She had only to wield that knife and take the prince's life with it.
Only then could she return to her mermaid form once again.
However...
In order to protect the one she loved, the mermaid broke the promise she made with the witch.
She sank down to the very bottom of the sea,
And dissolved into sea foam.
The Little Mermaid
No matter how many times I read it, it's such a beautiful and heartrending story.
♪ Let's Spark! Cut loose, Viva Precure! ♪
♪ Chase after that light, Yeah!! ♪
♪ All year round, my heart is Summer ♪
♪ Hold hands and fight! Ride those waves, right on! ♪
♪ Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure ♪
♪ Coconuts swing, and all the guppies dance ♪
♪ We're all swelling up with motivation ♪
♪ Just can't wait for tomorrow, let's start "now" ♪
♪ We're all so hasty, is that pretty❤!? ♪
♪ Come on, do it! Do it! Girls' endeavors ♪
♪ With a flash, the Pact will reflect them ♪
♪ With those Tiaras adorned, we'll smile ♪
♪ Just make a wish and it will come true ♪
♪ Let's Get Tropical! We're all Precure ♪
♪ Unite our voices together, Yeah!! ♪
♪ So radiant, my heart is Summer ♪
♪ Our shy flirtathon, come on and sing our song ♪
♪ Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure ♪
♪ Precure! ♪
Cure Papaya Bursts onto the Scene! This is My Story!
I wasn't able to pick a club today either...
Me neither...
Tennis looks cool right? And then there's basketball,
Swimming, handball, and rhythmic gymnastics is awesome too~
On the more cultural side of things, the Theater Club and Wind Instrument Club look really fun too!
Ah, the Cheer Club and Magic Club too!
Everyone's so tropicool, I just can't decide~!
I get what you mean.
Yeah! I wanna do that! I wanna do this too!
If only there was a club where I got to do all the things I wanted,
That'd be soo tropicashiny~!
Why not just make one then?
Eh?
Back in Gran Ocean, if something doesn't exist you just make it yourself.
By yourself huh...
That's it! Why didn't I think of that?
But what kind of club should I make...?
I know! Why not make a Precure Club?
Huh?
But being a Precure isn't a club activity...
Don't sweat the small stuff! You can be a Precure and do club activities at the same time!
No I mean, Precure is more like...
What is Precure anyway?
Weren't they the legendary warriors...?
That's right! It's a legend passed down in Gran Ocean.
The warriors who saved the world of mermaids and world of humans.
That's who the Precure are!
I've never heard of that before... Have you?
I dunno...
Okay~! In that case let's go do some investigation tomorrow!
That's it!
If we go investigate the Precure, I'm sure we'll find a new Precure while we're at it!
— Ahahahaha!
Huh? Um...
What about club activities...?
Library
Precure, Precure...
Hmm...
I guess there isn't anything after all...
Then what about books on mermaids or sea fairies?
I have read The Little Mermaid before actually.
Ahh! That one might be here!
Ah, look out!
— S-sorry!! — Are you alright?
Yes, I'm fine.
Don't worry about it.
Ah! That book!
I'm Manatsu Natsuumi from class 1-5! What's your name?
I'm Minori Ichinose from class 2-2.
So you're our senior huh!
Is it okay if I call you Minorin-senpai?
W-wait, Manatsu...
I don't really mind...
That book is The Little Mermaid right?
This?
Yes! We haven't had any luck trying to find books on mermaids or fairies...
History - Biographies
Those are the non-fiction shelves...
Non... Heckshon?
Hecchoo!
Eh?
Not heckshon, fiction!
Heh?
It means things that actually happened.
If you're looking for made-up stories, you won't find them there.
Here you go.
Huh? Are you sure??
Yes.
Thank you! Woah~!
Do you like stories about mermaids or fairies?
Yeah! Minorin-senpai, you like The Little Mermaid too right?
Yes, I do.
The Little Mermaid is about a mermaid who fell in love with a human,
So she made a deal with a witch who gave her legs in exchange for her beautiful voice.
The ending is a bit grim but...
I love it.
I see!
So does that mean you believe in mermaids and fairies?
Eh?
I like it as a story, but...
At best, it's merely a fairy tale.
I don't really think they actually exist...
See you later.
Eh?
That hurts!!
I can't believe you cut your claws while cooking... you silly crab.
