Recaps

Ash fought the Phantom Queen, who revealed that she had once been a Pretty Cure before falling into darkness after the god she loved abandoned her. She recognized Ash’s habit of treating the present Pretty Cure as part of a game and accused him of seeing them as substitutes for girls from his past.

• Ash transformed into a grasshopper cyborg and asked the Phantom Queen why she was angry.
• The Phantom Queen explained that she had once fought to protect happiness, but fell into darkness after the god she loved left and her former companions sealed her for a hundred years.
• Ash said he wanted to help the Pretty Cure grow into strong heroes, while the Phantom Queen realized he was treating the world like a game.
• When Ash named Cure Lovely as the Pretty Cure with the most potential, the Phantom Queen accused him of keeping Megumi at a distance and treating the girls as substitutes for people from his past.
• The Phantom Queen called Ash a destroyer of worlds and condemned him for refusing to see the people in front of him.

Ash questioned Yuko and the other girls about what it meant to like him, while Megumi recognized how deeply she needed his acknowledgment. Snow White’s encouragement led Megumi to reinterpret Ash’s distance and resolve to act on what he liked in a Pretty Cure.

• Ash asked Yuko whether she liked him, and she said she liked his strength, cooking, and hearty appetite.
• Ash recounted Iona’s conflicted feelings and Snow White’s claim that she hated his harsh training, while Megumi secretly struggled with her own jealousy and attachment to him.
• Snow White fantasized about marrying Ash and admitted she had hoped he would invite her on a date, prompting Megumi to question why she cared so much about him.
• Megumi realized Ash had become the one person whose approval could affirm her, but she tried to resign herself to watching over Snow White’s happiness.
• Snow White argued that Megumi had the right to pursue happiness and suggested Ash might be hiding his feelings by keeping his distance.
• After hearing that Ash liked strong and steadfast Pretty Cures, Megumi brightened and declared that everything made sense.

Ash realized he had been avoiding painful farewells and admitted that he loved Pretty Cure, while Megumi said she understood his intentions and challenged him to fight. Meanwhile, Seiji approached Phantom Queen and offered to help drag a god into the mortal world, leaving Ash unsettled by the darkness surging in response to Megumi's love.

• Yuko reassured Ash that he had helped the Pretty Cures and urged him to apologize to anyone he had hurt.
• Ash recognized that fear of parting had made him keep the girls at a distance, then told Yuko that he loved Pretty Cure.
• Megumi apologized for focusing too much on Ash, then transformed and challenged him to fight.
• Phantom Queen rejected the idea that Blue God or Ash could care for her, while Abyss Mirror secretly fed her power.
• Seiji met Phantom Queen and offered to help tear a lofty god from his place and bring him into the mortal world.
• Ash sensed Megumi's great love but felt his Dark Echo surge, and wondered whether he was the one who had become evil.

Megumi revealed that she understood Ash’s desire to fight and challenged him, believing battle was how they could understand each other. Ash struggled to understand her reasons, then accepted her challenge and transformed into Gaim, ending the chapter as he charged her with his swords.

• At Iona’s tea party, Megumi left before the training camp discussion, and Yuko guessed she had gone to find Ash.
• Megumi ambushed Ash and explained that she was fighting him of her own will because she believed he acknowledged people by fighting them with all his strength.
• Ash and Megumi fought in the air, with Megumi matching his attacks and growing excited by their exchange.
• Megumi told Ash that she wanted his acknowledgment and urged him to keep fighting, leaving Ash furious and bewildered.
• Ash transformed into Gaim, knocked Megumi aside with his orange armor, and charged her with his swords.

Ash fought Cure Lovely, hoping to make Megumi explain why she had turned against him, but she interpreted his past cruelty and distance as proof that he loved and treasured her most. As Megumi’s power and conviction grew, Ash struggled with fear and continued the battle, which ended with both fighters unleashing powerful attacks.

