Chapter Summaries

Ash stole Makoto’s voice and challenged the girls to defeat a Jikochu before sunset the next day to reclaim it and Arisu. The girls traced the Jikochu’s likely location to the television station, where Makoto encountered her rival Tachibana Mirai and heard her record a song for the Kamen Rider Wizard show.

• Ash told the girls that Makoto’s voice would be taken completely unless they defeated the Jikochu before sunset the next day, and promised to return Arisu if they succeeded.
• Aguri helped Ai enlarge surveillance footage of Ash’s phone, and Makoto recognized the background as a view near Oogai City’s television station.
• The girls visited the station the next morning but found no Jikochu, then encountered Tachibana Mirai, who taunted Makoto about retiring and losing her place as a singer.
• Mirai’s producer apologized and explained that Mirai had long wanted to surpass Makoto, then invited the girls to watch her recording session.
• The girls watched Mirai record an impressive song for the Kamen Rider Wizard show, and the producer mentioned the growing popularity of Kamen Rider.

The girls searched the TV station for a hidden Jikochu and suspected Tachibana Mirai because her singing had improved while Kenzaki Makoto had lost her voice. Mirai gave them a strange coin linked to the Jikochu, and when her producer tried to take it back, she confronted him.

• Makoto explained how Mirai had worked hard to become a singer, prompting her to wonder whether Ash had taken her voice to teach her a lesson.
• The girls searched the TV station without finding the Jikochu, and Aguri suspected Mirai might be the monster because her singing had improved when Makoto lost her voice.
• Ash met with someone at the station and reminded them that his game guaranteed nobody would be harmed; the person resolved to defeat Kenzaki Makoto.
• Ai, Rikka, Aguri, and the others entered Mirai's office through a window and asked whether she had seen anything suspicious.
• Mirai gave the girls a silver-gray coin bearing a cross-shaped mark, which their fairy partners recognized as carrying the Jikochu's dark pulse.
• Mirai confronted her producer about finding the coin in his office, but he anxiously demanded that she give it back.

Mirai, Ai, Rikka, and Makoto learned where the Jikochu that stole Makoto’s voice was hiding, while Ash admitted he had created it and fought Ai to keep her from intervening. Rikka and Makoto defeated the monster but found Tachibana Mirai’s album beside it, leaving the album’s role unclear as Ai continued fighting Ash.

• Mirai and the girls persuaded the producer to reveal the Jikochu’s location.
• Ash intercepted the girls, admitted he had created the Jikochu that stole Makoto’s voice, and challenged Ai to stay behind while Rikka and Makoto went ahead.
• Ash transformed into Another Ryuga and overpowered Ai, while questioning whether heroes could trust ordinary people and asking whether they would shatter someone else’s dream.
• Rikka and Makoto found the grotesque Jikochu in a warehouse and knocked it into a pile of crates.
• Makoto spotted Tachibana Mirai’s album where the Jikochu had been crouching, and Rikka and Makoto later defeated the monster together.
• Ai landed a powerful kick on Ash, then charged him again as he balanced atop a utility pole.

Makoto lost her voice after the Pretty Cures defeated a fake Jikochu, and Ai learned that the producer had deceived them and ordered the theft to help Mirai become a star. The producer revealed the real Jikochu and refused to surrender it, until Mirai arrived after hearing his confession.

• After the fake Jikochu turned into coins, Makoto lost her voice, and Rikka told Ai that they had been tricked.
• Ash warned Ai that the producer had deceived them and reminded her that less than fifteen minutes remained.
• Ai, Rikka, and Makoto found the producer in a prop warehouse, where he admitted that he had ordered the Jikochu to steal Makoto's voice for Mirai.
• The producer explained his six-year pursuit of Mirai's dream and argued that results mattered more than how they were achieved.
• The producer revealed the real Jikochu was a black-light microphone and hid it in his jacket, leaving the Pretty Cures unable to attack him.
• Mirai arrived at the warehouse and told the producer that she had heard everything.

Mirai rejected the producer’s dishonest victory and apologized to Kenzaki Makoto, who revealed herself as Cure Sword and helped fight Ash’s enhanced Jikochu. Ash’s countdown ended with the Jikochu defeating the Pretty Cure, leaving Makoto to face him and reconsider her rival’s dedication to singing.

