[DmonHiro] Hugtto! Precure (BD, 720p)

Nono Hana is ready to have her first day at a new school. She’s made the decision to reinvent herself, and be the cool girl she always wanted to be. That goes about as well as you’d expect of a pink haired Precue protagonist. Hana may not be very bright, or very athletic, or very gracious but she more then makes up for it with her cheerfulness and friendliness. Obviously, she is chosen as a Precure who must defend the world, and the beby Hug-tan from the evil Kurai Company (an obvious jab as companies in Japan who abuse their workers). She is joined by her two new friends, Saaya and Homare, as well as Hug-tan’s guardian, the mouse… I mean hamster, Harry.

Let me tell you, I love Precure. I did not pay much attention to the franchise at first, but I decided to watch Heart Catch Precure because Mizuki Nana was in it. And then I was hooked. Sure, not all seasons are as great, but they are enjoyable as all hell. Sadly, for me, the franchise went down with Happiness Charge. They made some very questionable choices, like adding in 3DCG attacks (they look terrible, but cost a lot less to make) and a final battle/boss that was underwhelming to say the least. It picked back up with Go! Princess, that has a fantastic final battle, but kept the 3DCG attacks. The low point was Kirakira PreCure a la Mode. In the mother of all idiotic ideas, TOEI did away with all close quarter combat for that season, making all the battles repetitive and boring. Also, they had the worst final boss in all Precure series, and I’m counting the giant black hole in Smile.

Hugtto! set out to fix what they broke. CQC was back in full force, the 3DCG was used very little and the final boss, while not having an epic battle due to his nature, was great.
Current season is also knocking out of the park, so the franchise is back on the right tracks.

The only downside to the show is the epilogue, which was, in my opinion, terrible. I know the birth rate is down in Japan, but ending your show with an actual on screen birth is not something I wanted. Also, for a show about accepting the future, Emiru sure as hell got stuck in the past. Weird…

The subtitles are from anon, who did a fantastic job. Enjoy the show, it’s great.

PS: Emiru is the best, but is only perfect with Lulu next to her. Those two were adorable.