• Ash damaged Megumi’s wings and battled her with twin swords, then used his Musou Saber and Daidaimaru to counter her attacks.
• Ash admitted that he had deliberately kept his distance and urged Megumi to value herself and the people who cared about her.
• Megumi told Ash that Kohime had helped her understand his harsh treatment as hidden affection and proof that he cherished her most.
• Ash realized Megumi had completely misunderstood his intentions, grew frightened by her cheerful conviction, and changed into Jimber Lemon Armor.
• Megumi and Ash exchanged ranged attacks before Megumi grabbed Ash’s Sonic Arrow and he used Lemon Energy to lock onto and blast her away.
• Megumi gathered a massive pink light and fired her Lovely Blaster at Ash.

Ash fought Aino Megumi as she tried to grant his wishes, while Blue God reflected on his choices and prepared to tell the Pretty Cure about Aksia. Kaito Daiki stole the box before Blue God could explain its power, and Snow White recognized him as the thief who had taken her transformation device.

• Aino Megumi drew the Lovely Rising Sword from her chest and struck Ash, but he transformed into Gaim Kachidoki Arms and trapped the blade against his armor.
• Ash broke Megumi's sword, apologized, and fought her with his Kachidoki banners as they exchanged blows across the ruined plaza.
• Blue God watched the Pretty Cure discuss Ash and reflected that Ash had helped them more than he had, then resolved to use Aksia to protect Earth.
• Snow White, Yuko, and Iona asked Blue God about Aksia and offered to support him, but he began explaining the power beyond its seal.
• Kaito Daiki snatched Aksia from Blue God, and Snow White recognized him as the thief who had stolen her Light Transformation Mirror.
• Kaito denied being Ash's lackey and refused to return Aksia as Iona challenged him and Yuko approached with a smile.

Kaito Daiki escaped with Aksia after helping the Phantom Queen capture Blue God, and the two confronted the history behind their hatred. The Phantom Queen left Blue God to Tregear, who revealed himself as an impostor sharing Sagara Seiji’s body and began draining the god’s power.

• Yuko distracted Kaito Daiki with a rice ball while Iona disarmed him, but Kaito fled with Aksia and Blue God tracked him down.
• The Phantom Queen arrived and bound Kaito, while Narutaki praised him for luring Blue God out; she then let Kaito leave with Aksia.
• The Phantom Queen confronted Blue God about their past, and his choice to put Earth before their relationship left her shaken and disillusioned.
• The Phantom Queen handed Blue God over to Toregier, who revealed that he was Ultraman Tregear sharing Sagara Seiji’s body.
• Toregier used an Energy Converter to drain power from Blue God and repair the Tregear Eye.

Ash stopped his fight with Aino Megumi after her transformation abruptly ended, then told her she was obsessed with him rather than in love and urged her to remember her wish to protect everyone's happiness. He carried the injured Megumi away from onlookers, and in an empty alley she tried to demonstrate how her transformation had failed, but her mirror would not activate.

• Ash halted his sword before Aino Megumi after her Pretty Cure transformation suddenly ended, and he asked whether she loved him; she said yes, but he told her she was obsessed with him.
• Ash told Megumi to calm down and reminded her of her wish to protect everyone's happiness, while onlookers gathered and mistook their closeness for romantic affection.
• Ash discovered his arm was badly injured, concealed the wound, and carried Megumi across the rooftops to an empty alley.
• Megumi apologized repeatedly for fighting Ash and pressuring him, and Ash eventually calmed her down.
• Ash asked Megumi why her transformation had ended, so she tried to transform again with her Light Card and Transformation Mirror, but the device did not respond.

After losing her ability to transform, Aino Megumi despaired until Ash confronted her, and she regained her transformation through her resolve to help her friends and Ash. The others then revealed that they had also lost their powers, while Megumi and Ash grew closer.

