List of Wonderful Pretty Cure! episodes

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No. of episodes	17
Release
Original network	ANN (ABC TV, TV Asahi)
Original release	February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04)
Season chronology

Wonderful Pretty Cure! is the twenty-first television anime series in Izumi Todo's Pretty Cure franchise, produced by ABC Television and animated by Toei Animation. The series began airing in Japan on February 4, 2024, succeeding Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure in its timeslot. Chihaya Yoshitake performs the opening theme, "Wonderful PreCure! Evolution!!" (Japanese: わんだふるぷりきゅあ！evolution!!, Hepburn: Wandafuru Purikyua! Evoryūshon!!) and Moeha Nochimoto and Ami Ishii perform the ending theme, "Fun Fun Wonderful Days!" (Japanese: FUN☆FUN☆わんだふるDAYS！, Hepburn: Fan☆Fan☆Wandafuru DAYS!). Erika Fukasawa composes the series's music.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Animation director	Art	Original air date
1	"It Starts With "Wonderful!"" Transliteration: "Hajimari wa "Wandafuru!"" (Japanese: はじまりは「わんだふる！」)	Directed by : Yuna Hirosue Storyboarded by : Masanori Sato	Yoshimi Narita	Katsumi Tamegai & Hanao Iida	Miki Imai	February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04)
In Animal Town, middle school student Iroha Inukai takes her family's pet dog Komugi for a walk at Kaihin Park, along the way stopping by the Mirror Stone, which is said to grant the wishes of those who see their reflection in it, and discussing its possible origins with her classmate Satoru Toyama. Later that day, Komugi finds a strange stone-like object and a ram-like monster called a Garugaru attacks the park. When Iroha is cornered while using herself as a distraction to lure the Garugaru away, Komugi's resolve to protect her causes the stone to turn into a Wonderful Pact, allowing her to become human and transform into Cure Wonderful. After chasing the Garugaru, she purifies it with a hug and it returns to its normal form: a sheep-like animal. Though initially in disbelief, Iroha realizes that Komugi is the girl who saved her.
2	"Let's All Be Friends, Cure Friendy!" Transliteration: "Min'na Tomodachi, Kyua Furendi!" (Japanese: みんな友達、キュアフレンディ！)	Directed by : Tsuyoshi Tobita Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki	Yoshimi Narita	Ragi Kuon	Miki Azuma	February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11)
The sheep, a Niko Animal named Mey Mey, explains that he is from Niko Garden, a realm that was home to many animals until it was attacked and covered in darkness, corrupting its inhabitants and turning them into Garugaru. He also tells Komugi and Iroha that they must keep the existence of Pretty Cure a secret, despite Iroha wanting others to help them with their mission. Later that day, Iroha realizes that Komugi can now speak as a dog, but tells her to keep this secret as well. When an ostrich Garugaru attacks, Iroha's resolve to help Komugi resonates with the Mirror Stone, granting her a Wonderful Pact and allowing her to transform into Cure Friendy. Together, she and Wonderful purify the Garugaru, after which Mey Mey appears and takes them to Niko Garden so it can recover.
3	"Don't Say It! It's Baaad~!" Transliteration: "Iccha Damē~!" (Japanese: 言っちゃダメェ～！)	Directed by : Takao Iwai Storyboarded by : Shinji Itadaki	Yoshimi Narita	Natsumi Sakai & Yuka Takemori	Yuki Nakabayashi	February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18)
At Niko Garden, Mey Mey explains its history to Komugi and Iroha, revealing that its inhabitants were originally from Earth, but that its creator, Niko, brought them there so that they could live happily. He also reminds them that they must keep their mission secret. Upon returning to Earth, they run into Satoru, who becomes suspicious that they are hiding something from him. While taking Daifuku for a walk in the woods, he finds a Garugaru egg and tries to research it, but cannot find any information about it. Suddenly, the egg hatches into a rabbit Garugaru and begins chasing him. Despite Mey Mey's order, Komugi and Iroha intervene to save him and transform into Pretty Cure in front of him. With his advice, they purify the Garugaru and it returns to its original form: the Kirarin Rabbit. Komugi, Iroha, and Satoru return to Niko Garden; there, Satoru expresses his desire to help the Cures, which Mey Mey accepts.
