List of Wonderful Pretty Cure! episodes | |
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Season 21 | |
No. of episodes | 29 |
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Original network | ANN (ABC TV, TV Asahi) |
Original release | February 4, 2024 |
Season chronology |
Wonderful Pretty Cure! is the twenty-first television anime series in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure franchise, produced by ABC Television and animated by Toei Animation. The series began airing in Japan on February 4, 2024, succeeding Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure in its timeslot. Chihaya Yoshitake performs the opening theme, "Wonderful PreCure! Evolution!!" (Japanese: わんだふるぷりきゅあ!evolution!!, Hepburn: Wandafuru Purikyua! Evoryūshon!!) and Moeha Nochimoto and Ami Ishii perform the ending theme, "Fun Fun Wonderful Days!" (Japanese: FUN☆FUN☆わんだふるDAYS!, Hepburn: Fan☆Fan☆Wandafuru DAYS!). Erika Fukasawa composes the series's music.[1]
Episodes
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1 | "It Starts With "Wonderful!"" Transliteration: "Hajimari wa "Wandafuru!"" (Japanese: はじまりは「わんだふる!」) | Directed by : Yuna Hirosue Storyboarded by : Masanori Sato | Yoshimi Narita | Katsumi Tamegai & Hanao Iida | Miki Imai | February 4, 2024 | |
In Animal Town, middle school student Iroha Inukai takes her family's pet dog Komugi for a walk at Kaihin Park, along the way stopping by the Mirror Stone, which is said to grant the wishes of those who see their reflection in it, and discussing its possible origins with her classmate Satoru Toyama. Later that day, Komugi finds a strange stone-like object and a ram-like monster called a Garugaru attacks the park. When Iroha is cornered while using herself as a distraction to lure the Garugaru away, Komugi's resolve to protect her resonates with the Mirror Stone and causes the stone to turn into a Wonderful Pact, allowing her to become a human and transform into Cure Wonderful. After chasing the Garugaru, she purifies it with a hug and it returns to its normal form: a sheep-like animal. Though initially in disbelief, Iroha realizes that Komugi is the girl who saved her. | |||||||
2 | "Let's All Be Friends, Cure Friendy!" Transliteration: "Min'na Tomodachi, Kyua Furendi!" (Japanese: みんな友達、キュアフレンディ!) | Directed by : Tsuyoshi Tobita Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki | Yoshimi Narita | Ragi Kuon | Miki Azuma | February 11, 2024 | |
The sheep, a Niko Animal named Mey Mey, explains that he is from Niko Garden, a realm that was home to many animals until it was attacked and covered in darkness, corrupting its inhabitants and turning them into Garugaru. He also tells Komugi and Iroha that they must keep the existence of Pretty Cure a secret, despite Iroha wanting others to help them with their mission. Later that day, Iroha realizes that Komugi can now speak as a dog, but tells her to keep this secret as well. When an ostrich Garugaru attacks, Iroha's resolve to help Komugi resonates with the Mirror Stone, granting her a Wonderful Pact and allowing her to transform into Cure Friendy. Together, she and Wonderful purify the Garugaru, after which Mey Mey appears and takes them to Niko Garden so it can recover. | |||||||
3 | "Don't Say It! It's Baaad!" Transliteration: "Iccha Damē~!" (Japanese: 言っちゃダメェ~!) | Directed by : Takao Iwai Storyboarded by : Shinji Itadaki | Yoshimi Narita | Natsumi Sakai & Yuka Takemori | Yuki Nakabayashi | February 18, 2024 | |
At Niko Garden, Mey Mey explains its history to Komugi and Iroha, revealing that its inhabitants were originally from Earth, but that its creator, Niko, brought them there so that they could live happily. He also reminds them that they must keep their mission secret. Upon returning to Earth, they run into Satoru, who becomes suspicious that they are hiding something from him. While taking Daifuku for a walk in the woods, he finds a Garugaru egg and tries to research it, but cannot find any information about it. Suddenly, the egg hatches into a rabbit Garugaru and begins chasing him. Despite Mey Mey's order, Komugi and Iroha intervene to save him and transform into Pretty Cure in front of him. With his advice, they purify the Garugaru and it returns to its original form: the Kirarin Rabbit. Komugi, Iroha, and Satoru return to Niko Garden; there, Satoru expresses his desire to help the Cures, which Mey Mey accepts. | |||||||