• Aino Megumi broke down when her Light Transformation Mirror would not transform her, and Ash slapped and scolded her for giving up.
• Ash challenged Megumi to remember what made a Pretty Cure strong and whether her friendships depended on her ability to transform, then walked away disappointed.
• Megumi repeatedly tried to transform before affirming that she still wanted to help Kohime, the other Pretty Cures, and Ash, causing her device to shine and restore her transformation.
• Megumi leapt into Ash's arms as Cure Lovely, and Ash told her that she had created her own miracle.
• Megumi used her healing power to ease Ash's injured arm, and they spoke about protecting happiness and what made Ash happy.
• Yuko and the others reunited with Ash and Megumi and explained that they too had lost their transformation abilities; Yuko noticed the closeness between Megumi and Ash.

Ash learned that Pretty Cure around the world had lost their transformation powers and concluded that he needed to find both the thief and the missing god. After a newspaper falsely suggested that Ash and Megumi were secretly dating, Snow White confessed her feelings and was rejected, while Megumi invited Ash to visit her home as an apology.

• Ash watched footage showing Pretty Cure in other countries losing their transformation abilities and asked Snow White where her great god had gone.
• Iona brought a newspaper claiming that Ash and Megumi were secretly dating, prompting Snow White to accuse Megumi of stealing Ash from her.
• Snow White confessed that she liked Ash, but Ash rejected her, and Yuko asked whether Megumi and Ash were truly a couple.
• Ash warned the powerless Pretty Cure not to act rashly and told them to search for the missing god while he handled any Phantom Empire attacks.
• Megumi asked where Ash was going when he returned, then invited him to visit her home as an apology for what she had done to him.

Ash visited Aino Megumi’s home, impressed her mother Aino Kaori with his manners, and eased her chronic illness with bone-setting and acupressure. He then discovered Megumi’s terrible test score and began a fierce remedial lesson, leaving Cure Lovely facing her greatest crisis yet.

• Aino Kaori teased Megumi about bringing Ash home, and Ash described himself as a Kamen Rider passing through her life before Kaori asked him to become Megumi’s Kamen Rider.
• Ash examined Kaori’s medicine, treated her with bone-setting and acupressure, and greatly relieved her chronic pain.
• Megumi invited Ash to stay at her home and asked him to cure her mother, while Ash noticed her test paper and asked whether Yuko could use her healing powers.
• Ash confronted Megumi over scoring 12 out of 120, quizzed her on math and history, and stopped her attempt to flee by clamping her head between a test paper and textbook.

Ash helped Megumi study and apologized for pressuring her to become someone she was not, while Megumi admitted her jealousy and admiration for him. Ash embraced her, and she chose to hold his hand rather than push him away.

• Ash threatened to destroy the world if Megumi failed to score above 90, then crammed her until she passed a practice test.
• A blue-black giant delivered the Earth God to Black Fang and offered to help him expand his plans against the Pretty Cure.
• Ash apologized to Megumi for expecting her to match someone from his past and for forcing her to act unlike herself.
• Megumi confessed that she had wanted Ash to acknowledge her and had felt jealous of Kohime.
• Ash embraced Megumi and asked her to push him away, but she intertwined her fingers with his instead.

Ash embraced Megumi, and their tender moment ended when an explosion called them back to action. Iona and the others met Tsumugi, a puppet seeking help for her invaded kingdom, while the Phantom Queen remained withdrawn after returning without Blue God.

• Ash embraced Megumi, who accepted his feelings and explained that her work as Cure Lovely had inspired her to help him.
• At a kindergarten puppet show, Iona and Kohime became distracted by thoughts of romance, and a living puppet named Tsumugi introduced herself.
• Tsumugi asked the girls to save the Puppet Kingdom from Bad Beasts, and Yuko told her they had another capable helper despite losing their transformation powers.
• A Bad Beast attacked near the kindergarten, and Kohime lured it away before getting trapped with Tsumugi at a dead end.
• Kamen Rider KIVA arrived and stopped the Bad Beast with blood-red bats, delighting Kohime, who hugged Ash.
• Phantom regretted missing the chance to capture Blue God, while the Phantom Queen shut herself away and abandoned the Empire's invasion plans.

