Chapter Summaries

Ash defeated Ira and Mammo, then took paid leave while the Pretty Cures investigated the Royal Jewels. He later visited elementary school student Madoka Aguri, who confronted him after he publicly claimed to be her older brother.

• Ash dodged Ira and Mammo's attacks, beat them down, and forced them to perform a lighter-biting stunt before sparing them.
• The Royal Jewels flew away to a snow-covered mountain, and the Pretty Cures and Regina planned to investigate while Ash took paid leave.
• Ash warned Ira and Mammo to look after Princess, then declined the Pretty Cures' invitation to join their search.
• Ash found Madoka Aguri's card and decided to seek her out.
• Ash announced over Dai Bei Elementary School's broadcast that Madoka Aguri's older brother had brought her two cans of Want Want Milk, embarrassing her in front of her classmates.
• Aguri rushed into the broadcasting room and angrily told Ash she did not remember having such an unreliable older brother.

Ash brought Aguri’s student ID to her school, but their argument over his actions as Kamen Rider Ryuga ended with him carrying her away. At a dessert shop, Aguri explained that she had once fought the Selfish Organization alone before losing her ability to transform.

• Ash returned Aguri’s student ID and admitted that he had controlled Dai Bouken, prompting Aguri to condemn him for making it attack Pretty Cure.
• Aguri revealed that she was also a Precure, and Ash grabbed her and carried her from the school to the rooftop.
• Ash took Aguri to a dessert shop, where she tried to call the police before he stopped her.
• Ash challenged Aguri to prove she was a Precure, and she explained that she had fought the Selfish Organization alone before losing her partner and ability to transform.

Ash met Aguri, who warned him that the Pretty Cure were too immature and urged them to become stronger, while he challenged her expectations of how heroes should fight. He treated her to the dessert she had long wanted, and Aguri softened toward him but still questioned why he had bought it for her.

• Aguri told Ash to leave the Selfish Organization and warned that the Pretty Cure would defeat him if he refused.
• Ash asked Aguri what she thought of Cure Heart and the others, and she criticized their recklessness, leniency toward enemies, and failure to defeat Kamen Rider Ryuga.
• Aguri explained that she wanted the Pretty Cure to become stronger because she had fought alone and feared no one would remain to protect humanity if she fell.
• Ash left Aguri at the dessert shop and returned with a signature cake, which she accepted after he framed it as a reward for protecting the world.
• Aguri eagerly ate the cake, shared a piece with Ash, and admitted he did not seem so bad, but asked whether he had been trying to buy her off.

Ash rewarded Aguri for protecting the world, then watched as her classmate Sasaki Ruri used a mysterious marble to gain powers and stop a robber. Aguri confronted Ruri over the marble’s influence, while Ash followed its dark power to find its source.

• Ash told Aguri that the cake was her reward for protecting the world before Mana arrived.
• Ruri, dressed as a homemade Pretty Cure, blocked a robber and knocked him unconscious with an energy blast.
• Aguri recognized Ruri as her classmate, and Ruri said a strange person had given her a black-patterned marble that granted her power.
• Ruri said she wanted to defeat bad guys and impress her classmates, teachers, and parents, prompting Aguri to warn her that the marble had changed her.
• Ruri accused Aguri of jealousy and refused to give up the marble, while Ash followed its dark power to find its source.

Ash watched Ruri’s attempt to fight a Jikochu fail, then interrupted the officers’ effort to corrupt her with a desire for power. After Ash helped Ruri recognize Aguri as her hero, she ran to help her, while the furious officers confronted Ash.

• Ash overheard Levi and Gula plotting to use Ruri’s desire for power to create a powerful Jikochu, but chose to watch rather than attack them.
• Levi turned a man’s desire to keep smoking into a cigarette-butt Jikochu, and Ruri’s attack failed as the monster knocked her aside.
• Aguri drew the Jikochu away from Ruri and fled through deserted streets while Levi and Gula urged the monster to attack her.
• Levi’s voice tempted the guilt-ridden Ruri to crave more power, and black mist began spreading from her jewel.
• Ash challenged Ruri’s idea of what made a hero and reminded her that Aguri had stood up for and protected her.
• Ruri regained her resolve and ran toward Aguri, while Levi and Gula confronted Ash.

