Chapter Summaries

Puka surrendered control to Primum, who fought Kalle and discovered that Ash’s dream was cracking as the Pretty Cure began to awaken. Ash encouraged Homi to choose her own future, and she joined him before Ashu and Primum reunited to battle Kalle together.

• Puka let Primum take control, and Primum blocked Kalle’s attacks before declaring she would not forgive anyone who hurt Ash.
• Primum noticed a crack spreading across Ash’s dream, and Hanasaki Rei awoke from it and joined Cure Heart, Miss Mana.
• Ash reassured Homi that she could create meaning for herself and encouraged her to pursue a future with a complete family.
• Homi transformed into a white battle suit and followed Ash toward the next world.
• Ashu arrived to protect Primum, and the former friends joined forces against Kalle’s attack.
• Ashu asked whether Kalle was like Dust, and Primum confirmed that he was.

Ash and the Pretty Cure broke free of Homi’s dream and confronted Kalle, who revealed that he could divide into five World Kaisers and wield the combined power of every Super Sentai. The heroes struggled against his overwhelming strength, and Ash, Ashu, and Primum focused their attack on the original Kalle as he drew on his vast accumulated resentment.

• Ash emerged from the cracking dream with Homi, and Primum chose to fight beside him.
• Ash caught the Pretty Cure as they fell from above, and the awakened heroines gathered to face Kalle.
• Kalle opened a dimensional rift and summoned four World Kaiser versions of himself, revealing that he could fight as a coordinated Super Sentai team.
• Kalle’s five World Kaisers overwhelmed the Pretty Cure teams, even after Regina joined the battle as Cure Joker.
• Ash led Ashu and Primum against the red World Kaiser, and Kalle grew stronger by drawing on the resentment and hatred he had accumulated.

Ash took Kalle’s shot while protecting Homi, and Ayumi and Puka gave their power and lives to keep him alive. As the Pretty Cure fought the World Kaisers, Homi prepared to do whatever was needed to save her father.

• Ash and the Pretty Cure shattered Kalle’s gear belt, but Kalle revealed that the Gears were installed inside his body and overwhelmed his opponents.
• Kalle destroyed Ash’s Burning Driver and shot at Homi, but Ash moved in front of her and took the bullet.
• Homi held the dying Ash as he explained that he had saved her because she was suffering and in danger.
• Ayumi tried to give Ash her miracle, but Puka took his hand first and transferred her life and power to him.
• Ayumi and Ashu helped close Ash’s wound while Homi resolved that saving him alone was not enough.
• The Pretty Cure charged the World Kaisers to protect Ash, while Homi canceled her transformation and confronted her father’s disregard for his own life.

Homi sacrificed the sun within her to restore Ash, who awakened as Kamen Rider Ash and gained power that grew without limit. He overwhelmed the World Kaisers while Kaler struggled to understand the new Rider form, and Ash recognized the windmill belt as his original Ash Driver.

• Homi told Ash that her family and friends had filled her once-empty heart, then gave up her future and drove the sun from her chest into Ash's shattered belt core.
• Aida Mana used her last strength to punch Kaler before collapsing, while Ash rose again and transformed into Kamen Rider Ash.
• Ash's first punch shattered the pink World Kaiser's arm guard and sent him flying with both arms broken; Ash said his power felt like a miracle shared with the Pretty Cure.
• Ash declared that he would defeat the World Kaisers completely, and Kaler's confidence collapsed as Ash deflected his whale cannon's attack.
• Ash recognized the windmill belt as the original Ash Driver that he and the system had created together.

Ash used the power of Dark Echo to fight Kaller and learned that Homi had returned to the future she belonged to. Determined to carve out a future for her himself, Ash faced Kaller’s strongest fused form as the battle continued.

• Ash read the apology left by Histrum and understood that Histrum had promised to give Kaller half of the Dark Echo’s power.
• Ashu told Ash that Homi had returned to her own future, and Ash vowed to carve out a future where she could exist.
• Ash fought off the four World Kaisers, broke through their time-freezing power, and accused Kaller of being a puppet bound to his creator’s commands.
• Kaller fused the four World Kaisers into his ultimate form and attacked Ash with overwhelming power.
• Ash met Kaller’s giant fists in combat as Kaller raged against Ash’s protected, happy ending.

Ash defeated Kaler and World Kaiser, then used the Sentai Gear buried in Kaler to open possibilities from sealed parallel worlds. Kaler warned that someone Ash trusted served New Hundred Worlds, but Ash focused on the coming battle and offered him a quick death.

