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## Back To Alaska? Maria's Going Home?!

Maria hears her parents talking about going back to Alaska

### Director

CureShiningSong

**Back To Alaska? Maria's Going Home?!** is the 16th episode of the Healin' Good Pretty Cure 💖 Oc Squad Episodes starring the Healin' Good Pretty Cure 💖 Oc Squad.

## Summary

*When Maria's father is having trouble with his job, her family starts to think that it may be better for them back in Alaska. Will Maria give up everything she's gained in Japan for her former lifestyle?*

## Synopsis

The episode starts in the nighttime. A voice is heard speaking in English. It is soon revealed to be an app (known as "Japan-English Extra"). The one holding the phone with the app on it is Yukimura Maria, who then does her best to repeat the phrase the exact same way the app said it, for she was practicing her Japanese and English speaking skills. As is known, Maria is originally from Alaska.

It is now in the morning at school... in Maria's English class. The teacher writes something on the board and asks if anyone can translate the quote to English. Maria is called upon upon being spotted finishing a line of her notes. Maria stands and looks at the quote. It was a quote known by the Japanese people, "Bushi wa kuwanedo takayôji." Maria translates is to "A Samurai pretends, even when he is starved, by holding a toothpick between his teeth." When asked what she thinks of the phrase, Maria responds and states in perfect English to her teacher that it can be viewed to mean that one should not let others see their pain.

There is another time skip to Maria arriving at her house. She comes inside during a conversation between her parents. in fact, she came inside and instantly heard her mother say "But what about Maria" in English. She hears her father say "Maria will come too" and instantly interrupts their conversation, as she could no longer stand it. It is then that her parents tell her that they're considering moving back to Alaska, USA. Maria was shocked, as she had been in Japan for years and never once did they speak about ever moving back. Apparently, her father was struggling to keep his job and had decided that it would be better for them back in America.

Maria remembers the quote she had translated from English class and tries to hide her emotions, trying to be supportive of them and the decision. Her parents thought it was best, so she decided she would support them in their choice.

The next day, we see Maria's room. Her notebook was open and we see that she had written the phrase at the top of a page, then below it she wrote at least ten times the words "Do not let others see your pain." Throughout the day at school, she hid her pain and didn't even talk about it to her friends.

After school, the girls are walking out of school when Hatsumi speaks up about them hanging out at her place. She said that she wanted to her Kazemi sing and Yuka play her ocarina together again. Kokona agrees and says that it was a very nice song and the music was great. Yuka laughs it off and says that she probably doesn't have the lung capacity anymore and that it was probably an adrenaline thing, but Kazemi is all for it. Maria bites her lip discreetly, as she is pained all the more by seeing how honest the girls were being to each other and how supportive they were.

Being unable to stand the joy and growing burden from her friends' conversation, she ran. Every single one of her friends saw and were shocked. Sadness was shown in every one of their expressions, and Kokona suddenly ran after Maria.

We see Maria having a breakdown in the middle of the forest. She was crying and obviously distraught. She kept saying that she tried to hide her emotions, she tried to hide her pain, but she just wasn't strong enough. A blast comes out of nowhere and Maria goes flying into a tree. Her Healing Stick falls out of her bag and to the ground.

A malicious chuckle is heard and Willowen picks up the Healing Stick, talking about how long she had been waiting to get ahold of a Healing Stick at long last... and now the opportunity she had to break it and destroy a Cure identity. Kokona sees Willowen and tells Suzurun to go back and get the others. She then uses her inhaler briefly before jumping into action, grabbing Willowen's wrists as she starts to somewhat wrestle the vile woman for her friend's Healing Stick.

We now see Suzurun catching up to the other girls. He tells them that Maria is in trouble and that they had to transform. The three nod and transform into Pretty Cure. They then follow Suzurun back to the area where Kokona was fighting Willowen for Maria's Healing Stick. Cure Maple uses a sub attack and blasts Willowen. The Healing Stick goes flying and Kokona shouts at Maria to grab it. Maria nods, catches it, and then the remaining two transform.

During their fight, Cure La Glace slips up and says out loud that she'd miss being a Pretty Cure with everyone. The other cures look at her and Remede asks La Glace what she is talking about. La Glace then reveals to the girls that her parents are thinking about moving back to Alaska. Cherish freaks out and demands an explanation during their fight against the Megabyogen Willowen made. La Glace explains the trouble with her father's job and how she was trying her hardest to be supportive.

The girls end up getting blasted down. Willowen herself then prepares a blast to finish off the cures. Cherish lifts her head up weakly and looks at La Glace, then asking her friend if that is what she truly wants. La Glace's eyes widen and realizes that she wasn't just hiding the truth from her friends, she was outright lying to her parents about how she felt regarding the move that was being planned.

After she admits her feelings, Cherish feels her friend's heartfelt emotions and gets enough strength to jump up and hug her. La Glace doesn't understand why until Cherish tells her that it was the first time she saw her truly smile all day. La Glace nods and finishes the Megabyogen with some newfound strength... and of course Healing Blizzard.

That night, Maria tells her parents how she truly felt about the idea of moving back to the US. Her parents were happy that she told them how she really felt and they have a family hug.

The cures were definitely shocked when they saw Maria at school the next day. She seemed to be brimming with joy. Over lunch, Kokona asked her what changed. Maria responded and told them that somehow, her father's job was saved and therefore they didn't have to move back to Alaska. Kokona tells them that she sensed Byogen all over it. Kokona, as usual, was suspicious that the Byogens were behind the job struggle in the first place, and as usual, it all ends in the friend group having a laugh.

## Characters

### Pretty Cures

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

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

**Willowen**
**Megabyogen**