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"Summer! The Sea! Akane and Nao's Stubborn Showdown!!" (夏だ!海だ!あかねとなおの意地っ張り対決!! Natsu da! Umi da! Akane to Nao no ijippari taiketsu!!)? is the 25th episode of Smile Pretty Cure! and is the 414th episode of the Pretty Cure franchise overall.

In the English dub, Glitter Force, it is called "Battle on the Beach" and is the 22nd episode.

Summary

The girls get competitive on the beach when Nao's shaved ice stand goes against Akane's Okonomiyaki stand. After Miyuki and Reika get roped into it, things soon worsen when their rivalries get the better of them and they are unable to work together where it matters most.

Major Events

Synopsis

It is the beginning of summer holiday. Just as Miyuki laments that she doesn't have anything to do, she receives a phonecall from Akane, who invites her to the beach. Unfortunately, Akaoni also sees the beach on television and decides to work on his tan.

When Miyuki arrives at the beach, she finds that Akane invited her to help at the family's okonomiyaki stand. Nao is running a competing shaved ice stand, with Reika helping her. Yayoi coincidentally shows up to paint the ocean for her art homework.

Akane and Nao become highly competitive, arguing over who had the most customers. They even compete on their break: volleyball, soccer, watermelon eating, sandcastle building, and mussel catching. Meanwhile, Yayoi plays peacefully with Candy.

Akaoni arrives on the beach with a surfboard. When he sees how many people are there, he decides to create a Bad End Space, sucking Bad End energy out of the people to make a Super Akanbe out of a cup of shaved ice. The girls quickly transform to battle it.

Cure March tries to defeat the Akanbe by herself using her speed, and Cure Sunny with her strength, but they only get each other's way. Happy, Peace, and Beauty move into protect them, but are absorbed into the Akanbe. The Akanbe creates a powerful blizzard, and Sunny and March doubt they have the individual strength to defeat it.

Realizing they must put their differences aside, Sunny and March team up and hold hands. Their powers combine and begin to melt the ice. Working together, the two defeat the Akanbe with a combination attack and punch through, freeing the other three. The five use Princess Form to defeat the Super Akanbe, receiving two new decors. Akaoni retreats, but he's still happy because he achieved his goal of getting a tan.

The girls eat okonomiyaki and snow cones together, suggesting that they form a perfect combination. Miyuki looks forward to the rest of her summer vacation.

Characters

Pretty Cure

Mascots

Villains

Secondary Characters

Trivia

Edits in Glitter Force

Gallery

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References

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