Tsukikage Rose

Tsukikage Rose is the final Cure to join the team in the fan series Let's Mirage! Pretty Cure. As a former resident of Mirage Kingdom, Rose respected everyone as she was also the princess. She tried to protect the citizens when Taika attacked, but failed. It is common for her to become upset and originally wanted to fight alone, but later joined as the final Cure.

Personality
Rose is a smart, but sometimes quiet, teenager who attends Sakura Middle/High School. As she is older than the other girls, she attends high school. She introduced herself as a transfer student, letting no one know she was actually a princess from Mirage Kingdom. She likes to talk to her friends, but sometimes she starts crying. She tries to let no one know the truth. Later, it is revealed Rose can be the expert of cooking after baking cupcakes for the other Pretty Cures.

The Princess is Born
One day, the queen of the kingdom, Queen Mirage, gave birth to a baby. The queen met a mascot named Kira, who told her the baby is no ordinary little girl, but was the princess named Cure Moonlight Mirage. The queen was surprised at first, but later knew it was the truth.

Cure Moonlight Mirage vs Taika
17 years later, when the villain, Taika, started attacking the Mirage Kingdom, the queen ordered Cure Moonlight Mirage to defend everyone. When she tried to defeat Taika and save the kingdom, she is overpowered and the kingdom is destroyed. Upset by this, she departs to Earth with Kira and tells the other mascots to find the other Mirage Pretty Cures, who then take off for the search.

Rose Makes it to Earth
After the destruction of the kingdom and arrival to Earth, Cure Moonlight Mirage takes a human identity named Tsukikage Rose. Rose decides she needs to make new friends and attends Sakura Middle/High School. She starts acting a little shy, but easily becomes more talkative.

Finally Joining the Group
While Rose was still worrying about her kingdom, the other Cures were attempting to defeat Taika and the Kurokokoro she summoned. When the mascots warned Rose of the trouble they were having, Rose transformed into Cure Moonlight Mirage and joined in the battle to help the Cures. When the Kurokokoro was defeated with Moonlight Beam, the girls thanked Cure Moonlight Mirage for helping. She finally decides she will join the team to help out during tough battles.

Kuro Pretty Cure Battle
Taika created clones of the Mirage Pretty Cures to defeat them. When the Mirage and Kuro Cures met, they were taken to different dimensions. Cure Moonlight Mirage's Kuro self was her past when she was upset about the Mirage Kingdom's destruction and her failure to defeat Taika and defend the kingdom. After accepting that she will remember the kingdom and still make new friends, she was able to use Moonlight Beam to defeat her Kuro self.

Cure Moonlight Mirage


"The flower with a bright light, Cure Moonlight Mirage!"

明るい光と花、キュアムーンライトミラージュ！

Akarui hikari to hana, Kyua Mūnraito Mirāju!

Cure Moonlight Mirage is Rose's alter ego. She is also the princess of the Mirage Kingdom who had failed to protect it. She often fights on her own due to this memory, but Cure Sunshine Mirage likes to accompany her.

Transformation
First, Kira appears as Rose's module, which opens. Rose, holding the module, shouts "Pretty Cure! Let's Mirage!" and presses the purple button. The module flashes four times before it glows and Rose's voice and eye color changes. Then, she is shown flying into a purple light with a dark purple light covering her body. She starts flying up as her collar, dress, and cloak appear. As she flies down, her boots appear. Her hair changes from light purple to dark purple, grows longer, and the bangs are changed, then her earrings appear. She finally lands and introduces herself.

Attacks
Moonlight Beam is Cure Moonlight Mirage's purification attack when fighting a Kurokokoro alone. Using her Mirage Baton, she spins it to where a beam hits the Kurokokoro while shouting "Moonlight Beam!" When used against Taika, it only stuns her.

Moonlight Strike is Cure Moonlight Mirage's finishing attack when fighting against Taika. She uses her Mirage Baton by raising it in the air while yelling "Moonlight...", then spins around a few times, before finally aiming it at Taika and yells "...Strike!".

Moonlight Action is Cure Moonlight Mirage's basic attack when fighting a Kurokokoro. This doesn't need the Mirage Baton to perform unlike the other attacks she uses. She jumps into the air and lands on the Kurokokoro in the end, possibly stunning it.

Pretty Cure Dual Wave is the duo purification attack Cure Moonlight Mirage performs with another Cure when fighting a Kurokokoro with more than one Cure. The Cures raise their Mirage Batons until it glows, then, aiming at a Kurokokoro, shout ''"Pretty Cure Dual Wave!" ''The "dual" part of the name and phrase can change to "trio" or "quadruple", depending on how many Cures perform the attack.

