Recaps

Ashu mocked the Pretty Cures by exposing their insecurities, but Rei and Miyuki refused to give up on seeing Ash, and Mana ran to help him. Meanwhile, Ash defeated the exhausted Pretty Cures and fairies in the ruined clearing.

• Ashu taunted the Pretty Cures by revealing painful truths about their feelings for Ash and mocking their weaknesses.
• Yuri accused Ashu of bewitching Ash, and Ashu admitted to influencing him before humiliating Yuri and the other girls.
• Rei declared that the girls would never give up on seeing Ash and charged past Ashu, while Miyuki insisted that Ash belonged to them too.
• Mana ran barefoot to help Ash after deciding to face the real world and its regrets.
• Ash defeated his opponents in the abandoned clearing, leaving the Max Heart and SplashStar girls untransformed and exhausted.

Ash defeated several Pretty Cure and began taking them through a spatial rift, but Mana, Cure Blossom, and Cure Happy confronted him and urged him to stop. He let Mana go to see the others and declared that he had always loved the girls, while nineteen defeated Pretty Cure remained imprisoned in an underground base.

• Ash defeated Honoka and the other girls, then used his tentacles to capture them and declare that he would take them back to make them his.
• Hoshizora Miyuki, Hanasaki Rei, and Aida Mana transformed into Pretty Cure and faced Ash.
• Mana thanked Rei and Miyuki for helping and loving Ash, then asked him to release the other girls.
• Ash fought the three Pretty Cure with his tentacles and insisted that his hunger for power defined who he was.
• Ash asked Mana to come with him, but she refused, so he let her and the other girls leave and said he had always loved them.
• Nineteen defeated Pretty Cure hung from named crosses in an underground base.

Ash and Ashu created Bad End Precure from the Smile Precure combat data and empowered them with stolen energy from other Pretty Cure teams. The five new warriors pledged themselves to Ash, while Ashu secretly pursued her own plans.

• Ashu revealed Smile Precure cards containing Miyuki and the others' combat data, and Ash used the cards, Core Medals, and implanted memories to create Bad End Precure.
• Bad End Happy, Bad End Sunny, Bad End Peace, Bad End March, and Bad End Beauty awakened and pledged themselves to Lord Ash.
• Ashu transferred the Pretty Cure teams' powers into the five new warriors while the captive girls were too weak to resist.
• Ashu completed her collection of five Pretty Cure powers and declared her plan successful.
• The Bad End Precure looked at Ash with greedy, predatory desire that he failed to notice.

Ayumi and A hunted monsters for coins, but their search led them into the Bad End Precure’s base, where bad end Akane and bad end Nao captured Ayumi. The chapter ended with Ayumi calling for A to save her.

• Ayumi worried that A had not found more colored coins, then picked up a strange coin that fell from him and returned it to him.
• A thanked Ayumi for the coin and encouraged her not to put herself in danger by worrying about him.
• Ayumi and A gathered the monsters’ coins and discovered a hidden entrance to an underground base.
• Inside the base, bad end Akane and bad end Nao seized Ayumi and threatened to take her to Ash.
• Ayumi struggled to breathe and cried out for A to save her.

A rescued Ayumi from bad end Akane and bad end Nao, who mistook him for their Ash and agreed to bring him the silver-gray coins. Meanwhile, Mana and the Pretty Cure gathered at Nasta Café prepared to confront Ash, until a broadcast revealed their captured allies bound in a dark tower.

• A found bad end Akane and bad end Nao tormenting Ayumi, and they immediately pledged loyalty to him after mistaking him for Ash.
• A had bad end Akane and bad end Nao release Ayumi, then learned that another version of Ash had taken several Pretty Cure to launch a final challenge.
• Mana woke and resolved to confront Ash, while the Pretty Cure at Nasta Café agreed to stop him together.
• A and the two bad ends gathered silver-gray coins as the café group prepared to act against Ash.
• A broadcast showed a masked man in a newly appeared black tower declaring that he had captured the Pretty Cure and displaying them bound to crosses.

The Precure entered Ash’s tower, where taunts from hostile versions of their voices preceded a spatial trap that divided them into separate battlefields. The HeartCatch and Smile teams fought powerful Giff Messengers and Megid commanders as their enemies advanced.