4 | "The Nekoyashiki's Cat and Mayu" Transliteration: "Nekoyashiki no Neko to Mayu" (Japanese: 猫屋敷の猫とまゆ) | Directed by : Masaya Nomoto Storyboarded by : Chiaki Kon | Yoshimi Narita | Hitomi Matsuura | Zhuxing Xu | February 25, 2024 | |
At Mayu's house, her mother Sumire prepares for the opening of her store, Pretty Holic. Meanwhile, Satoru is continuing his research on the Garugaru, believing that gathering more information will help the Cures locate them. Suddenly, Mey Mey calls the trio to Niko Garden, where the Kirarin Rabbit's return has repaired some of the damage done and restored a section of the Niko Diamond. He tells them that if all nine of the Kirarin Animals return, then the Diamond will be fully repaired and Niko may return. Upon returning to Earth, Iroha heads to Pretty Holic to be its first customer, where she and Komugi meet Mayu and Yuki and try on makeup. After Komugi senses a Garugaru nearby, she and Iroha head into the forest and discover a tanuki Garugaru, which they purify and return to Niko Garden. Later, Iroha visits Mayu to give her a gift, and Mayu begins to consider the possibility of them being friends. | |||||||
5 | "Connecting Bonds, Friendly Wand!" Transliteration: "Tsunagaru Kizuna Furendorī Takuto!" (Japanese: つながるキズナ フレンドリータクト!) | Saiho Noro | Mio Inoue | Mitsuru Aoyama | Natsuko Tosugi | March 3, 2024 | |
While walking Komugi, Iroha meets a girl named Ema, her mother, and their Pomeranian, Pon, and offers to take them to Friendly Animal Hospital & Salon. There, she learns from Ema that they have been trying to get Pon to walk on a leash, reminding her of how she met Komugi and trained her to walk on a leash. When a penguin Garugaru attacks, Wonderful and Friendy struggle to fight it on the ice and Wonderful nearly falls into the water. However, their bond causes Komugi's leash to transform into the Friendly Tacts; Friendy is able to utilize her’s with the Kirarin Rabbit's power to track down and purify the Garugaru, returning it to its normal form as the Kirarin Penguin, who returns to Niko Garden. Afterwards, despite Komugi's frustration at being unable to use her Tact's powers, she and Iroha vow to take many more walks together. | |||||||
6 | "Komugi Argues With Iroha" Transliteration: "Komugi, Iroha to Kenka Suru" (Japanese: こむぎ、いろはとケンカする) | Directed by : Kazuya Onigashira Storyboarded by : Shinji Itadaki | Yoshimi Narita | Yūki Kitajima | Shota Suzuki | March 10, 2024 | |
Following the Kirarin Penguin's return to Niko Garden, Komugi once more expresses her frustration at being unable to use her Tact's powers, with Mey Mey stating that this may be because she lacks something important as a Pretty Cure. Later that day, as both Pretty Holic and Friendly Animal Hospital & Salon continue business, Komugi expresses her desire to do things together with Iroha and be of use to her. The next day, Komugi finds that her leash is gone, as it turned into the Friendly Tacts. Despite Iroha offering to use another leash, she refuses, as they had picked out the leash together. Later, she confides in Satoru about their argument, with him telling her that Komugi likely feels the same way as her. When a lion Garugaru attacks, Wonderful's Friendly Tact disappears and she and Friendy are unable to purify it, with it fleeing into the mountains. That night, Komugi, distraught over being unable to help Iroha, runs away from home. | |||||||
7 | "Their Friend Liberale!" Transliteration: "Futari no Furendo Riberāre!" (Japanese: ふたりのフレンドリベラーレ!) | Yoshimi Narita | Yutaka Tsuchida | Hiroshi Numata & Akira Inagami | Yuki Nakabayashi | March 17, 2024 | |
At the dog run, Komugi encounters Satoru, who takes her to his house. While Iroha and her parents are looking for Komugi, he calls them to tell them that she is at his house, but advises them to wait some time, as she is still upset. He tells Komugi to consider Iroha's feelings and to try to talk to her. Later, Mayu visits Iroha to give her a harness for Komugi as thanks for her giving her a gift. Meanwhile, in the forest, the lion Garugaru is recovering from the previous fight when a mysterious voice urges it to keep fighting to destroy the world and what humans have made. As Friendy is fighting it, Wonderful realizes that she became a Cure to protect her. Her resolve causes her Tact to reappear, allowing her to use the Kirarin Penguin's power to chase the Garugaru. Wonderful and Friendy purify the Garugaru with Friend Liberale, returning it to its original form as the Kirarin Lion, who returns to Niko Garden. Afterward, Komugi and Iroha start going on walks together again. | |||||||
