Recaps

Ash returned as a threat to the Pretty Cures while A learned to trust Ayumi and prepared to confront his other self. Ash began capturing the Pretty Cures and fighting the teams, while Ashu blocked another group and provoked them with her claim that she was Ash’s girlfriend.

• A and Ayumi fought together, and A returned to save her from Disaster, Golden Phoenix Thunder, Olteca, and Ankh Greeed, transforming into OOO to defeat them.
• Yuri and Erika purified Timons, who revealed that many Pretty Cures gathering would lead to a war, while Aguri and Rikka purified Ryuga and welcomed Ash back.
• Ash revealed himself to the Pretty Cures and explained that he had been summoned by their desires, while A confronted him at Mana’s hospital room and was defeated.
• Ayumi stayed by A after Ash attacked him, and A recovered with her help before learning that Regina and Dark Precure had come to see him.
• A told Ayumi, Regina, and Dark Precure the truth about his origin, and Ayumi chose to remain with him as he prepared to fight his other self.
• Ash captured the Fresh and Suite Pretty Cures, while A, Ayumi, Regina, and Dark Precure planned to search for Coins and create an opening for A.
• Ash tricked the Yes! Pretty Cure 5 girls, transformed into Shocker OOO, and overwhelmed them before the first and second generations of Pretty Cure joined the battle.
• Ash resisted the Pretty Cures’ attacks and reminded Nagisa and Honoka of the academy rooftop, while Ashu blocked Rikka, Rei, Miyuki, and the others and claimed to be Ash’s girlfriend.

Ash confronted the divided selves and dark forces within him, while Ayumi awakened as Cure Echo and helped bring the crisis to an end. Ash returned to the girls, but his many entanglements immediately sparked a fresh confrontation.

• Ashu revealed the Bad End Precure, who joined Ash and fought the Pretty Cures as the teams battled through the Black Tower.
• A and Ayumi confronted Shocker OOO, and the Pretty Cures freed their captured allies while A fought his other self.
• Mana’s words and the Bad End Precure’s choice of A shattered Shocker OOO’s resolve, and Ash faced the truth of his divided identity.
• Ash remembered how Dark Echo had consumed him, accepted that he was himself, and reunited with Mana and the other girls.
• Ash prepared to leave, but Mana, Rei, and Miyuki challenged him at the Heart Tree before Ayumi’s intervention stopped their clash.
• Ayumi transformed into Cure Echo and defeated Ash, using her purifying power to heal him and weaken the Assassin Matter.
• Ash told the Bad End Precure they were independent beings and sent them to the Heart Tree, then faced the girls’ questions about his past relationships.

Ash reunited with the Pretty Cure, helped them destroy Assassin Matter, and then entered the Kamen Rider and HappinessCharge Pretty Cure worlds as Kamen Rider Decade. After challenging Pretty Cure around the world, he fought Iona and pushed her to question her resentment toward Cure Princess and her sister’s legacy.

• Ash and the girls reconciled, declared their love for one another, and purified Assassin Matter before joining forces to destroy it.
• Ash left the Pretty Cure world and defeated Revi and Vice, then entered the GEATS world, where Ashu fought him and Ukiyo Ace helped her escape his attack.
• Ash recovered the New Diend Driver from Kaito Daiki and learned that another Ash was defeating Sentai teams and sealing their worlds.
• In the HappinessCharge Pretty Cure world, Ash took Snow White’s Light Transformation Mirror and challenged her to become strong enough to reclaim it.
• Ash fought Aino Megumi as Cure Lovely, defeated her, and later publicly challenged Pretty Cures around the world to satisfy his judgment.
• Ash defeated the Bomber Girl Pretty Cure and then fought Iona as Cure Fortune, restraining her while questioning her resentment toward Cure Princess.
• Iona explained that Cure Princess had unleashed the Phantom Empire and that her sister had been sealed while protecting her, and Ash shielded Iona from an explosion and was badly scorched.

Ash challenged Iona and helped Kohime face her guilt and fear, while the Pretty Cures grew closer and defeated a corrupted Gomora together. After leaving the group to handle the monster themselves, Ash cooked for Yuko and went with her to meet Kohime at the Blue Sky Kingdom’s embassy.

• Ash defeated Phantom and challenged Iona to reconsider what she fought for, then urged her to join Megumi and Yuko despite her anger toward Cure Princess.
• Ash tracked Narutaki, rejected blame for the actions of other versions of himself, and escaped the confrontation with Kaito’s help after Narutaki warned him of old grudges.
• Ash trained Yuko in defensive fundamentals while Megumi and Iona fought together, and he told Yuko that Snow White needed to face her guilt rather than depend on others.
• Snow White rescued Yuko, transformed into Cure Princess, and overcame the Bad Beast with Ash’s guidance, then reconciled with Yuko.
• Ash transformed into Ex-Aid and grew to fight Gomora, but after the monster was strengthened and injured him, he agreed to let the Pretty Cures handle the battle themselves.
• Snow White drew Gomora away while Megumi, Iona, and Yuko coordinated their attacks, and the girls defeated it before choosing to ease its pain and turn it into light.
• Ash cooked Gomora meat for Yuko, who loved the meal and asked him to live with her family, but he refused her marriage proposal and agreed only to cook for her again.
• Yuko led Ash to the Blue Sky Kingdom’s embassy, where Kohime wanted to ask him for something, and Ash asked whether she really was Princess Cure Princess.