• Arisu brought the girls to the Black Tower, where speakers broadcast taunts imitating Miyuki, Yayoi, and Reika before Yuri destroyed one.
• Yuri encouraged the younger Precure to keep fighting, and the group stepped toward the tower before space separated them.
• The HeartCatch Precure found themselves in a sealed underground dimension and fought Transformed Dragon, Queen Bee, and Wolf Giff Messengers.
• Erika was chased by bizarre criminals while Nao and Akane battled Rakel and Zuohs, and Yayoi and Miyuki faced Strelius with Reika’s help.
• The Smile Pretty Cure regrouped and charged the three Megid commanders again as the enemies responsible for the separation advanced toward the girls.

The Pretty Cure teams fought Ash’s Bad End Precure and other enemies across the tower and valley. Bad End Miyuki appeared before the Smile Team, setting up a clash between the two Miyukis.

• Cure Diamond stopped and destroyed a charging Metal Horned Rhino while Ai and the others faced a swarm of Mirror Monsters.
• Bad End Sunny and Bad End March arrived and revealed themselves as Bad End Precure, while Bad End Peace tried and failed to harm Rei with a purification attack.
• Bad End Beauty overwhelmed Yuri and Itsuki, blaming Yuri for stealing Ash’s first kiss and declaring herself the only beautiful person worthy of him.
• Miyuki and her companions defeated the Three Executives with Precure Rainbow Burst, but a dark figure then knocked them away.
• Bad End Miyuki introduced herself to the Smile Team and threatened not to spare them unless Ash ordered her to stop.

Miyuki fought her evil counterpart, Bad End Happy, and drew on her bonds with Ash and her friends to overcome the destructive power overwhelming her. Ash sent help through the Wonder Ride Book, and Calibur and the injured Cures joined Miyuki as her Happy Shower purified Bad End Happy.

• Bad End Miyuki attacked Miyuki and the other four Cures, overwhelming them with stolen and copied powers.
• Miyuki resisted Bad End Miyuki’s assault, declared she would not give up on Ash, and struck back.
• As Miyuki and Bad End Miyuki’s finishing attacks clashed, Ash awakened the Wonder Ride Book and sent Regina and Dark Precure to help.
• Ash used the Wonder Ride Book to summon a black dragon, a crimson spider, and Dragon Be Here toward Miyuki.
• Calibur braced Miyuki from behind, and the injured Cures poured their energy into her attack.
• Miyuki pushed her Happy Shower through Bad End Miyuki’s Bad End Shower and engulfed her in purifying light.

The Pretty Cures received help from Regina, Dark Dragreder, Ryuga, Dark Precure, and Timons as they fought the Bad End Precures. Ash’s allies faced their opponents with renewed strength, and Timons prepared to defend Yuri and Itsuki from bad end Reika.

• Bad end Akane and bad end Nao overwhelmed the Pretty Cures with fire and sound attacks, but Dark Dragreder protected the fallen girls and Regina struck the attackers.
• Ryuga emerged from a mirror and transformed into Survive Ryuga, joining the Pretty Cures as they prepared to fight back.
• Dark Precure rescued Rei and Erika from bad end Yayoi, rejected Yayoi’s claim that they were allies, and defeated her.
• Timons reunited with Yuri and Itsuki, who defended him when bad end Reika accused him of not being Ash.
• Bad end Reika charged at Timons with an ice sword, and he activated the Giant Spider stamp to protect Yuri and Itsuki.

Miyuki and the others defeated Bad End Precure, while Ash gathered their Medals and prepared for another fight. A and Ayumi confronted him in the Core room, but their struggle left A badly wounded as Ayumi fought to hold Ash back.

• Itsuki, Yuri, and Timons defeated bad end Reika, and the shattered worlds revealed the Black Tower’s interior.
• Miyuki recovered from her battle and celebrated defeating Ash, while the Shocker Core Medal rolled back toward Ash and he gathered the other Medals.
• A and Ayumi entered the Core room and challenged Ash, who transformed into Shocker OOO while A transformed with Ayumi’s three Medals.
• Ash overwhelmed A, but Ayumi intervened and held back Ash’s sickle as white light emerged from her damaged suit.
• A and Ayumi pinned Ash down together, and A taunted him about acting like a selfish child while Ash struggled to use his full strength.
• Ash stabbed A in the chest with a sickle-tipped tentacle, making A cough blood and release his grip.