8 | "Mayu's Anxious New Semester" Transliteration: "Mayu no Dokidoki Shingakki" (Japanese: まゆのドキドキ新学期) | Directed by : Misuzu Chiba Storyboarded by : Hiroya Takahashi | Takao Iwai | Seiji Masuda | Zhuxing Xu | March 24, 2024 | |
As Iroha heads to school at Second Wangan Junior High, Komugi tries to go with her, but is told that she has to stay at home. At school, Mayu transfers to Iroha's class, with Iroha helping with her introduction to the class after she botches it, and afterwards the teacher offers that she give Mayu a tour of the school. Meanwhile, Komugi attempts to head to school to be with Iroha, but gets distracted along the way. After school, Satoru and Iroha are showing Mayu around the animal area when a horse Garugaru attacks. Komugi arrives in time to help Iroha pursue it, using the Kirarin Lion's power to do so, and purify it with Friend Liberale, after which it returns to Niko Garden. Afterward, Komugi tells Iroha and Satoru that she wishes to go to school with them. | |||||||
9 | "Junior High Student Komugi!" Transliteration: "Komugi, Chūgakusei da Wan!" (Japanese: こむぎ、中学生だワン!) | Directed by : Yuusuke Kanbayashi Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki | Hideki Hiroshima | Yukiko Ueda & Nobuhito Akada | Natsuko Tosugi | March 31, 2024 | |
Mey Mey informs Komugi and Iroha that Komugi can now go to school because of the Niko Diamond's miracle. At school, Komugi quickly becomes popular, but another student, Sho Ikari, becomes jealous of her because she is better at soccer than he is and starts to view her as his rival. Later that day, he is training to surpass her with what the Cures identify to be a Garugaru egg, which soon hatches into a duck Garugaru. After the Cures purify it and return it to Niko Garden, after school Komugi reaffirms her desire to go to school with Iroha, while she and Satoru offer to help her study. | |||||||
10 | "Memories in the Snow" Transliteration: "Yuki no Naka no Omoide" (Japanese: ユキの中の思い出) | Directed by : Junko Komura Storyboarded by : Chiaki Kon | Takao Iwai | Makoto Ozawa & Keisuke Katayama | Yuko Doi | April 7, 2024 | |
At Pretty Holic, which has recently had more customers, Sumire tells Mayu that she can design a new product to sell. Throughout the day, Mayu struggles to come up with new ideas for the product, despite her classmates' suggestions. Later that day, she is walking by the river when she encounters Iroha and Komugi, reminding her of when she first met Yuki. When she was younger, she had met Yuki at an abandoned house when her family traveled to a village in the mountains for her father's job. Although the villagers told Mayu that Yuki did not trust humans, she bonded with her over the course of their stay and was reluctant to part with her when they had to leave. When a raccoon Garugaru attacks, Wonderful and Friendy purify it and return it to Niko Garden, which Yuki witnesses. Afterward, Mayu decides that her new product will be a charm based on Yuki, which soon becomes popular. | |||||||
11 | "A Giant Creature Hiding In the Mountains?!" Transliteration: "Yama ni Hisomu, Kyodai Seibutsu" (Japanese: 山に潜む、巨大生物!?) | Misuzu Chiba | Kana Shinohara | Nishiki Itaoka | Yuki Nakabayashi | April 14, 2024 | |
At school, Komugi, Iroha, and Satoru hear rumors of a giant creature which has been sighted at Mount Miharashi. Figuring that it is likely a Garugaru, they decide to hike up the mountain in search of it, but do not find anything; however, they deduce that it is likely at the summit, as there were fewer animals as they went higher up the mountain. Meanwhile, a mysterious girl approaches Mayu, warning her to stay away from the mountain. When a bear Garugaru attacks them, they purify it and return it to its normal form as the Kirarin Bear, who returns to Niko Garden, but notice that the gem on its forehead was damaged. At Niko Garden, the Kirarin Bear reveals that there is another Pretty Cure, who was responsible for injuring them. That night, the mysterious Pretty Cure is seen overlooking the city. | |||||||
12 | "I'm Cure Nyammy" Transliteration: "Watashi wa Kyua Nyamī" (Japanese: 私はキュアニャミー) | Morio Hatano | Mio Inoue | Mika Hironaka & Kenji Miuma | Zhuxing Xu | April 21, 2024 | |
