Goodbye, Yui! Mari's Decision

'''Goodbye, Yui! Mari's Decision''' is the second episode of Delicious Party Pretty Cure.

Oddly enough, the Crunchyroll subtitles for this episode use a period after "Mari's Decision", but the episode's title on Crunchyroll doesn't contain one.

For a list of characters, locations, items, and attacks featured in the episode, see the "Appearances" section of the infobox.

Plot
Still hungry after having her lunch interrupted, Yui eats a to-go order of omelet rice back home. Sitting at the table with Rosemary and Kome-Kome, she mentions that she's surprised that stealing a Recipeppi can change the taste of food. Rosemary explains that it's because Recipeppis are food fairies, and says that the Bundoru Gang are formidable enemies. The watch Yui got earlier starts glowing, and a holographic image of CooKing appears, shocking Yui and Rosemary. The omelet rice Recipeppi floats around near CooKing, and he laughs.

At the Bundoru Gang's hideout, Secretoru and Gentlu look at the chained-up Recipe-Bon. Their leader, Godatz hovers in front of them, above the Recipe-Bon. Godatz says that the one who Gentlu fought against was probably the legendary warrior Pretty Cure. Gentlu repeats his words inquisitively, and Secretoru says that no matter who gets in their way, they won't affect their work. Godatz agrees, and instructs them to catch Recipeppis of every food and fill the Recipe-Bon so he can obtain all types of cuisines. Gentlu and Secretoru agree, and perform the "Bundoru, Bundoru" chant.

At Nagomi Diner, CooKing, still communicating via the watch, asks if the legendary warrior Pretty Cure was born thanks to Kome-Kome. He and his wife CooQueen agree that it was a miracle. Rosemary asks if CooKing didn't know this would happen, to which he gives a dismissive "Hmm" and turns away, to Rosemary's dismay. Yui is impressed by the watch's technology, saying it's amazing, and Kome-Kome and Rosemary agree. CooKing and CooQueen explain that it's called the Heart Cure Watch, and it's an item said to help Cures. CooKing says that the omelet rice Recipeppi has fully recovered, which Yui and Kome-Kome are relieved by. Rosemary says that even though they saved this one, it seems other Recipeppis have been stolen. He explains that some Latin American restaurants had to close because their food's taste changed. Yui remembers noticing that herself earlier, and says it's horrible, asking Rosemary how they can get back to normal. Rosemary explains that the only way is getting the Recipe-Bon back.

Back on CooKingdom's end of the call, the imperial guard captain, Fennel walks in. He tells Rosemary that his Delicioustone looks broken, and Rosemary thinks back to it breaking in the fight earlier. Fennel asks him if he's fine with that, prompting Rosemary to touch the necklace. Fennel says Rosemary can't travel between CooKingdom and earth anymore, or even fight. Yui looks at Rosemary and says she'll fight for him instead, and that she wants to protect everyone's food. Rosemary looks at her in slight shock. Fennel thanks Yui and says CooKingdom will offer as much support as possible. CooKing tells Yui he's expecting results, while CooQueen says to be careful. Yui responds that they can count on her. CooKing remembers one last thing before ending the call, and sends a pouch through the Heart Cure Watch's screen.

Rosemary opens the pouch to find it's full of money he can use while on earth. Yui asks him if he needs a place to stay, then freezes, suddenly remembering something she forgot. Takumi, out of breath, stands outside the open door and asks if she means him. He tells her not to disappear like that, and that he was worried when a monster appeared. Yui apologizes, saying she was busy, prompting Takumi to ask her what she was busy with. Before Yui can respond, Takumi notices Rosemary and stares at him, once again seeming to recognize him. Yui introduces Rosemary as "Mari" to Takumi, saying he wants to stay at Takumi's family's guest house Fuku-An. Rosemary winks and spins around, dramatically posing and introducing himself as Rosemary. Yui and Kome-Kome clap, impressed, but Takumi just stares at him, unamused. Rosemary looks at Takumi and asks if they've met somewhere before. Takumi looks away, saying he's unsure.

Rosemary gets settled in to Fuku-An, but notices his broken Delicioustone again when he walks past a mirror. Frowning, he stands in front of the mirror, saying he didn't realize the stone could be broken so easily.