Ash fought Levi and Gula, transformed into Ryuga, and engaged them while Aguri faced a Cigarette Butt Jikochu. Ruri helped Aguri, and the newly arrived ToQgers defeated the monster, leaving Ruri inspired by Aguri’s words about courage and love.

• Levi attacked Ash with his top hat, and Ash dodged before Gula charged and was badly injured by Ash’s kick.
• Ash summoned his belt, transformed into Ryuga, and prepared to fight Levi and Gula.
• Aguri lured the Cigarette Butt Jikochu toward a fire hydrant, but its water failed to extinguish the flame on its head.
• Ruri threw a jewel at the Jikochu to save Aguri, explaining that she had learned from a strange big brother that doing what she could was heroic.
• The ToQgers arrived, introduced themselves, and knocked the Jikochu into a river before overpowering it with their weapons.
• Aguri encouraged Ruri to value courage and love, and Ruri considered how she could become someone like a hero.

Aguri and Ruri used the Connection Blaster to summon legendary Pretty Cure and defeat the Jikochu. Ash discovered Rider Gears, armed himself with summoned dual swords, overpowered Levi and Gula, and prepared to finish them with Final Vent.

• ToQ 1gou gave Aguri the Energy Ressha, and Aguri invited Ruri to fire the Connection Blaster with her.
• Aguri and Ruri imagined legendary heroes and summoned Cure Black and Cure White, whose Marble Screw MAX purified the Jikochu.
• Ash recovered from Levi and Gula’s combined assault, found Kamen Rider Gears among the crystals Regina had charged, and summoned the Ryusoul Saber and Medal Slash Saber.
• Ash used the twin swords and a Strong Soul Dragon Soul to overpower Levi and Gula, then stopped their attempted combination by pinning their hands to a wall.
• Ash drew a Final Vent card and summoned Dark Dragreder, telling it he no longer cared about Levi and Gula’s lives.

Ash defeated the Selfish Organization executives and received a message from Right, though he could neither remember Right nor see the ticket Aguri handed him. At the Jikochu base, Regina wrestled with her growing friendship with the Pretty Cure and her loyalty to her father.

• Ash let Dark Dragreder burn and devour Gula, while Levi escaped the battle.
• Right Suzuki appeared after the summoned ToQ 1gou suit vanished, gave Aguri a ticket for Ash, and asked her to pass along the Tokkyugers’ thanks.
• Aguri searched for Ash and gave him the ticket, but Ash claimed he could not see it and did not remember Right’s name.
• Ash refused to open the ice imprisoning Princess Ann, then stopped Ira from trying to manipulate him into doing it.
• Regina told Ash that Mana and the others had forgiven her, but worried that befriending the Pretty Cure would mean betraying her father.

Regina struggled to choose between her father and the friends she had made on Earth, while Ash encouraged her to trust her own judgment and agreed to help Pretty Cure rescue Princess Ann. In the Poker Kingdom, Regina finally opposed the King of Jikochu, but his plan to corrupt the entire universe and his order to capture Ash left her fearful for the people she cared about.

• Ash asked Regina whether she liked Aida Mana, then urged her to make the choice she believed was right, and Regina decided to trust herself and Mana.
• Pretty Cure contacted Ash for help rescuing Princess Ann, and Ash agreed to give them a route into the Poker Kingdom for Regina's sake.
• Ash surveyed the ruined Poker Kingdom and watched as the King of Jikochu commanded Regina to turn Earth into Jikochu.
• Regina resisted her father and asked him to spare Earth, but the King of Jikochu revealed that he planned to corrupt all life in the universe.
• Mammo told the King of Jikochu that Ash had killed Bel, and the King ordered his officers to capture Ash and turn him into a Jikochu.

Regina defied the King of Jikochu, and the Pretty Cure rescued her before Ash arrived to strike the King and drive off his officers. Ash stayed behind to face the King’s Jikochu while the girls escaped, and Regina used one of Ash’s cards to free them from a web as the sealed King remained furious.

