Kasai Amane (
Amane appeared in the season as Gentlu (ジェントルー?), a phantom thief from Bundoru Gang up until episode 12.
She transforms into Cure Finale (キュアフィナーレ?) using the Heart Fruits Pendant.
Bio
Appearance
Amane has long wavy dark purple hair, and wears a yellow headband with a diamond pattern. Her eyes are blue, but while being evil, they were dark red. She wears a buttoned white blouse with a purple bow on the collar and a long purple skirt that has straps, a yellow trim at the bottom, and a pale purple layer beneath it. She also wears dark magenta Mary-Janes with white socks. In the summer, she wears a white blouse with a ruffled collar and sleeves that reach her elbows along with a calf-length purple checkered pencil skirt with matching suspenders.
As a child, her hair was slightly shorter and she wore a yellow headband. Her dress was purple with a dark purple belt around her waist that covered a white long sleeved blouse. She also wore a red bow beneath her collar.
As Gentlu, she has silver hair with straightened bangs styled in pigtails held by black hair ties. She wears a purple top with a grey skirt underneath a black vest with a white trim, and two white bone-like buttons. Her tights and opera-length gloves are black, while her cape is black with a red undertone, and she has silver spikes on her shoulders. Her boots are black with grey accents, and silver spikes on top of her feet. She also wears a blue mask, and a black hat with a purple ribbon tied around it like a bow. The Bundoru Gang's logo appears on her hat and vest.
As Cure Finale, her hair turns blonde and is styled into a loose ponytail held by a white ruffly band with multicolored konpeito decorating it. She wears a purple tiara-like headband with a heart in the center and her eyes turn bright blue. Her choker is white and scalloped. Her dress has a white bodice and pale yellow insert with a collar that has golden lining. Golden crisscrossed lines appear in the front along with magenta trim on top with a pale purple heart brooch. The sleeves are light purple and puffy on top with open shoulders along with gold bands while the bottom is white and fitted with an extension across the middle part of her hand that ends with a gold ring around her middle finger. She wears a thick gold belt with a pale pink and purple apron with a pair of pink and mint green bows on each side. Her skirt is white on top with three yellow triangles in the middle while the bottom part is magenta with light pink droplet-shaped designs that gets longer in the back. At the bottom is a mint green layer with white cloth lining it being held by two purple spheres on each side. In the back is a large white bow. She wears orange and pale yellow pumps with a red sphere in the middle and ankle straps.
Personality
Gentlu is calm and collected, and doesn't show much emotion. She isn't fond of using violent methods as it's against her policy. Gentlu prefers to carry out her mission without the Cures noticing. She is also rather sly and selfish, capable of easily deceiving her victims with clever words. However, when feeling stressed she can start acting impulsive.
Amane is actually a refined, diligent, kind and thoughtful person. Amane cares about everyone around her, and can be very stubborn. She is also known to have a strong sense of justice. She wishes to make everyone smile, just like a parfait does. However, she was quick to deem herself not worthy of being a Pretty Cure or a student council president due to her actions as Gentlu. Ever since she put her trust in her friends, she managed to overcome those doubts.
Relationships
- Nagomi Yui: Despite being Gentlu, Yui knew that Amane wasn't a bad person, and reached out to her. After overcoming her past trauma, Amane managed to open up to Yui and rely on her for help, like making cakes for her brothers. She also shows concern for Yui, wanting her to learn table manners for a restaurant so she doesn't make guests feel uncomfortable.
- Fuwa Kokone: Amane has deep respect for Kokone. Kokone helped her understand the importance of consideration, whereas she helped Kokone realize she had learned a lot from her parents.
- Hanamichi Ran: As Gentlu, Amane had continuously used Ran's CureSta account to find Recipepes and even tricked Ran at one point. After overcoming her traumas, Amane shows concerns for Ran's manners and does her best to help her learn some table manners. She also learns to accept Ran's passion for food.
- Parfait Recipepe: Amane has known the Parfait Recipepe since she was a child. After returning to normal, Amane thought she had let it down, therefore declining its offer to become a Cure. After transforming into Cure Finale, she goes back to being close friends with it.
- Rosemary: Amane gets along with Rosemary, and is happy to discuss her past as Gentlu if it means helping Rosemary with his mission. Unlike her friends, Amane doesn't refer to Rosemary by his nickname.
- Secretoru: Her former colleague while working with the Bundoru Gang. Despite Secretoru's frustration, Amane always tried to prove herself to Secretoru, with varying results.
- Narcistoru: Amane never liked being around Narcistoru who enjoyed using her as a puppet. As a Pretty Cure, she dislikes the things he is doing, and will do anything to stop him from stealing people's precious memories.
- Kasai Yuan and Kasai Mitsuki: Her older brothers who she respects and cares for, although she can occasionally get embarrassed by their affection.
Etymology
Gentlu's name, ジェントルー, likely comes from the words, "gentle" (ジェントル?) and "to steal" (取る?).
Kasai (菓彩?): Ka (菓?) can mean many things, such as "candy", "cakes" and "fruit"[1] which alludes to her motif as Cure Finale. Sai (彩?) simply means "coloring", "paint" and "make-up"[2].
