Episode 13 (season 2 Doki Doki)

**"The Beginning Of The End"**, known in Japan as **"Cure Heart's Promise! The Promise I Want to Keep!"** (キュアハートの決意！まもりたい約束！ *Kyua Hāto no Ketsui! Mamoritai Yakusoku!*), is episode 13 in season 2 of *Glitter Force Doki Doki*. Overall, it is the 28th episode of *Glitter Force Doki Doki*, the 47th episode of the original Japanese version, and the 68th episode of the *Glitter Force* franchise.

## Summary

*"King Mercenare and his legion of monsters invade Earth. The Glitter Force fights back, but can Maya capture Regina's heart? Or is she lost forever?"*

## Synopsis

All of the inhabitants of Sea Shell Bay watch as King Mercenare walks through the sea and approaches the city. Ira, Marmo, Bel, and Regina levitate before their leader as Bel congratulates King Mercenare on his revival. Bel says that he will finally defeat the Glitter Force and asks Regina if she'll be okay with that. Regina says she doesn't care what happens to them, but Ira doubts her.

As all of the Distains from Splendorius invade the city, a newswoman tells everyone in Sea Shell Bay to evacuate. As this is happening, the Glitter Force, now in their winged forms used in Royal Lovely Straight Flush, prepare to attack. Glitter Spade and Glitter Ace start by defeating swaths of Distains at once using Sparkle Sword and Ace Shot. Glitter Diamond worries about defeating a whole army of Distains at once, but she joins in anyway with Diamond Shower.

Back at Sea Shell Bay Middle School, the students and Mr. Kittredge are about to evacuate when they see Glitter Heart in a news broadcast on Mr. Kittredge's computer. One of the students thinks that Glitter Heart looks familiar.

The Glitter Force is starting to get worn out from taking out so many Distains when Bel arrives to finish them off. Glitter Spade immediately fights back by shooting a dagger at him, and Glitter Clover joins in by using Clover Reflection to shove Bel into a tower. Marmo teleports in to mock Bel, but he's still convinced that the world will end and bring the Glitter Force down with it.

Elsewhere, Glitter Diamond is about to get shot with a laser by a Distain, but Ira takes the Distain out himself so he can be the one to defeat her. Glitter Diamond is happy to see Ira again and says this isn't the first time he's saved her so he could have her to himself. Ira says that he couldn't save her if he wanted to and asks why she continues to fight even though she has no chance against King Mercenare. Glitter Diamond says she likes a challenge. Ira is at first reluctant to fight Glitter Diamond again, but he snaps out of it. Glitter Diamond isn't as angry as him, and she even flirts with him as they fight.

Meanwhile, Glitter Clover has started fighting Marmo instead of Bel, and she's not doing all that well. Marmo says that Glitter Clover is in over her head, and Glitter Clover compares this moment to when she was in preschool and was intimidated by bullies. However, she found common ground with the bullies and eventually became friends with them, and if that didn't work, she'd beat them up. She plans to do the same here.

Glitter Spade is still fighting Bel, who mocks her fighting moves and compares it to dancing. Spade tells him that she'll win the fight because she's fighting for peace and justice while he's fighting for nothing.

Glitter Heart and Glitter Ace have reached King Mercenare and Regina. Glitter Heart is ready to fulfill the promise she made to Regina a long time ago: that when Regina was ready, she'd go with her to talk to her father and get him to understand their feelings. King Mercenare refuses to listen to them and swats them into the ground. He tries to step on them, but they hold his foot up and eventually are able to throw his foot off themselves.

Even after seeing how strong Glitter Heart and Glitter Ace are, Bel is still confident that they won't be able to stop the end of the world. He says that in times of crisis, people have selfish thoughts as they only think of saving themselves. This is what happened in Splendorius; people shoved each other down in their attempts to escape and didn't help others escape with them. As a result, they were all able to be turned into Distains.

Glitter Heart is confident that the same fate won't befall Earth because she can feel the *doki doki* in their hearts getting stronger. It turns out that she's right. Outside of Sea Shell Bay Middle School, a male student is calling to other people for help. He's carrying a boy whose mother is injured and stuck in her house and whose dog is missing. Eventually, other people agree to help him, and they all band together to make sure everyone gets out safely. This isn't the only case of selflessness; all around the city, people are helping with the evacuation efforts. For instance, Maya's parents are helping Rachel's mother in the hospital, and Sebastian and Nellie Knotty are using their helicopters to get hospital patients to a safer place. The other Glitter Warriors can also feel the purity in people's hearts and notice that dark energy only makes these feelings stronger.