After Mayu tells Iroha that Yuki sometimes disappears, Iroha decides to help her on her day off from school. At Mayu's house, Komugi and Iroha set up a camera to monitor Yuki and go outside to have Komugi track her scent. When this fails, they head into the woods to search for her, where Komugi senses a Garugaru. An owl Garugaru attacks Mayu as she follows them in search of Yuki, but she is saved by a mysterious Pretty Cure, whom she recognizes as the girl she met because they both warned her to stay away from Mount Miharashi. Wonderful and Friendy arrive to confront the Garugaru and are horrified that the Cure is attacking it, with Friendy trying to stop her. After they purify the Garugaru and return it to Niko Garden, Friendy tries to ask the Cure who she is, but she leaves after stating that she is Cure Nyammy. | |||||||
13 | "Search for Cure Nyammy!" Transliteration: "Kyua Nyamī o Sagase!" (Japanese: キュアニャミーを探せ!) | Saiho Noro | Yusuke Kanbayashi | Yuka Takemori, Joey Calangian, Reggie Manabat & Hiroshi Numata | Natsuko Tosugi | April 28, 2024 | |
The Cures inform Mey Mey of Nyammy's existence, and, along with Satoru, set out to search for her and discover her true identity. Their search takes them through Animal Town, examining people, objects, and animals that could be Nyammy because of their white color. However, the search is unsuccessful until they meet the elderly ladies, who suggest that Komugi was looking for Mayu's compact, which has Nyammy's scent; despite visiting Pretty Holic, they are still unable to find any clues. When a hedgehog Garugaru attacks, Nyammy saves Mayu from it before leaving, but returns to help Wonderful and Friendy at Mayu's request. After they purify the Garugaru and return it to Niko Garden, Mayu wonders who Nyammy is and if she will see her again. | |||||||
14 | "Mayu's First Sleepover" Transliteration: "Mayu, Hajimete no Otomari" (Japanese: まゆ、はじめてのお泊り) | Directed by : Yuna Hirosue Storyboarded by : Ryota Nakamura | Junko Komura | Ragi Kuon | Shota Suzuki | May 5, 2024 | |
After Mayu notices that Yuki has been refusing to eat and is not in her usual spots, she takes her to Friendly Animal Hospital & Salon, where Youko determines that she will be fine with rest. Iroha suggests that Mayu stay overnight at her house so that Youko can check on Yuki if anything happens. Later that night, after dinner, Komugi and Iroha are awoken by the sound of a rooster Garugaru and head out to purify it before anyone wakes up, but Mayu also awakens and decides to follow them. She witnesses them transforming into Pretty Cures and realizes their true identities and that Komugi can transform into a human. During their fight against the Garugaru, Satoru explains to her what the Niko Garden is and who the Pretty Cure are. After they purify the Garugaru and return it to Niko Garden, Mayu decides to support them, but does not know who Nyammy is. | |||||||
15 | "A Day in the Life of Mey Mey the Butler-sheep!" Transliteration: "Hitsuji no Shitsuji Mēmē no Ichinichi" (Japanese: ヒツジの執事 メエメエ の一日) | Directed by : Kazuya Kito Storyboarded by : Hiroya Takahashi | Misuzu Chiba | Yuki Kitajima & Natsumi Sakai | Yuki Nakabayashi | May 12, 2024 | |
Komugi, Iroha and Satoru visit Niko Garden with Mayu to introduce her to Mey Mey. Although he is hesitant at first because he does not want others to know about Niko Garden or the Pretty Cures, he warms up to her after she offers to help him with his work as a butler. While helping him and visiting the houses of the Kirarin Animals along the way, he begins to suspect that they are hiding something from him because of their behavior. When the Kirarin Animals sense that a deer Garugaru has awakened in Animal Town, the Cures return to Earth to purify it, returning it to its original form as the Kirarin Fawn. Afterwards, the Kirarin Animals reveal that they were planning a party to thank the Cures for their efforts, which Mey Mey attends despite being upset that they were not honoring him like he thought, but the Kirarin Animals then also invite him for his hard work, much to his joy. | |||||||
16 | "The Mystery of the Mirror Stone" Transliteration: "Kagami Ishi no Fushigi" (Japanese: 鏡石のふしぎ) | Directed by : Takao Iwai Storyboarded by : Shinji Itadaki | Yoshimi Narita | Mitsuru Aoyama | Zhuxing Xu | May 19, 2024 | |