• Mirai confronted the producer, rejected the rigged results, and destroyed her microphone, releasing Jikochu Plus.
• Cure Sword saved Mirai and revealed herself as Kenzaki Makoto, and Mirai agreed to withdraw the false results and compete fairly next time.
• Ash’s enhanced Jikochu overwhelmed Makoto, Ai, and Rikka while Cure Ace was trapped fighting Mirror Monsters.
• Ash counted down the remaining time, and Jikochu Plus defeated the three Pretty Cure before exploding.
• Ash challenged Makoto’s commitment to singing, and Makoto reflected on what singing meant to Mirai.

Makoto overcame her doubts, awakened new power as Cure Sword, and fought Ash after he transformed into Another Ryuga. Ash repeatedly overpowered her and challenged her belief that the person she once knew was his true self, leaving Makoto shaken as the battle continued.

• Makoto remembered how her singing had encouraged Princess and resolved to sing for everyone who loved her and for herself.
• Makoto awakened as Cure Sword and challenged Ash, who transformed into Another Ryuga and clashed with her.
• Cure Sword fought Ash with her Heart Arrow, but he reflected her arrows and struck back using Kamen Rider Blade’s power.
• Ash told Makoto he hurt people because he was bored, then attacked her with a lightning-powered finishing move.
• Makoto said she wanted to bring back Ash’s true self, but Ash questioned whether the Ash she remembered had ever been real.
• Makoto launched Pretty Cure Sparkle Sword at Ash.

Makoto defeated Ash’s Another Ryuga form, but Ash tricked her into thinking he had returned to normal and captured her. She woke imprisoned in a golden birdcage and learned that Daby had changed her into a revealing gown.

• Makoto misled Ash with the Heart Arrow, grappled him, and used his Blay Rouzer to damage his Another Rider armor.
• Makoto fought Ash at close range, used a lightning slash, and stabbed his Ziku-Driver, destroying it and apparently restoring him.
• Ash praised Makoto before secretly threatening her with the Heart Arrow and shooting her with black light.
• Ash carried Makoto away as black energy flowed from her into him, then declared that he had won and would take his spoils.
• Makoto woke in a golden birdcage and saw Ash receiving praise from his subordinates for capturing Cure Sword.
• Ash revealed that Makoto’s gown had been specially prepared, and Daby admitted that he had changed her clothes.

Ash kept Makoto captive at the Selfish Organization’s headquarters and pressured her to sing for him, while Arisu tried to ease the tension. Makoto learned that the producer who stole her voice had turned himself in and that Mirai’s idol career might suffer, leaving her furious at Ash for setting events in motion.

• Arisu reassured Makoto that things were not so bad with Ash, while Makoto demanded to know why she had been locked in a cage.
• Ash explained that he wanted Makoto to sing for him, but she refused unless he released her.
• Ash told Makoto that the producer who stole her voice had turned himself in and that Mirai might lose her chance to continue as an idol.
• Makoto blamed Ash for enabling the producer, and Ash admitted he had given him the means to control the Jikochu.
• Ash opened Makoto’s cage, caught her as she fell, and placed her on his lap while she protested and Arisu advised him to consider her feelings.

Aida Ai’s grief over Ash taking Arisu and Makoto drove her to fight him before she and Rikka were ready. After Rikka awakened a powerful defensive light to save Ai, Ash defeated them and left Ai facing the consequences of her recklessness.

• Rikka confronted Aida Ai about blaming herself for Arisu and Makoto’s capture, but Ai lashed out at her and they argued.
• Rikka collided with Ash, and Ai transformed into Cure Heart and attacked him before they could call ACE.
• Ash transformed into Another Ryuga and quickly defeated Cure Heart and Rikka, then sent Another Dark Dragreder to attack Ai.
• Rikka found the strength to shield Ai with an indestructible diamond light and drive Another Dark Dragreder back, then collapsed into Ash’s arms.
• Ash carried the unconscious Rikka away and told Ai that her recklessness had led to this bad end and that she had protected nothing.

Ash defeated Aida Mana and captured Rikka, while concealing the pain and danger caused by Dark Echo. At the Selfish Organization base, Arisu reassured Makoto that the Pretty Cure could hold to their convictions, and Rikka woke to learn Mana was safe but might not be able to become a Pretty Cure again.

• Ash scolded and defeated Cure Heart, leaving Aida Mana in tears before he staggered away with Rikka as Dark Echo warnings appeared.
• Arisu told Makoto that Ash’s arguments did not invalidate the Pretty Cure’s ideals and that they should stay true to what they believed.
• Ash returned to the base with unconscious Rikka, and Makoto took her from him after asking if he was all right.
• Rakel joined Daby and Lance in the fairy room, where Lance offered him a doughnut bought by Arisu.
• Rikka woke at the base and worried about Aida Mana, then Ash told her Mana was unharmed but might never become a proper Pretty Cure again.

