Tropical Club
It looks like a lot of clubs want to take part in the Tropical Graduation Festival.
Everyone's full of motivation, huh?
I just can't wait for it~!
Yep.
And we'll need to decide what the Tropical Club is gonna do pretty soon too.
As long as I'm the leading role, I don't mind what we do.
Hmm...
A mermaid as the leading role...
The Little Mermaid!
The Little Mermaid...
Then how about we put on a play?
A play?
You stand on a stage in front of everyone and act like the characters in a story.
A play huh...
Everyone can participate, whether it's making costumes or building the set.
Sounds like we'll make some great memories.
I like the idea of a mermaid protagonist, but I'll pass on "The Little Mermaid".
There are just too many things wrong with that story.
Hmm...
In that case, let's go with the story Minorin-senpai wrote, "Mermaid 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! ♪
Spin That Tale! Minori's New Story!
"Mermaid Story"!
If we made that into a play, it'll definitely, definitely be super interesting!
Minorin-senpai, write a script for-
Stop!
...Huh?
Mermaid Story is...
It has too many flaws, so it wouldn't make for an interesting play.
Then all you have to do is rewrite those parts so it'll be interesting, right?
Just fix the parts that you think are flawed.
Isn't that right?
She's right!
If you do that, it'll become even more interesting!
Minorin-senpai?
Let me think about it for a bit.
The dragon wants to consume all the fruit in the world!
The fruit-loving girl stands up bravely against the dragon!
"I will never give this Legendary Papaya to the likes of you!"
Aozora Middle School Literature Club
"Mermaid Story"...
I'm so sure it'd make such a great play too!
But if Minorin-senpai says she doesn't want to write it, then we shouldn't pressure her.
Minori does want to write it, actually.
How do you know?
She just said "Let me think about it" right?
If she didn't want to, she'd just refuse right away.
She's conflicted because deep inside, she actually does want to write it.
— I get it...
And in the first place, the fact that she thought of all those characters and settings, and wrote all those pages...
She wouldn't do that if she didn't like it!
You're right...
I definitely wouldn't bother do something so annoying like that.
Even if you begged me I'd say no way!
Same here, no way!
That's nothing to puff your chest out about, but I see where you're coming from.
You're right, it's not something you'd do unless you really liked it.
Also, what Minorin-senpai said before...
"Right now, I really am having a lot of fun!"
Why can't she write, if she's having so much fun?
Back when you mentioned "Mermaid Story",
Minori's face stiffened up for a bit...
Yeah...
All the problems her senior at the Literature Club pointed out...
You think she's still hung up on all that?
Minori still seems to harbor some emotional scars when it comes to "Mermaid Story"...
Mermaid Story By Minori Ichinose
I can't let this drag me down forever.
Laura was right. I can just fix it.
The story and characters I wrote about in "Mermaid Story" were all derivative,
There wasn't anything in there that came from my own experience.
If I can just fix those flaws...
But...
Can I really fix it?
Can I really make it interesting...?
The Legendary Papayas, which bestow amazing powers should you eat one, are scattered across the world.
If the dragon were to eat one, the world would be in danger.
The girl and the mermaid set off on a journey to search for a new Legendary Papaya.
To be continued...
Aww, come on~!
I really wanna read what happens next!
What kind of powers do you get when you eat a Legendary Papaya?
Ah!
Now that you mention it, that's also left unresolved!
Kuru?
Legendary Papaya
I got it~!
— Eh? — Kururun?
How am I supposed to add something from my own experience?
This was just a daydream fantasy of mine...
Minorin-senpai, morning!
Good morning.
What are you all doing here?
We've come to take you on an adventure!
Let's all go together!
Come! We're off to search for the Legendary Papaya!
Eh?
The ones you wrote about in "Mermaid Story"!
"If you eat a Legendary Papaya, amazing powers will be bestowed upon you!"
So if you were able to find a Legendary Papaya,
You'd gain amazing powers, and be able to enjoy writing that story!
But...
The most important thing right now is to find that Legendary Papaya!
Ｌｅｔ'ｓ ｇｏ!!
Wait up, Manatsu! The Legendary Papayas are...
Just things you thought up, and don't actually exist right?
Manatsu knows that too.
Then why?
Maybe she's just trying to help you, in her own little way?
