Setsuna Higashi

“	I'll do my best!	„
	~ Setsuna Higashi's Catchphrase

Setsuna Higashi is one of the four main Cures from Fresh Pretty Cure!. She was originally from Labyrinth, and she served it as Eas until episode 23. After having a change of heart and being reborn, she transforms into Cure Passion.

She is voiced by Yuka Komatsu.

Appearance[]

As Eas, she has red eyes that appear empty, shoulder-length silver hair worn around the shoulders with a black headband, and wears a black sleeveless top with pointed tails and a red collar. The top has two crimson gems on the front and she pairs it with short shorts, long black gloves with maroon bangles, matching colored bands on the upper arm, stockings decorated with red bows, and red heels.

As Setsuna, her hair turns dark purple but keeps the same style. Her eyes remain lifeless until episode 24. She originally wore a red long-sleeve top with a white tank top, khaki shorts, and black leather boots. During summer, she wore a light grey shirt with knee-length dark navy jeans and red heels. She wears the clover necklace Love gave to her until episode 22. After her resurrection, she keeps her top, but it is red and white. Her second summer outfit consists of a red dress beneath a white vest, and she still wears the same heels. In the winter, she switches to a red shirt with a denim navy jacket, layered blue skirt, black tights, and a pair of flats.

During the dance, she wears a dark red sweatsuit with a pink shirt, a mini-skirt for bottoms, black stockings, and a pair of dark red and white high-tops.

In the movie, she wears a crimson top with a cream belt beneath a dark purple jacket with white linings and a red feather design on the back. She also wears dark purple shorts, dark grey knee socks, and dark red shoes.

As Cure Passion, her eyes brighten, her hair turns light pink and reaches her waist, and she wears a white tiara adorned by a garnet gem to match the winged heart on each side of the head. She also gets a white choker and red heart earrings. She wears a red dress with black detail and stitching, a ribbon hanging from the left hip. Her Linkrun is worn on the right, and her sleeves have a white lining with a trim of ruffles on the chest. The second layered skirt is dark maroon, and her sleeves are trimmed with ruffled pastel red layers. She also gains sleeves to match her dress, black tights, and a pair of black and maroon boots with a red cuff.

As Cure Angel Passion, her hair grows out, along with her accessory wings, dress ruffles, sleeves, and ribbon. Her cape-like skirt flows behind her, and her thighs are partially exposed. She gains a white pair of angel wings.

As Rainbow Cure Passion, her outfit is the same as Cure Angel Passion with a small pair of golden wings.

Personality[]

Setsuna starts out as a cold and isolated girl, loyal only to Moebius and act sly. When she, as Setsuna, meets Love, Love's nature and the "happiness" Love shows her makes her slightly open up to the girls. She begins to open her heart, cracking piece by piece to them, but too stubborn to realize it. She have a stubborn mind, however, as she refuses to accept the fact that she has weaknesses. This is shown every time Soular or Westar asks her about Pretty Cure after losing to them, in which she throws small fits and leaves, usually thinking that she will be the one defeating Pretty Cure.

After switching sides, she seems to have lost most of her stubborn mind, and is typically sweet and reserved and patient, though her nature may be due to naivety and guilt when she remembers her sins of doing evil things hurting her friends in the past but over it when she faced "herself". She became kind hearted and loves her friends and Setsuna and Love were like sisters.

Relationships[]

