Chapter Summaries

At a barbecue celebrating their victory, Yuri reflected on how Nasta Café had become a second home, while Rei asked Ash to model for the Fashion Club’s school festival. After Yuri discovered Ash was secretly taking the Heart Seeds and suspected he was Kamen Rider Timons, he fled and she chased him beneath a bridge, where she struggled to decide how to face him.

• Yuri showed Momoka the wooden ring Ash had given her, and Momoka playfully mourned that Yuri had been taken away.
• Eddie explained why he refused to learn other worlds’ storylines, and Ash praised him before proposing a barbecue party.
• During the feast, Yuri told Ash that Nasta Café had become a home for her, and he welcomed her back; Rei then asked him to model at the school festival.
• After the others fell asleep, Ash took the Heart Seeds, but Yuri confronted him about his injured hand and questioned why he had asked Rei to bring them.
• Yuri accused Ash of being Kamen Rider Timons, and Ash fled the café with Yuri chasing him.
• Beneath a bridge, Ash caught his breath while Yuri wrestled with whether to hate him or plead with him.

Ash revealed himself as Kamen Rider Demons and fought Cure Moonlight, using the battle to test Yuri’s strength. After defeating her, he invited her to join him, but she refused, and Ash left after declaring his task complete.

• Ash transformed into Kamen Rider Demons in front of Yuri and provoked her into fighting.
• Ash used four Genomix armaments to battle Cure Moonlight, who overwhelmed him with her strength and grief.
• Ash ate two stolen Heart Seeds to restore his power, then exploited Yuri’s hesitation to paralyze and defeat her.
• Ash offered Yuri security if she joined his side, but Yuri refused to abandon her vow as a Pretty Cure.
• Ash praised Yuri, said his task at this stage was complete, and disappeared, leaving her devastated amid the wreckage.

Yuri persuaded the Pretty Cure to seek the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror so they could grow stronger and help Ash, and they passed the palace trials to obtain it. The Heart Tree urged them to use its power to save a dark heart, while Rei used the mirror to reveal her friends’ Heart Flowers.

• Yuri mistook Ash’s change in behavior for possible control by the Desert Apostles and proposed that the Pretty Cure gain greater power to help him.
• Yuri told the others about the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror, and Kaoruko explained its power, risks, and trials before sending them to the Pretty Cure Palace.
• Rei and the others passed the palace trials and received the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror from the Heart Tree.
• The Heart Tree asked the Pretty Cure to protect the world and use their love to save a dark heart walking toward desolation.
• Rei used the mirror to reveal the Heart Flowers of herself, Erika, and Itsuki.

Yuri confronted Ash with the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror, hoping to free him from the darkness, but learned that he had chosen to aid the Desert Apostles willingly. Ash's revelation that he had watched her earlier battle with Little Dark left Yuri facing a painful truth as their conflict continued.

• Yuri received Ash's call and asked Rei for the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror before rushing to meet him.
• Ash evaded Eddie's ambush, and Eddie transformed into Dragon Sword King to fight him over his betrayal of the girls who trusted him.
• Ash defeated Eddie with the Ohing Strike and encountered Yuri in the rain.
• Yuri used the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror on Ash, but it only purified unconverted Dark Echo and did not change his allegiance.
• Ash told Yuri he had watched her battle Little Dark six months earlier and had chosen not to intervene.

Ash revealed that he had deliberately approached Yuri and that his feelings for her and the others had been mixed with his original plan to make them stronger. After Yuri fought him, Rei gave Ash the Sin Stamp, allowing him to transform into Kamen Rider Scarlet Demons.

• Yuri saw Ash's lifeless Black Lily Heart Flower and confronted him about their relationship, while he admitted that some of his feelings had been genuine.
• Yuri transformed and attacked Ash, overpowering him as memories of their time together made her cry.
• Rei arrived with the Sin Stamp and was shocked to see Ash fighting Yuri as a Kamen Rider.
• Ash demanded the Sin Stamp, and Rei followed her heart and threw it to him.
• Ash used the Scarlet Spider Stamp and transformed into Kamen Rider Scarlet Demons.

Ash revealed that he had become Kamen Rider Scarlet Timons by combining Dune’s power with the Pretty Cure’s purity, then attacked Rei and Yuri. After defeating Yuri and breaking Rei’s wand, he left Rei shaken and demanded that she understand weakness while Itsuki and Erika rushed to help.

