Arc 2Tomorrow Together

Ash and Hana overcame the Rampage Energy consuming the world, confessed their love, and began building an ordinary life together. As they celebrated their birthdays, a mysterious girl vanished through a time rift and new shadows threatened Nursery City.

  • Saya became a Doomsday Monster, and Cure Yell’s reckless battle against her ended when Ash and Hana wounded each other and Saya was freed.
  • Hana’s despair transformed her into a monstrous Cure Yell, spreading darkness across the world, while Ash fought through her memories to reach her.
  • Ash used a Mirai Crystal to restore Hana, confessed his love, and joined her and V-Rex Robot in defeating the Doomsday Monster.
  • Ash helped Hana recover, and the two began a relationship while reconnecting with their friends and supporting Emiru’s return to rock music.
  • Traum warned Ash that Rampage Energy had made him its human pillar, and Ash abandoned his attempt to build a mechanical replacement after Hana told him she was happy with him.
  • Hana and Ash celebrated their birthdays with their friends, but a blonde girl emerged from a time rift, shrank into a baby, and disappeared after asking them to believe in the future.
  • Homare warned Hana and Ash that demonic shadows threatened Nursery City, so Cure Yell and Time Fire fought them together and realized they were unlike the Doomsday Monsters.
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Ch. 26Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Saya confronted Yakushiji Reiro about how her mother’s fame had overshadowed her own efforts, then became a gigantic Doomsday Monster. As Ash searched for the missing Hana, Hana ran to save everyone as Cure Yell, hiding her heartbreak over believing Ash loved only Cure Yell.

  • At the movie press conference, Saya told Yakushiji Reiro she wanted to act alongside her, not merely become a star through her mother’s help.
  • Consumed by Rampage Energy, Saya transformed into a gigantic Doomsday Monster and began destroying the presentation hall.
  • When the monster appeared near the parking lot, Ash turned to Hana, but she had disappeared; he searched for her and realized he might like her.
  • Hana heard Ash calling but continued toward the monster, believing he loved Cure Yell rather than Nono Hana.
  • Hana transformed into Cure Yell and resolved to protect everyone, setting aside her own hopes.

Ch. 27Kamen Rider Is the Villain in Pretty Cure

Yakushiji Saaya became a Doomsday Monster, and Cure Yell fought it with reckless fury while Time Fire sensed that something was wrong with her. After Yell turned her sword on him, Ash tried to make her stop, but she laughed at his words.

  • Yakushiji Saaya was swallowed by darkness and transformed into a gigantic Doomsday Monster, forcing Emiru and Homare to flee as it attacked.
  • Cure Yell rescued Emiru, while Time Fire carried Homare to safety and noticed Yell’s cold, emotionless resolve.
  • Yell struck the Doomsday Monster repeatedly, ignoring her injuries and the danger her attacks posed to the surrounding area.
  • Ash grew wary of Yell’s reckless behavior and tried to distract her by asking whether her boyfriend had dumped her.
  • Yell attacked Time Fire with the Melody Holy Sword, and Ash blocked her blow with the Guardian Sword.
  • Ash told Yell to leave the battle and go home, and she laughed in response.

Ch. 28Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

After Hana’s rage overwhelmed her, Cure Yell brutally attacked Raging Enders and prepared to kill it despite Reiro’s plea to spare her daughter, Saya. Ash shot Hana to stop her, then challenged her to a second battle as she embraced the darkness and fought him.

  • Yell struck Time Fire with a powerful blow, then laughed as black Rampage Energy appeared within her Mirai Crystal.
  • Yell threw the Melody Holy Sword into Raging Enders’ head and beat the monster until it could no longer fight back.
  • Reiro begged Yell to spare her daughter, Saya, but Yell raised her sword to finish Raging Enders.
  • Ash shot Yell through the shoulder with his Vulcan Gun, interrupting her attack and stopping her from killing Saya.
  • Ash absorbed nearby Rampage Energy and challenged Yell to another round, and the two clashed swords over Raging Enders.

