Episode 26: Caren's Song

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**Caren's Song** (かれんの唄 Karen no Uta) is the twenty sixth episode of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.

## Plot

Lucia, Hanon, and Rina join Kaito in his trip to a surfing contest. Meanwhile, the Dark Lovers attack the trio, but a new purple mermaid saves the trio but she refuses to join them.

## Summary

It's another school day where Kaito and his classmates with Lucia discuss about the national surfing competition on an island a bit further from the location. Kaito asks Lucia if she wants to come with him to cheer him and she accepts.

A few days later, they arrived in the island with Rina and Hanon. Lucia is pretty excited and Hanon reveals that they came to the island thanks to the lottery they won. Rina gets sad because she wanted to get the blue plasma-screen TV. Meanwhile, in Gaito's castle. Yuri was thinking of her meeting with Hippo and hopes she can see him again while the others are thinking of a plan. Eriru thinks of commanding her cute tropical fish to scout the princesses and get their pearls once he finds them. Back to the hotel, the girls are being in the resception for their rooms and Hippo is happy because there are a lot of girls in their swimsuits. There they meet Sakiya the surfer who ate Lucia's bentobox for Kaito in an older surfing competition. He thinks she came here to cheer him and says that if he will he will treat her a meal. After he gets away, Hanon asks Lucia if she will accept his promise and she says she will refuse. Sakiya then meets Kaito where he tells him about her promise. Kaito also finds out that Lucia came in the island.

In the afternoon, Kaito went for surfing and the three girls talk about Sakiya's promise and tell her what would happen if she refuses his promise.

In the evening, Lucia, Hanon and Rina went for dinner in a restaurant where they couldn't find any seats not occupied. For their bad luc, they meet Sakiya there too where he gets Lucia on a personal talk, he confesses her and Kaito saw these two talking. She describes Hanon and Rina the full conversation and Lucia tells her she will not accept. The megaphones announce that Taro Mitsuki will play a Piano song and Hanon drags the girls to come with her to watch him. Lucia notices Sakiya behind a pot with a tree to challenge him if somebody wins the competition he will kiss Lucia. He accepts. In the outstage. Hanon and Rina take a seat where Rina sees a girl in the beach walking. She soon realizes that she is the girl from the Mermaid Competition and from the Barbeque. She follows the girl and then Taro's concert starts. Caren is stalking the outstage from the sea where she is being stalked by Rina.

At night, Lucia, Hanon and Rina are on their room just before going to sleep, Hanon and Lucia talk about how their day was. Hippo interupts them by announcing his Radar Pearl is tracking down a fourth mermaid princess.

The next day's morning, Rina goes to search this mermaid by herself. Lucia is going for a walk to the hotel when she comes across Kaito where he eventually s wrapped with bandages in his ankle. However, he was told not to participate in the competition but he did. Meanhwile, Eriru's tropical fish informs her the Green Pesrl Princess is near. Kaito wins the match he was challenged by Sakiya which made Lucia happy. Rina at the moment was found by the Dark Lovers. She is being attacked. Lucia and Hanon's pendants start glowing meaning Rina's in danger. They come to her. They transform into idols and are ready to sing Super Love Songs! but does not last for long. they are caught by the 4 of them and make them suffer. However, a voice shouts: "Purple Pearl Voice!". She sings Legend of Mermaid which makes the Dark Lovers to leave. The princess and the trio are looking to each other for a while as a huge silence is being kept.

## Characters

* Lucia
* Hanon
* Rina
* Caren
* Kaito
* Hippo
* Aqua Regina (mentioned)
* Yuri
* Izuru
* Eriru
* Maria
* Sakiya
* Kaito
* Taro Mitsuki
* The Announcer
* Noel (mentioned, pictured)

## Trivia

* This is the first episode where Caren's idol form is shown. This is also the first episode she sings and is revealed as the fourth mermaid princess.