On their way to school, Komugi and Iroha run into Youko, who is on her way to work at the zoo and finds Komugi familiar, even though she has never met her as a human. At school, as Iroha feels guilty about lying to hide secrets from her parents, she overhears her classmates discussing rumors that the Mirror Stone has been glowing. Along with Komugi and Satoru, she realizes that investigating the Mirror Stone could help them discover how Komugi gained the ability to turn into a human and how the Cures gained their powers. As Komugi and Iroha investigate the Mirror Stone, they encounter Shinnosuke and Shiro. Upon returning home, they ask Mey Mey if they can tell Iroha's parents about Niko Garden, but he refuses. While they are talking, Youko and Tsuyoshi return home and witness both Komugi and Mey Mey talking, but are not surprised that they can. They explain the legend of the Mirror Stone: long ago, when animals and humans lived in peace, the animals prayed to a god to be able to talk to humans, which they granted through the Mirror Stone. Soon, animals from other lands gathered at the Mirror Stone, and Animal Town was built. However, after conflict broke out among them, the Mirror Stone lost its power as punishment. After Komugi senses a parakeet Garugaru, she and Iroha head off to confront it while Mey Mey explains the situation to her parents. After they purify it and return it to Niko Garden, they return home and are welcomed back by Youko and Tsuyoshi, who have bonded with Mey Mey. Meanwhile, Mayu expresses her wish to be like Iroha; in response, the Mirror Stone begins to glow. | |||||||
17 | "I Will Protect You" Transliteration: "Watashi ga, Anata o Mamoru!" (Japanese: 私が、あなたを守る!) | Hanako Ueda | Mio Inoue | Katsumi Tamegai | Natsuko Tosugi | May 26, 2024 | |
Since it is baby animal season in Animal Town, Komugi, Iroha, Mayu, and Satoru go on a baby animal tour and see birds, deer, rabbits, kittens, and ducklings. As they stop for a picnic, a tiger Garugaru attacks and Mayu is put in danger while trying to save a duck and her babies. Yuki arrives to protect her and reveals that she is Cure Nyammy and gained the ability to turn into a human. She attacks the Garugaru before leaving as Wonderful and Friendy purify it and return it to Niko Garden. Afterwards, Komugi asks Yuki to fight alongside them as a Pretty Cure, but she refuses and orders her, Iroha, and Satoru to stop being friends with Mayu, as she believes they are putting her in danger. | |||||||
18 | "Mayu's Feelings, Yuki's Feelings" Transliteration: "Mayu no Kimochi, Yuki no Kimochi" (Japanese: まゆの気持ち、ユキの気持ち) | Directed by : Yoshimi Narita Storyboarded by : Chiaki Kon | Yoshimi Narita | Hitomi Matsuura | Yuko Doi | June 2, 2024 | |
At Niko Garden, the Cures tell Mey Mey and the Kirarin Animals about Cure Nyammy's true identity as Yuki and her refusal to join them. At home, Yuki explains to Mayu that she first gained the power to transform into a human and into Cure Nyammy when the bear Garugaru attacked her and the charm Mayu made transformed into the Shiny Cats Pact. She also tells her to stop being friends with Komugi and Iroha, but at school they still want to be friends with her. While heading home from school, Komugi senses a hamster Garugaru, but Wonderful and Friendy are unable to purify it because they cannot fit into its tunnels. When the Garugaru later appears near Pretty Holic, Yuki goes to confront it, but it flees after Wonderful and Friendy attempt to stop her from attacking it. Afterwards, Yuki once more tells Mayu to stop being friends with Komugi and Iroha, but Mayu tells her to stop deciding what she does for her. However, she is upset by her outburst and leaves; as Yuki follows her, Komugi and Iroha worry about their friendship. | |||||||
19 | "The Birth Of Cure Lillian" Transliteration: "Kyua Ririan, Tanjō!" (Japanese: キュアリリアン、誕生!) | Yutaka Tsuchida | Yoshimi Narita | Akira inagami | Yuki Nakabayashi | June 9, 2024 | |
As Komugi, Iroha, and Satoru search for the hamster Garugaru, which fled following their first battle with it, the mysterious voice powers it up by commanding it to take revenge on Nyammy for harming it, giving it the ability to shrink others in addition to itself. Meanwhile, at Pretty Holic, Sumire reminds Mayu that she has enjoyed making others happy with her creations since she was young. When the hamster Garugaru attacks and shrinks Wonderful, Friendy, and Nyammy, they are unable to fight it and are forced to flee along with Satoru. Nyammy begs Mayu to flee and save herself, but she refuses, declaring that she wants to protect her and her friends. Her resolve resonates with the Mirror Stone and causes her compact to turn into the Shiny Cats Pact, allowing her to transform into Cure Lillian. She purifies the Garugaru to its original form as the Kirarin Hamster, restoring the Cures to their normal size, and Komugi and Iroha return it to Niko Garden. Afterwards, Mayu and Yuki reconcile. | |||||||
