MHB189: The Final Battle Against Event Horizon

**The Final Battle Against Event Horizon** (Japanese: *Ultra Mode Nina VS Event Horizon! Harmony Conquers All!*) is the 82nd episode of season 2 of *Magical Heart Beginnings* and the 189th episode of the series overall.

## Summary

*Upon knowing the truth about Queen Vera's servant thanks to her now shattered Adamant Stone, Nina is struck with absolute fury, desperately attempting to get Event Horizon to remember and come to her senses. But no matter how much Nina begs and pleads, the villainess still doesn't remember and asserts that she's always been this way. She knows if she gets close to her, she'll end up as a deceased rotting corpse from her death beams. But there has to be another way. There just has to. So when Rose sacrifices herself to protect Nina, a new power will...*

## Plot

The episode starts with Nina in her Innocent Starlight Form facing off against Event Horizon, who she can't get any closer to or she'll get struck with one of her death rays. Nina flies towards her and tells her that Queen Vera is simply using her and that she doesn't actually care about her, but she refuses to listen and states that she enjoys being evil. Nina asks what good there is in being evil, to which she replies that it's fun.

Cheren urges Nina to just kill her and end the battle already. Nina, however, refuses, and does not want to harm her since she believes there's still a chance to save her. Bianca agrees with Cheren, but Event Horizon says that trying to "save" her is nonsense since according to her, there's nothing to save due to her thinking she's always been evil. She furiously lands a punch on Nina, knocking her to the ground, and Nina cannot fight back since she doesn't want to hurt her. She then charges up a black death ray, which Nina narrowly dodges and which strikes a nearby tree instead, instantly withering it. The villainess brags that if she doesn't want to fight her, she's already given up and is a wimp. Nina angrily yells that this is not her real self, only for her to say that it is and that her attempts to "save" her are futile.

Rose, meanwhile, overhears that statement and angrily scratches Queen Vera. Now knowing her weakness, Rose uses all of her remaining power to vaporize Queen Vera, but ends up sacrificing herself in doing so, causing Nina to notice, and she and the other heroes suddenly revert to normal. Mourning over the loss of their furry friend, Bianca begins to weep, but stops when she notices Nina holding the shards of the Adamant Stone and Rose's rainbow flower charm. Nina yells over Event Horizon for being very evil and mean, and the Trainer's refusal to die and lose her life causes her to gain her Ultra Mode. Even after Queen Vera's death, the brainwashing remains, so she has to think of a way to get through to her without harming her. She struggles to think of how to do it, but before she can, she gets repeatedly kicked and punched in the face by the evil Divinity, who is furious at her for killing her master. While Diana (the Garchomp) takes the extra hits intended for her, Nina recovers thanks to Ivy's healing power. She then tearfully says that nothing good ever comes out of fighting and that there's still good inside her, but it's just locked up.

Axi, on the other tusk, knew his role as a PokéPet should have reached his end, so he relinquishes his role and finally evolves, much to the delight of Iris, who then suddenly thinks of the perfect plan for Nina: to purify her. She, however, asks how Nina will do that without getting turned into a rotting corpse, to which Nina says she already has an idea in mind. She determinedly flies towards the villainess, knowing what to do. Narrowly dodging her death beams, she manages to grab Event Horizon's hand (who is puzzled) and says she can do it. A gold light flows through both of them, and then the villainess falls to her knees, with a purple ether washing over her to reveal she's actually none other than Glitter Starburst herself.

Starburst is immediately confused, asking "Huh? Where am I?! What am I doing?!" Nina is in shock, but says that she was brainwashed. Starburst, however, sees all the damage she has caused and is horrified. She begins to sob, tearfully apologizing for everything she's done. Nina comforts her and says it wasn't her fault, to which Starburst mellows down with the crying. She heals the damage, de-transforms, and reveals that her real name is Katrina Moonshade. Nina says that she should go tell her parents she's alive right now.

Nina and Katrina head to Mr. and Mrs. Moonshade's house and Katrina hesitantly knocks on the door. Her father answers it, but is stunned to see his daughter and they stare at each other in shock for several seconds. He quickly calls his wife over and the two of them are overjoyed to see their precious daughter, who they thought had died. The three of them happily embrace with tears of joy as Nina and the heroes watch, crying themselves. As the episode ends, however, Nina suddenly collapses and is sent to the Vermilion Hospital to recover...

## Major Events

* Rose defeats Queen Vera while giving up her own life in order to help Nina.
* Axi gives up his PokéPet status and evolves into a Fraxure.
* Event Horizon is finally freed from Queen Vera's brainwashing, reverting her back to Katrina/Glitter Starburst.
* Katrina is finally reunited with her parents after she had been presumed dead.

## Characters

### Heroes

* Nina Aarden
* Cheren Harkabune
* Bianca Tulip
* Elio Sunne
* Selene Moonne
* Mallow Floris
* Lana Davis
* Lillie Aether
* Pollen Yellow
* Iris Scalehart
* Hilbert Black
* Hilda White
* Bella Cherry
* Red Fire
* Green Leaf
* Ethan Gold
* Lyra Silver
* Brendan Birch
* May Maple
* Lucas Diamond
* Dawn Berliz
* Barry Pearl
* Calem Xavier
* Serena Yvonne
* Victor Woods
* Gloria Tate

### Villains

* Event Horizon
* Queen Vera (dies)

### Secondary Characters

* Katrina Moonshade/Glitter Starburst
* Katrina's mother
* Katrina's father

## Trivia

* This episode brought many fans to tears.
* Nina breaks the 4th wall while reading the preview for the final episode of this series, saying "I know it's illegal in the world where this show has been made for an 18-year old to be with a 14-year old, but..."

### Dub Edits

* In the Nick dub, Nina's transformation into her Ultra Mode is similar to Bloom's Charmix transformation.
* The references to ending up as a deceased corpse are changed to being "destroyed" in the Nick dub. Rose's and Queen Vera's onscreen deaths, however, are left in.

### Easter Eggs

* Nina grabbing Event Horizon's hand to purify her looks very similar to Usagi grabbing Sailor Galaxia's hand to purify her.
* When Event Horizon reverts back to Glitter Starburst, a dark purple ether washes over her and dissolves her villain appearance, resembling an Akumatized villain being de-Akumatized in *Miraculous Ladybug.*
* While watching the fight, Cheren says "Looks like Nina's up chocolate creek without a popsicle stick," referencing the Gingerbread Man's line from *Shrek 2.*