Chapter Summaries

Ash discovered that Yuko, Cure Honey, was a support-focused Precure who disliked fighting, and arranged to teach her combat another day. The chapter then turned to Ash’s newly repainted Decade Driver and showed Narutaki earning Phantom Queen’s attention by helping her subordinate and declaring his hatred of Decade.

• Ash ambushed Yuko before she could use her Triple Honey Wand, but she surrendered because she was not good at fighting.
• Yuko explained that she used dance to exhaust enemies, singing to restore energy and heal, and holy power to purify darkness; Ash recognized her as support.
• Ash compared Yuko and the other Light Hill Precure to fighters he had met elsewhere, prompting Yuko to warn him against treating people as replacements for others.
• Ash ended the encounter, gave Yuko his business card, and invited her to train with him on a day when she had no school.
• Ash inspected his black repainted Decade Driver and recalled that Narutaki had helped Phantom Queen’s subordinate and refused a reward.
• Narutaki told Phantom Queen he opposed Decade and would ally with anyone to defeat him, and she sensed that his hatred was genuine.

The Phantom Queen watched Ash through a cross-world mirror while Narutaki prepared to confront him and blamed Decade for disasters across the Rider worlds. Ash tracked Narutaki down, rejected his attempt to burden him with the deeds of other Ashes, and faced a group of unfamiliar mass-produced Riders summoned to attack him.

• The Phantom Queen ignored Abyss Mirror's warning and used a mirror to watch Ash, whose actions she blamed for the Phantom Empire's setbacks.
• Narutaki praised the Pretty Cure world, vowed to make it Decade's final destination, and blamed Decade for chaos across multiple worlds.
• Ash appeared behind Narutaki after tracking his likely destination using information from the Pretty Cure he had defeated and the Aurora Curtain's power.
• Narutaki accused Ash of sharing responsibility for other versions of himself defeating Kamen Riders and taking their powers, but Ash refused to accept blame for their actions.
• Ash told Narutaki that he trusted his friends to rise again even if they were defeated, then challenged Narutaki to fight instead of relying on taunts.
• Narutaki summoned unfamiliar mass-produced Kamen Riders and claimed they sought revenge because another Ash had affected their worlds' futures.

Ash defeated Narutaki’s Riders without transforming, and Kaito helped him corner Narutaki before he escaped with warnings of others seeking revenge. Ash kept the black Decade Driver and reflected on having nowhere to return to, while Yuko revealed to Megumi that she was Cure Honey.

• Ash fought off Narutaki’s Riders bare-handed and collected a weapon buckle after defeating them.
• Kaito held Narutaki at gunpoint and gave Ash a black Decade Driver, but Narutaki escaped through an Aurora Curtain.
• Narutaki warned Ash that people connected to his past and old grudges had come to the Pretty Cure world, while Ash insisted he would not let others decide his fate.
• Kaito left to find somewhere he could return to, and Ash admitted he faced the same lack of a home.
• Yuko revealed her transformation device and Light Card to Megumi and declared that she was Cure Honey, leaving Megumi stunned.

Omori Yuko revealed that embarrassment had kept her from telling Megumi and Kohime she was a Pretty Cure, while Megumi and Yuko urged Snow White not to give up on recovering her transformation device. As Yuko and Snow White went to Ash for training, Megumi faced a Phantom Empire attack with Angel of Fate, and Yuko began her visit to Ash’s training space.

• Yuko explained that she had told Ash she was a Pretty Cure because he was a stranger, then joined Megumi’s team as Cure Honey.
• Snow White said she was unworthy of being a Pretty Cure, but Megumi and Yuko reminded her that she had fought on despite being afraid.
• Megumi worried about Ash’s distance from her, then received word that the Phantom Empire had attacked Light Hill.
• Snow White hesitated outside Ash’s photo studio and asked Yuko to enter with her, but Yuko went inside alone, saying some difficulties had to be faced without help.
• Megumi struggled against the enhanced Oresuki and his Worst Soldiers until Angel of Fate arrived and invited her to fight together.
• Yuko greeted Ash at his renovated photo studio and joked that she had expected a test involving a swinging stick.

Ash began training Omori Yuko after learning she had joined Megumi and Iona’s team, while Megumi and Iona won a battle together and agreed to fight as a team. The chapter ended with Yuko enduring strenuous beginner training under Ash.

