
On her 14th birthday, Anna Akechi meets a magical fairy and suddenly time-slips from 2027 to 1999! There, she befriends Mikuru, a spirited girl who dreams of becoming a detective. When mysterious thefts stir rumors of the Phantom Thieves, the two transform into Detective Precure, using courage, deduction, and friendship to solve cases and uncover the secret of Anna's journey through time.





On Anna Akechi's 14th birthday, she puts on a pendant and meets a fairy named Pochitan.
Mikuru takes Anna to the CUREtto Detective Agency.
As black petals flutter and anxiety spreads throughout town, Uta proposes holding a concert and inviting a "special guest."
The CUREtto Detective Agency gets its first client.
Anna goes to Makoto Mirai Academy, Mikuru's school, to give Mikuru an umbrella, but then she meets a troubled woman named Mariko who is looking for her little sister Keiko. Meanwhile, Mikuru is asked by the school's Chairwoman to solve a case involving a ghost in the high school.
Mikuru leaves the care of exhausted Pochitan to Anna and Jett-senpai.
A calling card from the Phantom Thieves' Guild is sent to the Hosho Art Museum. Anna and Mikuru arrive on the scene, there Luluka strikes a conversation with Anna while in the Starlight Princess display room.
Anna and Mikuru head out to gather information about Cure Arcana Shadow. Meanwhile, Luluka disguises herself as a shop clerk and infiltrates a CD shop where the owner of the friendship bracelet containing the Makoto Jewel is located.