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### Director

CureShiningSong

**An Encouraging Cheer! Ganbare-chan, Let's Go!** is the 9th episode of the Healin' Good Pretty Cure 💖 Oc Squad Episodes starring the Healin' Good Pretty Cure 💖 Oc Squad.

## Summary

*The new transfer student, Akino Yuka, is amazing! She's always cheering others on and helping them to do their best! Why, she even wants to help the cures! How nice can she get?*

## Synopsis

The episode starts with Akino Yuka standing at the front of the classroom after her introduction in the last episode. Kazemi waves her over to an empty seat by her and Yuka nods, making her way over. There is then a time skip to when the bell rings for lunch. Kazemi, Hatsumi, and Maria walked out of class together.

Yuka, the new girl, runs past them happily and twirls about, talking about how happy she was to officially be a student.A couple of her new classmates saw and giggled at her actions. Yuka smiled and said hello to the group, getting a surprising reaction when they all crowded around her and asked her a million questions. Yuka was completely calm as she asked them to speak one at a time.

As the three friends were eating lunch, Hatsumi was talking about how she has never once seen anyone become so popular in one day. A throat cleared behind them and they saw Yuka, who then asked if she could have lunch with them. Kazemi nodded and welcomed her, introducing Yuka to her friends. Maria didn't understand how Kazemi and Yuka already knew each other, and they both claimed it was a long story.

We now see Yuka tying the shoelaces of sneakers. She stretches back and turns her foot on the dirt ground. We now see the high jump pole and a crowd gathered to see if she can do it. Why, even Nodoka, Chiyu, and Hinata were there!

Kazemi passes by and sees this. She runs to the front of the crowd and cheers on Yuka, who waves and smiles before giving herself a running start. Kazemi started to freak out when Yuka closed her eyes and still ran, thinking to herself about the distance as she felt her shoes touch the ground while she ran. Then, she opened her eyes upon making the jump. She soared over the pole and landed on the mat.

When Yuka stood up, the crowd started cheering, and to say Kazemi was impressed was an understatement. Her jaw had dropped. Yuka looked over her shoulder at her friend and winked. After doing amazingly at tennis later that day, Yuka gave her a thumbs up. She tried out more sports clubs, too. And being athletic like that only made her more popular.

When it was all done, Yuka asked Kazemi if they could walk home together with Kazemi's friends. Kazemi nodded and Yuka was overjoyed. As they exited the school, everyone was saying bye to Yuka, calling her "Ganbare-chan" because of how she was cheering on everyone else that day as well. It was mainly Kazemi's idea to call her that. Kazemi turned around and said bye to them all before winking. All her fans squealed with joy to see her winking at them. Yuka then turned back around and left with Kazemi. Hatsumi and Maria quickly joined them.

We now see Kokona at the place where she first met Hatsumi in episode 2, taking a walk with Suzurun and her inhaler in her pouch and looking at the flowerbeds. We hear giggling and then see the group of four. Kokona walks over to them and greets her friends, saying that she was hoping they'd be out soon so that they can hang out. Kokona was surprised when Kazemi and the girls completely dismissed her remark and Kazemi introduced Kokona to their new friend from school.

Yuka smiled at Kokona and greeted her, bowing and then holding out her hand for a handshake. While shaking the girl's hand, Kokona realized that her friendship with the girls was going to get more complicated, as their school life seemed to become a larger world... and Kokona didn't go to their school, and was unable to anyway.

The girls continued to walk home, and Kokona called after them, saying she would catch up with them later. Right after they were out of sight, Kokona's smile faded and she placed her hand on her other arm in a form of self-comfort. They weren't going to leave her, right?

We now see Kokona on the phone. It was night outside. Kokona was talking with Hatsumi on the phone, asking about her day. To her dismay, Kazemi, Maria, and Yuka were all at Hatsumi's house as well, and all Hatsumi would talk about would be Yuka and what Yuka did, and how Yuka was popular and it was her first day and she was super athletic and she could practically do the high jump with her eyes closed and more. Kokona tried to sound happy, but her heart was breaking. It was as if the new girl was taking her out of their life. It hurt.