Just shut up and treat me, Dr. Numerii!
Gahh!!
Okay, it's all done now.
You're always carelessly injuring yourself and making more work for me... What am I going to do with you?
It appears work would be difficult for you right now with those wounds.
Why hello.
Butler!
Let us have someone else go this time.
Huh, me? I'm the doctor though...
Well, I suppose it cannot be helped.
Minorin-senpai really loves stories about mermaids doesn't she?
I know!
Minorin-senpai could probably become a Precure too right?
She could become a Precure?
Yep!
I wonder about that...
Doesn't she seem kinda unreliable?
You think so...?
What if she's amazing at karate or something?
Yeah...
Let's ask Ms. Sakuragawa about her...
Minori Ichinose?
If I recall, she used to be part of the Literature Club but...
Wow, the Literature Club!
That's right. She has excellent grades, and was even ranked top of her class in Japanese.
Amazing!
I believe she wrote articles for the Literature Club's magazine as well.
This is awesome! It's a story about adventures with a mermaid and a human girl!
This is super tropicashiny~!
Huh... I suppose it's alright.
Not just "alright" Laura!
Minorin-senpai is amazing!
Hey, Laura is...!
Laura...?
Hah-! Minorin-senpai!
It w-was nothing!
— Ahahaha...
That's...
— Eh?
Yeah!
Ah!
Minorin-senpai, your novel "Mermaid Story" was super tropicashiny!
Eh? Tropi... shiny..?
Yep! A grand adventure where a mermaid and a human girl journey around the world together!
I can't believe you wrote such a great story, you're really amazing!
A clumsy mermaid who was adrift at sea, and the human girl who saved her.
The two became good friends, in order to save the world from an evil dragon...
They set out on an adventure together and sailed the seven seas!
The dragon was trying to eat up all of the world's fruits!
But then the fruit-loving girl bravely stood up and faced her foe!
"I will never let you have this legendary papaya!"
Stop!
Ehh?
Minorin... senpai...?
T-that was just a fantasy I came up with!
Mermaids don't exist in real life.
And my novel is just a boring fairy tale...
Minorin-senpai?
S-sorry about that. That's something I wrote a long time ago.
And about the Literature Club, well...
The thing is... I already quit.
But even so, it was really interesting!
I wanna read what happens next!
And plus, if you love mermaids this much then...
I'm sorry. I don't want to talk about this anymore.
Minorin-senpai?
I guess she wasn't it after all.
Is something the matter?
Ms. Director!
Manatsu-san, you sure do love mermaids don't you?
Yeah.
I know! Have you been to the museum yet?
Special Event: The World of Mermaids Aozora City Museum
Eh?
They happen to be holding an exhibit on mermaids right now.
Why don't you go check it out?
Mermaid Story By Minori Ichinose
But even so, it was really interesting!
I wanna read what happens next!
Woah~!
Tropicool~!
Mermaids everywhere!
I swear... We gotta hurry up and search for the Precure too...
Ahh~! What's that over there?
I can't take this...
It says according to some legends, the mermaids would run ships aground...
That's kinda scary!
Come on now, that didn't happen...
Ahh! Look over there, that's amazing!
Look, look! It's a mermaid mummy!
Huh??
How exactly is this supposed to be a mermaid?
These are just a bunch of human fantasies!
Someone's coming!
Ehh? Oh man...
Minorin-senpai...
So you two came as well.
Yes.
About yesterday, um... I'm sorry...
No, we're the ones who just read your story like that...
That's alright. You didn't do anything wrong.
Huh?
It looks so real...
It sure does huh, now that you mention it!
You sure do love mermaids don't you?
Yeah.
It all started when I read The Little Mermaid back in kindergarten.
With the witch's power, she was able to become human.
She was given legs in exchange for her voice.
Because of that, she wasn't able to tell the prince how she felt...
So the prince never learned her true feelings, and married another woman.
At the depths of her despair, the witch appeared again before her and said this.
"If you wish to return to your mermaid form, you must take the prince's life."
But she steeled her resolve for the happiness of the one she loved.
She dove into the sea, and dissolved into sea foam upon the waves.
Huh??
She gave her life for a human? That's ridiculous!
Eh?
— Laura...
Eh? Ehh??
Mermaids... really do...
Then you wanna feel my tail to make sure?
R-really?
