Recaps

Twilight confronted Ash over the stolen key, and he admitted he had taken it to get her attention, flattering her until she began wondering about love. When a massive attack struck, Ash pulled her to safety, leaving Twilight startled by the warmth and heartbeat she felt against him.

• Twilight dismissed Shut and went to find the man she suspected had taken her key.
• Ash welcomed Twilight at a café with a black rose, and the two traded teasing remarks.
• Twilight asked Ash whether he had seen her key, and he admitted he had stolen it.
• Ash claimed Twilight’s beauty had made him take the key to gain her attention, prompting her to wonder about love and the feelings behind it.
• Ash pulled Twilight away from a massive attack and shielded her from flying debris, leaving her struck by their closeness.

Shut attacked Ash and Twilight, mistaking Ash for a threat to the Princess, while the Pretty Cure fought Shut off and let the pair escape. Ash promised to protect Twilight, who began exploring love and the human world with him as his Rider, while the Pretty Cure secretly followed them on their date.

• Shut found Ash holding Twilight's hand and attacked him with the Baseball Fortress of Despair, but Ash dodged the barrage.
• The Pretty Cure confronted Shut and drove him away, giving Ash and Twilight time to leave.
• Ash told Twilight he would protect her and called himself her Rider, then gave her a black rose.
• Twilight laughed at Ash's declaration, introduced herself by name, and asked him to keep protecting her.
• Haruka, Kirara, and Minami secretly followed Ash and Twilight, with Kirara determined to watch for signs that Ash might join Dysdark.
• Twilight began experiencing the human world with Ash, finding the outing fresh and different from her life as the Princess of Despair.

Ash took Twilight on a shopping-street date to help her understand love, but her princessly pride frustrated him until he confronted her and walked away. After Twilight broke down in tears, Ash left for the restroom and encountered Haruka and Kirara.

• Twilight arrived at the shopping street with Ash, intending to learn about love so she could exploit it against the Pretty Cure, while Haruka and Kirara secretly followed them.
• Ash led Twilight through the shopping street, but she rejected his suggestions and sampled the attractions without letting go of her princessly airs.
• Frustrated by Twilight's refusal to engage, Ash confronted her and told her that she would never understand love if she only thought about herself.
• Twilight cried after Ash walked away, then called after him as he left for the restroom, but he answered that he was going to the restroom and continued on.
• Ash came out of the restroom and saw Haruka calling to him.

Ash reconsidered how he had approached Twilight after Haruka pointed out that he had focused on his own interests instead of hers. He thanked the girls for their support, while Twilight began following him and thinking seriously about what love meant.

• Ash joked with Haruka, Minami, and Kirara, then realized they were jealous and reassured them he would not leave them out.
• Haruka asked whether Ash wanted to save Twilight, and he admitted he was disappointed by her attitude.
• Haruka defended Twilight and said love depended on both people, prompting Twilight to reconsider her own feelings and follow Ash.
• Haruka suggested date locations that might suit Twilight, and Ash recognized that he had been choosing places for his own enjoyment.
• Ash reflected on how Haruka and the others had accommodated him and thanked them for their strength.

Twilight apologized to Ash and asked him to teach her about love, so he took her to a live house, where her violin performance won over the audience. Afterward, Twilight listened to Ash play and learned that his music came from memories rather than a love of the violin, then took his instrument to show him how it should feel.

• Twilight admitted she had ignored Ash and apologized, asking him to teach her what love was.
• Ash took Twilight to a live house and encouraged her to play violin for the audience.
• Twilight changed her approach mid-performance and played a lively melody that delighted the listeners.
• Twilight found Ash backstage playing a black violin and sat to listen to his music.
• Ash told Twilight his performance was an imitation inspired by good memories, and Twilight took the violin named "Black Star" from him.

Twilight discovered that she had fallen in love with Ash and decided she would not share him with the Pretty Cure. When she found Ash talking with them, her jealousy sparked a confrontation that ended with her trapping everyone in a wall of blue flames.

• Twilight played music with all her heart, and she and Ash shared a joyful moment of understanding.
• Ash explained that love meant different things to different people, and Twilight concluded that she had fallen for him.
• Twilight considered asking Dyspear to spare Ash, then followed him when she realized he was not going to the restroom.
• Twilight found Ash with the Pretty Cure and angrily declared that he was hers and that they should stay away from him.
• Minami challenged Twilight, who erupted in blue flames and enclosed the group in a ring of fire.
• The Pretty Cure stepped in front of Ash and told him not to interfere.