Ash forced Rikka to change into a maid outfit and made her, Ira, and Mamoru serve as cleaners at his base. Meanwhile, Aguri explained that the Three Divine Instruments might defeat Ash but required every Pretty Cure to undertake a trial, while Ai remained withdrawn at home.

• Ash sent Rikka to change into a maid outfit, appointed her Head Maid, and assigned Ira and Mamoru to work under her.
• Aguri told Ai that the Three Divine Instruments could help defeat Ash, but obtaining them required every Pretty Cure to be present for a special trial.
• Aguri warned Ai that her dispirited state would prevent her from earning a divine instrument's recognition.
• Ai's parents worried as she shut herself in her room, and Regina returned to ask whether she was still like that.
• Ai remained isolated in her bedroom, exhausted and staring blankly at the ceiling.

Ai nearly surrendered to Ash, but Regina and Ai-chan comforted her and helped her regain the resolve to fight for herself, her friends, and Ash. Meanwhile, Rikka noticed Ash growing increasingly tired and followed him, finding him in a vast darkness.

• Ai asked Sharuru whether surrendering to Ash would make him forgive her, and said she would offer herself in exchange for her friends' freedom.
• Regina embraced Ai and reminded her that she still had friends, while Ai-chan comforted her; Regina then volunteered to go to Ash's lair.
• Ai realized Ash wanted to face the determined Cure Heart, not a defeated Aida Mana, and declared that she would fight to save herself, everyone, and Ash.
• Marmo, Makoto, Rikka, and Arisu played cards while discussing their captivity and how Ash had recently been sparring with them less and growing gentler.
• Ash returned, said he was tired, and went to rest; Rikka followed him after noticing his increasing sleepiness.
• Ash opened his eyes in a place surrounded by darkness with nowhere to stand.

Ash refused the system’s warning to stop fighting despite the danger of Dark Echo eroding his mind and memories. While he slept, Rikka was urged to kill him to save the world, but she rejected the demand and confronted Ash after he woke.

• Ash learned that Dark Echo had reached capacity and that continuing to fight could break his mind and erase his memories of the world.
• Ash rejected his younger self’s plea to stop, shot him, and insisted he had not had enough fun in the Pretty Cure world.
• Rikka saw a panel asking her to save Ash and was given a sword with instructions to kill him.
• The panel revealed that the Jikochu Progenitor’s true body was inside Ash and would return stronger if she did not act.
• Rikka refused to kill Ash and threw the sword away, then Ash woke and teased her for resisting the panel’s demand.
• Rikka angrily asked Ash why he was so indifferent to the danger and to her feelings.

Ash released the captured girls after agreeing with Ai to fight Pretty Cure once they gained greater power. As the girls prepared for the trial and Regina returned to Ash’s base, she found Ira and Marmo there instead of Ash.

• Ai asked Ash to return her friends, promising that Pretty Cure would gain new power and fight him; Ash agreed and declared that he would not lose.
• Makoto, Arisu, Rikka, Aguri, and Regina reunited with Ai, while Ash secretly photographed them from the Mirror World.
• Rikka told the girls that King of Jikochu had ambushed Ash to seize his body, prompting them to consider whether his actions and worsening condition were connected to another being.
• Ai insisted Pretty Cure could find a miracle to save Ash, and the girls agreed to complete the trial and face him; Regina took the Ryuga Card Deck to seek another solution.
• Regina returned to Ash’s lavishly renovated base and encountered Ira and Marmo, who mocked her as a traitor and told her she was unwelcome.

Regina visited Ash and asked him to help her see her father, while Ash struggled with a strange influence affecting his thoughts. After the Pretty Cure girls battled Miran for the Crystal Mirror, Regina learned where to find the Spear of Light, which might help her save Ash.

• Ira and Marmo bullied Regina until Ash woke up, punished them, and welcomed her with a bottle of Oronamin C.
• Regina gave Ash snacks and asked him to help her see the King of Jikochu, and Ash agreed.
• Ash noticed a strange change in himself and insisted that no one could control his journey.
• The Pretty Cure girls fought Miran, who had transformed into a dragon, to earn her approval and obtain the Crystal Mirror.
• Regina spoke with the original Poker King inside the statue, who directed her to the Spear of Light beneath Poker Kingdom as a way to help Ash.

Regina found the Spear of Light in the Poker Kingdom and regained power greater than before, then confronted Ash and confessed that she liked the kind version of him. She escaped through the Mirror World to reach Ai and the others, while Ash followed, and Ai explained to Miran that they wanted to fight him awake.

