dramadramaduck | [Video] Canon Update

The video opens on a battle in progress, starring three very familiar girls fighting against a powerful enemy. It's Dark Precure versus the three Kibogahana Precure... and our heroes are on the losing side. Dark Precure is effortlessly wiping the floor with Cure Blossom and Marine, who have just used their Shining Fortissimo attack. They're blasted back, now unconscious.

A worried Cure Sunshine quickly runs over to where they land, holding on to her teammates. Meanwhile Dark Precure takes out her Dark Tact, ready for her next attack. But before she can do that, something strange happens.

In a flash, tiny lights appear, covering every visible tree. There must be hundreds of them, if not more.

"What is this?" Dark Precure and Cure Sunshine look around, both equally confused. "The lights of the Heart Tree?" Dark Precure flinches, as gusts of wind appear. The wind centers around one spot in particular, covering it, before bursting apart with a shining purple light. This reveals...

Yuri, in a glowing white dress, holding the Heart Pot.

She turns to look at Cure Sunshine and smiles gently at her.

"Hah...!" Cure Sunshine grins widely.

"You...! " Dark Precure glares at Yuri. "Don't tell me..."

"Courage... love... friendship... kindness... sorrow... joy..." Yuri turns around and holds up the Heart Pot. "All these feelings... Everyone's hearts..." She looks up at Dark Precure, her eyes narrowed. "I will fight for them!" She holds up her broken Precure Seed. "For everyone's hearts!"

"Precure... Open my heart!"

Pressing her Precure Seed into the Heart Pot, Yuri transforms in a bright purple glow. When the light fades, it's no longer Yuri that's standing there, but...

"The flower that glistens in the light of the moon,"

[note: video link for the transformation.]

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At least you still have friends looking out for you.

Yes, I guess I do. [Yuri smiles a little sadly at that.] It's funny how all this time I thought I was alone... when nothing could have been farther from the truth. I've always been a bit blind to things like that.

You're never going to be alone. Nobody's going to let you.

...you know, I spent a large part of my life trying to isolate myself from everyone. First because I didn't want to connect to anyone anymore. Then because I didn't want anyone to prevent me from doing my duties as a Precure. And then because I was too busy feeling sorry for myself.

So much wasted effort, in hindsight.

...thank you. Really.

If there's one thing I've learned as a Ranger, it's that friendship is our greatest power. Sometimes, it just takes a while to realize that.

I never used to see it that way. I thought I needed to do everything myself, that no one else could... I told myself that because Cure Flower did everything herself, I could too.

Cure Blossom might not have started out as the strongest Precure, but at least she never made that mistake. In that aspect, I learned much more from her than she from me.

I think I can understand that. I guess we never really felt like we had to live up to the Rangers who came before us because we didn't know much about them. The Rangers from my planet were really secretive, and the ones from Maya's planet were so ancient that they passed into legend, so not much is known.

Legends make for easier role models. There's no one to impress or disappoint. Just an ideal that you try to live up to.

I doubt it would have made a difference for me if Cure Flower hadn't been around, though. The problem was never with the circumstances, it was with me. I was too stubborn. I still am, but less so now. Or so I hope, anyway.

Isn't the whole point letting go of the past and moving on? Wasn't that your problem?

Yes, of course. I've simply been thinking a lot about... well, everything, I guess. A lot happened today.

It's a lot to get through, but you'll do it.

I'm sure I will. I don't have to get through it by myself, after all.

I have to say, it feels... good. Being able to protect others again. I hadn't realized how much I missed it.

It's a great feeling.

It is. I had lost sight of that for a while, but it's the reason I loved what I did back then, even when it was difficult. Helping people, making sure their hearts wouldn't get damaged... It was so fulfilling.

I'm glad I'm getting another chance to do that.

I'm glad too. If anyone deserves a second chance, it's you.

...thank you. That's very kind of you to say.

It's the truth. And you're welcome.

True or not, it's appreciated. I'm not used to having so many people who care. It's a nice change from before.

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