Movie
Description
Mujina is the main antagonist of Wonderful Precure! The Movie! and serves as the boss of the tanuki brothers Ponta and Pokota. He is a tanuki, or Japanese raccoon dog, who resides within the popular in-universe video game called Doki Doki Tanu Kingdom. His character was originally created by the game designer Natsuki as an avatar modeled after her pet raccoon Tanu-chan, linking him directly to her personal memories. Mujina speaks with a distinctive verbal tic, ending his sentences with the syllable tanu.
In terms of personality, Mujina is boastful and mischievous, acting as the commanding leader of the tanuki gang within the game world. He is determined to prevent the protagonists from leaving the game and later shows a more aggressive side when he breaks into the real world in a large, bestial form. His primary motivation is to keep Iroha Inukai and Mayu Nekoyashiki trapped inside the game, and his actions escalate to an attempt to reach Natsuki in the real world, suggesting a longing for connection or recognition rooted in his origin as Natsuki’s virtual pet.
His role in the story is that of the central obstacle. Mujina first appears in the game world where he interferes with the Precure’s attempts to escape, using his subordinate tanuki to harass the heroes. After the heroines successfully leave the game, Mujina manifests in the real world as a powerful beast and charges toward Natsuki’s location, causing widespread chaos. He is ultimately defeated when the combined efforts of the Wonderful, Soaring Sky, and Witchy Precure teams, alongside the awakened Satoru and Daifuku, deliver a final purification attack. When Natsuki confesses her true feelings about her pet to him, Mujina shows relief and peacefully vanishes.
Mujina’s key relationships include his role as the leader of Ponta and Pokota, who carry out his orders. His most significant connection is to Natsuki, as he was born from her memories of her beloved pet. The Precure teams oppose him throughout the film.
His development follows a trajectory from a standard game antagonist to a more sympathetic figure. The revelation of his backstory adds emotional depth, and his purification leads to a quiet resolution rather than destruction. Notable abilities include commanding the tanuki minions within the game, creating obstacles, and transforming into a large, physically powerful beast when entering the real world. He is vulnerable to the cleansing powers of the Precure, particularly the combined purification attacks that restore corrupted beings to their original forms.
In terms of personality, Mujina is boastful and mischievous, acting as the commanding leader of the tanuki gang within the game world. He is determined to prevent the protagonists from leaving the game and later shows a more aggressive side when he breaks into the real world in a large, bestial form. His primary motivation is to keep Iroha Inukai and Mayu Nekoyashiki trapped inside the game, and his actions escalate to an attempt to reach Natsuki in the real world, suggesting a longing for connection or recognition rooted in his origin as Natsuki’s virtual pet.
His role in the story is that of the central obstacle. Mujina first appears in the game world where he interferes with the Precure’s attempts to escape, using his subordinate tanuki to harass the heroes. After the heroines successfully leave the game, Mujina manifests in the real world as a powerful beast and charges toward Natsuki’s location, causing widespread chaos. He is ultimately defeated when the combined efforts of the Wonderful, Soaring Sky, and Witchy Precure teams, alongside the awakened Satoru and Daifuku, deliver a final purification attack. When Natsuki confesses her true feelings about her pet to him, Mujina shows relief and peacefully vanishes.
Mujina’s key relationships include his role as the leader of Ponta and Pokota, who carry out his orders. His most significant connection is to Natsuki, as he was born from her memories of her beloved pet. The Precure teams oppose him throughout the film.
His development follows a trajectory from a standard game antagonist to a more sympathetic figure. The revelation of his backstory adds emotional depth, and his purification leads to a quiet resolution rather than destruction. Notable abilities include commanding the tanuki minions within the game, creating obstacles, and transforming into a large, physically powerful beast when entering the real world. He is vulnerable to the cleansing powers of the Precure, particularly the combined purification attacks that restore corrupted beings to their original forms.