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## The Pain of Labels. Everyone Is Distancing From Maria?!

Maria is worried about what people think of her

### Director

CureShiningSong

**The Pain of Labels. Everyone Is Distancing From Maria?!** is the 10th episode of the Healin' Good Pretty Cure 💖 Oc Squad Episodes starring the Healin' Good Pretty Cure 💖 Oc Squad.

## Summary

*After Maria begins to hear what people thinks about her, she starts becoming self-conscious about everything she does and tries her best to not fit the labels. Little did she know someone was going through a similar experience...*

## Major Events

* Maria hears bad things that people think about her.
* Kokona and Maria transform together for the first time
* This episode marks the debut of Mr. Yamikawa.

## Synopsis

The episode starts with Hatsumi, Kazemi, Maria, and Yuka arriving at school. Yuka is instantly surrounded by fans and said good morning to them with a smile. Maria couldn't help but notice at least one of them was glaring at her. Feeling a bit uneasy, Maria decided to go ahead and just get to class.

We now see Kokona walking down the street, carrying a white box around with her. She heads into her brother's office building using her ID card and headed to the front desk, asking for directions to Mr. Yamikawa's office. After getting directions, Kokona went up the elevator and into the office, setting down the box.

She quickly wrote a note and then waited outside the room. Soon enough, a crowd of Mr. Yamikawa's co-workers had gathered. They all hid when someone came up the stairs, this being Mr. Yamikawa himself. He went into his office and we see Kokona grinning at her brother, who was hiding right next to her. Mr. Yamikawa went back out of his office and they all came out of their hiding spots, yelling the word surprise. Apparently, it was Mr. Yamikawa's birthday, and Kokona delivered a fresh cake for the party.

We're now back with Maria, who was walking to class. She was attempting to drown out the numerous voices of those who she soon realized were talking about her... and not in a nice manner. Now that she knew one person didn't like her, she couldn't help but observe the fact that there were others. And it really worried her, since she was the president of their student council.

Maria quickened her pace, hoping to get to class and escape these things, but once she was in the room and was seated, she heard two girls gossiping about her grades. Maria's head hit her desk in exasperation, hoping that it would all stop. She was smart and got good grades, but she didn't like it when people theorized that she had cheated and other things.

Back to Kokona and her brother's co-worker's birthday party now. Kokona was celebrating with others when she started to hear voices. She thought for sure she heard "Eiena's sister" be mentioned in a conversation and was caught off guard. She tripped on herself and collapsed, falling into another coughing fit. Mamoru ran over and helped Kokona up and into his office. The last thing Kokona heard before passing out in a chair as her brother closed the door was "why is she here again? She's ill and not employed here."

We now see Maria walking home from school. Hatsumi, Kazemi, and Yuka all offered to walk with her, but Maria insisted on doing it alone, mainly to Yuka's dismay. Maria arrived at her home and sat on the back porch for a while. Her father came out as well and saw her. He sat down next to her and asked her about her day. Upon getting no response he talked about his day instead, laughing when one of his co-workers tried to use the chocolate milk fountain he installed the other day and ended up soaked by it.

When his daughter is still silent, Yukimura Shotaro asks her what happened at school and why she was in a slump. Maria tells him that she is fine without looking him in the eye, just tired, and heads back inside. She didn't want to tell him that some people didn't like her. That conversation wouldn't go down well. After not finding any comfort through being alone in her room, Maria heads to the pond.

Maria watches the sun start to set over the horizon and sighs. She is slightly startled by a voice asking if she had a bad day as well. Maria looks to her side and sees Kokona next to her, also looking kind of sad. Maria nodded and looked back to the rippling water. Kokona asked what happened and Maria was reluctant to answer, so Kokona said that she found talking about how one feels makes them feel better.

With Hatsumi and Kazemi, Latte's tiara glows orange and she says that the "frost was crying". The duo nod and transform into Cure Maple and Cure Breeze together. The two then run to where Latte told them the Megabyogen was.

Back at the pond, Maria sighed and admitted that she worries about what people think of her. She talked about what she saw and heard, and how all her friends at school don't seem to have that problem. Kokona nods and says that she knew how Maria felt. She then goes on to not necessarily talk about her situation, but something like it, saying "when people first see you, they seem to like you, but as time goes on and rumors start to go around, people lose their fondness and start to wonder why you even exist." Maria realizes Kokona was in a similar situation that day and says "I'm so sorry" to her, putting her hand on top of Kokona's.

Kokona smiles and says it's okay to Maria, saying that whenever she feels down she just tells herself to "Just smile and be happy" and everything seems to be okay even when it really isn't more than half of the time. Maria raises an eyebrow as she starts to wonder if Kokona had done that previously to her to hide how she truly felt.

The two then hear an explosion nearby and run. Kokona slows down and falls to the ground, Maria stopping and asking if she was okay. Kokona nodded with a smile, saying she was just tired. Maria recognized that excuse as the same one she used earlier and went back to help Kokona.

When the two arrived, they saw Maple and Breeze struggling, as Hanmon was getting involved as well as his Megabyogen. Kokona and Maria nodded and transformed into Cure Cherish and Cure La Glace. The cures then teamed up and fought. Cure La Glace finished things with Healing Blizzard, freeing the Frost Spirit and telling the Megabyogen to take care. Before vanishing, Hanmon glared at the cures, and Cherish just looked at him questioningly, wondering why he was still there. He grunts in frustration and vanishes.

We now see Maria and Kokona walking back to town together, Maria saying that Kokona was right... and that she just needs the right friends and their opinions are what matter, not strangers'. Kokona nods and says that she'll try that too as they part ways.

Before the end of the episode, we see Yuka taking a night walk. She greets all aspects of nature like friends. Suddenly, something jumps into the middle of the path and Yuka skids to a stop, falling on her face right in front of it. We don't see what it is though, as the episode ends on a view of the night sky.

## Characters

### Pretty Cures

**Eiena Kokona / Cure Cherish**
**Morihime Hatsumi / Cure Maple**
**Soyokaze Kazemi / Cure Breeze**
**Yukimura Maria / Cure La Glace**
### Mascots

**Latte**
**Suzurun**
**Teddirin**
**Korimai**
### Villains

**Hanmon**
**Megabyogen**
### Secondary Characters

**Akino Yuka**
**Eiena Mamoru**
**Mr. Yamikawa**
**Yukimura Shotaro**
## Trivia

* This is the first time we actually hear Maria's father speak.
* This episode actually marks Mr. Yamikawa's actual birthday.