A number of novels were published for the Pretty Cure series and movies over the years.
Some of them are aimed at elementary schoolers in reading comprehension and difficulty, but since 2015, Pretty Cure light novels aimed at teenagers were brought out regularly as well.
Novels aimed at elementary schoolers
Kadokawa Shoten's children's book label "Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko" published the following novels:
- Pretty Cure All Stars DX 3 novel - Murayama Isao (March 20, 2011)
- Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage novel - Narita Yoshimi (March 19, 2012)
Kodansha brought out two children's novels:
- Go! Princess Pretty Cure novel - Yamagata Kaori (March 15, 2017)
- Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! novel - Murayama Isao (October 11, 2017)
Pretty Cure All Stars DX 3: Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai wo Tsunagu☆Niji-Iro no Hana Novel (小説 プリキュアオールスターズＤＸ３ 未来にとどけ！世界をつなぐ☆虹色の花?)
A retelling of Pretty Cure All Stars DX 3.
The illustrations are greyed out and edited versions of movie screenshots.
Release Date: March 20, 2011
Writer: Murayama Isao
Publisher: Kadokawa (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4046311566
Size: 17.2 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm
Number of pages: 214
Product link: Pretty Cure All Stars DX 3 on Tsubasa Bunko
Synopsis
| “ | My name is Hojo Hibiki. Studying isn't one of my strengths, but I am a sporty middle schooler that loves sweets. I am a regular girl, but I am also a Pretty Cure! I am Cure Melody! My childhood friend Minamino Kanade, who is good at making sweets, is Cure Rhythm. The two of us transformed into the legendary warriors Pretty Cure and are working hard to protect the world.
The first novel of the popular Pretty Cure series. For elementary schoolers. |
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Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi Novel (小説 プリキュアオールスターズ ＮｅｗＳｔａｇｅ みらいのともだち?)
A retelling of Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi.
The illustrations are greyed out and edited versions of movie screenshots.
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Writer: Narita Yoshimi
Publisher: Kadokawa (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4046312334
Size: 17.2 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm
Number of pages: 204
Product link: https://tsubasabunko.jp/product/201112000584.html
Synopsis
| “ | I'm Ayumi Sakagami. I just transferred here but I have trouble making friends... That is when I met Fu-chan, a mysterious creature, on my way home. We immediately became good friends, but it actually is a part of Fusion, with the power of darkness. For my sake, Fu-chan is attacking the city. I didn't want this to happen.. please, Pretty Cure, lend me your power. All 28 Cures are gathered. With everyone's strength, miracles can happen.
A novel for elementary schoolers. |
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Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Book: Hana and Refi's Adventure (物語 Go!プリンセスプリキュア 花とレフィの冒険?)
The Go! Princess Pretty Cure novel is set in Pumpkingdom of Pretty Cure and Refi's Wonder Night!, ten years after the epilogue of the series.
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Writer: Yamagata Kaori (credited as Akino Sakurako)
Illustrator: Miyamoto Hiroshi
Publisher: Kodansha (Kodansha KK Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4061995949
Size: 17.4 x 11.5 x 2.1 cm
Number of pages: 240
Product link: https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000169941
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Synopsis
| “ | Sonomiya Hana is a huge fan of Nanase Yui's novel, "Princess Pretty Cure". One day, when dreaming of the Pretty Cure, a girl named Refi appears, who was never part of the book.
On Halloween, Hana visits the Japanese styled confectionary store "Haruya" where her friend Haruno Haruka works. But before they could chat, Haruka disappears in a beam of light. Hana tries searching for Haruka with the help of her grandmother, whom she addresses as "Obaa-chama", however when Hana picks up the doll she saw in her dream, she disappears as well. When she came to, she saw the Pretty Cure. Her grandmother transformed into the wild boar fairy "Inorin" while she herself had suddenly become Refi. This world was different from the Pumpkin Kingdom in her dream. Looking at Cure Flora, Hana recognized her to be Haruka, since Yui's book was based on Haruka and the others' experiences. And that's when she knew, the real Refi had disappeared. While Hana acts as Refi, Inorin goes to the castle to search for clues about Refi and the Cure's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Hana hears something and follows a fake voice while Flora feels an evil force. |
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Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! The Novel - Did you say time travel just now!? (小説 魔法つかいプリキュア! いま、時間旅行って言いました!??)
The Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure! novel takes place during the time where Benigyo, Shakince and Orba are attacking the girls. Orba is the main villain of this story.
Release Date: October 11, 2017
Writer: Murayama Isao
Illustrator: Miyamoto Emiko
Publisher: Kodansha (Kodansha KK Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4061996533
Size: 17.2 x 11.2 x 1.2 cm
Number of pages: 224
Product link: 小説 魔法つかいプリキュア! on Kodansha Bookclub
Synopsis
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Mirai, Riko, Ha-chan and Mofurun prepare for the Magic School's 4000th anniversary festival but are sent 25 years into the past due to "The Book of Dark Magic"! Can the four return to the present? The great heart-throbbing adventure begins! |
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Novels aimed at teenagers
Light novels aimed at teenagers have been published in Kodansha's Character Bunko label since 2015. The Max Heart book in late 2017 was the latest release.
The Yes! Pretty Cure 5 novel announcement from 2015
A Yes! Pretty Cure 5 novel was planned to come out together with the Fresh novel in 2016, but it never released. It was announced to be in development in 2019 but no further information about it has been made public.
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Novel - Inoue Akiko (September 17, 2015)
- Heartcatch Pretty Cure! Novel - Yamada Takashi (September 17, 2015)
- Fresh Pretty Cure! Novel - Maekawa Atsushi (March 17, 2016)
- Smile Pretty Cure Novel - Kobayashi Yuuji (October 4, 2016)
- Suite Pretty Cure Novel - Ohno Toshiya (November 23, 2016)
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart Novel - Inoue Akiko (October 19, 2017)
Futari wa Pretty Cure Novel (小説 ふたりはプリキュア?)
This Futari wa Pretty Cure novel can be considered a side story, depicting the battle between Pretty Cure and the Dark Five of the Dotsuku Zone while focusing on the mysterious Yukishiro Sanae's youth.
It is set after episode 12, during the time Poisony was attacking the Cures. Sanae's story is like a detailed version of episode 28, and there are changes to the flow of the story, such as the time Kiriya revealed himself.
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Writer: Inoue Akiko (credited as "Kanehiro Aki")
Illustrator: Inagami Akira
Publisher: Kodansha (Character Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4063148725
Size: 14.8 x 10.8 x 2 cm
Number of pages: 320
Product link: https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000216286
Synopsis
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Two very ordinary girls, Misumi Nagisa and Yukishiro Honoka, second-year middle schoolers at Verone Academy, face the attack of Evil King's minions as Cure Black and Cure White, aiming to get the Prism Stones. The secret of what happened 60 years ago between Honoka's grandmother Sanae and Mipple is revealed! |
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Heartcatch Pretty Cure! Novel (小説 ハートキャッチプリキュア！?)
In the Heartcatch Pretty Cure! novel, Tsukikage Yuri becomes the protagonist. The content is reconstructed from Yuri's point of view by adding her past as a Cure to the story of the anime.
The novel details her awakening as Cure Moonlight and how she fought alone, before joining the others, and also her relationship with Cologne. The novel also gives insight on the backstories of the Desert Apostles.
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Writer: Yamada Takashi
Illustrator: Umakoshi Yoshihiko
Publisher: Kodansha (Character Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4063148749
Size: 14.8 x 10.6 x 2 cm
Number of pages: 320
Product link: https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000216288
Synopsis
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Cure Blossom, Cure Marine, and Cure Sunshine are fighting the Desert Apostles, who are desertifying and conquering the world. And Dark Pretty Cure is their next enemy. The novel explains the past history and hardships of Cure Moonlight. Can Tsukikage Yuri, who lost her transformation ability, become Cure Moonlight again? |
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Fresh Pretty Cure! Novel (小説 フレッシュプリキュア！?)
