Misumi Nagisa

## Appearances

* Futari wa Pretty Cure
* Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
* Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart: The Movie
* Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi

**Misumi Nagisa** (美 (み)墨 (すみ)なぎさ, ***Misumi Nagisa***?) (**Natalie Blackstone** in the Canadian English dub) is one of the two main Cures in *Futari wa Pretty Cure* and *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*. She is a second and later third-year student at Verone Academy and is in the same class as Honoka.

Nagisa's alter ego is **Cure Black** (キュアブラック, ***Cure Black***?). She has a habit of saying **"Unbelievable!!"** (ありえな～い！！, ***"Unbelievable!!"***?) when she is upset, and also **"Lucky!"** (ラッキー！, ***"Lucky!"***?) whenever things go her way; otherwise, she might say **"Unlucky!"** (アンラッキー！, ***"Unlucky!"***?). Her other catchphrase (especially in the English dubs) is **"Give me a break!"** (勘弁して！, ***"Give me a break!"***?)

Her Pretty Cure partner is Cure White.

## Bio

### Appearance

Nagisa has short, ginger hair and light brown eyes with slightly tanned skin. When playing lacrosse she wears some hair up with a pink heart clip. Her casual outfit consists of a white shirt with long black sleeves worn over a short-sleeved pink jacket, a red skirt, and black and white sneakers with light pink socks.

In the *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart* movie, Nagisa wore a white and orange shirt with a pink vest, khaki skirt, a black wristband, and a pair of white socks with navy and white sneakers. During the party, she wears a reddish-pink dress with black trim and hearts on the skirt, along with black shoes that have pink bows on them and pale pink gloves.

In the *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart Movie 2*, she wore a thick pink coat with navy blue gloves, loose-fit dark gray pants, and red boots. On her head was pink snow goggles and a pale pink hat. She also wears a pale pink yukata at a different point.

In the *HUGtto! movie*, she wears a white top with a red heart and the letter N on it beneath a pink-black jacket along with light brown shorts with a belt, black stockings and pink sneakers.

As **Cure Black**, Nagisa's hair grows out and her bangs are slicked aside. Her eyes sharpen and she gains silver heart earrings. Her outfit is black, composed of a cropped top and a skirt with corner slit to reveal a pair of shorts. Pale pink ruffles line her sleeves and skirt, and mauve fabric covers the collarbone. On her chest is a pale pink ribbon, and she wears a pink belt with a heart buckle. Her boots are dark magenta, worn with black leg warmers lined in white with a pink heart on top, matching her gloves.

In *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*, Cure Black's outfit becomes a one piece and she gains a dark magenta vest. The ribbon on her chest gains a pink heart, and her skirt gains pink lining and an additional ruffle layer, the frame of the heart on her belt now gold to match her earrings. Her gloves and leg warmers gain additional pink lining and ruffled trim.

When she gains the Golden Powers in the first *Max Heart* movie, her outfit turns gold with diamonds replacing the hearts.

As **Super Cure Black** in the second *Max Heart* movie, her hair is more vibrant and grows thicker. Her outfit gains additional magenta and gold lining and the ruffles become wing-like. Her ribbon turns yellow and on the collarbone are two hearts. Her leg warmers gain additional hearts and change slightly in shape to match her gloves. **Rainbow Cure Black** resembles this form, but her outfit loses some of its wing detail in place of fabric, and she gains a small pair of gold wings.

### Personality

Nagisa is a star lacrosse player at Verone Academy. She is very energetic and popular among other girls for her passionate nature, much to her dismay. She is weak with academics but her pure spirit makes up for it. She also has a large appetite and loves to eat chocolate, Fujita Akane's takoyaki, and according to Honoka- food with the word "yaki" in it. She can be childish and easily angered and loves to go out and play when it's nice and sunny.