Twilight trapped dreams and challenged the Pretty Cure, defeating Minami and Kirara before Haruka fought back with her Rose Dress Up Key. Haruka and Twilight continued their fierce duel, and Twilight admitted that Haruka had surprised her.

• Twilight sealed the dreams of puppies, seagulls, and drinks, then absorbed the despair energy they produced.
• Twilight attacked the Pretty Cure, who transformed and fought her together while Ash watched.
• Twilight used her jeweled scepter and field magic to overwhelm the three girls, then bound Minami and Kirara to flaming crosses.
• Haruka resisted Twilight's pressure and used her Rose Dress Up Key to unleash Precure Rose Tourbillon, forcing Twilight back.
• Haruka powered up and clashed with Twilight in a fierce midair fight, and Twilight said Haruka had surprised her.

Haruka, Minami, and Kirara defeated Twilight with their Trinity Explosion, but Twilight rejected Haruka’s offer of help and fled in humiliation. Haruka then urged Ash to follow Twilight because she believed Twilight needed him more.

• Haruka broke through Twilight’s flames with a surge of unfamiliar power, while Minami and Kirara freed themselves and challenged Twilight’s claims about Princesses.
• Haruka declared that she wanted to become a Princess in her own way, and the three Pretty Cure used Trinity Explosion to overwhelm Twilight and shatter her Black Dress Up Key.
• After the battle, Haruka offered Twilight her hand, but Twilight slapped it away, accused Haruka of pitying her, and fled with the Black Dress Up Key.
• Ash appeared after the victory, and Haruka asked whether he would choose the Pretty Cure and stop loving Twilight; Ash insisted he wanted all of them.
• Haruka told Ash to hurry after Twilight because she believed Twilight needed him more.

After losing to Haruka, Twilight sought comfort from Ash, who reassured her and encouraged her to believe she could win next time. She found another Princess Perfume in the Hope Kingdom ruins, but Dyspear then ordered her to enter a political marriage with Dark Kiva, leaving Twilight torn because she had fallen for Ash.

• Ash caught Twilight as she tried to run from him, and she admitted that losing to the fake princesses had hurt her.
• Ash comforted Twilight, told her that losing did not make her any less of a princess, and explained that Haruka had reached out because she was an idiot people wanted to believe in.
• Twilight found a Princess Perfume hidden beneath the former Hope Kingdom castle and decided that possessing it would let her defeat Pretty Cure.
• Dyspear ordered Twilight to enter a political marriage with Dark Kiva to strengthen ties with the Black Night Kingdom.
• Twilight questioned her mother’s order because she had only just found happiness with the person she liked, Ash.

Twilight broke things off with Ash after Dyspear ordered her to marry the Black Night King, leaving Ash heartbroken and confused. After hearing the story from Kivat, Ash decided Dyspear was trying to steal the bride price and set out to bring Twilight back himself.

• Dyspear told Twilight that she must consider Dysdark and obey her mother, then Twilight reluctantly agreed to the marriage arrangement.
• Twilight told Ash they could no longer see each other and rejected him, claiming a Princess and a human could never be together.
• Ash took his grief to Haruka, Kirara, and Minami, who learned what had happened from Kivat and tried to comfort him.
• Kivat revealed that he had already agreed to Dyspear's marriage proposal on Ash's behalf.
• Ash concluded that Dyspear wanted to take the Black Night Kingdom's bride price and prepared to return to the kingdom to bring Twilight back.

The Dress Up Keys transported Kirara, Minami, and Haruka to the corrupted Hope Kingdom, while Ash prepared to march on Dysdark and reclaim Twilight. The girls were separated upon arrival, and Haruka found herself alone near a castle she recognized as Hope Kingdom.

• Haruka trusted Ash to cherish the people he liked, and the Dress Up Keys opened a rainbow-colored portal as Yui arrived with cookies and found the others gone.
• Ash dressed for an expedition to rescue Twilight, then abandoned his preparations and ordered a car when Kivat showed him the girls being pulled into a portal.
• Kirara and Minami arrived in the corrupted Hope Kingdom with Puff and Aroma, learned that Haruka was missing, and prepared to fight the Fortress of Despair.
• Haruka fell onto a springy mushroom field, then recognized the castle across the river as a landmark in Hope Kingdom.