• Regina told the King of Jikochu not to attack the human world, and Cure Heart shielded her from his lightning as the other Pretty Cure joined them.
• Regina realized that her feelings for Ai and the others were love, while Ash attacked the King with the Poxie Hundred Beast Sword and shattered his barrier with Evil Qi, Begone.
• Ash transformed and knocked Ira and Mammo aside, then scolded Ai for trusting him without considering that his information might have been a trap.
• Ash ordered the Pretty Cure to leave with the frozen Princess and Regina while he stayed behind to face the King’s enlarged spider Jikochu.
• The Jikochu bound Ash and Regina in a web, and Regina pulled a Survival: Blazing Fire card from Ash’s case, burning through the web and blocking the King’s Jikochu with flames.

Ash transformed into Ryuga Survival, fought through the Jikochu in Poker Kingdom, and escaped with Regina after confronting the King of Jikochu. Back with the Pretty Cure, Regina grieved over her father, accepted their support, and asked to stay at Ash’s house.

• Ash used the Survival Card to transform into Ryuga Survival and defeated Ira and Mammo before fighting the Jikochu.
• Ash summoned Dark Rider, battled through the Jikochu horde, and carried Regina away from the furious King of Jikochu.
• A presence inside the King of Jikochu noticed Ash, and Ash received a Blank Watch after his Dark Echo absorbed power from the battle.
• The Pretty Cure decided to hide the frozen princess, while Regina admitted that she still loved and worried about her father.
• Ai, Mana, and the others reassured Regina that her love could reach the King of Jikochu, and Ash agreed to let her stay at his house.

Ash spent a beach day with Mana, Regina, and the others while reflecting on how reluctant he was to leave their world. The chapter ended with the group relaxing by the sea as Ash and Kentaro spoke about the ocean’s calming effect.

• Rikka stopped Regina from staying at Ash’s home, so Mana took Regina in instead.
• Ash checked that his Dark Echo collection was nearly complete and admitted he had grown attached to this world.
• Kentaro invited Ash to the beach, where Ash lounged while the girls played and Aguri collected shells.
• Mana asked Ash to become friends, then wrongly decided he was trying to create a Pretty Cure harem, and Ash drilled his fist into her head.
• Regina told Mana that looking at the ocean calmed her, and Ash and Kentaro shared their thoughts about the sea.

Jikochu Progenitor attacked Ash and pierced his heart, then entered his mind to seize his darkness. Ash’s buried power overwhelmed the intruder, and he awoke on the beach, leaving his companions stunned by his strange behavior.

• Jikochu Progenitor materialized through King of Jikochu and struck Ash with a beam that pierced his heart and Ryuga Card Deck.
• Jikochu Progenitor entered Ash’s mind, where it found countless stories and confronted the immense darkness within him.
• A child resembling Ash transformed and challenged Jikochu Progenitor, declaring that it would not be allowed to disturb Ash or destroy what they shared.
• Touma mourned Ash, received the [Extreme Dragon Knight] power, and prepared to fight on as the enemy approached.
• Ash woke after Cure Heart and Regina pulled him from the sea, grabbed a golden bird coin, and pushed them away without answering.

After King of Jikochu’s attack flooded Ash with Evil Thought Energy, he transformed into the fearsome Another Ryuga and attacked the Pretty Cure. He challenged Cure Heart to defeat him for the watch, wagering that he would take one of her friends each time she lost, and the team prepared to fight him.

• Ash used the Evil Thought Energy and Ryuki history within him to create the Another Ryuga Watch and transform into Another Ryuga.
• Ash knocked down the Selfish Organization’s executives, who then retreated after realizing King of Jikochu had not possessed him.
• Overcome by a desire to fight, Ash attacked Ai, Makoto, and Arisu before briefly regaining his senses and stopping.
• Ash challenged Cure Heart to defeat him and promised to give her the watch, but said he would take one of her friends whenever she lost.
• Ai and the others agreed to fight Ash, and the Pretty Cure took their stances as Another Ryuga threatened them with his power.

Ash viciously fought the Pretty Cure in his transformed state, defeating Makoto, Rikka, Ai, and Arisu despite their determined attacks. The battle continued toward the sea with Ai and Arisu badly battered and the outcome still unresolved.

• Ash charged the Pretty Cure, shrugged off Makoto’s attacks, and smashed her into a mountain until her transformation ended.
• Ai, Arisu, and Rikka attacked together, but Ash overwhelmed them and blasted them off the shattered ground with Another Dark Dragreder.
• Ash broke through Rikka’s Diamond Shower, dislocated her arms, and defeated her, leaving Ai and Arisu to attack him in fury.
• Ai and Arisu drove Ash through a mountain, but he smashed their heads into the rock and tore Arisu’s Rosetta Reflection in half.
• Ash hurled Ai into a mountain peak, then spun Arisu around and kicked her toward the sea.