• Ash revealed his Scarlet Timons identity and admitted that he had used Rei and Yuri to complete his transformation.
• Yuri charged Ash, but his crimson sand form let him evade her and overpower her in a clash of fists.
• Ash blasted Yuri through buildings and embedded her in a rooftop water tank, badly injuring her arm.
• Rei attacked Ash with Pretty Cure Pink Forte Wave, but he vanished, then struck her wand apart with a powerful heel kick.
• Ash helped Rei stand and challenged her to understand weakness, while Itsuki and Erika carried the injured Yuri toward them.

Ash revealed that he was the Desert Apostles’ Scarlet Timons and fought the HeartCatch Pretty Cure, defeating all four with his Rider powers. As the girls lay powerless, Yuri broke down over the betrayal and said she could not fight the person who had once saved her.

• Erika and Itsuki joined the battle against the crimson Rider, who restrained them and revealed his face as Ash.
• Ash told the girls he had chosen to become their enemy and defended his decision as a realistic choice.
• Ash used his FANG weapons and sand abilities to overwhelm the four Pretty Cure, draining their power and leaving them unable to rise.
• Ash confronted Yuri and demanded that she not disappoint him, while Yuri recalled how he had helped her recover and said she could not fight him.

Ash defeated the Pretty Cure and left them to rely on themselves, while his worsening condition and pact with Kain revealed the cost of his reckless plan. Later, Dark Precure celebrated Ash’s betrayal and declared that she wanted to erase Moonlight.

• Ash taunted the defeated Pretty Cure until Rei attacked his chest and declared that she would never abandon her responsibility as a Pretty Cure.
• Rei stood firm and vowed to defeat Ash, but he praised her resolve, said goodbye, and left the four girls stranded in the rain.
• Ash removed his transformation belt, coughed blood, and admitted to Kain that he was nearing his limit while continuing to pursue the collection of Dark Echo.
• Kain told Ash he did not regret their plan and affirmed that he was Ash’s demon.
• Ash revealed his truth to the Desert Apostles, and Dark Precure celebrated the Pretty Cure’s betrayal before declaring Moonlight her enemy and saying she wanted to erase her.

Rei and the other Pretty Cures renewed their resolve to fight after Ash’s betrayal, while Yuri vowed to protect everyone and oppose the Desert Apostles. Ash and Dark Precure challenged the girls, and the battle ended with Ash asking Yuri what purpose now drove her to fight.

• Yuri and the others reopened the café, but Rei broke down over Ash’s betrayal and her grandmother, Kaoruko, comforted her.
• When a dark ripple signaled trouble, Yuri declared that she would protect everyone’s Heart Flowers and fight the Desert Apostles for Cologne and her stolen heart.
• Ash arrived with Dark Precure and taunted the Pretty Cures to prove their resolve; the girls transformed and charged into battle.
• Itsuki and Erika surprised Dark Precure with a combined Pretty Cure Double Shoot that drove her backward.
• Rei and Yuri attacked Ash together, adapting to his fighting rhythm before he grabbed Yuri’s wrist and asked what new goal had replaced him.

Ash tested Yuri, Rei, and Erika in battle, but Rei’s tearful resolve made him question his plan before he recommitted to it. He then began a new stage: a huge vine grew from the Nasta Café, yellow flowers spread pollen that lulled Hope Flower City’s residents into blissful sleep, and a monstrous Desert Seed creature landed as Dark Precure wondered whether Dune was near Earth.

• Yuri attacked Ash, declaring that she would defeat Timons for killing Ash, but Ash blocked her point-blank Moonlight Silver Impact and praised her resolve.
• Ash used his sandifying cape to outmaneuver Yuri and Rei, then fought Rei and Erika with his wire-guided Fangs after Dark Precure switched opponents with him.
• Ash noticed Rei’s tear-filled but courageous gaze and felt guilt and regret, but he removed his helmet, insisted his goal still mattered, and ordered his new stage to begin.
• A gigantic vine burst from the Nasta Café and reached toward a flaming meteor, while Ash told Itsuki that emotions did not have to be entrusted to dead objects.
• Small yellow flowers released pollen that filled people across Hope Flower City with happy visions and lulled them to sleep.
• The meteor unfolded into a huge black, horned monster; Dark Precure recognized it as a Desert Seed creature from Dune’s base and asked Ash whether it was part of his game.