Dyspear empowered Twilight and sent her to welcome the approaching guests, while Ash and Kanata both arrived to protect Haruka and competed to escort her. As Haruka led them onward, Kanata confronted Ash over a prophecy that called him a danger to Earth and Hope Kingdom, and Ash dismissed its accuracy.

• Dyspear filled Twilight's Princess Perfume with despair power and asked her to help, prompting Twilight to decide to assassinate Ash and make her mother happy.
• Kanata rescued Haruka from ambushing Fortress of Despair monsters, but Ash arrived on the Brawn Booster and destroyed them by ramming them.
• Ash and Kanata each demanded that Haruka take his hand, so Haruka led them both toward their destination instead of choosing between them.
• Ash and Kanata fought off more Fortress of Despair monsters as they escorted Haruka, while their hostility toward each other continued.
• Kanata told Ash that Hope Kingdom's prophecy described him as a threat to Earth and Hope Kingdom, and Ash replied that the prophecy was inaccurate.

Haruka and the others learned that a fourth Princess Perfume had been created to help face the awakened Great Darkness, while Ash and Kanata argued over Haruka. Twilight heard that Ash had come looking for her and hurried away, leaving Shut and Locke to fight Minami and Kirara.

• Ash taunted Kanata for failing to protect Hope Kingdom, and Haruka separated the two before fleeing when they pressed her to choose between them.
• Haruka used her key at a temple outside the castle and watched a previous Cure Flora reveal that the former Pretty Cures had created a fourth Princess Perfume to prepare for the Great Darkness's return.
• The previous Cure Flora urged Haruka to trust the people who loved her, and the Pretty Cures began searching for the new Princess Perfume.
• Twilight confronted Minami and Kirara, but panicked when Kirara told her Ash had entered Dysdark because he liked her, then hurried away to search for him.
• Shut and Locke challenged Minami and Kirara, and the girls raised their Princess Perfumes as the two sides prepared to fight.

Ash escorted Haruka and Kanata toward Dyspear's castle while mistakenly deciding Kanata would become his son, until Twilight attacked him and Kanata revealed that she was his missing sister, Princess Towa. Twilight drove Ash through the castle and into an abandoned warehouse, leaving her astonished that she had dared to challenge him.

• Haruka told Kanata about her progress toward becoming a Grand Princess, while Ash decided that conquering Hope Kingdom would make Kanata his son.
• Kanata revealed that his younger sister, Princess Towa, had vanished before Dyspear invaded Hope Kingdom, and Haruka vowed to defeat Dyspear, save the kingdom, and find her.
• Haruka and Ash encountered Twilight outside Dyspear's castle, where she rejected Ash's claim that she should return to his arms and attacked him.
• Kanata recognized Twilight as Towa, and Haruka was stunned to learn that the missing princess had become their enemy.
• Twilight used blazing despair energy to ram Ash through the castle and kick him into an abandoned warehouse, realizing she had actually challenged the Black Night King.

Ash and Twilight fought after Twilight rejected his claim of love and confessed that she loved someone else. While Dyspear trapped Haruka and Kanata behind a barrier and revealed she had used Twilight, Haruka began breaking through it; Ash ended the chapter devastated by Twilight’s confession.

• Ash accused Twilight of rejecting their relationship, while Twilight said she would never become his possession and confessed that she loved someone else.
• Twilight attacked Ash with the Flames of Despair, but he overwhelmed her and demanded to know whom she loved.
• Haruka transformed into Cure Flora to stop the fight, but Dyspear raised a barrier that trapped her and Kanata.
• Dyspear revealed that she had made Twilight a Princess to fight the Pretty Cures and was now using her to test Ash.
• Haruka and Kanata tried to break the barrier, and Haruka’s determination began cracking it.
• Ash beat Twilight and seized her, while Twilight confessed that she loved the person who had helped her understand beauty; Ash was left believing he had lost to an unknown rival.

Ash struggled with his feelings for Twilight as she was engulfed by the corrupted Princess Perfume’s flames and transformed into a mindless Darkness Princess. He fought to stop her without hurting her, drew on Demon Emperor Power, and then heard a sound from elsewhere.

