Recaps

Ash and his companions investigated their new world for several days but found no sign of the enemy, while Ash worried over his uneasy feelings and the Pretty Cure urged him to rest. When the girls failed to wake, Ash decided to bring Mana and the others back, then spent a quiet date with Rei before the story returned to the sleeping group.

• Marvelous warned Ash that Kaller had likely prepared a trap and reminded him that their allies would hold back the enemy’s forces.
• Ash and the girls arrived in his homeland, found the mirror passage closed, and began investigating the world instead of approaching Mana and the others.
• The Pretty Cure’s patrols found no suspicious enemies, while Ash stayed behind because he feared he might fall under enemy control.
• The girls insisted Ash rest, carried him to bed, and went to sleep beside him.
• Ash found that the girls still had not woken the next day, canceled patrols, and decided to bring Mana and the others back the following day.
• Ash went on a date with Rei, who enjoyed the peaceful world and suggested they have fun there together after everything was over.

Colour revealed that he had trapped the Pretty Cure in ideal dreams by overlaying parallel worlds, while Ash fought him and tried to protect Hanasaki Rei. Sakagami Ayumi resisted the influence and joined Ash, and Colour realized there was no parallel-world future in which she could be with him.

• Hanasaki Rei fell into a blissful sleep, and Ash discovered Colour had caused it.
• Ash attacked Colour, who explained that he had hidden his influence beneath layers of parallel worlds.
• Colour showed Ash that Miyuki and the Smile Team were living out dreams of the future they wanted with him.
• Ash rejected Colour’s claim that he was helping the girls and attacked him again.
• Sakagami Ayumi arrived and struck Colour, who realized she was unaffected because no parallel world held a future where she could be with Ash.

Ash decided to approach the Heartbeat Team again by using a plan he had not yet revealed, despite warnings that his resurrection after death was now unpredictable. In Mana’s restored memories, she met a boy named Ash and invited him to stay at her house.

• Ash reflected on how much Mana and the others had helped him, then resolved to find a way to reach them and wake them from Kalle’s dream world.
• Ayumi treated Ash’s reopened wound, while Ashu warned him to value his life because no one knew how his resurrection would work in the fused multiverse.
• Homi overheard Ash say that he and Ashu needed to stay alive to have a future, then quietly followed him elsewhere.
• Aida Mana remembered that she and the other Pretty Cures had fought Kamen Rider Enki, though she felt less hostility toward Ash than the others did.
• Mana bumped into a black-haired boy who called himself Ash, comforted him, and learned that he had run away from home and could not remember how to contact his family.
• Mana invited Ash to stay at her house until they found his family, and the boy reacted with surprise.

Ash used his twelve-year-old appearance to win Aida Mana’s sympathy, and she brought him home as a temporary guest. He joined Mana, Rikka, Makoto, and Yotsuba Arisu, while the Precures prepared to discuss the Rider who had appeared.

• Ash pretended to be a helpless child, and Mana invited him to stay at her house.
• Aida Kentaro welcomed Ash and showed no objection to Mana taking him in.
• Mana introduced Ash to Rikka, Makoto, and Yotsuba Arisu, who warmed to him while Rikka scolded Mana for bringing home strays.
• Makoto repeatedly tried to touch Ash’s hair, but he dodged her and teased her when the others were not looking.
• Yotsuba Arisu reminded the group to discuss the hateful Rider, and Ash silently watched someone with a flicker in his eyes.

Ash tried to convince the Pretty Cure that Kamen Rider Enki was being misrepresented and that their world had been controlled, but they rejected his claims as lies. After examining a defeated Jikochu, he found evidence of flesh-and-blood modifications made with techniques he recognized as his own.

• Mana and the others discussed Kamen Rider Enki and argued over how to deal with him, while Ash secretly watched their conversation.
• Mana took Ash home, reassured him, and made him omurice, whose spicy taste stirred a sense of nostalgia in him.
• Enki asked the Pretty Cure to consider that they might misunderstand him, but Makoto and the others distrusted him.
• Ash told the Pretty Cure that their world had been controlled by the real enemy, but Arisu demanded proof and dismissed his claim as absurd.
• Ash photographed a fallen Jikochu and discovered flesh-and-blood parts modified using techniques he had created.