• Ash lured World Kaiser onto fractured ground, pinned him, and battered him until Kaler’s stolen Sentai power began to fade.
• Kaler tried to escape through a spacetime gate, but Scarlet and the Great God Dragon drove him back, and Ash destroyed the gate.
• Ash landed a Rider Kick that shattered World Kaiser’s armor and pierced the Sentai Gear inside Kaler, opening visions of parallel versions of himself and a possible future with his family.
• Ash finished the attack and found Kaler’s mechanical body near destruction; Kaler warned that someone Ash trusted stood with New Hundred Worlds.
• Ash dismissed Kaler’s warning, said he would deal with New Hundred Worlds, and offered Kaler a quick death.

Ash and his allies defeated Cal, but Dust appeared, stole the Sentai Gear, and escaped after Primum intervened. Back at the Black Night Kingdom, the group regrouped as Primum’s temporary revival began to fade, leaving her and Ash to face their final moments together.

• Ash discovered Dust had pierced Cal and stolen the Sentai Gear, then watched Dust flee after Primum severed his wrist and tried to recover the Gear.
• Primum explained that she had merged her life and power with Ash, which had temporarily brought her back, and forced Cal awake to question him about Dust.
• Cal hinted that an earlier Metal Hero version of Ash might still be alive, then died after asking Ash what he fought for.
• Ash declared that he would fight to end everything caused by the existence of Ash, while Nanase Yui prayed for the group’s safe return at the Black Night Kingdom.
• The battered heroes returned to the castle, where Nanase Yui organized their care and Ashu went to find the other Pretty Cure.
• Ashu and Ash recognized that Primum was nearing the end of her temporary existence, and Ash went to speak with her about their strange history as spouses and enemies.

Primum broke down as she faced disappearing after reconciling with Ash, but Ash’s will and the bond between them kept her alive. Meanwhile, the heroes fought New Hundred Worlds’ forces, and Taiga fell to a dark copy of himself as the battle reached its next stage.

• Primum clung to Ash, confessed her love and apologized for her past actions, and Ash told her he had not discarded their shared memories.
• Primum kissed Ash as light enveloped them, and she survived when Ash refused to let her disappear.
• Puka worked out how Ash and Primum had stayed together, then left to tell Yui while Ash and Primum awkwardly faced each other.
• The gathered heroes attacked New Hundred Worlds, whose forces stalled them, and Taiga charged ahead in Tri Strium Form.
• Den-O fought among the normal-sized heroes while Onitaijin joined the giant battlefield.
• Taiga fell back to the battlefield after losing to a dark duplicate, as shadow-covered Ultraman battled the Land of Light’s forces.

Taiga and other heroes fought the Chaos forces until the Pretty Cure restored their strength, while Ashu gathered the Pretty Cure and brought them to Ash’s base for a crucial task. Ash reunited with the exhausted girls and Aida Mana, who insisted on joining him in the coming battle, but Ashu redirected them to the laboratory as the multiverse’s fate rested on their work.

• The Pretty Cure hurled Red King away and used Star Twinkle Imagination to restore Taiga and Meteor Superman so they could return to battle.
• Ashu told the Pretty Cure that the missing girls had returned and asked them to lend their power for a task only they could handle.
• Hoshizora Miyuki found Ash at the hospital and mistook his exhausted slump for death, while Puka explained that he had supposedly worked himself to death.
• Aida Mana embraced Ash and insisted that she and the other Pretty Cure would join the fight, promising to protect him.
• Ashu interrupted Ash and Mana, then brought the Pretty Cure and injured heroes to Ash’s castle to use his remaining scientific laboratory.

Ash hosted a barbecue for the exhausted Pretty Cure, then helped Ashu with his laboratory before dreaming about Catherine pairing him with Primum. Primum apologized to the Pretty Cure and sought Ash’s forgiveness, while Puka helped her win him over; the chapter ended with the heroes learning that the Precure group had left the battlefield.

• Ash filled the castle with barbecue grills and food, giving the exhausted Pretty Cure and others time to eat and celebrate.
• After the guests went to sleep, Ash showed Ashu and the others how to use his scientific facilities beneath his home.
• Ash dreamed that Catherine praised Primum as his ideal partner, then woke to find Primum under his blanket.
• Primum told Ash she still cared for him and showed him the signatures of the people she had apologized to, who had forgiven her.
• Puka encouraged Primum to get closer to Ash, and the two joined him despite his protests.
• The heroes learned that the Precure group had left the battlefield, leaving them both regretful and relieved.

