Ha-chan

Ha-chan (はーちゃん)^? is one of the three main Cures in Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!. As a young girl, Ha-chan goes by the name Hanami Kotoha (花海ことは)^?. She's a second-year student at Magic School in the Magic World and also attends Tsunagi First Middle School in the No Magic World again as a second-year student. She is later revealed to be the reincarnation and successor of Mother RaPaPa.

Her alter ego is Cure Felice (キュアフェリーチェ, Cure Felice)^?, the Pretty Cure of Life, which is the final form that she can transform into. She's prone to ending her sentences with "Ha" (はー, "Ha")^?.

Bio

Appearance

Ha-chan has pink hair and big turquoise eyes with pink flowers in them. When born, her hair was very thin and framed her head with a daisy and a single leaf at the middle of her forehead. Her outfit was a mint onesie with a pink sphere on the chest that has emerald wings.

As a toddler, her hair gets fluffier with a curled pigtail on top of her head, with two flowers and leaf. She now wears a light turquoise dress and matching shoes.

As a little girl, her hair was worn in buns with thin spiked bangs. She now has three flowers on her head. She began wearing an emerald green top beneath a pastel turquoise blouse and three pink flowers on the chest, paired with a white flower-shaped skirt and turquoise shoes with daisies on them.

In her final fairy form, her wings grew in size. Her hair is chest length and is worn down. She now wears a light green headband with a pale pink flower on each side. She now wears a white flower-shaped dress with a pale turquoise top, accented with white ruffles, three dark pink flowers and a small red bow beneath them. She has a light green sash with tails sticking down with a dark pink flower on end. On each point of the skirt is a peach heart. She wears flower bracelets and pale turquoise boots with vines on them and a white flower on each.

After losing her wings and flower eye markings, she becomes Hanami Kotoha, and also grows to be about Mirai and Riko's height. She began wearing an emerald green headband with a daisy on each side. She now wears a pale mint off-shoulder blouse with pastel turquoise shoulder straps and a white ruffle trim around the chest bound by pink ribbon. Her light turquoise skirt has a pastel yellow butterfly on each side, and is laced with pale yellow frills. Her waistband is emerald. Her shoes are turquoise and worn with white frilly socks.

In ~MIRAI DAYS~, Kotoha's headband, skirt, waistband, and shoes remain the same. However, she has added a pale mint collar with a dark pink bow and pale yellow frilly laces to her blouse, and each of the blouse's pale mint cuffs has an additional ribbon.

In winter, she wears a cream turtleneck with a pink flower button, a green skirt, moss green tights, sand boots, and a green jacket.

In the movie, she wears a white ruffled top with a dark brown belt and a pale brown long-sleeved bolero jacket. Her skirt is light emerald with turquoise lining with brown loafers and white socks. For the festival, some of her hair is braided and is decorated with flowers. She wears a light emerald off-shoulder blouse with a striped ribbon on the chest. Her skirt is puffy and is mint-colored with a gradient and pink and orange flowers printed around. She also wears yellow tights with red shoes and white socks. She also wears a choker with a with gold butterfly in the middle.

As Cure Felice, she becomes the same height as Miracle and Magical and the flower marks in her eyes reappear. Her hair turns lighter and grows to her knees, worn in a pair of braided twin-tails. Her bangs grow to her waist with a yellow butterfly decoration at each end. She wears a gold forehead accessory with a tiny emerald hanging from the center. She also wears a green band with leafy pale turquoise ruffles hanging from the sides decorated with a flower and a butterfly. Her outfit consists of a pastel green dress with a fluffy skirt and a pale pink lace layer over it covered in orange and pink daisies. The chest has a dark pink rose with a leafy design and the sleeves are off-white elbow-length. The Linkle Smartbook hangs from a vine around the waist, and she has a green choker with a gold pearl at the middle. She wears green wristbands with a pastel green chain attached to a pink flower ring on the middle finger and green leaf-earrings. Her emerald heels have a white and gold butterfly on the top of the foot with pastel green ribbons around her legs accented with daisies.