Ash comforted Homi when she worried about a future filled with impossible challenges and trusted allies becoming enemies, while Ayumi asked to accompany him on his mission. The chapter left Ayumi determined to act on her own and change the future as Ash continued his plan to reach the Heartbeat Team.

• Homi massaged Ash and admitted she feared a future in which strength could not solve everything and someone he trusted might become his enemy.
• Ash encouraged Homi to believe in miracles and in Pretty Cure, and she thanked him with a smile.
• Ayumi asked Ash to let her accompany him, but he refused and asked her to protect the others and be ready to stop Ashu if necessary.
• Ayumi recalled Kalle's warning that she alone had no future with Ash and resolved to prove that the future could be changed.
• Ash continued preparing to approach the Heartbeat Team and begin the next stage of his awakening operation.

Ash chose Cure Diamond as the first person to approach and arranged for Rikka to spend a day with him. He revealed that Kamen Rider wanted to go on a date with her, leaving Rikka stunned.

• Ash ruled out Cure Ace, Makoto, and Arisu, then decided to approach Cure Diamond first.
• Ash found Rikka waiting at the school gate and learned that she had been distracted by thoughts of Kamen Rider.
• Ash persuaded Rikka to ask Mana to let her take him out for a day, and Mana reluctantly agreed.
• Mana said she would get lonely while Ash was away, surprising him with her response.
• Ash told Rikka that Kamen Rider had asked him to pass along an invitation for a date, leaving Rikka stunned.

Ash tried to take Rikka on a date and apologize for his past, but she confronted him over the harm he had caused and attacked him as Cure Diamond. Their fight continued while Homi watched, and the mysterious person following them began to make a decision.

• Rikka chased Ash through the streets, then found him waiting in an alley with a photograph and an invitation to go on a date.
• Ash admitted that he had hurt Rikka and the other Pretty Cure, apologized, and asked her to believe he had changed.
• Rikka recalled Ash's past violence and accused him of taking her chastity; when Ash could not answer, she transformed into Diamond Angel and demanded to know what he had done to Ash.
• Ash transformed into Kamen Rider Enki and fought back as Rikka relentlessly attacked him.
• Homi watched in alarm as Ash encouraged the fight, while the hidden follower watched and seemed to reach a decision.

Ash protected Rikka from a Jikochu attack, prompting her to help him and revealing an instinctive bond between them. They joined forces against the monster, though Rikka still struggled to understand her feelings.

• Rikka demanded that Ash explain why she felt familiar with him and fought so naturally beside him.
• A hedgehog-type Jikochu ambushed Rikka, and Ash took its needle attack while shielding her.
• Ash activated Re-Burning, and Rikka restrained the Jikochu with layers of diamonds to give him time to recover.
• Ash attacked the trapped Jikochu and told Rikka he would keep protecting her, while she insisted she did not want his protection.
• Rikka and Ash coordinated their attacks to break through the Jikochu's spiked defenses and launch it into the air.
• Rikka used Diamond Blizzard against the Jikochu.

Ash and Rikka defeated the Jikochu together, and Ash’s closeness helped ease Rikka’s suspicions before Homi healed him and accompanied him to find the others. The next day, little Ash made Mana a bento, and Mana and Rikka both showed how reluctant they were to let him go.

• Rikka and Ash combined their attacks to seal and shatter the Jikochu, then Rikka acknowledged that she might have misunderstood him.
• Ash kissed Rikka, who fled in tears after declaring that she hated him, and he collapsed from his injuries once she was gone.
• Homi healed Ash and supported him as they set off to find Arisu and Mana, while the two talked about their family’s future.
• The next day, little Ash gave Mana a bento he had made with Rikka’s help, and Mana happily ate it.
• Mana hugged Ash and admitted she could not bear to let him leave, while Rikka agreed.

