Red — prettycure

Red (レッド)^? is the ruler of the Phantom Empire, and the true main antagonist of Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!.

He went under the alias Deep Mirror (ディープミラー, Deep Mirror)^? to serve as Queen Mirage's advisor, who locates things for her while secretly controlling her. He is also the older brother of Blue.

Bio

Appearance

As Deep Mirror, he resembles an ordinary mirror and has a face with red eyes, and mouth. However, there is also a person's silhouette is inside. Inside his mirror is a figure who resembles Blue with a dark blue body and inside resembling Blue's Cross Mirror Room. When he influences Mirage, his eyes will shine.

In episode 43, it is revealed that the figure inside is known as Red. His appearance resembles Blue but with red spiky hair and eyes. He also wears a black sweater and red pants, making him a direct contrast in both clothes and appearance to Blue, and has very pale skin.

In episode 45, he changes his wardrobe into a dark red suit with a black belt and a dark purple cloak. He also wears long gray boots with red bandages wrapped between his knees and ankles. He discards the cloak to battle the Cures.

Personality

As an adviser, he is very loyal to Queen Mirage and is always seen with her. He often orders the generals around, under her order. He shows her something with his mirror about the Cures. He is also the mastermind behind the Phantom Empire, as he was actually using Mirage to conquer the Earth.

As Red, he is very ruthless, cunning, manipulative, deceitful, and cruel as he takes an interest in Cure Lovely. He, at first, wanted to turn Lovely into the next Queen Mirage, but it failed, and now wants to defeat her for vengeance. He also harbors resentment towards Blue for creating everything. But thanks to Lovely's influence, Red slowly learns to let go of the past and embraces the future ahead of him.

Relationships

Blue: His younger brother. They used to have a happy relationship, until Red lost everything. He harbors a lot of hatred and jealousy towards Blue, and wants to destroy everything he had created so Blue could feel the same despair that he had been feeling. However, he is finally able to start reconciling with Blue after the final battle.
Queen Mirage: As Deep Mirror, he served as her adviser. He always reports to her something using the mirror. He gives orders to the generals under Mirage's command. It is later revealed that he is the one who controlled Mirage, and is the true main villain of the series. Whenever Mirage slowly becomes good, he often influences her, fueling her anger towards Blue. During the final battle with Cure Lovely, he fuels her with even more hatred, causing her to go on a destructive rampage. However, Mirage chooses to forgive him in the end by helping Red revive his planet.

History

Red, along with Queen Mirage and the other generals, were sealed inside of Axia in the Blue Sky Kingdom until Hime unwittingly opened it and they invaded Blue Sky Kingdom. He also reveals the whereabouts of new Pretty Cures that appear in Pikarigaoka, such as Cure Lovely, and informs Queen Mirage about where the Phantom Empire's invasion of Earth has been decreasing because of the Cures' counterattacking.^HCPC02 He also reveals Cure Honey and her ability to soothe everyone with her singing once she starts appearing more often.

He is revealed to be the mastermind behind everything, controlling Queen Mirage by making her believe that Blue was using Cure Lovely in order to defeat her, and making her more resentful. He also intervenes when the Oresky Trio are about to get purified and snaps them out of it before they are fully purified.^HCPC29

When Blue tries to free Mirage from the influence of the Phantom Empire, he is interrupted before he can reach her and bring her back. Deep Mirror reminds Mirage that Blue had abandoned her and convinced her that love and happiness were fake. He asserts his control over her and promises to remain on her side. During Lovely's battle with Mirage, Deep Mirror increases his influence over Mirage, fueling her rage. After Mirage is purified, he sets his sights on Lovely, hoping to control her and turn her into the next Queen Mirage.^HCPC38

Red brings forth a red Saiark for Lovely to fight. As she does, he tells her about how all of the people she saved is experiencing love and happiness except for her, which causes her feelings to waver. Using a crystal he embedded into her chest, he amplifies Lovely's pain and sadness and explains that she could change the world for her own happiness and make others suffer. He almost has her completely under his control when Seiji calls out to her, causing her to break free from Red's temptation and to destroy the crystal. At the end of the episode, he considers targeting Seiji and warns Blue that he will consume the Earth with hatred and anger.^HCPC44

Red meets up with Seiji and gives him a red crystal, intent on controlling him, and succeeds. He also creates a Santa Saiark to attack the Cures. After the Saiark was defeated, he revealed the manipulated Seiji as his powerful weapon to use against the Cures.^HCPC45

Red taunts the Cures by saying that Seiji left Megumi and they were easily defeated. He and Seiji head to the red planet and watched as the world descends into chaos.^HCPC46

Red watches as Seiji battles against the Happiness Charge! Cures and thanks to Lovely getting through to him, Seiji is purified. Blue and Mirage tell Red that the world is full of love but he refuses to hear of it. Cure Lovely tells him that love is invincible and asks him if he actually had someone he cared about, which makes him even angrier as he prepares to attack the Cures.^HCPC47

Red starts to fight the Cures himself. He soon proves to be the toughest villain that the Cures have faced so far, defeating all of them easily and even managing to resist Innocent Purification, and sealing Honey, Fortune and Princess away in mirrors, along with Seiji and the mascots, leaving Cure Lovely as the last Cure standing. He then tells Cure Lovely that life on his planet was destroyed, while life on the Earth, with the help of Blue, flourished and he grew jealous of him. For that reason, he wanted to do the same to the Earth. Intent on saving him and having him see the error of his ways, Lovely, with the aid of everyone's power, turns into Forever Lovely.^HCPC48

Red fights against Forever Lovely, until he finally understands the meaning of love, courage, kindness and hope. He becomes good and decides to revive the Red Planet. Blue and Mirage decides to stay on Red Planet to help Red with his mission. With this reconciliation, Red is finally happy as he has found his closure.^HCPC49

Abilities

As Deep Mirror, Red can show people events transpiring far away.^HCPC02 He can also control people's mind by placing red crystals inside of people's chests. He was able to control Mirage and Seiji this way, but failed against Cure Lovely.

Like Phantom, he can use Eternal Gauge to trap people in mirrors.^HCPC48 His Saiarks have different shaped sunglasses and do not turn the land around them into a certain environment unlike regular ones.