In her Alexandrite Style, her hair grows longer and thicker. On the top of her head is a thick bun with braids, a pale mint bow and four green strands around her head. Her hair is also decorated with different flowers, leaves, and beads throughout it. Her dress entirely changes to a turquoise one that reaches her ankles and is wrapped in green vines and emerald green ribbons. The bottom part has hot pink roses and holly berries with a light green ruffle lining the bottom. The top part has a white lily with a gold chain with the Alexandrite Linkle Stone above that. The sleeves are see-through with an opening around the lower part of the arm. She also has a short winged cape, mint wrist protectors with green ribbon wrapped around them, and pink spherical rings on her middle fingers. She wears green heels with ribbon wrapped over the foot and ankle with daisies.

Heartful Style is the evolved form of Alexandrite Style. The flowers in her hair turn yellow, and her bow becomes a pink winged bow with pale green ribbon tails. Her dress turns white and the ribbon wrapped turns pale yellow and wing-like. The sleeves become pale green. The beads around her outfit and hair grow and turn pink and magenta, while the large rose on the dress becomes a fuchsia five-petal flower with a mint heart in the center and angel wings. Her wrist pieces and shoes are now white, and the flowers on her shoes turn pink and yellow. She gains light pink angelic wings.

Personality

When Ha-chan was just a young fairy, she acted a lot like a normal toddler, always wanting to play, and getting rather moody when things don't go her way. She could get rather sleepy after eating or drinking something and usually returned to the Linkle Smartbook for rest.

As Ha-chan grows older and goes under the name Kotoha, she sometimes acts quite mature, yet still mostly cheerful, fun-loving, and sweet. Due to Mirai being full of curiosity and Riko being a hard worker, Kotoha has been strongly influenced by both of them and tends to behave extremely similar behavior that bears resemblance of their personalities. She is optimistic and always believes in the good of people, despite her naivety getting her into trouble. Although she has an innate gift of using magic, Kotoha had no idea why or how she is talented at it, until she inherited the ultimate power of RaPaPa.

As Cure Felice, she is more composed and mature. However, she still retains her kindness and optimism and occasionally lets her more childish side slip.

Relationships

Asahina Mirai: Ha-chan is really fond of Mirai. When she was younger, she usually depended on her to feed her and could get easily upset if she wasn't given the attention she wanted. After growing older, she strives to repay her love become stronger so Mirai can be proud of her. As said by herself in both the season and the manga, she sees Mirai as her own mother.
Izayoi Riko: Much like Mirai, Ha-chan loves Riko a lot. As a child, she usually depended on her to feed her but could also get rather upset if she didn't pay enough attention to her. After growing older, Ha-chan remains close with her while also strives to repay her love become stronger so Riko can be proud of her. It is further implied in both the season and the manga that much like how she views Mirai, Ha-chan also views both Riko as her own mother. Since both are from the Magic World, they have a special connection.
Mofurun: Ha-chan has always been somewhat close with Mofurun since she has helped with taking care of her. Mofurun has been seen at Ha-chan's side even during her rough times like when she was discouraged about the cookies. She also considers Mofurun to be her older sister.
Jade: A merman prince she met when being in the Magic World. She is the only person in Jade's life to love him unconditionally, despite his initial rough and rude attitude towards her. She ever goes for great lengths to risk herself just to undo his curse, and promises to reunite with him before they part ways. He is by far the only person she is romantically attracted to, regardless of her young age and naivety.

Etymology

Hanami (花海, Hanami)^?: Hana (花, Hana)^? means 'flower' which is probably a reference to the flower like theme she has going on. Mi (海, Mi)^? means 'sea'. Riko comes up with the last name after Kotoha recalls seeing a flower field, which turns out to be the Fairy Village, when Mirai's mother asks Kotoha to introduce herself.

Kotoha (ことは, Kotoha)^?: means 'word' or 'spell' which is a reference to how witches use spells to cast magic. It is also a variant of the name Kotoba (ことば, Kotoba)^?. Kotoha chooses her first name because she says that her heart is full of warm words from others.

"Ha" means "leaf" while "-chan" is a suffix used commonly for children or among girls.

Cure Felice: Felice, taken from the Italian language, means happy or fortunate.^[1]

History

Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure!

Ha-chan was born out of a flower into Mirai's hands from the Linkle Smartbook, after the Pretty Cure's battle with Gamettsu.^MTPC04 Over time, she had grown thanks to the care Mirai and Izayoi Riko had provided for her.

