Aquatic Hearts ♥ Pretty Cure

**Aquatic Hearts ♥ Pretty Cure** is a fanseries created by RoyalMinty. Its motifs are the ocean, treasure, miracles, and faith in others.

## **Plot**

Like most children residing on the tiny island of Takarahama, Shimabukuro Marin grew up hearing the tale of the Mermaid's Treasure, a bounty rumored to be hidden in the waters surrounding the island.

Though most of her peers have long accepted that the Mermaid's Treasure is just as mythical as proper mermaids, Marin, now a 2nd-year at Takarahama Junior High School, still fully believes in the story and is determined to uncover the treasure and prove everyone wrong.

Elsewhere, deep in the ocean, the kingdom of Nautica is under attack by soldiers from the dilapidated and long-thought-gone kingdom of Abyssum. Before going into hiding, the queen instructs her most loyal servant to make a break for the surface world, where the legendary warriors known as Pretty Cure are said to reside.

## **Characters**

### **Cures**

* **Shimabukuro Marin** (島袋まりん) / **Cure Coral** (キュアコーラル)
A cheerful and strong-willed 2nd-year student who dreams of being a famed treasure hunter. She transforms into the Pretty Cure of the Reef, Cure Coral.

* **Ishikawa Noriko** (石川稔子) / **Cure Kelp** (キュアケルプ)
A studious, quiet, and stern 2nd-year student who serves as the student council vice-president. She transforms into the Pretty Cure of the Ocean's Forest, Cure Kelp.

* **Kishimoto Asuna** (岸本亜砂) / **Cure Sandy** (キュアサンディ)
A tough, rebellious, and grouchy 3rd-year student who leads a small group of delinquents. She transforms into the Pretty Cure of the Yellow Beach, Cure Sandy.

### **Nautica**

* **Ripple** (リプル, *Ripuru*)
A mature, intelligent crab fairy. She was sent by the queen to find the legendary warriors; Pretty Cure.

* **Queen Azurine** (クイーン・アズリン, *Kuīn Azurin*)
The queen of Nautica.

### **Maelstrom**

* **Kodzume** (小爪)
The first member of Maelstrom to appear; Kodzume is loud, boisterous, and prone to bouts of anger. She's based on the Leopard Seal.

* **Samezaya** (鮫鞘)
The second member of Maelstrom to appear; Samezaya is level-headed, cold, and emotionless. He's based on the Shark.

* **Hakurage** (ハクラゲ)
The third member of Maelstrom to appear; Hakurage is care-free, lazy, and air-headed. She's based on the Box Jellyfish.

* **Osoreru** (おそれる)
The monsters summoned by members of Maelstrom. They're created when members of Maelstrom give a person's fears a physical form.

### **Takarahama Junior High School**

* **Umino Ruri** (海野瑠璃)
A first year student and a member of the Broadcasting Club. She's naïve, gullible, and strongly believes in fantasy creatures.

* **Kiyozaki Hatsune** (清崎初音)
A second-year student and a member of Asuna's gang. She's aggressive, confident, and loyal to Asuna.

* **Masuko Mie** (増子三枝)
A second-year student and a member of the Newspaper Club. She's overzealous, upbeat, and has no concept of personal space.

### **Takarahama Island**

* **Shimabukuro Yuusuke** (島袋友介)
Marin's father and the co-owner of Takarahama's gift shop.

* **Shimabukuro Shintaro** (島袋慎太郎)
Marin's father and the co-owner of Takarahama's gift shop.

* **Ishikawa Yamato** (石川和)
Noriko's father and the mayor of Takarahama.

* **Ishikawa Tsumugi** (石川紬)
Noriko's mother and the mayor's wife.

* **Kishimoto Akihiro** (岸本昭博)
Asuna's father, a salaryman.

* **Kishimoto Takeshi** (岸本剛士)
Asuna's younger brother, a 6th-year elementary school student.

## **Items**

* **Shell Mirror** (シェルミラー, *Sheru Mirā*)
The Cures' transformation device; a shell-shaped mirror compact. They can transform by shouting "*Pretty Cure, Tidal Change!*"

* **Tide Shards** (タイドシャード, *Taido Shādo*)
The remnants of the destroyed Tidal Pearl, they were scattered in all directions by Abyssum's invasion.

## **Locations**

* **Takarahama Island** (宝浜島, *Takarahamajima*)
The island that the Cures live on. It was historically known for its pearl divers, though it's currently best known for the legend of the Mermaid's Treasure.

* **Takarahama Junior High School** (宝浜中学校, *Takarahama Chūgakkō*)
The sole junior high school on the island, and the school attended by the Cures.

* **Nautica** (ナウティカ, *Nautika*)
An undersea kingdom populated entirely by mermaids and mermen.

* **Abyssum** (アビサム, *Abisamu*)
The dilapidated deep-sea kingdom that the members of Maelstrom hail from. It was initially assumed to have been destroyed and abandoned several generations ago.

## **Trivia**

* Aquatic Hearts is actually my *second* fanseries. My first was a space-themed series called Galaxy Pretty Cure that was created roughly four months before Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure was publicly announced.
	+ Funnily enough, Aquatic Hearts was created just a single month before Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure's public logo reveal.
* Aquatic Hearts ♥ Pretty Cure and Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure share several similarities, all of which are coincidental:
	+ They have similar themes / motifs; Aquatic Hearts with treasure / jewelry and the ocean, and Tropical-Rouge! with mermaids and make-up.
	+ Takarahama Junior High School and Aozora Middle School both have blue sailor suits with rectangular collars and a symbol on the breastplate as their girls' uniforms.
	+ Cures in both series have sailor collars in their Cure forms.
	+ Both series has an undersea mermaid kingdom.
	+ Both series' villain teams are themed after marine animals.