Recaps

Ash pursued the Pretty Cure as potential Queens while working at Noble Academy and trying to win their trust. Haruka and Minami each confronted Dysdark’s attacks, and Minami’s doubts about Ash remained even after he helped protect Yui’s dream.

• Ash repeatedly defeated Haruka, then offered to make her, Minami, and Kirara Queens, when they refused, he abducted Yui before sending her back to serve a month in his castle.
• Yui returned to the Black Night Kingdom, where Ash arranged drawing lessons and cured her nearsightedness, while the fairies advised him to let the Pretty Cure remain free and court them.
• Ash visited Noble Academy as its new janitor and pursued Haruka, who struggled with Momoka’s distance until Ash helped the sisters reconcile.
• Haruka went on a date with Ash, and they fought Shut and a Fortress of Despair, and Haruka restored the captured dream, and she and Ash talked about her dream of becoming a Princess.
• Ash continued pursuing Haruka and Minami, while Minami rejected his advances and insisted she would not fall for him.
• Minami entered the Black Night Kingdom, discovered her fear of ghosts, and later faced Ash’s test, running toward danger to protect Yui and earning a Dress Up Key.
• Shut attacked Minami and sealed Yui’s dream in a Fortress of Despair, and Ash fought the fortress, and Minami purified it with Precure Bubble Ripple.

Ash drew closer to Haruka, Kirara, and Yui as he helped them pursue their dreams and questioned his own identity. Twilight returned as Dysdark’s princess, challenged the Pretty Cure, and became entangled in Ash’s plans after he stole her Dress Up Key.

• Ash freed Yui from her despair cage, encouraged her to grow stronger, and returned her glasses as part of her real self.
• Kirara followed Ash through his many jobs, learned he wanted to understand ordinary life, and began to reconsider her hostility toward him.
• Haruka challenged Ash to consider his dreams and whether he truly liked the girls, prompting him to question who he was and what he wanted.
• Ash supported Kirara through intensive training and the Bo Annu Show, where she shone on the runway and declared that she believed in him.
• Locke attacked Ash and Kirara, but Kirara transformed and defeated Fortress of Despair while Ash discovered that his body could heal itself, and Kirara kissed him before running to her show.
• Twilight manipulated Haruka into closing off her heart, but Haruka reclaimed her passion for violin and challenged Twilight after the Pretty Cure defeated her Fortress of Despair.
• Twilight threatened the Pretty Cure and declared she would take Ash for herself, while Kirara asked Ash to keep managing her and invited him to return her kiss.
• Ash gave Yui gifts from his wages, interrupted Twilight as she prepared to attack a couple, and predicted she would come looking for him after he took her Dress Up Key.

Ash and the Pretty Cure helped Towa break free of Dyspear’s control and reclaim her identity as Princess Towa and Cure Scarlet. After defeating Dyspear, Towa began building a new life with Ash and the girls, ending the stretch happy to belong to their family.

• Ash and Twilight grew close during their outing, but after Twilight fought the Pretty Cure and lost, Dyspear ordered her to marry Dark Kiva and Twilight broke things off with Ash.
• Ash pursued Twilight in Hope Kingdom, where Kanata revealed she was his missing sister, Towa, and Dyspear corrupted her with the Princess Perfume.
• Ash and the Pretty Cure battled Dyspear and the Fortress of Despair as Towa remembered her past and struggled with guilt over Hope Kingdom’s fall.
• Haruka and Ash helped Towa rediscover hope through music, and Towa’s renewed spirit dissolved the Fortress of Despair.
• Towa transformed into Cure Scarlet, purified the darkness, and joined Ash and the Pretty Cure in confronting Dyspear.
• Ash and the Pretty Cure defeated Dyspear, and Towa resolved to return to Hope Kingdom with their support.
• Towa spent a day shopping and exploring with the girls, then felt happy to be part of their family and chose the kind of Pretty Cure she wanted to become.

Towa accepted her past and found her place among Ash and the Pretty Cure, while Yui became Kamen Rider IXA and joined their fight. After the group confronted Locke and Catherine, Saya Frederica arrived at Noble Academy, confessed her interest in Ash, and challenged Haruka’s feelings for him.

• Towa admitted her guilt to Ash, accepted Twilight as part of herself, and chose the surname Akagi as she began a new life at Noble Academy.
• Ash joined the girls’ vacation, where Yui struggled with her feelings for him and Towa overcame her fear of the dark with his support.
• Locke attacked Minami with a Fortress of Despair, and Yui awakened as Kamen Rider IXA to help the Pretty Cure defeat it.
• Ash explained that he had restored the painful side effect of Yui’s transformation, and Yui thanked him before he carried her and kissed her cheek.
• The Pretty Cure defeated Locke and reclaimed Hope Kingdom’s castle, while Towa fell ill and Ash comforted her as she missed her family.
• Catherine arrived seeking Ash, overwhelmed Towa, Minami, and Kirara with a Fortress of Despair, then withdrew after Ash intervened.
• Saya Frederica transferred into Haruka’s class, befriended the group, and secretly made everyone around her forget she existed.
• Saya told Haruka she could never become a Princess or be worthy of Ash, then confessed that she liked him and asked Haruka to give him to her.