Episode 52: Last Kiss

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**Last Kiss** (最後のキス Saigo no Kisu) is the fifty second episode of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch and the last episode of the first season of the series.

## Plot

Kaito has finally figured out about Lucia's identity. The seven Mermaid Princesses band together to defeat Gaito. Sara tells everyone that a new mermaid princess will be born to replace her, so she entrusts her orange pearl to Lucia, so in the end, Sara joins Gaito in his demise.

## Summary

Earthquakes, strong winds, and bad weather from Gaito's castle lie down the city as Kaito tries to wake up Lucia. As the six princesses watch Kaito's vain attempts to wake Lucia, Sara in her mind begs Gaito to stop. Gaito insults Kaito's failure to protect the one he loved the most, but Kaito swears that while he does not care about his older brothers' actions, he will not forgive anyone that threatens Lucia. With that, Kaito uses his Panthalassa power, draining Gaito's power in the process, and finally pushes Gaito away before Kaito passes out and Lucia wakes up. The Water Demons quickly appear and teleport Gaito to his room. Meanwhile, Lucia tries to wake up Kaito, and eventually does so. Subsequently, Kaito finally addresses Lucia in her idol form by name, even adding on that she was the North Pacific Ocean Mermaid Princess and the mermaid he had fallen in love with. Lucia starts crying tears of happiness and he apologizes for being an idiot and not realizing this sooner, leading to the two of them embracing each other with a hug.

Meanwhile in Gaito's room. The Water Demons sacrifice their lives to help Gaito regain his lost powers. Vowing to not let the Dark Lovers' sacrifice be in vain, Gaito once again unleashes his Panthalassa power, even causing parts of his castle to start collapsing as the earthquakes and dangerous weather resume. Sara leads the girls and Kaito to Gaito's room, where Gaito's power break loose and ends up destroying the door of his own room. Sara informs them that this power is the Aura of Hatred. She also adds on, saying none can enter past the Aura of Hatred unless Gaito gives them permission. While Sara receives permission to enter Gaito's room, her attempts at trying to calm Gaito's rage is met with being electrocuted by the volts creating the Aura of Hatred, causing Sara to fall to the floor. Gaito then proceeds to send out a big tsunami on Lucia's city.

Back in the castle corridors, the other six princesses wonder why Aqua Regina has not appeared to help them yet, although all the 7 princesses and pearls are now together. Noel thinks the seven mermaid princesses' hearts have not combined into one. Coco and Caren chime in, suggesting Sara's heart has not completely returned back to them. Worried about Sara, Lucia starts singing Legend of Mermaid alone, eventually being joined by Hanon, Rina, Caren, Noel and Coco. As Gaito and Sara hear them, Sara puts her necklace on her neck and starts singing too, causing some pain to Gaito since all seven mermaid princesses were now singing together. Shortly afterwards, Sara shouts to Aqua Regina to save Gaito's soul, and Aqua Regina appears. She explains to everyone that all the problems from the very beginning occurred because her power was waning. She used all her power to successfully seal the raging Panthalassa clan into the dark sea, but twin Panthalassa babies (Gaito and Kaito) were left behind with a cursed destiny. These twin babies, with their powers combined, had the ability to destroy the sea and land. Unable to remove the curse, Aqua Regina could only separate the twins. Gaito gets mad and tells Aqua Regina how lonely had been, until he first met Sara. But now that Gaito believes Sara left him, he now only wishes to destroy the land inhibited by humans. Then Aqua Regina gives the mermaid princesses new microphones and tells Sara her duty to save Gaito's soul. Taking Aqua Regina's words to her heart, Sara changes into her idol form and then into her super idol form. Together, the seven mermaid princesses sing Kodou in order to successfully take Gaito's powers away. After this, Gaito vents and Kaito tells him to come with him. Unfortunately, Gaito's castle starts sinking because Gaito's no longer has any power. Despite this, he claims he is still the Emperor of Panthalassa and wants to die with his castle.

As the mermaids, Hippo and Kaito leave the castle, Sara decides to die with Gaito, claiming that she has caused trouble to all of them and feeling that she is guilty for all of this. She gives her pearl to Lucia and confirms she will give her role of the Indian Ocean mermaid princess to someone else. After bidding a tearful farewell to an unconscious Tarou Mitsuki, Sara goes to find Gaito in his castle. She appears there in her human form singing the Legend of Mermaid. As everyone watches the castle sink into the deep ravine, Kaito acknowledges that Gaito was never alone thanks to Sara. He quietly bids farewell to his older brother, the castle disappears into the darkness, and Gaito and Sara die together.

Kaito wakes up on the beach, wondering if it was all a dream. Lucia jumps out of the water in her mermaid form, then appears in her human form to tell him it wasn't just a dream. Kaito runs towards her in the water, the two embraced and finally kissed each other.

## Characters

* Lucia
* Hanon
* Rina
* Caren
* Noel
* Coco
* Sara
* Kaito
* Gaito
* Izuru
* Eriru
* Yuri
* Maria
* Taro Mitsuki
* Hippo
* Aqua Regina

## Trivia

* This episode marks the death of Gaito, Sara, Izuru, Eriru, Yuri and Maria.
* In this episode, Sara's idol and super idol form appear for the first time. The seven Mermaid Princesses sing together for the first time in this episode.
* The third ending sequence was used only once in this episode.
* This is the only episode of the anime in which Sara's transformation appears.
* In the Serbian dub, both the third and first sequences were used.