Despite her sporty nature, Nagisa is actually very girly and self-conscious. She has a large collection of stuffed animals and loves to shop, although she tends to squander her money and usually doesn't have any when she really needs it. Nagisa also has a crush on Honoka's childhood friend, Fujimura Shougo, and gets flustered whenever he is around. At times she is shown to be envious of Honoka since she gets confessions and love letters from boys more than twice a month.

Deep down she can be sensitive, and she hates arguing with friends or seeing someone in pain above all else. Nagisa also has a great sense of justice, but it is hidden inside of her and only comes out when someone is in danger. She hates that innocent people get hurt for things they had nothing to do with.

### Relationships

* **Yukishiro Honoka:** Although they did not know each other previously, Honoka soon became a good friend of Nagisa after the two of them became Pretty Cure together. At the end of the series, they remained best friends, and Nagisa cannot forgive anyone who hurts Honoka; this is sometimes seen when they are in their Cure forms, as Cure Black gains enormous powers whenever she sees or gets a hint that Cure White is hurt.
* **Fujimura Shougo:** She also has a long-time crush on Fujimura Shougo, who coincidentally is Honoka's childhood friend. She is very shy around him but through Honoka, Nagisa is able to become closer to him.
* **Misumi Ryouta:** Nagisa herself always gets irritated at Ryouta and often uses her "Cobra Twist" to get him to shut up. Despite this, she loves him and will do anything to protect him from danger. She is extremely protective of him. As a result, she will attack anyone or anything that intends to harm or endanger her brother, just like how she did in episode 11.
* **Kujou Hikari:** In the beginning of *Max Heart*, Nagisa views Hikari as a mysterious girl when she first sees her. However, the two become good friends and their friendship grows to the point where Cure Black refuses the idea of protecting Hikari to ensure the Queen is resurrected. Along with Cure White, she declares their friendship is the only reason they protect Hikari.
* **Mepple:** Mepple is Nagisa's fairy partner, kept in a pink cellphone-like device. They often argue and bicker to the point of feuding some times, but like her brother, Nagisa deeply cares about Mepple. When forced to separate from him, she is shown to miss him.

### Etymology

**Misumi (美墨, *Misumi*?):** The *mi* (美, **mi**?) translates to *beauty*, and the *sumi* (墨, **sumi**?) translates to *ink*, which may be referring to her alter ego as Cure Black in that ink is most commonly black in color.

**Nagisa (なぎさ, *Nagisa*?):** A common girl's name in Japanese. While it can be partially translated into many different kanjis, the most common translation as a single kanji is "渚," which means *water's edges; beach; shore*.

Her name means "beautiful ink shore."

Her name was changed to **Natalie Blackstone**, also called **Nat** by her friends, for the English dub.

**Natalie** means "Christmas Day" in Latin "*natale domini*". It may also come from the French given name, which is derived from the Latin "Dies Natalis," meaning "Natal Day" or "birthday" in reference to the birth of Christ, and was traditionally given to girls born around Christmas. *Nat* is the nickname her friends use, and upon becoming friends with Hannah Whitehouse, she lets her call her that instead of her full name. This nickname was created in order to properly edit off the fact that in the original, they began calling each other by their first names rather than by their surnames, which is a special honor in Japanese culture.

**Blackstone** is a pun about her alter ego as Cure Black.

**Cure Black** Nagisa's Cure name may be from the symbol "Yin" from the symbol Yin & Yang, in which "Yang" is white, just like Black's partner, Cure White who she is almost exactly opposite from.

## History

### *Futari wa Pretty Cure*

 File:FwPC01 Nagisa plays lacrosse.jpg  Nagisa starts her adventure when she finishes a training session for lacrosse. While she is getting her shoes after school at Verone Academy, she and her friends talk about an upcoming meteor shower, which is when Honoka comes and explains that meteors are not dangerous. This is when Nagisa gets to know a little more about her, and expresses jealousy because Honoka is popular with a boy and is really smart. Nagisa is depressed to find out she only receives fan letters from other girls.