Amane (あまね?) has various meanings when written in kanji. Such examples are "heavenly sound" (天音?) and "the sound of rain" (雨音?)[3].
History
Past
As a child, Amane met the Parfait Recipepe by chance. Since then, she had become its friend and also made a promise to become a person who can make everyone around her smile.DPPC17
As Gentlu
Amane was brainwashed by the Bundoru Gang to do their evil deeds as Gentlu. Throughout the first few episodes, Gentlu steals the Recipepes and summons Ubauzos when the Cures catch her. But from episode 8 onwards, Gentlu starts experiencing headaches, with Amane continuously appearing within her to tell Gentlu to stop hurting the Recipepes.
Her headaches get even worse to the point that she starts doubting herself, and tries her best to make sure her actions don't hurt the captured Recipepes. However, in episode 11, despite her desperate actions to get back to the Bundoru Gang hide-out, she is forced into the Delicious Field, where Delicious Yum-Yum Drain breaks her mask. Gentlu reverts back to being Amane, and the control over her is released. But then Narcistoru appears and takes her back to the hide-out to brainwash her again.
Gentlu is brainwashed again, this time more intensely, to carry out her duties without hesitation. She attacks the Cures again, declaring that she is a phantom thief and nothing more, even not caring about hurting the Recipepes anymore. She retreats after her Ubauzo is defeated, but not without the Cures figuring out that the control she is under is way stronger and will erase her actual heart soon. Later, the girls trick Gentlu into targeting a hamburger steak restaurant that hadn't opened yet, not knowing it opens early, to try and talk some sense into her, but she refuses to listen. Just then, a hamburger steak Recipepe appears and Gentlu captures it and summons another Ubauzo. She then duels against Precious while Spicy and Yum-Yum take care of the Ubauzo. While she gains the upper hand at first and rebukes Precious' attempts to befriend her, the control starts to waver again after Precious shows her a drawing of a Recipepe Amane drew. She tells the Cures to break the spell over her, but Godatz intervenes and sends her dark heart to the Ubauzo to strengthen it even more. However, the Cures use MIX Heart Attack to purify it and destroy the heart, freeing Gentlu from Godatz's control and turning her back into Amane. DPPC12 She later returns to her home and has to temporarily leave school to recover both physically and mentally. DPPC13
Doubts About Being A Cure
After some time off, Amane goes back to school again. However, burdened by her time as Gentlu, Amane discusses with Yamakura Moe, the vice president that she is thinking of stepping down from her role as student council president. She then receives an unexpected heart crystal and notices the Parfait Recipepe. Upon realizing Narcistoru is out there stealing people's memories, Amane feels more guilty than ever. Although afterwards, Rosemary and the three girls insist that she will be a good fit for their team, along with more of the Parfait Recipepe's begging, Amane declines the offer, still believing that she is unfit, causing the crystal to darken. DPPC17
Becoming Cure Finale
While working in the parlor, Amane witnesses the Parfait Recipepe being stolen by Narcistoru. She runs out to confront him, but Narcistoru uses his Motto Ubauzo to pick-up Amane just as Rosemary summons the Delicious Field. Amane helplessly watches the Cures try to fight the Ubauzo without hurting her. There, she expresses anguish over seeing them get hurt because of her. She remembers how she hurt everyone despite her dream of making those around her smile. However, the Cures and Rosemary praise her and go all out to save her. Despite expressing more anguish, Precious' words resonate with her, which helps Amane admit that she wants to be the one to make everyone smile just like a parfait does.
With hot lava raining down, Amane is protected by the heart crystal, where its light has her remember her true feelings and her friendship with the Parafit Recipepe. The heart crystal turns into the Heart Fruits Pendant, which Amane uses to transform into Cure Finale. Without hesitating, she overwhelms the Motto Ubauzo with punches and kicks, before purifying it with Delicious Finale Fanfare. Having saved the Parfait Recipepe, Amane returns to the fruit parlor, where she reflects about everything that had happened with her friends and the Parfait Recipepe.DPPC18
Baking Cakes
After becoming Cure Finale, Amane meets CooKing, CooQueen and Fennel for the first time. After she informs them about the location of the Bundoru Gang's hideout, she starts opening up to her new friends, and also decides to remain as the student council president. She decides to bond with her friends by baking and decorating cakes for her two brothers' birthday.
While baking the cakes, Amane warms up to her friends more, by telling them the reason why her brothers usually have two separate cakes for their shared birthday. She gets embarrassed when Yuan is the first one to find out. Upon realizing that Narcistoru has stolen her brothers' memories, Finale is determined to retrieve them by cooperating with her friends and even rescuing Precious who gets into a pinch, as well as harnessing her attacks to purify the Motto Ubauzo. At the end of the day, she is delighted that she gets to make brothers happy with the help of her friends.DPPC19
Bonding with Kokone
Amane and her friends are invited to Kokone's family's restaurant, but upon seeing Yui and Ran's lack of mannerisms, she decides to teach them how to behave at high-class restaurants. Despite her good intentions, her lesson comes off as unenjoyable. When the girls and Rosemary rent dresses for the occasion, Amane learns about Kokone's love for cute things, and notices how Kokone advises their friends differently than her.
