Chapter Summaries

Snow White asked Ash to make her stronger, and he took her to Iona’s dojo to begin special training. Blue God tried to speak with Ash but was rebuffed, then discovered a Pretty Cure using a mysterious destructive ring as Ash prepared to train Snow White.

• Snow White admitted she had released Pandora’s Box and asked Ash to help her grow stronger, and Ash agreed to train her.
• Blue introduced himself as the god who represented Earth and supported the Pretty Cure, but Ash’s opinion of him soured and Ash left with Snow White and Yuko.
• Blue watched a Pretty Cure destroy Phantom Empire enemies with an unfamiliar ring’s corrosive power and wondered where it had come from.
• Ash showed Snow White, Yuko, and Iona a giant Zoa Muruchi larva, then asked to use Iona’s dojo for Snow White’s special training.
• Iona agreed to lend the dojo, and Ash gave Snow White a gym uniform to change into before training began.

Cure Princess asked Ash to train her, and he used his Kamen Rider Hibiki form to turn the lesson into a harsh live-combat exercise. After revealing her weak fighting technique, he attacked without warning and left her crashing into a wall.

• Erika changed into exercise clothes, and Iona and Ash bantered while Yuko teased them about being friends.
• Cure Princess transformed and asked Ash to help her become stronger, so Ash became Kamen Rider Hibiki.
• Cure Princess landed a flurry of punches on Ash, but he absorbed the attacks and pointed out that her fighting lacked structure.
• Ash summoned his Rekka clubs and fired oni-fire at Cure Princess, startling her and singeing the ends of her hair.
• Ash told Cure Princess that enemies would not show mercy on a battlefield, then kicked her into a wall.

Ash put Snow White through brutal combat training until she admitted her reasons for fighting and broke down under his judgment. Meanwhile, Megumi embraced the Monster Light Ring’s power after defeating Hoshiwa’s army, while the disguised Phantom Empire enemy Seiji encouraged her and revealed his sinister fascination with Pretty Cure.

• Megumi used the Monster Light Ring’s power to defeat Hoshiwa’s Worst Grunts and Bad Beasts, forcing Hoshiwa to flee.
• Megumi worried that the ring’s power was not sacred or born from love, but Seiji told her she could decide how to use her own power.
• Megumi resolved to grow stronger and protect happiness with the Monster Light Ring, hoping Ash would value her as Cure Lovely.
• Ash relentlessly trained Snow White, insisting she had to learn to fight through real combat rather than merely claim she was trying hard.
• Snow White explained that she wanted to fight beside her friends and reclaim her kingdom from the Phantom Empire, then broke down when Ash called her efforts useless.
• After Megumi left, the disguised Seiji revealed his sinister interest in Pretty Cure and compared their kindness, love, and dreams to the Giant of Light.

Ash pushed the fallen girl to fight for her second hometown, and she proved her courage by charging through his Demon Fire and striking him. Afterward, he praised her resolve and taught her and the others about building strength, while Megumi arrived at the dojo and Snow White struggled to stay calm in Ash’s lap.

• Ash confronted the battered girl about protecting Light Hill and urged her to keep fighting against the Phantom Empire.
• The girl fought Ash, then charged through his Demon Fire and struck his chest before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Iona worried about the damage to her dojo, while Yuko explained that she had proposed to Ash because she wanted to eat his cooking every day.
• Ash gave the girl a lap pillow, told her she had passed the test of courage, and advised her and Iona and Yuko to develop their hearts, bodies, and technique.
• Aino Megumi arrived at the Hikawa family dojo, while Snow White woke in Ash’s lap and grew flustered under his teasing.

Ash comforted Snow White over her role in opening Aksia and encouraged her to keep fighting for her kingdom, then began bizarre training to build her courage. Megumi watched Snow White cling to Ash and later play through the training, feeling jealous and excluded.

• Snow White admitted she regretted opening Aksia and feared she could not overcome her mistakes, while Yuko and Iona listened.
• Ash told Snow White stories of a prince and princess who had lost their homelands, reminding her that her friends and kingdom remained and that she could still set things right.
• Snow White broke down in Ash’s arms, revealed she had opened Aksia after hearing someone inside plead for help, and thanked Ash for believing in her and helping her grow stronger.
• Megumi secretly watched Snow White embrace Ash and wondered whether she was jealous of him or Snow White.
• Ash made Snow White transform and train by charging her modified Jeep, while Yuko and Megumi watched; Megumi realized she did not feel happy seeing them together.