You never know what ideas might come to you if you spend some time outside, right?
Why don't we take a stroll and think of some together?
Girls...
— Hey~!
Come on~!
Come on, hurry up!
Let's go!
Okay.
So... Where are we gonna look for one?
Where the papayas are. That'll be...!
Aozora Fruit Stand
A fruit grocery, of course!
Legendary Papayas
We found 'em already~! The Legendary Papayas!
— Eh?
Phantom Papayas
They got phantom papayas too!
Those are just product names.
Wow... So papayas aren't all just yellow huh?
Those are green papayas. They're unripened fruits.
Green papayas are considered vegetables,
Phantom Papayas
When they ripen they become yellow, and turn into fruit.
Legendary Papayas
— Woah...
That's our Minori. She knows her stuff.
I researched a bunch of stuff about papayas.
You're researching papayas are you?
Sure are!
Hmm, in that case!
Ahahahaha!
Wait for me~!
Elda-san? How long do you intend to keep playing around like that?
Forever! Elda is a little kid after all!
At this rate, you will not be able to remain a child forever you know.
Eh?
If you want to remain a child forever, you should start getting serious about this already.
Urgh... I have no choice huh.
I guess I'll get just a little bit serious then.
Papaya Plantation
Welcome to our papaya plantation!
Wow~! It's so amazing~!
This is a papaya tree.
This is my first time seeing a papaya tree!
Aren't papaya trees supposed to be bigger than that?
We grow these short trees so that it's easier to harvest the fruit.
And when they're short like this, they're more resilient against strong winds as well.
Wow...
Okay then, I'll be over there working.
Give me a holler if you need anything okay?
— Okay!
Alright~!
We're gonna find that Legendary Papaya~!
Minorin-senpai, what kind of papaya is a Legendary Papaya?
Eh? Uhm...
It looks like a regular papaya from the outside, I think.
Then, does it taste any different?
Compared to a regular papaya, which is sweeter?
I'm not sure which one...
I've never actually eaten a papaya before.
— Ehh?
You've... never eaten a papaya before?
Yeah.
Even though you wrote a story about papayas?
You're so knowledgeable about papayas, so I figured you must've eaten a whole bunch of them...
How about actually trying one first?
H-hey now!
Minori!
Wait up, Minorin-senpai!
Minori! It's dangerous to run around like tha-
Ahh!
Minorin-senpai!
Are you okay, Minori?
This is why I'm just no good...
I just read some books, and thought I knew everything...
I let my head get too big...
I'm so embarrassed. I just want to dig a hole and hide inside of it...
Hole?
Hole, hole, hole...
No holes! Wanna dig one?
It was just a metaphor!
Come on, there's nothing for you to be embarrassed about.
I haven't ever eaten a papaya either you know.
If you've never eaten one, just eat one now!
She's right!
Shall we all try eating some papayas?
All the papayas get such excellent sunshine here at the plantation huh.
Why's that?
Dunno...
You see, papayas...
Papayas are fruits from tropical climates, so ample exposure to the sun is essential.
They grow by bathing in the sun's rays.
Really?
So that's why!
I'm glad you didn't get hurt.
Your glasses are just fine too.
Thank you.
But it really makes you think...
It's my first time seeing them, but just one tree can grow a whole bunch of papayas at once huh.
Papaya fruits can form a ring around the whole trunk.
As if they're all leaning on each other for support.
That's why, in the language of flowers, papaya means "companions".
"Companions"?
It means to be friends.
What a wonderful flower meaning!
Bathing in the sun, all together with your friends... sounds like fun!
Yeah.
There you are.
Hey there girls! Come on over!
Go ahead, dig in!
It's salad and stir fry made from ripe papaya and green papaya!
Wow~! So much papaya!
Is it alright for us to have all this?
Of course, don't hold back!
If you like it, go and tell all your friends about us!
You can just leave that to us!
Hey Chief!
Ahh, be right there!
Alright then, enjoy!
Minori, let's both eat our very first papaya together!
Okay.
— Thanks for the food!
What a pretty color...
And such a unique fragrance...
Well?
It has a mellow texture, and the taste is not as strong as I expected.
It's a gentle, mild sweetness.
I really like it.
Thank goodness!!
