While thinking about scouting Homare as the third PreCure, Hana comes across her taking care of a stray dog, which she rescued while experiencing a time stop herself. Noticing some kids getting bullied over the use of a basketball field, Homare challenges the bullies to a match, but freezes up before making a throw, after which Hana wins the game by luck. Afterwards, the girls learn that Homare was once a famous ice skater who injured her leg following a failed jump, the mental scars of which have remained with her even though her leg had since healed. Just then, Charalit targets Homare's teacher to summon another Oshimaida, leading Hana and Saaya to reveal their identities and transform. As the Cures fight against the Oshimaida, Homare's feelings of wanting to fly again brings birth to her own Mirai Crystal, but her trauma over her failed jump leads her to hesitate, resulting in her Mirai Crystal disappearing before she can catch it. Noticing the Oshimaida react to the teacher's regret over not being able to help Homare, Hana manages to defeat it and return him to normal, but Homare still remains downhearted.