Ch. 29Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash and Cure Yell fought as Hana's despair and Rampage Energy drove her toward destroying him, while Ash tried to confront the pain behind her rage. They wounded each other in a final clash, and Hana realized she had nearly killed her friend Saya, who had been trapped inside the Doomsday Monster.

  • Ash severed Cure Yell's left arm with his black-flamed Guardian Sword, but Hana struck back and shattered his jaw with an uppercut.
  • Hana accused Ash and others of making her believe in love while forcing her to live as a hero, and Ash urged her to face the distortion driving her.
  • Hana and Ash clashed over whether she fought from duty or her own will, then charged and stabbed each other through the chest.
  • Hana pulled the Guardian Sword from her chest and reverted to her powerless self as the Doomsday Monster began to dissipate.
  • Hana heard Saya call to her and realized her friend had been inside the monster and that she had nearly killed her.

Ch. 30Kamen Rider as a Pretty Cure Villain

Ash and Nono Hana discovered each other’s identities as Time Fire and Cure Yell after their battle, leaving both devastated by what they had done. Ash saved Saya and walked away from Hana, who reached for him as he disappeared.

  • Ash recognized Nono Hana as Cure Yell, and Hana recognized Ash as Time Fire after their disguises fell away.
  • Ash recovered enough strength to carry the unconscious Saya from the rubble and handed her to Yakushiji Reiro, who promised to keep his identity secret.
  • V-Rex arrived, and Ash turned to face Hana as she struggled with grief over fighting him and killing Saya.
  • Hana’s Tomorrow Energy began darkening as she rejected the future and begged Ash not to approach.
  • Ash pulled the Melody Holy Sword from his chest, planted it before Hana, and limped away without looking back.
  • Hana fell while trying to follow Ash and cried out to him as he disappeared beyond the horizon.

Ch. 31Kamen Rider as a Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash went to see Nono Hana after learning she had shut herself in her room following her breakdown and his rejection. Hana refused to let him in, so Ash stayed on the other side of the door and began talking to her there.

  • Ash woke in his clinic, learned that Nono Hana was injured and hiding in her room, and agreed to visit her.
  • Ash arrived at the Nono home in an electric wheelchair and asked Hana's family to let him speak with her alone.
  • Hana remained in darkness, convinced she was a failure and that she could no longer transform into Cure Yell.
  • Ash knocked and identified himself as Dr. Ash rather than Time Fire, but Hana told him to go away.
  • Ash felt Hana leaning against the door and chose to speak with her from the other side instead of forcing his way in.

Ch. 32Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash tried to comfort Nono Hana, but she rejected his feelings and ran away, insisting she could never love anyone again. When Hana collapsed and rose in a horrifying, puppet-like pose, Ash resolved to save her.

  • Ash avoided answering when Hana asked if he liked her, then urged her to stop blaming herself for losing control and making mistakes.
  • Hana said she cared about Pretty Cure and everyone but no longer had the right to love anyone, then told Ash goodbye.
  • Ash smashed through a window and chased Hana as she ran away, and both pushed their battered bodies to the brink.
  • Hana exhausted herself and collapsed far from the city, but her fall halted in midair and she rose like a puppet with a lifeless smile.
  • Ash felt sorrow instead of fear and resolved to save Hana.

Ch. 33Kamen Rider Becomes a Villain in Pretty Cure

Nono Hana lost hope and transformed into a Doomsday Monster, engulfing the world in darkness after Ash failed to pull her free. Three days later, Ash woke in an overwhelmed hospital as the global catastrophe continued, and he moved through the despairing crowd without blaming Hana for the missing hero.

  • Nono Hana's despair corrupted her Mirai Crystal, turning her into a monstrous version of Cure Yell that swallowed Ash in darkness.
  • Ash charged through the darkness and briefly touched Hana's hand, but a tornado separated them and hurled him into the river where they had first met.
  • Ash lost consciousness and awoke three days later in Nursery City Central Hospital, where news reports said the Doomsday Monster phenomenon had covered two-thirds of the world.
  • Ash watched patients and staff despair over the catastrophe and the absence of Pretty Cure and Time Fire, then limped through the hospital without blaming Hana.