Ash defeated the Pretty Cure on the beach, but Aguri recovered the Royal Jewels and transformed into Cure Ace. Cure Ace then confronted Ash, and their first exchange left both fighters eager to continue.

• Ash outmaneuvered and defeated Arisu, then overpowered Ai and reflected her Heart Shoot back at her, leaving the Pretty Cure unconscious.
• Ash approached Makoto, but a flaming attack drove him back as Cure Ace appeared and challenged him.
• Three minutes earlier, Aguri and Regina found they had both lost their powers, while Ai-chan recognized Aguri as her partner fairy.
• Aguri used the five Royal Jewels and Ai-chan's Heart Eyeshadow Palette to transform into Cure Ace.
• Ash recognized Cure Ace as an additional warrior, and she traded a powerful opening blow with him.

Ash defeated the Pretty Cure, captured Yotsuba Arisu, and escaped after declaring that he would hold another game. Cure Ace pushed the battered girls to keep fighting and revealed that she had also promised to defeat Ash if he turned against Pretty Cure.

• Cure Ace fought Ash at high speed, but her brief distraction let him overpower her with his sword.
• Cure Ace trapped Ash with vines and prepared to rescue the injured girls, but her transformation began to expire and Ash burned free.
• Ash took the unconscious Yotsuba Arisu as his prize, told Ai that she had survived, and escaped through a mirror.
• Ai broke down over Ash's betrayal and Arisu's capture, while Regina watched Ash leave.
• Cure Ace urged the girls to stand up and fight, recited the Five Great Vows of Pretty Cure, and said she had promised to defeat Ash if he opposed them.

Ash took control of the Selfish Organization and kept Arisu at the villain base, demanding that she cut off contact with Mana and her friends. Arisu recognized that Ash’s cruel behavior differed from the principled person she knew, leaving her determined to see through his act.

• At the Selfish Organization’s base, Ira, Mammo, and Levi worried that King of Jikochu had stopped responding, until Ash arrived carrying Arisu.
• Ash declared himself the organization’s boss, defeated Levi with help from two Raiko Troopers, and won Ira and Mammo’s submission.
• Ash teased Arisu until she woke, then told her she could attend school and return home only if she distanced herself from Mana and the others.
• Arisu protested Ash’s demand and realized that his current lack of restraint was unlike the principled Ash she had known.

Mana struggled with Arisu’s forced separation and Ash’s threat, but Regina helped her regain enough resolve to join the festival with her friends. Meanwhile, Ash kept Arisu close and began planning his next game after discovering Makoto’s song disc.

• Mana shut herself in her room, grieving that Arisu had returned only to tell her she could no longer speak to or meet Mana.
• Regina confronted Mana, encouraged her to take back Arisu and Ash, and helped her smile again.
• Makoto told Rikka she was considering retiring from singing because finding Princess had removed her original purpose and her voice no longer carried the same feelings.
• Mana reunited with Rikka, Makoto, and Regina at the festival, assured them they could defeat Ash and rescue Arisu, then hid her fear as Regina offered her support.
• Ash kept Arisu beside him while Ira and Mammo moved new furnishings into his base, then found Makoto’s song disc and decided it gave him an idea for the next game.

Ash revealed his lavish new golden base to Arisu, then created a powerful Jikochu Plus that began stealing Makoto's voice. He announced a new game to the Pretty Cure and left them facing the task of recovering Makoto's voice.

• Ash showed Arisu his gold-covered base, and she criticized his extravagant purchases and insisted on teaching him thrift despite being his captive.
• Ash used Evil Thought Energy to create a Jikochu Plus with a special ability while listening to Kenzaki Makoto's song.
• Makoto's voice grew hoarse, and Daby revealed that the problem had begun when Makoto decided to retire.
• Ash appeared at Oink Tail Tei, stole Rikka's half-eaten omurice, and announced that a new game was beginning with his Jikochu Plus.
• Ash told the Pretty Cure that the Jikochu Plus was gradually taking Makoto's voice, shocking the girls and angering Makoto.