Love Momozono: Setsuna initially hated Love, and the two came into conflict often in their respective roles as Eas and Cure Peach. Eas attempted to befriend Love under the guise of Setsuna in order to undermine Pretty Cure, but the other girl's kind and cheery disposition slowly made her begin to doubt if her work for Labyrinth was right, causing her frequent frustration and anger. Eventually, Love's bullheaded refusal to give up on Setsuna managed to get through to her, and she was reborn as the fourth Pretty Cure, Cure Passion. Though initially hesitant to join the Cures, Love's insistence helps her come to terms with her past. After Setsuna moves into the Momozono household at Love's suggestion, the two become very close friends, and eventually develop a sisterly bond.
Miki Aono: Miki and Setsuna had a difficult time understanding one another at first, owing to the latter's relative lack of social skills. However, Setsuna is shown to care about Miki, being understanding and supportive when she has a difficult time confronting her fear of octopi. Following this experience, the two girls become closer with one another.
Inori Yamabuki: When Setsuna was still doubting herself and lacking in confidence following her rebirth as a Pretty Cure, Inori helped encourage her to talk with the other girls, and gave her the confidence to join their dance group. Setsuna and Inori subsequently become good friends.
Tarte: Since both of them live in the Momozono household, he is seen as a family member by Setsuna. She's shown to care deeply about his well-being, worrying about him when he gets a stomach ache.
Moebius: At first, Eas was fiercely and obsessively loyal to Moebius, often to the point of her own self-detriment. This was most clearly shown when Moebius gave Eas a Nakisabeke card, which she gratefully used although it caused her extreme pain. Eas repeatedly told herself that she was willing to serve Moebius, even if it costs her own life. However, Eas eventually realized, partially due to Cure Peach's influence, that she didn't want to die for Moebius' sake. Following her rebirth as Cure Passion, she fought against Moebius with the rest of Pretty Cure. Despite this, Setsuna still cared about him to some extent, referring to him as "Moebius-sama," and trying to appeal to his humanity to convince him to change.
Westar: The two were initially comrades, though Eas never thought particularly highly of Westar during her time with Labyrinth. Following her betrayal to join Pretty Cure, the two become enemies outright, though Westar repeatedly tries to convince her to rejoin their side. Later, when Westar realizes that Moebius doesn't care about him, the two become allies once more, and following Moebius's defeat, he and Setsuna return to Labyrinth along with Soular to change it for the better.

History[]

As Eas[]

Eas first meets Momozono Love while working at the Labyrinth fortune-telling house. She, disguised as Setsuna at the time, tells Love that she will soon "encounter great happiness." Later on, Eas disrupts the Trinity concert where Love is by summoning a Nakewameke that attacks Chinen Miyuki, the leader of the dance trio. However, Eas then witnesses that Love gains the ability to transform into Cure Peach and defeat the monster. Eas retreats into the shadows, stating with a cold laugh that she was sure they would meet again.

Eas, now as Setsuna, finds Love playing Lucky Draw in town and asks her for a tour of the town. During and after the tour, she tries to steal Love's Linkrun. After the repeated failures, Setsuna receives a clover necklace from Love, which is just an item to show she is friendly at first. Setsuna and Love meet again later, this time with Miki and Inori with her. During a get-together, Setsuna tries once again to steal Love's Linkrun, but when it reacts, she puts it down.

Moebius begins to realize that something is hindering Setsuna, as Eas, from eliminating Pretty Cure, so he gives her the Nakisakebe cards. Upon using it, thorny, dark green vines dig into her skin. It is not until Pretty Cure defeat it after a hard battle that she is saved. The third time the card is used, Akarun is spotted in town but has a hard time choosing its master. The vines fully bind her, but the Nakisakebe is defeated, stopping any further damage on her.

Resurrection[]

Soular talks to Eas after the third defeat, because Moebius has given her one last chance to defeat Pretty Cure. During the fourth Nakisakebe attack, Cure Peach encounters Eas. Setsuna reveals her human identity and breaks the clover necklace. After a final battle between her and Cure Peach, Eas' body dies due to her life being expired. She, however, is saved by Akarun, giving her a new form: Cure Passion. Although Love accepts Setsuna immediately, she walks away, conflicted on what to do.

Setsuna has realized that now that Labyrinth has kicked her out, she has no place to go. While wandering the streets, she meets Love and her family, who are going to a restaurant to eat. Love convinces her to join, and Setsuna begins to enjoy herself more. Westar, wanting to confirm Eas has switched sides and possibly get her back, attacks the city with a tower turned Nakewameke. Cure Peach first confronts the menace on her own, but then Setsuna, realizing that she has felt more happy spending time with Love, becomes Cure Passion and uses Happiness Hurricane to purify the Nakewameke. Love's mother offers to let Setsuna stay in their house, to which she accepts.

