Michibikawa Jujika

Michibikawa Jujika is the main protagonist on Southern Cross Pretty Cure!. Her alter ego is Cure Southern Cross (キュアサザンクロス).
Appearance
In her civilian form, Jujika has brown-red neck-lenght hair and red eyes. She wears her PreChan Kurippo on it. She wears an cross necklace, representing the Southern Cross. She wears an white dress with an red part on the middle of her chest, and brown sandals.
Becoming Pretty Cure
On episode 1, when Jujika was walking through Sydney, she found an glowing red crystal on the air, and ran to take it. When she took the crystal, it turned into an hair clip, which name is PreChan Kurippo. So then, she suddenly screamed the phrase "Kawarurun! Pretty Cure Kirarin Acrux Shine!" without noticing it. Then, she transformed into an Pretty Cure, and only after the transformation she realized the crystal she found was one of the Pretty Cure Crystals that Blue has spreaded through the world, and got happy and anxious at the same time. Then she saw an Saiark appeared due to the Crystal, and quickly defeated it, much to the city's surprise.
Befriending Ekatherina
On episode 9, when Southern Cross was fighting multiple Saiarks at the same time, she could not take it and got defeated and detransformed. By watching the battle on the TV, the Pretty Cure of Russia, Cure Katyusha, did fly to Australia to help. Then, after getting helped by Katyusha, she asked some questions about her, which she refused to answer. After refusing to answer Jujika's many questions, she flaw back to Russia. On episode 10, they met again, when Katyusha was helping Southern Cross to fight. They started to talk a little bit, but at the end of the battle, Katyusha started to act rude towards Southern Cross, and flaw back to Russia once more time. On episode 15, they met again once more time, but that time as civilian forms, Jujika and Ekatherina. Ekatherina's goal was buying some merch on Australia, but she was confused where to. Then, seeing this, Jujika ran to her and started to show her where to buy merch, and quickly Ekatherina saw there were something familiar on her. Then, an Saiark appeared, and it was made from Ekatherina's merch. Then, it started to attack Ekatherina, and Jujika yelled to the Saiark to stop hurting Ekatherina. So then, Ekatherina realized Jujika only wanted to be her friend and to become her ally, and decided to reveal her identity as Cure Katyusha to her, much to Jujika's shock. And then, Jujika decided to transform into Cure Southern Cross, and when she finished transforming, the Saiark started to attack them both, but then they combined their powers, and defeated it easily. Katyusha and Southern Cross then hugged each other, and started to have an close friend relationship.
Meeting another International Pretty Cures
On episode 25, by seeing the crisis other countries were suffering due to Saiarks and Choiarks, Katyusha and Southern Cross decided to help the another International Pretty Cures. Their first destiny was Spain, where they met Cure Matador. Trying to defeat the Saiark, she got defeated and detransformed. Seeing this, Southern Cross and Katyusha bursted on anger and used all their fury, which defeated the Saiark instantly. But then, many Saiarks and Choiarks appeared, and Matador was determined to help Katyusha and Southern Cross, then, she transformed back into Cure Matador and combined her power with Katyusha and Southern Cross ones. Then, they defeated all the monsters. On episode 27, their next destiny was Italia, where they met two twins, Miro and Kina, which alter egoes were Cure Gonna and Cure Pantaloni. When they arrived on Italy, the two twins were already detransformed due to the many Saiarks and Choiarks. Then, Cure Matador, inspired by Southern Cross and Katyusha, flew to Italy to help the twins along with them both. Miro and Kina then tried to get up, but failed due to body weakness. Then, Matador, Southern Cross and Katyusha helped them both, and they transformed into Cure Gonna and Cure Pantaloni. The five formed an group attack which defeated instantly the monsters.