Mana struggled with the thought of Ash eventually leaving, while Ashu remained torn over whether to follow her other self or honor her promise to Ash. Ash returned and asked Ayumi to help him save someone important, and she agreed.

• Ash comforted Mana about their eventual parting and promised that he would marry her when he grew up.
• Arisu grew suspicious of Ash after finding no records of his identity and watched him closely.
• Ashu regretted failing to make Japanese sweets and questioned whether she should follow her other self or keep her promise to Ash.
• Puka encouraged Ashu by reminding her how hard she worked to make Ash happy, while Ashu continued to doubt herself.
• Ash returned, apologized to Ayumi, and asked her to help save someone important to him; Ayumi agreed.
• Ashu tried to sneak away with an embarrassing plate, but Puka exposed her plan.

Ashu drew strength from Ash’s trust, while Ash was ambushed by Mirror Monsters and taken to Arisu’s villa. Arisu exposed Ash’s false identity, but Ash recognized that the cruel woman before him was not the kind-hearted Yotsuba Arisu he knew.

• Ashu reflected that Ash had become more determined since returning with Homi and took comfort in his belief that she was herself.
• While waiting for Mana and Rikka, Ash faced Mirror Monsters emerging from nearby mirrors, but Arisu arrived and defeated them before he could reveal his identity.
• Arisu took Ash to her villa and brought him to a basement, where she accused him of hiding his origins and approaching Mana and the others with ulterior motives.
• Ash praised Arisu’s deductions, then challenged her for using monsters to hurt people and insisted the kind Yotsuba Arisu he knew would never act that way.
• Arisu angrily rejected Ash’s claims, while Lance watched her behavior with growing confusion.

Ash fought the Mirror Arisu controlling Yotsuba Arisu and used Dragon Blacker to disrupt their fusion, then called on the real Arisu to reclaim her body. As Echoing Angel launched a purification attack, Arisu dreamed of waiting for a wandering man to return.

• Yotsuba Arisu transformed with Lance and overwhelmed Ash in the basement while declaring that she would control Mana and the others.
• Ash shattered a hidden Mirror World shard, allowing Dragon Blacker to break through and ram Mirror Arisu.
• Ash called to the real Yotsuba Arisu, and she began fighting Mirror Arisu for control of her body.
• Ashu opened a portal, and Echoing Angel prepared a powerful purification attack against Mirror Arisu.
• Yotsuba Arisu dreamed of waiting for a wandering man she loved to return and wondered whether the dream was real.

Ash reunited with the real Yotsuba Arisu, who woke while still bound and warned that her mirror self remained inside her. Ash used intense stimulation to force Mirror Arisu to emerge, leaving the mirror personality overwhelmed and Lance awake to witness the commotion.

• Ash confirmed that Yotsuba Arisu was herself again and welcomed her back.
• Arisu refused to be untied because she feared Mirror Arisu was still hiding inside her, and she asked Ash when her memories of him ended.
• Arisu recognized her handwriting on the engagement certificate and agreed to trust Ash while he dealt with her mirror self.
• Arisu explained that an intense emotional or physical stimulus might separate the two personalities, so Ash tried to provoke Mirror Arisu into emerging.
• Mirror Arisu took control but remained restrained, and Ash continued the stimulation until she pleaded for mercy.
• Lance woke and saw Ash with Arisu, then huddled in his bed as he witnessed the scene.

After Ashu helped the group recover from the Mirror World crisis, Mana recalled a mysterious connection with him, while Ashu and Ayumi prepared to move on to the next challenge. Homi revealed a way to reopen the sealed route to the Poker Kingdom, and the group gathered to travel there and search for Aguri and clues about the conspiracy.

• Arisu told Rikka, Makoto, and Mana that Ashu had saved her, prompting Rikka and Arisu to reconsider their view of him while Makoto remained wary.
• Mana wondered about a strange bond and an unfulfilled promise between herself and Ashu, then thought of someone she wanted to confide in.
• Ayumi teased Ashu and Homi, and Ashu realized that Cure Ace and the Poker Kingdom had gone missing.
• Homi said she remembered how Kalle sealed the path to the Poker Kingdom and offered to work out how to reopen it.
• Homi created a teleportation formation, and Ayumi asked to join the trip so she could support Ashu.