• Yuko asked Ash to guide her, but he said he would only show her what training was like and challenged her to attack him.
• Ash easily caught Yuko, then spanked her after she joked about whether he would do so.
• Yuko told Ash she had revealed her identity as Cure Honey to Megumi and the others, so he decided to teach her defensive fundamentals instead of quick fighting techniques.
• Megumi and Iona defeated Oresuki’s Bad Beast with a coordinated attack and agreed to form a team, though Iona excluded Cure Princess from her proposed trio.
• Ash made Yuko hold a horse stance as the first step of her Meidoin-ryu training.

Ash trained Yuko and heard her wish to end hunger, while Iona revealed that Snow White had caused the Blue Sky Kingdom’s downfall. Snow White asked Ash to return her transformation mirror, but he refused to help until she proved her resolve as Phantom Empire magic began turning the surroundings into desserts.

• Ash made Yuko balance teacups and a bowl of water during training, and she told him she believed in him despite his warnings.
• Yuko said she fought for a world where no one went hungry, and Ash praised her wish before asking how long Megumi would wait outside.
• Iona rejected Megumi’s proposed team and revealed that Snow White’s actions had brought about the Blue Sky Kingdom’s downfall.
• Snow White hesitated outside Ash’s photo studio until he confronted her and she asked him to return her Light Transformation Mirror.
• Ash challenged Snow White to prove her resolve, told her to go back, and noticed buildings and trees turning into desserts.

Ash exposed Snow White’s role in opening Aksia’s seal, forcing her to confront her responsibility and the way her friends’ protection had let her avoid it. As the Phantom Empire reached them, Ash proposed a plan to Yuko while Snow White was left alone in the spreading dessert world.

• Phantom Queen complained that Ash had stopped fighting and ordered Phantom to relay instructions to Hoshiwa, while studying the Monster Light Ring and wondering about the unfamiliar forces entering the world.
• Ash revealed to Yuko that Snow White had opened Aksia, the box that released an evil capable of bringing about the world’s worst end, and Snow White fled in tears.
• Ash told Yuko that she and Megumi had indulged Snow White, leaving her reliant on others instead of facing her guilt and becoming stronger.
• Yuko asked Ash for help as the Phantom Empire’s dessert landscape advanced, and Ash said he had a plan.
• Snow White cried alone, feared Yuko and Megumi would reject her, and admitted she wanted to atone but lacked courage before realizing the Phantom Empire had surrounded her with sweets.

Snow White overcame her fear and rushed to rescue Yuko, whom Hoshiwa believed she had captured. Ash and Yuko were secretly working together, and Ash covertly helped Snow White evade the Worst Grunts’ attacks as her charge reached Hoshiwa’s forces.

• Hoshiwa turned the mountain forest into candy and pastries, then ordered her Bad Beast to destroy Ash’s unsettling photo studio.
• Hoshiwa found Yuko apparently unconscious and captured, recognized her as the Cure who had once disrupted her concert, and decided to take her back as proof she could defeat Pretty Cure.
• Snow White tried to call for help but found the Cure Phone had no signal, then resolved to save Yuko herself rather than risk regretting her inaction.
• Ash, disguised as a bone-patterned combatant, helped Yuko maintain her act while Hoshiwa celebrated her supposed victory.
• Snow White charged from the grass, and Ash secretly deflected the Worst Grunts’ electric beams so she could rush through their attack.

Snow White overcame her fear and transformed into Cure Princess to protect Yuko, defeating the Worst Grunts before confronting Hoshiwa’s Bad Beast. After the monster knocked her into a photo studio, Snow White stood back up and chose to keep fighting, while Ash stopped Yuko from intervening so she could see her friend’s resolve.

• Snow White struck Ash below the waist, grabbed the Light Transformation Mirror, and transformed into Cure Princess to defend Yuko from Hoshiwa and the Worst Grunts.
• Cure Princess overcame her fear, fought off the Worst Grunts with her Prince Tactics, and left Hoshiwa stunned.
• Hoshiwa sent her Bad Beast after Cure Princess, while Yuko tried to check on Ash and then rushed to help her friend.
• Ash stopped Yuko and pointed out that Cure Princess had stood back up after the Bad Beast punched her into a photo studio.
• Cure Princess raised her hand toward the Bad Beast and declared that she had not fallen yet, despite how badly she hurt.

Snow White overcame her fear and began fighting the Bad Beast more effectively, while Ash revealed himself to Hoshiwa and challenged her to bet on the Princess’s victory. The chapter ended with Snow White struggling again after spotting Ash and Yuko, and hearing that the wager’s loser would kneel to the winner.