4	"The Nekoyashiki's Cat and Mayu" Transliteration: "Nekoyashiki no Neko to Mayu" (Japanese: 猫屋敷の猫とまゆ)	Directed by : Masaya Nomoto Storyboarded by : Chiaki Kon	Yoshimi Narita	Hitomi Matsuura	Zhuxing Xu	February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25)
At Mayu's house, her mother Sumire prepares for the opening of her store, Pretty Holic. Meanwhile, Satoru is continuing his research on the Garugaru, believing that gathering more information will help the Cures locate them. Suddenly, Mey Mey calls the two to Niko Garden, where the Kirarin Rabbit's return has repaired some of the damage done and restored a section of the Niko Diamond. He tells them that if all nine of the Kirarin Animals return, then the Diamond will be fully repaired and Niko may return. Upon returning to Earth, Iroha heads to Pretty Holic to be its first customer, where she and Komugi meet Mayu and Yuki and try on makeup. After Komugi senses a Garugaru nearby, she and Iroha head into the forest and discover a tanuki Garugaru, which they purify and return to Niko Garden. Later, Iroha visits Mayu to give her a gift, and Mayu begins to consider the possibility of them being friends.
5	"Connecting Bonds, Friendly Wand!" Transliteration: "Tsunagaru Kizuna Furendorī Takuto!" (Japanese: つながるキズナ フレンドリータクト！)	Saiho Noro	Mio Inoue	Mitsuru Aoyama	Natsuko Tosugi	March 3, 2024 (2024-03-03)
While walking Komugi, Iroha meets a girl named Ema, her mother, and their Pomeranian, Pon, and offers to take them to Friendly Animal Hospital & Salon. There, she learns from Ema that they have been trying to get Pon to walk on a leash, reminding her of how she met Komugi and trained her to walk on a leash. When a penguin Garugaru attacks, Wonderful and Friendy struggle to fight it on the ice and Wonderful nearly falls into the water. However, their bond causes Komugi's leash to transform into the Friendly Tacts; Friendy is able to utilize her’s with the Kirarin Rabbit's power to track down and purify the Garugaru, returning it to its normal form as the Kirarin Penguin, who returns to Niko Garden. Afterwards, despite Komugi's frustration at being unable to use her Tact's powers, she and Iroha vow to take many more walks together.
6	"Komugi Argues With Iroha" Transliteration: "Komugi, Iroha to Kenka Suru" (Japanese: こむぎ、いろはとケンカする)	Directed by : Kazuya Onigashira Storyboarded by : Shinji Itadaki	Yoshimi Narita	Yūki Kitajima	Shota Suzuki	March 10, 2024 (2024-03-10)
Following the Kirarin Penguin's return to Niko Garden, Komugi once more expresses her frustration at being unable to use her Tact's powers, with Mey Mey stating that this may be because she lacks something important as a Pretty Cure. Later that day, as both Pretty Holic and Friendly Animal Hospital & Salon continue business, Komugi expresses her desire to do things together with Iroha and be of use to her. The next day, Komugi finds that her leash is gone, as it turned into the Friendly Tacts. Despite Iroha offering to use another leash, she refuses, as they had picked out the leash together. Later, she confides in Satoru about their argument, with him telling her that Komugi likely feels the same way as her. When a lion Garugaru attacks, Wonderful's Friendly Tact disappears and she and Friendy are unable to purify it, with it fleeing into the mountains. That night, Komugi, distraught over being unable to help Iroha, runs away from home.