Getting an upgrade
On episode 39, almost the entire world was taken by Saiarks and Choiarks, and Jujika and Ekatherina were still wondering who was summoning these monsters. Then, worried by the world situation, them both went to Italy to visit their new friends, Miro and Kina. When arriving, the two got shocked and deeply sad when they saw the whole stores closed due to the Saiark and Choiark attacks. It sounded like the world was going to end. And then, they arrived on Miro and Kina's home, who were deeply sad, too. They started talking about plans to stop the monsters, but Ekatherina remained saying they were useless. So the four made an deal: They were going to unite all the current international cures to combine their powers and habilities. After hard work to defeat all the Saiarks in all the countries who had international cures, they got what they planned on, and all the International Pretty Cures got super forms.
Phantom's appearance
On episode 45, the international cures, weak, but united after defeating an fusion of more than hundred Choiarks with one Saiark, saw that the sky was becoming red. And then, suddenly, an black hole appeared on the sky, and, from inside it, an red haired man leaves. Katyusha gets up and ask on anger and fear who he is, and he answers that he is their "worst nightmare". He refers himself as the Pretty Cure Hunter sended by the Queen Mirage of the Phantom Empire, and explains the entire origin of the Saiarks and Choiarks. Cure Southern Cross and Cure Katyusha starts to tear up on fear, but Cure Jungle, the international cure from Brazil, encourages them, and so does the other ones.
Death
On episode 49, after all the Pretty Cures were hunted by Phantom, she and Ekatherina decides to go look for Phantom to defeat him for good. They transform directly into their super forms, and plans to combine their powers. Then, while flying into the sky, they suddenly get teleported to an graveyard-like place, where all the Pretty Cure were dead stuck inside the mirrors. Some time before going searching for Phantom, they heard about an new Pretty Cure team from the Japan, called HappinessCharge Pretty Cure. They were the strongest team. When they got teleported, they found Phantom, and started to attack, but it was no use. Phantom made an simple Saiark, and started to attack them, and when they were really weakened, he hunted them, killing them both by making them getting into an eternal sleep.
Revival
On episode 50, there has passed many months since Jujika and Ekatherina and the another international cures got defeated, and the HappinessCharge Pretty Cure team got entirely hunted, except for its leader, Cure Lovely. In that time, Phantom was already purified, and became just an normal fairy again. By defeating the Phantom Empire for good, the mirrors disappeared, and the International Pretty Cures got revived, including Jujika and Ekatherina. They did not remember each other after getting freed, but then, while in Italy, Miro and Kina, who also did not recognizes them both, looked to night sky, and remembered Jujika's smiles and Ekatherina's maturity. In Australia and Russia, the same happened to Jujika and Ekatherina. At the end of that episode, it was shown that they were looking to the Southern Cross.
Attacks
Crux Acrux Twinkling - An sub-attack based on the brightest star on the Southern Cross, Acrux.
Crux Becrux-Mimosa Eruption - An sub-attack based on the 2nd brightest star on the Southern Cross, which can be called either Becrux or Mimosa.
Crux Gacrux Explosion - An sub-attack based on the 3rd brightest star on the Southern Cross, Gacrux.
Crux Decrux-Imai Illusion - An sub-attack based on the 4th brightest star on the Southern Cross, which can be called either Decrux or Imai.
Crux Ginan Interruption - An sub-attack based on the 5th brightest star on the Southern Cross, Ginan, also called "Intrusive". The attack itself and its name is like this because this star is an bright star that don't forms the constellation's outlines, making people call it an intrusive star.
Southern Cross Storm Burst - Her main attack, used to purify Saiarks.
Southern Cross Rainbow Jewel Box - Her main attack, used to purify Choiarks.
Southern Rigil-Hadaragena Protection - Her shield attack, that can only be used in her super form. It is named after Rigil Kentaurus, most commonly called Alpha Centauri, which is the brightest star on Centaurus, and after Beta Centauri, which can be called either Hadar or Agena.
Southern Pole Cross Attack - Her main attack on her super form, it makes the enemies spins around her, and the more they spin, the faster they purify. The attack is based on the movement the stars make around the Pole Star of its hemisphere.
Trivia
* She is the second lead cure to not wear any pink, after Cure Sky.
* Her name, Jujika, means "cross" in japanese.
* All of her attacks are based on astronomy.
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