Frustrated by this Nagisa complains over her lack of popularity with males when she sees the meteor shower and hurries to make several wishes. Just then, one of the meteors come shooting toward her, hitting her in the forehead. Eventually, the "meteor" was revealed to be Mepple, a strange creature from the Garden of Light. He stays inside what looks like a cell phone since he is from another world and does not have much energy to stay in his true form on Earth. In the meteor, from which he came from, also came a few cards, revealed to be for transformation (for Nagisa), and taking care of him. Although Nagisa finds Mepple scary at first, she agrees to help when Mepple asks her to go to the amusement park to meet his friend Mipple. As soon as they reunite they get attacked by a creature of the Dotsuku Zone and suddenly transform into the legendary warriors, Pretty Cure. They manage to defeat the creature, but Nagisa is against the whole thing about being Pretty Cure.

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As the story progresses, Nagisa comes to accept her role as Cure Black and becomes good friends with Honoka. Throughout the season, they defeat enemy after enemy, and Nagisa also begins to realize what is important to her, and her view of life and justice changes. It is thanks to this that she manages, together with Honoka, to defeat Pisard and Gekidrago. The battles become tougher when the vampire-like creature Poisony appears, as she easily manages to trick the girls. However, they manage to defeat her as well. They never realized, however, that they had killed the older sister of Kiriya, who has been their friend up until now to spy on them. When Kiriya tells this to Honoka, Nagisa is informed the next day, and they are soon forced to fight their former friend. This does not stop Black from trying to reason with Kiriya, and stop him from hurting Honoka's feelings in the fight. In the end, Kiriya finally understands and willingly gives Cure White his Prism Stone before he is taken away by Ilkubo. Cure Black tries to stop Cure White, who tries to follow him in order to stop him. The following day, Nagisa worries over her friend, who is crying by herself every night.

After finally defeating the last servant from the Dotsuku Zone, Nagisa and Honoka are overpowered by the Evil King. However, their courage and hope make them want to fight, and in the end, the Queen comes to the rescue, helping them defeat the Evil King. The battle is now over, however, they soon get a visit from Pollun, the Prince of Light, who is going to stay with Nagisa in order to help the duo fight against the Seed of Darkness, which are creatures that the Evil King managed to make right before he got destroyed. When they awaken, they begin working together in order to revive the Evil King. They eventually kidnap Wisdom, who is able to give the Rainbow Stones to Pollun right before he is taken away, which, in turn, allows him to power up Cure Black and Cure White with the Rainbow Bracelets.

After fighting with Pretty Cure for a long time, the Seeds of Darkness eventually realize that Pretty Cure cannot fight at their strongest without each other, and thus manage to kidnap Cure White and put her in a pit made of darkness. While looking for Cure White, Cure Black realizes that, although she always seems to be the strongest and best, she cannot do anything without Cure White's support and presence. She then calls out Honoka's name and is met by Juna. He tells her that her partner soon will disappear in the darkness, which makes Cure Black's power to go out of control. When she finds the direction toward the core of darkness that surrounds Cure White, she is met by numerous Zakenna. However, her will to rescue Honoka drives her to defeat them all alone, and she eventually manages to save Cure White. Calling Honoka's name, and not Cure White's, she runs over to her and cries, telling her how worried she was.

At the end of the series, when Mepple and Mipple say goodbye to them, Nagisa has become such good friends with them that she cries when they go into their eternal sleep. Although they no longer are Pretty Cure, she and Honoka continue being best friends, and still keeps the Card Commune that Mepple now sleeps in.

### *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*

At the beginning of their third year of middle school, Nagisa and Honoka start out a little awkward. However, a new Zakenna suddenly comes forth, and they have to run away from it. While they seem to be trapped, a light suddenly shines from their cell phones, and Mepple and Mipple appear. They transform into the Card Communes again, though they look different; they are now Heartful Communes, and the cards have become heart-shaped. Upon transforming, they notice that they look different from the last time, but have to fight before figuring it out properly. During the fight, they realize that they have gotten an amazing power-up in strength, and when they try to do their attack Marble Screw, they add in a "Max" so it becomes even more powerful.

