AgeTsuba

AgeTsuba is the het ship between Tsubasa Yuunagi and Ageha Hijiri from the Pretty Cure fandom.

Canon
Tsubasa and Ageha officially get to know each in episode 11. However, they have heard about each other before. Like in episode 8, when Ageha called Mashiro's grandmother Yayo, Tsubasa was next to her and heard the conversation. In next episode, when Tsubasa transformed into Cure Wing for the first time to save Ellee-chan from Kabaton, Ageha sees him and rejoices. After Cure Wing lands with Ellee-chan, Ageha says "Well done!".

Episode 11 - Awkward Pair!? Tsubasa And Ageha
In the morning, being in his bird form, Tsubasa wakes up from sleeping and Ageha immediately grabs and press him to her face, saying how cute he is. Being surprised and worried, Tsubasa transforms into his human form and Ageha becomes very delighted with it. He asks is she Ageha-san and she answers yes. She introduces herself to him and says that they finally can normally talk to each other and it seems to be their first conversation. Ageha tells about seeing him in action last time. Also, she adds that Mashiro told about him to her. Just then, being excited, Ageha asks him to show her how he transforms to bird and Tsubasa worries. She invites him to become friends, calling him "boy" and she holds out her hand to him. Tsubasa reluctantly takes Ageha's hand. In that moment, Sora and Mashiro walk into the room and Ageha tells them that they all should travel to Mount Raso and Tsubasa starts to worry again.

While Ageha is driving, Tsubasa asks her why she decided to go to the mountains. Ageha replies that it's good to go there with friends and that it is a day to get to know each other better, calling him "boy" again. Tsubasa asks her to not call him like that but Ageha sees Mount Raso and did not hear his words. After they arrive, Ellee-chan sees a quest about Soragoro, Mount Raso's mascot. Others notice that she really wants a plush with him. Smiling, Ageha tells Tsubasa that they look very similar but Tsubasa answers that they are not. All of them decide to join the quest for Ellee-chan. They notice two roads into the mountain and decide to split up. Sora goes with Mashiro while Tsubasa and Ageha go with Ellee-chan. Later, she asks if the bag is heavy for him and Tsubasa answers her that such weight is nothing to him and that he is Ellee-chan's knight after all. Ageha tells him that If he gets tired he should tell her. They see the first riddle and think about answer. Suddenly, Ellee-chan starts crying. Ageha notices a nearby rest spot and goes there to change her diapers. Tsubasa tries to solve the riddle by himself. After he understand what the answer is, he runs up to Ageha. Both say their options and they turned out to be the same. Tsubasa asks her how did she know and she start to explain that there were a lot of hints while they was walking there and she tells that she is pretty good at solving riddles. Tsubasa tells her that If she knows the answer she should tell him. Ageha apologizes and says that it is good to solve by your own and he agrees. Just then, Ageha points at the athletic course and Tsubasa starts taking it. After it end, Tsubasa complains to Ageha and says that it was not important to do and he could just go by the road like she did. Later, they see a next riddle and Ageha starts thinking but her thoughts are interrupted when she sees the cable car and Ageha offers him a ride together. However, Tsubasa gets angry at the point and tells that he is enough with it and he will solve it by his own.