Ash returned to the battlefield and wiped out the surrounding enemies with a single punch, revealing power created through the contributions of those who had fought alongside him. He then opened a passage to the Pretty Cures, whose battle against the Shadow Line showed that they were still fighting.

• Ashu gathered tokusatsu scientists and Ultraman Hikari in an abandoned laboratory and asked them to mass-produce ordinary heart-shaped flashlights for her plan.
• Ash rejoined the Riders and Rangers, returned a stolen treasure, and faced enemies who wanted revenge or to capture him.
• Ash refused his friends’ offer to shield him and said he had been targeting the monsters all along.
• Aruto Hiden warned everyone to get off the ground as Ash’s punch sent a shockwave that reduced the surrounding enemies to particles.
• Ash told his friends that the punch carried their contributions and opened a passage showing Blossom and Happy Angel fighting the Shadow Line.

Ash and the Pretty Cure joined the battle against Hisutimu’s forces, while Supreme Angel and Puka protected him from hidden attackers. After Ash fed his old allies and offered to take over the fighting, he learned that Light was battling Noa, Saga, Legend, and Ultraman King, and began wondering what his own Ultraman form was like.

• Mana and Haruno Haruka fought alongside the other Pretty Cure, impressing Ash’s visiting allies with their strength.
• Supreme Angel struck down villains who tried to attack Ash from the shadows while Puka helped shield them.
• Ash embraced Mana, introduced his Pretty Cure to his old friends, and joked with them about his relationships and his immunity to Earth’s laws.
• Ash handed out grilled-meat lunches and told his exhausted allies to rest while he took over, then coaxed them into sharing battlefield intelligence.
• Igasaki Tenka explained that Light had defeated Gekiretsu Daioh and two Crystal Decoration Ultramen before Noa, Saga, Legend, and Ultraman King intervened.
• Ash connected Light and Kaller to the traits of their respective series and wondered whether Light showed what he was like as an Ultraman.

On Valentine’s Day, Ash spent the day cleaning Nasta Café and gaming with his male friends while the Pretty Cure girls secretly prepared chocolates for him. When the girls arrived and found the café trashed after an all-night gaming session, they surrounded Ash, leaving him and his friends facing their anger.

• Ash returned to Nasta Café and attempted to clean it with Marvelous, Zero, and Tsukasa, but their bickering caused a human pyramid to collapse and spill the cleaning supplies.
• Ash teased his friends about their romantic lives, defended his relationships with the Pretty Cure girls, and learned that his friends had received no Valentine’s chocolates.
• Ash joined the others for an all-night gaming session with games they had brought from other worlds, abandoning the café cleanup.
• The Pretty Cure girls prepared different chocolates for Ash, each hoping to win his affection with a special gift.
• The girls arrived at Nasta Café and found Ash and his friends surrounded by snack litter and gaming equipment after their all-night session.
• Marvelous panicked after a call, and the girls gathered around Ash as Tsukasa and Zero woke to the threatening atmosphere.

Ash was confronted by the Pretty Cure over a suspected affair, fled with their Valentine’s chocolate, and was thoroughly punished before collapsing. After recovering, he learned the Sentai battle had turned around when the enemy commander vanished, then discovered the Kamen Riders were fighting among themselves.

• The Pretty Cure confronted Ash about seeing someone, while Belial and Narutaki fled; Ash grabbed all their chocolate and ran before they attacked him with their finishing moves.
• After Ash explained himself and soothed the girls, they let him go, but he collapsed from his injuries and anger after reading messages about other people receiving chocolate.
• Ash asked AkaNinger about the Sentai battle, and AkaNinger said the enemy commander had disappeared, allowing Gokaiger and Zenkaiger to reclaim the Great Powers and Sentai Light.
• Ash realized the missing Kamen Riders had encountered a different problem, then found two groups of Kamen Riders arguing and fighting each other.
• Miyuki and Yayoi asked Ash whether they should intervene as the Pretty Cure watched the Riders fight.

Ash and the Pretty Cure stopped the Riders’ internal battle and learned that Histrum had divided them by exploiting their ties to resurrected friends. Ash used a photograph and the Riders’ memories to summon Kadoya Tsukasa, whose return brought his former companions rushing to greet him.

• Ash told the Pretty Cure to use their purification attack to stop the fighting Riders, and their Precure All Stars Finish knocked most of them down and cleared their confusion.
• Tenkuji Takeru explained that Histrum had tempted resurrected Riders with a promise of a peaceful world, causing them to turn against their former allies.
• Kaguya revealed that New Hundred Worlds had sealed the battlefield and that the enemy leader was beyond a field that only a special means of travel could cross.
• Ash raised a photograph of Tsukasa and used the gathered Riders’ feelings and memories to open a curtain through the dimensional barrier.
• Kadoya Tsukasa stepped through the curtain, and his former companions ran to welcome him back.

