Episode 15: Hi Mom, It's Purin! I'm Doing Great!

Season 2, Episode 3 - Aired: 4/18/23

'''Hi Mom, It's Purin! I'm Doing Great!''' is the 15th episode of Tokyo Mew Mew New.

Summary
It's Bu-Ling's Siblings birthday, and the Mew Mews celebrate it at Bu-Ling's house, where dim sum and cake is served. Bu-Ling also serves her siblings some candies that she made for them.

Once they're put to bed, Bu-Ling talks about how her siblings are becoming more mature and independent. Before her friends leave, Bu-Ling shows them tickets to the upcoming circus show called, "Cirque de la Lune". Bu-Ling reveals that her parents were once a part of the troupe and fell in love with each other during their tenure performing with them.

Before going to bed, Bu-Ling recalls the day her siblings were born, and she talked with her Mother about them and her plans for herself in the future.

The next day, Ichigo collects trash with Aoyama while informing him about the upcoming Cirque de la Lune performance. After Aoyama mentions Ichigo's parents, she asks him what his parents are like, and taking a brief pause; he answers they're nice.

Meanwhile, on the Aliens spaceship, Pie, Tart, Quiche where they plot the beginning stages of the 2nd phase of their plan for the Tokyo Gondwana Renaissance. The plan involved creatures called Xenodiggers who would obey whatever the trio said and be deployed at the Dome where the Cirque de la Lune performance was scheduled to perform. Tart asks for Quiche's permission to initiate the plan, but Quiche coldly brushes him off, mulling over his encounter with the Blue Knight.

On the day of the Cirque de la Lune performance, Bu-Ling juggles with a clown performer outside of the Dome and, after it, internally notes she'd love to one day join the troupe. Inside the Dome, two of Bu-Ling's siblings spot a giant hole at the end of a hallway wall, and when Bu-Ling examines it gets pulled in by a Xenodigger.

Lost in a tunnel way, a bomb lands beside Bu-Ling, who then transforms into her Mew Mew form and then gets wrapped up by some rope by Tart. He then reveals his plans to engulf the surrounding area with molten lava with the help of his Xenodiggers, and in light of this, Bu-Ling escapes from her rope and flees the scene.

At Café Mew Mew, Ryou and Keiichiro discuss matter surrounding Mew Aqua. Just then, Bu-Ling's siblings arrive at the café and inform the Mew Mews about what happened to their sister at the Dome.

Returning to Bu-Ling and Tart, Bu-Ling tries to convince Tart to play along with her circus antics; however, he flatly rejects them. A Xenodigger then confronts them, but instead of being afraid of it, Bu-Ling though it is cute. From the Xenodigger's mouth was acidic saliva, and Tart rescues Bu-Ling from it. Bu-Ling then embraces Tart for his noble act and gives him a piece of candy as a token of her appreciation. Despite Tart's threats against Bu-Ling, she claims Tart wouldn't harm her because she's his friend.

Frustrated, Tart orders four Xenodiggers to kill Bu-Ling, but they are stopped by the newly arrived Mew Mews, who try to attack the Xenodigger, but do no damage against them. The Blue Knight also appears and weakens some of the Xenodiggers while getting hurt by their acidic saliva. He's then sequentially rescued by Ichigo, who advises him not to sacrifice his life carelessly. With their combined powers, Ichigo uses the StrawBell Bell Version Up to defeat the Xenodiggers.

Although Tart is upset by what has happened, Pie appears and informs him that their mission was a success. Despite Pie suggesting they retreat, Tart insists that he stay and watch the Mew Mews suffer. Using Masha as a voice proxy, Ryou informs the group that all hope isn't lost and that they can still stop the magma flow by finding the Mew Aqua in the area. Then, Bu-Ling hears a voice calling out to her and sees some Mew Aqua after following it. Giving the Mew Aqua to Masha, it transforms into a wand, and Purin uses it to extinguish some of the lava and call upon tree roots to seal the molten cracks.

Afterward, the Mew Mews, Ryou, and Keiichiro put on a musical performance for Purin's siblings

Major

 * Bu-Ling Huang
 * Ichigo Momomiya
 * Minto Aizawa
 * Retasu Midorikawa
 * Zakuro Fujiwara

Minor

 * Ryou Shirogane
 * Keiichiro Akasaka
 * Masha
 * Masaya Aoyama
 * Quiche
 * Pie
 * Tart
 * Bu-Ling's Siblings
 * Blue Knight
 * Sakura Momomiya (Mentioned)
 * Shintaro Momomiya (Mentioned)
 * Mrs. Huang (Flashback)
 * "Taren" Huang (Flashback)

Trivia

 * This is the first time seeing a brand new species that aren't a chimeric animal.
 * Bu-Ling's image song, "Smiling Dance" appears as an insert song in this episode.
 * Can-do Dreamer is replaced with MAGICAL☆CARNIVAL as the ending theme for this episode. It returns in the next episode.
 * Hisayo Mochizuki, who voiced Bu-Ling in the original Tokyo Mew Mew anime, plays Bu-Ling's mother in the flashback scene.

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