• Dyspear sensed Ash’s intense negative emotions and celebrated the despair energy, while Ash suppressed his dark urges and grieved over Twilight’s betrayal.
• Twilight used the Princess Perfume with her black Dress Up Key, and its flames engulfed her until Ash pulled her free.
• Twilight transformed into a mindless, corrupted Princess and attacked Ash with flaming swords and other despair-fueled powers.
• Ash urged Twilight to resist becoming a puppet and countered her attacks with his fists, clever tricks, and Demon Emperor Power.
• Ash easily blocked Twilight’s ultimate attack, then heard a sound coming from elsewhere.

Ash and the Pretty Cure confronted Twilight after Ash defeated the Witch of Despair’s barrier, while Kanata revealed Twilight was his sister, Towa. As the girls tried to purify her, Dyspear intervened with overwhelming power and prepared to use Twilight for her own purposes.

• Ash reunited with Haruka, Kirara, Minami, and Kanata, then tried to remove Twilight’s mask while she was weakened.
• Kanata revealed that Twilight was his sister, Towa, and Ash argued that her experiences as Twilight still defined who she was.
• Haruka misunderstood Ash’s thoughts about Kanata, and Ash scolded her for reading romance manga before Twilight began to wake.
• Ash restrained Twilight as the Pretty Cure used the Triple Explosion to purify her, but a force of gravity swallowed the light and blasted everyone away.
• Shut and Locke recognized the dark cloud as Lady Dyspear, while Ash recovered and challenged her.
• Dyspear acknowledged Ash’s strength and decided she could no longer use Twilight as before, but would use what remained of her.

Ash rejected Dyspear’s attempt to claim they were alike and tried to save Twilight, but Dyspear awakened the Fortress of Despair using Twilight’s despair. Ash and the Pretty Cure prepared to cut down the fortress and rescue her.

• Ash refused Dyspear’s offer of cooperation and demanded that she return Twilight to him.
• Twilight awakened as Princess Towa and reached toward Ash, but Dyspear crushed her hopes and transformed with her into black mist.
• Dyspear escaped Ash’s attack, then raised the Fortress of Despair with Twilight inside as the castle collapsed around it.
• Ash stopped Haruka from charging in alone and asked her and the Pretty Cure to save Twilight together.
• Ash called for his sword as the Fortress of Despair sent waves of despair-born figures against him, while Haruka and the Pretty Cure fought off its tentacles.

Ash and Pretty Cure fought Dyspear’s growing Fortress of Despair while trying to save Towa. Ash broke into the fortress to reach her, and Towa recovered her memories before Dyspear blamed her for Hope Kingdom’s fall.

• Dyspear blasted Pretty Cure aside and aimed to kill the unconscious Prince Kanata, but Ash landed in front of him and disrupted her attack.
• Ash and the Princesses struggled against Dyspear as the Fortress of Despair expanded, while Minami insisted they should protect Towa’s dream too.
• Haruka, Minami, and Kirara helped Ash charge through Dyspear’s defenses, and Ash used Wake Up 1 to smash into the fortress.
• Towa remembered her childhood in Hope Kingdom, her abduction by Dyspear, and her life as Twilight, then rejected Dyspear as her mother.
• Dyspear told Towa that her disappearance had devastated Hope Kingdom and helped her conquer it, leaving Towa overwhelmed with guilt.

Ash and Haruka tried to reach Towa, who was consumed by guilt and despair after regaining her memories. Haruka’s compassion helped Towa accept that she could still pursue her dreams and love, while the Pretty Cure waited below for news of the rescue.

• Towa rejected Haruka’s attempts to free her from the vine cage and said she had no home or dream left.
• Ash confessed that he wanted Towa to become his wife and Queen, then invented a history of vows to cheer her up.
• Towa’s guilt made her believe she was unworthy of Ash’s love, so Haruka took over the conversation and asked her to speak honestly.
• Haruka told Towa that they could both love Ash and be loved by him, helping Towa recognize how her actions had hurt those she wanted to help.
• Haruka took Ash’s hand and clasped it with Towa’s, telling Towa that both her dreams as Towa and Twilight could come true.
• Below the fortress, Minami worried about the rescue, while Kirara reassured her that Ash would protect Haruka.

Ash and Haruka helped Towa overcome her despair by playing music with her, freeing her from the Fortress of Despair. Towa declared she would never despair again and faced the Witch of Despair with Ash protecting her.

