Dyspear

Dyspear wears a jet-black dress and feathered skirt, exuding an ominous fairy-tale witch vibe.

Her face is concealed behind a sinister mask with horns, and she wears a crimson cloak that can transform into tubes for absorbing despair energy.

A distinctive keyhole pattern marks her chest, used to produce magical items.

In her final form, she discards the mask, revealing her true face, and becomes a towering giant whose head’s horns become thorny purple brambles and whose lower body is composed of countless thorns.

Her waist houses the “Door of Despair,” which imprisons countless humans.

Dyspear is extremely cold, ruthless, and strict, favoring cruelty and showing no mercy to subordinates who fail her, labeling them as failures and punishing them harshly.

She is quick to discard those she considers expendable, even turning Akagi Towa, who believed herself to be her “daughter,” into a mere pawn for her plans.

Despite her cruelty, she openly praises and supports loyal and competent followers, especially Close.

She despises all dreams, considering them foolish and striving to erase hope from the world.

Dyspear is an expert manipulator, adept at exploiting the psychological weaknesses, guilt, or traumas of others for her own gain.

Dyspear’s existence began as the embodiment of despair itself, taking substance from unfulfilled dreams, lost memories, failures, and regrets of the people of Hope Kingdom.

These accumulated feelings transformed into a forest of thorns, from which Dyspear was born.

Her ambition is to spread despair by destroying dreams and completely cover every world in darkness.

She was sealed away long ago by the previous generation of Go! Princess Pretty Cure, but was resurrected by plunging the Hope Kingdom into despair and abducting Princess Akagi Towa to fuel her power.

She manipulated Towa’s heart, turning her into “Twilight” and making her an agent of despair.

She sought to eliminate all hope and dreams, initiating her campaign by conquering Hope Kingdom and producing Zetsuborg monsters.

Dyspear possesses formidable magical power, able to warp reality, manipulate thorns, and cast powerful destructive spells.

Her psychological warfare is unmatched, enabling her to brainwash, erase memories, extinguish dreams, or trick individuals into despair using only words.

She can create illusions and multiple shadows of herself, generate Zetsuborg tokens, and produce Black Keys from her chest keyhole.

She transforms her cloak into despair-absorbing tubes, influences hearts, and, at her peak, can instantly close the dreams of entire communities.

Her final form nullifies the strongest finishing moves of the Pretty Cures, shrugs off barriers, fires devastating energy beams from her chest, creates more shadows, and manipulates Zetsuborgs and Metuborgs at will.

She can merge with Close and other subordinates to dramatically increase her strength.

Dyspear leads Close, Shut, and Lock in the organization Dysdark.

She displays a particular fondness for Close, rewarding loyalty, but has no hesitation in disposing of subordinates who fail or displease her.

She manipulates Akagi Towa, transforming her into Twilight, exploiting her guilt and despair as a source of power.

She is the nemesis of the four Pretty Cures—Haruno Haruka, Kaido Minami, Kirara Amanogawa, and Akagi Towa—in their quest to protect dreams.

In her final moments, she entrusts all her remaining power to Close.

Her name, Dyspear, is a play on the English word “despair.”

The naming pattern for Dysdark follows direct English words: Close, Shut, Lock, and Dyspear.

Her design and story reference classic fairy tale witches, particularly the “thirteenth witch” from Sleeping Beauty (Maleficent).

Voice actress Ryoko Sakakibara gives her a chilling, regal presence.

Dyspear is the third female main antagonist in the Pretty Cure franchise.

She appears as an illusion in the movie "Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ The Miracle Magic!"

“Foolish world, lost in dreams. All shall be stained in despair and become my power...”

Origin and Early Activity

Dyspear originates as the embodiment of the despair created by the unfulfilled hopes of Hope Kingdom’s citizens.

She was initially weak, imprisoned within the Forest of Despair, but gained power by preying on the heart of young Princess Akagi Towa, luring her with promises to grant her dreams.

By throwing Hope Kingdom into despair and confining its people within doors of despair, she grew strong enough to return.

Manipulating Towa and Dysdark’s Advance

Dyspear used Towa as a vessel of despair, turning her into Twilight, who believed herself to be the witch’s daughter.

She led Close, Shut, and Lock to attack Hope Kingdom, seeking to shroud the world in despair.

Her power grew with each fallen hope and stolen dream, producing countless Zetsuborg monsters.

Encounters with the Pretty Cures

Dyspear first appeared to the Pretty Cures early, showing harsh leadership to her minions and demonstrating her willingness to punish or replace failures.

She manipulated Twilight, considering Towa useful only so far as she provided despair.

Haruno Haruka and her friends opposed Dyspear, with Akagi Towa eventually breaking free from Twilight’s spell and awakening as Cure Scarlet.

Dyspear attempted to crush Towa’s renewed hope through psychological torment, but was defeated and forced to retreat after Cure Scarlet’s awakening.

Hiding, Resurrection, and Final Campaign

After being wounded by Cure Scarlet, Dyspear hid and slumbered within the Forest of Despair to recover, leaving Lock in charge of collecting further despair energy.

Lock rebelled, in hopes of usurping Dyspear, but was ultimately defeated, and Close returned with the collected despair, reviving Dyspear fully.

She escalated her plans and intensified her assault on humanity, planting seeds of despair in various places, while the Pretty Cures fought to restore hope.

The Final Battle

Dyspear, sensing her victory slipping away as the Pretty Cures reclaimed the castles of hope, finally descended herself to the world.

She merged with Close and combined with other subordinates, attaining her true, colossal form.

Dyspear imprisoned nearly all of humanity within the Door of Despair and overwhelmed the Pretty Cures with her unstoppable power, even neutralizing their most powerful attacks.

However, the unwavering hope and dreams of the human allies inspired the Pretty Cures to attain their ultimate form, Grand Princess.

In the climactic confrontation, the Pretty Cures pierced Dyspear’s chest keyhole with the Grand Liberation technique, dispelling her power.

With her defeat, Dyspear vanished, warning that “despair will always remain”—but not before entrusting all her remaining might to Close, leaving him as the last antagonist.

Aftermath and Other Appearances

Dyspear’s shadow appeared as an illusion generated by the witch Sorcière in the theatrical movie “Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ The Miracle Magic!”

Dyspear represents a recurring theme in Go! Princess Pretty Cure: that despair is born wherever there are dreams.

She shares traits with other Pretty Cure villains who embody negative collective feelings, and her legacy continues in the form of her follower, Close.