I was worried about what we were gonna do if Cure Papaya said she didn't like papayas!
That would have been pretty funny in and of itself!
You all try some too!
It's so tropicashiny~!!
It's delicious... I wonder why these are so delicious?
Because they bathed a whole bunch in the sun's rays?
Because they're extremely nutritious?
Because the farmers cultivated them with lots of love?
Those are all true, but...
I feel like that's not the whole story.
Everyone else thought hard about how they could help me...
And because I'm here now eating together with all of them...
If there is a Legendary Papaya...
I'll bet this is how it tastes.
Eheh! Everyone is so full of motivation!
And I'm gonna take all of it!
Let's play, Reallytotallydontwanna!
Dontwanna!
Dontwanna!?
Dontwanna!
Let's go, girls!
— Alright!
Pretty Cure! Tropical Change!
Let's makeup! Ｃａｔｃｈ！
Cheeks!
Eyes!
Hair!
Lips!
Nails!
Dress!
The exciting endless summer! Cure Summer!
The sparkling jewel! Cure Coral!
The gleaming fruit! Cure Papaya!
The fluttering wings! Cure Flamingo!
The wavering ocean! Cure La Mer!
We're full of energy today too!
Tropical-Rouge! Precure!
Jeez! I don't have time to play around with you!
Elda is super serious today!
Dontwanna!
It's so fast!
Dontwanna!
La Mer!
— Flamingo!
So whaddya think? Elda's Dontwanna is amazing huh?
Pa...papayas are...
Eh?
Papayas grow by bathing in the sun's rays!
Hahh?
I met everyone else... and became a Precure...
We went on adventures together that glimmered like sunshine!
Our adventures are up there with the most exciting stories ever!
I've experienced this amazing tropicashiny story with everyone else!
— Papaya...
The heck are you talking about? You're not making any sense!
I'm telling you that I am Cure Papaya!
Yeah, so what if you are!?
Girls! I've got a plan!
Everyone attack on all sides of the Dontwanna at the same time!
— Alright!
Not gonna work!
Dontwanna!
If we attack simultaneously from all sides...
The Dontwanna will escape upwards!
Dontwanna!
Heart Rouge Rod!
Precure! Papaya Parade Shot!
Dontwanna!
— She did it! — Amazing!
Papaya after eating papaya is a cut above the rest!
Mermaid Aqua Pot!
Motivation power, come back!
Here we go, girls!
Marine Heart Kuru Ring!
Dress Up!
Excellen-Tropical Style!
Our five powers roar through the seas!
Precure! Marine Beat Dynamic!
Victory!
Grr... Next time I'll be even more serious, you hear me?
Thank goodness!
The unripe papayas weren't harmed either.
But we weren't able to find the Legendary Papaya!
Eh? You were actually trying to find it?
I found it.
— Eh?
All these tropicashiny feelings I've had since I met all of you...
This is my Legendary Papaya.
Let me write the script for the play.
Not "Mermaid Story", but our story.
Right now, the most important thing to me is writing that story.
Okay!
There you go!
I'm super excited for it!
Everybody! Come and dance with me today!
Let's make it fun!
♪ A kiss on the southern winds ♪
♪ Vitamin power ♪
♪ We're all in a tropical mood ♪
♪ In our hearts we always have that same sun ♪
♪ We'll embrace it with a flash of light ♪
♪ No matter who it is, every meeting has its reason ♪
♪ Today shines brightly, so let's make this one a revolution ♪
♪ Dreaming to Go My Way!! (My Way!!) ♪
♪ Doing our makeup with you ♪
♪ In the sky and the seas and in our favorite town ♪
♪ Let's enjoy our youth! ♪
♪ Every day, Catch My Shine!! (My Shine!!) ♪
♪ You must be honest about all that you love ♪
♪ Bring together all the greatest things in this moment ♪
♪ Be courageous and step forward, Charge! (Charge!) ♪
♪ Your very own story is the most Charming! (Charming!) ♪
♪ Invincible Rouge! Precure! ♪
Let's start preparing for the play!
Our story huh...
What kind of story will it be?
I'd like to draw upon all of your individual stories.
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...
That's not what she means!
Tropical-Rouge! Precure
Meeting Time! Tropical Club, Assemble~!
Let's get tropical today too everybody!