• Kirara and Minami prepared to hold off the Fortress of Despair after it awakened, while fairies brought them a golden sword and asked about Ash.
• Haruka encouraged Towa to keep pursuing her dreams, and Ash reminded her of her childhood wish to play music with her older brother.
• Ash and Haruka played violins together and invited Towa to join them, helping her confront her trauma and choose hope and love.
• Towa joined the performance, and the music and her renewed hope dissolved the Fortress of Despair and drove the despair from her heart.
• Dyspear attacked Kirara, Minami, and the fairies, but Ash and the newly freed girls emerged through the light as the Fortress crumbled.
• Towa vowed never to despair again, and Ash shielded her from Dyspear's attacks with crimson bat phantoms.

Towa cast off Dyspear’s control, transformed into Cure Scarlet, and fought to reclaim the dreams of Hope Kingdom. As her battle with Dyspear continued, Ash embraced Haruka and confessed his love, leaving Haruka flustered and Ash apologizing for how he had treated her when they first met.

• Towa jumped from the Fortress of Despair and used scarlet flames to purify the darkness in the Princess Perfume and Dress Up Key.
• Towa transformed into Cure Scarlet, and her flames burned away Dysdark’s despair and the Fortress of Despair’s attacking shadows.
• Cure Scarlet resisted Dyspear’s vines and declared that she was no longer Twilight’s doll or Dyspear’s daughter.
• Ash and Haruka watched Towa fight, and Ash held Haruka, thanked her, and confessed that he loved her.
• Haruka considered what reward she wanted, then admitted that Ash’s presence had made things between them feel increasingly strange.
• Ash apologized to Haruka for how he had acted when they first met, and Haruka told him he had done nothing wrong.

Ash reconciled with Haruka and recognized how deeply he cared for the Pretty Cure, while Towa found joy in being accepted by them. As the battle against Dyspear continued, Towa resolved to say farewell to her former mother with Ash at her side.

• Ash apologized for his past cruelty, and Haruka forgave him, though his teasing left her flustered.
• Ash affirmed that he cherished the Pretty Cure, while Kirara and Minami scolded him for his lecherous remarks and tried to keep Towa from being drawn into his harem.
• Towa realized that she had always been loved and hoped to join the others as family, but Kirara and Minami misunderstood her words and hurried to correct her.
• The fairies delivered the Zanvat Sword to Ash, who accepted it and praised them for risking themselves to bring it to him.
• Ash stood beside Towa as she resolved to bid farewell to Dyspear, then Towa played her Crimson Violin and unleashed Pretty Cure Phoenix Blaze against the Witch of Despair.

Ash helped the Pretty Cure defeat Dyspear and destroy the Fortress of Despair, while Towa reunited with her friends and committed to saving Hope Kingdom. After Kanata woke, Ash unexpectedly asked him to become his son, and the girls took Towa shopping to welcome her as their new companion.

• Ash split the Fortress of Despair with the Demon Emperor Sword, severed Dyspear's arm, and helped the Pretty Cure defeat her.
• As Dysdark's world began shaking, Towa vowed to return to Hope Kingdom and save it, with Ash promising she would not face the task alone.
• Kanata woke up, and Ash offered to make the prince his son as Kanata despaired over being unable to help.
• Towa reunited with Puff, Aroma, and Shamur, then met Haruka, Kirara, Minami, and Yui at the dormitory.
• Haruka and Kirara invited Towa on a girls' date, and the group set out to shop for clothes and other necessities.

Ash finished forging a transformation device but abandoned it after deciding he would rather spend time with the Pretty Cure girls. Meanwhile, Kirara and the others took Towa around Yumehama, where she struggled with modern life but found friendship and a new sense of belonging.

• Ash forged an Ixa Knuckle Gun from elven metal, then set it aside because he had no use for it and wanted to spend the day with his queens.
• Kirara used Ash’s salary card to take Towa and the Pretty Cure girls shopping, and Towa tried on a simple dress for the first time.
• Haruka and the others showed Towa a flower shop and an art exhibition, where Towa mistook abstract paintings and a security-camera display for other things.
• Towa misunderstood a photo booth flash and a traffic light as possible attacks, leaving the girls exhausted by her unfamiliarity with modern life.
• Minami reassured Towa that she did not need to master everything at once, and Kirara showed her their blurry group photo as proof that they had enjoyed the day together.
• The girls shared doughnuts at a dessert shop, and Towa felt happy to be part of their family and decided that this was the Pretty Cure she wanted to become.