Ash and Homi were pulled into a ruined Poker Kingdom, where they transformed and fought the Jikochu together. After Homi became Cure Tomorrow and helped defeat the monsters, the chapter shifted to Madoka Aguri, who was trapped in the kingdom and struggling to protect its citizens alone.

• Homi's teleportation circle unexpectedly dragged Ash and Homi away, leaving Ayumi behind.
• Ash caught Homi after their long fall, then lifted a giant Jikochu that attacked them in Poker Kingdom.
• Homi declared she would no longer stand by and transformed into Cure Tomorrow.
• Ash and Cure Tomorrow fought side by side, defeating the Jikochu horde with their coordinated attacks.
• Madoka Aguri worried about her separated friends while continuing to protect Poker Kingdom's citizens from the Jikochu.

Ash reunited with Madoka Aguri and brought her and Homi to a refuge sheltering Poker Kingdom’s survivors. After seeing the devastation and hearing how Kalle had defeated Aguri, Ash reassured her that they would save the kingdom again.

• Madoka Aguri arrived after a battle, found Ash and Homi, and learned Homi was Ash’s daughter.
• Ash and Aguri exchanged news about their separated friends, Kalle’s attack, and Aguri’s arrival in this world.
• Homi became tired, and Ash caught her as she swayed while Aguri reacted awkwardly to their father-daughter bond.
• Aguri led Ash and Homi to a hidden refuge where Poker Kingdom’s survivors were living in fear and grief.
• Ash comforted Aguri as she blamed herself for failing to protect the kingdom, then promised they would save it together.

Ash rallied the despairing citizens of Poker Kingdom by provoking their anger into determination, then promised to lead them in reclaiming their country from the monsters. After learning that a monster-producing creature at the royal palace was behind the endless attacks, Ash set out to keep his promise and take back what the citizens had lost.

• Homi brought Ash before the refugees and urged him to restore their smiles, so he harshly mocked them until their despair gave way to anger.
• Ash revealed himself as the King of Black Night Kingdom and declared that he intended to take Poker Kingdom and its Pretty Cure into his embrace.
• The citizens insisted they would fight to protect their country, and Ash offered to draw out their power and lead them.
• Aguri explained that the attackers only resembled Jikochu and that a huge monster at the royal palace was producing them.
• Ash reassured Aguri that she was not alone, then drew his sword and set off to reclaim what the citizens had lost.

Ash, Aguri, and Homi fought the monster mother body while survivors watched and cheered, giving the three warriors power from their support. Ash realized Homi had come from a tragic future where she was the only one left, and he promised they would fight together to change it as they charged the monster.

• Ash, Aguri, and Homi reached the monster mother body at the former royal palace while survivors watched their battle through a live broadcast.
• Ash explained that he had equipped the survivors to protect themselves and intended their support to awaken the heroes’ true power.
• The survivors cheered for the fighters, and the resulting energy healed and empowered Aguri, Homi, and Ash as Aguri restrained the monster.
• Ash asked Homi whether something had happened to her parents in the future, and Homi admitted she had been left alone.
• Ash comforted Homi and told her the future could change, then joined her in charging the monster to fight toward a new destiny.

Aguri returned to Earth and helped Rikka recover her memories, while Ash stayed with Mana as she began recalling her connection to him. The chapter left Mana questioning whether Enki was truly her enemy as her memories of their past grew clearer.

• Aguri reunited with Rikka, who remembered her as a friend and asked whether she had returned by her own power.
• Rikka told Aguri that Mana had taken leave from her Student Council duties, and Aguri went to find Arisu and Makoto.
• Ash spent the evening with Mana at the Aida home, where she cooked dinner and spoke about her parents leaving on a business trip.
• Mana found Ash's toy phone and recognized it as resembling something Enki had carried.
• Mana recalled her past encounters and conflicted feelings toward Ash, and began doubting that Enki was truly her enemy.

