Aida Mana

Aida Mana (相田 マナ) is the lead Cure in Doki Doki! Pretty Cure. She is a girl who is always eager to do things for the sake of others. Her Cure form is Cure Heart (キュアハート).

Appearance
Mana has short, magenta hair, with curls that stick out at the back and a small ponytail at the top, held up by a small pink bow. Her eyes are also magenta, but of a slightly lighter shade. Her casual outfit consists of a light pink shirt with purple and white striped sleeves, a pink skirt with frills of pink and white, violet knee-high socks and white & rose red colored shoes.

As Cure Heart, her eye color changes slightly to a lighter pink, while her hair color changes  drastically from magenta to blond, with two small buns on her head, (similar to bunny ears, or a heart shape), a curly mullet below her head and one big ponytail behind her head. She has white and pink colored heart-shaped accessories in her hair, a small pink choker, pink arm warmers with magenta hearts and white & pink colored boots with magenta colored hearts on them as well. She has pink, white and a little light blue colored dress with magenta heart on her chest and rose red colored ribbon on her  pelvis. She also has a few frills under her dress and dark pink short-like pants underneath. On her right side, hangs her Lovely Commune.

Personality
Mana is a second year student at Oogai First Middle School, and is the student council president as well. She is a cheerful girl who is great at sports and is excellent at her studies. She is popular at school, and is trusted not only by the students, but by all the adults around her too. She often worries about other people, and takes on various problems on her own in order not to burden others. She is great at taking care of people, resolving conflicts, helping friends out with extracurricular activities, and solving problems. However, she often rushes into things before thinking it through. She is childhood friends with Rikka, who is the council's secretary, and Alice; also, she is a fan of the model Kenzaki Makoto.

She is incredible fast if there is any problem to resolve, is very competent of reconciling conflicts, can make friens very quickly and she thinks about other people first. Also, she is very courageous, she goes into a danger zone to help people without thinking and even lecturing a dangerous Jikochuu. Mana is shown to be a very open and tolerant person as she does not wonder about fairy mascots like Cheryl, monsters like Jikouchuus or transformation.

Plot
One day, when Mana was visiting the Clover Tower during her school's orientation program, an enemy who called themselves "Selfish" appeared, and tried to manipulate her inner heart. To fight the enemy, she borrowed power from a magical fairy named Sharuru to transform into Pretty Cure.

Relationships
Hishikawa Rikka - Rikka is one of Mana's childhood friends as well as her secretary.

Yotsuba Arisu - An elementary schooltime classmate and another childhood friend of Mana.

Kenzaki Makoto - Judging from the trailer, Mana seems to be a big fan of Makoto.

Cheryl - Cheryl is a rabbit-like fairy mascot and Mana's transformation partner.

Cure Heart


"Pervading love! Cure Heart!!" "みなぎる愛！キュアハート！！" "Minagiru ai! Kyua Haato!!"

Transformation
Aida first places her Transformation Cure Lavie and shouts Pretty Cure Lovelink ! She then spells LOVE on her Commune and the transformation begins. First her hair changes and grows drastically starting with her heart shaped bun and long ponytail. Her hair then turns blonde and her hair accessory and earrings appears. Her dress then appears and her Lovely Commune attaches itself to it. Next is her Heart brooch and her arm warmers and boots. Finally her dress ribbon appears and Cure Heart poses and says her introduction speech.

Attacks
Cure Heart's main attack is My Sweet Heart, with the incantation "Anata ni todoke! Mai suiito haato!" (あなたに届け！マイスイートハート！).

Etymology
Aida (相田) - Ai (相) means "togetherness" referring to being close to people who they trust her, while da (田) means "field". Ai could also indicate "love" (愛), as all of her partner Cures have their motif in their names

Mana (マナ) - Mana (愛) means "love". It might refer to her loving nature.

If combined with "Ai (相)", Souai (相愛) it can also mean "love each other".

Trivia

 * Cure Heart is the fifth Cure to have her hair color changed drastically after Higashi Setsuna, Hanasaki Kaoruko, and Hojo Hibiki and Minamino Kanade. She is also the second lead Cure to have her hair color drastically change.
 * Cure Heart is the third protagonist to have blonde hair and pink theme color after Shiny Luminous and Cure Peach.
 * Mana's hairstyle almost resembles Yumehara Nozomi's from Yes! Pretty Cure 5 when let down.
 * Mana is the first lead Cure to be excellent in both academics and sports, while she is the second lead Cure who is excellent in academics, the first being Hanasaki Tsubomi.
 * She is also the second lead Cure whose last name does not begin with an "H" or an "M", preceeded again by Nozomi.
 * Also, she is the second lead Cure who does not have an "I" in her first name, the first being Love.
 * Mana is the first and only lead Cure being the student council president so far, also the fourth Cure overall who became a student council leader after Minazuki Karen, Myoudouin Itsuki and Aoki Reika.
 * Mana is the first Cure not to be surprised when meeting her partner or mascot. Instead she politely introduced herself.
 * A part of Cure Heart's hairstyle is similar to that of bunny ears, as her her transformation partner, Sharuru, is a rabbit-like fairy mascot.
 * However, this hairstyle does also resemble a heart shape, to fit the theme of her name, Cure Heart.
 * Some parts of her outfit are similar to Cure Black, Cure Bloom, Cure Peach, Cure Berry, Cure Blossom, Cure Rhythm and especially her predecessor, Cure Happy.
 * She is the third Cure to have a heart as her symbol. The first being Cure Peach and the second being Cure Passion.
 * She is the first lead Cure to have her Cure outfit with longer arm sleeves.
 * Her transformation sequence is similar to the Suite Pretty Cures' since both involve ribbons covering the Cures during their transformation.
 * When Mana transforms into Cure Heart she has a heart hanging in her hair which is similar to Cure Peach's.
 * She is the only Cure in the Doki Doki! team to wear shorts underneath her dress.
 * Her voice actress shares the same forename with the singer of Kono Sora no Mukou, the first ending song of Doki Doki! Pretty Cure.


 * She is the second cure who failed to transform for the first time, after Cure Aqua, though in Mana's case it is because she attempted to transform like a Kamen Rider would.
 * Her given name is technically the same as Love, at least in terms of meaning.