20 | "Together, We're Not Scared" Transliteration: "Futari Nara Kowakunai" (Japanese: 二人ならこわくない) | Koji Ogawa | Junko Komura | Yukiko Ueda & Keisuke Katayama | Zhuxing Xu | June 16, 2024 | |
With Mayu having become Cure Lillian, the group heads to Niko Garden to introduce her and Yuki to Mey Mey. When he asks them to help save the Niko and Kirarin Animals, while Mayu agrees to help, Yuki refuses, saying that she only cares about protecting Mayu, and leaves. When the Kirarin Fawn and the other Kirarin Animals find her, she is worried that they will hate her for harming them when they were Garugaru, but they are instead happy that she is a Cure and can aid in saving the Animals. As she talks to them, she realizes that the Garugaru are like her when she first met Mayu, as she was alone and scared. When a fox Garugaru attacks, Nyammy prepares to attack it, but after seeing that it is in pain, instead decides to save it with Lillian. Their resolve causes their Pacts to summon the Amity Ribbon Tambourine, which they use to purify the Garugaru with Amity Lumiere, returning it to its original form as the Kirarin Fox. Afterwards, Yuki declares that she will fight alongside the Cures, but only if she gets to attend school with Mayu. | |||||||
21 | "Mayu and Yuki's School Life" Transliteration: "Mayu to Yuki no Sukūru Raifu" (Japanese: まゆとユキのスクールライフ) | Emi Tezuka | Mio Inoue | Nobuhito Akada, Kenji Miuma & Yukiko Ueda | Natsuko Tosugi | June 23, 2024 | |
Yuki transfers to Second Wangan Junior High under the guise of being Mayu's cousin and soon becomes popular among the students for her skills, but she is unwilling to work with Komugi and Iroha and refuses to participate in school activities, such as being offered to join the drama club unless Mayu does it with her. Later, when the group works on embroidery and plans to exchange their embroidery, Yuki refuses to participate in the exchange, revealing that at Mayu's old school, she was friends with Chiran Yuuma, whom she wanted to make a handkerchief with a design of her pet chinchilla for her birthday. However, she was so focused on making the handkerchief that Yuuma thought she was ignoring her and stopped being friends with her. As a result, Yuki does not want Mayu to make friends so that she will not be hurt again. When a panda Garugaru attacks and causes the students, including Satoru, to fall asleep, the Cures use his suggestion of how pandas like to play with tires by using the Kirarin Fox's power to transform Komugi into a tire, allowing them to tire it out by having it chase her. After Nyammy and Lillian purify it and return it to its original form as the Kirarin Panda, after which it returns to Niko Garden, the group exchanges their embroidery and Yuki begins to warm up to them. | |||||||
22 | "Wonderful Go~!" Transliteration: "Wandafuru Go~!" (Japanese: わんだふるご~!) | Deko Akao | Directed by : Takao Iwai Storyboarded by : Shinji Itadaki | Keiko Yamamoto, Han Seung Hui, Xiao Yuting, Du Lingui, Ami Konishi & Fumi Nasuno | Miki Azuma | June 30, 2024 | |
Komugi and Iroha's friend Inuzuka, who works as a dog trainer, invites them to try dog agility by navigating an obstacle course, with Mayu and Yuki and Satoru and Daifuku watching. Although Inuzuka and her dog, a Border Collie named Witt, demonstrate the course, Komugi goes through the obstacles incorrectly. Despite this, Inuzuka believes that Komugi has potential and that she and Iroha need to deepen their bond in order to perform better on the course. However, as she and Iroha prepare to try the course again, a squirrel Garugaru attacks, but the Cures are able to purify it and return it to Niko Garden through a combination of Wonderful and Friendy's teamwork and Nyammy using the Kirarin Panda's power to put it to sleep. Afterwards, as the Cures walk home together, although Yuki is unwilling to run with Komugi, Komugi is happy to have gotten closer with Iroha. | |||||||
23 | "Making Wishes! Waon!" Transliteration: "Negai Goto wa Waon" (Japanese: 願い事はワォ~~~~~ン) | Ayaka Noro | Yoshimi Narita | Yuka Takemori, Natsumi Sakai & Mika Hironaka | Yuki Nakabayashi | July 7, 2024 | |