• Ash encouraged Snow White to face her fear, and she dodged the Bad Beast’s attack before striking its chin and shattering its sunglasses.
• Hoshiwa recognized Ash as Kamen Rider Decade and tried to attack him with a parasol, but he shot it from her hand and subdued her.
• Ash proposed a bet with Hoshiwa about whether Snow White’s courage would last, and Hoshiwa wagered that Snow White would lose.
• Snow White noticed Ash standing safely beside Yuko and suspected that he had arranged events to make her fight seriously.
• Snow White hesitated and was knocked down by the Bad Beast, while Ash accepted Hoshiwa’s bet that the loser would kneel before the winner.

Snow White, as Kohime, overcame her fear and defeated the Bad Beast with Ash’s guidance, earning his acknowledgment. Afterward, she reconciled with Yuko and admitted her admiration for Ash, while Ash enforced his wager’s punishment on Hoshiwa.

• Ash guided Kohime through the fight, helping her steady herself and recognize the Bad Beast as her enemy.
• Kohime dodged the Bad Beast’s attacks, gathered her courage, and defeated it with Precure Blue Happy Shoot.
• Ash made Hoshiwa honor their wager and increased her punishment after she tried to run, while Yuko and Kohime watched uneasily.
• Kohime asked Ash why he had taken her transformation device, and he explained that he needed it and had doubted she was ready to wield its power.
• Ash praised Kohime for standing up to protect her friend, and Yuko embraced Kohime as they reconciled over her hidden past.

Ash and the Pretty Cure faced the giant monster Gomora as it headed toward Light Hill, and Snow White offered him her Light Transformation Mirror so he could stop it. Ash refused to take it, transformed into Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, and prepared to fight.

• Snow White asked Ash to be her friend, but a tremor interrupted them as Gomora began emerging from underground.
• A watching youth recognized Gomora and anticipated how Ash would handle the monster.
• Hikawa Iona saw Gomora approaching the city and sought help, while Ash and the girls encountered the monster in its path.
• Ash estimated Gomora would reach Light Hill in less than ten minutes, and Yuko vowed to stop it before it entered the city.
• Snow White offered Ash her Light Transformation Mirror, but he returned it, put on his Decade Driver, and transformed into Ex-Aid.

Ash transformed into Ex-Aid Maximum Gamer Level 99 and enlarged himself to fight Gomora, while Snow White, Yuko, Megumi, and Iona watched and eventually joined the battle. The fight continued as Ash struggled with the giant armor’s weight and limited duration, leaving the five together on his shoulders as they prepared to subdue Gomora.

• Ash reassured Snow White that he would honor his promise and might need her help, then transformed and used Gigantification to grow large enough to face Gomora.
• Ash dragged Gomora away from Light Hill and fought it in the suburbs, but the monster’s tail and Super-Vibrating Wave beam battered him and exposed the limits of his heavy armor.
• The Phantom Queen watched the battle through a mirror and became increasingly interested in Ash, while Gomora attacked him with hatred inherited from its memories of a dark-blue giant.
• When Gomora trapped Ash’s fist in its jaws, Iona and Megumi struck it with Lovely Punching Punch and Precure Kick, proving they could injure it.
• Megumi and Iona stood on Ash’s shoulders and realized he was inside the giant armor, while Ash’s booming voice made them cover their ears.

Ash and the Pretty Cure defeated Gomora with a coordinated charge, but the monster rose again, empowered by a mysterious young man. As Gomora overpowered Ash, the battle resumed with the heroes facing a much stronger foe.

• Ash lowered Maximum Gamer’s volume, then proposed charging Gomora and used his armored body to ram the monster away from Light Hill.
• Ash launched Kohime, Yuko, Megumi, and Iona toward Gomora, and their flying kicks smashed it down with the mountainside.
• Snow White questioned Ash’s reckless plan, while Iona watched the others and felt left out of their group.
• Phantom Queen considered using monsters to invade Earth but rejected the idea because ordinary people would die.
• A masked young man used some of Reiga’s power to transform Gomora, and the monster rose with greatly increased strength and malice.
• Gomora charged Ash and forced him backward despite his attempt to stop it by catching its horns.

Ash and the Pretty Cures fought a Gomora that grew stronger as it took damage, and Megumi insisted that the girls face it without his help. Ash accepted her resolve and left the battle, while the system wondered how much he had changed.