The next day, Yui tells Akiho she has a friend who's staying at Fuku-An, asking if she can take care of the friend's pet for the time being. Akiho asks what animal the pet is, and Yui grins and presents Kome-Kome. Akiho looks at Kome-Kome, confused if she is a cat or a dog. Rosemary looks out at what's happening from Fuku-An's window and smiles. Akiho finally nods and says she thinks Yui can take good care of Kome-Kome. Yui and Kome-Kome are happy about this. Kome-Kome makes her usual sound, prompting Akiho to say she has a unique cry, petting the fairy's head.

Yui smiles and recalls a childhood memory of walking down a street while it rained, and noticing a cat shivering. She brought the cat home and attempted to bathe it, feed it, but it wouldn't cooperate. She was finally able to get it to accept a fish from her, overjoyed, and became close with the cat. Her grandmother told her she was a strong girl, and that the cat had gotten much better thanks to her. Yui asked her why she said she was strong. Her grandmother smiled and pet the cat, and the memory fades, with Yui looking at a happy Kome-Kome cradled in her hands. Yui nuzzles Kome-Kome, and Akiho says they should buy some supplies for taking care of her. Yui agrees and thanks her.

Rosemary continues to watch from the window, still smiling, but his expression quickly turns morose as he grabs his Delicioustone. Yui calls to him, startling him back to attention. She tells him that he can leave Kome-Kome at her house. Rosemary thanks her in a somewhat forced and awkward-sounding manner. Akiho notes that she met him yesterday, and Rosemary introduces himself to her, thanking her for what she did.

Rosemary, Yui, and Kome-Kome sit together on Nagomi Diner's engawa veranda. Yui asks Rosemary if she can't tell her mom about Pretty Cure, and he says they must keep everything about CooKingdom secret here, apologizing. Yui tells him not to apologize, and asks when the Bundoru Gang will come again. Rosemary has no idea, but says he has to stay alert. Yui tells him he worries too much, and that she'll solve the problems quickly. Rosemary becomes distressed, remembering how Yui was captured the previous day. As Yui continues to talk confidently about her abilities, Rosemary grits his teeth and snaps that it isn't that easy. Yui becomes shocked, looking at him with wide eyes. She frowns, and Rosemary quickly apologizes. Rosemary closes his eyes, looking away, then grabs Kome-Kome and says he's going to go out for a bit. As he walks away, Rosemary turns back for a moment and tells Yui she has a wonderful mother, and to get along well with her, winking. Yui asks why he's saying this so suddenly, but he turns around again and keeps walking. Yui stares after him, confused.

Elsewhere in Oishīna Town, Takumi orders take-out from outside a fried chicken restaurant. Inside the restaurant, a girl takes a photo of her food before proceeding to dig in. Hearts float around her as she happily comments on its taste. A fried chicken Recipeppi appears and starts floating around. In the corner of the restaurant, Gentlu lurks, then steals the Recipeppi. The girl from before takes another bite of her food, commenting that the taste changed, and everyone else in the restaurant quickly notices as well. The shop's cook and Takumi both look towards what's going on, with the cook running over towards the customers. Takumi notes out that this isn't the first time something like this has happened.

At Nagomi Diner, Yui is hanging up laundry to dry when she becomes startled by her Heart Cure Watch making a ringing noise. On the screen, an image of a crying fried chicken Recipeppi is visible. Yui's eyes widen and she taps the screen, which changes to a locator for the Recipeppi. Yui tries to find Rosemary, visiting Fuku-An to look for him. Shinada An tells her that Rosemary checked out, and that he asked her to hand Yui a letter. Yui reads the letter, shocked to find out it's a farewell letter.

Gentlu walks away from the fried chicken restaurant, and Rosemary confronts her once again, telling her to return the Recipeppi. Gentlu summons an Ubauzō created from a pepper mill. Civilians run away, but Takumi looks up, noticing the monster. Rosemary makes a Delicious Field, sending himself, Kome-Kome, Gentlu, and the Ubauzō there. Gentlu inquires where Cure Precious is, but Rosemary agitatedly states that he doesn't need her help. Gentlu tells him to show her what he's got, instructing the Ubauzō to attack. The Ubauzō starts sending out ground pepper-like bombs towards Rosemary, and he shrieks, running away. As he runs, he remembers the letter he left for Yui, in which he apologized for leaving so suddenly, but said he didn't want to get her involved in the battle.

While this is happening, Yui is frantically running where the Heart Cure Watch points her. Walking past a makeup store, she bumps into a girl and quickly apologizes. Looking at her, the girl recognizes her from the previous day.

