Setsuna Higashi

Setsuna Higashi is a young girl who appears to be in her late teens. She works for Labyrinth until episode 23, and is the first of the original three members to appear, as well as the only female of the group. Her Pickrun, the Akarun, has a ribbon and wings. She can transform into Eas and Cure Passion.
She is voiced by Yuka Komatsu.
==Appearance==
As Eas, she has red eyes that appear empty, shoulder-length silver hair worn around the shoulders with a black headband, and wears a black sleeveless top with pointed tails and a red collar. The top has two crimson gems on the front and she pairs it with short shorts, long black gloves with maroon bangles, matching colored bands on the upper arm, stockings decorated with red bows, and red heels.
As Setsuna, her hair turns dark purple but keeps the same style. Her eyes remain lifeless until episode 24. She originally wore a red long-sleeve top with a white tank top, khaki shorts, and black leather boots. During summer, she wore a light grey shirt with knee-length dark navy jeans and red heels. She wears the clover necklace Love gave to her until episode 22. After her resurrection, she keeps her top, but it is red and white. Her second summer outfit consists of a red dress beneath a white vest, and she still wears the same heels. In the winter, she switches to a red shirt with a denim navy jacket, layered blue skirt, black tights, and a pair of flats.
During the dance, she wears a dark red sweatsuit with a pink shirt, a mini-skirt for bottoms, black stockings, and a pair of dark red and white high-tops.
In the movie, she wears a crimson top with a cream belt beneath a dark purple jacket with white linings and a red feather design on the back. She also wears dark purple shorts, dark grey knee socks, and dark red shoes.
As Cure Passion, her eyes brighten, her hair turns light pink and reaches her waist, and she wears a white tiara adorned by a garnet gem to match the winged heart on each side of the head. She also gets a white choker and red heart earrings. She wears a red dress with black detail and stitching, a ribbon hanging from the left hip. Her Linkrun is worn on the right, and her sleeves have a white lining with a trim of ruffles on the chest. The second layered skirt is dark maroon, and her sleeves are trimmed with ruffled pastel red layers. She also gains sleeves to match her dress, black tights, and a pair of black and maroon boots with a red cuff.
As Cure Angel Passion, her hair grows out, along with her accessory wings, dress ruffles, sleeves, and ribbon. Her cape-like skirt flows behind her, and her thighs are partially exposed. She gains a white pair of angel wings.
As Rainbow Cure Passion, her outfit is the same as Cure Angel Passion with a small pair of golden wings.
==Personality==
Setsuna starts out as a cold and isolated girl, loyal only to Moebius and act sly. When she, as Setsuna, meets Love, Love's nature and the "happiness" Love shows her makes her slightly open up to the girls. She begins to open her heart, cracking piece by piece to them, but too stubborn to realize it. She have a stubborn mind, however, as she refuses to accept the fact that she has weaknesses. This is shown every time Soular or Westar asks her about Pretty Cure after losing to them, in which she throws small fits and leaves, usually thinking that she will be the one defeating Pretty Cure.
After switching sides, she seems to have lost most of her stubborn mind, and is typically sweet and reserved and patient, though her nature may be due to naivety and guilt when she remembers her sins of doing evil things hurting her friends in the past but over it when she faced "herself". She became kind hearted and loves her friends and Setsuna and Love were like sisters.
==Attack==
Happiness Hurricane - Cure Passion summons her Passion Harp and recites the first half of the incantation. She lights up the strings on the harp, then gives the harp a downward stroke. The double heart-shaped adornment lights up, and she summons a flurry of feathers as she recites the second half of the incantation. Declaring the attack, she begins spinning as a storm of hearts and angel feathers surround the opponent. Passion stops spinning and thrusts the harp upward, then centers it. As she spins the harp around, the enemy becomes purified in a red heart-shaped bubble with hearts surrounding the bubble.
==Trivia==
*Out of the four Fresh! Cures, Cure Passion is the one who's costume resembles the original Pretty Cure the most. This fact may be the reason Akarun has a ribbon; the ribbons used to be one of the original Pretty Cure's trademarks.
*Cure Passion's symbol has not been seen, though stars has been presented when Akarun summons the Passion Harp. However, as the three others from Pretty Cure uses the suit symbols heart, spade and diamond, many believe that Cure Passion's symbol is the club.
*Cure Passion is the only Pretty Cure in Fresh Pretty Cure! who does not introduce her heart's color in English; instead she says makka, which is translated to "scarlet" or "crimson".
**It should also be noted that she is the only one who does not say "the symbol of" , but rather "the proof of". It is a possibility that it is a pun toward her color theme, as the "aka" is pronounced, though not written, like the Japanese word "aka", which means "red".
*Eas was the first female antagonist to become a true part of Pretty Cure.
*Cure Passion is the only Pretty Cure who have not received a Cure Stick from Chiffon.
*Setsuna has the most drastic change in hair color during her transformation, going from dark purple to pink.
*Cure Passion is the second Pretty Cure to have red as her theme color.
*She has the same first name as Setsuna Kai from Devichil.
*Setsuna and Ellen have many similarities.
**Both Setsuna and Ellen were once enemies of the Pretty Cure but would later turn good and become Pretty Cure themselves.
**Both have dark purple hair in their civilian forms.
*For the Pretty Cure All Stars DX3 Movie Character Polls held by Toei Animation, Cure Passion appeared in the following rankings:
**6th in "Favorite Pretty Cure"
**7th in "The Pretty Cure you want to team up with most"
**4th in "The Pretty Cure you want to be most"
*She is the first Pretty Cure to have no blood relatives.
*Setsuna is the fourth Pretty Cure to be excellent in academics.
*Setsuna is the fifth Pretty Cure to be good at sports.
*Setsuna is the first Pretty Cure to be good at studies and sports in school.
*Her birthday is estimated to be either June 12 or 13th.
*In Fresh Pretty Cure's video game trailer, before her Passion Harp forms, it takes a shape of club. In the same trailer Setsuna's background is also filled with clubs, which may refer to her symbol.
*In her picture from Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2, her choker is miscolored as black instead of white.
*Setsuna appears as Cure Passion at the beginning of the third episode of Happiness Charge Pretty Cure.
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