Introduction
It's her first day at a new school, and the cheerful Hana Nono is ready to make a fresh start, dreaming of becoming mature and reliable—a far cry from her usual childish self. Although she makes a disastrous first impression, Hana soon befriends two of her classmates: the gentle and studious class representative Saaya Yakushiji, and a cool and mysterious girl Homare Kagayaki.
That night, a magical baby falls from the sky right onto Hana's balcony. She is immediately smitten with her and names her Hug-tan. Alongside Hug-tan is a snarky talking hamster, Hariham Harry, who mutters that Hana "isn't the one" before vanishing with the baby.
The next day, Hana believes the encounter to be a dream, until people all over the city begin collapsing and a giant monster appears, feeding on their energy. As Hana escapes, she spots Hug-tan and Harry under attack. Making a stand to protect them, she and Hug-tan suddenly both glow with energy and a heart-shaped gem forms.
With the crystal's power, Hana transforms into a hero called "Cure Yell" and defeats the monster. Surprised at Hana's power, Harry explains that he and Hug-tan came from a future frozen in time by the Criasu Corporation, the same organization that created the monster. Only the Future Crystals, manifestations of one's hopes and dreams, and the Precure they create have a chance at defeating Criasu and saving the future!
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Audience reviews
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DrumChicken
Hugtto PreCure did not look impressive to me. However, it surpassed my expectations and is now my second favorite PreCure series. I will admit, the first 12 or so episodes are...not the best. I found them very boring. But, when things get good, they get REAL good. While this show may look childish, it made me cry so much. It has mature themes, slice of life, action, and heart-touching scenes. I overall enjoyed the characters, especially Ruru and Hana, but Saaya and Homare are not great in my opinion. And, if you don't want to be spoiled other series, you should wait to watch it, because it has spoilers for earlier PreCure seasons. Overall, 9/10, its very strong, please watch it!
Read at the sourceCataOrShane
I've watched everything Precure up to this season and got excited about this one after looking at the average MAL score. However, it was a major disappointment and I'll explain why.
Visuals: pretty but very inconsistent
Sound:
1) rookies and very experienced seiyuus share the main roles, which is somewhat surprising considering most of Precure seasons. In fact, some of them have worked on the same projects before this one. I think they all did a good job, though
2) too much singing
Story and characters:
1) I'm really sick and tired of baby characters and this one didn't shut up and became very, very annoying 2) the monsters are back to feeling Precure-like which is awesome
3) Emiru is one of the most obnoxious Precures ever
4) 19th episode - this is meant to be a children's show…
Read at the sourceManeSen
🇺🇸🇬🇧 My god where I start.
First of all this anime is the best so far over other Precure's shows. All character are written perfectly both the protagonists and the villains. Every character has a perfect life written. The villains are bad guys for them true intentions and the protagonists are good for them reasons. The art and dessings were pretty cool. Harry and Hugton are supposed to be the mascots of this show and they aren't that. The principal villain has a incredible art and story line. And for finish this review the finish chapter was awesome, a perfect episode to end this great anime.
🇪🇸De lejísimos este es el mejor Precure que existe a día de hoy.
Todos los personajes de la historia están perfectamente escritos, los villanos son malos porque tienen sus razones y las protago…
Read at the sourceCureChronos
Hugtto Precure is the third season I watched in the Pretty Cure franchise and is also to this day one of the best seasons I've watched. With the mediocre setback of its prior two seasons since 2015, this season did an amazing job. I may not exactly have the experience with Precure to write a 100% accurate review but I might as well give my own take.
Story: 9/10
Okay, so I know this is going to trigger a lot of people. But at the time I was still relatively new to Precure and what I saw in this season blew my mind. The theme was an excellent choice for its time and it seemed fitting for an anniversary season (Even though it's technically only 14th year, not 15th), as I look back now on Precure always having used protecting the future as a common, subtle theme. This season took it to a very…
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Overall: 8.5
This anime is nothing if not inconsistent, which is a shame given it has so much to offer the Magical Girl genre.
Character: 9.6
Like most Precure, this is where HUGTTO really shines. Each character goes through some serious troubles, and subsequent development. I very much enjoyed the way the 'relationship-but-not' and 'rejection' elements were handled. Each character is unique, without being too over exaggerated, and the friendships, while unconventional, seem very natural and believable.
Story: 8
The villain concept and plot is definitely unique, as is Hana's and Henri's character development. The pacing is decent, though it wouldn't have hurt to cut down on the filler episodes. Unfortunately, Saaya's character falls between the cracks more often than not, and Ruru's a…
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First of all, I really have to say thank you to all the people who were talking nicely about Hugtto, without them I wouldn't have given a chance to a franchise that is now giving me endless hours of fun between all the entries. I hope this review helps other people to do the same.
As I did with the provisional version of this review while the series was airing, I want to tackle some points that people have against giving a chance to Hugtto, or this franchise in general:
- "This is a kids show": Locking yourself to demographics is such a waste, a good story is good be a seinen, a shoujo, or whatever it is. Precure in special also falls into a fantastic spot where it pleases fans of cute girls anime due to the lovable and funny character interactions the characters have, fans of actions s…
Read at the sourceMiguling
This was my first contact with the Pretty Cure franchise.
It was pretty much the result of my boyfriend constantly fanboying over the series as he's a huge fan of it. I wasn't too hot on the idea, as I had this initial conception of a magical girl show as being for kids and thus, having naive values I wouldn't really relate a lot with. Still, after some brief searching, season comparing and some input from my lover, I gave the latest season a try anyways, because hey, everyone looked cute, and this was bound to be a nice little watch regardless.
Needless to say, Hugtto actually went beyond my expectations and caught me off guard too many times to count.
Story: 7/10
One of the things I'm VERY attentive when watching media is the story, and I'd entered watching the anime appenehsivel…
Read at the sourceZettaiRyouiki
[Spoiler Warning]
One year ago, smart PreCure fans were devastated. KiraKira had been terrible and hurt the franchise for all time. But there was hope left, for Hugtto was starting. Surely a more traditional season that brought back physical battles would be much better, right? ...Right?
Huh...
Story: Easily the worst part of this season. The story is awful beyond words. Now I'm not expecting any masterpiece from little girl anime created to sell toys, but at least some sort of consistency and logic and basic writing skills are expected. However series composer Tsubota blows her nose at things like proper writing and consistency. The series is choke full with Deus Ex Machina and too many things are solved just too easily, both small and big things. Besides that you have things like the…
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