We now see Kokona at the pond in the morning. She was staring at herself and asking herself why and what she did wrong that made them want to replace her. The self-blame hurt her almost as much as her friends were hurting her. Tears started to fall from her eyes and she hugged herself, crying and sniffling as she tried to get it to stop. She didn't want to cry. Suzurun looked up at his partner from inside the pouch and didn't really know what to say.

She heard a sound coming from nearby bushes and quickly wiped her tears away, mumbling to herself "Just smile and be happy." Sadly, it wasn't a friend that she saw. It was Hanmon. He seemed quite happy that Kokona was alone with a tear-stained face. She was shocked, but then transformed.

We now see the four girls getting out of school. They laughed at some kind of pun that Yuka had said before hearing an explosion. Yuka then took action, helping others to get away from whatever was happening and blocking off the path to the area, while the others checked up on Latte, who said that "the hope was crying". The three girls nodded and transformed.

We now see Cure Cherish in mid-battle. She kept having to wipe her face because she was still crying, giving Hanmon's Megabyogen plenty of chances to strike. Cherish was unable to do it alone, but she was almost sure she was alone by now. Soon enough, she was hurt pretty badly and struggled to get up. Hanmon then told the Megabyogen to "finish her" and it prepared to fire a beam of infection at her. That would surely end her.

But before it was fired, a voice shouted the word no, and that startled Hanmon, because this was a new voice speaking. One he had never heard before. It was Yuka, standing in front of Cure Cherish with her arms outstretched in a protective manner. Cherish was shocked to see the girl who played a sufficient role in hurting her so much was standing there, ready to defend and take a hit for her, even though she wasn't a Pretty Cure.

Hanmon noticed Cherish's shock and began to ask Yuka why she'd do such a thing for a complete stranger. She didn't have powers like her, so she had no way to defend herself. She'd probably die from the power of the beam. Yuka nodded and said all were true, her tone not wavering. She also said that it was the right thing to do, being there for others even when you don't know them, because that someone might just need a friend, and you might be the one supposed to be the friend for them.

At the end of her words, she turned to Cure Cherish and smiled, asking if she was okay. Cherish wiped her face with her arm one last time and nodded, saying that she was fine now. Yuka's guard was down, so the Megabyogen fired away. Cherish shot up and grabbed Yuka as she dived out of the way. She couldn't help but comment that it took a lot of energy out of her. Yuka giggled before realizing that the Megabyogen was about to fire again.

Before either could react about it, a shield protected the both of them. The shield was made by Cure Breeze, who then asked if the girls were okay. The two nodded. Then, using the Grass Spirit's power through an Element Bottle, Cure Maple launched a sub attack. La Glace then told Cherish to purify it and Cherish nodded. Yuka told her to do her best and cheered her on while being protected by the other cures.

Cure Cherish then used Healing Heart and freed the Hope Spirit, telling the now purified Megabyogen to take care. She then told Yuka to go home and that she did a good job that day. Yuka thanked her and said that someday, she wants to be able to help others the same way Cherish was. Cherish's face gained a pink tint as she realized that she was being seen as a role model by someone. She could hardly believe it.

We now see Kokona by the pond again. This time, she was staring at the sky from the grass, Suzurun by her side. She told Suzurun that bad experiences only make the good ones better... and that she realizes that she still has a role in their lives, but their friend circle just gained a new member... and Kokona was ready to accept that.

She rolled onto her side and looked at Suzurun with a smile, saying that she values her friendship with him very much too, mainly in an attempt to get him to talk, as he had been very quiet. Instead, she finds him asleep. Kokona scoops him up in her arms and hugs him, saying that she was very grateful for everything he had done for her as the episode ends.

## Characters

### Pretty Cures

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

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

**Hanmon**
**Megabyogen**