Ash and Gijera fought the Desertrian, and Ash destroyed it with his black hole cannon. After Dune declared their partnership over, Ash challenged Rei to face the threat ahead, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Gijera grew into a giant plant monster and battled the Desertrian, while Rei struck it and helped Gijera seize the advantage.
• Ash fired his Convergence Black Hole Cannon and destroyed the Desertrian before the Pretty Cures could attack.
• Dune appeared through a transmitter, taunted the Pretty Cures, and announced that his partnership with Ash had ended.
• Dark Precure tried to block Rei, but Ash told her not to interfere and let Rei approach him.
• Rei asked whether Ash's plans and their time together had been part of his scheme, and Ash said he acted for his own happiness.
• Ash warned Rei that the Desertrian was only a low-ranking enemy and asked whether the Pretty Cures could defeat countless foes of similar strength; Rei could not answer confidently.

Ash spread Gijera pollen across Hope Flower City to test whether humanity and the Pretty Cure could reject comforting dreams and choose painful reality. As the others succumbed, Rei resisted Ash’s harsh challenge, and Yuri stepped between them before confronting him.

• Ash revealed that Gijera’s pollen put people into blissful dreams, and Itsuki and Yuri discovered that Erika had fallen under its influence.
• Ash explained that he had modified Gijera to release pollen at night and challenged people to awaken by rejecting their happiest dreams.
• Yuri denounced Ash for tormenting the Pretty Cure and humanity, while Rei accused him of trampling their memories and refusing to trust their efforts.
• Ash admitted that he had approached Itsuki as Timons because he recognized her potential, and Itsuki succumbed to the pollen after calling him an idiot.
• Rei refused to accept Ash’s violent methods despite the pain of his claws cutting her arm, and Yuri pushed them apart before approaching Ash.

Ash confronted Yuri about using Rei, then encouraged Rei after Gijera’s pollen put the others to sleep. Kain used the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror to reveal Erika, Itsuki, and Yuri’s dreams, all of which featured Ash.

• Yuri accused Ash of dragging Rei into his plans, but Ash said his former kindness had been genuine and asked whether Yuri was jealous of Rei.
• Gijera’s pollen overcame Yuri and Dark Precure, leaving them asleep and dreaming while Rei and Ash remained awake.
• Rei broke down over feeling like the weakest Pretty Cure, and Ash encouraged her to believe in her potential.
• Kain used the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror and a special Heart Seed to reveal the sleeping girls’ dreams.
• Erika dreamed of becoming a celebrated supermodel, Itsuki dreamed of a global dojo and a cheerful Ash, and Yuri dreamed of Ash proposing to her.

Kain used the Mirage Mirror to turn the girls’ dreams into a trial where they faced shadow versions of themselves, while Ash took Rei on a date and challenged her to decide whether humanity should reject Gijera’s dream. They arrived at Private Meido Academy’s sleeping school festival, with Rei still weighing Ash’s warning and her own resolve.

• Kain completed the Mirage Mirror’s final rotation, and the girls found themselves facing shadows that shared their abilities and desires.
• Ash comforted Rei, then took her on the Sakura Hurricane to mark the day of Private Meido Academy’s school festival.
• Rei told Ash she would try to stop Gijera, but Ash warned that humanity might choose its dream over Pretty Cure and that human desire ran deeper than Gijera’s roots.
• Ash revealed that he came from another world and challenged Rei to decide whether people could overcome fate and reject Gijera’s paradise.
• Ash and Rei reached Private Meido Academy, where the festival stalls and decorations stood ready while the students and teachers slept under Gijera’s influence.

Ash took Rei on a chaotic school festival date, then led her through a private fashion show that helped her find confidence and imagine the joy of sharing a performance with others. Their moment ended when Ash suffered a severe pain from his failing body and tried to hide it from Rei.

• Ash found Pretty Cure cosplays and fan comics, took a comic without paying, and Rei left money for it beside its sleeping owner.
• Ash dragged Rei around the festival, paid for the things he took, and shared his apple candy with her, making her realize they had shared an indirect kiss.
• Ash brought Rei to the Fashion Club room, where they found the outfits Erika had designed and decided to hold a runway show for just the two of them.
• Ash and Rei dressed for the show and walked the empty runway as lights and music followed them, and Rei grew excited imagining an audience sharing her happiness.
• Ash suddenly collapsed from intense pain caused by his deteriorating body, then insisted to the alarmed Rei that he was fine.

At the amusement park, Rei made Ash rest and confessed her feelings after he explained his choices and his life in other worlds. Meanwhile, Erika and Itsuki confronted their shadow selves in Gijera’s dream and accepted the parts of themselves they had tried to reject.

