Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart

**Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart is the Sequel and second precure series to Futari Wa Pretty Cure**

**The following season is Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star**

## The Plot

Nagisa and Honoka meet the mysterious Hikari Kujou, who is soon revealed to be the "Life" of the Queen, whose powers were scattered into the form of twelve "Heartiels" following her battle with the Dark King. Meanwhile, remnants of the Dark Zone are protecting a mysterious boy, who is suspected of being the "Life" of the Dark King. Joined by Hikari, who gains the power to become Shiny Luminous, the Pretty Cures once again fight against the Dark Zone in order to retrieve the Heartiels and restore the Queen.

## The Characters

**The Pretty Cures**

Nagisa Misumi
Voiced by: Yōko Honna
Nagisa is a 14/15-year-old student in the second year (third year in season 2) of Private Verone Academy Sakura Class. The ace of the school lacrosse team, she is strong-hearted, but also incredibly lazy, barely ever doing her homework. She is also a food lover, her favorite dish being the takoyaki from Akane's stand. Although generally courageous, she frequently becomes quite flustered when near Shogo, on whom she has a crush. She is often known for her catchphrase "Unbelievable!" (ありえな～い!, *Ariena~i*). As Cure Black, she is strong and passionate. Her theme colors are black and pink.
Honoka Yukishiro
Voiced by: Yukana
A 14/15-year-old quiet girl who is Nagisa's classmate in both second and third year of her middle school. She lives with her grandmother Sanae and her dog Chuutaro, as her parents are constantly working overseas. She is quite intelligent and extremely knowledgeable, and is thus nicknamed 'The Queen of Knowledge'. She is in fact a member of the school's science club, where she is looked up to by the others. Honoka has not had many friends, but the few she has seem to be really close to her, and she has come to appreciate Nagisa's friendship. Her theme colors are white and blue.
Hikari Kujo (九条 ひかり, *Kūjō Hikari*)
Voiced by: Rie Tanaka
A shy blonde 13-year-old girl who appears only in *Max Heart*. She is "Life of the Queen" in human form after the Queen got split apart following her last encounter with the Dark King. Going under the guise of Akane's cousin and working at her takoyaki stand, Hikari enrolls into Private Verone Academy as a freshman and becomes friends with Nagisa and Honoka. She later gains the ability from Pollun to transform into Shiny Luminous, gaining further power from Lulun. Although she does not have much strength or skill in fighting, she can use her abilities to hamper opponents and enhance Black and White's attacks. Her theme colors are yellow and pink.
**The Garden of Light**
Mepple (メップル, *Meppuru*)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki
Mepple is the chosen protector of the Prince of Hope who allows Nagisa to transform into Cure Black. He is noticeably selfish, as he is somewhat possessive of Mipple and becomes jealous when Pollun takes her attention away from him. Despite residing with Nagisa, he frequently gets into a fight with her, often begging her to feed him, even occasionally poking fun at her. He ends his sentences with "mepo". Mepple can only stay in his true form for a short time before growing tired, so he generally takes on an energy-saving form resembling a cellphone.
Mipple (ミップル, *Mippuru*)
Voiced by: Akiko Yajima
Mipple is the Princess of Hope from the Garden of Light who resides predominantly with Honoka and gives her the ability to transform into Cure White. She, like Honoka, is generally more reserved than her male counterpart. She ends her sentences with "mipo". Although it is hinted that Mepple has feelings for her, Mipple is always sticking up for Pollun, causing problems between her and Mepple whenever Mepple comes on the scene. Like Mepple, Mipple usually stays in a cellphone-like case for the same reason as Mepple.
Pollun (ポルン, *Porun*)
Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa
Pollun is the Prince of the Garden of Light. He is sent to Earth once all the Prism Stones have been retrieved by the Cures. The Queen gives a cryptic statement about his powers aiding Pretty Cure. Later, when Wisdom is in trouble, Wisdom places the power of the Rainbow Stones into Pollun without his knowledge. This gives him the ability to remain in his regular form as well as the ability to communicate with various people from the Garden of Light. When communicating with members of the Garden of Light, he turns into what looks like a gaming console and everyone can hear what is said and communicate openly. He also grants Pretty Cure the power of light which gives them their Rainbow Bracelets. He tends to be extremely selfish and think only of himself. He is quite childish and has a lot of energy. He can get a little annoying at times and definitely annoys Mepple when he wants to be alone with Mipple. Conversely, he himself is bothered whenever Lulun wants to play with him. He lives predominantly with Nagisa in *Pretty Cure* and with Hikari in *Max Heart*. He enjoys getting between Mipple and Mepple.
Lulun (ルルン, *Rurun*)
Voiced by: Asuka Tanii
The Princess of Light who can connect the future who appears in *Max Heart*. She thinks of Pollun as her older brother and always annoys him. Lulun can give the Heartiel Brooch to Luminous.
Queen (クイーン, *Kuīn*)
Voiced by: Kaya Matsutani
The ruler of the Garden of Light (光の園, *Hikari no Sono*), a realm protected by the power of the Prism Stones. She appears as a huge CGI woman sitting on a throne, though she is easily overtowered by the Dark King. She carries a heart-shaped item of some sort. She has stated that she is impressed with the courage of Pretty Cure and aids them when she can. She seems to always be closing her eyes. During *Max Heart*, the Queen's is split apart into Hikari and the twelve Heartiels.
Wisdom (ウィズダム, *Wizudamu*)
Voiced by: Taiki Matsuno
Wisdom, often referred to as simply The Guardian (番人, *Bannin*) is the keeper of Prism Stones, often residing on top of the Prism Hopish. His expressions often range from very sleepy to overly spooked.
Elder (長老, *Chōrō*)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka
A wise sage who resides in the Garden of Light. Despite his wisdom, he often keeps forgetting Nagisa and Honoka's names and referring to them as the *Pretty Cur**a***.
**Three Seeds of Darkness**