Phantom Queen refused to respond to Phantom’s warning that Black Fang had invaded Earth, while Ash and Cure Lovely fought the new Bad Beasts in Light Hill. After Megumi defeated her enemies and regained confidence in her growing power, Ash blocked reporters from questioning her about their relationship, and the other Pretty Cure hoped they could recover their lost abilities too.

• Phantom told Phantom Queen that Black Fang had appeared on Earth and asked to pursue him, but the Queen dismissed the threat and returned to bed, regretting that she had driven Ash away.
• Ash agreed to help Tsumugi save her Puppet Kingdom, then transformed into Kiva forms and destroyed the Bad Beasts attacking Light Hill.
• Cure Lovely, also known as Aino Megumi, defeated another group of Bad Beasts alone and realized that she had grown much stronger.
• Megumi told a reporter that love would never change and encouraged children to love their friends, family, and the people they liked.
• Ash stopped the reporter from asking Megumi about their relationship, and Megumi encouraged the other Pretty Cure to work toward regaining their abilities.

The Pretty Cures followed Kozumu into the Puppet Kingdom to fight the Bad Beasts, while Ash was separated from them and faced an ambush alone. Megumi defeated a Bad Beast and was welcomed as a hero, but Ash discovered the monsters could revive, leaving the threat unresolved as the girls were escorted to a banquet.

• Ash encouraged Iona, Snow White, and the other girls to accompany the Pretty Cures, promising to protect them.
• Kozumu brought the group into the Puppet Kingdom, where Ash sensed the dreamlike world had been created by a single being.
• Doll-like Bad Beasts surrounded Ash, but Rider Phantoms gathered around him and formed a Decade Rider.
• Megumi transformed into Lovely Angel and defeated a Bad Beast, then accepted the dolls' invitation to a banquet despite worrying about Ash.
• Ash watched the girls being escorted to the castle and revealed that the Bad Beast Megumi defeated had revived, as another monster he had fought had done.

Ash confronted Kaito Daiki while searching for clues about the kidnapped god, then returned to the Puppet Kingdom as Kozumu began a dance for the Pretty Cure. The chapter ended with Kozumu performing gracefully on the palace stage while the girls watched.

• Snow White stayed committed to her feelings for Ash despite Prince Sieg’s arrival and her friends’ surprise.
• Ash caught Kaito Daiki breaking into the Omori Residence and persuaded him to return the Pretty Cure’s stolen treasure by tricking him with a claim about a greater treasure behind it.
• Kaito told Ash that Narutaki and the Phantom Queen had defeated and abducted the Puppet Kingdom’s god.
• Kaito questioned why Ash continued traveling after finding people and a world he liked, and Ash said he had no place where he could return in peace.
• Megumi and the others attended the Puppet Kingdom celebration, and Kozumu began a ballet performance for the dolls and the Pretty Cure.

Tsumugi befriended the Pretty Cure before Black Fang reminded her that they were enemies and persuaded her to defend the Puppet Kingdom. Ash secretly overheard their conversation, while the Pretty Cure began investigating the kingdom's suspicious behavior and found themselves blocked by dolls.

• Tsumugi impressed the Pretty Cure with her dance, then bonded with them over dolls and other interests before a voice reminded her they were enemies.
• Black Fang told Tsumugi that the Pretty Cure's friendship was an act and urged her to protect the world he had created for her.
• Tsumugi left determined to defend the Puppet Kingdom, and Ash revealed that he had hidden nearby by turning into a puddle.
• Ash warned the Pretty Cure that something was wrong, and Iona and Yuko noticed that Tsumugi had known their preferences and arranged Earth food.
• Yuko and Iona decided to investigate, but dolls surrounded them and proved impossible for Iona to push aside; meanwhile, Prince Sieg approached Snow White.