Hikawa Iona brought Ash a homemade bento to thank him for repairing her dojo, but her encounter with Kohime left their unresolved conflict painfully clear. As the Pretty Cure went to fight a massive Bad Beast invasion, Ash admitted to the system that he was happy with them and wondered whether he might become a hero.

• Hikawa Iona thanked Ash for rebuilding and improving her dojo by bringing him a homemade bento, then ran into Kohime beside Ash’s jeep.
• Aino Megumi tried to help Iona and Kohime reconcile, but Iona said she no longer hated Kohime while still being unable to forgive her, then left with Sunglasses.
• Ash told Kohime that Iona might be conflicted and unsure how to face her, rather than rejecting Kohime’s goodwill outright.
• Fairy Ribbon warned that a huge number of Bad Beasts were invading, and Kohime, Megumi, and Yuko transformed and flew to fight them.
• Ash told the system he was happy with the girls and thought being a hero might suit him, while the system reflected on how much he had changed.

The Phantom Queen watched Ash torment Snow White on her mirror broadcast and grew more interested in him, while Iona threw herself into training and rushed alone to fight a Phantom Empire invasion. Ash then entered Blue God’s mirror dimension as Kamen Rider Ryuki, leaving Blue God alarmed but insisting that he had come to talk.

• The Phantom Queen laughed at Ash’s jeep stunt against Snow White, then complained that Iona’s story with Kohime was boring, prompting Phantom to decide to remove what irritated her.
• Iona rejected Sunglasses’s plea to accept Cure Princess and trained harder, but she ran toward the Phantom Empire’s invasion when the city began turning into amethyst.
• Iona fought the Worst Grunts alone and transformed into Cure Fortune, determined to prove she could defeat the attackers without a team.
• Ribbon told Blue God that Iona and Kohime’s relationship remained strained, and Blue God urged her to believe the Pretty Cures could reconnect before worrying that Ash might be targeting them.
• Ash emerged from a mirror into Blue God’s Cross-Mirror Dimension as Kamen Rider Ryuki, then dismissed Blue God’s suspicion and sat down to talk while handling Ribbon.

Ash stayed out of the initial battle while the Pretty Cure fought the Phantom Empire’s invasion of Light Hill, then transformed into Kamen Rider Ryuki and joined the fight. As Snow White grew stronger with a new Light Card form, Megumi struggled with jealousy and was left in danger beneath a Bad Beast’s attack.

• Megumi, Yuko, and Snow White fought the invading Bad Beasts and Worst Grunts while noticing Ash was absent.
• Ash transformed into Kamen Rider Ryuki and began battling the Phantom Empire’s forces.
• Snow White overwhelmed a Bad Beast with her newfound strength, then used the Parfait Ballet form to freeze and purify surrounding Worst Grunts.
• Megumi felt jealous of Snow White’s progress and became distracted while fighting alone.
• A Bad Beast struck Megumi and raised its fist over her, but someone shouted in defense of her friend.

Megumi reconciled with Snow White and stepped aside in her feelings for Ash as Ash emerged from beneath Snow White’s skirt and helped defeat the Phantom Empire’s invasion of Light Hill City. The city was purified, but the force behind the attack remained unidentified, and Fairy Ribbon sensed the scent of love.

• Megumi told Snow White she loved her as a friend and had learned from her, then Snow White was startled when Ash emerged from beneath her skirt and blasted the Bad Beasts.
• Ash teased the embarrassed Snow White, while Megumi said she was happy to have become Snow White’s friend and whispered that Snow White could have Ash.
• Ash fought alongside the Pretty Cure against the Worst Grunts and questioned why the Phantom Empire’s commanders had not appeared.
• Megumi, Snow White, and Yuko unleashed Pretty Cure Trinity Miracle Power Shoot while Ash used his Ryuki finishing attack to purify the monsters and crystals across Light Hill City.
• Ash warned the girls not to assume the incident was over because they had not found who initiated the invasion, and Fairy Ribbon sensed the scent of love.

Snow White and her friends discussed the wish granted by their Light Cards, while Ash turned his attention to finding Iona after Phantom abducted her. Ash challenged Blue God over his refusal to act, and Blue God said they could only ask other Pretty Cure for help if the rescue plan failed.

• Snow White explained that a full Light Card album could grant one wish, and she and her friends agreed that Kohime should use their wish first to restore the Blue Sky Kingdom.
• Iona exhausted herself fighting a Bad Beast, then attacked Phantom, who trapped her in a mirror and took her away as Megumi, Yuko, and Ash arrived too late to stop him.
• Ash reassured Megumi, Yuko, and Snow White that he knew what had happened and asked them to cooperate with his plan.
• Ash questioned Blue God about helping rescue Iona, but Blue God said he lacked the power to fight and feared his capture could leave Earth helpless.
• Ash argued that the Pretty Cure would not abandon a companion and pressed Blue God for a practical plan; Blue God said they could ask other Pretty Cure for help.