• Levi sneaked into the Poker Kingdom, concluded that the Jikochu Progenitor was still alive inside Ash, and considered how to awaken it.
• Regina found the Spear of Light in the basement and used it to regain strength beyond her former power.
• Ash confronted Regina, and Regina told him she liked the kind, strong version of him and did not want him to act this way.
• Regina used the Ryuga Card Deck to enter the Mirror World and head for Ai and the others, while Ash chased after her.
• Ai told Miran that Ash was in a strange state and that she and the others needed to beat him awake.

The Pretty Cure girls obtained the Crystal Mirror while Joe returned with the Golden Crown, and they discovered that Ash had appeared from another world. Aguri used the crown to uncover a truth linking her, Regina, and Ai-chan, but the chapter ended as the memories revealed the Jikochu Progenitor's influence on the Poker Kingdom's princess.

• The Pretty Cure girls completed Miran's trial and received the Crystal Mirror, while Joe found the Golden Crown in ancient ruins with Princess Ann's guidance.
• Ai tried to use the Golden Crown and Crystal Mirror but neither responded, and Arisu showed footage proving Ash had appeared at school out of nowhere.
• Aguri connected Ash's arrival and his ability to summon heroes to journeys between worlds, then touched the Golden Crown and saw memories of her origins.
• Regina escaped Ash's pursuit, met Aguri, and revealed that she had obtained the Spear of Light; Aguri insisted they first address a matter involving Regina, herself, and Ai-chan.
• Regina touched the Golden Crown and saw that the legendary Pretty Cure had sealed the Jikochu Progenitor beneath the Poker Kingdom, but a fragment of its darkness later escaped and infected the princess.

Regina and Aguri learned how Princess Ann split her Ling Shen Xin into light and shadow, then fought to decide which of them would reunite it and help save Ash. Ash interrupted their battle and challenged their belief that fate required them to fight, leaving the two girls working together against him.

• Aguri revealed that Regina, Aguri, and Ai-chan had originated as Princess Ann, whose Ling Shen Xin was split after her father became the King of Jikochu.
• Regina and Aguri agreed to battle, with the winner promising to join the Pretty Cure, defeat the Jikochu Progenitor, and bring Ash back.
• Regina and Cure Ace fought fiercely in an uninhabited suburb while Ai-chan cried and made them hesitate.
• Ash burst into the battlefield, stopped their attacks, and questioned why they thought fate required them to defeat each other.
• Ash attacked the girls, and Regina and Cure Ace defended themselves together, bickering as they stood side by side.

Regina, Aguri, and Ai-chan reunited through a miracle to become Angie, who transformed into a crimson Kamen Rider and overwhelmed Ash in battle. Angie urged him to stop fighting, but Ash rejected defeat and launched one last attack.

• Regina and Aguri held hands with Ai-chan, whose spell united them as Angie, Princess of Poker Kingdom.
• Angie explained that she was a combination of Regina’s and Aguri’s spirits and consciousness with Ai-chan’s power, then transformed using the Ryuga Card Deck.
• Angie fought Ash with the Spear of Light and Ryuga abilities, repeatedly overpowering and injuring him.
• Angie pointed her spear at Ash and asked him to give her the Ridewatch, warning that transforming again would break his body.
• Ash refused to admit defeat, summoned Another Dark Dragreder, and attacked Angie while she challenged him about fighting without love.

Angie defeated Ash as Another Ryuga, then reunited with the Pretty Cure girls and explained how she had split into Aguri, Regina, and Ai. Ash survived the battle and disappeared for weeks, but as Ai prepared to visit her dog’s grave, she and Sharuru spotted a strange creature flying through the sky.

• Angie fired Ace Shot and washed away Another Ryuga’s darkness, while Ash fell into a lake after the battle.
• Angie reunited with Makoto, Joe-san, and the other Pretty Cure girls, explaining the Golden Crown’s revelations and how Aguri, Regina, and Ai were parts of her.
• Angie separated into Aguri and Regina, leaving Ai asleep in Joe-san’s arms; the girls questioned whether Ash and the Jikochu Progenitor had truly been defeated.
• Ash emerged alive from a river in Oogai City, noticed his body and mind had calmed, and vowed to face Pretty Cure again.
• Weeks later, Regina returned to the Poker Kingdom, where the King of Jikochu’s body had vanished, while Ai worried about Ash and prepared to visit Maro’s grave.
• Ai and Sharuru saw an unnatural creature flying through the sky.