Setsuna And Cure Passion[]

Although Setsuna is adapting to the society of a normal girl, she is still haunted by her past deeds as Eas everywhere she goes. However, she is backed up by the rest of Pretty Cure, and when a Nakewameke representing Eas, attacks the girls, she confronts the fake and defeats her with the girls, putting her past to rest. She, later on, feels that she should start dancing with the girls, becoming a part of their dancing group Clover, and although she hesitates, she gets help from Inori.

Setsuna transfers to Love's school. She proves to be quite capable and hard-working, answering math problems correctly and playing sports well. This gathers the attention of a lot of fans, and she becomes popular, to Daisuke's dismay. After Westar turns a pitching machine into a Nakewameke, Cure Berry uses the Burun to change the group uniforms. Setsuna gets a home run, and all four finish off the Nakewameke.

By spending time with the other girls, Setsuna gradually opens herself up to them. She also bonds with Miki, after both she and Miki honestly reveal their respective fears to each other.

Later, when Passion and her friends try destroying the Fuko Gauge, Northa separates her from her team, and uses Fuko Energy to create hallucinations for inducing fights between Passion and the other Cures, after failing to make Passion return to the dark side. However, Northa's plans fail as Passion and her team manage to destroy the Fuko Gauge.

Going To Labyrinth[]

Due to Chiffon being captured by Northa and taken to Labyrinth, Setsuna and her friends have no choice but to reveal themselves as Pretty Cure in front of their families and friends. When Setsuna is about to use her Linkrun to teleport her and the others, their parents stop them in fear of them getting hurt. Setsuna and her friends, despite temporarily staying with their families, know they can't wait any longer, and she tries joining her friends on running away. Their parents know about this, but soon come to terms with Setsuna and the team's decision.

After arriving at Labyrinth and luckily for the other Cures, Cure Passion is their guidebook for Labyrinth since she used to be a denizen, and was a high rank. Then they see a group of people heading to Moebius Tower, and Setsuna says that they must be in the line or they'll be spotted. Setsuna also has to stop Love from helping an old man, so the girls won't accidentally expose themselves. After the Cures destroy a Sorawatase, Cure Passion leads the way to Moebius, but to her surprise it is a maze with different halls, which Cure Passion cannot find a way of.

Suddenly, another Sorewatase arrives to get Passion and her team, causing two portals to come from the floor and separating Passion and Berry from Peach and Pine, who are teleported to the Waste Processing Plant. There, they are confronted Soular and Westar. While Passion has to fight against Westar, Westar tries to convince Passion to come back to Labyrinth, and keeps calling her Eas. Passion tries to convince him too, telling him that Moebius is using him as trash and telling him if the world is Labyrinth, he won't be able to eat donuts, which are soimething that brings him happiness. Just as Westar is about to finish Passion, the delete hole is summoned. Passion tries to run away, but her foot gets stuck by wires, and a broken machine was about to hit her, until Westar saves her by ripping the wires to get her foot out.

Westar then tells Passion that he was a fool, but Passion tells him that he was a kind friend that acted as a comrade even though she betrayed him. Unfortuantely, Westar and Soular are sucked into the delete hole, leaving Passion and Berry in grief of losing their friends.

Defeating Mobieus And Saving Labyrinth[]

Passion and Berry soon reunite with Peach and Pine, when Northa then appears and turns to her true monster form in front of them. Passion and her team try to fight against Northa, with Passion using Happiness Hurricane. Just as Northa is defeated, Klein appears, also showing them his horrid, true, monster form, and combining him with Northa, which is powerful enough to overwhelm Passion and her team by resisting the Lucky Clover Grand Finale.

Passion and her friends almost give up, until a girl from Labyrinth thanks them, along with the other Labyrinth citizens. To Passion and Berry's happiness, Westar and Soular have returned. With the Labyrinth citizens' cheers, Passion and her team eventually defeat the combined monster of Klein and Northa.