A and Ayumi confronted Shocker OOO, the desire-driven part of Ash, but he overwhelmed them until the Pretty Cure arrived. Shocker OOO revealed the bound seniors and forced the girls to face evidence of Ash’s betrayal.

• Shocker OOO attacked A and Ayumi with a destructive beam, but Ayumi’s new barrier helped them survive the blast.
• A admitted he was losing control and told Ayumi he was destined to disappear, but Shocker OOO reappeared and defeated him.
• Shocker OOO grabbed Ayumi by the throat until Cure Heart shot his hand with a Heart Arrow and the Pretty Cure arrived.
• The Pretty Cure attacked Shocker OOO, who fought them off and teleported the bound seniors and crosses into view.
• Yuri rejected the idea that Ash could have done this and declared Shocker OOO a fake.

Ash revealed that he had returned as the girls’ collective desire, leaving the Pretty Cure grieving and unwilling to fight. Mana chose to save both Ash and A, and the chapter ended with the Bad End Precure awakening in Ash’s belt as he prepared to attack A.

• Ash explained his resurrection to the Pretty Cure and exposed the truth behind his existence, breaking their morale.
• A held the unconscious Ayumi and nearly attacked Ash, but Ayumi’s touch sent light into him.
• Ash told Mana that her longing had helped bring him back, and Mana resolved to save him rather than accept his cruelty.
• Mana comforted A, affirmed that both he and the other Ash were real parts of Ash, and urged him to keep walking his own path.
• Ash realized Mana had chosen A and ordered the Bad End Precure in his belt to bring the coins to him so he could attack A.

Shocker OOO realized that the Bad End Precure cared for A, not him, and broke down as Mana and A rejected his version of their shared past. He abandoned all pretense of reason and attacked A to reclaim Mana.

• Shocker OOO crushed the coins and relived the moment the Bad End Precure chose A, then collapsed into grief and howled in anguish.
• Ashu watched from a rooftop, laughed at Shocker OOO's humiliation, and weighed whether to pursue the fairies on another rooftop.
• Mana told Shocker OOO that he loved only an imagined version of her, while A reminded him that Ash's original wish had been to befriend heroes.
• Shocker OOO insisted his desire and love for Mana had never changed, then declared he would recreate their time together from the beginning.
• Shocker OOO accused A of binding Mana, vowed to destroy him and take her back, and lunged at A with drill-like fingertips.

A transformed into PuToTyranno Combo and cracked Shocker OOO’s Core Medal, weakening him enough to fight on more equal terms while the Pretty Cure rescued the captured girls. Elsewhere, Ashu stole the fairies’ Miracle Lights, and Itsuki ran toward the two Riders as their battle continued.

• Mana tried to shield A from Shocker OOO’s attack, but A pulled her down and transformed into PuToTyranno Combo.
• A struck Shocker OOO’s Driver, cracking his Core Medal and weakening his power as monsters began closing in on the Pretty Cure.
• A froze and swept aside the monsters while Mana and the others freed their captured allies and escorted them toward safety.
• Ashu demanded the fairies’ Miracle Lights, claimed she was a Pretty Cure, and then stole the lights when they refused.
• Itsuki threw aside a monster and ran toward A and Shocker OOO as the two Riders fought.

A and Shocker OOO fought over their shared past and what Ash should become, ending their Rider battle in a devastating mutual blast. Both then rose as monsters and resumed their savage fight while the Pretty Cures defeated the remaining enemies.

• Itsuki tried to intervene in the duel, but A and Shocker OOO ordered her to stay out of their battle.
• A resisted the Dinosaur Combo’s destructive urge by remembering the people whose voices urged him on, while Regina and Dark Precure stopped the Bad End Precure from interfering.
• A and Shocker OOO argued over their shared origins and fought over whether Ash could possess everything, then exchanged final attacks that shattered their Drivers and Medals.
• Mana and the other Pretty Cures combined their powers and defeated the Gene Extinguisher, Mirror Monsters, outlaws, and Megid with their strongest attacks.
• A and Shocker OOO recovered in monstrous forms, charged at each other, and began tearing into one another with brutal blows.