Sometime later, they meet a mysterious first-year middle school student named Kujou Hikari, who tells about the place Nagisa has drawn on a paper for the class. Eventually, it is revealed that she can transform into Shiny Luminous and that she has her own amazing powers. The Elder and Wisdom later return in order to explain these events to the girls and to also tell them the sad news: the Queen has disappeared and is now separated in three representatives of her will, heart, and life. They soon figure out that Hikari is the representative of the Queen's life, and that is why she seems to be so confused in the Garden of Rainbows.

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Throughout the season, the duo goes through hard times against the new evils, who are guarding the representative of the Evil King's life, who looks and acts like a little boy. Eventually, the Evil King is resurrected, despite Hikari's efforts to not sacrifice the little innocent boy. Pretty Cure tries to defend the Earth while Hikari goes into another dimension in order to try and become the Queen again to help the girls. During the fight, however, Baldez actually absorbs the Evil King into himself, and in doing this, becomes the new Evil King. The Pretty Cures are utterly defeated, but then Cure Black remembers how she once hurt herself pretty badly in a race when she was young, and how her parents told her not to lose courage just because something went wrong. Together with Cure White remembering Honoka's grandmother's words about hope, they stand up and continue fighting.

Using Marble Screw Max Spark, they think they have won, but it is in vain when Baldez tells them that he is impossible to destroy, and destroys the whole city. In depression, Pretty Cure stand beside the tree Honoka's grandmother loves, and begin remembering things they have forgotten to do that day; Nagisa has yet to finish her homework and has not done all the preparations for the graduation yet. In the end, when Cure Black tells Mepple that they must be allowed to talk about it even in a situation like this, Cure White realizes that every heart has the right to live and live it as they want. With new power, Pretty Cure tries to fight against Baldez once again. Just as they are about to be crushed by the now giant Baldez, the Queen is regenerated and saves them. An illusion of Shiny Luminous tells them that this is their final moment, and they combine all of their powers to use the ultimate attack: Extreme Luminario Max.

After Baldez is defeated, the Pretty Cure realize that they will never see those from the Garden of Light again and that they will never become Pretty Cure again, either. They then de-transform back to Honoka and Nagisa and are sent to the graduation ceremony. Although they wonder how they got there, they remember their little mascots and become depressed. They still feel down at Akane's shop, where they suddenly meet Hikari again, telling them how incredible the graduation was. Mepple and Mipple also show up, and Hikari also has with her the boy who represents the Evil King's life, now named Hikaru. It is revealed that Hikari and the Queen managed to separate and that Mepple and Mipple are now able to fully live in the Garden of Rainbows. Happy that she and Mepple will always be together, Nagisa cries in joy and ends the series by saying "I can't believe this!" when Mepple mentions that he is still hungry.

## Cure Black

**"Emissary of light, Cure Black!"**
光の使者、キュアブラック！
*Hikari no shisha, Kyua Burakku!*
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**Cure Black** (キュアブラック, ***Cure Black***?) is Nagisa's alter ego, and she addresses herself as the emissary of light, like Cure White. Being the strongest in the duo, she is usually the one laying the most attacks, though she is not as agile as Cure White. She uses her fists more than Cure White while Cure White uses her legs more when attacking. As a Cure, she becomes much more serious and reveals more of her views on justice. Later in the season, the two Cures are powered-up by the Rainbow Bracelets.

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In *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*, the Pretty Cure's power has increased in speed and strength from their original power, and their special attacks are powered up thanks to the Sparkle Bracelets. Together with Shiny Luminous, they can also perform Extreme Luminario.