King Mercenare is just as determined as ever to destroy everyone's love. He shoots a giant laser. Glitter Clover temporarily blocks it with Rosetta Reflection, but even with her teammates' support, the shield eventually breaks and the laser slices through Clover Tower, causing the top of the tower to crash into the buildings below.

The girls still won't give up, which annoys King Mercenare even more. Regina has had enough of them opposing her father, so she gets over her reluctance and attacks Glitter Heart. Glitter Heart refuses to fight her, so Regina easily knocks her into the remains of Clover Tower. She gets mad that Glitter Heart isn't even trying, especially when Glitter Heart says that it's because they're still friends and that Regina doesn't have to hurt anymore. Regina says she's fine, but Glitter Heart points out that when she found out about her past and decided to fight by her father's side, she wasn't crying tears of joy because of how much she loved her. She was crying tears of sadness because she didn't really want to fight her friend.

Regina blurts out that not even her father truly cares about her and demands to know why Glitter Heart does. Glitter Heart hugs her, causing her to go silent, and says that she's here to help her because that's what friends are for. She knows that Regina hates the idea of going against her father, but she thinks that if she tells him how she really feels, he'll eventually understand. Besides, Regina can't repress her feelings forever.

King Mercenare yells at Glitter Heart for "misleading" his daughter and demands that Regina listen to him, not her. He then shoots another giant laser at Glitter Heart to finish her off once and for all. This causes Regina to finally turn against him, as she uses the Spear of Light to destroy her father's beam. This act of selflessness causes the Spear of Light to go back to its normal coloring. She tells King Mercenare that even though she loves him, she also loves Glitter Heart and can't make herself choose between them. Though King Mercenare claims that Glitter Heart has tricked Regina into feeling love, Regina says that she's had the ability to love since she was born. Now that Regina has embraced the power of love, her heart is no longer darkened at all.

Glitter Ace flies down to join Regina and tells King Mercenare that she used to think it was her duty to destroy him. Now, she realizes that what she really should do is love him. After all, she's not just a warrior of love; she's King Mercenare's daughter as well.

Glitter Ace and Regina's words combined finally start to get through to King Mercenare. A speck of light appears in King Mercenare's heart, causing his heart to ache. Glitter Ace and Regina tell King Mercenare to embrace his feelings, and Glitter Heart says that what he's feeling is love.

However, King Mercenare refuses to admit that he's feeling love. He pushes his feelings away and becomes just as determined as before to take the Glitter Force down. It seems that an unavoidable climactic battle looms on the horizon...

## Major Events

* The final battle against King Mercenare begins.
* All of the Distains from Splendorius invade Sea Shell Bay.
* Regina stops collaborating with the villains and joins the Glitter Force again.
* The Spear of Light is no longer corrupted with darkness now that its wielder, Regina, is no longer evil.

## Characters

### Glitter Force

* Maya Aida / Glitter Heart
* Rachel / Glitter Diamond
* Clara Yotsuba / Glitter Clover
* Mackenzie Mack / Glitter Spade
* Natalie Miller / Glitter Ace

### Pixies

* Kippie
* Rory
* Lance
* Davi
* Dina

### Villains

* Ira
* Marmo
* Bel
* Regina
* King Mercenare
* Distain

### Minor Characters

* Maya's mother, father, and grandfather
* Rachel's mother
* Clara's mother and father
* Sebastian
* Nellie Knotty
* Tiffany O'Hara
* Spelling Bee Champion
* Mr. Kittredge
* Nicholas
* Patty
* Melvin
* Natalie's Grandmother

## Trivia

* Clara's parents are shown for the first time.
	+ In the Japanese version, only her mother appears for the first time. Her father previously appeared in the Japan-only episode 33.
* Diamond Shower is usually an ice attack, but in this episode, it involves liquid water. In the Japanese version, the attack is Diamond Swirkle, a Japan-only attack involving water that first appeared in episode 34.
* During the montage of everybody helping everyone else evacuate, several side characters from previous episodes are shown, including:
	+ Mori Haruna, a singer who was jealous of Mackenzie in Episode 5 (Doki Doki).
	+ Jun Saotome, a classmate of Maya's from the Japan-only episode 12.
	+ Nellie Knotty, who first appeared in Episode 10 (Doki Doki).
	+ The spelling bee champion from Episode 11 (Doki Doki).
	+ Tiffany O'Hara from Episode 11 (Doki Doki).
	+ Aki Kadono, a carrot farmer from the Japan-only episode 37.

## References

1. ↑ https://prettycure.fandom.com/wiki/DDPC47
2. ↑ https://www.netflix.com/title/80175619