Mana Aida

Mana

Cure Heart

**Mana Aida** (or **Maya Aida** in the English Dub *Glitter Force Doki Doki*) is one of the five main Cures in *Doki Doki! PreCure* and she is also the leader of the group.

Her catchphrase is **"Kyunkyun!"** which is the onomatopoeia that is used to express the tightening of one’s chest caused by the powerful warm feelings of love; the dub changes this to **"Feel the Doki Doki!"**.

Her alter ego is **Cure Heart**, or **Glitter Heart** in the *Glitter Force Doki Doki* dub.

## Bio

### Appearance

Mana has magenta eyes and short, flared hair with a small portion worn up in a ponytail held by an off-white bow. Her layered bangs frame her face. Casually she wears a white and lilac striped long-sleeve shirt beneath a pale pink top with white stripes and a heart design, a ruffled light pink mini-skirt, lilac stockings, and a pair of pink and white sneakers. During summer she wears a black top under a light pink t-shirt, black leggings, a layered pink skirt, and a pair of pink and white sneakers.

As **Cure Heart**, her eyes brighten and her longer hair turns bright blonde, worn in four large curls with the rest pulled up into a ponytail with two large loops held by a pink and white hair piece. On each side of the head is a pink and white heart with heart-shaped fabric. A pink pointed choker and magenta heart earrings are included. She wears a pink dress with white detail and winged sleeves. Straps of magenta and white circle the chest, shoulder, and waist, a magenta ribbon with heart-shaped tails rests on the corner. The scalloped skirt has a pointed pale blue layer, followed by a peplum of four points, a frilly white petticoat. She also gains magenta shorts, pink and white boots to match the sleeves, each adorned by a magenta gem heart to match the one on the chest. White heart-shaped fabric hangs from it.

### Personality

Mana is a cheerful girl who is great at sports and her studies. Her kindness makes her popular at school, and she has the trust of not only the students but adults as well. She often worries about other people, and takes on various problems on her own in order not to burden others. She is great at taking care of people, resolving conflicts, helping friends out with extracurricular activities, and solving problems. However, she often rushes into things before thinking it through. She is childhood friends with Rikka, who is her secretary, and Alice; also, she is a fan of the idol Makoto.

Mana is incredibly fast and if there is any problem to resolve, she shows that she is very competent. She makes friends very quickly and thinks about other people first. Also, she is very courageous, as she heads straight into danger to help people without thinking and even lectures a dangerous Jikochuu. Mana is shown to be a very open and tolerant person as she does not wonder about the existence of fairy mascots like Sharuru, monsters like Jikochuus or her mysterious transformation into a Pretty Cure.

## Cure Heart

**"Overflowing love! Cure Heart!"**
みなぎる愛！キュアハート！
*Minagiru ai! Kyua Hāto!*

**Cure Heart** is Mana's Pretty Cure alter ego. She represents love. In Glitter Force Doki Doki, her catchphrase is **"The power of love! I'm Glitter Heart!"**.

## Trivia

* In episode 42, it is revealed that Mana was born on August 4 (Leo).
	+ According to her mother, Mana ate, smiled, and slept a lot as a baby.
* In episode 8, it is revealed that Mana is tone deaf. This gag is brought up again in *Pretty Cure All Stars: Haru no Carnival♪*.
* In the December 2013 issue of Animage, Cure Heart ranked as the 4th top female anime character for December.
* Mana appeared as Cure Heart to give the 10th anniversary congratulatory speech at the beginning of episode 12 in *Happiness Charge PreCure!*.
* Mana shares her Japanese voice actress with Nakagawa Yumiko, a supporting character from *Futari wa PreCure*.
* Maya also shares her English voice actress with Candy from *Glitter Force*.
* Mana is the first pink leading Cure to have pink hair as a civilian but not as a Pretty Cure. She is also one of the few leading pink Cures to have blonde hair as Cures.
* In prototype concept art, Cure Heart was originally going to be a purple Cure.
* She shares her Cure name with Heart from *Futari wa PreCure Max Heart: The Movie*.

## Gallery

Mana in her school uniformMana as Cure HeartCure Heart’s transformation pose