7	"Their Friend Liberale!" Transliteration: "Futari no Furendo Riberāre!" (Japanese: ふたりのフレンドリベラーレ！)	Yoshimi Narita	Yutaka Tsuchida	Hiroshi Numata & Akira Inagami	Yuki Nakabayashi	March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)
At the dog run, Komugi encounters Satoru, who takes her to his house. While Iroha and her parents are looking for Komugi, he calls them to tell them that she is at his house, but advises them to wait some time, as she is still upset. He tells Komugi to consider Iroha's feelings and to try to talk to her. Later, Mayu visits Iroha to give her a harness for Komugi as thanks for her giving her a gift. Meanwhile, in the forest, the lion Garugaru is recovering from the previous fight when a mysterious voice urges it to keep fighting to destroy the world and what humans have made. As Friendy is fighting it, Wonderful realizes that she became a Cure to protect her. Her resolve causes her Tact to reappear, allowing her to use the Kirarin Penguin's power to chase the Garugaru. Wonderful and Friendy purify the Garugaru with Friend Liberale, returning it to its original form as the Kirarin Lion, who returns to Niko Garden. Afterward, Komugi and Iroha start going on walks together again.
8	"Mayu's Anxious New Semester" Transliteration: "Mayu no Dokidoki Shingakki" (Japanese: まゆのドキドキ新学期)	Directed by : Misuzu Chiba Storyboarded by : Hiroya Takahashi	Takao Iwai	Seiji Masuda	Zhuxing Xu	March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24)
As Iroha heads to school at Second Wangan Junior High, Komugi tries to go with her, but is told that she has to stay at home. At school, Mayu transfers to Iroha's class, with Iroha helping with her introduction to the class after she botches it, and afterwards the teacher offers that she give Mayu a tour of the school. Meanwhile, Komugi attempts to head to school to be with Iroha, but gets distracted along the way. After school, Satoru and Iroha are showing Mayu around the animal area when a horse Garugaru attacks. Komugi arrives in time to help Iroha pursue it, using the Kirarin Lion's power to do so, and purify it with Friend Liberale, after which it returns to Niko Garden. Afterward, Komugi tells Iroha and Satoru that she wishes to go to school with them.
9	"Middle School Student Komugi!" Transliteration: "Komugi, Chūgakusei da Wan!" (Japanese: こむぎ、中学生だワン！)	Directed by : Yuusuke Kanbayashi Storyboarded by : Noriyo Sasaki	Hideki Hiroshima	Yukiko Ueda & Nobuhito Akada	Natsuko Tosugi	March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31)
Mey Mey informs Komugi and Iroha that Komugi can now go to school because of the Niko Diamond's miracle. At school, Komugi quickly becomes popular, but another student, Sho Ikari, becomes jealous of her because she is better at soccer than he is and starts to view her as his rival. Later that day, he is training to surpass her with what the Cures identify to be a Garugaru egg, which soon hatches into a duck Garugaru. After the Cures purify it and return it to Niko Garden, after school Komugi reaffirms her desire to go to school with Iroha, while she and Satoru offer to help her study.
10	"Memories In The Snow" Transliteration: "Yuki no Naka no Omoide" (Japanese: ユキの中の思い出)	Directed by : Junko Komura Storyboarded by : Chiaki Kon	Takao Iwai	Makoto Ozawa & Keisuke Katayama	Yuko Doi	April 7, 2024 (2024-04-07)
At Pretty Holic, which has recently had more customers, Sumire tells Mayu that she can design a new product to sell. Throughout the day, Mayu struggles to come up with new ideas for the product, despite her classmates' suggestions. Later that day, she is walking by the river when she encounters Iroha and Komugi, reminding her of when she first met Yuki. When she was younger, she had met Yuki at an abandoned house when her family traveled to a village in the mountains for her father's job. Although the villagers told Mayu that Yuki did not trust humans, she bonded with her over the course of their stay and was reluctant to part with her when they had to leave. When a raccoon Garugaru attacks, Wonderful and Friendy purify it and return it to Niko Garden, which Yuki witnesses. Afterward, Mayu decides that her new product will be a charm based on Yuki, which soon becomes popular.