When the Dark Five are defeated, new enemies appear: the Three Seeds of Darkness. The Seeds of Darkness are joined by Macaw, their pet bird; and the Butler Zakenna (執事ザケンナー). The butlers serve as comic relief, as they are unintelligent and tend to fight and bicker a lot. However, unlike other Zakenna, they speak human language, only using "-zakenna" to end their sentences. The taller Zakenna is laid back and somewhat clumsy, while the shorter Zakenna is quick to anger.

Belzei Gertrude (ベルゼイ・ガートルード, *Beruzei Gātorūdo*)
Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura
The de facto leader of the trio. His human alias is Genbu Yuuki He's a plotter and a sadist. He is first seen in the series impersonating a doctor. He is able to blend in by making people think he is someone else. Due to his own ego, it's always someone of a high position, like head doctor or principal.
Regine / Regina (レギーネ, *Regīne*)
Voiced by: Rika Fukami
The only female of the trio. Her human alias is Shoko Koyama She starts out as a pretty red head, but then transforms and her hair stands straight back, then bounces into six curls. When in human form, she has a tendency to mumble things twice, then suddenly she will scream out without warning, shocking everyone. She is far more confident in her dark form, though.
Juna (ジュナ, *Jūna*)
Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto
The tall young man of the trio. The muscle of the group, Juna is quite stoic and his expression seldom changes. His human alias is Ryuichiro Kakuzawa who is made as his original form in the English version.
Zakenna Butlers (執事ザケンナー, *Shitsuji Zakennā*)
Voiced by: Rika Komatsu and Satoshi Taki
The Zakenna butlers are Zakenna who are just smart enough to speak, and they look after the mansion resided by The Three Seeds and the Four Guardians.
#### Four Guardians

The Four Guardians are what remains of the Dark Zone, serving as the protectors of the "Life" of the Evil King whom they go to lengths to revive.

Baldez (バルデス, *Barudesu*)
Voiced by: Kenichi Ono
The strongest and leader of the Four Guardians. He can repel the Marble Screw, Luminous Heartiel Action and Extreme Luminario attacks. Moreover, his true form is the spirit of the Dark King.
Circulas (サーキュラス, *Sākyurasu*)
Voiced by: Hitoshi Bifu
The apparent second-in-command. He often assumes the role of the "leader" of the group whenever Baldez isn't around. He often bickers with Uraganos.
Uraganos (ウラガノス, *Uraganosu*)
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi
Large and dim-witted. He is clumsy and tends to destroy things by accident due to his size and strength. Uraganos also to never seem to hear people finish their sentences, especially Circulas.
Viblis (ビブリス, *Biburisu*)
Voiced by: Ai Kobayashi
The more serious and only female of the group. She often scolds Uraganos and Circulas when they argue and is more intimidating. She is also the type to never apologize even when she was wrong.
The boy in the mansion (館の少年, *Yakata no Shōnen*)
Voiced by: Haruhi Nanao
A mysterious boy who is actually the 'Life' of the Dark King. He often plays games with the Butler Zakenna though often seeks fun outside of the mansion. He is seemingly linked to Hikari, as various incidents occur when the two come face to face. At the end of the series, the boy becomes Hikari's younger brother, Hikaru Kujo.