Ash defeated the other version of himself, but both were left gravely wounded. As the fallen man began to die, Ash insisted on reaching him, and Ayumi helped him despite the Bad End Precure blocking her way.

• Ash and the Shocker monster fought until Ayumi used her failing transformation device to blast the monster and save A.
• A told the Shocker monster that he was only Ash’s hidden desire, and their final exchange ended with both declaring that everyone was weak.
• Ash defeated the man, then collapsed; the girls approached the dying stranger, and Mana held his hand as his body was purified.
• Rei caught the wounded Ash, and Ayumi supported him when he insisted on going to the other Ash.
• The Bad End Precure blocked Ayumi and Ash, furious at Ayumi and refusing to let them pass.

Ash and his other self reconciled their shared origins as A gave Ash the cracked Core Medal and drew him out of the loneliness and darkness that had shaped him. Ash returned to the waiting girls, introducing himself as Ash.

• Ayumi comforted Ash and took back the cracked Core Medal before Ash confronted his other self.
• Ash declared that he and his other self were one, then struck him as the Core Medal split in Ayumi's palm.
• The story showed how young Ash entered the system's gate, traveled between hero worlds, and gradually lost himself to Dark Echo and endless fighting.
• A embraced Ash within the Dark Echo, while countless heroes and the girls reached out and pulled him toward the light.
• Ash opened his eyes, turned to the girls, and said, "My name is Ash."

Ash discovered that Dark Echo’s progress had been completed before he arrived in the Pretty Cure world, then reunited with Mana and admitted he remembered her. After kissing Mana as his farewell, he was swarmed by Miyuki and the other girls, leaving his planned exit in disarray.

• Ash accessed the system’s backend and learned that Dark Echo’s progress had been completed before his arrival in the Pretty Cure world.
• Ash reassured Mana that he remembered her and understood how worried she had been.
• Ash apologized to Mana and kissed her in front of the other Pretty Cure.
• Mana slapped Ash and demanded to know how many other girls he had kissed.
• Miyuki leaped onto Ash, and the other girls clamored for their own kisses.

Ash was overwhelmed by Miyuki and the other Pretty Cures as they pressed him for affection and answers. He postponed their final confrontation until after they rested, then thanked Ayumi and stepped into a dimensional gap.

• Miyuki confessed her love for Ash and kissed him, while Ashu watched in embarrassed shock.
• Itsuki embraced Ash and declared she would not let him go, causing Rei to faint again.
• Mana, Arisu, Akane, Little Dark, Regina, Reika, and Rei confronted Ash and demanded affection from him.
• Ash escaped their grasp, drew a trench as a barrier, and told the girls to eat, bathe, and rest before their final dance.
• Ash thanked Ayumi and stepped into a reverse cross-shaped gap, and Ayumi called out to him as A.

Ash visited his grave before the Heart Tree and admitted he did not know how to reconcile the selves and memories that made up his identity. Mana, Rei, and Miyuki arrived for their planned confrontation, and Rei declared that Ash was hers before the three transformed to fight him.

• Ash visited the empty grave beneath the Heart Tree, where Cure Flower massaged his back as he wrote in his notebook and said he might not return.
• Ash explained that he feared becoming either the Ash driven by selfish desires or A, who had lost his original self, because both were part of him.
• Ash prepared to say goodbye and asked the self-aware Bad End Precure in his Core Medals for help with what came next.
• Mana, Rei, and Miyuki reached the Heart Tree after becoming separated from the other girls, and they discussed Ash as they approached.
• Rei and Miyuki showed Ash their new outfits, and Ash gave them an approving thumbs-up while Mana arrived in her school uniform.
• Rei declared, "You're mine!" and Ash accepted their challenge as Mana, Rei, and Miyuki raised their transformation devices to fight him.

Ash fought Mana, Rei, and Miyuki in a fierce duel while Ayumi climbed the collapsing tower to learn what had happened to A. After Reika told Ayumi that Ash was A, Ayumi refused to leave, and the chapter ended as white light interrupted the duel and Yuri tried to protect her from seeing Ash and her friend destroy each other.