Mirage Light Reflection is the Super Mirage Pretty Cure purification attack. A colorful Mirage Baton appears and Cure Moonlight Mirage takes grasp, then passes it to Cure Sunshine Mirage, both of them saying "Mirage...", who then passes it to Cure Marine Mirage, both of them saying "...Light...", who then passes it to Cure Blossom Mirage, both of them saying "...Re...". All four Cures then hold it up and yell "...flection!" A flower with the colors scarlet, navy blue, dark yellow, and dark purple then appears and hits the enemy.

Items
Super Mirage Module is the item Rose uses to transform into Cure Moonlight Mirage. Her module is different because she is the princess of Mirage Kingdom and is from the older generation of Pretty Cure. She transforms by shouting "Pretty Cure! Let's Mirage!" and presses the purple button in the module.

Mirage Baton is the item each Cure uses for purification attacks. Since each baton has a different color, Cure Moonlight Mirage owns a dark purple/silver baton.

Relationships
Queen Mirage - She is Rose's mother, as well as the queen of Mirage Kingdom. They cared deeply for one another as no one else lived in their family. Rose still misses her after the destruction scene.

Kira - He is Rose's mascot. He had told Queen Mirage that she had given birth to princess Cure Moonlight Mirage and later became her partner. Kira is always by Rose's side, even if it means hiding in her bag or room.

Hanasaki Cherry - After joining the team, Cherry is usually the first to help her feel better when upset, and in return, Rose is often there to aid Cherry and friends in battle.

Songs
Rose's voice actor, Koshimizu Ami, has participated in several image songs for the character she voices.
 * Bright Smile
 * Itsumo... Itsumo...

Trivia

 * In Cure Believe's New Stage 3 poll, Tsukikage Rose/Cure Moonlight Mirage appeared in these rankings:
 * 1st in "Cure You Want to Cook With the Most"
 * 2nd in "Best Final Cure"
 * She is the only Cure in this season who has two theme colors.
 * She is also the first Cure with two true theme colors.
 * Her seiyuu is the same as Cure Melody's seiyuu.
 * She is the second Cure that was born in a kingdom and departed to Earth with a human identity. The other one was Cure Sword from Doki Doki! Pretty Cure who was born in Trump Kingdom and went to Earth as Kenzaki Makoto.
 * She would be the third if including Shirabe Ako, although she was from Major Land.
 * She is similar to Tsukikage Yuri/Cure Moonlight in many ways
 * They share the same last name
 * They share nearly the entire Cure name (Yuri is Cure Moonlight and Rose is Cure Moonlight Mirage)
 * They were fighting a villain at the beginning of the first episode of their season
 * Both battles were in the lead Cure's dream
 * They have the same theme color
 * They have a different outfit from the other Cures of their season
 * They are 17 years old
 * They are upset about something that happened to them
 * Their names deal with a flower (Yuri translates to "lily" and Rose is a name of a flower)
 * They use a different item than the others, but Rose's is more of a different generation version while Yuri's is very different from the others
 * They are smart students and enjoy studying (Rose is actually fond with it)
 * She also shares similarities to Kenzaki Makoto/Cure Sword:
 * Both have some sort of purple as their theme color
 * Both originate from a different world
 * Their Cure names are their true names
 * They end their transformation with the back to the camera
 * They originally wanted to fight alone, although Cure Moonlight Mirage wanted to be the last member at the same time
 * Their personalities can be classified as "tsundere"
 * They were fighting at the beginning of the first episode of their season
 * Rose is the oldest active Cure, tied with Tsukikage Yuri. In all time statistics, she is just behind Cure Flower and Cure Ange, both from Heartcatch Pretty Cure.
 * Rose is the second Cure who is also a princess in the Pretty Cure world, only behind Shirabe Ako/Cure Muse.
 * After Cure Passion, Cure Beat, Cure Muse, Cure Sword, and Cure Ace, Cure Moonlight Mirage is the sixth Cure originating from a different world.
 * Tsukikage Rose, along with Misumi Nagisa, Hojo Hibiki, Minamino Kanade, Hanasaki Cherry, Hummy, and Hana, is part of Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Ashita no Tomodachi's intro.
 * Because she has theme colors of silver and dark purple, Cure Moonlight Mirage is the second Cure with a silver theme color (first being Cure Moonlight) and the first with a dark purple theme color (Milky Rose wasn't a real Cure and had a normal purple theme color and Cure Sword had a normal purple theme color).