**Cures Families**
Takashi Misumi (美墨 岳, *Misumi Takashi*)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
Takashi is Nagisa and Ryouta's father, and husband of Rie.

Rie Misumi (美墨 理恵, *Misumi Rie*)
Voiced by: Mayumi Sho
Rie is Takashi's wife, and the mother of Nagisa and Ryouta. Although she sometimes can get easily angry with nagisa in which their relationship tends to be very estranged at times.she often scolds her because of her shenanigans like refusing to do some chores because pf her lazy attitude, doing bad and poorly at school or for picking and fighthing with her younger brother ryouta. But despite her occasional anger towards her daughther rie still deeply cares about nagisa very much in which not only she deeply cares about her but she also deeply cares and loves her family so much and she would anything for them. She also seem to be the only one who can just breaks nagisa and ryouta's constant arguments
Ryouta Misumi (美墨 亮太, *Misumi Ryota*)
Voiced by: Naozumi Takahashi
Nagisa's younger brother whom he formely shared a sibling rivalry with her , has a habit of pulling pranks on her. A running gag has him put in a headlock by Nagisa in retaliation to shut him up. Much like mepple he and nagisa tends to bickers with each other but deep down they still deeply care and loves with one another despite their frequent quarrels. Initially nagisa does not shown gets along with him at first during the first season because of his irritating attitude ( which to the point of her giving him the "cobra twist " several times throughout in both seasons ) but however as the season progresses their relationship starts to improve as nagisa and ryouta becomes having a better sibling relationship but like mepple they both never stop bicker and argues with each other.
Sanae Yukishiro (雪城 さなえ, *Yukishiro Sanae*)
Voiced by: Masako Nozawa, Yuki Matsuoka (young)
Honoka's grandmother who takes care of her whilst her parents work overseas. She appears to know a lot about the Pretty Cure, as she found Mipple at a young age, though she keeps this a secret from Honoka and Nagisa.
Taro Yukishiro (雪城 太郎, *Yukishiro Taro*)
Voiced by: Takeru Miyashita
Honoka's father, and Aya's husband.
Aya Yukishiro (雪城 文, *Yukishiro Aya*)
Voiced by: Miki Ito
Honoka's mother, and Taro's wife.
Chuutaro (忠太郎, *Chūtarō*)
Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu
Honoka's dog.
**Verone Academy**
Yoshimi Takenouchi (竹野内 よし美, *Takenouchi Yoshimi*)
Voiced by: Ai Nagano
The teacher of Verone Academy. She is romantic and quiet over the season.
Principal (校長先生, *Kōchō*)
Voiced by: Kōzō Shioya
The principal of Verone Academy. He has a big-hearted personality and is a bit clumsy.
Kometsuki (米槻, *Kometsuki*)
Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura
The vice-principal of Verone Academy.
Miyashita (宮下先生, *Miyashita-sensei*)
Voiced by: Nobuaki Kanemitsu
The math teacher of Verone Academy
**Classmates**
Shougo Fujimura (藤村 省吾, *Fujimura Shōgo*)
Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio
Shougo is a childhood friend of Honoka on whom Nagisa has a crush. He is a hardworking player on his soccer team and often finds comfort in Nagisa's advice.
Rina Takashimizu (高清水 莉奈, *Takashimizu Rina*)
Voiced by: Yuka Tokumitsu
Rina is one of Nagisa's best friends, also a member of the lacrosse team. She is always seen with Shiho.
Shiho Kubota (久保田 志穂, *Kubota Shiho*)
Voiced by: Eri Sendai
Shiho is Nagisa's other best friend and a member of the lacrosse team. She is always seen with Rina.
Yuriko (ユリコ, *Yuriko*)
Voiced by: Kozue Kamada
Yuriko is Honoka's friend, and also a member of the science club.
Mayu Kashiwada (柏田 真由, *Kashiwada Mayu*)
Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe
Mayu is an artist inspired by Mario Piccasseci.
Yumiko Nakagawa (中川 弓子, *Nakagawa Yumiko*)
Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame
Yumiko is the captain of the lacrosse team.
Yuka Odajima (オダジマユカ, *Odajima Yuka*)
Voiced by: Mayumi Iizuka
Yuka is a member of the lacrosse team.
Natsuko Koshino (越野 夏子, *Koshino Natsuko*) and Kyoko Mori (森 京子, *Mori Kyōko*)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu and Kaori Nazuka
Natsuko and Kyoko are a pair of friends who worship the Pretty Cure duo to the point of wearing their costumes.
Seiko Taniguchi (谷口 聖子, *Taniguchi Seiko*)
Voiced by: Konami Yoshida
Seiko is a 13-year-old classmate. The favorite game is the piano.
Kimata (木俣)
Voiced by: Satoshi Katogi
Member of the Verone Junior Boys' Institute's soccer team.
Yui Morioka (森岡 唯, *Morioka Yui*)
Voiced by: Masako Jo
Yui is the love of FujiP.
Chiaki Yabe (矢部 千秋, *Yabe Chiaki*)
Voiced by: Akiko Nakagawa
Chiaki is a classmate. She is part of the choir who directs and plays the piano.
Kazuki Hasekura (支倉一樹, *Hasekura Kazuki*)
Voiced by: Toshinobu Iida
Member of the Verone Junior Boys' Institute's soccer team.
Nao Tabata (多幡 奈緒, *Tabata Nao*) and Miu Kagayama (加賀山 美羽, *Kagayama Miu*)
Voiced by: Kokoro Kikuchi (Nao) and Fumie Mizusawa (Miu)
Two classmates of Hikari.
Maki (マキ) and Megumi (メグミ)
Voiced by: Haruhi Nanao (Maki) and Yoko Nishino (Megumi)
Members of the lacrosse team.
Akane Fujita (藤田 アカネ, *Fujita Akane*)
Voiced by: Mikako Fujita
Akane is the previous captain of the school lacrosse team who now runs her own takoyaki stand, which Nagisa frequently visits. In *Max Heart*, she serves as Hikari's guardian under the assumption that she is her cousin, possibly due to the manipulation of the Queen.
## Movie

**Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart has 2 Movies.**

*Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie* (映画 ふたりはプリキュア マックスハート, *Eiga Futari wa Purikyua Makkusu Hāto*), released on April 16, 2005, is the first film based on the *Pretty Cure* franchise, and the first of two movies based on the second television series, *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart* (the first series, *Futari wa Pretty Cure*, did not receive a film adaptation).

Round, Square, Marquis, Oval, Heart, Pear and Triliant, five fairies who reside in the Garden of Hope, call in the Pretty Cure to save their world from a witch from the Dark Zone who wants to take the Garden of Hope's Diamond Line, which consists of several pieces of jewelry worn by the Queen of Hope on her birthday. These jewels, if fallen in the wrong hands, will cause the Garden of Hope to become unbalanced, thereby causing everything else to become destroyed and enabling the restoration of the Dark King.

*Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky*, released December 10, 2005, is the second film based on *Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart*.

A Sage accidentally drops the egg containing a baby phoenix to the Garden of Rainbows, which is discovered by Hikari and named Hinata. Sage eventually finds Hinata and travels up into the Garden of Clouds with Pretty Cure and Hikari. Sage explains that this rare phoenix is important in contributing heat and warmth to all the worlds. They need a blessing from the queen in the Garden of Light to ensure its healthy life. However, Frozen and Freezen, both against warmth, inhibits Hinata's success by freezing her.

## About

The opening theme is "Danzen! Futari wa Pretty Cure (Max Heart Version) by Mayumi Gojo. The first ending theme, used for episodes 1-36, is "Muri Muri!? Ari Ari!! In jaa Na~i?!" by Mayumi Gojo with Young Fresh, whilst the second ending theme, used for episodes 37-47 is "Wonder Winter Yatta" by Gojo.

**Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart started on February 6, 2005 and ended on January 29, 2006**