Ash and his companions traveled through Tsukasa's Aurora Curtain toward Histrum's Babel Tower, where Histrum's plan was drawing in and compressing worlds. The Curtain broke apart before they could all arrive together, and Ash's group reached the tower to find a Giant of Light and four legendary Ultramen battling its defenses.

• Tsukasa reunited with Yusuke and Natsumikan, then opened an Aurora Curtain to lead Ash and the others toward Babel Tower.
• Ash saw through the Ash Driver that Babel Tower was pulling in other worlds, and he resolved that he would take responsibility for stopping Histrum.
• As the Curtain came under a powerful gravitational pull, Tsukasa sent Ash's group through the narrowing opening while the Kamen Riders were scattered.
• Tsukasa landed on a platform and faced a black-clad opponent whose Lockseed announced that he could transform into twenty-five forms.
• Itsuki and the other yellow Pretty Cures shielded Ash's group from a Spacium Ray as they emerged near Babel Tower.
• The group saw a Giant of Light break free from its restraints while Ultraman Noa, Ultraman Legend, Ultraman Saga, and Ultraman King fought the tower's dark forces.

Ash, the Pretty Cures, and the Four Ultras fought Light, whose unwavering conviction drove him to use the Dark Spark to force humanity’s salvation. Ash joined Light inside his Color Timer and confronted him over his extreme methods, leaving their conflict about to turn physical.

• Noa and the other three Ultras fought Light, while Ash recognized his Phantom Beast Fist and declared himself Light’s true opponent.
• Komom told Ash that Light’s conviction made him extraordinarily difficult to defeat, and Ash learned that Noa liked the pink color of his wings.
• Light used the Dark Spark against the Four Ultras, but Ash and the Pretty Cures combined their power to resist it as the legendary Ultras healed them.
• Ash asked Komom and Noa to throw him toward Light, then transformed into light and merged with Light through his Color Timer.
• Ash heard Light admit that his plan cost innocent lives but insist he had to continue, then transformed and punched him for trying to change the past they had created together.

Ash defeated Light in their inner world after challenging his plan to create a future without heroes through sacrifice and violence. Histrum arrived, declared that Light and Infinite Colour had completed their missions, and said the barrier would soon seal the small world away from Earth.

• Ash and Light fought inside the world of Light's memories as they argued over whether sacrificing lives could be justified by a better future.
• Ash accused Light of using grand ideals to excuse his actions, while Light insisted that the sacrifices had to lead to success.
• Ash landed a decisive rising Rider punch, and Light's outer body released the Dark Spark as his energy ran out.
• Light continued fighting until Histrum arrived and told him and Infinite Colour that they had reached their limits.
• Histrum welcomed Ash back to Babel Tower and said the barrier would soon seal the small world away from Earth.

Ash confronted Histrum, who planned to seal the planet and reset the multiverse, and stopped her from activating the Dust Driver. He argued that heroes and humanity should choose their own future, while the Dark Echo suddenly attacked the Ultras trying to contain it.

• Histrum offered Ash the Dust Driver and urged him to help create a peaceful new world by resetting the multiverse.
• Ash rejected Histrum’s plan, kicked the Dust Driver away, struck down Light, and hit Histrum with a Rider Kick without killing her.
• The Mysterious Four Ultras celebrated Ash’s success, but the Dark Echo transformed into giant fists and knocked Ultraman King, Noa, Legend, and Saga away.
• Ash questioned whether heroes were born to carry their burden and told Histrum that the heroes fighting on Earth had chosen to oppose her plan.
• Ash defended humanity’s right to face hardship and choose its own future, and told Histrum he had found someone with whom he wanted to build a new future.

Dust seized the other half of Dark Echo, transformed into Kamen Rider Dust, and fought Ash while the dark giant tower captured Light. Dust then began a Trinity Fusion that turned the tower into a moving battle weapon.

• The girl hesitated as Ash urged her to return to his side, but Light attacked and was knocked down by the true madman.
• Dust revealed himself, seized the Dust Driver, and declared that he would use Dark Echo however he wanted.
• Histrum tried to activate the restrictions in Dust, but Dust resisted, absorbed Dark Echo, and transformed into Kamen Rider Dust.
• The dark giant tower captured Light, transformed into a humanoid machine, and blasted away the others.
• Ash and Dust clashed with their matching powers, while Dust summoned tentacles and began Trinity Fusion with the tower.