Kozumu lured Megumi into a room filled with Bad Beasts and revealed that she meant to stop the Pretty Cure, while Ash arrived to help Megumi. Outside, Prince Sieg and the puppets blocked Iona and the others, explaining that they acted to protect Kozumu’s happiness.

• Kohime panicked when Prince Sieg asked her to dance, then realized she had become separated from her friends among the puppets.
• Kozumu told Megumi that not everyone could be made happy and fled into a room after voicing her despair.
• Toregier revealed to Phantom that Ash was in the Puppet Kingdom, and Phantom said his target was the traitor of the Phantom Empire.
• Kozumu trapped Megumi among Bad Beasts and used a loom that continually recreated them from threads of misfortune.
• Ash crashed into the room on his motorcycle, rescued Megumi from the encirclement, and photographed Kozumu.
• Prince Sieg and the puppets stopped Iona and the others, saying they would do anything to keep Kozumu dancing happily.

Ash rescued Megumi from a Bad Beast while Megumi tried to persuade Kozumu to leave the Phantom Empire, but Kozumu’s story of losing the ability to walk made Megumi doubt herself and lose her transformation. Ash then offered to heal Kozumu’s legs and challenged her to consider what she would do if he could give her a new life.

• Snow White dropped a curtain over the rag-doll Bad Beasts, and Ash transformed into Kamen Rider V3 to fight them.
• Megumi told Kozumu that she wanted to help because Kozumu’s dancing and smile had seemed genuine.
• Kozumu revealed that she had once loved dancing but had lost the ability to move her legs, and that the Phantom Empire had given her a kingdom where she could dance again.
• Kozumu challenged Megumi to defeat her for the sake of justice, and Megumi lost her resolve and detransformed after failing to answer whether she could restore Kozumu’s legs.
• Ash kicked away a Bad Beast about to attack Megumi and told Kozumu that he could heal her legs and give her a new life.

Ash challenged Tsumugi’s belief that she needed the Phantom Empire’s power, while Megumi insisted on helping her and Ash used the trolley problem to urge her to seek a way for everyone to be saved. Ash exposed Black Fang, then revealed that Tsumugi had been in a coma in the real world since arriving in the Puppet Kingdom, leaving her shocked about her worried parents.

• Ash told Tsumugi that he had no obligation to help her, while Megumi defended her and said she still wanted to help.
• Ash posed the trolley problem to Megumi, then explained that a Kamen Rider would stop the trolley and confront the kidnapper instead of choosing who died.
• Ash shot the hidden Black Fang and invited him to join the fight, while Megumi urged Tsumugi to look more carefully for a solution.
• Black Fang tried to draw Tsumugi to his side, but she hesitated after questioning whether his actions were right.
• Ash recited Tsumugi’s personal history and told her she had fallen into a coma three months earlier, when she arrived in the Puppet Kingdom.
• Tsumugi learned that her parents had been worrying over her in the hospital and wondered whether she had ever woken from her coma.

Ash exposed Black Fang’s deception and learned that Orihara Tsumugi’s dreams had created a world he planned to exploit for misery energy. After Black Fang attacked Tsumugi, Ash transformed into Wizard Infinity Style and defended Megumi from the Bad Beasts.

• Ash revealed that Black Fang had deceived Tsumugi, who had created a real world through her dreams and feelings.
• Black Fang bound Tsumugi in threads and admitted he had caused her misery to steal her power and gather misery energy.
• Megumi asked Ash to help, and Ash rejected Black Fang’s offer to share Tsumugi’s misery energy before cutting through the threads.
• Ash transformed into Kamen Rider Wizard Infinity Style and destroyed the Bad Beasts that attacked him.
• Ash shielded Megumi from the Bad Beasts’ reflected beams, then knocked the attackers into the air and summoned the Brilliant Sword Axe.

