A recent post on X (formerly Twitter) in Japan went absolutely viral after a dad shared a hilarious bath time anecdote with his daughter. All he did was borrow her "Idol Pretty Cure You and I" shampoo, and her innocent question afterward left him completely stunned. The post racked up over 120,000 likes and sparked a massive discussion online.
The dad, who has a 5-year-old daughter, was taking a bath with her when he realized he’d run out of his own adult shampoo. "Daddy's shampoo is all gone, can I borrow yours?" he asked. His daughter cheerfully replied, "Okay~!" And so, he was handed the "Idol Pretty Cure You and I" 2-in-1 shampoo, featuring the main characters on the bottle.
After their bath, his daughter, who had already left the bathroom, suddenly asked, "Daddy, did you turn into a Pretty Cure~~~?" The question left the dad speechless. The shampoo packaging boasts, "Get idol-like hair," which, in his daughter's adorable logic, likely translated to: "Use this and you'll become a Pretty Cure!" He later joked, "For a moment, I actually thought, 'Huh? Am I... going to become a Pretty Cure...?'"
This line, which sounds straight out of a new Pretty Cure series trailer, was shared on X and immediately blew up.
Netizens flooded the comments with encouragement: "Yes! For your daughter, you absolutely should become a Pretty Cure!" "To your daughter, you're already the hero of the house." "Cure Father? We're here for it!" "There are already male Pretty Cures, so an old man transforming wouldn't be strange at all." The calls for dad to transform poured in.
What’s even wilder is that the post caught the attention of Yukana, the voice actress who plays Honoka Yukishiro / Cure White in the original "Pretty Cure" series! She personally commented, "I stumbled upon this post by chance and it made me incredibly happy. Thank you for sharing." Her comment sent the heartwarming story into another wave of trending topics.
Reflecting on the unexpected virality, the dad stated, "This is my first time getting over 100,000 likes. I truly never imagined it would be thanks to Pretty Cure."
As for the comment from the original Pretty Cure voice actress herself, the dad was both surprised and grateful. He plans to tell his daughter about it when she's a bit older, carefully choosing his words so as not to shatter her Pretty Cure dreams. He playfully added, "If she knew 'a real Pretty Cure actually talked to Daddy,' I think she'd be as happy as getting a letter from Santa Claus."