Ch. 34Kamen Rider as a Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash denounced the crowd for relying on Cure Yell instead of supporting her, then promised Kotori that her sister Nono Hana was alive and that he would bring her back. He headed into the Doomsday Monster’s expanding darkness and confronted the stalker who had followed Hana.

  • Ash tore off his bandages and berated the crowd for begging Pretty Cure to save them instead of encouraging Hana, who had protected them for eight years.
  • Ash leaped from the hospital and met Kotori, who asked whether her sister was Cure Yell and explained that their father was critically injured.
  • Ash assured Kotori that Nono Hana was alive and promised to bring her home as the sun returned.
  • Ash walked through the deserted streets, considered using V-Rex to eliminate humanity and halt Rampage Energy, then rejected the plan because Hana would cry.
  • Ash knocked out a police officer, took his uniform, and approached the Doomsday Monster’s territory.
  • Ash fired a warning shot at Hana’s stalker and demanded to know why he had always disliked him; the stalker replied that Hana did not belong to Ash either.

Ch. 35Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash confronted George Kurei, who claimed to be Nono Hana’s husband from another world’s future and said she was destined to die as Rampage Energy destroyed the world. Ash tortured George for a way to save Hana and learned that only Hana could awaken Tomorrow Energy, though she had lost hope.

  • Ash accused the armed man of stalking Hana, overpowered him, and forced him to answer questions.
  • George identified himself as Hana’s future husband from another world and said she would die fighting while Rampage Energy consumed the world.
  • George admitted he had watched Hanas in other worlds die and planned to use Rampage Energy to freeze the world, claiming that would save Hana.
  • Ash condemned George’s plan, demanded to know how to save Hana, and fought him when George attacked with Rampage Energy.
  • Ash pinned George beneath a police-car tire and tortured him until George revealed that Tomorrow Energy could purify Rampage Energy, but only Hana could awaken it through her own hope for the future.
  • George insisted Hana had completely despaired and blamed Ash for her suffering as Ash released the tire from his neck.

Ch. 36Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash transformed into Time Fire and fought through Nono Hana’s darkness, determined to save her and the world. With V rex’s help, he faced the tyrannosaur Doomsday Monster, but its wounds rapidly healed as it counterattacked.

  • Ash broke Klein’s other arm, rejected his claim that Hana had to die, and entered the spreading darkness.
  • Ash transformed into Time Fire and discovered that the Rampage Energy had frozen people in place without killing them.
  • Ash fought through the Doomsday Monsters summoned from Hana’s past and encountered a tyrannosaur Doomsday Monster resembling V rex.
  • Ash joined forces with his V rex and ordered it to attack the tyrannosaur Doomsday Monster.
  • Ash’s V rex damaged the monster with its Rex Laser, but Rampage Energy quickly repaired the wound and the monster retaliated with flames and cannons.

Ch. 37Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash fought through the Doomsday Monsters in V-REX ROBO and reached the giant Rampage Energy manifestation formed around Nono Hana. Dr. Traum revealed that defeating it might save the world only by killing Hana, but Ash refused to give her up and faced the monstrous figure himself.

  • Ash transformed V rex into V-REX ROBO and smashed through the Doomsday Monsters surrounding him.
  • Ash battled toward the tower holding Nono Hana, destroying its mechanical tentacles and insisting that the monster was not truly her.
  • Dr. Traum contacted Ash and explained that Cure Yell contained all the world's Rampage Energy, then said saving the world required killing her.
  • Ash rejected Traum's choice and continued toward Nono Hana as darkness spread across the world.
  • Ash reached the giant, expressionless Doomsday Monster formed from Nono Hana's despair and prepared to fight it.