It is also revealed that even though Cure White is not around, Cure Black can use incredible powers by herself, but this depends largely on her emotions and will. The most significant time this is shown is when the Seeds of Darkness kidnap White and tell Black that she (Cure White) will soon die. They recall this event often in the later season, and Cure Black's power will often spike when she is in great indignation. Additionally, while Cure White and Cure Black have both shown to have fairly impressive physical feats while de-transformed, Cure Black has actually been able to defend direct attacks from one of the Seeds of Darkness, Regine, without getting hurt.

### The Ultimate Power of the Queen

While this power was never given a clear name, the Evil King identified this power as 'The ultimate power inherited from the Queen'. This power only appears in the finales of *Futari wa Pretty Cure* and *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*. When Black and White's powers are maxed out well beyond their prior limits due to their resolve, for a brief period of time a gold aura will appear and their power will increase even further by an enormous degree.

The first time it was used by themselves on the Evil King, their already enhanced Rainbow Storm nearly quadrupled in size and overwhelmed the Evil King despite absorbing the power of creation.

The second time is it was used was fighting Evil King Baldez in the finale of *Max Heart*. Their Sparkle Bracelets suddenly glows gold, and despite the Evil King maxing his fighting form to its limit, Black and White completely overpowered him and then deliver a double kick with a red meteor-like aura that nearly kills him.

### Golden Powers

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In the first movie of *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*, Cure Black, along with Cure White and Shiny Luminous, gains an upgraded version of her outfit thanks to the power of the Diamond Line, accessories of the queen in the Garden of Hope. This form is not seen again after the movie, most likely because it needs the power of the accessories to be activated, and it is no longer possible for the girls to visit the Garden of Hope again.

### Power of the Phoenix

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In *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi*, when Cure Black and Cure White give all of their strength to protect Hinata from Frozen and Freezen, they do not have enough energy left to fight, and in their last try to keep the two villains away from their friends, they freeze the girls. Hinata is touched that it is possible to care so much for a friend, awakens from her icicle, and sends her warmth to Pretty Cure, melting the ice and giving them a new power.

She gets boosted powers, as she easily manages to fight Frozen with closed eyes without getting hit once. It also seems like their minds are much calmer in this form, as neither of the girls does anything rash or fast; they just dodge and wait for the final strike.

In this form, they use an even stronger version of Marble Screw Max Spark, demonstrating their great friendship against Frozen and Freezen's friendship. After defeating the ice duo, this upgraded version of Black and White disappears and has never been seen again. This may be because it was summoned by Hinata, who now is in the Garden of Clouds as a fully realized Phoenix.

## Songs

As the main character, Nagisa's voice actor, **Honna Yoko**, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include duets with **Yukana**, who voices Yukishiro Honoka, and later also **Tanaka Rie**, who voices Kujou Hikari.

* **I Want To Become Light ~like a diamonds~**
* **A Heart Knows It.**
* **Delight hurray!!**
* **100% Courage with the Power to Believe!!**

### Group Songs

* **DANZEN! Futari wa Pretty Cure ~Naginagi and Honohono version~** (*Along with Yukana*)
* **Introducing Pretty Cure! ~VOCAL RAINBOW STORM~** (*Along with Yukana*)
* **M☆M Is Like A Jet Coaster** (*Along with Yukana*)
* **With Your Whole Smile** (*Along with Yukana*)
* **Happy ending** (*Along with Yukana*)
* **We Have the Same Dream ~SET ME FREE~** (*Along with Yukana*)
* **Pretty Exercise** (*Along with Yukana and also Gojo Mayumi*)
* **Challenge☆Change** (*Along with Yukana and Gojo Mayumi*)
* **Max Heart let's GO GO GO!!** (*Along with Yukana and also Tanaka Rie*)

## Trivia

* Nagisa's birthday is on October 10th. Therefore, Nagisa's zodiac is Libra.

## Gallery

Main article: Misumi Nagisa/Image Gallery
## References

1. ↑ Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Natalie - Retrieved on 05-25-2009.
2. ↑ Natalie (given name) Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Retrieved 07-27-2009.