Walking down the road, Tsubasa meets Sora and Mashiro who ask him why he is not with Ageha and Ellee-chan and starts telling them his story. Mashiro tells him that Ageha really trusts him. She explains that when Tsubasa was angry to Kabaton, Ageha felt the same and points out that how they worry and care for little Ellee-chan is equal. Sora adds that Ageha thought that he will understand it without words. Tsubasa feels sorry and decides to climb to the top where Ageha is. He sees Ageha reaches out to grab his hand and she shows him The Rainbow Wing. Tsubasa asks her how did she know that he is running to this place. Ageha explains that she saw him from the cable car and she adds that he is running really fast. Tsubasa wonders Ageha for not telling him sooner and in that moment The Ranborg appears and grabs Ageha and Ellee-chan. When Tsubasa transforms into Cure Wing, he gets that he can't attack the Ranborg without hurting Ageha and does not know what to do. However, Ageha has an idea. She suggests to playing rock, paper, scissors with the Ranborg. After Ageha realizes that Kabaton with his Ranborg had fallen for her trick, she glances at Wing and he understands what Ageha is doing. Letting go of Ageha, Cure Wing flies as fast as he can to catch her. Feeling into his arms, Ageha thanks him. He begins to condemn her act, saying that she could have suffered very much. Ageha starts laughing and then with a smile replies, that she knew that he would definitely save her. Cure Wing froze in surprise for a while, then tells her that he take her to safety. After everything is over, Mashiro and Sora ask Ageha is she and Ellee-chan alright. She answers that everything is okay because of Tsubasa and smiles at him. All of them start looking at the rainbow wing together. When Ageha is taking in the view of this place like the other girls, Tsubasa is looking at her.Ageha drives all her friends home. Tsubasa is almost sleep and Ageha asks him is he tired. He answers "no". Then, Ageha starts thank him for saving the day and tells him that he was cool. Tsubasa fells asleep and she smiles at him.

Episode 12 - I'm Strongggg! Cure Sky VS Kabaton
Ageha drive Tsubasa, Sora, and Mashiro to the place for training Sora in order to prepare her for the fight against Kabaton. Ageha says that she is happy to see Tsubasa again even If he is stuck with the luggage. Ageha apologizes for putting him there, explaining that he doesn't look good on a seat in his bird form. Displeased, Tsubasa says that there is nothing to worry about and this is his true form after all. Ageha starts saying how cute he is and Tsubasa becomes surprised and later angry to her. Then, Ageha ask them how Sora is going to prepare. Ageha starts saying a bunch of different unusual and deviated from reality options. Tsubasa answers that they absolutely won't do that and she reads too much manga. However, girls comfirm her words is indeed correct and Tsubasa becomes very shocked of that.

When they arrived at waterfall recommended by Ageha, they realized that it has a power to heal stiff shoulders. Tsubasa says she should have researched properly. Tsubasa has doubts about Ageha being an excellent student and tells her that she seems to be too busy and don't have time for this. Girls ask her if it's true and she starts deny it. Then changing the theme, she begins to say that they need to go to find The Lord of the Mountain as they planned. Afraid that Ageha will mess things up again, Tsubasa decides to ask the birds around there. When night has come, Sora and Mashiro were gazing up at the night sky. Tsubasa comes and tells Sora that Ageha, like everyone else, will support her during the battle.

After Kabaton lost in the battle with Cure Sky, he breaks his promise about stopping trying to kidnap Ellee-chan. Tsubasa and Mashiro transform into Pretty Cures to help. While Cure Prism together with Sky are fighting against Kabaton, Wing took Ageha with little Ellee-chan in his arms and carry them far away from the battlefield. Ageha tells him that he's nice and Wing smiles.

In one moment, the sky becomes dark and carry away Kabaton. Cure Wing, still holding Ageha in his arms, watches together with her how Kabaton begs for mercy. When multiple lightning bolt strikes, Wing protects Ageha and Ellee-chan till the end.

Fanon
AgeTsuba is second popular ship in ''Hirogaru Sky! PreCure'' after SoShiro. From the beginning, people started ship them and especially Japanese fanbase ships them a lot. However, there are also many people who do not like it because of age gap and prefer to see them as siblings, forgetting about the facts that in PreCure world and in Japan, age gap romance considered to be normal and there are some canon ships with age gap in franchise. There are also people who prefer to make Tsubasa aged up to ship it.

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Trivia

 * Tsubasa and Ageha often shown together in official promotional artwork and in official illustrations.
 * In one official product of a franchise has a sticker with Cure Wing and Cure Butterfly together with the form of a heart.

Variations

 * AgeTsuba Family refers to the ship between Ellee-chan, Tsubasa and Ageha