Ash confronted Blue God over his willingness to replace Pretty Cure who died protecting Earth, punched him, and asked him to let the girls decide their own fate. Meanwhile, Phantom lured Iona to a graveyard of defeated Pretty Cure and prepared to kill her as she fought back while exhausted.

• Ash grabbed Blue God and angrily challenged his view that fallen Pretty Cure could simply be replaced.
• Blue God defended his choice to protect Earth at any cost, and Ash punched him before asking him not to interfere with the Pretty Cure’s decisions.
• Iona arrived in a mirror-filled graveyard and discovered countless defeated Pretty Cure sealed in coffins, including the Egyptian Pretty Cure and Southern Cross Angel.
• Phantom revealed that he had lured Iona there to isolate and eliminate her, partly to prevent her from joining Ash’s circle of Pretty Cure.
• Iona charged Phantom despite her exhaustion, struggled against his blade, and vowed to expose the Phantom Empire’s crimes.

Phantom defeated Hikawa Iona, destroyed her sister’s transformation device, and drove her into despair before Ash arrived. Ash transformed into Ark-One and challenged Phantom, ending the chapter as Phantom blocked his ranged attack and prepared to close the distance.

• Phantom taunted Hikawa Iona about her sister, Cure Tender, and survived Iona’s powerful Precure Stardust Shoot before knocking her out of transformation.
• Phantom took Iona’s Light Transformation Mirror and Light Card, burned them, and left her sobbing beside Cure Tender’s mirror coffin.
• Phantom began forming a mirror coffin to seal Iona, but Ash arrived through an Aurora Curtain and grabbed his wrist.
• Ash praised Phantom’s villainy, then transformed into Ark-One and drew on the malice filling the Pretty Cure graveyard.
• Ash attacked Phantom with data arrows from his briefcase crossbow, and Phantom blocked them while attempting to close in.

Ash defeated Phantom in the Pretty Cure Graveyard, using Ark’s calculations and malice-powered attacks while teaching Iona through familiar karate moves. Megumi and the others arrived as Phantom Queen appeared, took interest in Ash, and left the story poised for a confrontation.

• Ash used Ark’s calculations to evade Phantom’s attacks, then struck him with his crossbow and resisted his blows with the Coulomb Barrier.
• Ash approached the grieving Iona but stayed silent, then challenged Phantom and unleashed malice-powered attacks that overwhelmed him.
• Ash used karate techniques Iona recognized, explaining that combat, friendship, and being a legendary Pretty Cure warrior shared a melody.
• Ash finished Phantom with a malice-charged Rider Kick, leaving him badly wounded.
• Megumi, Yuko, Snow White, and the others arrived through Blue God’s portal and saw Ash defeat Phantom.
• Phantom Queen appeared as a projection, acknowledged Phantom’s defeat, and turned her curious attention toward Ash.

Ash accepted Phantom Queen’s offer to join her, then attacked Yuko and Snow White as part of a staged betrayal meant to push Iona toward overcoming her despair. Megumi confronted him, but Ash challenged her faith in him as the fight continued.

• Phantom Queen offered Ash the Pretty Cure in exchange for joining her, and Ash accepted while Phantom warned Queen not to trust him.
• Phantom Queen rebuked Phantom for acting without her orders and sent him away, leaving Ash to face the girls.
• Ash told Megumi that his betrayal was for Iona’s sake and signaled Yuko and Snow White to play along.
• Ash attacked Yuko and Snow White in earnest, while the two struggled to maintain their roles in the plan.
• Lovely Angel intervened, and Megumi begged Ash to stop joking before he questioned whether he was a false hero.

Megumi confronted Ash over his apparent betrayal and attacked him with overwhelming force, but Ash answered with the galaxy-powered Xross Saber. His sword dance cleared the Pretty Cure Graveyard’s skies and began breaking the mirror coffins before he unleashed ten holy swords against the group, leaving Megumi fighting back.

• Megumi decided Ash was her enemy and unleashed a barrage of Lovely Punching Punches at him.
• Ash realized Megumi’s feelings and aggression seemed unusually intense, then transformed into Kamen Rider Xross Saber.
• Ash’s sword dance filled the Pretty Cure Graveyard with light, cleared its skies, and cracked nearby mirror coffins holding defeated girls.
• Ash summoned ten holy swords and blasted the Pretty Cures into the air, while Yuko and Snow White struggled to evade them.
• Megumi endured the sword attacks and fought back against Kaenken Rekka and Dark Sword Tsukuyomi with her flying fists.

