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, a ram-like monster called Garugaru attacks the park as Komugi finds a strange stone-like object. When Iroha is cornered while using herself as a distraction to lure the Garugaru away,
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
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 infor
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 trio 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
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 almost falls into the water. However, their bond causes Komugi's leash to transform into t
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. D
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 giving her a gift. Meanwhile, in the forest, the lion Garugaru is recovering from the previous fight when a mysterious voi
As Iroha enrolls 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, after which 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
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. When the Cures purify it and return it to Niko Garden, Komugi reaffirms her des
At Pretty Holic, which has received 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 t
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
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
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 still cannot find any clues. When a hedgehog
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 is determined to purify it before anyone wakes up, but Mayu also awakens and decides to follow them. Sh
Komugi, Iroha, and Satoru visit Niko Garden with Mayu to introduce her to Mey Mey. Although Mey Mey was initially hesitant because he did not want the 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 deer Garugaru
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
Since it is baby animal season in Animal Town, Komugi, Iroha, Mayu, and Satoru go on a baby animal tour and see birds, deer, rabbits, kittens, and ducklings. As they stop for a picnic, a tiger Garugaru attacks and Mayu is put in danger while trying to save a duck and her babies. Yuki arrives to protect her and reveals that she is Cure Nyammy and has gained the ability to turn into a human. When Wonderful and Friendy purify it and return it to Niko Garden, she attacks the Garugaru before leaving.
At Niko Garden, the Cures tell Mey Mey and the Kirarin Animals about Cure Nyammy's true identity as Yuki and her refusal to join them. At home, Yuki explains to Mayu that she first gained the power to transform into a human and into Cure Nyammy when the bear Garugaru attacked her and the charm Mayu made transformed into the Shiny Cats Pact. She also tells her to stop being friends with Komugi and Iroha, but at school, they still want to be friends with her. While heading home from school, Komugi
As Komugi, Iroha, and Satoru search for the hamster Garugaru, which fled following their first battle with it, the mysterious voice powers it up by commanding it to take revenge on Nyammy for harming it, giving it the ability to shrink others in addition to itself. Meanwhile, at Pretty Holic, Sumire reminds Mayu that she has enjoyed making others happy with her creations since she was young. When the hamster Garugaru attacks and shrinks Wonderful, Friendy, and Nyammy, they cannot fight it and ar
With Mayu having become Cure Lillian, the group heads to Niko Garden to introduce her and Yuki to Mey Mey. When he asks them to help save the Niko and Kirarin Animals, while Mayu agrees to help, Yuki refuses, saying that she only cares about protecting Mayu, and leaves. When the Kirarin Fawn and the other Kirarin Animals find her, she is worried that they will hate her for harming them when they were Garugaru, but they are instead happy that she is a Cure and can aid in saving the Animals. As sh
Yuki transfers to Second Wangan Junior High under the guise of being Mayu's cousin and soon becomes popular among the students for her skills, but she refuses to work with Komugi and Iroha and refuses to participate in school activities, such as being offered to join the drama club unless Mayu does it with her. Later, when the group works on embroidery and plans to exchange their embroidery, Yuki refuses to participate in the exchange, revealing that at Mayu's old school, she was friends with Ch
Komugi and Iroha's friend Inuzuka, who works as a dog trainer, invites them to try dog agility by navigating an obstacle course, with Mayu, Yuki, Satoru, and Daifuku watching. Although Inuzuka and her dog, a Border Collie named Witt, demonstrate the course, Komugi goes through the obstacles incorrectly. Despite this, Inuzuka believes that Komugi has potential and that she and Iroha need to deepen their bond to perform better on the course. However, as she and Iroha prepare to try the course agai
During the night of Animal Town's Star Festival, Komugi has a dream in which she is standing in front of the Mirror Stone, which is shining, and hears a wolf howling, and wonders if it is crying. On the day of the festival, Yuki reveals her ability to transform into a human to Sumire, who is surprised but accepts it. At the festival, the Cures and Satoru have fun together, with Mayu noticing Satoru's feelings for Iroha and him asking her to keep it a secret. Later, they visit a shrine where thei
At Niko Garden, with all the Kirarin Animals having returned, their combined power restores the Niko Diamond. The Diamond's light repairs the damage done to the Garden, restoring it to its original state, and a mysterious egg appears, which Mey Mey and the Kirarin Animals recognize as being Niko. However, despite the Garden being restored, the Cures learn that not all of the Niko Animals have returned, as the mother of a gorilla is still missing. Although he does not know why Niko has returned i
For their independent research project, the Cures, along with Satoru, go to Animal Town's beach to study sea turtles and how they lay their eggs. However, since sea turtles lay their eggs at night, they decide to spend the day at the beach until then. When a sea turtle Garugaru attacks, it takes Lillian with it as she clings to its back. As the Cures go after it, Yuki is initially afraid of being without Mayu, but overcomes her fear to save her and protect the sea turtle eggs, which are in dange
As Komugi and Iroha go for a walk and Mayu and Yuki go shopping to get more embroidery thread, they struggle due to the heat caused by a heat wave. They soon run into Satoru, who invites them to his house, where they recover and have lunch. As they leave, a camel Garugaru attacks and the Cures struggle to fight it in the heat. Lillian uses the power of the Kirarin Penguin to cover the area with ice, cooling them off and weakening the Garugaru. After Wonderful and Friendy purify the Garugaru and
The Cures and Satoru participate in a competition held by Animal Town's mayor, Washio, in which the goal is to find a tsuchinoko. As they stop for lunch, Mey Mey comes to check on Niko's egg, which Komugi had brought with her, but accidentally drops it down a hole. The Cures use the Kirarin Hamster's power to shrink and enter the hole, where a tsuchinoko Garugaru swallows Niko's egg and attacks them. It turns them to stone with its gaze, but Nyammy avoids being petrified because her fear of snak
The Cures and Satoru visit their classmate Okuma's house, a farm run by her family. There, they visit the animals and try out farming as part of a stamp rally to win souvenirs. Mey Mey, who came to the farm with Niko's egg since Satoru told him about the visit, goes with Okuma while they participate in the rally, which includes milking cows to make ice cream and interacting with pigs, horses, and alpacas. At the sheepdog show, Mey Mey, who is among the sheep being herded by the sheepdog Andy, re
In the morning, Komugi is awoken by Niko's egg shining and discovers that it has cracked. Along with the Cures, Satoru, and Mey Mey, they go to the dog run, where the egg hatches and Niko emerges from it. As they introduce themselves to her, she is upset that others know of Niko Garden's existence, but is happy that the Cures have been rescuing its animals. They go with her to Niko Garden, where its inhabitants welcome her back and she reveals to them that Gaou, the leader of a pack of wolves, w
At the Mirror Stone, Niko reveals to Mey Mey that it is a piece of the Niko Diamond that she gave to the animals to grant their wish to be friends with humans. However, humans sought to use the Mirror Stone's power for themselves and drove the animals away, causing the wolves to go extinct. She also tells Mey Mey that she was unaware that the Niko Diamond could grant the Cures their powers and that, although he believes they can stop the Gaogaon's rampage, she will take away their powers and con