Ch. 38Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash used the Mirai Crystal’s Tomorrow Energy to fight Nono Hana’s Doomsday Monster, but could not bring himself to defeat her. As the battle continued before the world’s cameras, he realized Hana needed to hear that she was not alone and called out to her, breaking through the monster’s dark barrier.

  • Ash exhausted the V-Rex Robot’s weapons against Hana’s Doomsday Monster, which overwhelmed and damaged the machine with Rampage Energy.
  • A Mirai Crystal chose Ash, filling him and the V-Rex Robot with Tomorrow Energy; he froze the monster and glimpsed Hana trapped in its forehead.
  • Ash tried to cut Hana free, but she screamed for him not to come closer, and the monster resumed attacking.
  • After the darkness faded, Ash continued breaking through the monster’s defenses and realized Hana needed someone to tell her to keep going and remind her she was not alone.
  • Ash removed his helmet before the world’s cameras, called out, “Yell—Hana—!”, and drove the V-Rex Robot’s fist through the dark barrier around her.

Ch. 39Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash freed Nono Hana from the Rampage Energy, and together they destroyed the Doomsday Monster, restoring hope and tomorrow to the world. Afterward, Ash saved Hana’s father, and the two watched the sunrise together from the hospital rooftop.

  • Ash rejected absorbing the world’s Tomorrow Energy and used the Mirai Crystal to restore Nono Hana with golden light.
  • Ash confessed his love, pulled Hana from the monster’s core, and kissed her as people across the world celebrated the return of Tomorrow Energy.
  • Ash and Hana combined their power with the V-Rex Robot to unleash the Tomorrow Punch and defeat the Doomsday Monster.
  • Hana and Ash declared they would face the future together, and Hana kissed Ash again as the darkness disappeared.
  • Ash completed Nono Hana’s father’s brain surgery, then sat with Hana on the hospital rooftop to watch the sunrise.

Ch. 40Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Nono Hana struggled with guilt over her past, but Ash reassured her and they reunited with her family before spending the night together. The next morning, Kotori found the couple happy at breakfast, then warned them that they were on the news.

  • Nono Hana asked Ash whether she deserved to be happy, and he comforted her by sharing responsibility for her pain and affirming his love.
  • The Nono family welcomed Ash home, and Nono Moritaro thanked him before punching him over his treatment of Hana as Cure Yell.
  • Hana invited Ash to her room, and they spent the night together after she appeared in her Cure Yell outfit.
  • Nono Kotori overheard the couple through the wall, worried about Hana, and found Ash and Hana recovering the next morning.
  • Ash made breakfast while Hana playfully called him “Newborn,” and Kotori photographed them before spotting a news alert about them.

Ch. 41Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure: Identity Exposed

After Ash’s identity as Time Fire and his romance with Nono Hana became public, Hana worried about the attention but agreed to go on a date with him. They attended Emiru’s concert, where Ash reassured Hana and encouraged her to let go of her gloomy past.

  • Kotori showed Ash and Hana a news report featuring their kiss, and Hana fainted after discovering it had become famous worldwide.
  • Ash comforted Hana about her identity and the public attention, and she agreed to go on a date with him.
  • Ash disguised himself as a flamboyant punk, ran into Rumi E, and hurried after her when she rushed off to her concert without them.
  • Ash carried Hana to Emiru’s concert, where Emiru dedicated her performance to the two heroes.
  • Ash brushed aside Hana’s bangs and told her he thought she looked better when she was brighter and more cheerful.

Ch. 42Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Hana reflected on Emiru’s abandoned love of rock music, and Ash encouraged her to believe it was not too late to change. After Hana and Ash’s kiss made the news, their friends brought Emiru to Saya’s bar and helped her confront her buried dream, where the chapter ended with Emiru joining Ash and the others for their first amateur rock performance.