11	"A Giant Creature Hiding In The Mountains!?" Transliteration: "Yama ni Hisomu, Kyodai Seibutsu" (Japanese: 山に潜む、巨大生物！？)	Misuzu Chiba	Kana Shinohara	Nishiki Itaoka	Yuki Nakabayashi	April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14)
At school, Komugi, Iroha, and Satoru hear rumors of a giant creature which has been sighted at Mount Miharashi. Figuring that it is likely a Garugaru, they decide to hike up the mountain in search of it, but do not find anything; however, they deduce that it is likely at the summit, as there were fewer animals as they went higher up the mountain. Meanwhile, a mysterious girl approaches Mayu, warning her to stay away from the mountain. When a bear Garugaru attacks them, they purify it and return it to its normal form as the Kirarin Bear, who returns to Niko Garden, but notice that the gem on its forehead was damaged. At Niko Garden, the Kirarin Bear reveals that there is another Pretty Cure, who was responsible for injuring them. That night, the mysterious Pretty Cure is seen overlooking the city.
12	"I'm Cure Nyammy" Transliteration: "Watashi wa Kyua Nyamī" (Japanese: 私はキュアニャミー)	Morio Hatano	Mio Inoue	Mika Hironaka & Kenji Miuma	Zhuxing Xu	April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21)
After Mayu tells Iroha that Yuki sometimes disappears, Iroha decides to help her on her day off from school. At Mayu's house, Komugi and Iroha set up a camera to monitor Yuki and go outside to have Komugi track her scent. When this fails, they head into the woods to search for her, where Komugi senses a Garugaru. An owl Garugaru attacks Mayu as she follows them in search of Yuki, but she is saved by a mysterious Pretty Cure, whom she recognizes as the girl she met because they both warned her to stay away from Mount Miharashi. Wonderful and Friendy arrive to confront the Garugaru and are horrified that the Cure is attacking it, with Friendy trying to stop her. After they purify the Garugaru and return it to Niko Garden, Friendy tries to ask the Cure who she is, but she leaves after stating that she is Cure Nyammy.
13	"Search For Cure Nyammy!" Transliteration: "Kyua Nyamī o Sagase!" (Japanese: キュアニャミーを探せ！)	Saiho Noro	Yusuke Kanbayashi	Yuka Takemori, Joey Calangian, Reggie Manabat & Hiroshi Numata	Natsuko Tosugi	April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28)
The Cures inform Mey Mey of Nyammy's existence, and, along with Satoru, set out to search for her and discover her true identity. Their search takes them through Animal Town, examining people, objects, and animals that could be Nyammy because of their white color. However, the search is unsuccessful until they meet the elderly ladies, who suggest that Komugi was looking for Mayu's compact, which has Nyammy's scent; despite visiting Pretty Holic, they are still unable to find any clues. When a hedgehog Garugaru attacks, Nyammy saves Mayu from it before leaving, but returns to help Wonderful and Friendy at Mayu's request. After they purify the Garugaru and return it to Niko Garden, Mayu wonders who Nyammy is and if she will see her again.
14	"Mayu's First Sleepover" Transliteration: "Mayu, Hajimete no Otomari" (Japanese: まゆ、はじめてのお泊り)	Directed by : Yuna Hirosue Storyboarded by : Ryota Nakamura	Junko Komura	Ragi Kuon	Shota Suzuki	May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05)
After Mayu notices that Yuki has been refusing to eat and is not in her usual spots, she takes her to Friendly Animal Hospital & Salon, where Youko determines that she will be fine with rest. Iroha suggests that Mayu stay overnight at her house so that Youko can check on Yuki if anything happens. Later that night, after dinner, Komugi and Iroha are awoken by the sound of a rooster Garugaru and head out to purify it before anyone wakes up, but Mayu also awakens and decides to follow them. She witnesses them transforming into Pretty Cures and realizes their true identities and that Komugi can transform into a human. During their fight against the Garugaru, Satoru explains to her what the Niko Garden is and who the Pretty Cure are. After they purify the Garugaru and return it to Niko Garden, Mayu decides to support them, but does not know who Nyammy is.