Ha-chan undergoes her first growth phase into a toddler^MTPC05 and then the second becoming a child.^MTPC11 She is upset with Mirai and Riko ignoring her, and feeds herself with the available Linkle Stones, which results in her changing forms and Sparda capturing her, until both Miracle and Magical rescue and apologize to her. She also assists Mirai and Riko on defeating Sparda, Gamettsu and Batty, but unfortunately along with the Linkle Smartbook and Linkle Stone Emerald, she falls into the hands of Dokurokushe.^MTPC15

She grows into her final stage as an adolescent and uses her powers to quell Dokurokushe's dark power. But she subsequently loses some of her powers and becomes a regular human, resulting in her being stuck in the No Magic World.^MTPC21

Using the power of the Linkle Stone Emerald, she transforms into Cure Felice for the first time, saving Mirai and Riko from Yamoh's super-powered Yokubaru.^MTPC22 After the battle, she reveals herself to be Ha-chan to both girls, although she initially struggles to figure out why she is chosen in the first place, until she remembers how she wants to be both Miracle and Magical's strength, as they are family to her. She adopts the name "Hanami Kotoha" after she decides to live with the Asahina family.^MTPC23

Throughout the next few episodes, she is shown to have great magic power at her disposal, but she tries to come to terms with it, thus becoming a prime target for Yamoh. Because of this, she thinks that she is endangering Mirai and Riko's lives. She even gets captured by him after she strives to stop implicating Mirai and Riko by running away from them because she thinks that she has created a mess for both of them and that they must have lied to her about her failed cookies, but thanks to the other two Cures' declaration of love and desire to stay with her and the power of the Pink Tourmaline Linkle Stone, she is freed and purifies Yamoh, and reconciles with both of them. However, nobody other than Mirai and Riko recognizes her as the baby fairy they know, including Jun, Kay, and Emily whom she reveals her identity. She then attends schools in the No Magic World and Magic World respectively.^MTPC26

She returns to her fairy form upon entering Fairy Village, and the Legend Queen probes that she has a strong association with Mother RaPaPa.^MTPC43 This is soon confirmed by Orba, who divulges her position as the successor of Mother RaPaPa's powers.^MTPC45

Upon inheriting Mother RaPaPa's powerful magic, she ultimately separates both worlds, as well as leaving Mirai and Riko behind. Nevertheless, she is able to reunite with Mirai, Riko and Mofurun after Mirai reignites the magic of miracles a few years later.^MTPC49

Cure Felice

"Spreading blessings to lives far and wide! Cure Felice!"
あまねく生命に祝福を！キュアフェリーチェ！
Amaneku inochi ni shukufuku wo! Kyua Ferīche!

Cure Felice (キュアフェリーチェ, Cure Felice)^? is the Pretty Cure alter ego of Ha-chan. She controls the power of life, and is represented by the flower and transforms with the phrase "Felice・Fun Fun・Flowerle!". Her main attack is Emerald Reincarnation, which she can only perform if she has her weapon, Flower Echo Wand.

Alexandrite Style

Cure Felice Alexnite Form — Alexandrite Style

Alexandrite Style (アレキサンドライトスタイル, Alexandrite Style)^? is the form that Kotoha obtains in episode 31, alongside Mirai and Riko. To transform, she must already be in her Emerald Style, and she must be with Mirai and Riko. She should have Mofurun, her Linkle Stone Alexandrite and the Rainbow Carriage to perform Extreme Rainbow in this form.

Attacks

Emerald Reincarnation (エメラルドリンカネーション, Emerald Reincarnation)^?: Cure Felice's main attack that she can only perform with her Flower Echo Wand. She first performs it in episode 22.
Linkle Pink Tourmaline (リンクルピンクトルマリン, Linkle Pink Tourmaline)^?: The sub attack that Cure Felice performs for the first time in episode 26. To use it, she must have her Flower Echo Wand and the Linkle Stone Pink Tourmaline.
Extreme Rainbow (エクストリームレインボー, Extreme Rainbow)^? is the first group attack that Cure Felice performs with Cure Miracle and Cure Magical. To perform it, she must be in her Over The Rainbow Style and have the Linkle Stone Alexandrite to insert onto the Mofurun's bow.
Heartful Rainbow (ハートフルレインボー, Heartful Rainbow)^? is the group attack Cure Felice performs with the others for the first and only time in the movie.