  • Hana told Ash that Emiru had loved rock music and guitar but had followed her family’s wishes to become a pianist.
  • Ash told Hana that changing her life was still possible if she had the determination.
  • Hana was embarrassed when a photograph of her and Ash kissing appeared on the front page of the United Nations World News.
  • Homare and Saya teased Hana and Ash about their popularity, while Hana hugged Ash jealously after Homare admitted he had made her heart flutter.
  • Ash and the others brought Emiru to Saya’s bar, turned off her phone, and urged her to face her old dream of playing rock music.
  • Ash gave Emiru an electric guitar, and she admitted she still loved rock before joining the others in their first band performance.

Ch. 43Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash and the girls performed his song “Dark Crow,” and Emiru discovered the freedom and passion she loved in rock music. Later, at the Aisaki residence’s pool, Ash and Hana flirted until a phone call interrupted them and Hana moved close to him.

  • Ash surprised Emiru by starting “Dark Crow,” a song the band had never heard or practiced.
  • Hana, Saya, Homare, and Emiru followed Ash’s performance, and Emiru embraced the song’s rebellious energy as the music reached its climax.
  • At the private pool, Hana tried to pull Ash into the water, but he grabbed her hand and lifted her out instead.
  • Ash and Hana teased each other while the others swam, and Ash stopped Hana from revealing that he had swum before by kissing her.
  • After the others left, Hana rejected Ash’s incoming call and accused him of looking at the other girls before leaning close to him.

Ch. 44Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Hana found hope and happiness with Ash and her friends began pursuing goals of their own, but Ash later learned that rejecting his Mirai Crystal had drawn this world's Rampage Energy to him. Traum warned that the darkness intended to make Ash its human pillar and turn into his deepest nightmare.

  • Hana told Ash that Homare planned to return to skating, Emiru wanted to form a band, and Saya intended to search for what she truly wanted.
  • Ash reassured Hana that he would always love and protect her, though he privately feared the price fate might demand for their peace.
  • Ash met Traum at a bar, rejected his warning that fate required a sacrifice, and vowed to take what he needed by force.
  • Traum told Ash that Klein had returned to the ruined future and asked for the source code of Ash's dinosaur-shaped robot in exchange for information.
  • Traum explained that Ash's Mirai Crystal had made him the Child of the World, and that shattering it had drawn Rampage Energy to make him its human pillar.
  • Ash crushed his glass of milk as Traum warned that the darkness would turn into his deepest nightmare.

Ch. 45Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash tried to build a robotic version of himself to protect Hana after his expected death, but rejected the plan when he realized it could not give her true happiness. Hana then dreamed of Ash fighting until he was swallowed by the forces pursuing him and woke in terror, unsure whether the dream was a warning.

  • Ash checked Hana's improving health, left her asleep, and went to work in his basement workshop.
  • Ash used Traum's AI data and other technologies to build a powerful robot and began transferring his data into it as a way to keep protecting Hana after his death.
  • When the robot was nearly complete, Ash kicked it away and admitted that a mechanical copy could not make Hana happy; Hana embraced him and told him she was happy simply to be with him.
  • After speaking with Ash by phone, Hana fell asleep and dreamed of Ash struggling against the darkness behind him and a destructive fate ahead.
  • Hana dreamed that Ash stopped fighting for survival to buy time for love, then was swallowed by the pursuing light and darkness.
  • Hana woke drenched in sweat and panicked, wondering whether her dream was a prophecy despite telling herself it was only a dream.

Ch. 46Kamen Rider as a Villain in Pretty Cure

Hana, shaken by a dream and afraid of losing Ash, visited him at the clinic and asked him to ease her pain; the two became intimate. The next morning, Nono Kotori arrived and recognized that Ash was wearing Hana’s pajamas, leaving her to piece together what had happened.

  • Hana woke from a troubling dream, missed Ash, and went to see him at the clinic in the morning.
  • Ash examined Hana and asked what she wanted from him, and she said she feared he would die and that being apart from him hurt.
  • Hana undressed and climbed on top of Ash, telling him she would take responsibility for him and asking him to break her.
  • Ash and Hana became intimate, and he later judged her first time more boldly than he had expected.
  • Nono Kotori visited Ash the next day, recognized Hana’s flower-patterned pajamas on him, and connected the scene to what she had witnessed before.