In the Delicious Field, Rosemary sends a punch towards the Ubauzō, but the monster punches at the same time and knocks him back. He hits a large rock and falls to the ground, collapsing onto his hands and knees. Kome-Kome runs towards him, but he reassures her that he's okay even without his power. Yui calls out to Rosemary, entering the Delicious Field with the Heart Cure Watch's power. Kome-Kome tries to fly towards Yui, but Rosemary quickly grabs the fairy, frowning. He asks Yui how she knew he was there, and she explains that the watch told her, shocking him. Yui tells Kome-Kome they should transform, and the fairy flies out of Rosemary's hand and towards Yui.

Yui transforms and begins to run towards the Ubauzō, instructing Rosemary to stay somewhere safer. Rosemary calls out after her, concerned. Gentlu says Precious is like a moth to a flame, and the Ubauzō starts sending ground pepper bombs towards her. Precious dodges them, jumping above the Ubauzō, which tilts its body to keep sending bombs at her. Precious punches one of the bombs, pulling away as she falls, exclaiming that it was hot and shaking her hand to try to cool it off. Rosemary, distressed, questions who would punch a bomb. Precious lands and starts charging towards the Ubauzō, who continues to shoot out bombs. She gets knocked over by one and falls, prompting Rosemary to tell her not to charge without a plan. She keeps running towards the Ubauzō, and Rosemary tells her to stop. Precious continues to dodge attacks, saying they have to rescue the Recipeppi. She gets knocked back in a huge explosion, falling far away from Gentlu and the Ubauzō, landing under a bit of arched rock structure.

Rosemary runs towards her, putting his arms out to try to stop her from going any further. Distraught, he once again tells her to stop, saying he can't bear to see her getting in danger due to his inadequacy. Precious looks at him and smiles, thanking him for worrying about her, but saying she doesn't want to just stand by and watch. She once again recalls her grandmother's words of "food brings smiles", thinking back to the memory with the cat again. Her grandmother had told her that the strongest thing in the world was her heart trying to help someone else. Rosemary looks at her with wide eyes, repeating the words. Precious tells him that she believes those words, and believes eh can make it, and never give up. Rosemary smiles and agrees that she can do it, walking towards her and placing a hand on her shoulder as he says he can too.

Having located them, the Ubauzō stands nearby, and Gentlu commands it to attack again. Its bombs begin to collapse the rock structure above Precious and Rosemary, with the latter lifting his arms to shield them a bit. Rosemary says that since the Ubauzō makes mid-range attacks, Precious should dodge them and get closer to it. The two smile at each other, and run in opposite directions, confusing the Ubauzō. The Ubauzō begins to spin, sending out bombs in every direction, nearly hitting Gentlu herself. Gentlu tells the Ubauzō to look up, where a piece of rock is about to fall on it. The monster tilts its body, sending bombs at the incoming rock, which breaks apart. As the dust clears, Rosemary tells the Ubauzō that he and Precious got it, and Precious sends a 500 Kilocalorie Punch at the monster from behind, knocking it to the ground. She finishes the Ubauzō off with Precious Triangle, purifying the monster and saving the Recipeppi, who goes into the Heart Cure Watch. Gentlu mutters Precious's name before disappearing, and Precious and Rosemary look at each other and smile.

That night at Nagomi Diner, Rosemary hands Yui a Party Glass from CooKingdom as a token of friendship. She thanks him, and, using her new glass, clinks glasses with Rosemary and Akiho as a "cheers" to welcome Rosemary. The three, along with Kome-Kome, eat dinner together. Rosemary extends a hand to Yui, saying he wants to fight together and winking. Yui smiles and takes his hand, and Kome-Kome puts her paw on his hand as well, wanting to fight with them too. Akiho asks what they're talking about, and Rosemary quickly claims it was about his beauty tips. Akiho is interested in hearing them, much to Rosemary's surprise, and the two begin talking about it as Yui keeps eating. The fried chicken Recipeppi flies out of Yui's watch, and she notes that she can see it clearer now. Kome-Kome taps the watch, and Yui realizes the watch must be the reason. Kome-Kome glows yellow and is sucked into the watch, shocking Yui. She waves from inside the watch, and Yui asks if it's her room, amazed.

Back at Fuku-An, Pam-Pam wakes up and peeks out of Rosemary's bag.