• Ash transformed with six Core Medals infused with Precure power and battled Mana, Rei, and Miyuki without either side gaining the upper hand.
• Ayumi climbed the crumbling tower despite being unable to transform and was rescued from collapsing stairs by the fairies and Reika.
• Ayumi told Reika, Arisu, and Yuri about A, and they explained that Ash had returned to his original self.
• Reika told Ayumi that Ash was A, while Yuri urged her to let go and leave the battle to them.
• As Ash and the Pretty Cure charged into their final clash, white light descended between them and stopped the attack.
• Yuri resolved to prevent Ayumi and Ash from killing each other.

Sakagami Ayumi reached the tower’s summit, nearly fell, and received encouragement from A before awakening as the true Pretty Cure Cure Echo. She stopped Ash and the Pretty Cures from striking each other and vowed to end their conflict by another means.

• Ayumi climbed the damaged tower and fell when its railing shattered beneath her.
• A reached out to Ayumi, reminded her that she was already a Pretty Cure in her own right, and urged her to trust herself and pursue what she wanted.
• Ayumi caught A’s hand and the broken coins as the remains of her transformation device turned into light around her.
• Ayumi transformed through her own will into Cure Echo, whose power forced Ash and the Pretty Cures apart.
• Cure Echo declared that she would stop the people who once cared for each other from killing one another and bring their conflict to an end.
• Ash admitted that he had misjudged Ayumi.

Ash and Cure Echo fought at the Heart Tree after Ayumi challenged him to answer for his actions and their relationship. Ayumi awakened a purifying power tailored to counter the Assassin Matter inside Ash and left the battle poised to strike at the darkness within him.

• Ash agreed to fight Ayumi, and she adopted his familiar fighting stance before attacking him with his own techniques.
• Ayumi declared that their relationship mattered, overwhelmed Ash, and awakened brilliant purifying power that erased the dark energy he unleashed.
• The other Pretty Cures moved to intervene, but Ayumi defeated the five Bad End Precure who rushed to Ash's aid.
• Ayumi adapted her fighting style and repeatedly struck Ash, while her World-Cleansing Power nullified his poison, spikes, lightning, and petrification.
• Ash scanned his coin and launched a Rider kick at Ayumi as she gathered her light, prepared to reach the Assassin Matter sealed inside him.

Ayumi’s purification saved Ash and slowed the Assassin Matter, while he reassured the Bad End Precure that they were independent girls and would not be discarded. After the battle, Ash’s close Pretty Cure confronted him over his relationships, and the women realized they had all treated the duel as a date with him.

• Ayumi caught Ash as he fell and explained that her purification had healed him and made the Assassin Matter sluggish.
• Rikka questioned whether Ash planned to run away again, and he denied it.
• The Bad End Precure begged Ash not to reclaim their memories, but he embraced them and told them they were independent beings, not his slaves.
• Ash sent the Bad End Precure to the Heart Tree for guidance, then celebrated that the crisis was over.
• Mana, Rei, Miyuki, and the other Pretty Cure surrounded Ash and demanded an explanation about his connections with them.
• The women discovered that they had each dressed for the duel as if it were a date with Ash, and Mana demanded to know what relationships the others had with him.

Ash faced the Pretty Cure girls after Miyuki revealed their intimate memories with him, and the group uncovered more signs of his closeness with them. The girls confronted Ash over his relationships, and he ended the chapter surrounded by angry Pretty Cure preparing to punish him.

• The girls examined Reika and Ash’s wedding photograph until Miyuki revealed it came from a fake wedding in a movie.
• Miyuki shared her memories of Ash, including being pierced by him, being called his heroine, and spending a night with him, leaving the other girls suspicious of Ash.
• Itsuki questioned Ash about the handkerchief Yayoi held, and Ash admitted it had been a gift from Itsuki that he had passed to Yayoi.
• Ash recalled his close moments with girls across several Pretty Cure worlds, prompting Yuri, Arisu, Reika, and others to confront him about their feelings.
• Ash tried to explain himself, but the girls surrounded him and prepared to punish him for breaking their hearts.