Ch. 47Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash asked Kotori to bring Hana clothes after Hana arrived at his home early in the morning, and Kotori teased them before learning how close they had become. Hana revealed while half-asleep that she thought of Ash as her husband, and the chapter left Ash reminiscing about birthday pranks after Hana proposed celebrating his birthday with hers.

  • Ash asked Kotori to bring Hana clothes because Hana had come over in her pajamas and fallen asleep.
  • Kotori helped Ash dress Hana and called him her brother-in-law, leaving Ash surprised that her family had accepted their relationship.
  • Kotori woke Hana, who sleepily called herself Ash's little puppy and referred to him as her husband, embarrassing them both.
  • Hana learned what she had said and lamented losing her dignity in front of Kotori.
  • Ash reminded Hana that her birthday was coming soon, and Hana suggested they celebrate it as his birthday too.
  • Ash recalled pranking people at birthday parties and remembered that someone had once asked him about his birthday.

Ch. 48Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash struggled with the thought that he would eventually leave Hana, then celebrated their shared birthday with her and their friends. While worrying about the future dangers of Rampage Energy and his own Dark Echo, he realized they might be connected and began considering a path forward, ending as Hana asked what his goal was.

  • Ash dropped his Beast Electric Gun and admitted to himself that he did not want to leave Hana’s side.
  • Hana and their friends celebrated Hana and Ash’s birthdays at the Nono home, and Ash wished for Hana’s wish to come true.
  • Ash brooded over Rampage Energy’s nature and feared it would return to threaten Hana and the world.
  • Ash considered how his Dark Echo might connect to Rampage Energy and the beings it chose as vessels.
  • Ash declared that he had a goal, and Hana asked him what it was.

Ch. 49Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

At Ash’s birthday party, Hana comforted him and shared a private birthday toast, while their teasing helped lift his melancholy. Their celebration was interrupted when a blonde girl emerged from a time rift, carrying a bracelet that looked like Ash’s and asking whether she was late for Hana’s birthday.

  • Ash told Hana that she was the only person who could easily stay by his side, and Hana admitted that she understood loneliness from the days she had endured hardship alone.
  • Ash praised Hana as a hero, but she said she wanted an ordinary, warm life with the people she loved rather than the pain that came with being a hero.
  • Hana admired Ash’s melancholy appearance, and the two teased each other about their relationship until they laughed together and Ash said he was happy.
  • Hana and Ash toasted one another’s birthdays, then Hana sensed Tomorrow Energy as a time rift opened on the balcony.
  • A blonde girl in an outfit resembling Hana’s transformed form emerged from the rift, asked what day it was, and regretted arriving late when Hana said it was her birthday.
  • Hana noticed that the girl wore a black-and-red bracelet that looked like Ash’s.

Ch. 50Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Hana and Ash tried to save a mysterious blonde girl, but she vanished into a time vortex after telling them to believe in the future. As gray skies and endless shadows threatened Nursery City, Ash and Cure Yell transformed to fight them, though the creatures seemed unlike Doomsday Monsters.

  • Hana and Ash caught the blonde girl as a vortex dragged her away, but she shrank into a baby and disappeared after asking them to believe in the future.
  • Hana cried over the girl's disappearance, while Ash demanded answers from the system panel and roared in frustration when it vanished.
  • Homare warned Ash and Hana that demonic shadows were threatening Nursery City and that only Pretty Cure and Time Fire could handle them.
  • Ash and Hana transformed into Time Fire and Cure Yell, then rushed outside as the citizens cheered their arrival.
  • Time Fire and Cure Yell fought together, blasting and cutting apart the shadows as they continuously reformed.
  • Ash and Hana realized the creatures were not Doomsday Monsters and might not even qualify as them.
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