On second thought I'll pass!
Well, that's just how things are so...
Minorin-senpai, won't you become a Precure too?
Huh? What's that?
Legendary warriors that save the world! That's Precure!
You seem a little unreliable but...
I'll give high marks for that mermaid-lover part of you.
Try it out!
I guess it's not shining after all...
Could I really become one of those Precure?
I think you'd do great!
What she said! You love mermaids, and you're even able to write such wonderful stories!
It's impossible for me. I can't do it.
Fantasy is completely different from reality!
I'm not some kind of heroine from a fantasy novel...
When you're low on confidence, use this!
Psyche yourself up with makeup!
Minorin-senpai, you wanna try too?
You'll feel that tropicashiny courage welling up inside throughout your entire body!
But makeup wouldn't look good on me...
Don't say that... You'll never know if you don't try!
All these humans...
Come out now, Dontwanna!
Dontwanna!
That's...!
Alright then, do them a favor and suck up all their motivation power, gently now...
Dontwanna!
This is bad!
Manatsu! Sango!
Pretty Cure! Tropical Change!
Lips!
Cheeks!
The exciting endless summer! Cure Summer!
The sparkling jewel! Cure Coral!
Those are... Precure?
Well now, nice to meet you.
Who are you?
I am Numerii. I'll make sure to spoil you girls rotten...
Dontwanna!
Ah, watch out!
No...
— Not good... — At this rate...
You want to save them, don't you?
If so, you should go and help them.
But, I'm just...
What, you still can't do anything?
That's all you've been saying.
"It's impossible for me. I can't do it. I'm just a loser."
Manatsu believes in you.
She believes you can become a Precure.
How about believing in yourself a little more?
Don't just decide right away that you can't do something, get out there and try!
You were so sure that mermaids didn't exist either, but look, here I am!
And that novel you said was bad, Manatsu said otherwise didn't she?
She said it was interesting!
If you can just muster up your courage and take a step forward, you can do anything!
What other purpose do you have those legs for?
I...
I will...!
I'm going to help those girls!
A ring?
Pretty Cure! Tropical Change!
Let's makeup! Ｃａｔｃｈ！
Cheeks!
Lips!
Hair!
Eyes!
Dress!
The gleaming fruit! Cure Papaya!
What amazing power...
Cure Papaya!
I knew you could do it!
Oh my... Dontwanna?
Dontwanna!
— It's that move from before! — Leave this to me!
Do-dontwanna~!
Now's your chance!
— Laura! — Alright!
Mermaid Aqua Pot!
Motivation power, come back!
Amazing... It's just like a fantasy story.
But this is my reality!
I also...
Want to help save everyone!
Heart Rouge Rod!
Precure! Papaya Parade Shot!
Victory!
Well, it's been fun. See you again sometime.
Well? How does it feel to take a step forward?
I'm not sure... But it's a nice feeling I guess.
That's what you call "tropicashiny"!
So this is...
I see!
So... I'll ask you again.
Wanna touch my tail?
Well?
It feels so real!
Huh?? What kind of response is that!?
Your motivation for today is Papaya Yellow!
All together now, let's dance!
♪ Precure ♪
♪ Precure! ♪
♪ Countdown to that last schoolday chime (Oh, Yeah) ♪
♪ I'm just so restless ♪
♪ With that sign from our usual smiles let's start, friends ♪
♪ Time to present my new colorful obsession ♪
♪ The A to Z's of what I'm into lately ♪
♪ I'm spinning round and round right now ♪
♪ Shutter chance! Focus on me♪ ♪
♪ Tropical-Rouge! In our hearts (Let's Makeup) ♪
♪ Work your magic and catch that dazzling light! ♪
♪ Our courage pushes us forward, girls be valiant! ♪
♪ Yes!! Rouge! Our oath (Let's Change) ♪
♪ No matter when, we'll be do-I-N-G ♪
♪ What we want! Do my best!! I just can't put it off ♪
♪ A brand new us, let's burst out!! ♪
♪ Precure ♪
♪ Precure! ♪
That third year Asuka Takizawa is super strong and cool!
You got that right. She's shaping up quite nicely!
Alright~! Let's go scout her for the club and for the Precure!
Tropical-Rouge! Precure
Enter the Senpai! Burn! Cure Flamingo!
Let's get tropical today too everybody!