15	"A Day In the Life Of Mey Mey The Butler Sheep" Transliteration: "Hitsuji no Shitsuji Mēmē no Ichinichi" (Japanese: ヒツジの執事　メエメエ の一日)	Directed by : Kazuya Kito Storyboarded by : Hiroya Takahashi	Misuzu Chiba	Yuki Kitajima & Natsumi Sakai	Yuki Nakabayashi	May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12)
Komugi, Iroha and Satoru visit Niko Garden with Mayu to introduce her to Mey Mey. Although he is hesitant at first because he does not want others to know about Niko Garden or the Pretty Cures, he warms up to her after she offers to help him with his work as a butler. While helping him and visiting the houses of the Kirarin Animals along the way, he begins to suspect that they are hiding something from him because of their behavior. When the Kirarin Animals sense that a Garugaru has awakened in Animal Town, the Cures return to Earth to purify it, returning it to its original form as the Kirarin Fawn. Afterwards, the Kirarin Animals reveal that they were planning a party to thank the Cures for their efforts, which Mey Mey attends despite being upset that they were not honoring him like he thought.
16	"The Mystery of the Mirror Stone" Transliteration: "Kagami Ishi no Fushigi" (Japanese: 鏡石のふしぎ)	Directed by : Takao Iwai Storyboarded by : Shinji Itadaki	Yoshimi Narita	Mitsuru Aoyama	Zhuxing Xu	May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19)
On their way to school, Komugi and Iroha run into Youko, who is on her way to work at the zoo and finds Komugi familiar, even though she has never met her as a human. At school, as Iroha feels guilty about lying to hide secrets from her parents, she overhears her classmates discussing rumors that the Mirror Stone has been glowing. Along with Komugi and Satoru, she realizes that investigating the Mirror Stone could help them discover how Komugi gained the ability to turn into a human and how the Cures gained their powers. As Komugi and Iroha investigate the Mirror Stone, they encounter Shinnosuke and Shiro. Upon returning home, they ask Mey Mey if they can tell Iroha's parents about Niko Garden, but he refuses. While they are talking, Youko and Tsuyoshi return home and witness Komugi talking, but are not surprised that she can. They explain the legend of the Mirror Stone: long ago, when animals and humans lived in peace, the animals prayed to a god to be able to talk to humans, which they granted through the Mirror Stone. Soon, animals from other lands gathered at the Mirror Stone, and Animal Town was built. However, after conflict broke out among them, the Mirror Stone lost its power as punishment. After Komugi senses a parakeet Garugaru, she and Iroha head off to confront it while Mey Mey explains the situation to her parents. After they purify it and return it to Niko Garden, they return home and are welcomed back by Youko and Tsuyoshi. Meanwhile, Mayu expresses her wish to be like Iroha; in response, the Mirror Stone begins to glow.
17	"I Will Protect You!" Transliteration: "Watashi ga, Anata o Mamoru!" (Japanese: 私が、あなたを守る！)	Hanako Ueda	Mio Inoue	TBA	TBA	May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26)
18	"Mayu's Feelings, And Yuki's Feelings" Transliteration: "Mayu no Kimochi, Yuki no Kimochi" (Japanese: まゆの気持ち、ユキの気持ち)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	June 2, 2024 (2024-06-02)
19	"Cure Lillian Is Born!" Transliteration: "Kyua Ririan, Tanjō!" (Japanese: キュアリリアン、誕生！)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09)