Episode 06: Light of Love

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**Light of Love** (愛の灯火 *Ai no Tomoshibi*) is the sixth Episode of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.

## Plot

Nikora tells Lucia and Hanon a legend about a cave that grants true love to anyone who lights a candle with the bearer and his/her true love on it. As Lucia plans to light a candle with Kaito's name on it, she also experiences conflicting emotions when she realizes Kaito still hasn't discovered she is his precious mermaid.

## Summary

In Gaito's castle, Gaito is chilling in his pool while drinking some wine. A woman with blonde hair enters the room playing with her hair. Gaito thanks Maria for coming and Maria says that Gaito is mean. She complains on how the mermaid princesses are not captured by the others yet. She takes a rose from Gaito's pool and freezes it promising she will freeze the mermaids. Gaito says that Maria is a cold woman.

In the Pearl Piari, Nikora tells Lucia and Hanon a legend about the love of a human and a mermaid that came from the mermaids' ancestors. It was a rainy day in the sea with huge waves where a man tried to survive with his wooden boat. A mermaid who was secretly in love with this man saw him and wanted to help him. She guided him in a cave while holding a candle. Lucia comments on how nice it is to sacrifice yourself for your loved one and then both Lucia and Hanon say how romantic this is. Nikora tells them that this cave is underwater and once a year, the tide drops and you can go there with a candle engraving your love's name on it inside the cave without the flame dying, the love between the two people will be formed. Lucia asks when will the cave open and Nikora says tomorrow. Lucia and Hanon are excited and Lucia asks what happened to the two of them but Nikora has no clue. Lucia asks what does she mean and Hippo explains that she became bubbles since her Identity was revealed but the girls refuse to believe him. Madame Taki enters the room with her crystal ball and she claims she can see a burning love candle. Lucia takes the ball to see if she can see the candle if it's for her and Kaito. Hanon takes the ball from Lucia's hands and calls Lucia stupid and that the candle is obviously for her and Taro. Lucia and Hanon then fight about the ball and Nikora asks them to stop and recommends that they can go burn a candle together. The girls agree and Hanon gives the ball to Lucia. Lucia says that it's heavy and doesn't need it anymore. Then they start arguing again about who should keep it.

Lucia is gone to the beach to watch Kaito surfing. Once Kaito stops. He approaches Lucia but he can see her mermaid form in her although she is in her human form. Kaito asks Lucia why is she here and she probably have much more things to do and Lucia angrily says that she is going to the legendary cave tomorrow. A rain is coming and Kaito says to Lucia that she should follow him to a room nearby where they can stay until the rain is over.

In this unused room, Kaito used some woods to make a bonfire and he gave Lucia a towel to cover herself to be warm. He took of his surfing uniform and put his school uniform. After a while, Kaito says that he imagined the singing girl in her and he was probably wrong. Lucia shouts at him saying that this girl is an illusion and it does not exist. Kaito squeezes Lucia in a wall and he kisses her. Lucia slaps him and goes away.

At the raining beach, Lucia asks her self why Kaito did such a thing. Rina comes across her and Lucia starts crying to her. She explains to her what happened while the rain stops. She says she told him something really mean. Rina suggest Lucia to burn a candle in the cave to feel better. They both watch the sunrise. The next morning, the three girls have come to the cave. Hanon overhears some girls talking about their love interests and Lucia asks her self what happened to this girl. Hanon calls her mindless and Lucia asks what does she mean by that. She shows her two candles, one pink and one aqua. She keeps the aqua for her and the pink one to Lucia. She tells her to hurry before another girl engraves Kaito's name on her candle. They all laugh and Lucia thanks Hanon and Rina in her mind.

Inside the cave, Lucia and the girls are surprised to see so many candles and girls on it. Lucia believes that all those girls have put their hearts onto their candles. Rina suspects something is wrong but doesn't tell them. Lucia and Hanon burn their engraved candles wishing for their loves to become real. Kaito stand outside of the cave remembering what happened the previous day. All the girls pray for their loves to become real. Maria, the new dark lover also stands in the sea outside of the cave.