On the eve of Animal Town's Star Festival, Komugi has a dream in which she is standing in front of the Mirror Stone, which is shining, and hears a wolf howling, and wonders if it is crying. On the day of the festival, Yuki reveals her ability to transform into a human to Sumire, who is surprised but accepts it. At the festival, the Cures and Satoru have fun together, with Mayu noticing Satoru's feelings for Iroha and him asking her to keep it a secret. Later, they visit a shrine where their classmate Karasuma, who is helping out with the festival, explains to them that the statues there were placed to mourn animals that had died. She also reveals that there were once many Japanese wolves who inhabited the area, but they went extinct due to hunting and disease, and that there is another shrine, Toboe Shrine, deeper in the mountains, which has a wolf statue. As the festival begins and they prepare to write down their wishes to place on the Mirror Stone, Komugi is initially unsure what her wish is, but eventually decides on one. However, as they prepare to do so, a swan Garugaru attacks, but Wonderful and Friendy purify it with Friend Liberale, returning it to its original form as the Kirarin Swan. Afterwards, as Komugi reveals her wish, which is for everyone to be friends, the mysterious wolf villain is seen at Toboe Shrine. | |||||||
24 | "A Very Strange Egg" Transliteration: "Fushigi Sugiru Tamago" (Japanese: 不思議すぎるたまご) | Hideki Hiroshima | Directed by : Mio Inoue Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki | Hiroshi Numata & Joey Calangian | Zhuxing Xu, Rika Uehara & Daigoro Yamaguchi | July 14, 2024 | |
At Niko Garden, with all the Kirarin Animals having returned, their combined power restores the Niko Diamond. The Diamond's light repairs the damage done to the Garden, restoring it to its original state, and a mysterious egg appears, which Mey Mey and the Kirarin Animals recognize as being Niko. However, despite the Garden being restored, the Cures learn that not all of the Niko Animals have returned, as the mother of a gorilla is still missing. Although he does not know why Niko has returned in the form of an egg, Mey Mey decides to take care of the egg until it hatches. However, when it repeatedly goes to Iroha's house despite his attempts to keep it in Niko Garden, the Cures and Satoru decide to take care of it instead. When a gorilla Garugaru attacks, which the Cures identify as being the mother gorilla, Nyammy uses the Kirarin Swan's power to reach her. She is able to get through to her after showing her the branch her child had been playing with, and she and Lillian purify her with Amity Lumiere and return her to Niko Garden. After reuniting the gorilla with her child, Iroha and Komugi return to Iroha's house, where they agree that the egg is mysterious after seeing that it has returned there again. | |||||||
25 | "Summer! Beach! Homework!" Transliteration: "Natsu da! Umi da! Shukudai da!" (Japanese: 夏だ!海だ!宿題だ!) | Mitsutaka Noshitani | Directed by : Shinji Itadaki Storyboarded by : Deko Akao | Keiko Yamato, HAN SEUNG HUI, Akira Takeuchi, Yoshie Anzai, Shin'ya Nogami, Du Lingui & Xiao Yuting | Ryūta Hayashi | July 21, 2024 | |
For their independent research project, the Cures, along with Satoru, go to Animal Town's beach to study sea turtles and how they lay their eggs. However, since sea turtles lay their eggs at night, they decide to spend the day at the beach until then. When a sea turtle Garugaru attacks, it takes Lillian with it as she clings to its back. As the Cures go after it, Yuki is initially afraid of being without Mayu, but overcomes her fear in order to save her and protect the sea turtle eggs, which are in danger of not hatching due to the cold temperature. After Wonderful and Friendy purify the Garugaru with Friend Liberale and return it to Niko Garden, the Cures and Satoru watch a sea turtle lay its eggs. | |||||||
26 | "It's Dangerously Hot!" Transliteration: "Atsu Sugite Yabai!" (Japanese: 暑すぎてヤバい!) | Yūya Nomoto | Misuzu Chiba | Mitsuru Aoyama | Shota Suzuki | July 28, 2024 | |
As Komugi and Iroha go for a walk and Mayu and Yuki go shopping to get more embroidery thread, they struggle due to the heat caused by a heat wave. They soon run into Satoru, who invites them to his house, where they recover and have lunch. As they leave, a camel Garugaru attacks and the Cures struggle to fight it in the heat. Lillian uses the power of the Kirarin Penguin to cover the area with ice, cooling them off and weakening the Garugaru. After Wonderful and Friendy purify the Garugaru and return it to Niko Garden, the next day Komugi and Iroha go for a walk before sunrise to avoid the heat, while Mayu and Yuki go shopping again, as Mayu had forgotten to following the battle with the Garugaru. | |||||||