When the Cures finally find Moebius, Cure Passion uses her Passion Harp to use Happiness Hurricane, trying to convince Moebius into joining the good, but backfires because Moebius is actuallt a robot. Moebius almost defeats Passion and her friends, until they all use Loving True Heart Fresh! to save Chiffon and the parallel worlds, and she and her friends manage to escape when Moebius self-destructs. Setsuna then returns to Yotsuba with her friends after the fight.

At the end of their journey, after Moebius has been defeated, Setsuna decides to follow Soular and Westar back to Labyrinth in order to make it a happy place, just like how Love and Clover Town Street made her happy. Before she leaves, she attends and wins the dance competition with the rest of Clover.

However, Setsuna appears in the Pretty Cure All Stars series from DX2 and onward, as well as in Fresh! novel, hinting that she comes to visit Love, Miki, and Inori every once in a while.

Attack[]

Happiness Hurricane is her only solo attack, which she using the Passion Harp. She first performs it in episode 24.
Lucky Clover Grand Finale is a group attack she performs with Peach, Berry and Pine using the Clover Box. They first use it in episode 37.
Loving True Heart is a group attack she uses with Peach, Berry and Pine as Cure Angel in episode 49.
- Loving True Heart Fresh is the upgraded version of Loving True Heart. She uses it with Peach, Berry, Pine, Tarte, Azukina, Westar and Soular in the final episode.
Cure Passion can use a few very basic attacks together with her friends, such as the Pretty Cure Punch and Pretty Cure Kick.

Trivia[]

Out of the four Fresh! Cures, Cure Passion is the one who's costume resembles the original Pretty Cure the most. This fact may be the reason Akarun has a ribbon; the ribbons used to be one of the original Pretty Cure's trademarks.
Cure Passion's symbol has not been seen, though stars has been presented when Akarun summons the Passion Harp. However, as the three others from Pretty Cure uses the suit symbols heart, spade and diamond, many believe that Cure Passion's symbol is the club.
Cure Passion is the only Pretty Cure in Fresh Pretty Cure! who does not introduce her heart's color in English; instead she says makka, which is translated to "scarlet" or "crimson".
- It should also be noted that she is the only one who does not say "the symbol of" , but rather "the proof of". It is a possibility that it is a pun toward her color theme, as the "aka" is pronounced, though not written, like the Japanese word "aka", which means "red".
Eas was the first female antagonist to become a true part of Pretty Cure.
Cure Passion is the only Pretty Cure who have not received a Cure Stick from Chiffon.
Setsuna has the most drastic change in hair color during her transformation, going from dark purple to pink.
Cure Passion is the second Pretty Cure to have red as her theme color.
She has the same first name as Setsuna Kai from Devichil.
Setsuna and Ellen have many similarities.
- Both Setsuna and Ellen were once enemies of the Pretty Cure but would later turn good and become Pretty Cure themselves.
- Both have dark purple hair in their civilian forms.
For the Pretty Cure All Stars DX3 Movie Character Polls held by Toei Animation, Cure Passion appeared in the following rankings:
- 6th in "Favorite Pretty Cure"
- 7th in "The Pretty Cure you want to team up with most"
- 4th in "The Pretty Cure you want to be most"
She is the first Pretty Cure to have no blood relatives.
Setsuna is the fourth Pretty Cure to be excellent in academics.
Setsuna is the fifth Pretty Cure to be good at sports.
Setsuna is the first Pretty Cure to be good at studies and sports in school.
Her birthday is estimated to be either June 12 or 13th.
In Fresh Pretty Cure's video game trailer, before her Passion Harp forms, it takes a shape of club. In the same trailer Setsuna's background is also filled with clubs, which may refer to her symbol.
In her picture from Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2, her choker is miscolored as black instead of white.
Setsuna appears as Cure Passion at the beginning of the third episode of Happiness Charge Pretty Cure.
A phrase she said less often as Eas was "More Screaming, More Crying". However, it wasn't that common to become a catchphrase.