Ash continued fighting the Pretty Cure while secretly trying to help them, and Megumi began suspecting his betrayal was an act. Snow White apologized to Iona and offered her all the Light Cards she had collected, leaving Iona to decide whether to accept them.

• Megumi used her flamenco dance to turn Ash’s holy swords aside, and Ash complimented her outfit before teasing her about her lipstick.
• Kohime and Yuko attacked Ash while he criticized their fighting and threatened to make them train more afterward.
• Ash urged Snow White to tell Iona what she had been hiding, then kicked her toward Iona to force the conversation.
• Snow White apologized, but Iona admitted she had unfairly taken her grief out on Snow White and said she no longer had the power or right to join her companions.
• Seeing Iona despair, Snow White offered her the entire stack of Light Cards she had collected.

Iona used the Light Cards to make a wish to save her friends, awakening a renewed transformation as Cure Fortune. Ash welcomed her as a worthy opponent, and their battle was about to begin.

• Snow White gave Iona her collected Light Cards, and Sunglasses helped her realize she had enough cards to make a wish.
• After Ash defeated Megumi and the other girls, Sunglasses urged Iona to choose a wish that belonged to her.
• Iona wished for the power to save her friends, and the Light Cards revived the Angel of Fate's power.
• The Phantom Queen, Kaguya, ordered Ash to crush the happiness awakened by friendship, and Ash accepted the coming fight with excitement.
• Iona transformed into Cure Fortune and challenged Ash, who cut apart her star-shaped attack and prepared to fight her.

Iona awakened new power and fought Ash at the Pretty Cure Graveyard, choosing to protect her companions and create the future with them. After their clash, Ash examined the sealed Pretty Cure and considered how to free them, while Phantom confronted him about his interest in them.

• Iona embraced her wish to protect her companions and fought Ash with her new star-based powers.
• Ash used the Ten Seiken to overpower Iona and taunted her by threatening to take Hikawa Marina.
• Iona broke Ash’s greatsword, declared she would create the future with her companions, and clashed with him in a finishing attack.
• After the battle, Ash examined Hikawa Marina’s sealed coffin and worried about the fate of the fallen Pretty Cure.
• Ash considered drawing on Shocker’s methods to free the sealed girls, then Phantom confronted him about his motives.
• Ash told Phantom that he cared about the Pretty Cure because he liked their courage, love, and light.

Ash provoked Phantom by declaring his desire to make the Pretty Cure his wives and to pursue Phantom Queen, while Megumi, Yuko, Iona, and Snow White welcomed Iona and reconciled her with Snow White. As the Pretty Cure party ended, Iona and Snow White went shopping together, but their relationship remained awkward.

• Ash declared that he wanted to make the Pretty Cure his wives and build a harem, shocking Phantom.
• Ash taunted Phantom about Phantom Queen, and Phantom attacked him after Ash insulted the Queen.
• Megumi and Yuko welcomed Iona to the Light Hill Embassy, and Iona hesitantly accepted their friendship.
• Iona apologized to Snow White for taking her resentment over her sister out on her, and Snow White forgave her and invited her to use her nickname.
• The Pretty Cure held a party, discussed Ash, and found they lacked ingredients to bake Yuko's fruit cake.
• Yuko sent Iona and Snow White to buy ingredients together, but the two remained too awkward to talk comfortably.

Snow White and Iona went shopping for cake ingredients, and their clash over Iona’s extreme frugality turned into a quarrel before they reconciled. On the way home, they discussed Ash’s strength while still misunderstanding his actions, and Snow White collided with a stranger who offered her a hand.

• Snow White awkwardly invited Iona to join the group and asked about her sister, Cure Tender, prompting Iona to reaffirm that the Phantom Empire was their enemy.
• Iona led Snow White past a department store and bought discounted cake ingredients, then took her to a card shop to find cheaper Pretty Cure cards.
• Snow White discovered that her cards mostly showed her being humiliated, while the rare card featuring her focused on Ash, and she became upset with Iona’s bargain hunting.
• Snow White and Iona argued over whether Iona was frugal or stingy, then apologized and resumed talking as they walked home.
• Snow White and Iona discussed Ash’s strength and his suspected betrayal, while Snow White privately worried that the others still misunderstood his actions.
• Snow White collided with a stranger and fell, and the stranger reached out to help her.