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Wonderful's strongest point is its character-driven humor. Iroha and Komugi share a brain cell between them, and Komugi in particular is a literal dog and acts like one. Mayu is Bocchi 2.0 in a codependent relationship with her cat. This is the most weirdo cast I've seen in a Precure, and I mean this in the best possible way.

Visually, it's light on sakuga but otherwise has solid direction. They don't hold back on interesting camera angles and compositions, even in the SoL scenes. There's a strong sense of "show don't tell" – the first episode establishes the lead character without a single line of dialogue.

Others ... have complained about the lack of hand-to-hand combat, but it's not as big a change as you'd think. In Precure, punches and kicks are merely to weaken the enemy. The real work is done in the heroic speeches and friendship laser beams, and Wonderful keeps those. And adds random animal facts. Did I mention the cast are weirdos?

Wonderful's true weakness is its low stakes. Every episode so far has advanced the plot or lore (or both), and the Kirarin Animal collecting gives a sense of progression. But the lack of villains, and the chill tone in general, makes that easy to forget. You're not watching this for the plot.

Overall, it's no Hugtto. But it takes its premise – "dog turns into magical girl" – and runs with it. And that's all I can ask for.

Whether you will enjoy this show rests on one question:

Do you think girls getting spanked is funny?

This is the entire point of the show. If you enjoy that premise, then this anime executes decently on it. The characters are well developed, the battles are creative and fun, and the story has a satisfying conclusion that honors the magical girl tradition.

My main concern is the low budget. The OP and ED are great, but the BGM sounds like a porn soundtrack – which, yeah, it is, but that doesn't make it good. And the sex scenes look nice, but it's obvious that they cut corners elsewhere. ... It's especially grating in the beach episode, which spends half a minute or so flashing through a bunch of still images. And not the sexy kind of flashing either.

All in all, it's around what I'd expect from a Precure porn parody. Not for everyone, but if you like magical girl-on-girl action, then you'll like this.