27 | "We Want To Find A Tsuchinoko!" Transliteration: "Tsuchinoko ni Aita~i!" (Japanese: ツチノコに会いた~い!) | Takao Iwai | Directed by : Shinji Itadaki Storyboarded by : Sawako Hirabayashi | Makoto Ozawa & Noel Ano-Nuevo | Natsuko Tosugi | August 4, 2024 | |
The Cures and Satoru participate in a competition held by Animal Town's mayor, Washio, in which the goal is to find a tsuchinoko. As they stop for lunch, Mey Mey comes to check on Niko's egg, which Komugi had brought with her, but accidentally drops it down a hole. The Cures use the Kirarin Hamster's power to shrink and enter the hole, where a tsuchinoko Garugaru swallows Niko's egg and attacks them. It turns them to stone with its gaze, but Nyammy avoids being petrified because her fear of snakes causes her to be too afraid to look at it. With help from Satoru, who digs a hole to let sunlight in, reversing the petrification and weakening the Garugaru, Nyammy and Lillian purify it with Amity Lumiere and return it to Niko Garden. Afterwards, while the Cures and Satoru are disappointed that they did not find a tsuchinoko, Yuki is frightened after seeing a creature resembling one. | |||||||
28 | "Let's Play At The Ookuma Farm" Transliteration: "Ōkuma Bokujō de Asobo" (Japanese: 大熊牧場で遊ぼ) | Kana Shinohara | Misuzu Chiba | Ragi Kuon | Yuki Nakabayashi | August 11, 2024 | |
The Cures and Satoru visit their classmate Okuma's house, a farm run by her family. There, they visit the animals and try out farming as part of a stamp rally to win souvenirs. Mey Mey, who came to the farm with Niko's egg since Satoru told him about the visit, goes with Okuma while they participate in the rally, which includes milking cows to make ice cream and interacting with pigs, horses, and alpacas. At the sheepdog show, Mey Mey, who is among the sheep being herded by the sheepdog Andy, reunites with the Cures as an alpaca Garugaru attacks. After Wonderful and Friendy purify it with Friend Liberale and return it to Niko Garden, they complete the rally and receive sets of stickers as souvenirs, followed by deciding to visit again soon. | |||||||
29 | "Nice To Meet You, Niko-sama" Transliteration: "Hajimemashite Niko-sama!" (Japanese: はじめましてニコ様!) | Morio Hatano | Yoshimi Narita | Hitomi Matsuura | Zhuxing Xu | August 18, 2024 | |
In the morning, Komugi is awoken by Niko's egg shining and discovers that it has cracked. Along with the Cures, Satoru, and Mey Mey, they go to the dog run, where the egg hatches and Niko emerges from it. As they introduce themselves to her, she is upset that others know of Niko Garden's existence, but is happy that the Cures have been rescuing its animals. They go with her to Niko Garden, where its inhabitants welcome her back and she reveals to them that Gaou, the leader of a pack of wolves, was responsible for attacking Niko Garden and turning the animals into Garugaru. While she used her power to seal them in eggs and stop them from rampaging, the eggs were transformed into Garugaru eggs and she was transformed into an egg. Meanwhile, Gaou senses Niko's reawakening and the presence of light and resurrects his companions Torame and Zakuro, ordering them to act in his stead while he regains his power. They find a Garugaru egg and Torame awakens it, summoning a new, more powerful type of Garugaru called a Gaogaon. The monkey Gaogaon attacks the Cures and they are overwhelmed as it splits into four and Friend Liberale and Amity Lumiere fail to purify it. While Friendy tells Torame and Zakuro that she does not want to fight and wants to be friends, they refuse, telling her that the Japanese wolves went extinct because of humans. As Gaou orders them to retreat, Iroha becomes depressed and questions her desire to be friends with all animals, whilst also expressing her desire to quit the team. | |||||||
30 | "A Wonderful Castle!" Transliteration: "Wandafuru na Kassuru!" (Japanese: わんだふるなキャッスル!) | Yutaka Tsuchida | Yoshimi Narita | TBA | TBA | August 25, 2024 | |
31 | "Cat-fluencer Mayu" Transliteration: "Nyanfuruensā Mayu" (Japanese: ニャンフルエンサーまゆ) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | September 1, 2024 | |
32 | "Favorite Animal At The Zoo" Transliteration: "Dōbutsuen no Oshi Animaru" (Japanese: 動物園の推しアニマル) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | September 8, 2024 |
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