When a Precure season starts with a duo for the first few episodes. The emphasis is usually on making them as strong of a contrast as possible, from the Futari Wa seasons, to Tsubomi and Erika, to Hibiki and Kanade, and so on. When it could be inferred from pre-airing material that TanPuri would start with just Anna and Mikuru as a duo, my thought is that the same would be the case here. Even imagining that one of them would be the "Holmes" of the duo that would be a bit eccentric and over the top, while the other would be the "Watson" and be the more grounded personality.

  
But instead, the two of them don't really come off as all that different. There are definitely some subtle nuances here and there but for the most part the two feel like they are part of the same archetype.

Now, I am still enjoying the show and both of them as characters, this isn't meant to be me ragging on it or anything. Especially when we are only a few episodes in. I just wanted to have this discussion due to wondering what others see in them from what we have so far. What differences, even if small, do you notice between the two? And do you have any hopes for how the writers could push further to explore said differences in future episodes?

How would you describe the differences between Anna and Mikuru as characters?