Abilities

Ha-chan is shown to have abilities to use with the Linkle Smartbook and is able to power the Cures' attacks. For example, she uses the book to allow Sapphire Smartish to power up and defeat Sparda in episode 16. In episode 11, she shields Mofurun from a Yokubaru attack with an energy barrier.

In episode 22, Ha-chan transforms into Cure Felice and gets the power of the Emerald Linkle Stone and the Flower Echo Wand which has an attack called Emerald Reincarnation.

She is able to understand animal speech, first seen in episode 28 when she talks with the pegasus.

Songs

Kotoha's voice actress, Hayami Saori, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include group songs with Takahashi Rie, who voices Asahina Mirai, Horie Yui, who voices Izayoi Riko, and Saitou Ayaka, who voices Mofurun.

Duets

Magic À La・Thanks! (Along with Takahashi Rie and Horie Yui)
Sparkling Vows (Along with Takahashi Rie, Horie Yui and Saitou Ayaka)
DREAM☆ARCH (Along with Takahashi Rie and Horie Yui)
Magic À La・Thanks! (Rainbow Parade MIX) (Along with Takahashi Rie and Horie Yui)
A Gift From Our Hands (Along with Takahashi Rie and Horie Yui)

Trivia

Ha-chan cannot cast magic or transform into Felice if she lacks strong feelings or happiness.^MTPC26
Ha-chan is the only one who has not aged in appearance. This is probably due to her not being fully human.^MTPC49
- It is also due to her being the youngest in the Mahou Tsukai! team, having only grown into her teenage form in a matter of months.
Magic Crystal once predicted that once catastrophe came upon the worlds, Ha-chan's magic would be awakened with potent radiance of life.
She is shown to have a large appetite, as seen in episode 23 where she digs in lots of strawberry melon bread at once.
Her favorite color is emerald green, as revealed in the eighth chapter of the Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! Manga.
Ha-chan's hair and eye color scheme is the inverse of her predecessor, Mother RaPaPa; she has pink hair and green eyes, whereas Mother RaPaPa has green hair and pink eyes.
In the Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! Manga, there are several additional stories about Ha-chan/Kotoha:
- In Chapter 6, a child Ha-chan tries to play in different ways, but ends up causing lots of chaos. After watching a video about toddler Mirai doodling on walls, Mirai, Riko and Mofurun take Ha-chan to a flower field, where Ha-chan befriends a little girl who she saves by growing and becoming Cure Felice.
  - This contradicts the events of episode 22, where she has already grown into her teenage form and becomes Felice to help Miracle and Magical from Yamoh.
- In the Extra Chapter 01, Kotoha visits the Mermaid Village with her team, when suddenly a monstrous shark attacks them. After learning that the shark is the mermaid prince Jade, who is cursed by a petty magician girl due to his arrogant personality and has poison that can hurt anyone that touches him, while under the condition to lift the curse is for him to find true love in three days. Despite his personality, Kotoha remains kind and caring to Jade, which slowly warms his heart as they form a close bond, until the magician girl reappears and inflicts the curse even further. Not wanting to see him suffer, Felice risks herself to hug him as her way to show that how much she cherishes him, finally undoing Jade's curse and saving all of the mermen. In the end, Kotoha and Jade part ways with each other and promise to meet each other again someday.
- In Chapter 7, Kotoha tries to help cheering the Asahina family up with a gag, but it doesn't work. She then tries to stop Daikichi's robot from smoking but accidentally breaks it instead, which causes her to get depressed. But after being taught by Mirai and Riko that she should learn how to think of what makes a person happy by giving what they need, Kotoha makes shaved ice for the family to cheer Daikichi up, and the next day performs another gag with Riko for the Asahina family.
- In Chapter 8, Kotoha enrolls into Mirai and Riko's school and her sweet and kind personality immediately gets attention from the softball captain, the music club captain and the drama club captain respectively. Wanting to please all three of them, Kotoha tries out all of their activities, only to wear herself out and collapses. After both Mirai and Riko advise her to prioritize her own feelings, Kotoha decides to set up her own "love club" so she can understand everyone's feelings better, which makes her school peers adore her even more.