• Ash enlarged himself to attack Gomora, but his transformation ended quickly and the monster slammed him into a mountainside.
• Iona and Yuko unleashed unusually powerful attacks after seeing Ash hurt, and Megumi carried him away from Gomora.
• As Gomora kept rising and growing more violent, Ash discovered his arm was twisted, but Megumi asked him to let the Pretty Cures handle the fight.
• Megumi argued that she and the other Pretty Cures would protect their world themselves, and Ash praised her determination before agreeing to stand aside.
• Ash removed his belt and ended his transformation, while the system questioned his decision and worried about how he had changed.

The Pretty Cures struggled to fight Gomora until Snow White bravely drew its attention so the others could attack its weak points. Ash watched her succeed while resolving to keep Megumi at a distance and eventually become the villain she could defeat.

• Megumi, Iona, Yuko, and Snow White found that their uncoordinated attacks could not hurt Gomora, so Iona proposed that one of them distract it while the others attacked its weak points.
• Megumi volunteered to lure Gomora, but Snow White rushed ahead first because she wanted to protect Megumi and prove her courage.
• Yuko stopped Megumi from interrupting Snow White and urged her to trust her friend's growth.
• Snow White fired a barrage at Gomora and taunted it into chasing her across the open ground.
• Ash praised Snow White's strategy as Gomora focused all its attention on her.

Snow White helped Megumi, Yuko, and Iona defeat Gomora, then apologized to Megumi and was reassured that she remained her friend. Ash warned Megumi that her habit of thinking the best of everyone could sometimes betray her.

• Snow White drew Gomora away from Megumi, but tripped and was nearly crushed before Megumi and Yuko broke its horn and teleported her to safety.
• Gomora swept its tail over the four Pretty Cure, but they joined forces to lift it, hurl the monster into a ravine, and sever its tail.
• Ash reflected on Megumi's unusual strength and said he still wanted to believe in the Pretty Cure.
• Snow White apologized to Megumi for hiding her past and feared that her misfortune would end their friendship, but Megumi embraced her and affirmed that she was still her friend.
• Ash interrupted the celebration to warn Megumi that her tendency to think the best of everything could sometimes betray her.

Pretty Cure eased Gomora’s suffering and defeated the dark force controlling it, while Ash departed after telling the girls he loved them. A red-haired man met Seiji to discuss monsters, and Megumi found a mysterious Gomora Light Ring as Ash considered what to do next.

• Ash told Pretty Cure that deciding Gomora’s fate was their responsibility, and the girls chose to ease its pain.
• Pretty Cure used the Triple Honey Wand to turn Gomora into light, while Ash recognized that someone had deliberately corrupted it.
• Ash said goodbye to the girls and told them he loved them, leaving Megumi flustered and unsure what he meant.
• A red-haired man examined the place where Gomora had fallen, met Seiji, and showed interest in Seiji’s monster research.
• Megumi found a glowing Gomora Light Ring in her pajama pocket while talking with Seiji about Ash.
• Ash reflected that Pretty Cure had grown stronger and wondered whether he should give Snow White special training.

Ash visited the Omori Bento Shop, where he offered to cook monster meat for the food-loving Yuko. He prepared an assortment of unusual ingredients and planned a special meal, leaving Yuko eagerly waiting to eat.

• Ash ordered and ate several large meals at the Omori Bento Shop while Yuko watched him.
• Ash offered to cook monster meat for Yuko, who eagerly agreed and led him to the kitchen with her father's permission.
• Ash brought out Gomora tail meat, Two-Tailed Monster meat, and Sabotender seeds for the meal.
• Ash added crabs and other ingredients, disposed of Amazons blood plasma, and stopped Yuko from sneaking a bite.
• Ash made Yuko wash her hands and wait for dinner, then laughed as he planned what to cook.

Ash served Omori Yuko a terrifying-looking meal that proved delicious, prompting her to invite him to live and cook at her family’s home. After refusing Yuko’s marriage proposal, Ash went with her to the Blue Sky Kingdom’s embassy in Light Hill to meet Kohime.

• Ash presented Omori Yuko with his monster-ingredient dish, the Monster Graveyard, and pressured her to eat it rather than waste food.
• Yuko discovered that the dish tasted wonderful and finished the entire plate, then asked Ash to live at her family’s home and cook for them.
• Yuko tried to propose marriage so she could eat Ash’s cooking every day, but Ash firmly refused and agreed only to cook a special meal for her sometime.
• Yuko told Ash that Kohime wanted to ask him for something, and he followed her to the Blue Sky Kingdom’s embassy in Light Hill.
• Ash joked about the destroyed kingdom as Yuko called to Kohime, and he asked whether she really was Princess Cure Princess.