That evening when the girls walk home together, Amane thanks Kokone for helping her understand that manners are about putting people's needs first. Upon noticing that Kokone does miss her own parents, Amane reassures Kokone by telling her that she has learned invaluable things from them, just like how Kokone taught her about consideration, and is left with lots of feelings when Kokone heads home.
The next day during the fight with Narcistoru, Finale is angry at Narcistoru for stealing the diners' memories that she almost gets attacked, until Spicy protects her. She then asks why Spicy thanked her the day before, and realizes through Spicy's answer that she had helped Spicy understand the lesson itself. Now understanding each other, both Finale and Spicy cooperate with each other to defeat the Motto Ubauzo, with Finale performing the finishing blow. Finally, both girls have a fun time dining with their friends, and take part in a graceful dance together.DPPC20
Understanding Ran
When meeting Ran on the streets, Amane notices Ran is upset that the sweets store Hagoromo House is closing soon. Amane and her friends visit the store to have some of its sweets. However, Amane has a disagreement with Ran afterwards, as she believes that Sakie has other reasons for closing the store, but unintentionally hurts Ran's feelings, so she can only watch Ran storm off.
The next day, after seeing Ran failing to advertise the sweets store at school, Amane gets worried and goes to the store with the others to find her. When fighting against Narcistoru's Motto Ubauzo, Finale finally understands why Yum-Yum's memories are connected to the store, and helps Yum-Yum by defeating the Motto Ubauzo. She then kindly explains to Ran that a place's history can be passed down through memories from one person to another, and both make up with each other as they enjoy the sweets with their friends on the store's last day.DPPC21
Gentlu
Abilities
- Ubauzo Creation: Like other members of Bundoru Gang, she is able to summon a Ubauzo using the stolen Recipepes and her Bundoru Gang container. When she captures Recipepes, the taste of the food they represent changes.
Cure Finale
Cure Finale
Sweetness In Full Bloom, Gently And Gorgeously! Cure Finale!
ジェントルにゴージャスに、咲き誇るスウィートネス！キュアフィナーレ！
Jentoru ni Gōjasu ni, Sakihokoru Sūītonesu! Kyua Fināre!
Cure Finale (キュアフィナーレ?) is Amane's Pretty Cure alias. She transforms using the Heart Fruits Pendant, and performs her main attacks with the Creamy Fleuret.
Transformation
The transformation starts with Amane's Heart Fruits Pendant appearing, which she grabs. She then starts shouting the transformation phrase as her pendant shines before flying across with the screen, with different fruits floating across afterwards. Then she shouts "Fruits! Fabulous order!", which causes the pendant's screen to glow. She taps the center of it three times, causing multicolored fruits to appear around her. She taps it a fourth time before shouting "Sharin' Energy!", which causes the fruits to fly up and coalesce into a bright purple light that forms into a heart, which Amane eats. Then her hair changes color, length, and style, followed by her dress and bow appearing. Then she shouts "Topping!" while tapping the pendant, causing her apron to appear. Then she shouts "Brilliant!" while again tapping the pendant, making her tiara appear. She then shouts "Shine more!" while moving her hand in a circular motion on the pendant's screen, causing konpeito to appear in her hair. She taps the pendant two more times before placing it on her chest. She then spins around a couple of times before saying her introduction and striking a final pose. Finally, she says "I'll adorn the feast's finale!" before posing again.
Attacks
- Finale Bouquet (フィナーレブーケ?): A sub-attack Cure Finale performs with her Creamy Fleuret.
- Delicious Finale Fanfare (デリシャスフィナーレファンファーレ?): Cure Finale's finisher that she performs with her Creamy Fleuret.
Songs
Amane's voice actor, Kayano Ai has participated in several image songs for the character she voices. Many of them include songs with Hishikawa Hana, who voices Nagomi Yui, Shimizu Risa, who voices Fuwa Kokone, and Iguchi Yuka, who voices Hanamichi Ran.
Group Songs
- Bonds♡Specialty (Along with Hishikawa Hana, Shimizu Risa, and Iguchi Yuka)
Trivia
- Amane's birthday is on November 24th, making her zodiac sign Sagittarius.
- Amane's favorite sweets are ohagi and parfaits.
- Amane is the first official gold Cure in the franchise.[4]
Gallery
- Main Page: Kasai Amane/Image Gallery
References
| V • E Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cures | Nagomi Yui/Cure Precious • Fuwa Kokone/Cure Spicy • Hanamichi Ran/Cure Yum-Yum • Kasai Amane/Cure Finale | |
| Mascots | Kome-Kome • Pam-Pam • Mem-Mem | |
| Villains | Godatz • Gentlu • Secretoru • Narcistoru • Ubauzo | |
| Others | Rosemary • Recipepes • Shinada Takumi/Black Pepper • CooKing • CooQueen • Fennel • Nagomi Akiho • Nagomi Hikaru • Nagomi Yone • Todoroki • Shinada An • Shinada Monpei • Kasai Yuan • Kasai Mitsuki | |
| Movie only | Cait Sith | |