Ash and Ayumi investigated Homi’s room after she went missing and discovered that she had collected memorabilia of Ash and the Pretty Cures. They found a relationship chart titled “Mom?” that showed Homi did not know who her biological mother was, leaving Ash determined to change the future before that happened.

• Ash called Ayumi from the bath to check on Aguri’s situation, while Ayumi noticed Homi had not returned home.
• Ayumi entered Homi’s room with Ash and found Kamen Rider figures arranged as a collection of Ash’s past forms.
• Ayumi discovered Homi had also collected Pretty Cure transformation toys and a custom Demons Driver featuring Ash’s voice.
• Puka revealed a whiteboard covered in connections between Ash and the Pretty Cures, with “Mom?” written at the top.
• Ash realized Homi did not know who her biological mother was and called himself an unqualified father, while Ayumi insisted they still had time to prevent that future.
• Ash and Ayumi began examining the clues Homi had written beneath the people she considered possible candidates.

Ash secretly read Homi’s notes about possible mothers and learned that Homi believed Aida Ai was the likeliest candidate, then confronted Homi before returning to investigate Mana while she slept. Mana woke and invited Ash to talk, but the chapter ended with her teasing him about his earlier search and complaining that he had hurt her chest.

• Homi’s notes named Aida Ai as the most likely mother, and Ash was moved by Homi’s wish for a loving family.
• Ash secretly entered Mana’s room, then left after seeing Homi fighting monsters and confronting Kaler.
• Ash returned to Mana’s bedroom and searched her for evidence of manipulation, but found nothing unusual.
• Mana woke, caught Ash, and invited him to sit with her under the blanket so they could talk.
• Mana accused Ash of kneading her chest and made him admit that it was full.

Mana admitted she had suspected Ash’s disguise but postponed explaining why she stayed calm, then asked Ash on a date. As their date began, she confessed she had little real experience with romance and asked Ash whether he wanted to date her properly.

• Mana told Ash she had grown suspicious of the child Ash and planned to arrange a meeting, but she put off explaining why she had not attacked him.
• Mana teased Ash, sent him back to his own bed, and threw pillows at him when he claimed they had slept together.
• Makoto tried to rush to Mana’s rescue, but Rikka, Arisu, and Aguri stopped her and argued that she should question her assumptions.
• Mana met Ash for their date, handed him her handbag, and led him around places connected to the Pretty Cure.
• Mana admitted she did not know what counted as a date and asked whether Ash wanted to date her properly, and Ash nodded.

Ash and Mana began their date in Ōbeichō, where Mana chose to revisit Clover Tower and raced Ash up its stairs. After Ash caught her when she twisted her ankle, Mana teased him about worrying over her, leaving their relationship playfully unresolved.

• Mana grew jealous as Ash listed his past dates, but she set aside her anger and asked him to plan their date.
• Ash enthusiastically promised to make Mana happy, and Mana chose to climb Clover Tower with him.
• Ayumi and Puka decided not to tell Ash that Homi had not come home and continued searching for her clues.
• Ash raced ahead up Clover Tower, and Mana followed him all the way to the summit without transforming.
• Ash covered Mana with his coat after the climb, and she playfully kept it from him while they chased each other around the tower summit.
• Mana twisted her ankle near the railing, and Ash caught her as she asked whether he had really been worried about her.

Ash and Mana tried to resolve her uncertainty about their relationship by fighting, while Rikka’s group and Ayumi found Homi watching them from the tower. Their playful clash left the onlookers unsure whether they were fighting or flirting.

• Mana told Ash that her memories still depicted him as an enemy, but her instincts and feelings urged her to trust him and not leave him alone.
• When Mana asked who they were to each other, Ash put on his belt and challenged her to fight so they could find the answer through battle.
• Ayumi and Puka met Rikka’s group while searching for a blond child, and Arisu identified Homi watching Ash and Mana from the observation deck.
• Mana transformed into Cure Heart, and Ash transformed into Kamen Rider Flame before they began fighting across the tower’s observation deck.
• Ash and Mana exchanged attacks and teasing lines, while their watching friends struggled to tell whether the pair were fighting or flirting.