Ash and the Pretty Cure fought Black Fang in Tsumugi’s dream world, while Megumi urged Tsumugi to ask for help. Tsumugi finally pleaded to be saved, and Ash and the Pretty Cure joined forces to stop Black Fang as he tried to escape with her.

• Ash used his magic to defeat Black Fang’s Bad Beasts and protect Megumi in Tsumugi’s dream world.
• Megumi appealed to Tsumugi, and Snow White, Yuko, and Iona transformed into Pretty Cure to defend her from Black Fang’s threads.
• Black Fang seized the loom and flew away with Tsumugi, claiming he could use her misfortune energy and the dolls’ power to overcome his enemies.
• Megumi urged Tsumugi to speak up, and Tsumugi asked Ash and the Pretty Cure to save her.
• Ash and the Pretty Cure combined their light chains to block Black Fang while Ash prepared to strike with the Brilliant Sword Axe.

Ash defeated Black Fang, but Phantom escaped with Tsumugi before Ash could stop him. Toregier then appeared, unsettled Ash by revealing that someone had helped him interfere with the system, and provoked Megumi into attacking before he withdrew; Ash placed a hand on Megumi’s shoulder as the confrontation paused.

• Ash used the Brilliant Battle Axe to split the Puppet Kingdom and sever Black Fang’s connection to other worlds.
• Phantom killed Black Fang, took Tsumugi and the misfortune energy, and escaped through a mirror while Ash caught the puppetized Blue God.
• The system told Ash that someone had blocked its ability to trace Phantom’s teleportation, and Toregier emerged from a dark passage claiming someone had given him the needed parameters.
• Toregier told Ash he had come to disrupt his complacency, and Megumi attacked him with Heart Shoot to protect Ash.
• Toregier endured Megumi’s attack, addressed her by name, and withdrew after she threatened him again; Ash placed a hand on Megumi’s shoulder.

Megumi unleashed a powerful attack against Toregier, who revealed that he was targeting Ash and Pretty Cure before escaping. Red God then accused Ash of killing Blue God and destroying a world, turning Pretty Cures around the globe against him, while Ash’s allies continued to trust him.

• Megumi collapsed after unexpectedly unleashing a finishing move more powerful than the Pretty Cures’ combined attack, and she could not explain how she had done it.
• Ash confronted Toregier, who said he wanted to test other beings like light and had a personal grudge against Ash; Toregier escaped after Ash threw his Brilliant Sword Axe at him.
• Red God introduced himself to Pretty Cures around the world and claimed that Blue God had fallen and that Ash was responsible.
• Megumi, Snow White, and Iona believed Ash’s denial, but Red God showed footage of Ash destroying the Puppet Kingdom and past battles between Riders and Pretty Cures to condemn him as the Destroyer of Worlds.
• The Bomber Girl Precure in San Francisco accepted Red God’s accusations and renewed their anger toward Ash.

Red God restored Pretty Cure's powers while portraying Ash as a world-destroying enemy, prompting heroines around the world to pursue him. Ash refused to back down, and as Megumi resolved to protect both him and the other Pretty Cure, Ash faced another group of challengers.

• Red God used a misleading account of Ash's past to rally Pretty Cure worldwide, restored their powers with scarlet energy, and ordered them to defeat him.
• Ash admitted that he had destroyed worlds and mistreated Pretty Cure, rejected the idea that Blue God could clear things up, and accepted that the whole world might oppose him.
• Yuko, Iona, Megumi, and Snow White continued fighting Bad Beasts after regaining their powers, but worried about Ash's disappearance and the accusations against him.
• The girls discovered Ash had returned with other Pretty Cure nearby, and Megumi decided to protect him without letting him hurt anyone else.
• Ash investigated Red God and Phantom Ash but found no leads, then confronted the pursuing Pretty Cure and declared he would defeat anyone who stood in his way.