Lucia, Hanon, and the other girls get out of the cave. Lucia notices Kaito is outside and Hanon pushes her wishing her luck. Lucia approaches him. Once she gets behind him, she remembers the previous events and asks him why is he so quiet. She wants to tell him something but a lightning comes out and she jumps to him scared. He asks her if she's okay and she just calls out his name. A snowstorm appears and Lucia starts running in the cave for her candle. Kaito asks her where is she going and he tells her about the candle. He offers to go for her in the cave and Hanon with Rina approach Lucia. Hanon wonders why is there such a storm. Rina fears that her suspicions where correct and Maria says that love is nothing. She makes the storm even stronger and many of the candle flames died. In the cave, Kaito spots Lucia's candle and tries to protect it. Kaito falls on the ground still protecting Lucia's candle. All the girls eventually leave from the cave. Lucia, Hanon and Rina decide to transform into idols and spot the guilt. Maria is surprised the princesses arrived and calls love a crap. Lucia dares her to say that again and she says it twice and throws her some ice. Lucia starts singing Legend of Mermaid in which stops the storm. Hanon and Rina join her and the candles start blowing again. Maria eventually runs away and Lucia detransforms and runs to Kaito and wakes him up. She hugs him in her happiness that he is alright and both are happy to see the candle being fine. In the evening, they have gone for a walk and Kaito tells her that she never thought Lucia would be in love. She asks him if he saw the name and Kaito ignores her talking about random surfing stuff. Lucia promises that she will make their love come true.

## Characters

* Lucia
* Hanon
* Rina
* Gaito
* Maria (debut)
* Hippo
* Nikora
* Madame Taki
* Kaito

## Gallery

E06 Screenshot 01.pngMaria falling for GaitoE06 Screenshot 02.pngMaria flirting GaitoE06 Screenshot 03.pngNikora narrating the story of a mermaid and a manE06 Screenshot 04.pngLucia and Hanon being too excited about the caveE06 Screenshot 05.pngHanon and Lucia fighting for the crystal ballE06 Screenshot 06.pngLuciaE06 Screenshot 07.pngKaito imagining his favourite mermaid on LuciaE06 Screenshot 08.pngKaito and Lucia realizing it's rainingE06 Screenshot 09.pngLucia being coldE06 Screenshot 10.pngKaito and Lucia in a room having opened a bonfireE06 Screenshot 11.pngKaito squeezing Lucia on a wallE06 Screenshot 12.pngand kissing herE06 Screenshot 13.pngRina tells Lucia her opinion about KaitoE06 Screenshot 14.pngSome girls going on the caveE06 Screenshot 15.pngHanon has brought two candles for her and LuciaE06 Screenshot 16.pngAll being excited for the caveE06 Screenshot 17.pngThe two girls make a wish about thier love interestsE06 Screenshot 18.pngLucia's candleE06 Screenshot 19.pngPrayingE06 Screenshot 20.pngLucia running to KaitoE06 Screenshot 21.pngMariaE06 Screenshot 22.pngKaito trying to protect Lucia's candleE06 Screenshot 23.pngMaria attacking the mermaid princessesE06 Screenshot 24.pngMaria ready to leaveE06 Screenshot 25.pngLucia thanking Kaito for his candle protection
## Trivia

* In the Cantonese dub, the closeup of Kaito kissing Lucia was cut, making it seem like Lucia had slapped him because his face was getting too close to hers. Kaito telling Lucia to take off her wet clothes was removed, and her reaction to Kaito taking off his own clothes was removed as well.
* In the Hebrew dub, the same scene was cut, but the whole scene where Kaito had forcefully pushed Lucia to the wall was also cut.
* This is the last episode to introduce a Dark Lover.
* This was the first episode to be animated by Actas.