The Fresh Pretty Cure! novel takes place a year after the anime ends, with a completely new story, a new villain and a new type of monster. These "Fushiawase" monsters aren't made from inanimate objects, but transform humans instead, similar to Heartcatch Pretty Cure!'s monsters.
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Writer: Maekawa Atsushi
Illustrator: Kagawa Hisashi
Publisher: Kodansha (Character Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4063148770
Size: 14.6 x 10.6 x 1.8 cm
Number of pages: 248
Product link: https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000216291
Synopsis
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One year after the events of the anime, the three girls are third year middle school students, and the story begins when they are preparing for high school exams. Setsuna is helping rebuild Labyrinth, but visits them. Love cannot decide her dream for the future, and is envious of her friends who are studying for the exams each with a specific goal in mind. Then, suddenly, a person dressed in a suspicious black cloak who calls themself "Mafisto" appears, creating monsters called "Fushiawase" one after another, and the town panics! The four girls become Pretty Cure again with the Linkrun, the surprising identity of "Mafisto" will be revealed and the Cures transform into their Angel forms again!? Soular, Westar, Tart and Chiffon also play a role! |
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Smile Pretty Cure! Novel (小説 スマイルプリキュア!?)
- Main Article: Smile Pretty Cure! (Novel)
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Writer: Kobayashi Yuuji
Illustrator: Kawamura Toshie
Publisher: Kodansha (Character Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4063148787
Size: 14.6 x 10.6 x 2 cm
Number of pages: 312
Product link: https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000216292
Synopsis
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Suite Pretty Cure♪ Novel (小説 スイートプリキュア♪?)
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Writer: Ohno Toshiya
Illustrator: Takahashi Akira
Publisher: Kodansha (Character Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4063148794
Size: 14.6 x 10.6 x 1.4 cm
Number of pages: 256
Product link: https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000216293
Synopsis
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Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart Novel (小説 ふたりはプリキュア マックスハート?)
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Writer: Inoue Akiko
Illustrator: Inagami Akira
Publisher: Kodansha (Character Bunko)
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4063148824
Size: 14.9 x 10.8 x 1.8 cm
Number of pages: 272
Product link: https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000216296
Synopsis
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Others
Pretty Cure Syndrome! 25 People Who Created The Soul Of Yes! Pretty Cure 5
This is a collection of interviews with people involved in the production of Yes! Pretty Cure 5 and Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!. Background artists and lyricists, directors, character designers, voice actors, toy company representatives, etc. The book also shows off a lot of production material. Katou himself is a fan of the franchise, and this is not an official guidebook. He also interviewed the Kamikita twins in 2010.
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Writer: Katou Reizuna
Illustrator: Kawamura Toshie
Publisher: Gentosha
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-4344021464
Size: 18.8 x 13.2 x 5 cm
Number of pages: 590
Product link: https://www.gentosha.co.jp/book/b2085.html
Chapter list
Chapter 1 - Pretty Cure's Launch: Washio Takashi (Main Producer, Toei Animation), Kameda Masayuki (Producer, ABC), Tsuruzaki Rika (Planning, ADK)
Chapter 2 - Pretty Cure's Toy Division: Takahashi Maki (Bandai), Atsumi Maki (Bandai)
Chapter 3 - Pretty Cure's Production Scene: Komura Toshiaki (Series Director), Kawamura Toshie (Character Design), Narita Yoshimi (Series Composition), Yuki Shinzo (Art Director)
Chapter 4 - Acting Pretty Cure: Sanpei Yuko (Cure Dream), Takeuchi Junko (Cure Rouge), Ise Mariya (Cure Lemonade), Nagano Ai (Cure Mint), Maeda Ai (Cure Aqua), Sendai Eri (Milky Rose)
Chapter 5 - Music in Pretty Cure: Aoki Kumiko (Lyricist), Tadano Natsumi (Lyricist), Kudou Mayu (Singer), Miyamoto Kanako (singer), Satō Naoki (Composer)