• Rei insisted that Ash rest, so he took her onto the Ferris wheel while Little Ball Watermelon restarted it.
• Ash told Rei that he chose his actions in different worlds and valued abilities he had earned through practice over effortless genius.
• Rei transformed into Pretty Cure, told Ash she liked him, and flew toward Gijera before he could answer.
• Erika embraced her shadow and accepted that her past self’s flaws were still part of her.
• Itsuki told her shadow that she wanted to accept all of herself, including her past, her loved ones, and the person whose heart lacked light.

Yuri and Rei faced their past selves in the Heart-Shaking Phantom Mirror and found the resolve to accept their pasts and keep moving forward. Rei chose to join with Gijera rather than destroy her, while Ash struggled to respond to Rei’s feelings as she entered the dream.

• Yuri defeated her shadow by accepting her grief and resolving to protect every heart, including the Naraku Flower, with the support of her friends.
• Hanazaki Kaoruko saw Cure Moonlight’s statue appear in Pretty Cure’s palace and reflected on Ash’s efforts to help the people he cared about.
• Rei touched Gijera and entered her dream, leaving Ash stunned by her answer as he transformed and pursued her.
• Gijera attacked Rei as the embodiment of her past, but Rei steadily blocked her and explained how Ash and her friends had helped her grow.
• Rei embraced Gijera and invited her to fight alongside them, resolving to create a miracle that would leave Ash speechless.

Ash watched humanity awaken from Gijera’s dream and faced the Pretty Cure girls, who refused his offer to fight and instead challenged him with their new power. As their attacks pushed him to unleash his full strength, Ash entered the Scarlet Timons Passionate State.

• Gijera turned into golden light that spread across the world, helping people wake from their dreams as children reminded their parents of what mattered most.
• The Pretty Cure girls reunited with Rei and told Ash they wanted him to join them, but he insisted they fight and challenged them to test their new power.
• Rei attacked Ash with her renewed Pretty Cure Pink Forte Wave, while Erika, Yuri, and Itsuki coordinated strikes that injured him despite his sand-form defense.
• Ash bombarded the girls with spider threads and guided beams, but they flew through the barrage and combined their attacks into a barrier and a four-person finishing move that clashed with his black hole cannon.
• Itsuki and Yuri joined their powers, and Erika and her sister launched paired Floral Power Fortissimo attacks at Ash.
• Ash decided to meet the girls’ full strength with his own, redirected his energy to offense, and transformed into the Scarlet Timons Passionate State.

Ash fought the four HeartCatch Precure girls after they used the Heartbreak Mirage Mirror to transform into Super Silhouette. As the battle continued, the girls confronted Ash with their feelings and memories, while he struggled to respond; the fight ended with Yuri’s attack driving him into the lake and Ash cutting her suit open.

• Ash cut through the girls’ combined finishing move, revealed his Passion State, and faced their Super Silhouette transformation.
• Ash charged the four girls and drove them out of Hope Flower City to battle over the lake.
• Erika confessed that she liked someone and did not want her feelings to disappear, while Ash admitted he was happy to be her manager but could not return her confession.
• Itsuki fought Ash with the techniques he had taught her, unleashed Sunshine Dynamite, and recalled him as Timons.
• Rei confronted Ash over leaving the girls and punched him with Blossom Screw Punch, while Yuri struck him with Moonlight Silver Impact.
• Ash crashed into the lakebed and counterattacked by cutting open Yuri’s battle suit, exposing part of her bra and skin.

The Pretty Cure unleashed their Heartcatch Orchestra, and Ash survived its blow, finding that it had eased his declining condition. As the girls confronted their feelings for him and Dark Precure defied Shaback to protect him, Shaback aimed a lethal attack at Ash, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Yuri declared her love for the memories she shared with the others, and the four girls summoned Heartthrob Symphony with their combined power.
• Ash met the goddess's punch with his Scarlet Destream Violent Finish, but Heartthrob Symphony repaired the damage and gently set him down alive.
• Ash discovered that the blow had improved his physical condition, while the system hinted cryptically that the world had come too late and then disappeared.
• Erika, Rei, Itsuki, and Yuri embraced Ash and confronted him about his trust in them, while Dark Precure demanded that he choose her alone and confessed how much he meant to her.
• Dr. Sabaku appeared and aimed dangerous energy at Ash, but Dark Precure defied her creator's order and stepped between them.
• Ash moved Dark Precure aside and faced Shaback, who pressed his charged palm against Ash's forehead as the Pretty Cure readied their transformation devices.